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The Dark Knight - 'This city deserves a better class of criminal...'

Mr BubblesMr Bubbles David Koresh SuperstarRegistered User regular
edited July 2008 in Debate and/or Discourse
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What is it?
From Wiki:

The Dark Knight is an upcoming 2008 American superhero film based on the fictional DC Comics character Batman. The film is a sequel to 2005's Batman Begins, which rebooted the Batman film series after an eight-year hiatus. Christopher Nolan returns as the director, and Christian Bale reprises the lead role. Batman's primary conflicts in the film come from his fight against the Joker (Heath Ledger) and his strained friendship with district attorney Harvey Dent (Aaron Eckhart).

'A taste for the theatrical' - Trailer

'Here's my card...' - Trailer 2

'HAHAhahahHAHAHA' - International Trailer
toxk_02 wrote: »
Hold onto your butts: http://www.darkhorizons.com/news08/080416k.php
Meanwhile early word on "The Dark Knight" is that Chris Nolan's cut clocks in at nearly three hours and it's unlikely to be cut down much further despite the studio's desire for a more manageable 150 minutes. Nolan's "Batman Begins" came in at 140 minutes so a slightly longer runtime for the sequel doesn't seem surprising and the immaculately conceived Devin Faraci over at CHUD thinks that, and I tend to agree, it'll probably come in at about 165 mins.
:^:

Awesome, has it got a release date?

In a bizzare reversal of the norm the film will be released on July 17, 2008 in Australia, on July 18, 2008 in North America and on July 25, 2008 in the United Kingdom.

Tie-in direct-to-DVD animated thing? This is madness!

Nah, its Gotham Knight, a series of animated short films about Batman which has a trailer here

Whats this ARG I hear about?

Wiki, dedicated to the ARG, a good place to start

So hows it shaping up? Any pictures?

I'm glad you asked
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This is my first OP ever, don't be too harsh...

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  • toxk_02toxk_02 Registered User regular
    edited April 2008
    Nice OP, nice and lean with all the important info. I just came to post some news on the tie-in anime.

    A new trailer: http://www.totaleclips.com/player/Splash.aspx?formatid=2&bitrateid=214&custid=235&playerid=65&clipid=e39043&affliateid=-1

    And this news (well, from 3/19 but it's news to me):
    Kevin Conroy, the benchmark by which fans compare all “Batman” voices, returns to the title role in Batman Gotham Knight, the third release in the DC Universe Animated Original Movie series from DC Comics, Warner Premiere, Warner Home Video and Warner Bros. Animation, it was announced today. The all-new, original movie will street July 8, 2008 on DVD and Blu-ray Disc, as well as OnDemand and Pay-per-View. The film will be available for download on the same date.

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  • DredZedDredZed Registered User regular
    edited April 2008
    That new trailer for Gotham Night is awesome, and it's so good hearing Kevin Conroy's voice again.

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  • Mr BubblesMr Bubbles David Koresh Superstar Registered User regular
    edited April 2008
    Balls, I forgot about the Gotham Knight, I'll stick that in the OP too...

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  • bychancebychance Registered User regular
    edited April 2008
    Christian Bale & Heath Ledger - More Dark Knight press stills (4 UHQ versions).
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  • Rabid_LlamaRabid_Llama Registered User regular
    edited April 2008
    Gotham Knight looks sweet in motion! I hope the switching between animation styles isn't too jarring.

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  • AbsoluteZeroAbsoluteZero The new film by Quentin Koopantino Registered User regular
    edited April 2008
    I am ridiculously excited for TDK. It can't be July soon enough.

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  • ForarForar #432 Toronto, Ontario, CanadaRegistered User regular
    edited April 2008
    Amen to that.

    I know I'm going to be dragging friends out to see this regularly.

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  • JimJimBinksJimJimBinks Registered User regular
    edited April 2008
    I'm pretty damn excited, but not as excited as my wife who has been dreaming about going to see the movie lately.

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  • chamberlainchamberlain Registered User regular
    edited April 2008
    I'm pretty damn excited, but not as excited as my wife who has been dreaming about going to see the movie lately.

    Time to rent a batsuit.

