Yeah that was the really obvious, heavy-handed implication, Tuomas.
― mh, Tuesday, 1 May 2012 12:55 (twelve years ago) link
ha that "not everything, not yet" had me wondering if Bale had de-muppeted the Bat, but "it's not a car" corrected that impression.
― da croupier, Tuesday, 1 May 2012 13:00 (twelve years ago) link
Would like if Batman ended up in the wheelchair due to lifting heavy books using a poor technique.
― ooooiiiioooooooooooooooaaaaaaaaoooooh un - bi - leevable! (LocalGarda), Tuesday, 1 May 2012 13:42 (twelve years ago) link
Alfred desperately warning him in advance but it's too late.
I know it's been said already, but the way the two masks are related to each other is just wow, imo. (the mf'ing batman has everything but his mouth covered, while bad guy dude's the diametrically opposite mirror other way round like)
― StanM, Tuesday, May 1, 2012 1:18 AM (8 hours ago) Bookmark
the big secret about cotillard's character is that she's a new villain called "hear no evil" that wears extravagantly designed goth earmuffs
― some dude, Tuesday, 1 May 2012 13:44 (twelve years ago) link
I think you're thinking of Catwoman
― mh, Tuesday, 1 May 2012 13:59 (twelve years ago) link
I'm not a big fan of the Bane look, it's too Hannibal Lecter for my taste. Just another example of Nolan trying to make Batman overtly serious, I guess.
I know comic book costumes are hard to transfer to live action, but I wish they would've used some kind of a variation of Bane's current costume in the comics, it's pretty awesome:
http://media.comicvine.com/uploads/5/54403/1703271-ss3.jpg
― Tuomas, Tuesday, 1 May 2012 14:07 (twelve years ago) link
Unlike most super dudes, Bane actually has an in-story explanation for those ridiculous muscles, so I think it's fitting he wears a rather flamboyant top to show them off.
― Tuomas, Tuesday, 1 May 2012 14:10 (twelve years ago) link
Tuomas i don't think you can act surprised at this late date that Nolan is staying the course with this franchise's aesthetic. just take a deep breath, try not to make the same point 200 billion times on this thread over the next six months, and wait patiently for McG to be announced as the director of the next Batman movie.
― some dude, Tuesday, 1 May 2012 14:14 (twelve years ago) link
That trailer definitely implies the end is nigh for Batman. Wouldn't be surprised if there were some sort of passing of the baton -BAT-on - though.
I wonder why villains generally only attack this one city. In these comic book universes, is there, like, a supervillain who ever pummels, say, the entire state of Iowa into submission? Or are folks in Des Moines picking up the paper and thinking, phew, thank god I don't live in Gotham, shit is going down?
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 1 May 2012 14:17 (twelve years ago) link
― ooooiiiioooooooooooooooaaaaaaaaoooooh un - bi - leevable! (LocalGarda)
too late indeed
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 1 May 2012 14:19 (twelve years ago) link
dammit canks
― goole, Tuesday, 1 May 2012 14:19 (twelve years ago) link
Or are folks in Des Moines picking up the paper and thinking, phew, thank god I don't live in Gotham, shit is going down?
Every morning, man. Every morning.
― mh, Tuesday, 1 May 2012 14:30 (twelve years ago) link
They recently kinda tried to address this in Marvel comics by making every US state have its own superteam. But yeah, usually they just ignore the whole question, and with Marvel it's actually worse than with DC - most major DC heroes (Batman, Superman, Flash, Green Arrow, etc) live in separate fictional cities, whereas with Marvel 80% of the heroes live in NYC.
― Tuomas, Tuesday, 1 May 2012 14:32 (twelve years ago) link
I do appreciate the scope of Nolan's Batman stories, though. Gotham as an island, both figuratively and literally, with the rest of the world only existing when it makes sense for the story. I never read it, but wasn't there a late 90s/early 00s story -- No Man's Land, maybe -- where the national government basically said they were throwing up their hands and giving up on Gotham? The same sort of thing seems to be happening here -- the entire city under siege, the bridges being destroyed, Batman in exile.
As opposed to villains who have some sort of grand scheme but mostly seem interested in screwing with Batman/Bruce Wayne, Nolan's trilogy started with a villain who wanted to basically level the place and start over. So you have an external siege on the city with Batman being triumphant, an internal siege on the city from a villain who acts as a force of nature and Harvey Dent triumphant (according to public perception), and finally the external siege that has the weakness of the second part's lie to work off of.
― mh, Tuesday, 1 May 2012 14:38 (twelve years ago) link
i think it's just pointless to wonder whether all the action IS in the city the story takes place in, like if they made some allusion to "well, Metropolis has its own problems right now!" that would just be a stupid fan service thing. besides, Gotham is a crime-ridden hellhole, asking why different villains are making trouble there and not elsewhere is like asking why Al Capone didn't do his business out in the countryside.
― some dude, Tuesday, 1 May 2012 14:48 (twelve years ago) link
They recently kinda tried to address this in Marvel comics by making every US state have its own superteam.
stupidest thing i ever heard
― goole, Tuesday, 1 May 2012 14:50 (twelve years ago) link
haha you are a supreme federalist even in comic book matters
― max, Tuesday, 1 May 2012 14:52 (twelve years ago) link
can't wait for that crisis in grand forks crossover storyline
― goole, Tuesday, 1 May 2012 14:53 (twelve years ago) link
Hey, Great Lakes Avengers brought us Squirrel Girl, so just focus on the upside.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fifty_State_Initiative
― i love the large auns pictures! (Phil D.), Tuesday, 1 May 2012 14:53 (twelve years ago) link
(Fifty State Initiative actually turned out to be of some use during the "Secret Invasion" Skrull storyline, since the already-placed state teams were largely uncompromised.)
