Batman 4

[D_Davis]

I thought I'd get the jump on this film.

We can start speculating and posting teaser speculations now in anticipation for this.

I bet that neither Nolan nor Bail will have anything to do with this. I have a strong feeling that Goyer will move into the director's chair, and Batman will be played by someone that many people will complain about because it is not Bail.

There will be three villains.

[Kurosawa Fan]

And a revival of bat nipples

[D_Davis]

And a revival of bat nipples

Interesting. Never thought of this!

I am so excited my balls feel like they're going to explode with blazing hot passion!

[Spinal]

Working title: Batman vs. Predator vs. Freddy vs. Machete.

[Kurosawa Fan]

Interesting. Never thought of this!

I am so excited my balls feel like they're going to explode with blazing hot passion!

Hooray for internet goo!!!

[D_Davis]

Working title: Batman vs. Predator vs. Freddy vs. Machete.


O.M.G.

:eek:

I don't even need to see this. 15 out of 10.

[Dukefrukem]

O.M.G.

:eek:

I don't even need to see this. 15 out of 10.

I LOLed. Think the DC comics will ever cross breed like Marval has? Like putting Tony Stark in the Hulk movie.

[Morris Schæffer]

A recurring thought seems to be that no one is going to be good enough to follow into Ledger's footsteps. Certainly, another joker as the villain sounds highly improbable. Catwoman I just can't bring myself to give a flying fuck about. Or any female adversary really although anything is possible I suppose and I should keep an open mind bla bla bla.

Over on RT, Daniel-Day Lewis was uttered as the Riddler. Perhaps Javier Bardem would be cool also. One thing's for certain, whoever is going to helm part three, is going to realize he's got a lot to live up to.

[Raiders]

I think in Batman 3, Poison Ivy will marry a carpenter and their son will be the main villain in Batman 4, and he will be called Poison Oak. He will infiltrate all Gotham's furniture stores and take over illegal couch smuggling and give the entire city a case of itchy ass. Meanwhile, Batman's new synthetic suit will bind too much on his testicles and his Batman-voice will resemble Mike Tyson. The real Mike Tyson will find out about this and use it to his advantage, becoming the Batman clone Azreal. While the real batman is recovering and developing a new suit, Azreal will go around the city declaring himself the Batman "champion." He will fight Poison Oak, biting his ear. This will cause him to get a terrible rash in his mouth, his throat will close and he will die. The real Batman will save the day by dropping Poison Oak in a vat of herbicide.

Of course, this will be filmed in a style that is EXTREME.

[Dukefrukem]

and its official. this thread has more resposnes than Batman 3.

But I wouldn't mind seeing any of those villians in 4. The only one I would really object to would be Mr. Freeze, unless they took a really careful approch... What kind of powers can you give to a Mr Freeze in this new franchise? An ICE gun would NOT work. I can definitely see Poison Ivy and the Riddler working well.

[Lurker]

I'm sorry but was this thread really necessary? The amount of condescension displayed here is enough to make a long time lurker such as yours truly to register just because I feel bad for meg (fer reelz). I don't know why some of you get riled up over other people's feeling for the franchise.

[Raiders]

Are we making fun of somebody? Or are we having fun with the amount, and length, of hype that these films receive? I don't think there was any personal attack here, simply a bit of joking over how many anticipation posts the last Batman film received.

[D_Davis]

I'm sorry but was this thread really necessary? The amount of condescension displayed here is enough to make a long time lurker such as yours truly to register just because I feel bad for meg (fer reelz). I don't know why some of you get riled up over other people's feeling for the franchise.

Go back to lurking.

Or better yet, get a sense of humor. It's fun!

:)

[Raiders]

Go back to lurking.

Play nice.

[D_Davis]

Play nice.


I've been sufficiently reprimanded.

:cry:

[dreamdead]

I heard through the grapevine that WB is looking to woo the artistic establishment into the Batman universe with this film. They've got (barely) famous director Bela Tarr locked in to direct. Reached for comment, Tarr said, "I'm pleased to take part in this franchise, and look to add my personal touch to the craft and expertise that Nolan left behind. In many ways, my films up to this point have all led to this moment."