    :winky:

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  • Rhesus PositiveRhesus Positive GNU Terry Pratchett Registered User regular
    edited April 2008
    We (by which I mean you guys) have burned through a hundred-page movie thread before it's even out. Future advertisers will look back on The Dark Knight as the pinnacle of viral advertising.

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  • Rabid_LlamaRabid_Llama Registered User regular
    edited April 2008
    I'm pretty damn excited, but not as excited as my wife who has been dreaming about going to see the movie lately.

    Time to rent a batsuit.

    :winky:

    Rent? Fuck, I want to buy one. One of my life goals is to have enough money that I can afford to pay the prop company that makes the batsuits and batarangs for the movies to custom make one that fits me. That would be fucking awesome.

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  • ForarForar #432 Toronto, Ontario, CanadaRegistered User regular
    edited April 2008
    We (by which I mean you guys) have burned through a hundred-page movie thread before it's even out. Future advertisers will look back on The Dark Knight as the pinnacle of viral advertising.

    As I noted in the other thread; 104 pages here, god knows how many hundreds in SE++, numerous pages in G&T over the upcoming game and/or what might be found within, and even more in GV in both the Comic Movie Thread and Bat-Thread.

    I'd say it's a fairly safe assumption that a significant portion of the forums in general are looking forward to this.

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  • Bionic MonkeyBionic Monkey Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited April 2008
    toxk_02 wrote: »
    Nice OP, nice and lean with all the important info. I just came to post some news on the tie-in anime.

    A new trailer: http://www.totaleclips.com/player/Splash.aspx?formatid=2&bitrateid=214&custid=235&playerid=65&clipid=e39043&affliateid=-1

    And this news (well, from 3/19 but it's news to me):
    Kevin Conroy, the benchmark by which fans compare all “Batman” voices, returns to the title role in Batman Gotham Knight, the third release in the DC Universe Animated Original Movie series from DC Comics, Warner Premiere, Warner Home Video and Warner Bros. Animation, it was announced today. The all-new, original movie will street July 8, 2008 on DVD and Blu-ray Disc, as well as OnDemand and Pay-per-View. The film will be available for download on the same date.

    Yes! Is this for all the shorts, or just one?

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  • JimJimBinksJimJimBinks Registered User regular
    edited April 2008
    I'm pretty damn excited, but not as excited as my wife who has been dreaming about going to see the movie lately.

    Time to rent a batsuit.

    :winky:

    Rent? Fuck, I want to buy one. One of my life goals is to have enough money that I can afford to pay the prop company that makes the batsuits and batarangs for the movies to custom make one that fits me. That would be fucking awesome.

    Fuck the Batsuit, I want this...

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    I parked in the same parking lot as that thing for about 2 years. Watched them drive it around a couple of times. Fucking thing was loud, I would've loved to steal it but then Batman would kick my ass.

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  • Just_Bri_ThanksJust_Bri_Thanks Seething with rage from a handbasket.Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited April 2008
    I thought it was bigger...

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  • toxk_02toxk_02 Registered User regular
    edited April 2008
    toxk_02 wrote: »
    And this news (well, from 3/19 but it's news to me):
    Kevin Conroy, the benchmark by which fans compare all “Batman” voices, returns to the title role in Batman Gotham Knight,

    Yes! Is this for all the shorts, or just one?
    He's the man in all 6 segments.

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  • Rabid_LlamaRabid_Llama Registered User regular
    edited April 2008
    toxk_02 wrote: »
    toxk_02 wrote: »
    And this news (well, from 3/19 but it's news to me):
    Kevin Conroy, the benchmark by which fans compare all “Batman” voices, returns to the title role in Batman Gotham Knight,

    Yes! Is this for all the shorts, or just one?
    He's the man in all 6 segments.

    As much as I love Kevin Conroy, I really wish they would have had Bale do the voice for Gotham Knight. It is in the nolan-verse so it just seems like a better fit.

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  • Bionic MonkeyBionic Monkey Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited April 2008
    It's gonna be weird hearing his voice with all the different designs.

