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

my only hope for the next Batman movie is that her Catwoman suit becomes as popular with 20something women on Halloween as Heath Ledger's Joker make-up was with teenage boys. I don't care about the rest of the franchise, or integrity of the comic or character.

I suppose there is a lack of girls wearing revealing clothing on Halloween these days

i judge movies these days by the memes they will create and whether or not they will promote heterosexual male leering.

FWIW "The Dark Knight Rises" is tracking incredibly well right now, on both fronts.

not sure how well Anne Hathaway will fit into Nolan's universe

less a question of how well she fits into nolan's universe and more a question of how well she fits into the catsuit.

i figure catwoman will be presented less as a sleek dominatrix and more of a vengeful ms. 45 kinda thing.

don't know what "vengeful ms. 45 kinda thing" means, but they should veer toward the "sleek dominatrix" side to the character imo. no matter how they play it, catwoman is lame.

i can't wait to not see this

kind of feelin' this way tbh.

Oh you guys stop pretending like you won't see this one too.

Modern comic depictions of Catwoman are pretty cool, imo.

The Dark Knight Rises sounds too much like a porn title imo

that's some pretty tame porn

I got Batman: Arkham Asylum for christmas and just beat it a few days ago.

It was an extraordinary game. That game made me more interested in finding out all the Batman villains than any other Batman merchandise combined (and no I have not read the comics).

I wasn't really familiar with Bane, Killer Croc, Clayface, Scarface or Mr. Zsasz but because Arkham Asylum was such a good game (could of been longer though) I freaking love all of them. And the next game is gonna have Dr. Hugo Stange for sure, so I know I'll like him too. I actually believe that any villian has potential at this point.

So another Dark Knight movie produced by Christopher Nolan with story by Christopher Nolan (not credited for writing though) will have to score at least a 70 on metacritic. (The Dark Knight got a 82)

Just being immersed in Gotham again, like in the video game, will be amazing for me.

Clayface is such a great villain

I really like the original casting for Catwoman on the cornball Batman series
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YyQYa4b2MSU/TCtmI6s96HI/AAAAAAAAAJ4/9nD7n9EODW8/s1600/newmar_catwoman.jpg

Julie Newmar was 5'11" and I think all Catwomans should be tall now
Plus she has a really cute cat-face and what appeared to be all spandex clothing
http://geektyrant.com/storage/page-images/Julie%20Newmar1.jpeg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1288627810251

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JS-2SW8QGkQ

and Pink Pussycat was so cute and lolsy (song at the 2:00 mark)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUxI95RQJSA

Yeah, still no topping 60s Batman for sexy costumes. Batgirl was always smokin as well.

Oh yeah, Catwoman from that series had a definite impact during the crucial years of my youth.

I suspect I will feel obligated to see this, even though I didn't care for The Dark Knight, which I also felt obligated to see.

would dane cook as the riddler move this obligation threshold one way or the other?

Batgirl was always smokin as well.
Batgirl was always smokin as well.
Batgirl was always smokin as well.
Batgirl was always smokin as well.
Batgirl was always smokin as well.
Batgirl was always smokin as well.

-- can't be repeated often enough.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2201/3531607938_1079ff4367.jpg

The fact that the 60s Batman isn't issued on glorious DVD box set because it doesn't fit in with the dark, gritty Nolan versions is the biggest fail of all. It's a large part of my personal TDKR backlash-even tho i actually enjoyed the previous film.

dude it's on TV all the time do you really need a GLORIOUS DVD BOX SET

The reason the 60's Batman isn't on DVD is due to rights issues. The Nolan Batman movies have nothing to do with it not being available.

I'm pretty sure the Dark Knight won't be the only thing that rises when Anne Hathaway walks out in a spandex costume.

[/ obvious joke outta the way]

still wanna see "What a Dark: Growing Up Knight"

ann coulter as catwoman: dealbreaker?

That would involve Ann Coulter being a woman, wouldn't it?

that's unnecessary

so is Anne Coulter

By all means there could be another villain, but I'll be very surprised if there's no Gyllenhaal as Catwoman.

― girlish in the worst sense of that term (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, July 24, 2009 9:48 PM (1 year ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

not surprised

― ex-heroin addict tricycle (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, January 19, 2011 5:57 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

cut the guy some slack he's an ex heroin addict tricycle

god< I am love with hot catwomwan shit

gimmme some of that pink pussy yummmmm

can lorax get a do-over?

my only hope for the next Batman movie is that her Catwoman suit becomes as popular with 20something women on Halloween as Heath Ledger's Joker make-up was with teenage boys. I don't care about the rest of the franchise, or integrity of the comic or character.

― Cunga, Wednesday, January 19, 2011 3:49 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

I like Serwer's point about Bane being played by a white guy:

http://www.prospect.org/csnc/blogs/adam_serwer_archive?month=01&year=2011&base_name=bane

I dunno insofar as Bane is kind of an anti-Batman figure - a traumatized child who grows up to be a genius with psychopathic tendencies, augmented by silly gadgets - the narrative appeal for Nolan seems pretty self-evident.

I'm with you on that point.

Isn't Ra's al Ghul supposed to be from the Middle East or something? Don't think there was much of an outcry about that either

ra's al ghul in the first batman movie was the most bland villain ever in an even mildly successful superhero movie.

scarecrow 10millionX better than ra's al ghul. he should have had more screentime.

i dunno i kinda thought neeson owned what little he was given and made it something more. murphy was the best in that one though.

Murphy was great, much more interesting character - and one more integrated into the backdrop of Gotham. but I've never really been Ras Al Guhl as a villain, the whole immortality thing = eh whatever

been INTO

al ghul in begins felt like a set up for the character to be more of a straight-up villain in later films in the series, although of course that didn't happen.

he's supposed to have a magic jacuzzi that makes you live forever. i'm surprised they went near that at all. for some reason magic is anathema to superhero movies.

figured it was like the star trek reboot, where the villain is way less important than the origin story itself.

whatevs.; he was boring and bland.

ra's al ghul's dad is sensei, which makes even less sense.

also, the significance of the villain certainly became evident in the second-film in the reboot batman series.

liam neesowned