Come anticipate "The Dark Knight Rises" with *BATSPOILERS*

an entry-level batman fan

not up on the comic books, but ra's al ghul episodes of batman: the animated series were always awesome, i don't think the character is inherently lame

he's not really compatible with live-action though. he's like garfield in that way.

He's a great long-term, big picture adversary in that he's a villain that's sympathetic to Batman and there's some level of mutual respect.

Laughing at the Garfield comparison.

yeah lol

would be down for a Bill Murray-as-Garfield vs. Baleman flick

actually bill murray would be a good -- albeit old, so not physically imposing -- villain.

he could crash twentysomethings' kareoke party with a violent band of dimwits (like chevy chase, playing himself)

if Bill Murray plays a character and Chevy plays himself i think jaymc and nabisco are gonna have some issues with that

how 'bout if chevy plays some anonymous, random tool? that's fairly close to him playing himself, anyway.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v46/doleted/steve-martinKingTut.jpg

was king tut in the comics or purely a TV creation?

Bill Murray's blithe insouciance would kinda make an awesome foil for I R SERIOUS CRIMEFIGHTER Bale

yep, except the gravitas-gap b/w murray and bale would be huge. that's not a bad thing in a villain, tho.

He's a great long-term, big picture adversary in that he's a villain that's sympathetic to Batman and there's some level of mutual respect.

― sectarian chicken (mh), Thursday, January 20, 2011 2:09 PM (20 minutes ago) Bookmark

this. it's not that he's a lame villain or ill-suited to live action, just that nolan used him badly.

superman is also a great sympathetic mutual respect batman adversary but photoshop them into the same picture and it falls apart.

it's going to be interesting to see how the avengers movie handles the thor problem.

it would be more interesting if hollywood declared an indefinite moritorium on superhero movies.

the one project my ILM buddy is working on is the Joss Whedon Avengers movie but I gotta say I'm deeply skeptical

er the one project my ILM buddy is working on that she is excited about

The article upthread makes me worried that this movie will be dominated, or at least focused on these hand-to-hand combat scenes...the bits where Batman was 'characteristically' kicking ass like at the beginning with the fakes or at the end with dogs were the least interesting parts of TDK for me.

the one project my ILM buddy is working on is the Joss Whedon Avengers movie but I gotta say I'm deeply skeptical

Took me too many seconds to realize that that stood for Industrial Light and Magic, and not I Love Music.

that happens a lot around here

Industrial Light and Magic

spelling this out is a pain, sorry

IRL-ILM

IL&M

Lucaslaves

IRL-ILM

lollll

Kinda loved the way the catwomen and batgirl fans were all coming out of the woodwork upthread. Fetishes. Fetishes we didn't even know we had.

Also reminds me of dating advice I once heard a guy give to women: "Don't date a man who has 'How to Draw Women in Comic Books' on his bookshelf."

hahahaha

the gravitas-gap b/w murray and bale would be huge

even moreso than Heath Ledger imitating Al Franken for 2-1/2 hours?

hey guys it's Dr. Morbius!

yeah, dr. m, much, much moreso.

Kinda loved the way the catwomen and batgirl fans were all coming out of the woodwork upthread. Fetishes. Fetishes we didn't even know we had.

oh i knew i had them.

haha i never heard the Franken line before, that's great

Ol' Doc Morbs makes some movie he dislikes worth a rematch due to his commentary yet again!

There was this one episode where Catwoman ties up Batgirl with heat-sensitive strings, and the only way she can escape is by rolling around in water. Swear to God.

hahahaha

don't tease, telephoneface (adam bruneau).

WHY DONT THEY HAVE THIS ON GLORIOUS DVD BOX SET

I know, I can only watch the Batman movie w/Adam West, and force others to watch it with me, so many times!

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2971848540982254111#

Late merry Xmas, Daniel, Esq.

xpost -- so how's the shark repellent working out for you?

i like how she has to use her nose to turn on the sprinklers, when her hands were clearly available.

batgirl's hott.

http://i.imgur.com/4lbw3.jpg

hm. not diggin' it, tbh. you?

not really

I feel like if you did that to the strung-out AH in Rachael Getting Married it would be more accurate

is that really it? the costume seems so pedestrian, and the character looks non-threatening.

i mean, nolan's a talented moviemaker, so i have little doubt it will be an okay movie.

maybe she's supposed to be non-threatening? i guess i don't remember enough about catwoman.

srsly doubt that's the actual costume. guessing it's just a publicity photo that's like "btw anne hathaway is gonna be catwoman, hey stylist gin up something catty asap"

http://www.forgetfoo.com/images/blog/53889_anne_hathaway_uhq-2_122_533lo.jpg