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by jimmy rabbitte
Jun 19th, 2007
02:44:17 PM
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That's HUGE!
by Yack Backer
Jun 19th, 2007
02:45:17 PM
wowzers.
Hey,
by jimmy rabbitte
Jun 19th, 2007
02:45:40 PM
he's denting the roof of that cruiser...
The Bat Crotch Rocket
by DonkeyTron
Jun 19th, 2007
02:45:51 PM
Bad Ass. Can't wait.
second is the new first
by garcicr
Jun 19th, 2007
02:45:54 PM
Yessss
He looks like a Transformer with a cape.
by Snookeroo
Jun 19th, 2007
02:45:55 PM
Just sayin'.
"Hey Bat-Dick, get off the roof of my car!"
by Yack Backer
Jun 19th, 2007
02:46:05 PM
Seriously, what an ass. :)
Damn it
by garcicr
Jun 19th, 2007
02:46:42 PM
stupid delay
wow
by Mastashake
Jun 19th, 2007
02:47:11 PM
umm wow
Health and safety no no....
by UndeadXeke
Jun 19th, 2007
02:47:58 PM
I have visions of his cape getting caught in the back wheel and mangling him...
Just Diggn the yellow bat
by w_woody
Jun 19th, 2007
02:49:43 PM
Or has no one noticed the bat on his chest is yellow. The other stuff will be hidden, much like any or lack of detail in the last film. Batman is mostly out at night so unless he's standing under a streetlamp...like in said pic...he's going to be all dark and black...so I'm very cool with it.
KEVIN O'HAGAN...
by DoubleFantasy
Jun 19th, 2007
02:50:12 PM
...is the lead designer involved with this scene with the Bat-pod and according to him and his second art designer, Chris Murray, who is working on The Dark Knight, this little baby can reach speeds of up to 150mph which it does in one scene at least.
Seems like the cape
by Crestfallen
Jun 19th, 2007
02:50:13 PM
would get tangled with the rear tire everytime batman slows down. --- despairandcoffee.blogspot.com
Yo dudes
by captainhamsack
Jun 19th, 2007
02:51:27 PM
I'm a registered n00b at this site, although I've been visiting it for months lol. Anywho, the Bat Pod looks pretty cool. I just hope they don't end up to cram too much into this sequel
Isn't Batman sort of Anti-Gun?
by Kraken
Jun 19th, 2007
02:51:29 PM
Just saying, those cannons of the Bat-Pod don't look very hippie friendly.
But can he bend and flex?
by RobRed1
Jun 19th, 2007
02:51:47 PM
Just hope he can move smoothly, gracefully, and with some flexibility. Not like the rubber incased figures from the old movies. The action figures had more range of motion than the actors.
I really dig this bike its...
by kingoflight
Jun 19th, 2007
02:51:49 PM
Got the consistancy from the first film with the chunky tyre and the exposed wheels, pretty cool.
cape in tire...
by w_woody
Jun 19th, 2007
02:52:19 PM
If you look at the pod..the feet rest on the back of the thing just in front of the wheel...it's like he's lying down on it...the cape stops short of his feet so...I don't see how it could get caught unless he sits up in the thing to far. Of course there's always that chance and saftey would say it needs a fender on the back tire.
Just got back from the embiggening, and...
by jimmy rabbitte
Jun 19th, 2007
02:53:35 PM
I think I see a nipple...
Finding the bat on his chest is like Where's Waldo
by Snookeroo
Jun 19th, 2007
02:53:46 PM
There's so much crap to sift through, it takes thirty minutes to find the damn bat.
No one would cut you up on the school run on that thing
by Gabba-UK
Jun 19th, 2007
02:54:26 PM
Me likey like. Can I put me name down for one.....
WHERE DOES MATTEL GET THOSE WONDERFUL TOYS
by Lane
Jun 19th, 2007
02:55:15 PM
courtesy of the suits at WB of course. bat-copter here we come. sorry nolan, this is what you get when you helm a $100+M pic.
not to whine
by lionbiu
Jun 19th, 2007
03:00:06 PM
but the bat pod aint exactly practical when it comes to 90 degree turns or more. It looks cool though :)
Dark Knight needs atmosphere
by Crestfallen
Jun 19th, 2007
03:02:55 PM
I like Batman Begins, but it was lacking atmosphere. It had a gritty, pseudo-reality driven feel, I suppose like the Bourne movies, but nothing of the fantasy/gothic tone which the comic batman is associated with.
oh it's practical alright...
by Lane
Jun 19th, 2007
03:03:25 PM
for high-speed violent cape removal via the back tire.
Test...
by w_woody
Jun 19th, 2007
03:04:45 PM
If the stunt driver wrecks this thing via the Cape in the back tire...and it doesn't show up on Youtube Immidiately...I'll boycott this movie. That would probably be the funniest thing ever...
"Yeah, I'm standing on your car... what you gonna do?"
by modlight
Jun 19th, 2007
03:06:54 PM
great pic. Still a little Bibleman.. but the Bat-pod is awesome its just the name Bat-pod is a little buzzwordy.
Looks more like the Lawmaster than the Lawmaster!
by Judge Dredds Dirty Undies
Jun 19th, 2007
03:07:24 PM
The should have had this in the Judge Dredd movie.
Batman's outfit looks like a big tire tread.
by Snookeroo
Jun 19th, 2007
03:08:03 PM
Word has it "Goodyear" is stamped on the batbutt. Draw your own conclusions.
I agree with someone from the last TB...
by stones_throw
Jun 19th, 2007
03:08:40 PM
...Nolan loves making Batman look gay.
with the talent involved in this film
by mrbong
Jun 19th, 2007
03:11:00 PM
"The Dark Knight" looks pretty close to being an entirely unfuckable project, does it not? i too am dubious about multiple vehicles featuring in these films, but hey, rather this curious looking bike that some sort of blatant quadbike product placement, no? i just hope that the "BatPod" is not in this film at the expense of a scene where a handy can of Bat Shark Repellant would be of use.......
lookin
by tehgreekhammer
Jun 19th, 2007
03:11:03 PM
pretty bad ass.

cannot wait for this movie

this is what you get when you have a director and writer that really cares about the material.

Not some bleached blonde, too tanned cokehead who only wants to put his stamp on things.

Keep it up Nolan.

Anyone know when the first trailers going to be popping up?