Also, Tarr let slip the actress signed on to play Catwoman in his vision of the Batman.

http://www.ugo.com/images/galleries/landofthedead_filmtv/33.jpg

The internet flooded as Spinal and dreamdead worked furiously to purchase every available ticket in fervent expectation.

[D_Davis]

Are we making fun of somebody? Or are we having fun with the amount, and length, of hype that these films receive? I don't think there was any personal attack here, simply a bit of joking over how many anticipation posts the last Batman film received.

But it's more than just Batman. It's these big films in general. The marketing and hype campaigns for these films are way too long.

Teaser posters?

It's to the point that the movie industry is starting to emulate the video game industry in this area. Games are overly scrutinized for far too long before they are released, with preview after preview after preview...

By the time it comes for the actual thing to be released, I often feel like I've already seen or played it.

[Kurosawa Fan]

I was certainly not making fun of meg, or anyone else. I didn't get that feeling from anyone else in the thread either.

[D_Davis]

And now with trailers being nothing but bite-sized mini-movies, much of the mystery and sense of wonder is often stripped away from a film before it is even released.

I used to love watching trailers at the theater because they enticed me to see the films, not I don't like it because they give away everything.

Sure, we don't have to watch or read this stuff, but being into cinema, and visiting cinema websites, it's hard not to be flooded with too much information.

Luckily I don't watch too much TV (except for DVDs) so I am able to avoid this sector of the hype machine.

[Lurker]

I apologise if this thread wasn't meant to mock meg's. I thought a few of the posts here read like parodies of actual posts by other members of Match-Cut, especially Davis' faux-fanboy reaction. I think either Ivan Drago or meg wrote something similar to that on The Dark Knight thread and received some flack for it.

[D_Davis]

I apologise if this thread wasn't meant to mock meg's. I thought a few of the posts here read like parodies of actual posts by other members of Match-Cut, especially Davis' faux-fanboy reaction. I think either Ivan Drago or meg wrote something similar to that on The Dark Knight thread and received some flack for it.

Yeah they did, but we're all "internet friends" here...this is a pretty close community, and like friends IRL!!1! (OMG!!1!) we poke fun at each other.

Just do a search for Michael Bay + Daniel Davis...

Or go look at 8's thread on how to identify a "C" and a "J"

To an outsider, this may seem inappropriate, but to us here it is not because we know 8 and we know that he is in fact a C+J-C/J*I(I*P)

[Kurosawa Fan]

To an outsider, this may seem inappropriate, but to us here it is not because we know 8 and we that he is in fact a C+J-C/J*I(I*P)

And a pervert.

[D_Davis]

And a pervert.

Right.

[Ezee E]

At the end, Batman goes, "Now there is light, but at the end of every day, light goes dark."

Then Clayface comes out, "Time to get dirty!"

Which naturally brings Asia Argento back into the mix, as she's nearly been torn apart, most clothes off, and rolls around in the mud for a while.

I'm pretty sure this is the best movie ever since Birth of a Nation.

[number8]

Catwoman I just can't bring myself to give a flying fuck about. Or any female adversary really although anything is possible I suppose and I should keep an open mind bla bla bla.

Yeah? Why don't you go drink some miso soup, you misogynist!!

[number8]

And yes, I am a pervert. So much of a pervert, in fact, that I printed out bac0n's sonogram.

[MadMan]

Batman 4 will rule. Hard. You'll see. Because its stars the goddamn Batman. And that's all that matters in this crazy world.

[Ezee E]

And yes, I am a pervert. So much of a pervert, in fact, that I printed out bac0n's sonogram.

Freak.

http://www.icine.org/forums/images/smiles/sidelong.gif

PERVERT!

[number8]

Freak.

http://www.icine.org/forums/images/smiles/sidelong.gif

PERVERT!

Wait, that came out wrong. I meant to say that I use it to lure chicks. I like to pose as a single father. They dig that.

[Spinal]

The title has been officially announced. They decided to go with Quantum of Gadgets. Time to change the thread title!

[Ezee E]

The title has been officially announced. They decided to go with Quantum of Gadgets. Time to change the thread title!
But Batman is like Bond with a little bit of Sci-Fi, so it almost works. ANd since it's Batman, it certainly isn't gay.

