Amph Here's Some Money, Go See A Swap Thing: DCU/Elseworlds Discussion

Anyone worried JL will get delayed??

 

It won't get delayed, it would already have been announced.

And no, I wouldn't be worried, anymore than I was by VII and VIII getting delayed.

 

Yeah, I'm not at all worried about Justice League being delayed. And if it were to be delayed, I feel it might be for the best. I mean, Suicide Squad was rushed into the theater and it showed. I rather WB take it's time to get the Justice League film right and maintain the good will and excitement Wonder Woman earned with the movie going audience. Therefore, I would expect Wonder Woman to be heavily featured in upcoming promo materials for Justice League.

 

I was banned from the superherohype forums for saying that I believed Whedon was probably going to direct a substantial reshoot, now look.

 

Adam West has left us..

 

You want to click on this instagram pic from Cavill

 

Adam West played my first live action version of Batman. I was probably around 5 or 6 years old when I watch my first Batman 66 episode, and even at that age I knew it was campy. However, I had fun with the show, as I found it to be somewhat of an extension of Electric Company's Spider-Man.

I always found Adam West embracing his time as Batman. I don't recall a time when he seemed bitter about it.

It was great to see in recent years the resurgence and appreciation for Adam West and Batman 66.

R.I.P. Adam West.

 

Wasn't there a Batman before West?

Edit: Found him!

 

Double Post

 

Yup, there were actually 2 actors to play him before Adam West.

 

Good Lord, triple post!!

 

Anyone know is name, just curious?

 

Yes, it's Batman.

 

Oh, you mean the actor!

That is Robert Lowrey. But before him, Bats was played by Lewis G. Wilson.

http://www.denofgeek.com/us/movies/batman/21717/the-actors-who-ve-played-batman

 

Oops.. *his name..

 

Lewis Wilson played him in Batman (1943) and Robert Lowery played him in Batman and Robin (1949).

 

Unlike, Superman/Christopher Reeve and Wonder Woman/Lynda Carter and now Gal Gadot, I really don't have a definitive Batman/actor. Probably the closest is Kevin Conroy's work on the animated series.


The Trinity

 

I think Christian Bale delivered the definitive Bruce/Batman iteration in Batman Begins--anguished, but humane and noble--although the absurd gravel-voice that emerged in the sequels overshadows his singular achievement. (Compare this to Christopher Reeve, who remained the effervescent nucleus, even as the series itself declined steadily.)

 

Keaton is pretty great from "YOU WANNA GET NUTS?! C'MON! LET'S GET NUTS!" and in Batman Returns he's downright anguished for the climax of the film when he has to confront Selina Kyle which actually kind of works great.

Bale is solid but I find it hard to find a definitive, standout moment like Keaton.

 

^ Ya know, that "...LET'S GET NUTS!" line is the reason why I didn't buy Keaton as Bruce Wayne/Batman. I imagine Bruce Wayne as a cool cat, much like the way Bale played it in Dark Knight when the Joker and crew arrived at the fund raiser party.

The thing that bugged me about Bale's Batman has more to do with the script than the actual performance in that he was looking for a way out of being Batman and living a life with Rachel, which echos Clooney's "happy Batman." Moreover, I didn't feel Bale's Batman had a dark cloud hanging over him. It's probably why I'm leaning towards Affleck's Batman. He is brooding and has a dark cloud hanging over him. Batman is a character that is not really of hope but of cynicism.

 

I just remember Keaton looking befuddled during the last half of Returns. Especially during the suicide bomb penguins sequence.

 

Who wouldn't look befuddled went facing at such an absurd (by comic book film standards) spectacle? He (and just about about everyone else) must've thought "man I look dumb, but THIS is dumb AF".

Now, Bale's Batman "SWEAR TO ME" line? Yeah, very pants-crapping Batman line right there.

 

WB/DC studio heads admit there were problems with Suicide Squad and Batman v. Superman.

DC Films Bosses Explain Why BATMAN v SUPERMAN And SUICIDE SQUAD Didn't Work