― i love the large auns pictures! (Phil D.), Tuesday, 1 May 2012 14:54 (twelve years ago) link
tbf Marvel mocked their own biases pretty well with the Great Lakes Avengerslol xp
― mh, Tuesday, 1 May 2012 14:55 (twelve years ago) link
have they gone back and re-looped Bane? sure sounds way clearer now thankfully. although almost pisstakingly *too* much louder.
― piscesx, Tuesday, 1 May 2012 15:02 (twelve years ago) link
Delaware The Women Warriors Avengers: The Initiative #26 Asp, Black Mamba, Diamondback, Quicksand, Skein
did joe biden write this
― goole, Tuesday, 1 May 2012 15:02 (twelve years ago) link
"Squirrel Girl carries a utility belt comprising multiple pouches that contain nuts to give as snacks to her squirrel friends. These are known, to much comedic effect, as her "nut sacks".
Please be in the next Batman movie series, Squirrel Girl.
― StanM, Tuesday, 1 May 2012 15:07 (twelve years ago) link
i never actually saw the earlier trailer/prologue things that spurred all the outcy about Bane's voice so the first time i heard it was in this new trailer and i instantly thought "wow that sounds wrong, they must've overcorrected in response to the complaints"
― some dude, Tuesday, 1 May 2012 15:11 (twelve years ago) link
sounds great to me
― mh, Tuesday, 1 May 2012 15:11 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah the voice has definitely been heavily cleared up.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 1 May 2012 15:22 (twelve years ago) link
GLI member Monkey Joe: Joined the team along with Squirrel Girl, but was killed by Leather Boy in a fit of jealousy.
― Choc. Clusterman (contenderizer), Tuesday, 1 May 2012 17:15 (twelve years ago) link
oops, GLA
― Choc. Clusterman (contenderizer), Tuesday, 1 May 2012 17:16 (twelve years ago) link
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a5/Sqlgrl1.jpg
― Choc. Clusterman (contenderizer), Tuesday, 1 May 2012 17:18 (twelve years ago) link
less Marvel more Batman, guys
So this Bane guy seems not-too-cheery, huh?
― mh, Tuesday, 1 May 2012 17:20 (twelve years ago) link
Whenever I see a drawing or clip of him I think of the bad guy from "The Road Warrior."
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 1 May 2012 18:01 (twelve years ago) link
lord goatass
― these pretzels are makeing me horney (Hungry4Ass), Tuesday, 1 May 2012 18:03 (twelve years ago) link
http://mimg.ugo.com/201009/59382/cuts/mad-max-2-road-warrior_288x288.jpg
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 1 May 2012 18:03 (twelve years ago) link
hate bane. such a boring villain. glad that nolan didn't feel constrained by his appearance in the comics.
― Choc. Clusterman (contenderizer), Tuesday, 1 May 2012 18:09 (twelve years ago) link
he could've been constrained by a flamboyant top to show off those muscles, though, eh? /tuomas
― Neil Young’s social media channels (some dude), Tuesday, 1 May 2012 18:10 (twelve years ago) link
I think the idea has some merit, but actual comic stories with the dude are not that interesting
― mh, Tuesday, 1 May 2012 18:12 (twelve years ago) link
constrained by a flamboyant top
― Dale, dale, dale (Abbbottt), Tuesday, 1 May 2012 18:21 (twelve years ago) link
― Tuomas, Tuesday, May 1, 2012 10:10 AM (4 hours ago) Bookmark
― Neil Young’s social media channels (some dude), Tuesday, 1 May 2012 18:22 (twelve years ago) link
the only super-dude whose muscles make no sense to me is skeletor. why's a walking skeleton got to be jacked? preposterous.
― Philip Nunez, Tuesday, 1 May 2012 18:25 (twelve years ago) link
the thing about bane is he was created for a specific storyline, and nobody could really figure out what to do with him after that story was finished - so as a regular of bman's 'rogue's gallery' hes not so great, but for a one-off story (like a movie) he could be really effective
http://www.denofgeek.com/comics/746701/bane_the_man_who_broke_batman.html
― these pretzels are makeing me horney (Hungry4Ass), Tuesday, 1 May 2012 18:31 (twelve years ago) link
Never forget:
http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lw3tmqrIIV1r7gxb3o7_500.jpg
― i love the large auns pictures! (Phil D.), Tuesday, 1 May 2012 18:35 (twelve years ago) link
so he's genius + psychotic + super-roids? the shots of him in the trailer show him flanked by soldiers (as guards?), i wonder if there will be a 'military experiment' angle to him
― goole, Tuesday, 1 May 2012 18:40 (twelve years ago) link
i'm p curious as to what sort of origin this version of catwoman gets to have, if any
― zubaz fupa (elmo argonaut), Tuesday, 1 May 2012 18:43 (twelve years ago) link
it'd be funny if she was just an eccentric stripper
― Neil Young’s social media channels (some dude), Tuesday, 1 May 2012 18:44 (twelve years ago) link
Maybe it will be revealed she's called catwoman because she can lick her own butt, who knows!
― StanM, Tuesday, 1 May 2012 18:46 (twelve years ago) link
dramatic arts grad concerned for the 99%
i think it's just anne hathaway
― goole, Tuesday, 1 May 2012 18:46 (twelve years ago) link
she's using the same voice as from rachel getting married, if that gives a hint to what this catwoman will be all about.
― Philip Nunez, Tuesday, 1 May 2012 18:48 (twelve years ago) link
Being boring?
― Respectfully, Tyrese Gibson (Nicole), Tuesday, 1 May 2012 18:51 (twelve years ago) link