[Morris Schæffer]

Yeah? Why don't you go drink some miso soup, you misogynist!!

Same with Cate Blanchett in Indiana Jones IV. Most folks were going nuts over her saying she looked so hot and it's the great Cate Blanchett so, in the event the movie stank, she would at least be one of the saving graces of the movie. Well, she was prettier than Belloq and Mola Ram. I'll give'em that.

[Ezee E]

I'm sorry but was this thread really necessary? The amount of condescension displayed here is enough to make a long time lurker such as yours truly to register just because I feel bad for meg (fer reelz). I don't know why some of you get riled up over other people's feeling for the franchise.
Meg?

[Mysterious Dude]

So who should direct the next Batman movie? I'll say Nicolas Refn.

[Dukefrukem]

I forgot about this thread. :lol: I dont know who should direct, but they need to include Red Hood in the next series.

edit: Brad Bird should direct.

edit2: also, shouldn't the title of this thread be Batman 8?

[Morris Schæffer]

Gareth Evans
Josh Whedon
Brad Bird
Aronofsky

Yeah, Refn too. Or Rian Johnson. :)

[number8]

Takashi Miike

[Raiders]

edit2: also, shouldn't the title of this thread be Batman 8?

No? Do you think that the next Spider-Man film will be Spider-Man 5?

[Dukefrukem]

No? Do you think that the next Spider-Man film will be Spider-Man 5?

I was obviously referring about the "tentative" or "working" titles.

Much like we refer to the next Bond film as Bond 23.

Edit: You're very snarky lately.

[Raiders]

I was obviously referring about the "tentative" or "working" titles.

Much like we refer to the next Bond film as Bond 23.

The Bond series is continuous in that it is never really rebooted. The actor changes and each film pretty much stands alone, but as a series it is technically all the same.

The Batman films are a new series. Technically, I don't think there will even be a Batman 4. I think this thread was created by Davis as a joke for how early we started discussing the third one.


Edit: You're very snarky lately.

It isn't just lately. I've always been a bit of a dick. Nothing personal.

[number8]

The Bond series is continuous in that it is never really rebooted. The actor changes and each film pretty much stands alone, but as a series it is technically all the same.

You don't think this is debatable since in Casino Royale we see him earning the 007 title for the very first time?

[Dukefrukem]

Yeh I agree. I don't think the next Batman film will start where Nolan left off. That being said, they will definitely reboot at some point, and we should use this a placeholder for whatever the future may hold. It took, what, 6 years between Batman & Robin and Batman Begins? I dont think WB and DC will wait that long this time around though. Batman is one of the few proven DC franchises and they won't just sit back and watch Marvel dominate the silver screen.

I bet we hear rumblings about a next project within 2 years.

[Raiders]

You don't think this is debatable since in Casino Royale we see him earning the 007 title for the very first time?

No, it isn't debatable.

Yes, I was going to say something about the Craig films seemingly being a new reboot but it would have injured the level of snark I am maintaining.

[number8]

It took, what, 6 years between Batman & Robin and Batman Begins? I dont think WB and DC will wait that long this time around though. Batman is one of the few proven DC franchises and they won't just sit back and watch Marvel dominate the silver screen.

Well, they didn't wait. Between Batman & Robin and Batman Begins, there were 3 other Batman scripts that WB put in active development (with directors attached) but eventually got canned.

Mark Protosevich's Batman Triumphant, with Schumacher hired to return.

Frank Miller's screenplay for Batman: Year One, with Aronofsky set to direct.

And Andrew Kevin Walker's Batman vs Superman, with Wolfgang-Peterson directing.

These were all greenlit projects. I read two of them.

[MadMan]

Gareth Evans
Josh Whedon
Brad Bird
Aronofsky

Yeah, Refn too. Or Rian Johnson. :)Whedon will have too much on his plate with The Avengers. I'd see a Aronofsky Batman film.


I forgot about this thread. :lol: I dont know who should direct, but they need to include Red Hood in the next series.

edit: Brad Bird should direct.

edit2: also, shouldn't the title of this thread be Batman 8?Bird could do a good job with it.