This is very cool.
by Quintus_Arrius
Jun 19th, 2007
03:13:06 PM
Yay!
So cool!
by MrFloppy
Jun 19th, 2007
03:15:19 PM
And hot XD
Seems cool...
by broken ring
Jun 19th, 2007
03:22:39 PM
This seems cool enough, but... Why doesn't he just use the tumbler?
I don't think it is really a bike.
by Dosomo
Jun 19th, 2007
03:24:59 PM
Looking at how minimalist it is, and the name "Bat Pod". I think it may be something like an escape vehicle from a damaged or destroyed batmobile. The batmobile is about to blow up, and Batman hits a switch and this thing breaks free with him on the back. Just a thought.
I can just about live with the batsuit...
by henrydalton
Jun 19th, 2007
03:25:35 PM
...but the bike? Hmm. There's a lot in this film that could go wrong (ahem Ledger ahem), but I've got faith in Mr Nolan, he's never let me down yet :) Oh btw, my girlfriend worked on this film and just so you know, 1) Chris Nolan is a grumpy man, 2) She touched a plaster cast of Christian Bale's cock, and 3) I've got a little bit of miniature Gotham City on my desk :)
THE "GUNS" ON THE FRONT LOOK MORE LIKE FLAMETHROWERS!!!
by Err
Jun 19th, 2007
03:27:52 PM
Awesome!
It's Mr. Mackey's IT Scooter, I tell ya.
by uss cygnus
Jun 19th, 2007
03:28:47 PM
I'm not sayin'...I'm just sayin'.
THIS YEAR'S LITTLE MISS BATCOPTER!!!
by Err
Jun 19th, 2007
03:28:55 PM
Go Batman Go!
Not a huge fan of robo-batman
by Undercover Fanboy
Jun 19th, 2007
03:29:14 PM
But then lighting will play a large part on the way it looks on film. I mean, ideally Batman's really nothing more than a silhouette anyway, right? Got nothing against a sort of "realistic" origin of the suit itself, but I guess I was just hoping it'd be a little sleeker the second time around. And why the hell haven't they gone with white contacts, like what they used in that fan-made Batman/Aliens/Preditor movie a few years back? Or silver lenses? That'd be creepy shit.
The problem with machine guns on movie bikes
by eraser_x
Jun 19th, 2007
03:29:14 PM
is that they fire only straight ahead, which seems highly limiting, given that motorcycles are not like airplane fighters--i.e., a bike rider can't just go pointing his bike in any direction! And a bike has very limited distance/time to avoid a blown-up target! Yes; I am a nerd.
What a movie motorcycle needs is a way
by eraser_x
Jun 19th, 2007
03:31:27 PM
to decouple the left handlebar from the right handlebar such that the right handlebar separately controls the (recoil-compensating) gun on a dedicated turret while the left handlebar controls the bike. Yes; I'm still a nerd.
I just don't see where this fits on the tumbler
by Ricky Henderson
Jun 19th, 2007
03:34:23 PM
for him to eject from. it's a big car, but not big enough to hold this bat-pod thingy.
I think Dosomo is right
by darquelyte
Jun 19th, 2007
03:36:11 PM
I had the same thought when I saw it and read the name. It comes out of the Batmobile, as an escape pod...thus the name. Look at the tire...Yeah, I'm thinking that's EXACTLY what it is.
I can see how to suit works honestly...
by Datascream
Jun 19th, 2007
03:36:16 PM
the parts in the suit where the fabric and the (leather?) separate looks to help improve upon maneuverability. How I see it the open areas where the leather separates looks to be a more durable stretching fabric that allows the limbs and torso to breathe and bend, unlike the X-men costumes where they were basically all one piece as it seemed cost a lot of movement and flexibility. So the whole "tron" bullshit everyone has been screaming about actually has a purpose and allows more freedom then the other suit did. I'd say the upgrade is well worth it honestly, and it actually looks cool too.
New suit befitting for movie title
by syoreed
Jun 19th, 2007
03:37:11 PM
I was also a little worried about the suit variations, but if you take into consideration the title THE DARK KNIGHT, the suit looks a little more like knight armor... or maybe that's just wishful thinking.
"I got a huge robot bat on top of my car!"
by Ricky Henderson
Jun 19th, 2007
03:37:35 PM
and he's pissed! requesting backup!
I think it has something to do with speed
by trombone
Jun 19th, 2007
03:38:01 PM
Joker is fast and Bats needs to be able to catch up with him and respond quickly. I like the new suit, I just wish it had nipples.
Mereidth Vieira Link
by darquelyte
Jun 19th, 2007
03:38:16 PM
The link Merrick posted has one too many ? in it. Here is the 25 character Tiny Url: http://tinyurl.com/yvm5on
Tron called........................
by Stuntcock Mike
Jun 19th, 2007
03:39:13 PM
He wants his shit back.
Will the BatSkateboard be far behind???
by Doctor_Sin
Jun 19th, 2007
03:40:53 PM
Huge ass wheels...teeny-tiny board.
For those who dont understand or something
by emeraldboy
Jun 19th, 2007
03:43:22 PM
Bruce wayne seems himself as a knight. A crusader if you will against the forces of greed, corruption etc. Hence the armour and the title of Dark Knight.
Oh, and the headlights are too tiny
by Doctor_Sin
Jun 19th, 2007
03:43:57 PM
Giving Bats a visibility of like 3 while driving.
Looks like the Green Machine.
by rev_skarekroe
Jun 19th, 2007
03:47:23 PM
Except, y'know, not green.
the bat man on the bike is the old suit!
by erichaislar
Jun 19th, 2007
03:50:44 PM
so that means he gets this suit for some other reason in the movie.
the batsuit and tumbler didn't look that hot in pics
by antonphd
Jun 19th, 2007
03:52:11 PM
but kicked ass in the movie in the right lighting and motion. i expect the same from the new suit and the bike. when i extrapolate what they should be like in the movie based on that thinking... they look sweet as fucking hell.
Sure hope his cape doesn't get caught on the back tire.
by kikuchiyoboy
Jun 19th, 2007
03:59:49 PM
No capes.
From batman on film. Sounds sweet!
by erichaislar
Jun 19th, 2007
04:00:33 PM
The "look" of Heath Ledger as The Joker according to "The Goon": * The Joker’s face is different, yet similar, to the pictures that have been released. * Extremely different both look-wise and in manner to the two previous live-action interpretations. * The white face looks to be “cracking” -- like dried-out face makeup. * The Joker’s hair is long, greasy, and colored blondish/brown with green “highlights.” * His clothing gives off a “…a demented Willy Wonka” vibe. The Joker also “…wears a long velvet purple trench coat with a diamond pattern purple shirt, a green vest, and very waist high purple pants. He sports purple gloves and a very long chain wallet.” * There is nothing, and I mean NOTHING funny about TDK's Joker. He's one sadistic bastard. He'll be hated. * From what “The Goon” has heard, Heath is taking The Joker to “…all-new f***ed-up levels.”
"I saw this move in that Teen Wolf movie!"
by Yack Backer
Jun 19th, 2007
04:02:40 PM
Okay, Bats, now seriously, get off my roof!
So...
by BrooseTheScharuk
Jun 19th, 2007
04:07:29 PM
...I'm noticing that the two shots with Batman are from the same publicity shoot. If you look behind Pod-Bats, it's the same building in the background behind the same police car with its lights switched off. ANYWAY, does no one realize that we're getting this suit basically as a result of all the complaints about the lousy camera work in the fight scenes? The reason they shot it that way was because they couldn't make bats look like an ass-kicking ninja with that chunkie, restrictive "neckbrace" suit he was wearing. How does a guy look agile and graceful in that? Although it may be a bit busy design-wise, he's going to strike a way better silhouette. Also, there are no nipples on the suit (or is that just a running joke, because it's pretty tired). Nor is the bat on his chest yellow- that's just reflected light, I think (for proof, check out the camera phone pics of the stuntman in the shitty rubber version that are posted at Batman on Film). Lastly, THE POD IS PART OF THE TUMBLER. I'M SURE OF IT. I think the tumbler probably gets munched or blown-up or something, and Batman makes his escape out the front. Doesn't anybody remember the rocket-launcher position Bats assumed (and later Gordon) in between the two seats in the car? Doesn't it look like he's just sitting on that, but outside the car? Use a little informed speculation (ie: remember how things played out in Batman Begins, remember that Nolan's body of work is nothing like Joel Schumacher's, remember that the entirety of planet fucking earth has made it pretty clear to Warner- who want your money- that another Batman and Robin or even Forever will not be tolerated). I think a lot of the bitching goes on here because a lot of unimaginitive and ill-informed people need some way to sound smart, and petty disparagement is the only way they know how. Are there going to be brand new toys to sell to the kiddies next summer based on that new suit design? You betcha. The thing people aren't getting here is that you will never EVER get away from that. But this series- as overseen by Chris Nolan- is the furthest away from a shiny toy commercial that any big-screen live-action Batman is ever likely to be. Bitch away about your fantasies of a cloth suited, white-lensed or Alex Ross-looking Batman, but you're just not going to get that. It just doesn't make sense for film (especially when Nolan's trying to give it as much real-world believeability as possible). And if you all had any sense, you would be thanking whatever you thank when you do your thanking that we've got a director who knows that, instead of some sucker at the teat of nepotism who doesn't know shit about filmmaking and insists that it "should be more like the comics". This new suit design will do wonders for batman's mobility, so that he can finally move in the way Batman is supposed to move, instead of looking like he's wearing a hollowed out marble bust over his head and shoulders. Plus, we'll be seeing a lot less of that puffy rubber bendy look at the elbows and shoulders that makes him look like just an actor in a rubber suit. Don't you people want that?
Nolan likes him some big ass tires
by monorail77
Jun 19th, 2007
04:07:52 PM
First tumbler, now this. Safety first, children. Actually I support the speculation that this is an escape device from the tumbler.
meredith viera link
by monorail77
Jun 19th, 2007
04:08:24 PM
Hilarious. Grind it, Mer!
Green Machine: HAHAHAHAHA
by monorail77
Jun 19th, 2007
04:10:36 PM
Well done rev_skarekroe. I knew I had seen that thing somewhere before! Can it be long before I'm buying my kids a new pedalling Bat-Pod/Green Machine? I think not.
Somewhere, 2 fat kids are chest bumping
by Puddleglum
Jun 19th, 2007
04:11:36 PM
or is that kind of thing reserved solely for Transformer movies?
Wussup wit the guns
by Phategod2
Jun 19th, 2007
04:12:17 PM
What happend to the "BATMAN CODE"
Harry got it right this time...
by lynxpro
Jun 19th, 2007
04:13:16 PM
It does seem to be an homage to the Speeder Bike. To me, it seems to low to the ground. Why would Bats waste money on this when he could simply have a badazz street bike like Blade?
the armor
by Silverglade
Jun 19th, 2007
04:14:12 PM
To my eyes, the armor looks very much like that in Batman Begins when Lucius (Morgan Freeman) was introducing Bruce to the various tools and so on, he pulled out that drawer with the kevlar body armor that supposedly cost 300 grand a pop. This looks much like it before Bruce had spray painted it all black. That armor also had the muscular shaping.
I said that too SG
by Phategod2
Jun 19th, 2007
04:18:47 PM
It looks like the suit without spray except for the cowl. I have to look at that now in Hi res
I too
by Bloo
Jun 19th, 2007
04:18:47 PM
was thinking that it shot out of the tumbler, that Bats would lean down like Gordon did to fire the gun, and this would pop out, of course that would mean that your drivers seat would have to line up exactly with the driver's side tires and I'm not sure how that would work out
maybe it come out the middle
by Phategod2
Jun 19th, 2007
04:22:43 PM
and there are hidden tires in the middle of the tumbler or the tires converge like in Batman Returns.
The costume looks fine
by zambonike
Jun 19th, 2007
04:23:46 PM
but it looks a but too advanced say like iron man. But the two wheeler looks pretty pathetic and not so cool.
it looks rad to me.
by mr. brownstone
Jun 19th, 2007
04:25:22 PM
seriously, I want one.
I agree, Bloo
by Silverglade
Jun 19th, 2007
04:25:55 PM
I agree with your idea. The tumbler seems rather confined in the "cockpit" with not much room to move, say, to the back seat to eject on some pod bike. The front gun chassis device would certainly make sense.
stop it
by Shakes
Jun 19th, 2007
04:30:55 PM
alright, quit accusing the toy company of being responsible for the new bat suit as an excuse to sell variants. In the first two movies he wore the same suit and they still had they constant variations. And in Forever and 'And Robin they had a couple different suits in the film, but dozens of different suits on the figures.
suit WAS different in Returns
by Lane
Jun 19th, 2007
04:35:29 PM
abs looked more like vents as opposed to ripe pears.
I thought Bats worked for the Gotham Trans. Dept
by Puddleglum
Jun 19th, 2007
04:38:44 PM
which is why he was driving a steamroller and paving roads at night/ No?
I LOOOOOVVVVVEEEEE NOLAN'S BATMAN!!!!!!
by Playkins
Jun 19th, 2007
04:39:19 PM
FUCKING AWESOME!!! I can't WAIT to see this on the bigscreen!!
About the different costume....
by Playkins
Jun 19th, 2007
04:41:30 PM
The suit has been different in EVERY "Batman". In Forever and B&R there were even different Batsuits within each movie. Serioulsy, why would anyone want to see the same thing again and again?
pure escapism
by Marillion
Jun 19th, 2007
04:42:34 PM
Chalk me up as one in favor of the bike being part of an escape device from the tumbler. Otherwise, wouldn't they call it a bat-bike or bat-cycle? "Pod" would make one believe it's an escape mechanism... At least there still aren't any Goddamn floppy fins or neon on it... Love the suit..
Toys and Geek Culture
by the_ro_show
Jun 19th, 2007
04:44:29 PM
Even if the toy companies are responsible for the new batsuit, what exactly is the big deal? Practically everything people on this site love was created to sell toy. You think National Comics commissioned Bob Kane to create Batman for artistic reasons? They wanted to sell more comics. The more comics they sold the more ad space they could sell. Ad space used to sell... toys. That worked out ok, so to all the haters can I ask you why you think this somehow won't?
You are right Phategod2
by mikethemeek
Jun 19th, 2007
04:44:44 PM
Batman has never used guns. The three guns on each side may shoot something besides bullets, but it surely doesn't look that way. some of you have suggested that they shoot flame. That would really be a bad idea while he is moving forward, especially with his face wellplaced to be engulfed in flames that would be pushed over him by the air current of his forward movement. also, I'm thinking that a cape drapped over the back wheel of this motorcycle-ly pod-thing is a bad idea. Make for hillarious outtakes though. Oh, and one more thing. When they add Robin to this series, he won't need a side car; he can just jump on Bat's back- Ace and Gary style.
Paul Pope-inspired?
by donnarumsfeld
Jun 19th, 2007
04:46:56 PM
It looks like the fold-up batcycle from Paul Pope's Batman Year 100.
why is it called a pod?
by BadMrWonka
Jun 19th, 2007
04:49:29 PM
I'm still at a loss there. why not just called it the iCycle? I mean, if you're wanting to go that route...
much better batsuit
by Admiral Kirk
Jun 19th, 2007
04:52:20 PM
his head was too big in the last one- reminded me of the first batman movie where keaton couldn't turn his head so he had to turn his whole shoulders everytime he looked in a different direction. The only thing I'd change would be the ears- I want them to pin backwards in a more aerodynamic fasion and just be more subtle. Kindof like the production art for wolverine's mask for xmen 1- Speaking of keaton- the enormity of the worst cast superhero in history still hasn't worn over the years- if you're gonna cast a batman who is so unsuited for the role that he needs a prosthetic jaw just to look remotely like batman in the suit- why not use your dead grandma and prop her up with chicken wire and sticks- it would work just as good with the right makeup-yes I'm still bitching about the first one.
Oh dear ....
by livrule
Jun 19th, 2007
04:54:38 PM
AND ... his bit of cake is UGLY in this one too!!
photographer's reflection
by Jubba
Jun 19th, 2007
04:56:55 PM
is that a reflection of the photographer in the batman picture? if so, well done...at least he wasn't naked.
Oh no......
by Cleyu
Jun 19th, 2007
05:07:35 PM
Batman is starting to get silly again. Shame...........
To be fair..
by Gozu
Jun 19th, 2007
05:11:37 PM
The "Tumbler" looked stupid when I first saw a photo of it, but it worked in the movie. I'm willing to give this and the Robocop suit a chance. Also, I suspect it comes out of the Tumbler much the way in "Batman Returns" the Batmobile was able to split right down the middle in case Batman needs to go down a really thin alleyway. He thinks of everything. Would also explain why it's a "pod" (as in escape pod). Otherwise it's just a very silly motorcycle.
BrooseTheScharuk-I completely agree!!!!
by ckone
Jun 19th, 2007
05:22:40 PM
The first suit in BB was bulky and if everyone remembers a mix up of all the things Bruce had at hand thanks to his training. the talons were part of his Ninja outfit that he kept in the batsuit design..this new one shows that he has brought his suit to the next level, time has passed and he has augmented and improved the suit. Nothing on it is wasted...each piece has a function, it LOOKS great but it also serves a purpose. Armor?check,utility belt? check,talons that shoot the hell out??? check, moveable headpiece?FINALLY check! It's not like they gave him green tiger stripes or some thing right??? ALSO, the guns on the Bat-pod thing, they could be any number of non-lethal weaponry, they could shoot out bean bags for all we know.. but for everyone who says Batman doesn't use guns, YES he is against them, but that doesn't mean he wouldn't employ them when necessary, and that still doesn't mean the he shoots people with them...he could use them for all different types of things...C'mon, after Nolan delivered such an achievement as BB, you guys are gonna freak over that??? I for one would hope that the B-pod is not an escape vehicle as it would mean that A)they are retreading a storyline (however vastly different) from a previous Batflick and B)Would rather not have the Tumbler be so gimmicky...that said, I trust what Nolan is doing. Can't wait for this one!!!!
BAT IS YELLOW!
by w_woody
Jun 19th, 2007
05:26:57 PM
The bat on his chest is yellow. Look at it in the gap between his pecks. It's still a light color when it should be shadowed if it was black. I thought it was the light too but I'm pretty sure it's not.
Let the micro over-analyzing begin...
by DoctorWho?
Jun 19th, 2007
05:30:29 PM
...oh, I see that it has. "Wha?... big fat tires? Man this movie's gonna suck ass!!!!"
When do we see a bat-segway?
by MrCere
Jun 19th, 2007
05:30:39 PM
Are they saving that one for the big climax of the film or will they release that image too? I hear it has really cool yellow bat symbols on the wheels.
Mighty Morphing Power Batman
by azzezino
Jun 19th, 2007
05:35:07 PM
I don't like this new look and I certainly don't like the big futuristic hillbilly ATV. What is this, Batman Beyond?!?!?
Agreed it does look like they want to sell toys.
by superninja
Jun 19th, 2007
05:35:22 PM
I don't like it
by grandlarseny
Jun 19th, 2007
05:39:38 PM
one bit. How is a motorcycle supposed to work with such gigantic and flat wheels? And I already griped about this before, but I'm done with the whole modified batsuit thing in every fucking batman movie. Still can't wait to see it though
The sillhouette is much better, especially with
by superninja
Jun 19th, 2007
05:41:30 PM
the cowl. But ditch the pattern, or better yet - do not light up the Bat like a friggin' Christmas tree!
Maybe this will be like another recent superhero
by superninja
Jun 19th, 2007
05:45:04 PM
film where Bats is on top of the world, stopping crime in Gotham, wearing showy suits, and then..BAM...enter the Joker. Also, there will be a Bruce Wayne dance number.
Whatevah
by Obi-Have
Jun 19th, 2007
05:47:41 PM
This flick will rock whatvah the crappy design of an very expendable-ish bike and you know it.
those Gloves are mean looking! i want em
by pipergates
Jun 19th, 2007
05:48:05 PM
the shoes however looks like old-fashioned dancing shoes with long ugly socks sticking out. haveto admit the whole thing looks better in hi-res...still looks to Tronized...those abs?
The Pod
by Turd Furgusen
Jun 19th, 2007
05:48:56 PM
I'm pretty sure that the Pod is the front and back tires on one side of the Tumbler. Ol' Bats uses it as an escape when the rest of the vehicle explodes.

It's not supposed to be a mobile as bike, but is the precursor to the "Bat Bike".

Now where is Daniel19 the douche or whatever the name is to tell me that "We know."? The guy just didn't get my comment in the other talkback.

I wish people could read sarcasm sometimes.

said it before: Codpiece is not intimidating enough
by pipergates
Jun 19th, 2007
05:52:23 PM
heath ledger has seen much worse than that!
remember in dark night returns...
by ckone
Jun 19th, 2007
05:53:23 PM
Y'know , the Frank Miller comic, Batman is fighting cops, and is running accroos a clothesline? His Inner monologue is saying somthing like, "why else would I have a bgi yellow target on my chest?" after he gets shot in the chest , and you see a bullet proof vest under the bat Symbol?? IF they do make that bat yellow, or gold on this suit..that's gotta be why..I wonder how it would look. hmmmmm
Ahh yeah, now THAT'S a bike!
by DDeRosia82
Jun 19th, 2007
05:53:41 PM
Although I'm just as worried as everyone else about his cape getting tangled up back there.

As for the guns, they're positioned low to the ground, so I would guess they're exclusively for slowing cars down with some blasts to the rear tires.

He might bust out with a dance
by superninja
Jun 19th, 2007
05:54:12 PM
number on top of that car.
Of course his cape won't get tangled up in it
by superninja
Jun 19th, 2007
05:55:14 PM
it's just a movie. His cape makes shapes, remember?
that bike would look good on DREDD
by pipergates
Jun 19th, 2007
05:56:46 PM
they have to do a Bats/Dredd flick with Bale and Vinnie Jones! Simon Bisley doing all the designing! Motorhead doing the soundtrack!
I have to agree with Merrick
by Turd Furgusen
Jun 19th, 2007
05:56:59 PM
I don't like the suit that much either. It looks like they are trying to hard.

Hopefully it's an in-between stage for a much cooler suit in the third installment.

Hopefully with a yellow or gold bat like ckone mentioned. Gold would look cool.

So...no one remembers...
by Al Delvechio
Jun 19th, 2007
05:59:21 PM
the fake batmobile they left outside the studio to fuck with the "spies" while filming Batman Begins?
Al makes a good point.
by Turd Furgusen
Jun 19th, 2007
06:04:00 PM
It could be a fake to throw us geeks off.

How's Arnold's holding up? Tell Potsie he still owes me $5 for taking Mary Ellen to that "special" Doctor.

I'm sure the Today Show is in on that one.
by superninja
Jun 19th, 2007
06:07:04 PM
BINO ! BINO ! BINO ! BINO !
by Pound Sand
Jun 19th, 2007
06:08:46 PM
Or is it 'Beano," ..., no wait, that's the stuff to swallow after you hit Del Taco after hours, but well before you hit Meredith Viera.
the overall design looks more Quasi-Scifi
by pipergates
Jun 19th, 2007
06:22:00 PM
Which is not a bad thing. Inventions nowadays are already taking us into a quasi-scifi age and who should be more cutting-edge and advanced than Bats? I didnt like the Tron-suit at first but looking at it hi-rez together with the mean design of the pod...And the grizzly new Joker...I realize this is going to be one amaaazing film.
re: BrooseTheScharuk and ckone
by Andillformthehead
Jun 19th, 2007
06:35:39 PM
right on. This marks an evolution and escalation. The suit looks good for Nolan's batman. This is his and his crew's interpretation. This is the only cinematic interpretation that I would even compare to the great comic interpretations. Only BTAMS (and JL/U) is better in my opinion. This is Batman. Hey I thought Burton's movie was cool but that wasn't "really" batman. Or at the very least it has fallen down the list because of Nolan's vision.

Also I expect the escalation to also encompass the action and to a certain degree the violence we can expect from this film. Shit if he has daggers shooting out of his gauntlets then I will be "shooting" all over the screen mydamnself. This batman is going to FUCK PEOPLE UP.
Is Batman on trial and dancing on the hood
by superninja
Jun 19th, 2007
06:39:24 PM
before he's off to court?
waaahh
by Andillformthehead
Jun 19th, 2007
06:40:38 PM
The suits too tron-y. Waaahh the ears are too long. Waahh, Denny O' Neil didn't right the screenplay. wahhh Jim Aparo doesn't get a cameo.

