THE DARK KNIGHT RISES Pre-Release Thread - Page 29

The cast is going to be at the Spike Scream Awards. If they love us, they'll bring some exclusive footage.

The cast is going to be at the Spike Scream Awards. If they love us, they'll bring some exclusive footage.

couldnt find a thread on this, but i was wondering if anyone else has seen the animated Year One yet? any opinions? was going to stop by and pick it up after work

Fantastic Catfish. I really enjoyed it. Although the pacing is off and the voice for Bruce ain't the best, everything else is top notch. I mean, hell, you get BRYAN CRANSTON as Jim Gordon! And he sells the hell outta it!

It's probably the best animated Batman I have seen since Mask of the Phantasm? The kinda Batman I want to see more of.

if they ever do a legit Batman TV series, they need to give Cranston whatever he wants.

Year One was fine.  I still enjoy the Under the Red Hood more when it comes to knew Batman animated features. 

if Kevin Conroy did Year One would you change that statement?

maybe... I also didn't care for the animation style.  Just my opinion though, I wish it worked for me, but it didn't.  

At this point, I think I'm just tired of origin stories.  

did have a chance to pick it up last night, but maybe i should just rent it off the PS store first

Unpopular opinion around these boards, but don't listen to anyone else, and THEIR complaints about a movie.  It's just that, THEIR COMPLAINTS.  If you think you will enjoy it, go ahead a buy it.  Any problems I had with the film, are my faults, not the films.  DC has a wonderful animation division and any additional sales for their products is a plus for everyone .

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Unpopular opinion around these boards, but don't listen to anyone else, and THEIR complaints about a movie.  It's just that, THEIR COMPLAINTS.  If you think you will enjoy it, go ahead a buy it.  Any problems I had with the film, are my faults, not the films.  DC has a wonderful animation division and any additional sales for their products is a plus for everyone .

What is this supposed to mean? As much as there may be ocassional groupthink in any social situation, the only unspoken CHUD rule(s) I've noticed is "know what you're talking about if you open your mouth" and "know how to back your shit up".  

I've never heard the vast majority claim that the criticism they have with a movie, TV show, video game, etc is THEIR PROBLEM.  People seem to think it's cool to take on a Jihad anytime they see something they don't like, then make blanket statements about people's mental capacity if they don't go along with them.  Probably much of that stems from the hairy midget that used to write here, but that's another topic, for a thread that will never be made.  

People like to dogpile. It's not terribly pleasant and that's nothing new. However, if that keeps happening to you, there may be a few questions you need to ask yourself before posting your thoughts.

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Originally Posted by NickP 

Unpopular opinion around these boards, but don't listen to anyone else, and THEIR complaints about a movie.  It's just that, THEIR COMPLAINTS.  If you think you will enjoy it, go ahead a buy it.  Any problems I had with the film, are my faults, not the films.  DC has a wonderful animation division and any additional sales for their products is a plus for everyone .

I'd love to hear an elaborated version of this personal philosophy. Is a film constantly superior to its audience, or only occasionally? Can people determine their level of faultiness by watching films? Should we refrain from having opinions because the film itself, just by existing, overrides them?

There's a DC Showcase for Catwoman on the Batman: Year One DVD. In it, Selina Kyle does some exotic dance for some mobsters.

During the dance, she unzips her suit all the way down to her crotch, and pulls her whip from her left pant leg. If Nolen has Anne do something like this, well bravo. 

good god i hope so

No thanks. As much as I like Pfeiffer, Returns is as much as I need in terms of costume-bound, bondage-recalling Batman fetishism. This Catwoman should be a character first and foremost, and a figure of fucked-up femininity last.

Nolan is way too conservative for something like that. Guy probably gets the vapors from seeing a woman in a dress cut just above her ankles. Also, though I am interested in seeing Batman: Year One, that scene sounds like some seriously eye-roll worthy fan service.

Catwoman's overt sexuality and Nolan's aversion to blatant sexuality have been one of the more interesting (and to a degree, worrisome) elements of TDKR, once the role was announced. Jacknife's right; Nolan simply doesn't do sex, and his films are nearly asexual when it comes to male-female relationships, let alone how women are portrayed. (Marion Cotillard oozed dangerous sexiness in INCEPTION, but I think that's just her, not direction from Nolan.)

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 Nolan simply doesn't do sex, and his films are nearly asexual when it comes to male-female relationships, let alone how women are portrayed. (Marion Cotillard oozed dangerous sexiness in INCEPTION, but I think that's just her, not direction from Nolan.)

Agreed. I'd also put Carrie Anne Moss in Memento as the closest to sex we ever got in a Nolan film. In fact, I think Moss and Cotillard are the only two sexy characters in any of his films (in the fucked up sexy way).

No love for Scarlett Johansson in The Prestige?

And Piper Perabo in her brief role (in fact, the moment where Jackman kisses her leg may be the most sexual moment in any Nolan film). But the guy sure casts some smolderingly sexy women in his movies. It's a puzzle.

