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[thunderbolt]

apologies if this has already been posted and discussed
but how would you guys feel if they went back and did a batman in the 40s type film at some point ,
saw this and thought it had great potential ,i guess the baldwin boat has well and truly sailed by now but he would have been great for it around the time he shot the shadow ,maybe the best visualization of the comic book joker ive seen so far ,batmans no slouch either lol

yeah, I'd love a period piece Batman movie. Be cool to use Conrad Veidt as an Joker's inspiration.

[PNGwynne]

Arnold just kills it as Mr. Freeze, and Uma Thurman never looked hotter.

There's no bigger fan of Batman '66 than me, but you have lost your mind. Do I need to drive upstate an do an intervention?

On the other hand, there's a lot I like about Superman IV, so who knows?

[libby 1957dog]

apologies if this has already been posted and discussed
but how would you guys feel if they went back and did a batman in the 40s type film at some point ,
saw this and thought it had great potential ,i guess the baldwin boat has well and truly sailed by now but he would have been great for it around the time he shot the shadow ,maybe the best visualization of the comic book joker ive seen so far ,batmans no slouch either lol

[MIB41]

^I love Batman & Robin...just a big budget version of the TV series IMO. It's crazy, stupid, colorful, and oh so much fun to watch. Arnold just kills it as Mr. Freeze, and Uma Thurman never looked hotter.

I second the motion Dwayne. It goes without saying my grandson was responsible for evolving my opinion, but if you just sit down and accept it on it's own terms, it's no different than Brave & the Bold or the later seasons of Batman '66. In terms of 'shuttering' the franchise, that's just a result of the studio not knowing where to go with it. Batman Returns almost shut down the franchise before it had barely begun and Forever was embraced for having saved it. So to look at Burton and Schumacher with historical retrospect, both batted 50%. Plus checkout B&R on a TV with 4K resolution. Holy cow it's beautiful.

[Marvelmania]

Sorry but IM3 totally beats Superman IV, both are just so bad.

[enyawd72]

^I love Batman & Robin...just a big budget version of the TV series IMO. It's crazy, stupid, colorful, and oh so much fun to watch. Arnold just kills it as Mr. Freeze, and Uma Thurman never looked hotter.

[Hector]

No, no, no...not pushing here...Iron Man 3 sucks more than anything to me...you have no idea how much I despise that movie.

At least Batman & Robin is good for a few unintentional laughs, and good it killed the superhero flick for a while, lesson well learned, lol

[thunderbolt]

Exactly. Had forgotten about the Mandarin...a drunken actor, lol.

Not a fan of Schumacher, but yes, I'd take any of his movies, even the horrid Batman & Robin...over Iron Man 3...

now you are pushing it Hector. Batman and Robin was horrid, killed the franchise and the last Superhero run of movies until the X-Men movie.

[Hector]

AHA! Now we know the name of your unicorn!

I adore Jovovich's Leeloo character, trying my best to find a custom figure of hers, since Hot Toys didn't release one, only Alice from Resident Evil...

[Hector]

In all honesty, they should have subtitled Iron Man 3, "The Tony Stark Adventure", because Iron Man had virtually no screen time. It was definitely a perfect example of catering to an actor's demands (and vanity) for more screen time and not investing in the merits of the story. Of course nothing overshadows the horrendous treatment of the Mandarin. Give me Schumacher every day of the week over that abomination.

Exactly. Had forgotten about the Mandarin...a drunken actor, lol.

Not a fan of Schumacher, but yes, I'd take any of his movies, even the horrid Batman & Robin...over Iron Man 3...

[hedrap]

From what I've heard, Affleck's changes were directly on Wayne/Batman.

IMO, that means he didn't think there was enough of a character difference between Wayne and Luthor, which makes sense since it's becoming really apparent the original BvS script was simply Goyer/Snyder's MOS2 with Wayne/Batman inserted for Luthor. That becomes TDKReturns and offered to Bale, who passed. It then goes to Affleck where he's given total control of the character and revisons. He brings in Terrio, who then merges all of the Joker/Squad and Wonder Woman/JLA parts.

I think this is how we ended up with Looney Luthor. Kent, Wayne and traditional Lex probably reads as three stiff white guys, especially with an older version of Wayne. They're not going to change Lex's ethnicity out of fear of offending someone, (advocacy groups get to read screenplays and give notes), and Affleck can't play younger than Cavil. Then you have the meh reaction to Spacey's Lex, plus Marvel pretty well covered Luthor with Osborne and Obadiah Stane, plus the fear of "where's the humor" blowback...

...I still think it's going to be pretty solid. For me, it's all about Cavill, but I give huge props to Affleck for recognizing he had to bury himself or else he suffers the Clooney fate. Even Affleck's Wayne voice is not his normal cadence. He's jutting his jaw out when he speaks as Bruce, but I also think he had his vaneers changed or septum fixed. I caught him over all-star weekend and he lost that mushy delivery which the guy has had since the start.

[MIB41]

Even the lame Green Lantern movie was better than Iron Man 3...

In all honesty, they should have subtitled Iron Man 3, "The Tony Stark Adventure", because Iron Man had virtually no screen time. It was definitely a perfect example of catering to an actor's demands (and vanity) for more screen time and not investing in the merits of the story. Of course nothing overshadows the horrendous treatment of the Mandarin. Give me Schumacher every day of the week over that abomination.

[Mr.Marion]

Even the lame Green Lantern movie was better than Iron Man 3...

[MIB41]

Yeah, and I'm married to Milla Jovovich, lol...

AHA! Now we know the name of your unicorn!

[Hector]

The only thing I'm not liking about Batman v Superman so far is that when Ben Affleck came onboard, he made a lot of changes to the screenplay.

What changes could've that been?

Well, I'm thinking the existing script had perhaps Batman struggling with Superman to Affleck's dismay...and knowing narcissist Affleck and all...he changed it to have Batman winning the matchup against Supes.

So I firmly believe that while the first encounter will have Supes sort of intimidating Bats first, and sort of "winning" that little first matchup...Batman will clearly be victorious in the second battle. Affleck is definitely more famous than Henry Cavill...he has more pull...and I know that he's higher paid actor. No way in hell Cavill wins this one.

Damn, Supes, you are going to get your butt kicked...