Seriously?
Good point about this Batman going destructo on
by superninja
Jun 19th, 2007
06:41:27 PM
police property. First running his Tumbler over the cop cars (not to mention all the resulting property damage) and now he's jumping down on the hood causing a dent.
re: Superninja
by Andillformthehead
Jun 19th, 2007
06:42:27 PM
Then Solomon Grundy comes out with all the other people from Gotham Cemetery dancing and singing, "Cause this is thilla"!
Followed by
by superninja
Jun 19th, 2007
06:44:48 PM
"Clock with You" by the Clock King?
Then PYT
by Andillformthehead
Jun 19th, 2007
06:48:35 PM
"Pretty Young Thing" sung lovingly to Ben Grimm in this DC/Marvel Crossover Giant-Size!
Once upon a time, Batman did have a gun...
by khaos751
Jun 19th, 2007
06:52:29 PM
Everyone remembers Year One, but few remember the green tripe that was Year Two. http://tinyurl.com/29rw6u FEAR THE REAPER...or something.
Batman had a gun in the very first issue of his
by superninja
Jun 19th, 2007
07:00:57 PM
comic book, very pulp. They later revised the character and gave him less lethal weapons.
Is it Just Me...
by evolution1085
Jun 19th, 2007
07:02:16 PM
or does it look like the caped crusader is wearing platform shoes... gayness
Batman Action Figure variants...
by TheGreenStyle
Jun 19th, 2007
07:03:26 PM
Are a long Standing toy tradition, and too a certain, limited extent, just plain makes sense. Don't be hatin'!
Batman stopped carrying a gun in 1940
by Andillformthehead
Jun 19th, 2007
07:06:30 PM
Forget about guns in Batman '89 he strafes and launches missiles from the Batwing and in Returns he roasts a guy with the jet exhaust of the batmobile. Nolan batman has killed no one yet (he didn't save Ras though).
Yeah, Batman briefly had a gun 68 years ago.
by TheGreenStyle
Jun 19th, 2007
07:07:40 PM
Doesn't mean he ever should again. (Guns on his vehicles, though, that's a gray area. Burton did it. And so did Nolan. I don't really like it though.)
Continues to be the only comic movie worth seeing
by ScamsAndFlams
Jun 19th, 2007
07:09:40 PM
Oh my God, a bat-suit that could potentially be turned into a toy? UNPRECEDENTED!!!!!!!! this site gives positive reviews to Fantastic Four and complains about the best looking batsuit yet? fuck off.
Shoes!!
by monkeytrousers
Jun 19th, 2007
07:11:46 PM
He's wearing slip-on shoes?! Seriously??! 'Bat Slip-ons'??!? So I guess in the next movie we'll see Bat Brogues and maybe even Bat Flip Flops... I can't be bothered dissecting every goddamn minute detail of a press-release so waaay before the film is actually going to be released. Okay the bizarre 'reveal' of the joker was a little mis-handled and that pic of Ledger got me a little concerned but I trust Nolan and the suits seemed to have learned from the mistakes (see: nipples) of the past. I can't f***ing wait for this.
REALLY fucking cool.
by dekionplexis
Jun 19th, 2007
07:11:56 PM
That is all.
He clearly just landed on the cop car
by ScamsAndFlams
Jun 19th, 2007
07:12:11 PM
For all you nerds know, the cops could be dead and Batman is there to wipe up the bums who killed 'em. God, you are beyond asinine. The only valid complaint is if those pointy things on the bat pod (ok, there's another) are guns.
It looks like they have an array on there.
by superninja
Jun 19th, 2007
07:15:54 PM
Maybe the top are grappling hooks, grenades on the sides, lights, smoke bombs, etc.
Not to take a huge stance on this...
by khaos751
Jun 19th, 2007
07:16:58 PM
...because I wasn't a fan of the story, but Batman Year Two came out in '90 (I think. I'm not digging it out). He carried a gun, but I'm pretty sure he never used it.
I'm just saying that Batman seemed to have a
by superninja
Jun 19th, 2007
07:19:07 PM
misunderstanding with the cops in the funny books, but he wouldn't ram their cars with the Batmobile, or lead them on a high speed chase endangering other people. In fact they generally could not even get close to him unless he wanted them to (in Gordon's case).
I am not saying batman should carry guns...
by Andillformthehead
Jun 19th, 2007
07:21:13 PM
Quite the opposite. However he may need some soft of projectile to blast holes in shit (like on the tumbler). Only for defensive purposes. Not like burton who purposely killed and/or maimed people. Also the suit looks kickass
bat-flip-flops!
by pipergates
Jun 19th, 2007
07:22:38 PM
the next fashion statement
YOU ARE ALL IDIOT'S!!!!
by theblueroom
Jun 19th, 2007
07:22:52 PM
alright...i've had enough!!!!! please...everyone... take off the fag geek goggles for one minute to see what these batman films are really all about! the only thing different about these films and the previous monstrosities, is the bat nipples. there has yet to be a descent batman feature film. realistic??? a batmobile climbing buildings and jumping rooftops?? come on people!! this was the most ridiculous concept of all the batman films combined! im only assuming the 'bat pod' will also realistically climb walls and leap buildings in a single bound! and whats with batman sounding like spawn with a hangover???!!! this is not dark. this is not moody. this is ABSURD! batman trained by ninjas??? the list goes on... and once again ladies and gentlemen...we have a batman with a new and improved costume...as one talkbacker so eloquently put it...'right out of bibleman.' pathetic. now superman is a spineless wimp who gets his ass pathetically and deservingly whooped. spiderman a weeping sobbing pussy...yes folks. last film anyone?? broke down into a weeping mess not once...not twice...not thrice...BUT FOUR FUCKING TIMES!!!! and now batman is a growling beast in black bibleman armor...who jumps buildings in his batmobile and has ninja training!! can anymore damage be done to further rape my years of joyful childhood comic book reading?? take off the beer goggles people. the state of comic book adapted films is at an all time low.
all time lows...
by Andillformthehead
Jun 19th, 2007
07:26:27 PM
I 'd vote for Corman's Fantastic Four closely followed by the recent Fantastic Fours..and oh yeah motorcycle helmet Captain America.
C'mon Batman has martial arts training in the comic
by superninja
Jun 19th, 2007
07:29:46 PM
books for days. The gruff voice is also a characteristic when he's dealing with criminals. The Tumbler only jumped the rooftops because he had no other means of escape. They made it obvious the Tumbler was chosen because it could jump the waterfall into the cave. Those were the least offensive things about BB. Gotta agree with you about Supes and Spidey, though.
theblueroom
by wonderllama
Jun 19th, 2007
07:31:17 PM
I don't know what concerns me more, those ludicrous tyres or you're use of an apostrophe in the word IDIOTS...
Captain America is uniquely atrocious.
by superninja
Jun 19th, 2007
07:31:27 PM
!!!!
by theblueroom
Jun 19th, 2007
07:32:05 PM
'martha stewart's sucking the chrome off the titanic...it's all going down!!!'
So, Batman kills now?
by DarthBakpao
Jun 19th, 2007
07:33:13 PM
Look at those guns!
Blueroom is obviously Adam West
by NHRonin
Jun 19th, 2007
07:33:39 PM
They should have cast you in Batman back in 1989, Adam, and had "KAPOW" and "ZAP" when you fought the Joker. Box office bonzo, baby!
superninja - I think he was more
by pjdon
Jun 19th, 2007
07:33:54 PM
concerned about rachel at that point in the film, alfred even grills him on the destruction he caused and he says 'Rachel was dying.'

theblueroom - what? How did you want Batman to train? What is wrong with Ninjas? Surely Batman has always been a ninja? He uses martial arts, hides in shadows, uses graple hooks, smoke bombs to confuse bad guys etc.

All these things Ninjas do in reality so surely Batman would have Ninja training if he wanted to acheive the same effect.

Batman, Guns and Respect of Human Life
by pipergates
Jun 19th, 2007
07:34:18 PM
A gray area. Or a gray and dark blue area. He doesn't kill outright but he does what it takes to win...like exploding the monastery with all the ninjas in there... He saved the detained supposed murderer but might have blown up a bunch of martial-artists. I guess it doesn't make sense to imply that he would go out of his way not to seriously harm anybody. Cause that would not be very realistic, if he was holding back and putting himself in danger. Which brings us to the bat-blasphemic argument of what legality/justice is he protecting anyway by being a dangerous vigilante? Who cares, you cant make an omelet....
Spidey 3
by khaos751
Jun 19th, 2007
07:35:25 PM
A lot of flaws in that movie, but the one thing that stuck with me the most was...Topher Grace should have been Spiderman and Tobey Maguire should have played the beanpole girl in the apartment next door.
Blueroom...serisously
by NHRonin
Jun 19th, 2007
07:37:00 PM
You lost all credibility when you made the claim that the current crop of superheroes films are the worst ever. Apparently you're not old enough to rememberthe atrocious Captain America films, Shazam, Spiderman television show, Dolph Lungren Punisher, Howard the Duck, etc. No way is this even close to the worst bunch.
pjdon, that is a fair point. I think quite a number of
by superninja
Jun 19th, 2007
07:39:01 PM
things are potentially excusable since he is just starting off in BB. However, if it continues in that vein it will be less so.
It's blindingly obvious what the Batpod is
by Bob of the Shire
Jun 19th, 2007
07:39:48 PM
It's an escape pod from the Tumbler. They already said that the Joker forces Batman to modify the Tumbler in the movie, it's pretty obvious he added this feature. Oh, and in Begins when he fires the missiles, the car moves him down into position to fire, that position just so happens to be exactly the same as the position Batman is in when he's on the Batpod. That's probably not a coincidence. Neither are the facts that it has the same tires and look of the Tumbler and it's called the fucking BatPOD.
wonderllama
by theblueroom
Jun 19th, 2007
07:39:55 PM
obiously...you have to attack the apostrophe in idiots because its there is nothing else in my rightful tyraid that you can honestly defend.
And I love the new costume
by pjdon
Jun 19th, 2007
07:40:24 PM
it just looks very solid and effective.

And the new cowl means he will be able to move for the first time in a batman movie.

Bob of the Shire
by Sparhawk38
Jun 19th, 2007
07:45:08 PM
Is right.
Looks Good!
by Gatack
Jun 19th, 2007
07:46:12 PM
This thing s going to have an insane amount of toys... http://tinyurl.com/23fzv5
theblueroom - there is plenty to defend
by pjdon
Jun 19th, 2007
07:46:29 PM
BB is not only one of the greatest superhero films of all time (alongside the original Superman movie and Spiderman 2) but it is widely considered by movie critics (not comic book fans, just movie critics) to be one of the best films of the last 10 years.

What is the better Batman film you seem to remember. The Burton films scraped through as being good by simply not really including Batman in the plot so they wouldn't have to deal with his character.

escalation
by Andillformthehead
Jun 19th, 2007
07:46:35 PM
I think BB was Bruce's Year One so at times he probably was not as confident in his abilities as he will be in "Year Two". Also some guy was like where's the "detective". Well once again the first one was origin, setup, etc. Now here is the shit.
Letting Ra's die was more of a personal act for Bruce, a closing or a door so too speak. And honestly the fucker know his secret identity so fuck him. I think Batman should not judge and find all life worth saving but honestly, like anyone else, it's either you or me and it definitely ain't gonna be me. This movie the action is going to be ball to the fucking wall.
Superninja - I think
by pjdon
Jun 19th, 2007
07:48:04 PM
within movie logic you have to kind of ignore the innocent bystanders in car chases etc, i think you are supposed to kind of assume no-one really gets hurt or killed.
and where are you hiding supermarch?
by pipergates
Jun 19th, 2007
07:49:31 PM
what is he calling himself these days?
earlier films...
by theblueroom
Jun 19th, 2007
07:52:08 PM
at least those earlier films didn't have the cash/special effects/or budget to back them up. a hundred million++ budget...there is no excuse? and who and the hell read and cared one shit about howard the duck?? a superhero?
i wouldnt mind seeing him breaking some legs and arms
by pipergates
Jun 19th, 2007
07:53:18 PM
and plain maiming those evildoers
Batman should always
by pjdon
Jun 19th, 2007
07:55:31 PM
worry about letting people die. He is not doing this for kicks, he is doing it because he is tired of corruption and crime in the world. We live in a world where some people are above the law due to corruption, Batman has found a logical way of dealing with this by becoming a symbol that would be feared.

If he starts killing bad guys then he would be as bad as they are.

Batman Killing
by Andillformthehead
Jun 19th, 2007
07:57:08 PM
Let's put it this way.
Batman always finds a way to save the joker (or the Joker saves himself) because even though he is a homicidal fucker he still has a sense of self-preservation. Ra's (in this incarnation) was a zealot who was extreme and was willing to go to the extreme. Killing millions, his own men, himself to reach a common goal (war or terror?).
Nolan's batman is not a killer. Burton's most definitely was.
As someone that didn't like BB
by Immortal_Fish
Jun 19th, 2007
07:58:36 PM
Sorry, but there are some 30-something fanboys that are displeased with BB, despite the casting and direction (read: story).

Anyhow, as someone that didn't like BB, this Pod crap smacks of the Schu with all the subtlety of a 2x4.

And, hey -- does Gordon get to drive it before he cheets on his wife?!

critics?
by theblueroom
Jun 19th, 2007
08:01:05 PM
there has yet to be a good batman film. and as for the critics??? i hold all of them in contempt. come on people?? we are the ones who grew up reading and loving these comics and should also be the ones to hold these films up to some form of high standard...actually, any standard at this point would make me happy...but obviously im in the wrong talkback forum... any true comic/film fans out here?? please tell me where to go??
Like blowing up a whole factory?
by The Dum Guy
Jun 19th, 2007
08:01:11 PM
I still enjoy watching Burton's Batman(s), but he really didn't get the character right.
the batsuit went
by christpunchers2007
Jun 19th, 2007
08:03:39 PM
for a diet!
Looks better in high resolution
by lost.rules
Jun 19th, 2007
08:04:58 PM
is it 2008 already?
Looks better in high resolution
by lost.rules
Jun 19th, 2007
08:04:58 PM
is it 2008 already?
NOT GUNS
by zelusfin
Jun 19th, 2007
08:05:10 PM
It was mentioned that he "needs" the damn pod thing alien transport woman grinding bike. it doesnt have guns either because that just doesnt make sense ever for batman to have. anybody ever think that they are huge grappling hooks to launch him across buildings or scale walls. it could also be something to take down walls ala farrels spear thing in swat. they could launch a number of things not in the obvious like bullets. just you wait.
phoenixmagi
by Andillformthehead
Jun 19th, 2007
08:07:37 PM
If Batman didn't destroy the EL then all of Gotham is torn asunder. Ra's started with the narrows because that's where arkham is. Also they only attacked the poor part of town and that's ok? WTF?
Unless your joking then I am like oh ok that fucking funny.
but then again...
by zelusfin
Jun 19th, 2007
08:09:19 PM
the more i look at it... NO NO NO!! it doesnt make sense! not guns, no bullets just grappling hooks or yes, flame throwers or...BUT WHY ARE THERE THREE OF 'EM!!!! aarrgggh!!! ONE OF 'EMS GOTTA BE A GUN!!
Batman Toys
by Andillformthehead
Jun 19th, 2007
08:09:42 PM
Are they mostly from Wayne Industries and their weapons division? So even if there are guns he wouldn't use them. Nolan's batman is cool not a murdering dick like burtons.
Comic fans upset?
by khaos751
Jun 19th, 2007
08:10:07 PM
At what exactly? The tumbler on rooftops? Trained by ninjas? This is the same hero that fought the KG Beast and Man-Bat. You want to see them on the big screen? You might as well watch Van Helsing.
re: Yackbacker
by Andillformthehead
Jun 19th, 2007
08:10:37 PM
yep.
i don't like his shoes?
by lost.rules
Jun 19th, 2007
08:11:28 PM
What! Are you guys all fashion designers? Yeesh. FAGS!
theblueroom - most of us are true
by pjdon
Jun 19th, 2007
08:11:52 PM
comic book fans, most of us love BB. Why do you hold critics in contempt? Because they love films but actually got of their arse to make a career out of it wheras you just bitch about films to yourself.

I have always loved Batman and BB while having its faults ws exeactly what me and most Batman fans have always wanted from a Batman movie.

I have nothing but respect for WB for taking such a risk, istead of using a viable franchise to make a kids movie and sell toys they gave it to a beloved director to actually make a film which requires you to think.

Although I suppose you're just upset because Schumacher didn't get the job again.

No worries, but...
by Pabodie
Jun 19th, 2007
08:19:58 PM
A big part of the fun in BB was the "origin story" of the tumbler and various bat components. I hope they don't go gratuitous with the gadgetry this time. I think it's a lot more fun to keep the "utility" in "utility belt." Rock on.
This just in: Adam West fans are pissed.
by PUSSY ON OPTIMUS
Jun 19th, 2007
08:20:13 PM
New Batsuit shows too little of his "batarang".
critics criticizes just to be critically cool
by pipergates
Jun 19th, 2007
08:24:28 PM
apart from the good ones, like moriarty and harry here. and a lot of tb'ers act the same way too...
Go ahead and bitch about Burton and Keaton
by Immortal_Fish
Jun 19th, 2007
08:27:41 PM
When those garage doors were cut horizontally via machine gun fire in '89, I myself, was on fire.

