All-Star The Dark Knight (Batman) movie

[The Joker]

A little fat kid running out after a big explosion, plugging one of Bay's previous films would be a given with a Bay directed Batman movie.

[Tanjint]

gotham knight is out?

NEED it

-T

[Dr. Ghost]

not officially.
it's out june 8.
but it's all over the internet right now, so i guess it depends on your pov.

[the goddamn batman]

I scored an advance copy from my A.D..

[Preus]

I'll probably try to find & watch it later today.

[Rabid Trekkie]

I have a wait and see approach to this film as well. I find some of the reviews to be too exagerated, from the sure fire Oscar nomination for Ledger to the comparison to The Godfather II.

And too many of the reviews are saying hardly anything at all about Batman himself. You get the feeling the film should be called 'Two Faced Joker'.

Well the reason for all the hype about Ledger is because he's dead. That's not a knock against the guy , just simply a reaction to the last thing (the way I understand it this isn't the last thing he worked on, just the last to be released, could be wrong) we will see from the guy and so everyone is uber excited about it. If Bale had died we'd be hearing the same thing.

Tied into that though is that this is the first time since '89 that Joker has been on the big screen in a live action movie. Since Burton killed him off and the others decided to keep with Burton's beginnings, the most well known comicbook villain hasn't been seen anywhere else except the DCAU. Not only that but it promises to be a new direction for the Joker, just as Nicholson's portrayl was different than Caesar Romero's so that also has fans and movie-goers excited.

Plus the first chance at a good Two-Face.

[Tanjint]

truth^

hey, is the citizens for Batman stuff gonna be in the movie at all(i've done my best to avoid spoilers, scenes, and too many long trailers so far)? Cause if so, that's another DKR-like thing right there imo. The sons of the Bat and all that....

-T

[the goddamn batman]

Ledger was working on another film when he died. TDK is his last completed film as he died before he'd wrapped whatever it was (I think a Terry Gilliam movie?) he was working on.

[The Joker]

Ledger was working on another film when he died. TDK is his last completed film as he died before he'd wrapped whatever it was (I think a Terry Gilliam movie?) he was working on.

Yeah, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus is the name of the film.

Ledger's role was recast with Johnny Depp, Jude Law and Colin Farrell portraying physically changed transformations of Ledger's character as he travels through dimensions.

[the goddamn batman]

That's right. Totally couldn't remember. I blame the lack of sleep.

[Sean Whitmore]

And a guy who dresses up like a bat and fights criminals, Scarecrow creating a "Fear Gas", and the league of shadows (who are an ancient group of ninjas, secretly keeping the world in check for thousands of years) using a device that vaporized all water, yet didnt affect humans, to try and poison a major city with "fear gas" is realistic?

Realism, especially in that respect, isnt even an issue. However, the way it is explained by Nolan and company and taken seriously is what gives it the illusion of realism.

It's not the actual content, it's how it's approached and dealt with.

Exactly. Well said.

If Nolan doesn't like Robin, then more power to him, he should definitely not include him in the series.

If he doesn't think Robin can be done realistically (and I've never heard him say this, by the way, I've only heard people speculate), then he's really worrying over nothing. Because frankly, Batman can't be done realistically either.

We're already flowing him a tremendous amount of suspension of disbelief in that regard. A teen sidekick isn't gonna strain that to the breaking point.


SEAN

[the goddamn batman]

Christian Bale made a comment/joke about refusing to come to work if Robin was added.

And personally, I don't see it fitting in Nolan's Bat-verse... then again, I've never really been a fan of Robin.

[Sean Whitmore]

Christian Bale made a comment/joke about refusing to come to work if Robin was added.

Yeah, I read that. Said he would chain himself up and refuse to come to work. And considering the dangerous amount of weight he lost for The Machinist, he's probably nuts enough to do it.

AICN doesn't seem to trust the source that reported that quote, for whatever that's worth.


SEAN

[andy khouri]

DEFEND THE DARK KNIGHT: Gary Oldman

CBR News speaks once more with "The Dark Knight" co-star Gary Oldman, this time about the appeal of Jim Gordon, his upcoming “A Christmas Carol,” and his thoughts for a third Batman film. SPOILER WARNING.

http://comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=17085

[filthysize]

DEFEND THE DARK KNIGHT: Gary Oldman

CBR News speaks once more with "The Dark Knight" co-star Gary Oldman, this time about the appeal of Jim Gordon, his upcoming “A Christmas Carol,” and his thoughts for a third Batman film. SPOILER WARNING.

http://comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=17085

Huh. That's a pretty big spoiler at the end.