I actually found Johanssen to be the Katie Holmes of The Prestige. 

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Superman. With his heatvision, he discreetly lasers off The Flash's legs mid-stride and blames it on heat caused by friction. No one challenges this because he's fucking Superman. The Flash becomes a wheel-chair bound alcoholic and takes up making cigarette box guitars as a hobby to fill the now interminably long, dark hours that make up his life. 

This post made me LOL. Especially the "discreetly" bit.

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No love for Scarlett Johansson in The Prestige?

 

I never complain about having to see her. But watch the film...it's curiously sexless, especially considering ScarJo's in it. Nolan either doesn't like or doesn't know how (or both!) how to write and shoot sexual chemistry and moments. I'd argue any actual sexiness in Nolan's films comes from the actresses themselves, not from the script or direction.

Here's a clip of the Catwoman scene I mentioned earlier:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60-2mXkPhM4

haha the first comment explains that video perfectly

Gughghg..

Yeah, for once I'm kinda glad Nolan's more conservative than my mom when it comes to sex on screen.

Stoked for this film.

Year one was alright. It didn't help that the guy voicing batman sounded like the guy who did Freezes voice in BTAS. Everything with Gordon was perfect.

Yeah whoever did Batman's voice (according to wiki it's that one OC guy) absolutely threw me out of it every time he spoke. Cranston was gold, as always.

But yeah, the pooped the bed with Batman casting, but I don't think anyone will ever beat Kevin Conroy.

Conroy will always be the Bat, but I liked what Jeremy Sisto did with Batman's limited presence in 'New Frontier.' They should give him another go.

My wife and I watched 'Year One' the other night. She loves superhero movies and cartoons, but she was never into comics, so the story was all new to her. When Gordon tosses Flass the bat before beating the shit out of him, she said "I never knew Gordon was such a badass."

Yeah, I actually would've liked to have seen Sisto as Bats in Year One. McKenzie is distractingly poor. I bet Aaron Paul would've knocked young Bruce right out of the fucking park.

If they had changed it to focus less on Batman and make it more of a standalone Gordon movie with Batman popping up here and there, with no dialogue, that would've been amazing. I like how faithful it was to the novel, but changing it that way would've made this movie so much better.

I disagree. I love Gordon in the film, but it's Batman's story too. It's really the origin of this partnership. Both men arrive in Gotham, each determined to fight against darkness and corruption, but they can't do it alone...

On-set pic of the Bat-Prawn, er Prawn-Wing, uh....... Batman's flying tumbler thingy:

There have been a couple of pictures and videos of the thing flying over crowds and whatnot. I love that they're going practical with it, that they're actually pulling a prop on cables instead of just CGing the whole deal (which will probably be the thing for scenes w/ certain maneuvers and supposedly certain altitudes). Kind of sucks to see it unprepared in this way.

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There have been a couple of pictures and videos of the thing flying over crowds and whatnot. I love that they're going practical with it, that they're actually pulling a prop on cables instead of just CGing the whole deal (which will probably be the thing for scenes w/ certain maneuvers and supposedly certain altitudes). Kind of sucks to see it unprepared in this way.

Maybe these will help you feel better:

Naked Tenant: Excuse me! I'm getting fucking dressed!

Batman: I'm Batman. Go about your business citizen...but do it slowly.

Batwing lingers outside the window.

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Originally Posted by JacknifeJohnny 

Naked Tenant: Excuse me! I'm getting fucking dressed!

 

Batman: I'm Batman. Go about your business citizen...but do it slowly.

 

Batwing lingers outside the window.

"It's not who you are underneath... but your booooooobs, that define you."

But does it have whisper mode like Blue Thunder? That's what you need if you're in the market for some late night peeping.

http://www.ujam.com/campaigns/darkknightrises/introduction

Weird.  But pretty cool idea.  Reminds me of what they did with the Hall H crowd for Tron Legacy.

Hope the winner does a Danny Elfman "La la la la BOM BOM DOM!" thingee.

Badass. Tom's neck is the size of a tree trunk. Batman's suit is a little "busy", but I really like everything I see here.

It's the same suit from The Dark Knight.

Again, now and forever - that Batman suit looks AMAZINGLY uncomfortable.

And in a film it always will. I love the Nolan films (and many superhero movies) but superheroes and their costumes will always work and look best in comics and animation, including videogames. In those mediums, artists can cheat, making the (in film) static eyes of Spider-Man and Batman change expression, and making the costume look however they like. 

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Badass. Tom's neck is the size of a tree trunk. Batman's suit is a little "busy", but I really like everything I see here.

 

 

EDIT: Never mind. This is Hardy. Sorry.

Batman's never too busy to take a short dance break.

I don't think the event of this happening in the movie is a spoiler, but if you're wanting to stay pristine, don't watch this.

Damn. My excitement level for this film just keeps going up.