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  • KalTorakKalTorak One way or another, they all end up in the Undercity.Registered User regular
    Blank what's the name of that Dixon Bane run? I want to check it out.

  • Indie WinterIndie Winter die Krähe Rudi Hurzlmeier (German, b. 1952)Registered User regular
    ok

    can I get a "to read" list on Bane then please

    I would like to actively like this villain and I appear to have been doing him a disservice

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  • BlankZoeBlankZoe Registered User regular
    Also, on principle, I'm annoyed with anyone who knows Batman's secret identity. I don't like that I know Batman's secret identity.
    I was reading Supergods and had no idea that Batman's secret identity was kept, well, secret for like the first 3-5 issues of his appearance.

    They introduced all of the supporting cast but Bruce Wayne just looked like a dopey millionaire. Then after a few issues SURPRISE HE'S BATMAN IT'S ALL AN ACT.

    I thought that was pretty rad.

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  • ShimShamShimSham Registered User regular
    I want to see Nolan's Bane have a whole Tom Hanks/Wilson style relationship with Osito.

  • BlankZoeBlankZoe Registered User regular
    ok

    can I get a "to read" list on Bane then please

    I would like to actively like this villain and I appear to have been doing him a disservice
    Batman: Vengeance of Bane
    Batman: Knightfall
    Secret Six

    there is also the storyline where he teams up with Batman to take down King Snake but those three are the highlights

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  • Skull ManSkull Man RIP KUSU Registered User regular
    apparently you can't hear bane for shit in the preview people saw

  • BlankZoeBlankZoe Registered User regular
    Yeah Hardy has some sort of thick accent and the respirator makes it hard to understand sometimes

    apparently he is fucking huge and menacing though

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  • ZonugalZonugal (He/Him) The Holiday Armadillo I'm Santa's representative for all the southern states. And Mexico!Registered User, Transition Team regular
    ok

    can I get a "to read" list on Bane then please

    I would like to actively like this villain and I appear to have been doing him a disservice

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  • Skull ManSkull Man RIP KUSU Registered User regular
    the stuff I've been reading is like

    they can't understand half of what he says

  • BlankZoeBlankZoe Registered User regular
    Secret Six has the best Bane

    because this happens:
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  • BlankZoeBlankZoe Registered User regular
    Skull Man wrote:
    the stuff I've been reading is like

    they can't understand half of what he says
    I've heard people say it is about on par with Bale's Batmanvoice in terms of being able to understand it

    hopefully they can clean it up a bit before release, especially since they are just now entering post

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  • ZonugalZonugal (He/Him) The Holiday Armadillo I'm Santa's representative for all the southern states. And Mexico!Registered User, Transition Team regular
    Blankzilla wrote:
    Skull Man wrote:
    the stuff I've been reading is like

    they can't understand half of what he says
    I've heard people say it is about on par with Bale's Batmanvoice in terms of being able to understand it

    hopefully they can clean it up a bit before release, especially since they are just now entering post

    I can't imagine they won't do some ADR in post.

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  • Speed RacerSpeed Racer Scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratchRegistered User regular
    edited December 2011
    that's one thing I thought was a really cool idea in tim burton's batman

    I think if it was done well, a story taking place early in the batman timeline about an investigative reporter trying to get to the bottom of this Batman nonsense could be really really cool

    unfortunately that movie blew ass

    but maybe if I'm lucky someone will tell me that as a matter of fact there is a comic/graphic novel that is about exactly that!

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  • OlivawOlivaw good name, isn't it? the foot of mt fujiRegistered User regular
    Hullis wrote:
    No, not at all, but given that this is a series in which
    we may very well see r'as in dkr even though nolan has stated somewhere he doesn't want lazarus pits or any magic silliness in his movies

    so, take it as you will

    i mean, i agree with you that he won't show up, but it's entirely possible early drafts had him showing up

    This is something I'm curious about

    Is that a thing that's likely to happen? Because they seemed to set it up in Begins and I was always hoping they'd come back around to it

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  • DichotomyDichotomy Registered User regular
    great

    now there are two incomprehensible silly-sounding growling men

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  • SolarSolar Registered User regular
    Blankzilla wrote:
    Seriously Prometheus' origin is his parents were hippies/murderers who were killed by the cops, man.

