Re: Warner Bros confirms Superman/Batman movie for 2015
Posted: Tue Aug 27, 2013 7:17 am
Oh God yes, let it be that way! Oh to hear the wailing and gnashing of teeth!!! Let the whine fest begin! You are truly evil Graham!
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How? Seriously, how does he not fit as Batman? The only requirement for the costume is a strong chin. Bruce Wayne is a playboy billionaire, I kind of imagine he could pull that off. What exactly about Affleck couldn't be Batman?McAvoy wrote:I honestly just do not think he is a fit for Batman.
Aside from hair Color Hemsworth could probably play Superman quite easily, Batman... maybe. It looks like you're going off appearance or trying to. Batman doesn't have a "Look" he's an outfit. Quite literally the only part of him visible are his eyes and jawline. Everything else is black leather.Actors for example be the greatest in the world but would you want for example Brad Pitt to be Superman? Batman? How about Tom Cruise? Or Chris Hemsworth? John Cho? Let's go for an Asian Batman this time.
In what reality has Batman always been a psychopath? The brooding, loner, nutcase that is modern Batman didn't exist until Frank Miller and Tim Burton fucked him up. Batman from the animated series is far more indicative of how Batman has been portrayed historically and even that's on the serious end as Batman has been downright goofy in his history.Batman has always been a psychopath. Unless you really liked Batman and Robin. If you do then there is no hope for you.
Forgot about Keeten. I think he sealed that with the classic line "I'm Batman".GrahamKennedy wrote:I'm giving him the benefit of the doubt. I remember how up in arms people were about Michael Keaton as Batman - there were positive howls of anguish over that one, but he turned in what may be the best Batman performance yet. And remember how people screamed about Heath Leger as the Joker?
Affleck is capable of a good performance. He hasn't always turned one in, but then the films he's been in haven't always really been the sort of film an actor can shine in. His Daredevil was fine, I thought - the problems with that film were the writing, not him.
1) Daredevil is the stupidest superhero in Marvel's canon. A blindman with the power of... sight.Not going not only appearances but basically personality. Sure Affleck can pull of being a playboy but the fact is he already played Daredevil. I wasn't convinced about him playing Daredevil in that either.
You used the word, "always." I don't dispute they've gone in stages.Batman along with every other comic book superhero has gone through stages.
Except that modern Batman is NOT locked into one imagining. Burton's movies were dark, gothic and this was reflected in a Batman who is quite frankly, a bit of a loon. While he's less nuts in the latter movies of that era Val Kilmer and George Clooney's Bruce Wayne's are still absolutely locked into being Batman to the point where I can't honestly remember much of them as Bruce OUTSIDE of Wayne Manor. Batman utterly consumed them and his parent's death was eternally on his mind. This carries on into Nolan's Batman where Bruce again, more or less lets his non-Batman life go to shit only emerging from the cowl once in a while to attend a party before slinking off. Hell, Rises has him turn into a hermit for the better part of a decade.It is all about what the modern day super hero is imagined to be.
TAS Batman brooded on occasion, but it wasn't his default state outside the cowl, or inside it for that matter. When describing TAS Batman "brooding" isn't a word you'd used to describe him. When I think of the movie series it's at the top of the damn list.The TAS Batman varies a lot due to it being a kid show and expanding on Tim Burton's Batman. Even animated Batman's of today are brooding.
It's not just brooding though the eternal funk is certainly part of it. It's his inability to function outside of the Batman persona. And it's 24 years old if you use the mark of the original Batman movie.Brooding Batman is 30 years old. Not a new concept.
Frank Miller thinks everyone is either a psychopath or a whore, sometimes both.Frank Miller obviously looked at the character and said, "Unless this guy is a psychopath, the character is ridiculous."
TAS and the whole DC animated universe for me IS the whole DC universe. It might have been a kids show but I recently started rewatching it and up to this date there isn't anything which comes even close to the quality of TAS and it is still more than suitable for grown ups.Tyyr wrote:TAS Batman brooded on occasion, but it wasn't his default state outside the cowl, or inside it for that matter. When describing TAS Batman "brooding" isn't a word you'd used to describe him. When I think of the movie series it's at the top of the damn list.The TAS Batman varies a lot due to it being a kid show and expanding on Tim Burton's Batman. Even animated Batman's of today are brooding.