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Vinny Valenti
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| Posted: 20 May 2019 at 7:43am | IP Logged | 1
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"So WB has now had 6 different actors cast in the role of Batman in last 30 years."
WB/DC seems to have the opposite relationship between actors and the characters they are playing than Marvel Studios. With DC, the actors are more or less replaceable, giving the feeling of the characters being empty suits. BATMAN v SUPERMAN lacked any significance IMO, since it was also the first appearance of Bat-fleck (and a freshly-rebooted Batman, at that). The MCU films seem to place more emphasis on building a relationship with the characters/actors and the viewers. (The only significant replacements I recall were for Rhodes and Banner, which each had only one outing with the original actors and were both a result of disputes of some sort).
Though perhaps one could say that Marvel Studios takes it a bit too far, with the apparent willingness to retire long-established characters to avoid recasting them with different actors.
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John Byrne
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| Posted: 20 May 2019 at 8:15am | IP Logged | 2
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How many actors have played Tarzan? Sherlock Holmes? James Bond?My concern, as always, is not that there are multiple iterations, but that those iterations seek to stay as close to the source material as possible. (Reminding us of the sad fact that, when it comes to Batman, the Adam West version was really the most faithful!)
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Michael Penn
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| Posted: 20 May 2019 at 8:21am | IP Logged | 3
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I wonder if perhaps that's why the Adam West version is still referenced half a century[!] later?
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Brian Rhodes
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| Posted: 20 May 2019 at 10:13am | IP Logged | 4
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That is the first “external” acknowledgment of GENERATIONS I’ve seen!
Does this count?:
Spider-Man: Life Story A new mini-series wherein each issue features a decade in the life of Spider-Man as he and the rest of the Marvel Universe age in real time.
Where DO they come up with these ideas???
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John Byrne
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| Posted: 20 May 2019 at 10:20am | IP Logged | 5
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When I first met Dan DiDio he told me his plans for DC, most of which were rehashing Marvel ideas from ten, fifteen, twenty years earlier. Has Marvel decided it’s time to reverse that process?
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Andrew W. Farago
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| Posted: 21 May 2019 at 3:52pm | IP Logged | 6
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Pattinson's got a lot of range as an actor. I think he'll surprise a lot of people in this role.
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David Schmidt
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| Posted: 22 May 2019 at 3:20am | IP Logged | 7
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I read somewhere they wanted to emphasize on Batman's detective skills in this new movie... which would be something interesting to watch I think.
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John Byrne
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| Posted: 22 May 2019 at 7:28am | IP Logged | 8
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As long as they don’t put him in a bat-trenchcoat and bat-fedora!
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David Schmidt
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| Posted: 22 May 2019 at 10:39am | IP Logged | 9
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Here's looking at you kid.
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Brian Floyd
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| Posted: 22 May 2019 at 5:39pm | IP Logged | 10
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Thread title almost made me think Joel Schumacher might be directing......
(Hey, if they put the Riddler in sequins, why not a glitter/sparkle Batman suit?)
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Koroush Ghazi
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| Posted: 22 May 2019 at 5:56pm | IP Logged | 11
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There are really only two things keeping me interested in this Batman movie: it's not going to be another origin story, and it's apparently going to be noir(ish).
I never expected Batman Begins to be particularly good, nor was I a fan of Christian Bale, but both the movie and the actor proved me wrong. So I'm not going to prejudge Pattinson's suitability for the role beyond saying that I agree with JB on Bruce Wayne. His uncostumed physical appearance should be distinctly different from a tough superhero, somewhat foppish and ineffectual. In that regard, Pattinson fits the bill.
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Brian Floyd
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Forgot to ask: Is this the movie with Deathstroke as the villain, or was that idea scrapped already?
As long as they don't cast anyone else from the Twilight movies in it, I've no problem with Pattinson as Batman/Bruce Wayne. Though Billy Burke, who I'm a fan of from other roles, would make an interesting Gordon.
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