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  • AbsoluteZeroAbsoluteZero The new film by Quentin Koopantino Registered User regular
    edited April 2008
    I wonder if Bats is going to upgrade to a sleeker vehicle in this movie or the next.

    Not that the Tumbler isn't frickin' awesome.

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  • JeedanJeedan Registered User regular
    edited April 2008
    I wonder if Bats is going to upgrade to a sleeker vehicle in this movie or the next.

    Not that the Tumbler isn't frickin' awesome.

    Well aside from the bat-cycle in the trailer
    the rumour is that the tumbler gets destroyed in this film, so presumably yes.

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  • JimJimBinksJimJimBinks Registered User regular
    edited April 2008
    The Tumbler looks much smaller in that picture than it was in person, only because I'm about 20 feet away.
    Apparently you couldn't see anything through the Windows so they had monitors all over the inside and very small video cameras mounted on the outside.

    One time, I was going on my lunch break and they were pulling the shell of the Batmobile from The 89 movie out of storage and taking it to a local dump. I offered the truck driver a crapload of money and he wouldn't take it to my house instead :(

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  • Gorilla SaladGorilla Salad Registered User regular
    edited April 2008
    Damn. July is to far away. It should come out on June 23rd or something.

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  • RichyRichy Registered User regular
    edited April 2008
    ATTENTION ALL!

    I'm so excited about this movie that I made a new sig:
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    It is designed to complement the one I made a few weeks ago for Satan.:
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    As always, it's free for anyone who wants to use it. Ideally, someone should put them both in a sig picture rotator and alternate randomly between the two.

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  • nexuscrawlernexuscrawler Registered User regular
    edited April 2008
    Man I want the green vest and shirt combo so bad

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  • bychancebychance Registered User regular
    edited April 2008
    What does everyone think of the new batsuit? I wonder why they changed it.
    We (by which I mean you guys) have burned through a hundred-page movie thread before it's even out. Future advertisers will look back on The Dark Knight as the pinnacle of viral advertising.

    3 more months... it'll be somewhere around 50 pages. And than it'll explode.

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  • JimJimBinksJimJimBinks Registered User regular
    edited April 2008
    Richy wrote: »
    ATTENTION ALL!

    I'm so excited about this movie that I made a new sig:
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    It is designed to complement the one I made a few weeks ago for Satan.:
    IMWithDent.png

    As always, it's free for anyone who wants to use it. Ideally, someone should put them both in a sig picture rotator and alternate randomly between the two.

    Hey, thanks!

    No idea how to use a signature rotator so I'll just stick with this for now.

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  • bychancebychance Registered User regular
    edited April 2008
    I don't know if this should classify as 'spoilers' because we have already seen them before, but here is all the images that were leaked/released since production that I saved in time.. sorry if I missed any.

    b26e4d2367624.gif 458b712367623.gif fdc51c2367621.gif 20a3992367620.gif 1f38f52367619.gif 94a59f2367618.gif 9d91ed2367617.gif 3f9cb72367616.gif f739e02367615.gif 49e2752367614.gif 8feea32367612.gif afb8952367611.gif 41ea6b2367610.gif 7209032367609.gif 6bffeb2367608.gif 1856522367607.gif f4d9de2367606.gif 06edfb2224269.gif eac5c72224339.gif 1e313f2224340.gif

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  • Rabid_LlamaRabid_Llama Registered User regular
    edited April 2008
    bychance wrote: »
    What does everyone think of the new batsuit? I wonder why they changed it.

    Well, for starters, Batman now has the ability to turn his head. I like the new suit more than the Begins suit because it looks less stocky and cumbersome. I think the only thing that bothers me on the new suit is how the bat emblem on the chest has that weird indent down the middle.

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  • JimJimBinksJimJimBinks Registered User regular
    edited April 2008
    I'm not quite sure about the new Batsuit. It all depends on how they film it. If he stays in the shadows I think it'll look awesome, it might look bad in a fully lit environment though.

    What does everyone think of the new Batcave? It kinda looks like an Apple Store to me.

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  • bychancebychance Registered User regular
    edited April 2008
    I found the other two I was missing. Still 'spoiling it' just to be safe, I'm tired of getting in trouble.
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    I'm not quite sure about the new Batsuit. It all depends on how they film it. If he stays in the shadows I think it'll look awesome, it might look bad in a fully lit environment though.