Despite that, yeah, bats doesn't kill. He doesn't use guns to smite crime, but when it all comes down to it -- if his maw cooks the breakfast without the hog, then today was a good day.

yeah the bataran's too small
by pipergates
Jun 19th, 2007
08:28:31 PM
heath joker ledger has seen plenty worse and will not be impressed
Fenders
by Dokkalvar
Jun 19th, 2007
08:29:08 PM
I agree with someone who responded earlier that this thing could use a fender in the back, but it could also use one in the front as well. A tire that big is going to pick up any moisture on the street and throw it right in your face. That's my only nit-pick, aside from that ..Meh.
jeesh blueroom guy
by Admiral Kirk
Jun 19th, 2007
08:29:26 PM
You didn't know that batman had ninja training in all those years of your childhood-loser! As for a good batman film being made yet and any true comic fans out there- well batman begins was basically miller's year 1 with son of the demon mixed in. I thought it was pretty good for a story about a maniac who likes to dress up as a rodent. The suit's big head and the fact that his eyes never glow white where the only things I bitched about and those have always been the case until now. In this new movie his eyes will glow white when using xray nightvision. It's in the script. It's leftover from the failed batman vs superman movie- the script for that one had superman using his xray vision and batman, not to be outdone, turns a knob on his belt and his eyes glow white and we see that he has xray vision too- I forget but he says something to superman like- I like pink too while checking out lois.
The Wheels Are Officially Off
by The Brewhammer
Jun 19th, 2007
08:30:44 PM
1.) The Leadger 'Dead Presidents with Lipstick' Joker. 2.) The new Robocop & Tron had a baby Batman costume 3.) Guns on a Batbike. Err - Bat'pod' or what-the-Hell-ever new hipster phrase they're using now. I think most of this is due to Goyer's absence on the sequel. Without Goyer, it didn't take Nolan long at all to devolve back into Burton and Schumacher country. At least Schumacher owed up to his mistakes and apologized - we'll see if Nolan will do the same after he sinks the new Batman franchise.
Admiral Kirk, is that true?
by pjdon
Jun 19th, 2007
08:34:29 PM
I love that Lois line, brilliant. I do think they need to go with white eyes, i'd love to see a scene though where bruce takes of his cowl and he still has the black eye-liner on underneath
meredith viera
by imageburn13
Jun 19th, 2007
08:35:17 PM
had no business sitting on that thing. It looked like it was going to eat her.
Admiral Kirk
by khaos751
Jun 19th, 2007
08:38:37 PM
Are...you...going to share a link or copy of the script in your possession?
I can't believe some of you idiots
by pjdon
Jun 19th, 2007
08:39:54 PM
are dissmissing a whole film on the basis of a picture of a bike.

Yes I'm sure it will be just like Batman and Robin just because you think the bike looks silly (just like the tumbler did, eh!)

All Chris Nolan did was make a good Film..
by Andillformthehead
Jun 19th, 2007
08:40:09 PM
He came out the gate good. And he's getting trashed. Sounds like Burton and Schumacher damaged a lot of souls out there. If you don't like BB then that's your opinion but all of you with your we are headed towards "Schumacher territory" sound like battered wives or abused children.
HEY BATMAN! Judge Dredd wants his bike back!
by Zombie Vig
Jun 19th, 2007
08:49:24 PM
Either way, the bike and the suit looks good.
I will judge this movie when I see it.
by lost.rules
Jun 19th, 2007
08:49:36 PM
And so far, Nolan has not let me down. The only film I didn't love of his, and only liked was Insomnia. But I attribute that to the fact that I watched the original first, and loved it. In general, I don't like remakes of movies that are already great to begin with. I serioulsy hope The Dark Knight kicks ass!
Green Hulk People.
by Dokkalvar
Jun 19th, 2007
08:50:54 PM
You know, everyone of you lousy fan-boy assholes bitching and moaning the new suit are the same stupid shits who complained to heaven and hell about what the Hulk would look like. In the end, you got exactly what you wanted. A Hulk that's as green as the jolly green Giant in ridiculous stretchy purple pants and it looked absolutely atrocious. Just shut the hell up. The Grey Costume would look like a nightmare. It would, just ask Adam West. Don't give me that night-fall crap either because he looked like a gay wrestler and everyone who bemoans a black-armoured suit is in some weird state of denial about it. Please, you're not helping. Your ideas stink. I appreciate your love for the comic-book but that's illustration and ripped muscle men don't look right in spandex or cloth..Your idea of what Bat's should look like will ultimately look like clown shoes.
pjdon, right back at you
by Andillformthehead
Jun 19th, 2007
08:55:08 PM
Imagine if any of the other directors contacted was brought on instead of a storyteller a la Nolan? And let's not discount Warner's letting the franchise "rest" for 10 years.
Imagine if...
by pjdon
Jun 19th, 2007
09:00:18 PM
WB had hired Paul WS Anderson to do Batman, it would have been more commercially viable...

Sony had hired Tim Story for Spiderman and Freddie Prinze Jr for peter, it would have made financial sense at the time...

These studios don't have to hire good people or put effort into these films, they can do it shit and still make tons of cash (Fantastic Four).

Hollywood is a business and so everytime they take a risk when they don't have to I appreciate it.

Keep the utility in the utility belt!
by 'Cholera's Ghost
Jun 19th, 2007
09:04:36 PM
The batpod got me worried about Nolan and co. going overboard with the gadgets. Keep it practical and real (ish). I want to see some more shots like Bale in the machine shop, sculpting bat-stars! And I really hope we see detective work. By the way, I'm not taking any risks. I'm locking myself in a survival shelter stocked with food I will not be leaving until 2008 so I can give myself the highest possible chance of living until this movie opens.
Batman TRIUMPHANT
by Andillformthehead
Jun 19th, 2007
09:04:53 PM
Schumacher: "Uh I can do dark". Warners: "We are greedy fucks but eh, no. We are greedy but not greedy and stupid like those stupid Fox fucks".
Dr Gonzo - "Mr Garrison's transport" Hilarious!
by Laserbrain
Jun 19th, 2007
09:05:04 PM
:)
wonderllama
by wonderllama
Jun 19th, 2007
09:07:56 PM
Seriously, you are never going to make a comic book into a satisfactory drawing simply due to the fact that it is a completely different medium in which you are presenting the story. Enough of the "sooky la la" comments already. Look at Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy for example, it was a book, a radio series, a TV series and a movie. All were quite different yet worked in different ways with respect to the format used. Batman movies are NOT going to be the comics. The sooner some people come to terms with that, the happier they will be. It's a different market, you can't cater for just the comic readers who might have a tanty if the movie portrays a different version (again) of your beloved Batman. These films are trying to cater to a wider audience. There is no skill in just regurgitating what people have already seen in a comic word for word, image for image...movies are about reinventing a style, retelling a story, reinvisaging a n already successful character. If you wanted the same thing, you'd reread your comic books. Did people complain when Indiana Jones got Hitler's autograph? "Oh, that never happened, they're making that up!". Of course not, it is poetic licence, it is clever, it is not about sticking 100% to preconceived ideas or portrayals...
oops...typo
by wonderllama
Jun 19th, 2007
09:09:13 PM
satisfactory movie I mean.... Dammit, lost all credibility now...
phoenixmagi
by Andillformthehead
Jun 19th, 2007
09:11:28 PM
I guess you would have rather had a psychotic Gotham tear itself apart with probably hundreds of thousands dead.
Shit, I think you are joking!!!!
lost.rules, you watched the original Insomnia?
by pipergates
Jun 19th, 2007
09:15:14 PM
what,you speak Norwegian?
kongens norsk?
by pipergates
Jun 19th, 2007
09:16:54 PM
eller bare koedd?
GUNS GUNS GUNS
by aboriginal
Jun 19th, 2007
09:19:37 PM
What's with the guns? Better be rubber pacifiers and incapacitating foam launchers. The Bat does not kill.
Aronofsky's Take
by Andillformthehead
Jun 19th, 2007
09:21:21 PM
Would only work if Uma comes back as poison ivy and batgirl is Jennifer Connelly with the batarang ass to ass scene. yes....
I saw the original Insomnia...
by The Dum Guy
Jun 19th, 2007
09:25:28 PM
And used subtitles.
But how will that bike lean into a turn going 150 mph?
by kikuchiyoboy
Jun 19th, 2007
09:29:10 PM
It looks cool to me, but I'm intrigued to see how it turns. The tires seem a little to fat for banking. It looks cool, but it needs flames.
was it better than Nolan's Insomnia?
by pipergates
Jun 19th, 2007
09:29:39 PM
i didnt see the original
Where's the engine and the ammo?
by Sappers Forward
Jun 19th, 2007
09:31:15 PM
Oh what the fuck. Yet another cheesy, totally unrealistic, and stupid looking bat vehicle? That motorcycle thing doesn't even have an engine. What's with all the guns up front? Where the hell do you think all the ammo is being stored? Oh, let me guess, all the ammo is where the engine should be and Batman has to pedal. Now I'm pissed. Wasn't anyone in the armed forces? Couldn't they have hired someone that knew anything about shit like that? It is after all a multi-million dollar budget. Fuck, hire me damnit!
wonderllama - I know
by pjdon
Jun 19th, 2007
09:34:07 PM
people seem to forget that books, comic books and movies are all very different.

If i gave you a song and said I want you to make a painting to illustrate what this song means it would be very different.

True Comics and movies are quite similar but like you say if the just copy the comic there is little point.

People complain if a movie contemparises something that was made 50 years ago in a comic. Well it was only like that because the comic was written 50 years ago. A film should reflect the time in which it is made.

Look what happened with Superman returns, people will look at it in 20 years and say that while it was made in the 00's it copied the style of the 70's film so it doesn't say anything or represent the time in which it was made.

Rant!

agree phoenixmagi, nolan needs a bit of that
by pipergates
Jun 19th, 2007
09:34:32 PM
he could be a bit less realistic in that regard, and he would be close to prefect
more detective and brainpower, more noir, nolan
by pipergates
Jun 19th, 2007
09:41:22 PM
play with the shadows&light, and show us why batman always wins in the end- cause he's smart.
pjdon re: returns
by Andillformthehead
Jun 19th, 2007
09:42:03 PM
I think Singer was more interested with the genesis camera cause this guy used to be all about character but return's was soulless but bright and colorful like a Saturday morning cartoon in the 80's. Maybe that's what he thinks of Supes? Or maybe just a flawed film form a good filmmaker?
t.piper.gates i'm sure that
by pjdon
Jun 19th, 2007
09:43:53 PM
is what we will get this time, even Nolan has said he wants to make him more detective like.

Don't forget with BB Nolan was forced to use Goyers script and had to kind of stick to what WB wanted to a degree. This time he will be making the film he wants.

t.piper.gates., Insomnia original....
by The Dum Guy
Jun 19th, 2007
09:45:50 PM
Is different than the Nolan one, honestly I would like to say I like them about equal, but the original's ending is a bit different than Nolan's and in a way I liked that film better for it. I won't spoil it, but it does make the film different overall, I'm not trying to be pretentious, but it's a more existential ending. Worth checking out if you liked Nolan's.
Andillformthehead I don't doubt Singer
by pjdon
Jun 19th, 2007
09:49:57 PM
we all liked what we saw in production just never translated well on screen.

Kind of like he couldn't see the wood for the trees.

He probably didn't realise how the film would play until it came together.

I think the bigest problem was Lois and Clark, they had no chemistry, hell they didn't even really have a scene together. They should be like best buddies, that's the energy which keeps Superman alive and adds the humour and heart.

Ben Roethlisberger wants one
by bat fastard
Jun 19th, 2007
09:50:58 PM
VROOOOM VROOOOM SCREEEETCH BLAM!!!
looking forward to see DK going all Holmes
by pipergates
Jun 19th, 2007
09:51:55 PM
finding the clues....i want to see that original Insomnia,it sounds good. the vikings make good movies.
pjdon
by wonderllama
Jun 19th, 2007
09:51:57 PM
Exactly...
Guns are cool!
by radjac33
Jun 19th, 2007
10:00:03 PM
Cuz Tim Burton said so! Batman had guns in his movie but nobody said sh!t...did they?
DK would look really good in Sin City style
by pipergates
Jun 19th, 2007
10:01:30 PM
keeping the story realistic in BB style but playing with the images, distorting the shadows, using a gray color combination with just an occasional brighter color. noir man.
It's started
by JackBristow
Jun 19th, 2007
10:02:00 PM
Pointless gadgets being included just to sell toys. How long until Christian Bale is brandishing the Bat-Visa card?
pjdon and yackbacker
by Andillformthehead
Jun 19th, 2007
10:02:13 PM
World's Finest eh?
Supes Returns main problem was that you could not get emotionally involved with any of the characters. I personally didn't care that much about Clark, lois, super-ish kid, etc. Oddly that's the point: it wasn't the suit (how big is the "S", that not red it's maroon) it was the story and the actors and the direction. Photography was hot. Everything else "eh". And it wasn't a horrible film maybe we just need a "begins" instead of a "returns".
t.piper.gates - Dark Knight Returns
by pjdon
Jun 19th, 2007
10:04:15 PM
they should make that film in Sin City style with a bunch of old school actors.

Kurt Rusell as Bats

Richard E Grant as the Joker

Paul Newman as Comisioner Gordon.

It's official
by Colonel Activity
Jun 19th, 2007
10:06:12 PM
I'm sold. Looks awesome.
Superman Returns at least can...
by The Dum Guy
Jun 19th, 2007
10:06:25 PM
Make whatever sequel it gets, seem like a better film. I wasn't really all that impressed with X-Men, but thought X-2 was a vastly supperior film. Then again, I thought SR was worth five bucks to watch (at least it wasn't as bad as most of the shit Marvel is churning out).
its hard to make an interesting Supes movie
by pipergates
Jun 19th, 2007
10:07:40 PM
hes such a brightly colored and caped boyscout. and invulnerable too. i bet Brad Bird would find a way with him.
re: The Dum Guy
by Andillformthehead
Jun 19th, 2007
10:09:50 PM
In my opinion all you have to do is watch Superman '78 then watch Returns. Then watch Batman '89 then watch Begins. Which recent film wins?
Andillformthehead - Singer
by pjdon
Jun 19th, 2007
10:11:27 PM
went on and on about how he didn't want to do an origin movie but then went and used a origin story structure with the first hour introducing the character back to the world.

I wanted (after waiting for over 10 years) for a NEW Superman, one which would represent the times in which WE live.

Not a conveluted re-make of the 70's version with the heart ripped out.

Still I respect to a degree SR and Spidey 3 because the directors tried (even if they failed) and that is much better than studio suit made shit like FF or X3.

What I believe...
by Bronx Cheer
Jun 19th, 2007
10:12:30 PM
I believe his boots have soles that are too thick. This is not supposed to be Platform Batman. I mean, that's not Tom Cruise in the suit; lifts not required. I believe this Batman puts the crunch in so much of the police hardware because he disrespects the corruption that taints the entire force. I believe that it is inappropriate to make value judgments about a film one has not seen, or even has not even been completed yet. I believe that is dishonest. I believe Batman does have a gold Bat emblem on his chest, and I do not understand why he rides a motorcycle with such large tires. I believe the name "Bat Pod" can only be meant for toy sellers, and even then, that Steve Jobs will be offering it in 30 and 60 gig versions. (The REAL Bat Pod will be a regular iPod with little bat ears attached to the case. Perhaps the tires are so big because the pod comes out of the Batmobile, but seriously, if it does, that's lame. I am very much looking forward to the film, as I believe Nolan is a very good director and knows how to give an audience a good show. This is what I believe.
Begins, but only because it...
by The Dum Guy
Jun 19th, 2007
10:14:28 PM
Wasn't just worth the price of the ticket, it was worth the price of the DVD.

Believe me when I say I liked Superman Returns, but I in no way loved it. Now, with Begins, I can say that film was something that anyone can enjoy. My opinion in a way is biased, since I've been reading Superman comics since I was a kid (although I haven't read one in years, maybe ten), and I like the character. I can only say, watch Superman 4, then watch Superman Returns, and ask which is more of a reason to continue the story line.
I think the only way to make an
by pjdon
Jun 19th, 2007
10:14:45 PM
interesting supes film is to limit his powers slightly. There is no tension unless he sweats a bit.

And kryptonite is a lazy plot device in my opinion.

