Posted: Sat Sep 20, 2008 4:11 amOn the positive side, while Ledger's joker won't be topped, if Depp really does end up playing the Riddler, I'm sure it will be an interesting take. He always finds ways to make his characters entertaining.
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Posted: Sat Sep 20, 2008 4:11 amPosted: Sat Sep 20, 2008 10:54 amI'm wondering why the hell OL hasn't made an appearance in this topic yet...
Posted: Sat Sep 20, 2008 12:46 pmI just have nothing to add. While I am an avid comicbook fan, at this point I really have no idea how they'll go about making a third movie in this series. The Dark Knight ended up being a big surprise for me (before seeing any footage from it, I was expecting it to suck), so I figure I'll just let them surprise me again.
I also don't buy into all this "Johnny Depp as the Riddler/Philip Seymour Hoffman as the Penguin" shit. It's way too early for speculation, so casting ideas like that mean absolutely nothing. Hell, they don't even have a script yet.
As long as I'm here though, I guess I can say what I'd like to see in a Batman movie. Frankly, I think I'm a little tired of superhero movies practically being required to be "epic". Sure, with actual superpowered characters (Superman, the X-Men, etc.) it probably makes sense to have the stories constantly involve world-threatening and/or mass destruction-causing events and characters.
But Batman is great because he doesn't have to bother with that stuff to have a good story. He's human. And above all, he's supposed to be a detective. Honestly, I'd like to see a smaller-scale, smaller-budget version of Batman, something involving him investigating "smaller" crimes. Most of Batman's villains fit most comfortably in stories like that. Murder mysteries and the like. That's the kind of story that you can more easily utilize characters like Scarface or Zsasz or Black Mask. Even the Riddler would make more sense in a story like that.
However, since that's an incredibly unlikely route for them to go with, I'll offer up my idea for a big-scale Batman movie, and it involves only one villain: Bane.
Since Batman is now supposed to be on the run, it would only make sense to send a brilliant tactical hunter after him.
My idea doesn't extend very far beyond that, but with all the trouble Bane gave Batman in his initial appearances in the comics, it wouldn't be hard to develop that into a movie-length story. I'm not saying they should do the whole Knightfall storyline or anything. Just something similar.
I also don't buy into all this "Johnny Depp as the Riddler/Philip Seymour Hoffman as the Penguin" shit. It's way too early for speculation, so casting ideas like that mean absolutely nothing. Hell, they don't even have a script yet.
As long as I'm here though, I guess I can say what I'd like to see in a Batman movie. Frankly, I think I'm a little tired of superhero movies practically being required to be "epic". Sure, with actual superpowered characters (Superman, the X-Men, etc.) it probably makes sense to have the stories constantly involve world-threatening and/or mass destruction-causing events and characters.
But Batman is great because he doesn't have to bother with that stuff to have a good story. He's human. And above all, he's supposed to be a detective. Honestly, I'd like to see a smaller-scale, smaller-budget version of Batman, something involving him investigating "smaller" crimes. Most of Batman's villains fit most comfortably in stories like that. Murder mysteries and the like. That's the kind of story that you can more easily utilize characters like Scarface or Zsasz or Black Mask. Even the Riddler would make more sense in a story like that.
However, since that's an incredibly unlikely route for them to go with, I'll offer up my idea for a big-scale Batman movie, and it involves only one villain: Bane.
Since Batman is now supposed to be on the run, it would only make sense to send a brilliant tactical hunter after him.
My idea doesn't extend very far beyond that, but with all the trouble Bane gave Batman in his initial appearances in the comics, it wouldn't be hard to develop that into a movie-length story. I'm not saying they should do the whole Knightfall storyline or anything. Just something similar.
Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2008 6:10 amI thought KnightFall/KnightQuest/KnightWhatTheFuckEver was pretty damn boring to tell you the truth. About the smaller-scale thing though.. the idea of having a Batman in Nolan's universe is so he can deal with ish that the cops can't cope with, imo at least, so a little murder mystery thing would likely be dealt with by the police, while Batman sees to the bigger threats of mob bosses n shit. That's just what I'm thinkin though.
Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2008 1:24 pmThe King in Yellow wrote:About the smaller-scale thing though.. the idea of having a Batman in Nolan's universe is so he can deal with ish that the cops can't cope with, imo at least, so a little murder mystery thing would likely be dealt with by the police, while Batman sees to the bigger threats of mob bosses n shit. That's just what I'm thinkin though.
I know. That's why I said it's just something I'd like to see, rather than something I figure could happen. Honestly though, as much as I like the Nolan version of Batman, I think a Batman who doesn't tackle small shit as well as the big problems is kind of mis-utilized. I mean, it was a "small" crime that made him what he is; realistically, he'd be just as concerned with dealing with problems like those as he would be with the big mob bosses and crime rings.
Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2008 4:12 pmDear Hollywood,
PLEASE end all future production of any Batman sequel. Stop attempting to squeeze money out of a franchise that you couldnt equal even with the technological advantages of 2008. Stop while your ahead. Stop ruining and defiling our pop-culture. Either create a new super hero from scratch or feel the fury of critical message board individuals like myself.
From TheEdge.
Sorry I had to get that off my chest.
PLEASE end all future production of any Batman sequel. Stop attempting to squeeze money out of a franchise that you couldnt equal even with the technological advantages of 2008. Stop while your ahead. Stop ruining and defiling our pop-culture. Either create a new super hero from scratch or feel the fury of critical message board individuals like myself.
From TheEdge.
Sorry I had to get that off my chest.
Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2008 4:58 pm
Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2008 6:13 pmTheEdge wrote:Dear Hollywood,
PLEASE end all future production of any Batman sequel. Stop attempting to squeeze money out of a franchise that you couldnt equal even with the technological advantages of 2008. Stop while your ahead. Stop ruining and defiling our pop-culture. Either create a new super hero from scratch or feel the fury of critical message board individuals like myself.
From TheEdge.
Sorry I had to get that off my chest.
You're joking, right?
Also, I heard a rumour that The Dark Knight is due for DVD/Blu-Ray release in December, and for a re-release theatrically in January.
"It's not about money, it's about...sending a message!" And we all know what for. ;)
Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2008 7:31 pmWoah man, I think your going over the edge there a little too much, TheEdge.
Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2008 9:33 amEdward Norton as The Riddler imo.
Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2008 4:25 pm^Already come up with that, bitch!
Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2008 9:18 amThe King in Yellow wrote:^Already come up with that, bitch!
Where?
And apologies for attempting to kick-start your dead (and slightly shit) thread.
Posted: Wed Oct 15, 2008 9:08 amFirst official poster...
Posted: Wed Oct 15, 2008 1:24 pmFor once I actually laughed out loud.
Posted: Wed Oct 15, 2008 2:16 pmComical! Sudoku book killed me!