    Same.

    What does everyone think of the new Batcave? It kinda looks like an Apple Store to me.

    I haven't seen it yet. Picture?

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  • MedopineMedopine __BANNED USERS regular
    edited April 2008
    New batsuit :^:, though the belt should be black.

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  • bychancebychance Registered User regular
    edited April 2008
    But hasn't the Batman suit's belt always been yellow?

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  • MedopineMedopine __BANNED USERS regular
    edited April 2008
    Maybe. I think it would look better black :P

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  • toxk_02toxk_02 Registered User regular
    edited April 2008
    I'm not quite sure about the new Batsuit. It all depends on how they film it. If he stays in the shadows I think it'll look awesome, it might look bad in a fully lit environment though.

    What does everyone think of the new Batcave? It kinda looks like an Apple Store to me.
    Anything that adds mobility, freedom of movement to Batman I'm for. They said it's heavier than the last one but Bale can actually turn and move in this one. It's a little busy design-wise though.

    You're right-on with the (temporary) Batcave but they've got an out with him still rebuilding Wayne Manor and a new Batcave.
    bychance wrote:
    I haven't seen it yet. Picture?
    It's in the latest trailer (linked in the OP) where he keeps the Batsuit and Tumbler.

    This place:
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  • MedopineMedopine __BANNED USERS regular
    edited April 2008
    Psh, that doesn't make me think of an Apple store.

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  • xraydogxraydog Registered User regular
    edited April 2008
    bychance wrote: »
    I don't know if this should classify as 'spoilers' because we have already seen them before, but here is all the images that were leaked/released since production that I saved in time.. sorry if I missed any.

    b26e4d2367624.gif 458b712367623.gif fdc51c2367621.gif 20a3992367620.gif 1f38f52367619.gif 94a59f2367618.gif 9d91ed2367617.gif 3f9cb72367616.gif f739e02367615.gif 49e2752367614.gif 8feea32367612.gif afb8952367611.gif 41ea6b2367610.gif 7209032367609.gif 6bffeb2367608.gif 1856522367607.gif f4d9de2367606.gif 06edfb2224269.gif eac5c72224339.gif 1e313f2224340.gif 54296d2306064.gif

    I'm pretty sure that very last one isn't official.

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  • JimJimBinksJimJimBinks Registered User regular
    edited April 2008
    Medopine wrote: »
    Psh, that doesn't make me think of an Apple store.

    LOL. Okay, yeah, those last pictures seem like an Apple Store after a bad fire. Some of the others though it looked like all the walls were painted white. A lot like the ceiling in those pics.

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  • Just_Bri_ThanksJust_Bri_Thanks Seething with rage from a handbasket.Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited April 2008
    Probably felt it was appropriate not to scare all the bats away.

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  • AbsoluteZeroAbsoluteZero The new film by Quentin Koopantino Registered User regular
    edited April 2008
    toxk_02 wrote: »
    I'm not quite sure about the new Batsuit. It all depends on how they film it. If he stays in the shadows I think it'll look awesome, it might look bad in a fully lit environment though.

    What does everyone think of the new Batcave? It kinda looks like an Apple Store to me.
    Anything that adds mobility, freedom of movement to Batman I'm for. They said it's heavier than the last one but Bale can actually turn and move in this one. It's a little busy design-wise though.

    You're right-on with the (temporary) Batcave but they've got an out with him still rebuilding Wayne Manor and a new Batcave.
    bychance wrote:
    I haven't seen it yet. Picture?
    It's in the latest trailer (linked in the OP) where he keeps the Batsuit and Tumbler.

    This place:
    tdk-still-08.jpg
    thedarkknight14oy1.jpg
    thedarkknight19yr2.jpg

    Doesn't look like much of a cave.

    It does look like the basement of Wayne Tower, however.

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  • bychancebychance Registered User regular
    edited April 2008
    xraydog wrote: »

    I'm pretty sure that very last one isn't official.

    Alright, thanks for the heads up, I'll remove it.

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