That is why i was so pleased they went with organic web shooters in Spidey because otherwise it would have been used as a lazy way to increase tension "Oh no, i've run out of web, just at the worst possible time to run out of web, again, just like yesterday, mmm."

pjdon
by Andillformthehead
Jun 19th, 2007
10:15:14 PM
Exactly....Could'nt have said it better. Reverence is one thing but Jesus ease off the clutch!
pjdon, re-DKR: Dolph Lundgren as bats
by pipergates
Jun 19th, 2007
10:18:03 PM
could be the one perfect role for him. Oh yeah it would blow minds done Sin City style.
White Bat Symbol?
by david19
Jun 19th, 2007
10:18:04 PM
Is it just me or does his symbol look whit or gray? It may just be the light...
I agree with t.piper.gates
by Bronx Cheer
Jun 19th, 2007
10:19:25 PM
I still want Nolan's films, but I would love to see a highly-stylized, German expressionistic noir version of Batman. Burton got halfway there, but he's too enamored of freaks to concentrate on the heart of the character. Make it virtual, make it black, and make it hurt. Batman is a tough SOB. Make me feel his power. And linger in the shadows.
Bronx Cheer - I believe....
by pjdon
Jun 19th, 2007
10:20:00 PM
....in you.
The Giant Penny = Awesome Name
by Ribbons
Jun 19th, 2007
10:21:13 PM
Props, yo.
How is that not cool?
by jrbarker
Jun 19th, 2007
10:22:34 PM
I like the new Batbike.
re: Begins, but only because it...
by Andillformthehead
Jun 19th, 2007
10:22:39 PM
Only more reason to do a reboot. Supes IV was direct to video quality. And do a post-Crisis type Superman. I think Singer wanted a fifties-type Supes that was pretty much indestructible. Miller with DKR eluded to that with the whole Superman getting regenerate from the Earth thing. Singer's Superman was all over the place and not "grounded" as a Golden-age-ese Superman would be. Nolan's Batman is noble in a 21st Century way.
Damn, now I feel like Tinkerbell.
by Bronx Cheer
Jun 19th, 2007
10:23:15 PM
I had it coming.
metropolis batman?
by pipergates
Jun 19th, 2007
10:25:06 PM
interesting...
t.piper.gates - I think if
by pjdon
Jun 19th, 2007
10:25:22 PM
they did it green screen they could use effects to change the actors proportions, like in LOTR.

Bruce and Gordon should be giant towering men, like 7 ft tall and nearly as wide.

I agree with you pjdon, about Supes
by Bronx Cheer
Jun 19th, 2007
10:26:33 PM
Cripple him, bring him down, and then have him regain his identity and powers, but not through cheap gimmicks. Face it--Supes is not a great character for drama. It's cool to watch him fly, but just as it's cool to watch Spidey webslinging, the fellow's got to land sometime, and that's where the story really is. Supes is a crashing bore.
Fix the second image
by Onset
Jun 19th, 2007
10:27:38 PM
Fix it.
BB is the only film to get Batman right.
by superninja
Jun 19th, 2007
10:30:12 PM
They made him sympathetic yet strong without turning him into a total dick. Bale's Batman is great. He's young and cocky but is still wrestling with something, reaching for greatness in a way that hasn't been portrayed in a superhero film since Reeve's Superman. For that alone it gets a pass from me. Still, I could do with some more atmosphere and backing off of the fake realism.
New Suit
by david19
Jun 19th, 2007
10:30:36 PM
I was unsure about the suit at first but now that i see it high res it looks amazing. It looks mouch more mobile and instead of Tron-y as people have suggested it looks like plated armor over kevlar, much more practical. And I have a feeling this Bat-pod is going to be in th movie less then we think it is.
Oh
by david19
Jun 19th, 2007
10:31:40 PM
and the symbol is either whit or gray, not yellow. Or maybe niether. Could be the light.
Supes is a great character for drama, just not a
by superninja
Jun 19th, 2007
10:31:46 PM
big showy drama but a subtle, quiet one. Have you ever read Superman for All Seasons?
hey what happened to all the usual rantings?
by pipergates
Jun 19th, 2007
10:32:22 PM
something is missing here
Just don't light the suit up like Christmas this
by superninja
Jun 19th, 2007
10:36:19 PM
time, that is all I ask. The scene in BB where he's squatting talking to Dawes in the subway and Gordon squatting on the fire escape - BRING OUT THE GIMP. Do not make Bale do that again, please.
Superman
by david19
Jun 19th, 2007
10:37:33 PM
The problem with Superman is that so few people understand how to make him an interesting character. The Bruce Timm clan nailed Supes, but few other people know how. I personally cannot stand the Singer/Donner version, I dont like the messianic parallels, and he is too powerful (ie picking up a kryptonite laced island, wtf!?). Make supes a bit more human, drop the bumbling Clark Kent act, make it more sci-fi and not so realistic, and give him enough power to be cool but de-power him to the point where you feel the hits at least. Then bring Darkseid, Metallo, Parasite or someone else who can take him on and you may have something.

Oh then stab his kid with a krypto-knife and pretend he never existed. Sigh.

Supes is all Grapes of Wrath, but Singer made him all
by superninja
Jun 19th, 2007
10:38:12 PM
Days of Our Lives.
I just want it so if Superman
by pjdon
Jun 19th, 2007
10:38:49 PM
gets shot in the face he flinches, I want him to have to accelerate to fly fast not just zip of. I want him to have to put in a bit of effort into what he does, not much but a bit.

In SR his hair never even got out of place, I want Superman to bleed.

In DKR even Batman made him bleed.

superninja, I agree about BB and Bale, and no...
by Bronx Cheer
Jun 19th, 2007
10:40:03 PM
I'm only recently catching up on years of material out there. I read Watchmen a couple months back, just finished Dark Knight Returns, and while I've had Preacher and work by Grant Morrison recommended, I might look up the Supes title you reference. I'll get back to you. My problem with Superman is the lack of potential. He's a tough one to break down, and he doesn't have far to go upward, on Earth anyway. But I'll read the title you mention, and keep my mind open. Thanks for the tip.
imagine going fullblast on that pod akira-style
by pipergates
Jun 19th, 2007
10:41:00 PM
that would bring sexy right back
Onset
by Merrick
Jun 19th, 2007
10:41:13 PM
Done.
superninja, that was poetry
by Bronx Cheer
Jun 19th, 2007
10:42:50 PM
very good.
Supes is too powerful
by Colonel Activity
Jun 19th, 2007
10:43:44 PM
That's like making a movie about me picking up women...you just know there's no way it's not going to happen.
BATPOD WHEEL TREAD PATTERN IS TOO WAFFLEY !
by Pound Sand
Jun 19th, 2007
10:43:48 PM
I just got off the phone with Goodyear. That thing would make the Joker's face look like an Eggo.
re: Grapes of Wrath
by Andillformthehead
Jun 19th, 2007
10:43:56 PM
WOW...
hithenailonthehead.com
I always wanted the Coen Bros. to do a Superman
by superninja
Jun 19th, 2007
10:44:34 PM
movie as a period piece.
People complain about Batmans
by pjdon
Jun 19th, 2007
10:45:30 PM
'growly' voice in BB but i watched it again last night and noticed that that is pretty much how he always talks, he does deepen it a bit, but not a great deal.
Bullets,Cape,and Batpod
by spidermanfreak20
Jun 19th, 2007
10:46:14 PM
It's obvious Batman wants to intimidate and cause fear. The guns don't have real bullets. Most likely blanks or rubber bullets. Rubber bullets can still hurt but not kill. Batman doesn't have a fucking AI Batarang that magically hits the villains in the head (Returns I'm looking at you). The Cape can't get caught in the tire because HELLO IT CAN FORM A SHAPE! Remember Lucius showed him that using memory clothe and current Batman can form any shape. It's obvious Batman can shape it NOT to be loose and get caught in the wheel. The Batpod makes sense in case Joker fucked up the Tumbler somehow. And also Batman needs to get around quickly and in alleyways the Tumbler is difficult to get through especially if the alley ways are dead ends. If anyone saw The Big Fat Kill you know Joker can have his goons waiting above firing down on the Tumbler. I keep imagining Joker leading the Tumbler in an alleyway knowing like Austin Powers Batman won't be able to reverse it then trapping him with street buses or something.
Do you think that Pod can crab?
by Bronx Cheer
Jun 19th, 2007
10:49:28 PM
I don't think it can, but there are some hints in the strut design that suggest...only suggest...that the wheels can rotate 90 degrees to allow the Pod to crab, like a camera dolly. THAT would be cool watching that thing go fast as hell forward, slow down, then crab sideways to dodge traffic...or to help Meadow Soprano to park, because she sure seems in need of some lessons.
spidermanfreak20 i'd love
by pjdon
Jun 19th, 2007
10:50:46 PM
a 10 minute scene of bats trying to get the tumbler out of a tight alley.
I have been on a Coen binge lately, and I would LOVE
by Bronx Cheer
Jun 19th, 2007
10:50:59 PM
seeing what those two would do with Supes. superninja is on roll.
Kevin Conroy's Batman growled in the cartoons
by superninja
Jun 19th, 2007
10:51:14 PM
it's part of the character at this point.
Bronx Cheer wow you must
by pjdon
Jun 19th, 2007
10:53:12 PM
be full. I can only eat one Coen brother and then I feel sick.

Millars Crossing shows that they could do a brilliant Batman film.

Hey, I have been saying that for years about Supes.
by superninja
Jun 19th, 2007
10:53:25 PM
Bronx, read Superman for All Seasons and then picture the Coens directing an adaptation (except they need to change the ending).
re: Superninja and BTAS
by Andillformthehead
Jun 19th, 2007
10:54:28 PM
"I am the night"!
yep.
I think Batman should sound like
by Colonel Activity
Jun 19th, 2007
10:57:01 PM
Ross the intern from Leno. Exactly like that.
He does wear armor in the comics
by QuinnTheEskimo
Jun 19th, 2007
11:00:50 PM
Not spandex. I read an interview with a comics artist (can't remember who now) and he said that they think of Batman as wearing some sort of armor, it would just be a pain in the ass to draw it all the time.
I am still the only person who liked Holmes's Dawes.
by superninja
Jun 19th, 2007
11:01:48 PM
I thought she came across as the same age as Bruce but more emotionally mature than him. You could see why he liked her and why she was smart enough to stay away at the end.
Anyway thought it was interesting that she
by superninja
Jun 19th, 2007
11:03:30 PM
realized the Batman persona is Bruce working things out instead of going, "Oooh, rubber, I loooove men in rubber suits. Oooh! And bats! gigglegiggle." :P
While I think Holmes is something of a lightweight
by Bronx Cheer
Jun 19th, 2007
11:06:09 PM
as an actor, especially considering all the talent she was surrounded by, I think the bulk of animosity to0ward her was a reflection of how much people are annoyed by Tom Cruise. I also think fanboys were pissed because she is not a 38DD cup. I don't think she was terrible, nor was she great. But she hardly killed the film. I thought the take on Gordon was worse than Holmses' acting. Some of the aw shucks gee whiz crap coming out of Oldman's mouth was atrocious. He started sounding like Goofy.
She wasn't half as bad as people say
by pjdon
Jun 19th, 2007
11:07:53 PM
I hope they kill her character off (by the Jokers hand of course) in the next one, Batman doesn't need a love interest and it would free up space in the plot and make Batman very very very....

....annoyed

Gordons character didn't have
by pjdon
Jun 19th, 2007
11:13:10 PM
enough screen time to develop or do anything interesting.

I hope DK has Gordon and Dent as very prominent characters trying to bring down the Joker and keep the city together with the help of Batman.

I liked Gordon like that. He's sort of like Superman
by superninja
Jun 19th, 2007
11:15:47 PM
but without the powers. I've always thought of Gordon as a straight-shooter not the Miller version of him (gag).
superninja - that's what you'd be like I bet
by pjdon
Jun 19th, 2007
11:17:10 PM
'tee hee, Batman, ooh what a big ride you have.'
Tim Burton's Batman Vs. Batman Begins
by lost.rules
Jun 19th, 2007
11:17:16 PM
I loved Timmy's Batman when I was a kid, but it hasn't aged well. The theatricallity of it impressed me when I was little, but now it's silly. The Danny Elfman score will always kick ass, though. Batman Begins is a great adult version of Batman. I doubt I would enjoy it if I were still a kid, though. I think Batman Begins will stand the test of time as where Burton's did not. I have faith in Nolan. He seems more confident with every picture he makes. The Prestige kicked my ass. Love that movie!
Nah, I would kick him to the curb like Dawes.
by superninja
Jun 19th, 2007
11:18:55 PM
I am a Supes or Cap kind of girl. :)
Burton's Batman is still pretty fun as its own thing.
by superninja
Jun 19th, 2007
11:20:23 PM
It's campy but gothic. Batman Returns, now there is a real steamer.
lost.rules I can't
by pjdon
Jun 19th, 2007
11:24:06 PM
wait for the confidence Nolan built up on BB and The Prestige to show on DK.

Directing must be such a hard and overwhelming job and for Nolan BB was his first big movie, it must have been hard with all those big names, sets and studio pressure to concentrate on being creative.

Did anyone else think that BB must be a really boring flm for little kids? I took my 11 yr old brother and his mate to see it and they where half asleep by the end.

Oh, and I have a man crush on Christain Bale.
by lost.rules
Jun 19th, 2007
11:26:51 PM
"My mind is telling me NO! But my body...my body says yeah, yeah, yeah, YEAH!"
I actually prefer Returns
by pjdon
Jun 19th, 2007
11:28:42 PM
although it's been a few years since I saw it.

Watched the 1st one a few weeks back again, hasn't aged as well as i would have thought.

Yeah. If I were a kid, I'd probably be bored with it.
by lost.rules
Jun 19th, 2007
11:30:17 PM
Although, I was a weird kid. I don't think too many kids were watching films like Apocalypse Now and Goodfellas like I did. Maybe I would have liked it.
pjdon "Bruce and Gordon should be giant towering men"
by The Dum Guy
Jun 19th, 2007
11:31:00 PM
Actually according to comic book continuity, both actor fit the bill for the respective roles they played, Bale is 6'1 and at 220 lb's he is what Batman should be, and Routhe (sp?) is around the same frame as Supes...

Not, to nit-pick, but both actors are very suited for the roles.
RE: Holmes' Dawes
by Colonel Activity
Jun 19th, 2007
11:31:07 PM
She talks out of the side of her fucking mouth. And it's perfectly acceptable to have a man-crush on Bale, much like it is okay to have a man-crush on Harrison Ford circa 1984 or Sean Connery circa 1967.
I like Gordon straight. I disliked the silly oneliners.
by Bronx Cheer
Jun 19th, 2007
11:31:16 PM
Leave the oneliners to the bad guys. I like Gordon as the side of Batman who works within the law. They have always been two sides of the same coin for me. No nonsense, no frills, not a lot of wasted words...men of action and decency. Wayne was rich which makes you a little different, but to me they're two halves of a whole. Gotham does not stand a chance with only one of them on the job.
Man crushes are wierd
by pjdon
Jun 19th, 2007
11:32:14 PM
My girlfriend thinks I have a thing for Tom Cruise and Mathew Fox cuz I keep going on about their screen presense and Jacks 'Jack Face'.
Gonna do the Bump the Grind....
by lost.rules
Jun 19th, 2007
11:34:21 PM
Bump and Grind with Bale.
Nothing wrong with man crushes. Men who don't have
by Bronx Cheer
Jun 19th, 2007
11:37:21 PM
or don't admit to having man crushes are very rare, or liars. I still have a little trouble with Ewan McGregor. I worked on one job with him and he's a great guy, devoted to his wife and family, and he's just incredible to behold. And this is coming from a man who is about as hetero as they come in sexual preference, although I am a screaming artfag.
OOOHhhHH! Mathew Fox! He's TOO SEXY!
by lost.rules
Jun 19th, 2007
11:37:54 PM
Man, I'd tear that shit up. Oh, wait. I'm not gay. But if I were...heheh ALRIGHT! Giggity!
I should have written "hetero men" because, of course,
by Bronx Cheer
Jun 19th, 2007
11:38:59 PM
gay and bi men have man crushes and can act on them. Hetero men have to repress it and punch a wall instead.
whoever says that batman's suit looks like a variant...
by Cotton McKnight
Jun 19th, 2007
11:39:07 PM
is a homo. There is no basis for that statement. So the suit looks different, so what? The last movie was called "Batman Begins", meaning he hadn't quite worked it all out yet. The first suit, after all, was basically out out Luscious Fox's lab and was nothing more than a military outfit. Of course he would have improved upon the design by the time of the second movie.
A little bit of Renton all night long!
by lost.rules
Jun 19th, 2007
11:40:29 PM
Wow. I've really discovered some things about myself on this TB.
No man crush for Bale. Too bumpy.
by Bronx Cheer
Jun 19th, 2007
11:40:59 PM
Okay, I'm finished with the man-crush talk.
Always thought
by pjdon
Jun 19th, 2007
11:41:24 PM
Jim Cavaizel was a bit of alright.
Go lost.rules, set yourself free. It is Pride Week.
by Bronx Cheer
Jun 19th, 2007
11:42:11 PM
I wonder if anyone has come "out" in a Talkback?
lost.rules... I understand that whole....
by The Dum Guy
Jun 19th, 2007
11:42:13 PM
Apocalypse Now thing. When I was like 12 I rented that movie along with some other friends of mine at that times picks (Mosquito, Cool World and Blob-remake)and I got ragged on sooo much for picking "Apolo Now". In retrospect maybe having a higher I.Q. leads one into being rediculed, but then again who's laughing now without having kids (or prison time) by age 19.
BB is to comic book films as Watchmen is to comic books
by Bronx Cheer
Jun 19th, 2007
11:44:17 PM
Grown up.
Yeah, except Routh has no charisma and
by superninja
Jun 19th, 2007
11:44:28 PM
looks like he belongs on an MTV show.
I dunno pjdon.
by lost.rules
Jun 19th, 2007
11:45:06 PM
I think I'd feel pretty guilty fucking Jesus.
I wonder if Batman and Superman had a baby,
by Bronx Cheer
Jun 19th, 2007
11:45:58 PM
Would You Believe A Man Could Fly Blind?
Holy shit, lost, you didn't have to spell it out.
by Bronx Cheer
Jun 19th, 2007
11:47:33 PM
"I think I'd feel pretty guilty fucking Jesus." We just had some lightning here in NYC. Be careful...Someone's awake!
I am kind of irked that somewhere out there off in the
by superninja
Jun 19th, 2007
11:48:34 PM
future there may even a a slight chance Bale's Batman will have to pretend to pay respect to Routh's Superman. And I say pretend because Bale will need a BIG paycheck on that day.
I'd fuck Jesus...
by The Dum Guy
Jun 19th, 2007
11:49:23 PM
Only in order to piss most people off.

