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theorellior: One of the reasons I can't take the Nolan Batman movies seriously.


You mean aside from the fact that they are Batman movies right?

JK47: theorellior: One of the reasons I can't take the Nolan Batman movies seriously.

You mean aside from the fact that they are Batman movies right?

Comic books: serious business.

theorellior: One of the reasons I can't take the Nolan Batman movies seriously. Killer steam and sophomoric ethics questions answered by a Magical Negro are others.

"Magical Negro" would make a great bluegrass band name

I admit I found the last two Batman movies entertaining, but I'm getting sick of the influence they've had on every other hero story in the past few years -- the whole grunt-whispering thing is getting really old. Aren't there other ways for an action hero to speak?

Who's the smarmy Val Kilmer equivalent they'll be replacing him with? Seann William Scott? Ashton Kutcher? Ryan Reynolds?

Why does "the batman voice" always make people get all emotional? It makes sense for him to talk like that.

Calm down.

May be time to think about scaling back super hero movies anyways....they're getting stale and the past decade has seen nearly every major character run into the ground. Though I'm still waiting on the Vinny Chase Aquaman movie.

FunkOut: EdgeRunner: Who's the smarmy Val Kilmer equivalent they'll be replacing him with? Seann William Scott? Ashton Kutcher? Ryan Reynolds?

Zach Galifianakis.

win

how about this guy

theorellior: JK47: You mean aside from the fact that they are Batman movies right?

Indeed. I could deal with the Burton movies precisely because there was an element of camp involved. The other problem is that every other Nolan film I've seen, with the exception of Memento, have been stilted examinations of sophomoric ethics problems.

You're typing this with one hand while holding up a brandy snifter in the other, aren't you?

/bet you have a monocle on as well.

FunkOut: Zach Galifianakis

Throw in Ed Helms as Robin and that's a trainwreck I won't be able to stop myself from watching.

Add in Shia LaBeouf, however, and I will swear such vengeance upon you and the next twelve generations of your family, it would make Frank Miller's Batman poop his spandex in terror.

Now if Warner Bros. and DC thought like people, they would let the Batman franchise stop here. Anything they do soon after this movie will not do terribly well, and be thought of poorly. A shoddy Batman after this would take a while to recover. They'd be much better served leaving us with a good Batman taste in our mouths. Eventually it would seem like time to revisit the whole Batman thing. Keep the comics going, move it over to TV, and let the movies be good. Net gain would be way higher.

If they thought like people.

/good batman taste
//heh

I'd rather he cut if off after three than be forced to deal with Nolan/Bale having to top each movie every time.

No surprise. Dude's got a mountain of money and an Oscar now, so he's gonna start doing whatever crazy-ass project he wants.

Taylor-sama: Why does "the batman voice" always make people get all emotional? It makes sense for him to talk like that.

Calm down.

Because most of the complainers grew up on Kevin Conroy's voice version of Batman. So, to them, that's how Batman should sound. Anything else is unacceptable. (Though Adam West may join on occasion if camp is needed.)

Black bat mobile, its only new Ferrari
Its called Scaglietti one button like a Atari

Last film until they offer a $20 million paycheck for the next one.

Mugato: Yeah but what about the times when the only person in the room already knows who he is, why does he still do the goofy voice?

To paraphrase Higgins from Magnum PI, the key to a successful deception is to keep it up even when you're certain nobody else is around. You have to live the lie as if it were the absolute truth.

mekki: theorellior: JK47: You mean aside from the fact that they are Batman movies right?

Indeed. I could deal with the Burton movies precisely because there was an element of camp involved. The other problem is that every other Nolan film I've seen, with the exception of Memento, have been stilted examinations of sophomoric ethics problems.

You're typing this with one hand while holding up a brandy snifter in the other, aren't you?

/bet you have a monocle on as well.

FEAR THE MONOCLE!

volsung3 2011-11-26 09:24:30 PM Mugato: Yeah but what about the times when the only person in the room already knows who he is, why does he still do the goofy voice?

To paraphrase Higgins from Magnum PI, the key to a successful deception is to keep it up even when you're certain nobody else is around. You have to live the lie as if it were the absolute truth.
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Exactly. Plus, batman is like a character played by the actor of Bruce Wayne. The gravelly voice is batman's voice. He will always use it no matter what.

/Let's just hope Nolan knows how much everyone hated the extra gravelly voice that was altered in post-production.
//Batman Begins voice was good... keep to that.

I recall them saying Dark Knight would be the last until it hit the 500 million mark, then there was talk...then it hit the billion mark and Nolan was holding out for a nice check. I know Bale won't do another without Nolan or so he says, but I also know that money talks and no one is going to be willing to let go of a franchise that produces!

Although, I'd like to see other Batman movies brought to the big screen... Batman Beyond would be cool or Nightwing - Robins alter ego.

barkingatthemoon:
Although, I'd like to see other Batman movies brought to the big screen... Batman Beyond would be cool or Nightwing - Robins alter ego.

This. Yes please.

Christian Bale is one of the worst batmen.

Michael Keaton was the first to play Bruce Wayne disguising his voice as Batman, and he didn't overdo it, and he didn't do it when talking alone with people who knew who he was. Bale seems to. E under the misconception that the voice is part of the iconography and he cannot use his normal voice while wearing the mask.

Also, TFA is fail for making a list of Catwoman actresses that does not include Julie Newmar or Eartha Kitt. Yeah maybe they're referring only to the theatrical film of the Adam West Batman, but it was the same production as the TV series so come on.

Bale has been acceptable. Kilmer was a complete sleeping pill. Clooney was a wut? Keaton was interesting but not enough something.. Bale has had the benefit of a really great villian in Dark Knight. Heath Ledger was beyond anything anyone expected and the movie flew. Begins was ok, kind of a appetizer for Heaths work. Liam Neeson was fine. If they fark up this last one, it will be because of Bale. It's all on him for the finale.

mekki: theorellior: JK47: You mean aside from the fact that they are Batman movies right?

Indeed. I could deal with the Burton movies precisely because there was an element of camp involved. The other problem is that every other Nolan film I've seen, with the exception of Memento, have been stilted examinations of sophomoric ethics problems.

You're typing this with one hand while holding up a brandy snifter in the other, aren't you?

/bet you have a monocle on as well.

Well he is The O'reillor after all!

theorellior: One of the reasons I can't take the Nolan Batman movies seriously. Killer steam and sophomoric ethics questions answered by a Magical Negro are others.

Cyno01: Taylor-sama: Why does "the batman voice" always make people get all emotional? It makes sense for him to talk like that.

Calm down.

But not when hes alone with and talking to people who know who he is.

Batman on Christian Bales Batman voice.

Unless of course the voice is that way because of a modulator built in to the suit.

And if he used a voice modulator, people would be here biatching because "he's not supposed to be Techno-Batman! Insert T-Pain autotune joke! Batman is just supposed to speak in a gruff and gravelly tone, waaaah!"

God, you people. You people. We're on the verge of having a nearly-flawless Batman trilogy, something that was unthinkable ten years ago. Just farking appreciate that shiat.

/is worried that Catwoman's high heels and visible face will ruin entire movie.