Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016) (D: Snyder; S: Gadot)
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Re: Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016) (D: Snyder; S: Gadot)
What I've heard is that it's not a soft reboot of the Nolan series, but rather it's a direct sequel to Superman III.
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Re: Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016) (D: Snyder; S: Gadot)
Batman, and superheroes in general, exist in an open universe where things are constantly retconned. I don't see this series losing a single dollar because people think Bale's Batman is retired and can't grasp why Affleck is playing him in a new movie. There could be other factors, sure, but the Batman character will bring in way more fans than not.
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Probably true. I know times have changed and people of all sorts go to Comicon now from all kinds of different industries, but I doubt if you took a sampling of Comic con fans in attendance, that you'd end up with more than half being female and Teen Wolf being the third hottest topic. But what do I know? Certainly the WW reveal being tweeted out also helped the film's standing in terms of retweets.
As for Teen Wolf, I think you're underestimating its popularity, it seems to be a big hit with young women, they've all ready aired 4 seasons of it. In fact, if you google Teen Wolf you'll see more results for the TV series than for the Michael J. Fox movie. C'mon, it's about a sexy guy who gets cranky once a month, rips off his shirt, and turns into a raging hell beast. It may fly under your radar, but you're not the target audience:
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Re: Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016) (D: Snyder; S: Gadot)
@Majorjoe, I've heard that said before but it really can be explained away by just about anything.
He was doing something else.
And can't you say that about any comic that takes place in DC?
Where was superman, why didn't he help the flash when he needed help?
He was doing something else.
And can't you say that about any comic that takes place in DC?
Where was superman, why didn't he help the flash when he needed help?
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Re: Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016) (D: Snyder; S: Gadot)
I know that prequels didn't really start being a thing until much later, but they were literally the only way to do a follow-up to Highlander without completely fucking it up. And the first movie already had extensive flashbacks showing the immortals in all different sorts of time periods; having a follow-up that did the same thing, with the "modern" segments taking place just before the first movie, wouldn't have seemed odd at all.
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Re: Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016) (D: Snyder; S: Gadot)
No, honestly this film needs to leave The Dark Knight Trilogy alone. That version of Batman had it's time and is finished and doesn't need to be amended because DC can't figure out what the fuck they're doing with their film universe. Honestly if this new film tries to incorporate itself into the Nolan films at all or tries to be a "soft reboot" and tries to pick and choose what is and isn't in continuity or whatever it's going to be terribly lame.
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Re: Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016) (D: Snyder; S: Gadot)
I think we'll simply find out that this Batman is spun off from the Arkham games. So I guess Batfleck will be dubbed by Kevin Conroy.
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Re: Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016) (D: Snyder; S: Gadot)
Hell, I wouldn't be surprised if we get Superman's origin again.
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Re: Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016) (D: Snyder; S: Gadot)
There might be one sometime down the road when the character is inevitably rebooted again, but Affleck's Batman is apparently already established so we won't see it this go round.
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Re: Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016) (D: Snyder; S: Gadot)
If they hired Conroy (or Keaton, or Kilmer, or even fucking Clooney) to dub Bale in the Nolan trilogy, I'd actually be able to watch those movies without laughing every time Batman speaks.
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Left without comment from the Variety article:
Marvel did well with “Age of Ultron,” generating 173,782 mentions and 22,648 (13%) intent-to-view mentions, putting the 2015 release as the fifth most buzzed about title at Comic-Con, following “Batman v. Superman,” “Mad Max, “The Hobbit: Battle of the Five Armies” and “Guardians of the Galaxy,” Way to Blue said.
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Re: Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016) (D: Snyder; S: Gadot)
No, that's the exact opposite of what I was saying. I wasn't confused going from Adam West to Michael Keaton, and as I said I was able to play the video game without being completely confused.
Batman, and superheroes in general, exist in an open universe where things are constantly retconned. I don't see this series losing a single dollar because people think Bale's Batman is retired and can't grasp why Affleck is playing him in a new movie. There could be other factors, sure, but the Batman character will bring in way more fans than not.
Batman, and superheroes in general, exist in an open universe where things are constantly retconned. I don't see this series losing a single dollar because people think Bale's Batman is retired and can't grasp why Affleck is playing him in a new movie. There could be other factors, sure, but the Batman character will bring in way more fans than not.
My concerns are about what happen after this movie. If they build this incarnation of Batman on the Miller graphic novel version, I don't see anywhere for the character to go but down. And, like many other posters (who are being mocked for having a different opinion), I'm tired and bored with the hopeless Batman ethos.
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What's so wrong about Bale when he speaks as Batman?
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Re: Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016) (D: Snyder; S: Gadot)
Make it happen concurrent with Rises. Much like Ultimatum was for Supremacy in the Bourne series. That way the plothole of how Bruce got back to Gotham won't be anymore. Because the answer will be Superman flew him back. :-)