Come on, wouldn't you really love it for Jesus to really "love" you?
If the Godfather, Apocalypse Now, Taxi Driver
by pjdon
Jun 19th, 2007
11:49:51 PM
Easy Rider etc where released today they wouldn't make any money or even be marketed by the studios.

When i was working in a video shop old guys would come in and say 'i'll tell you what was a good film young man, The Graduate, they don't make them like that now, all films are shit now.'

I'd try to tell them that they still make films like that but they are no-longer the main releases and try and suggest some more obscure films. They would then proceed to ignore me and rent out the latest shit film out.

Fire Routh, Fire Singer, Fire Spacey, Fire Bosworth
by superninja
Jun 19th, 2007
11:49:58 PM
and fire that kid!
Maybe The Dum Guy isn't a good screen name for u
by lost.rules
Jun 19th, 2007
11:50:20 PM
Don't feel bad. I can't count the number of cinematic masterpieces I've tried to get my friends to watch, and either they don't, or they completely ridicule it if they do. Every once in awhile though, there is a breakthrough. Now, my girlfriend on the other hand is a different story. Her favorite movie is Bad Boys 2, and she loves Nascar. How do I cure her of her bad taste? I just don't know.
Sorry what'syourface, but college is now no longer pie
by superninja
Jun 19th, 2007
11:50:37 PM
in the sky!
You will believe that
by superninja
Jun 19th, 2007
11:51:19 PM
a boy can lose his college fund!
I mean college is now pie in the sky but oh well
by superninja
Jun 19th, 2007
11:52:41 PM
you get my point. Fire everyone associate with SR returns, the White Castle guy especially.
I mean college is now pie in the sky but oh well
by superninja
Jun 19th, 2007
11:52:45 PM
you get my point. Fire everyone associate with SR returns, the White Castle guy especially.
Goodnight, kids. Timmy's gotta sleep.
by Bronx Cheer
Jun 19th, 2007
11:53:32 PM
Have fun.
Sorry for the double.
by superninja
Jun 19th, 2007
11:54:01 PM
Routh looked like Reeves...
by pjdon
Jun 19th, 2007
11:54:27 PM
he was very typically good looking and chissled but unlike Reeves he had zero wisdom in his eyes.

Superman should look wise and intelligent.

That is why Cavizel would have been great, he has the looks and the depth.

Of course, if my girlfriend has bad taste, and she is
by lost.rules
Jun 19th, 2007
11:54:29 PM
dating me....I retract my previous statements. God Bless you, Michael Bay.
Re: Man crushes
by Colonel Activity
Jun 19th, 2007
11:57:14 PM
The best man-crush is Colbert's for McConaughey. He says that his test to find out if his co-workers are gay is to ask them if they find McConaughey gay. If they say yes, then they're not, because he, "doesn't care where you stable your pony, that's the choicest cut of man-flesh." But if you say no, you're just trying to cover your tracks; there's no way a gay man could resist McConaughey, you liar....that kind of stuff is hilarious to me.
Routh looked like Reeve when Reeve was 16.
by superninja
Jun 19th, 2007
11:57:33 PM
There is nothing man about Routh. Just like there is nothing man about Tom Cruise.
Taste in people is not the same as popular culture.
by Bronx Cheer
Jun 19th, 2007
11:57:54 PM
I'm sure she's a swell gal and you're a cool guy. But Bad Boys 2? Holy crap.
Spacey was too obvious for Luthor
by pjdon
Jun 19th, 2007
11:58:40 PM
it bores me when they do that, i like it when someone like Ledger plays the Joker and it is hard to picture what his performance will be like.

Spacey just slept through that role.

I always thought Eric Bana with a shaved head would make a great Luthor.

lost.rules
by The Dum Guy
Jun 19th, 2007
11:58:53 PM
Sorry to sound crass, but lick her clit 'till she screams, while making her watch good cinema, thing Pavlov's Dog.

And, by the way my handle is a mix between my old e-mail account, and my self-depracation.
You people...
by mr. brownstone
Jun 20th, 2007
12:00:00 AM
don't know how good you have it. Like Cameron said... you are "fan fucking" everything to death.
The closer they can get to the Animated Series
by superninja
Jun 20th, 2007
12:00:04 AM
Luthor the better. Although I think Bana would've made a killer Supes. Did you ever see him in Troy?
I heard that they
by Colonel Activity
Jun 20th, 2007
12:00:09 AM
cast Cruise as Tiny Tim in an upcoming production of A Christman Carol.
I never watched Bad Boys 2 untill I started dating her.
by lost.rules
Jun 20th, 2007
12:00:43 AM
Now, I've seen it a dozen times. KILL ME.
that should read
by Colonel Activity
Jun 20th, 2007
12:01:55 AM
Christmas
---side not---
by The Dum Guy
Jun 20th, 2007
12:01:57 AM
Don't judge me by my grammer/spelling, "It's not that I'm lazy, I just don't care"
Tom Cruise will finally get around to the role he
by superninja
Jun 20th, 2007
12:02:48 AM
is meant to play at 50: Peter Pan.
Eric Bana would've kicked ass as the Supes!
by lost.rules
Jun 20th, 2007
12:03:18 AM
Munich Eric Bana. Not the Hulk one. Although, it really wasn't his fault Hulk sucked.
The Joker
by Colonel Activity
Jun 20th, 2007
12:03:29 AM
is reportedly a totally sadistic monster in this movie, he will not be funny, and Ledger is going way-the-fuck out there with this role.
Nah, wasn't Bana's fault. Bana and Connolly
by superninja
Jun 20th, 2007
12:05:50 AM
were really understated I'm sure it was deliberate.

Wish I was looking forward to The Joker, but I'm really afraid it could ruin the movie for me. I don't want to see sicko stuff in a Batman film. Inappropriate.

Colonel Activity
by lost.rules
Jun 20th, 2007
12:09:34 AM
Thanks for the good news. I know Ledger can pull it off. I've seen Brokeback Mountain too many times to know that he's too good of an actor not to pull....wait...wait....I've never seen Brokeback Mountain. I'm straight. I swear. Even though I sometimes force my girlfriend to pretend to be Jake Gyllenhal, while I play Ennis, and we're in the tent together on a cold, lonely night.
If anyone gets laid tonight...
by Colonel Activity
Jun 20th, 2007
12:10:10 AM
it's because of Bana in "Munich"!
"...sicko stuff in a Batman film. Inappropriate."
by The Dum Guy
Jun 20th, 2007
12:11:26 AM
From a movie that's about a guy who dresses in a bat-suit and hunts down maniacs that parade themselves as demented clowns?

What?
Tom Cruise....
by pjdon
Jun 20th, 2007
12:12:09 AM
Sorry I have always had respect for him and he has yet to make a really bad film. Not everything he does is brilliant but even actors like deNiro make utter shit. Tom always tries to do something new and each film succeeds in some way.

If you compare him to most actors he gets way too much shit.

And I don't care in the slightest what he is like in real life. He can fuck horses for all I care, it's his work as an actor I care about.

Never understood peoples obbsession with actors private lives, they are just people, not aliens or something, I don't care what my postman does when he gets home.

Re: The Joker
by Colonel Activity
Jun 20th, 2007
12:12:24 AM
I heard that in one scene he crashes a Harvey Dent campaign commercial shoot and starts randomly bitch-slapping people around. This Joker wants to keep his pimp-hand strong.
I was commenting on the fact that Cruise never
by superninja
Jun 20th, 2007
12:13:02 AM
appears to age. He never seems like a mature character to me.
Fuck horses?
by Colonel Activity
Jun 20th, 2007
12:14:15 AM
What about cats? And I don't mind Cruise as an actor, I just think he's kind of a dickface. I mean, I don't like Ryan Adams, but I love his music.
Dum Guy, serial killer type stuff doesn't belong
by superninja
Jun 20th, 2007
12:14:44 AM
in a Batman movie, I don't care what he wears. The Joker is supposed to be funny and charismatic, and Hitchock scary, not Gacy serial killer.
Seriously
by Colonel Activity
Jun 20th, 2007
12:17:08 AM
I want to see what Ledger is going to do with J-man so bad that I don't think I can even get interested in any other films from now until July 2008.
What took Cruise over the top for me was his silly
by superninja
Jun 20th, 2007
12:17:21 AM
performance in The Last Samurai.
Ledger can be charming but I have the feeling
by superninja
Jun 20th, 2007
12:19:24 AM
they are going the most obvious route and mistakingly thinking it's deep.
superninja
by Ribbons
Jun 20th, 2007
12:21:50 AM
Care to elaborate? Both on which way you "have the feeling" they're going and why it's the wrong one?
superninja
by The Dum Guy
Jun 20th, 2007
12:22:20 AM
What?

What is the difference between Gacy and Norman Bates? I think the Joker is best portrayed as a guy who finds the humor in the face of a man who just got his spleen ripped out of him...

But, then, who can say they have the "best" idea for a fictional character?
I'll give Cruise credit for choosing projects wisely.
by lost.rules
Jun 20th, 2007
12:27:51 AM
And he's a good actor. I don't care that he's gay. Come out of the closet, Tom. You're not fooling anyone.
Does anyone not like
by pjdon
Jun 20th, 2007
12:29:44 AM
Brokeback Mountain? I thought it was pretty much flawless.
The image they've shown where he's cut his face
by superninja
Jun 20th, 2007
12:32:20 AM
and the description that he has greasy hair and cracking makeup/skin and that they're going extreme and that he is sadistic and will be hated seem to indicate they are going the horror route.

Contrast this with the vain charismatic character who maintains a polished appearance and the evil lurking in him lies beneath the surface. It's much more subtle and interesting to me. He is still very much a dark character, the contrast is more interesting.

superninja
by whatyoufear
Jun 20th, 2007
12:35:12 AM
in response to your stance on serial killers not belonging in batman stories.. are you (or have you) been reading the same batman comics as the rest of the world? The Joker is one of the most criminally insane characters ever written in comic books, and another notable character, Victor Zsasz, was even semi-featured in Batman Begins. I recall reading some pretty disturbing bat-books (Detective Comics and the like) back in the mid-to-late 80's (covers featuring shrunken mummified heads and bloody axes, ETC.).
The Joker doesn't think pulling someone's spleen
by superninja
Jun 20th, 2007
12:35:14 AM
out is funny. That's too obvious, he would tell you he's going to pull out your spleen and then douse you with Joker gas and as you were dying say, "What did you think I was going to do, pull out your spleen? Ahahahahah."
I am aware of Zsasz, and I'm sure there are other
by superninja
Jun 20th, 2007
12:36:32 AM
more minor examples, but I think you know the distinction I am making with the Joker.
agree to disagree...
by The Dum Guy
Jun 20th, 2007
12:39:00 AM
I don't want to like the Joker, I want to HAVE to like the Joker.

He is the bad guy, but I so want to see him win just for the fact he shouldn't. But, I don't want him to be overly funny, or seem like he should be a comedian (actually think of the Comedian in Watchmen and then think of the Joker, what's the difference in character other than one's a "hero" and the other isn't).

Actually, that's a bad analogy since the Joker is way smarter (in character) than the Comedian could ever be.
superman has a friggin daughter
by Admiral Kirk
Jun 20th, 2007
12:39:50 AM
named Lara. His and wonderwoman's offspring- he can't mate with mortals- mallrats was right-Shotgun spooge through the top of the head. It's simple physics.
There are various interpretations of the character
by superninja
Jun 20th, 2007
12:40:07 AM
obviously I have a personal preference. If they could translate the Hammill Joker I would be perfectly happy, I love that character. Plus I don't like the realism getting too real it is a superhero movie, I don't see the need for Joker to be disturbing in that way Not fun. Again, personal preference.
I always pictured the Joker shooting
by Colonel Activity
Jun 20th, 2007
12:41:14 AM
someone randomly and then saying, "Oops," and then laughing. Also, I heard that the Joker gets the gash from a zipline catching him in the face, not from cutting himself.
two things
by whatyoufear
Jun 20th, 2007
12:41:27 AM
ONE- the joker they're going for in this movie sounds dead-fucking-on.. TWO- does it look to anyone else like the batpod could potentially fold in half? the supports for the wheels are only on one side.. wondering if this means those are actually BOTH front wheels from the tumbler, and not just one. i wonder if the foley artists are working on a grittier, more realistic Transformers sound for this feature.
The Joker is only funny because he thinks he's
by superninja
Jun 20th, 2007
12:41:48 AM
funny. No one else does.
I can see performance motorcycle riders groaning...
by RadWon
Jun 20th, 2007
12:42:59 AM
as they gaze upon that thing. But at least it ain't a Harley or some other two wheeled farm tractor. It wouldn't handle too well either with those huge 'un-round' wheels. The only direction that thing is going, is straight.
A seriously evil Joker is needed...
by spectrebeeyatch
Jun 20th, 2007
12:43:16 AM
Jack's Joker repeated would be boring I think a murderous lunatic Joker is much scarier and will have people cheering for Batman to kick his ass. In Burton's Batman you almost kind of liked the Joker and didn't want to see him go down. In response to the Bat Pod, first I'm sure it's not called that in the movie. Also I thought it was common movie dork knowledge that the Joker destroys the tumbler. So the pod is more like an escape vehicle. The gun probably shoot nets or spears not bullets. People should really stop complaining this movie is going to be the best movie of next summer and be better than anything out this summer.
The Batpod
by Colonel Activity
Jun 20th, 2007
12:43:41 AM
can jack-knife to get higher and stretch out to get lower to the ground. Read the LA Times article...it sold me on this do-dad.
Blaster Master?
by whatyoufear
Jun 20th, 2007
12:46:46 AM
Nolan is mining NES games for his movie goodness.. pure GENIUS!!!
If you want to laugh
by Colonel Activity
Jun 20th, 2007
12:48:23 AM
listen to the commentary for the unrated version of "Anchorman". Adam McKay is fucking hilarious. Since it's unrated, they try to be as filthy as possible. "Look at that fruity glass of owl cum!" "There's a large pepperoni pizza sprinkled with pubic hair!" "An orgy consisting of only members of The A-Team, look at that!" It's way better than I'm making it sound. They also bring Lou Rawls in for a large bit for no reason; he and Will Ferrell have a scat-off. Classic.
The Joker in Dk
by pjdon
Jun 20th, 2007
12:49:23 AM
should represent the opposite of organized crime.

Batman has been fighting organized crime through fear.

If the Joker doesn't feel fear and just kills randomly to get at Batman it undermines everything Batman does.

Most bad guys can't hurt Bats because they don't know who he is and therefore can't hurt his loved ones.

The Joker would just start killing everyone to get at him.

I think bats having to deal with this dilema while not wanting to actually kill the Joker creates a very interesting dynamic.