    So he swears vengeance on all authority figures

    Do you see where they are going with this?

    Yeah that is so ham-fisted that pig populations across the world had to drop by half in order to get the ham and make the fist

    Also Prometheus has a bunch of stupid bullshit things like Mental Chaff that are supposed to make him so awesome

    But really Superman would just bust his head and that's that

    Also, I say again, low-rent Taskmaster

  • WeedLordVegetaWeedLordVegeta Registered User regular
    that's one thing I thought was a really cool idea in tim burton's batman

    I think if it was done well, a story taking place early in the batman timeline about an investigative reporter trying to get to the bottom of the Batman nonsense could be really really cool


    unfortunately that movie blew ass

    but maybe if I'm lucky someone will tell me that as a matter of fact there is a graphic novel that is about exactly that!
    Red Robin did this. Vicki Vale used logic to piece together the Bat-family but Tim Wayne faked an assassination attempt to throw her off of it.

  • ZonugalZonugal (He/Him) The Holiday Armadillo I'm Santa's representative for all the southern states. And Mexico!Registered User, Transition Team regular
    that's one thing I thought was a really cool idea in tim burton's batman

    I think if it was done well, a story taking place early in the batman timeline about an investigative reporter trying to get to the bottom of the Batman nonsense could be really really cool

    unfortunately that movie blew ass

    but maybe if I'm lucky someone will tell me that as a matter of fact there is a graphic novel that is about exactly that!

    What about instead of an investigative reporter there is a nine-year old kid?

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  • Speed RacerSpeed Racer Scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratchRegistered User regular
    I am one of the few

    the proud

    who is fine with Bale's Batvoice

  • Skull ManSkull Man RIP KUSU Registered User regular
    I want the real old school batman

    driving around in a blue convertible shooting criminals from the driver's seat with a pistol

  • WeedLordVegetaWeedLordVegeta Registered User regular
    edited December 2011
    Olivaw wrote:
    Hullis wrote:
    No, not at all, but given that this is a series in which
    we may very well see r'as in dkr even though nolan has stated somewhere he doesn't want lazarus pits or any magic silliness in his movies

    so, take it as you will

    i mean, i agree with you that he won't show up, but it's entirely possible early drafts had him showing up

    This is something I'm curious about

    Is that a thing that's likely to happen? Because they seemed to set it up in Begins and I was always hoping they'd come back around to it
    Neeson has been spotted on set, even though there's another actor portraying r'as in a flashback

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  • Speed RacerSpeed Racer Scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratchRegistered User regular
    Maybe what I'm actually asking for

    is Citizen Wayne

  • Skull ManSkull Man RIP KUSU Registered User regular
    I am one of the few

    the proud

    who is fine with Bale's Batvoice

    I like it too

  • BlankZoeBlankZoe Registered User regular
    Olivaw wrote:
    Hullis wrote:
    No, not at all, but given that this is a series in which
    we may very well see r'as in dkr even though nolan has stated somewhere he doesn't want lazarus pits or any magic silliness in his movies

    so, take it as you will

    i mean, i agree with you that he won't show up, but it's entirely possible early drafts had him showing up

    This is something I'm curious about

    Is that a thing that's likely to happen? Because they seemed to set it up in Begins and I was always hoping they'd come back around to it
    It is fairly likely.
    A dude was cast as a young Ra's and Marion Coitard is cast as "Miranda Tate" but everyone is betting she is Talia.

    Plus rumors of Liam Neeson being on set

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  • BlankZoeBlankZoe Registered User regular
    I am just fine with Bale's Batvoice.

    Nolan's Batverse is meant to be one grounded in reality and Batman obviously has to sound wildly different from Bruce Wayne since the latter is on tv a whole bunch.