Jack's Joker was amusing but he mostly
by superninja
Jun 20th, 2007
12:49:28 AM
seemed inept and also chubby. Hardly in the same league as the animated Joker.
Nite all
by pjdon
Jun 20th, 2007
12:54:35 AM
nite nite
superninja
by mattthebat
Jun 20th, 2007
12:57:17 AM
i sort of understand where you are coming from, but i do think it will be nice to see a new view on the joker and not rehash something we've all seen. and in response to you not wanting the joker to be disturbing, they could cross a line, but i highly doubt there's gonna be a chance of seeing any of this completely sadistic gross stuff you're worried about, because the movie will end up with a pg-13 or 14a rating. there's only so much sadistic-ness you can put in there
Singer was emasculated by Donner
by Crestfallen
Jun 20th, 2007
01:00:23 AM
I agree with david19, the most compelling screen version of Superman has been the Bruce Timm crew behind BTAS, STAS, and Justice League Unlimited. It seems that the stature of Donner's Superman in cinematic history intimidated and/or entranced Singer so much that he couldn't take the franchise anywhere new (or, interesting). Those Superman films hardly present the definitive Superman.
probably right, matt
by superninja
Jun 20th, 2007
01:01:37 AM
well, goodnite all!
Matt Bagoo, you've done it again...
by Napoleon Park
Jun 20th, 2007
01:08:35 AM
I was reluctant to use the word "Batpod" - I wanted to know how many songs the thing held.

but reading the comments here, it's obvious that it MUST be an escape pod type getaway vehicle, since it's really impractical as a bike. Oh, that tiny cone housing in front might create a slipstream wind that would keep bugs out of your face at over 70 MPH or so, but any slower and you're picking crickets out of the back of your throat. It seems to have a very small, miniaturized propulsion engine, no doubt some very powerful sci-fi mumbo-jumbo - it just doesn't look like it would be good for high speeds, long runs or safe maneuver-ablity

And no fenders, really? Forget the cape, but try running that thing with no front fender in any rain, mud, on lose soil or sand, on gravel... Bat's would need a goofy motorcycle helmet with a full face shield (cool) and holes for his ears to stick up out of like his old SuperFriends space helmet (totally uncool.)

The fat tires and big guns remind me of the Bisley Judge Dredd. The people doing this should try reviving the Judge Dredd franchise, then adapt one of the Batman/Dredd comics. That would be fun.

So how many songs do you thing this thing does hold, anyway? And what do you think Batman listens to while cruising along on this thing?

just ready to click on post when it hit me - the chunky suit is his Dark knight arbor, this is his steed and those long guns are his bat lances. I think they're taking the Knight reference way to literally, since it was all just a silly pun on "it was a dark and stormy night" in the first place.

Maybe one of the action figure variants will be the all-weather Stormy Knight figure.

You guys are limiting your
by JUSTICE41
Jun 20th, 2007
01:12:30 AM
You guys are limiting your thinking when it comes to Superman. No need to down power him just put a villain against him that can not only woop on him but scare the bejeesus out of him and everyone else. The Parasite. Imagine this guy sapping Supes like a Vampire. he not only steals Supes powers but his memories and terrorizes everyone. Luthor will never be a great villain in the movies unless it's played for laughs. The battle between Supes and Parasite would be great. with every blow Supes gets weaker and weaker but in the end Parasite will fall victim to supes own weakness Kryptonite. I can already picture some scenes of the battle the hiding places Supes would have to go. One relentless confrontation after another until the end where The Parasite is undone by Kryptonite held in the hands of Superman hisself. They could introduce the Detention area in the FOS.
JOKER BITCH SLAPPING GOTTA EAT!!
by THE KNIGHT
Jun 20th, 2007
01:14:08 AM
...
all I know is...
by ckone
Jun 20th, 2007
01:15:49 AM
Rachel Dawes better not get captured by the Joker in this one. I am SOO SO SO tired of the damsel in distress routine, unless he actually cripples/maims/kills her? then I can accept it, but after Spiderman3 and how absolutely idiotic it was for them to have MJ BACK in danger, she friggin looked BORED...it was so lame. I believe Nolan is smarter than that, but it had to be said, if she gets captured, I don't want all of her coming back. :) As far as the Joker being serial killer style...fine with me..we got Jack Nicholson Joker the last time, and while he embodied the role...I would love a completely different approach...Ledger is as different of an approach as you can get!As far as the escape pod...I hope it isn't that...as much as it looks like it...it will bug me, I would much rather it be a seperate vehicle...that is styled after the tumbler...I think a gold or yellow bat on his chest might be cool, it would break up the monotony of the suit while giving a target for bad guys to aim at other than his head.but if it is just the light and is really still black..cool with me too. I think it is still black though...anything that remotely sniffs of Shumacher I think they would stray far from and that is what that does. that make sense?
Looked at the costume again
by Napoleon Park
Jun 20th, 2007
01:22:04 AM
those aren't platforms or bat-loafers, you jokers, they're obviously heavily cushioned paratrooper type boots - a very practical choice for someone who swings on a rope and scales the sides of buildings and jumps from rooftop to rooftop.

Looking closely, that does look like the chest emblem is yellow, but they tried to hide that fact with the lighting. Hope I'm wrong, just sayin' that's how it looks.

And didn't Afflecks red leather bondage Daredevil leathers have a separate collar and headpiece?

yeah, the look of the one piece cape and cowl in the comics is classic, but it stops being practical the first time someone grabs the cape and pulls back hard - or hangs him with it. And he has removed the cape and remained masked in some versions of the comics, so it must be separate even if it appears that it isn't.

in all the years of reading the comics, I never got the impression that it was a high-impact synthetic combat helmet, but really, it makes as much sense as Keaton's kevlar lined costume.

And the old "bright target to draw their fire" excuse for the gold oval - that would explain a yellow or gold bat sheet emblem - better to get shot on a chunk of armor than in the unprotected lower face.

Though if he is riding a big-wheel with no windscreen or front fender, shouldn't the mask have the white lenses to protect his eyes? It just makes sense.

- Yeah, like Batman makes sense... Comics fans get carried away some times.

birkenstocks
by whatyoufear
Jun 20th, 2007
01:31:11 AM
are the clasps gone? is it less orange? where is moviemack??
Y'know what would be a great comment
by Napoleon Park
Jun 20th, 2007
01:32:01 AM
...on the whole sidekick cliche? Do Killing Joke as Batman III and include a Batgirl origin. Get it? Barbara Gordon figures out Batman's secret identity, blackmails her way into getting her own costume, gimmicks and motorbike, insists on being Batman's 'sidekick'. Then like two days later the Joker's figured out her "secret" identity, knocks on her front door, shoots her in the uterus and spine, then takes pornographic photos of her while she's dying.

You all remember the old Robin gag, right? "I have a all dark costume with a bright yellow shield of half inch thick metal armor to give the bad guys a target to shoot at and draw their fire away from my face. Here, put on this red and green t-shirt and this bright yellow cape, okay?"

what the fuck??!!!!
by Admiral Kirk
Jun 20th, 2007
01:36:28 AM
http://videoeta.com/news/2301
BLARGH
by whatyoufear
Jun 20th, 2007
01:39:32 AM
jesus christ kirk DO NOT WANT
Looked at the pod again
by Napoleon Park
Jun 20th, 2007
01:42:07 AM
The side view looks like it was designed by a sci-fi anime artist who doesn't really understand how the suspension and shock absorbers on a motorcycle work or what they're supposed to do. Like a kid making a drawing without using any reference, or someone making a model out of a box full or spare model parts.

the armaments on the front view are intriguing, though. Small caliber machine guns - possible tire piercing darts? - clost to ground level. Above that.. the long ones, maybe not guns. Ramming lances or, as someone guessed, flame throwers? And above that, the ones with the tapering knobby points set in grooves so the elevation can be adjusted - I'm thinking rockets, either ramming bolts or shrapneling fragmentation explosives - though the latter doesn't seem like something Batman would use.

Hey, I'm on a roll here
by Napoleon Park
Jun 20th, 2007
01:45:28 AM
no fucking pictures of Dame Cook in his panties, please.
What I'd like to see
by Napoleon Park
Jun 20th, 2007
01:51:58 AM
would be a medium budget Batman movie, either theatrical or made for TV, done as a historical period piece set in the '50s, based on the '50s Batman and Detective comics, with the grinning Batman, the chubby spit-curled Robin, Batwoman, ACE the Bat-Hound (complete with cowl and cape) the big-ass Batmobile with the huge fins, the Bat-cave with the giant penny, the stuffed Robo-T-Rex and the giant Joker card, and best of all, the one-man Whirley-Bats. Who needs to swing on a bat-rope when you have a whirly-bat? With the big turd-looking Clayface as the villain. and interdimensional UFO aliens and Batman with a raygun.

That would be tits. And not of the nipples on a Batsuit variety.

Meredith Viera...
by American Mythos
Jun 20th, 2007
02:00:47 AM
Damn, is it just me, or is she an opportunist when it comes to throwing out blatant innuendo. That is one sexy woman. You see, I'm 21, but I just have a thing for older women. And for christ's sake don't liken it to anything involving the word Oedipus. On another note, thanks to X-Men 3, Spiderman 3, the Sopranos finale, and other works of television and film that I highly anticipated but was ultimately let down, I'll be going into The Dark Knight with low expectations -- Fuck that, Batman is my hero, and the Joker is the coolest fucking villian of all time, and Heath Ledger starred in one of my all time favorite films (Brokeback Mountain). There is no way this movie can disappoint.
Bronx Cheer called it...
by Hairy Nutsack
Jun 20th, 2007
02:22:05 AM
Both front wheels rotate 90 degrees, the "arms' clearly have pivoting joints at the top near the body. I think this thing is the front wheels of the Tumbler.
Mallrats and Niven are wrong...
by UltimaRex
Jun 20th, 2007
02:34:53 AM
Superman is invulnerable. He can fly into the sun. What do you think that does to the old super-stamina? He'll go all night, every night and not even get close to shooting his muck. This is why Lois will never leave him. Oh, and batpod? Me still likey.
Peter Jackson for JLA!
by UltimaRex
Jun 20th, 2007
02:36:01 AM
Peter Jackson for JLA!
Plus...
by UltimaRex
Jun 20th, 2007
02:38:19 AM
Jason was conceived when Superman was powerless so no siblings.
OK THE BAT CYCLE IS TITE
by supercowbell 4 cant stop the cowbell
Jun 20th, 2007
02:44:53 AM
LOVE YOU HI-RES!
Batsuits...
by UltimaRex
Jun 20th, 2007
02:55:04 AM
Batman wears fire and slash resistant tights over armor in the comics. In TDK, it looks like he's wearing armor over fire and slash resistant tights. More interesting visually.
Waiting and seeing
by Franklin T Marmoset
Jun 20th, 2007
02:56:55 AM
Nolan walks a very fine line between real and silly in these films, and it doesn't quite work for me. There's something about that 'explain everything' method he's using that just provokes more questions - then you find yourself looking at a picture of a new batcycle and, while it does look cool, you can't help thinking that this twenty-first century Batman would never ride such a daffy and unpractical looking thing.

Still, I have enough residual respect left for Nolan (from Memento) that I'm prepared to wait and see how it turns out. Although that respect is running out now that he's settled into his life of turning out solid but unremarkable studio fodder.

Peter Jackson for JLA!
by UltimaRex
Jun 20th, 2007
03:02:35 AM
Come on WB. You got the script, get Jackson. Everyone else, ask yourselves this: What whould you prefer? Peter Jackson's JLA or Peter Jackson's Tintin?
RIDLEY SCOTT MIGHT DIRECT A MONOPOLY MOVIE!
by supercowbell 4 cant stop the cowbell
Jun 20th, 2007
03:07:00 AM
yes the fucking board game! wtf! says it a movies.com buzz bin
UltimaRex
by Quintus_Arrius
Jun 20th, 2007
03:16:05 AM
Peter Jackson's Tintin. I just don't think JLA would work on screen.
NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! FOX HAS HALO!!
by supercowbell 4 cant stop the cowbell
Jun 20th, 2007
03:19:01 AM
http://gamepro.com/news.cfm?ar ticle_id=117508
Ears
by Droogie Alex
Jun 20th, 2007
03:27:20 AM
The ears on this Bat costume are still way too small. Nedds Bernie Wrightson lenght.
They'd better not be guns!
by xmanse
Jun 20th, 2007
03:31:16 AM
The main thing that really annoyed me about tim burtons batman was machine guns on the batmobile. He wouldn't bloody have them!
xmanse
by Boondock Devil
Jun 20th, 2007
03:36:29 AM
Don't forget that he even had bloody rockets on his Batwing.
Fox has Halo? WHY!!!!!
by Gotta Eat Mancats
Jun 20th, 2007
04:28:00 AM
I can see it now, Halo the movie, by Paul W.S Anderson and Brett Ratner
It looks to me like the Bat-Pod
by PurityOfEssence
Jun 20th, 2007
04:30:22 AM
... is supposed to be collapsible (hence the pod designation). But that's just a guess - based on the way the suspension system is designed it seems very bare bones. Not sure what I think of it yet - on other bat vehicle fronts I hope that batmobile stays of the roof tops in this film (it wasn't the car "jumping" that bothered me - it was the fact that the roofs didn't collapse under the weight.
btw
by Gotta Eat Mancats
Jun 20th, 2007
04:30:23 AM
where's the fucking Batpod commercial with the silhouette of Robin's taint dancing in the background to Fall Out Boy, it's the new hip thing from Apple you know, so it needs a commercial like that
Fox has Halo . . .
by TheManWithTooManyNames
Jun 20th, 2007
04:39:10 AM
so they can slap a PG 13 on it.
Quintus Arrius
by UltimaRex
Jun 20th, 2007
04:50:24 AM
Don't think JLA would work as a movie? Without the director who made LOTR work on the screen, you may be right. Peter Jackson for JLA!
I'll say it again
by Trader Groucho 2
Jun 20th, 2007
06:15:09 AM
Cool, but scant defense against an IED. Don't expect the Army to clone this one for our boys in Iraq.
In line with the tumbler........but
by LLcruize2
Jun 20th, 2007
06:42:07 AM
I agree with those that have said it is nice, definitely in line with the tumbler. But the practical element here. There is no way the cape doesn't get caught up in the wheel. But, this is the movies and even though Nolan and co. pride themselves on realism, you have to suspend that every once in a while to accomodate something like this.
Relax about the guns already!
by DDeRosia82
Jun 20th, 2007
06:43:17 AM
Batman's not shooting anybody; chill, alright? BB made it clear to us that Bats will never willingly take another's life, even a serial murderer's. (That's not to say that the title of this film might not imply that he goes off the deep end soon.)

The guns are probably a version of the same thing featured by the police cars of the future that I saw on a Discovery program some time ago. They shoot out things that stop the vehicle they're chasing or slow them down. That having been said, yes, they do look like guns. But even the Tumbler had an oozie on it, remember? There are just some situations in Batman's daily life that require an oozie or vehicle-mounted automatic weaponry.

And as for the Batpop being collapsable...
by DDeRosia82
Jun 20th, 2007
06:46:41 AM
My own humble guess is that its two wheels are the Tumbler's two front wheels. Yes, I know what I'm suggesting. And if that's the case, then the guns might possibly be the Tumbler's.
And Supe's...
by DDeRosia82
Jun 20th, 2007
06:57:38 AM
Somebody mentioned Superman's sexual abilities. The fact of the matter is that Superman is so super that he's practically impotent. Let me explain.

In the same way that his senses of smell, taste, sight, and hearing are super, so is his sense of touch. Although he has some "control" over this with regard to those parts of himself that are touched all the time, the smallest amount of pressure applied to any part of the rest of his body is, while not necessarily painful, exhilerating. Hence, although his super-stamina allows him to keep up any physical activity for a super-human amount of time, his super sense of touch gets in the way before it has a chance to show itself off. Incidentally, this is why Superman has never ever taken advantage of his being so super and become a sex god; the faintest brush of a body against him instantly reduces him to a non-sexual being, just as reaching sexual climax does for any other human, super or not.

Now, with regard to his super sperm. Yes, his sperm are, indeed, a thousand times stronger and more potent than any normal man's. However, because they are so super, only one is released per climax, as any more would be redundant.

In practice, what all of this means is that Superman is shooting microscopic sperm every time he becomes aroused.

All of the above was taken from the Science of Superman.