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  • Airking850Airking850 Ottawa, ONRegistered User regular
    Tch.

    We all know that the legend will never die.

  • DichotomyDichotomy Registered User regular
    nolan's batverse is meant to be one grounded in reality and so batman obviously has to sound like a ten-year-old doing a darth vader impression

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  • Speed RacerSpeed Racer Scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratchRegistered User regular
    I mean

    it's just a raspy voice

    I don't really get what all the complaining is about

  • Skull ManSkull Man RIP KUSU Registered User regular
    the best thing Bale does is the drunk wayne

  • BlankZoeBlankZoe Registered User regular
    Dichotomy wrote:
    nolan's batverse is meant to be one grounded in reality and so batman obviously has to sound like a ten-year-old doing a darth vader impression
    Which sounds different than the playboy billionaire who is in the public eye and has been for most of his adult life.

    Yes.

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  • QuothQuoth the Raven Miami, FL FOR REALRegistered User regular
    Batman is really just a copy of the Scarlet Pimpernel mirite

  • WeedLordVegetaWeedLordVegeta Registered User regular
    Skull Man wrote:
    the best thing Bale does is the drunk wayne

    this is absolutely correct

  • ZonugalZonugal (He/Him) The Holiday Armadillo I'm Santa's representative for all the southern states. And Mexico!Registered User, Transition Team regular
    I am one of the few

    the proud

    who is fine with Bale's Batvoice

    I too am fine with it and feel there is an element of realism in a dude trying to sound wildly different & menacing.

    Some billionaire playboys aren't classically trained voice actors.

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  • ZonugalZonugal (He/Him) The Holiday Armadillo I'm Santa's representative for all the southern states. And Mexico!Registered User, Transition Team regular
    edited December 2011
    Skull Man wrote:
    the best thing Bale does is the drunk wayne

    Bale is, without a doubt, the best Bruce Wayne. I mean just look at scenes like this:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zwJp6DmmuE&feature=related

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  • BusterKBusterK Negativity is Boring Cynicism is Cowardice Registered User regular
    edited December 2011
    Quoth wrote:
    Batman is really just a copy of the Scarlet Pimpernel mirite

    I think only secondarily
    Mostly he comes from Zorro and The Shadow which both come from The Scarlet Pimpernel

    And of course Superman

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  • Vann DirasVann Diras Registered User regular
    yeah i'm mostly alright with bale's batman voice with the exception of a few scenes

    and his wayne is so good that those scenes are forgiven forever

  • BlankZoeBlankZoe Registered User regular
    Batman was actually designed to be super successful.

    Bob Kane and Bill Finger sat down and looked at various stories and intentionally took what worked and what didn't and made a Frankenstein monster from the corpses of Zorro, The Shadow, Superman and others.

    He was designed to be a best seller from the get go. Business came before the creative process.

    as opposed to Superman who was just a neat idea Siegel and Shuster had that they never really expected to take off.

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  • ZonugalZonugal (He/Him) The Holiday Armadillo I'm Santa's representative for all the southern states. And Mexico!Registered User, Transition Team regular
    I mean it is hard to follow the range of the multi-talented Michael Keaton...

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CiLKrDWgGYs

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  • BusterKBusterK Negativity is Boring Cynicism is Cowardice Registered User regular
    I like that Michael Keaton seems like the kind of Bruce Wayne that actually needs to dress up like Batman in order to be threatening

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  • BlankZoeBlankZoe Registered User regular
    I love Bruce Wayne

    like I think a proper Batman story should spend at least 30-40% of the time with him as Bruce Wayne. A lot of writers just use him as an act or a mask and write him the same as when he is wearing the cowl.

    But Bruce Wayne has his own personality, even if it is just Batman playing pretend. Nolan summed it up well with:
    Drive sports cars, date movie stars, buy things that are not for sale... who knows, Master Wayne? You start pretending to have fun, you might even have a little by accident.

    Despite his best efforts, Bruce can't help but be his own man a little bit.

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