I leave this TB and come back to find the last post
by Bronx Cheer
Jun 20th, 2007
07:06:34 AM
is about Super Sperm? Yikes.
Why didn't they give him...
by NightArrows
Jun 20th, 2007
07:36:56 AM
a Bat-Segway?
***** Peter Jackson for JUSTICE LEAGUE!!!! *****
by JDanielP
Jun 20th, 2007
08:15:51 AM
Uh...that's all I've got. I commented on the suit the last go around.
Seriously tho
by StrokerX
Jun 20th, 2007
08:17:19 AM
who would look at that and say.."cool!" i would just walk up to him and kick him over.
Flabby Jackson for Teen Titans!!!!
by ScamsAndFlams
Jun 20th, 2007
09:09:28 AM
hey after our wildly successful posting-in-unrelated topics-to-get-a-major movie director-attached-to-our-pet project campaign is over, maybe we should start writing letters to random people out of the phone book. After that, we round it out with some carefully placed graffiti above various urinals across the country, and VOILA! We'll be older nerds.
DDeRosia82.
by UltimaRex
Jun 20th, 2007
09:16:19 AM
Lol. BTW, I have The science of Superman and I'm pretty certain it doesn't mention that. New edition maybe? ;)
However shitty the bike looks....
by Stuntcock Mike
Jun 20th, 2007
09:50:41 AM
The movie shall be good.
ROBOBAT
by RINCON
Jun 20th, 2007
09:52:14 AM
Is it just me or does the new suit look a little like Robocop?
Halo has been around for 20 years???
by UltimaRex
Jun 20th, 2007
09:53:45 AM
I did not know that redfist. Which system was that on? Also, where are the original versions of The frighteners and Heavenly Creatures? And of course, I'm now rreeeaaaaalllllyyyy anxious to see the 1967 Bad taste. Plus, I don't think I will send Jackson any of my comic as I'm sure he has his own. Maybe you could send him your brain? Oh wait, YOU DON'T HAVE ONE.
I get really shitty...
by UltimaRex
Jun 20th, 2007
09:56:26 AM
...if someone bothers my comics. Just a FYI.
Peter Jackson for JLA!
by UltimaRex
Jun 20th, 2007
09:57:05 AM
Peter Jackson for JLA!
Ugh, Fox has Halo? That's bad news
by Ricky Henderson
Jun 20th, 2007
10:04:29 AM
I don't care about a PG-13 rating as much as a total disservice to the franchise. They're going to screw Halo up so badly it's not even funny.
No nipples?
by www.valiens.com
Jun 20th, 2007
10:18:16 AM
No giant cock? No nipples? Batman can turn his head now? What?! Where's the dayglo neon? WTF?!
ugh i hate you fox first you turn die hard into a pg13
by supercowbell 4 cant stop the cowbell
Jun 20th, 2007
10:21:11 AM
movie called faint soft now your going to destroy halo. FUCK YOU!
Sybian?? FUCK
by Shigeru
Jun 20th, 2007
10:27:03 AM
DUDE some of us are at work! Put a disclaimer on that shit!
That rocks
by isispop
Jun 20th, 2007
10:35:36 AM
nuff said.
Bat-pod ponderings
by Automaton Overlord
Jun 20th, 2007
10:40:39 AM
I agree with many of you that, at first glance, this motor-cycle looks impractical for anything besides going in a straight line but..looking at the design again, I think maybe either the entire body of it, or just the rider might lean into turns independant of the wheels, leaving their full foot and a half of rubber firmly planted on the road, where as a normal bike would be lucky to have an inch. This theory might be a stretch but if true, it justifies a few of the "quirks" in the design. For instance, the moters being inside the wheels eliminates the need for a chain or belt-- the rider would not have to bring the weight of the engine with him into a lean, making it faster to do so with less set-up time.-- I think the single pole connecting the front wheel as opposed to the traditional fork design supports this idea as does the lack of fenders.-- I also find the bisected middle section indicative of rotation. Take another look at it with this in mind. Any way if any of this is true, that thing would out corner any motor-cycle ever created. By the way those are NOT the front wheels of the tumbler!
Were you staring at your bedside table...
by Fish Tank
Jun 20th, 2007
10:40:52 AM
when you said it looks like a Sybian? WHO would know what that is? Ugh.
yes I know how to spell motor
by Automaton Overlord
Jun 20th, 2007
10:46:11 AM
, just exited is all
You're missing the point redfist...
by UltimaRex
Jun 20th, 2007
10:50:52 AM
...though with a name like that... But I digress. OK, I'll spell it out. Once. When you hear a movie you'll truly love is coming down the river. What's the first thing that pops into your melon? That's right: "Please don't fuck it up. Please don't fuck it up! PLEASE DO NOT FUCK THIS UP!!!" Now, since this started what has everyone and their pet dog said? "JLA is unfilmable." Much like everyone said about LOTR before Jackson pulled it off right? SO YOU'LL FORGIVE ME FOR WANTING A DIRECTOR WHO HAS MADE A "UNFILMABLE" MOVIE TO MAKE ANOTHER "UNFILMABLE" MOVIE WHICH I HAVE A VESTED INTEREST IN. Coco? If Uwe Boll had made a great LOTR I'd be saying... Well I don't even want to type that but I hope you now get my point but if you didn't here it comes again. I WANT A AMAZING JLA MOVIE! YOU WANT A AMAZING JLA MOVIE! WE ALL WANT A AMAZING JLA MOVIE! Seriously, when did anyone want a duff movie? Plus, on the subject of Jackson and decades old material. Just how long has JLA been around? Rrrriiiggght...
Larry Clark for Teen Titans!
by UltimaRex
Jun 20th, 2007
11:05:19 AM
ScamsAndFlams, that's for you. Damn, I need to wind down a bit... Too much Bill Hicks...
not crazy about any of this...
by colonel_angus_2.0
Jun 20th, 2007
11:36:23 AM
glad you won't see the costume in the movie cuz it will be in the dark. Keatons costume was the best...
I'm a brit...
by UltimaRex
Jun 20th, 2007
11:45:44 AM
...so I has no idea who Ben Roethlisberger is. Looked him up, still chuckling. Kudos indeed BAT FASTARD.
'had' not 'has'
by UltimaRex
Jun 20th, 2007
11:48:46 AM
Perhaps I should stick to what I know. Peter Jackson for JLA!
I'm STILL waiting for a comic-accurate Batman movie
by Boneyard
Jun 20th, 2007
11:53:53 AM
This clearly will not be it. SIGH.
JLA movie will suck...
by SimpleSandwiches
Jun 20th, 2007
11:55:23 AM
...because they won't resolve the rights to use Superman and/or Batman by then. They'll use John Stewart or Guy Gardener for Green Lantern. Plus some other things that haven't been announced yet that will bug me somehow....
Haven't read this talkback yet...
by nonsensical
Jun 20th, 2007
12:04:43 PM
but I do see some titles that say what I think too... Why are there guns on that bike? Batman doesn't use guns. I hope those are grapling cables or bean bag guns... or even better. Guns that shoot electro static bolts to knock out the villian.
Holmes talks like she's had a stroke.
by Stuntcock Mike
Jun 20th, 2007
12:20:31 PM
Where's the tramp from Go we know and love. Oh yeah, I forgot, up in the alien nation.
cookylamoo, I heard that was the original pitch for SR
by Puddleglum
Jun 20th, 2007
12:28:34 PM
Only, once JJ was brought in, he had to go and Felcity-Alias it up and stuff. Come to think of it, it might have been a better film as long as Spacey didn't yell "WRONG!!" when he thought he had Supes checkmated.
THOSE WEAPONS AREN'T GUNS...
by Err
Jun 20th, 2007
12:44:02 PM
They're flamethrowers and grappling hooks and gas bomb shooters. They're not guns.
Ok, a Batcycle, but will it have "Shields"???!
by finky089
Jun 20th, 2007
12:50:01 PM
I still really enjoy the original Burton Batman, but everytime Keaton whispers "Shields" and that metallic cocoon envelopes the Batmobile, I laugh a little. The effect was pretty good when I was 12 and first saw it in the theater, though.
Merrick you filthy bastard you!
by Deus Vult
Jun 20th, 2007
01:02:02 PM
LOVED and I mean L-O-V-E-D the sybian reference. however, if it DOES have a sybian hidden in the seat I would like it if the new female love interest takes a trip on the batpod and accidentally discovers it during her joyride...joyride...get it?!? oh dear Lord I'm on fire!
If you flip the bike picture over and zoom in
by Johnno
Jun 20th, 2007
01:07:06 PM
on the lightened portion of batmans chest... you'll see Venom reflected in the chain mail suit!!!!
instruction
by whatyoufear
Jun 20th, 2007
02:18:51 PM
so what you are saying is if he is wearing the original suit at the start of the movie, and for some unforeseen reason it gets destroyed, say, due to a major plot point concerning a vehicular crash, or (even worse) Joker acid.. the concept of Batman having to hurriedly put together not only a mode of efficiently reliable transportation but a functional new suit as well would SUCK?? WRROONNG!
in defense of Schumacher...
by lynxpro
Jun 20th, 2007
02:41:46 PM
One really should see - if Warners ever made it available - the "Director's Cut" of *Batman Forever*. The test market version of the film was longer and superior to the finished studio cut. I know, I saw it. The whole beginning of the studio cut is totally screwed up and they got it out of sequence. The studio cut doesn't really explain that Bruce blamed himself for his parents' murders because he thought he was the one that demanded they go see *Zorro* when in fact it was his father that wanted to see the film that got them killed by a young Jack Nicholson looking Joe Chill. If they would just release Schumacher's actual cut with the finished effects and put Danny Elfman's score into the flick to substitute for that krap they eventually used on the studio cut and on *Batman & Robin*, it would be a decent flick. Certainly better than *Batman Returns* (which sucked) or *Batman & Robin* but still nowhere as good as *Batman Begins*.
Tom Welling > Brandon Routh...
by lynxpro
Jun 20th, 2007
02:42:39 PM
Felt like mentioning that.
Michael Rosenbaum Lex > Kevin Spacey Lex
by lynxpro
Jun 20th, 2007
02:43:13 PM
Common sense dictates...
Erica Durance > Kate Bosworth
by lynxpro
Jun 20th, 2007
02:44:14 PM
Use your eyes, you know it to be true.
I agree with lost.rules
by lynxpro
Jun 20th, 2007
02:47:01 PM
The original *Insomnia* (which is available through NetFlix) is better than Nolan's version, but only because it is grittier and braver. Nolan's version is more stylish though. It feels more cinematic whereas the original feels like something made for envelope-pushing cable television. Still, points for moodyness without the blues appearing at Red Rock.
And Wicket jumps on his back and the thing crashes into
by picardsucks
Jun 20th, 2007
03:23:27 PM
A tree just as the cute Ewok grabs a vine and swings away and then lets out a Tarzan yell. Dazed from the impact but protected from his new chunky rubber Batstormtroopper The Darth Knight sets off on foot, sweating profusly from another even more doopey rubber suit. The End!!!!
There's no way the bike survives the movie
by Abominable Snowcone
Jun 20th, 2007
03:26:36 PM
You know it's gonna end up in pieces
Look closely and you'll see
by Abominable Snowcone
Jun 20th, 2007
03:28:48 PM
Bats clearly dented the roof of that police cruiser.

You're gonna pay for that, mister!

Anyone seen my bat-penis?
by Bash_Branigan
Jun 20th, 2007
03:40:47 PM
I left it double-parked.
Bat-Pod
by D_T
Jun 20th, 2007
03:45:07 PM
I pulled up some pics of the Tumbler/Batmobile from Begins - the "Pod"/motorcycle looks exactly like one of the front wheel and suspension assemblies (the tire, the asymmetric front fork), and how it looks like a lever setup (that the Mobile used). I think this where and how it's stored (which might imply there are two? One per side?). ~D_T
Complaining over the POSSIBILITY of tie-ins -- PATHETIC
by jorson2
Jun 20th, 2007
03:49:16 PM
Heaven forbid a movie based on a comic book appeal even remotely to children, who also have their parents buy them toys. Proof that this site's readers might be mostly socialists is this very reaction to a new Batman suit and the Bat-pod, the feeling of uneasiness over the possibility that (gasp) Warners might be licensing the design to toymakers. Can someone please explain to me why this kind of complaining has ANY merit whatsoever, especially a full year before the movie is released?
My Batman was 100% West
by Faust_8
Jun 20th, 2007
04:09:37 PM
I didn't need latex like Keaton !!
Good stuff right here!!
by connor187
Jun 20th, 2007
04:23:36 PM
Check this site out it has the first Dark Knight toys...gives you a good look at the new costume. ignore the gray bits Iam sure that is the cloth/mesh material type stuff and iam sure it will be black in the movie. http://www.wizarduniverse.com/ magazine/toyfare/00490272 and also the first teaser poster for the new Hulk movie.....looks good.
BRANDON ROUTH>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>tom welling
by supercowbell 4 cant stop the cowbell
Jun 20th, 2007
04:31:20 PM
true
Spacey Lex>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>Rosenbaum Lex
by supercowbell 4 cant stop the cowbell
Jun 20th, 2007
04:32:35 PM
true
in terms of hottness erica durance destroys bosworth
by supercowbell 4 cant stop the cowbell
Jun 20th, 2007
04:33:39 PM
erica durance soooooooooo fuckinnnnnnnnnn fineeeeeeeeeeeeeee. must...fuck...now
Or even batmanonfilm...
by connor187
Jun 20th, 2007
04:40:58 PM
It has the picture of the new Bat man toy. New suit and all....click on the link below to see the new Hulk poster.
JOKER LINES!!!
by connor187
Jun 20th, 2007
04:55:08 PM
This town, to put it simply, does not require a figure of justice, it craves a silhouette of injustice , in order to survive.
supercowbell 4 cant stop the cowbell
by pjdon
Jun 20th, 2007
05:02:51 PM
i don't think Lois should be that attractive.

She should always have a bit of a tom boy style to her.

She shouldn't have time to take too much care of herself.

Margaret Kidder was perfect for this. She could hardly even walk in heals and she smoked like a chimney.

New Hulk poster looks cool
by pjdon
Jun 20th, 2007
05:03:21 PM
CLANCY BROWN LEX >>>SPACEY AND ROSENBAUM
by Err
Jun 20th, 2007
07:11:44 PM
It's true.
Batpod not as bad as....
by Logan_1973
Jun 20th, 2007
07:34:50 PM
Aaron Eckhart. Where's Tommy Lee when you need him?
The suit looks like Jim Lee's
by Vincent Gecko
Jun 21st, 2007
01:11:03 AM
concept sketches of what he felt Batman's armor would look like under the costume. At least that was my second impession of it. The first of course being 'What if the Guyver stole Batman's cape and cowl?'
pjdon i wasnt talking about her perfromance
by supercowbell 4 cant stop the cowbell
Jun 21st, 2007
03:23:42 AM
just mentioning how fuckin fine durance is lol. and personally, i couldnt stand kidder. she was just annoying, and she had a block head.
The barrels on the battipod
by Dingbatty
Jun 21st, 2007
04:49:06 AM
The barrels on the battipod fire streams of bat guano, saving Bats from breaking his "no-guns" rule.
Whoever said armor on tights was right
by DDeRosia82
Jun 21st, 2007
09:25:52 AM
ww w.batman-on-film.com/TDK_batma n_action-figure_firstlook_2007 .ht ml
Whoever guessed armor on tights was right
by DDeRosia82
Jun 21st, 2007
09:26:36 AM
ht tp :/ /ww w.ba tman-on-film.c om/TDK_batman_action-figure_fi rstlook_2007. h tml
And with regard to Batgirl in the next film...
by DDeRosia82
Jun 21st, 2007
09:32:55 AM
Barbara made an appearance in BB. But she's, um, a bit young for taking up the mantel of the Bat... realism and all...
*** GENUINE SPOILER!!!!***
by Mr Chuff
Jun 21st, 2007
11:02:30 AM
Anyone else seen the pix and footage on youtube of Scarecrow in the parking lot?
oh, shite, the BatBra
by aboriginal
Jun 21st, 2007
01:36:50 PM
http://wizarduniverse.com/_ima ges_/004902/BatmanToy1.jpg
It's the Dark Knight Returns bike!
by Lone Fox
Jun 22nd, 2007
04:19:37 AM
Yeah, I'm slow. I just noticed. Sweet.
Meredith, you naughty, naughty girl
by Cold Winter Wind
Jun 24th, 2007
12:10:45 AM
I sat thru this 'streaming' (I'm on dialup) vid because I still remember hearing Ms. Viera say, when she was on The View, "I NEVER (emphasis hers) wear panties." Looked like somebody off-camera told her to sit up when they saw that she was working on a major PODgasm.
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