So who should direct the next Batman movie? I'll say Nicolas Refn.That would be cool.

[Ezee E]

Refn is pretty busy, but already seems like the next Nolan anyway.

[Sven]

Refn is pretty busy, but already seems like the next Nolan anyway.

Wha?

[Ezee E]

In terms of starting off with small projects, and being escalated into one of the more sought after directors, I think so.

I think Refn will be helming $100 million studio projects within 8 yeara

[Mysterious Dude]

If you thought Nolan's films were a little too chatty, perhaps you'll like Steve McQueen's almost dialogue-free interpretation, starring Michael Fassbender.

[Sven]

Most successful dudes start out doing smaller projects. But I see your point. I was just hoping you weren't suggesting a stylistic or qualitative similarity.

[Kurosawa Fan]

I miss Lurker. :sad:

[Ezee E]

Most successful dudes start out doing smaller projects. But I see your point. I was just hoping you weren't suggesting a stylistic or qualitative similarity.

Of course. But Refn is sort of being embraced in a way I remember people liking Nolan. Certainly, no stylistic similarities.

[Qrazy]

I miss Lurker. :sad:

Fuck that D Davis guy for scaring him away.

[Spinal]

I'm annoyed by the 2008 version of myself.

[Watashi]

I say either Ben Affleck or Tomas Alfredson.

[Dead & Messed Up]

Len Wiseman! Imagine the bleach-bypassed mediocrities Batman could indulge in.

[Watashi]

There's only clear choice for director that would have Match-Cut approve: Paul WS Anderson.

[Dukefrukem]

There's only clear choice for director that would have Match-Cut approve: Paul WS Anderson.

Milla Jovovich would play Catwoman in the first, Talia in the second and poison ivy in the third.

[Skitch]

I'm annoyed by the 2008 version of myself.

I hate it when that happens. Stupid past.

[MadMan]

I'm annoyed by the 2008 version of myself.I discovered thanks to this thread that 4 years later I'm still cracking terrible jokes. However, I drink more now and I have even less hope for the future. Hurray :|

Lurker though...I forgot about that. He/she/it was either a great alias, or a potential new poster that got scared away. Maybe Lurker is still lurking, today. Right now. Lurking for all of us. And no I'm not going to make a Dark Knight joke because that shit isn't really funny anymore.

[Mysterious Dude]

I'm annoyed by the 2008 version of myself.We were so young then.

[D_Davis]

I'm sorry but was this thread really necessary? The amount of condescension displayed here is enough to make a long time lurker such as yours truly to register just because I feel bad for meg (fer reelz). I don't know why some of you get riled up over other people's feeling for the franchise.

Grow up you stupid little baby.

[Raiders]

Lurker was a universal symbol for all those out there lurking in the shadows, reading but not posting, judging but not joining...

... and for those mentally anguished by D Davis. The numbers are countless.

[D_Davis]

I'm annoyed by the 2008 version of myself.

I love 2008 me. Probably one of my favorite me's.

[D_Davis]

... and for those mentally anguished by D Davis. The numbers are countless.

My jerk status is legendary. Especially IRL, in which I have zero friends.

[Raiders]

My jerk status is legendary.

It's true. In some respect, there's a Lurker in each of us.

[D_Davis]

I still stand by my original prediction:

Goyer will direct, people will complain about the actor playing Batman (it'll be someone like Keaton, a somewhat odd choice), and there will be three villains.

[Spinal]

To be fair, I'm often annoyed by '2012 me' as well.

[Raiders]

people will complain about the actor playing Batman (it'll be someone like Keaton, a somewhat odd choice)

Yes... I predict Ben Whishaw.

[Sycophant]

Goyer's the only part of Davis's prediction that feels off to me.

Guess it's gonna be Jeunet.

[Dukefrukem]

Lets see if we can make this thread with the most replies in the Upcoming Film Emporium.

[Sycophant]

If I had nothing but free time, I'd start a fan campaign to hire on Joel Schumacher to replace Nolan for a sequel trilogy.

[Ivan Drago]

2008 me was depressed and annoying. I much prefer 2009-2012 me.

[Biff Justice]

Tim Burton returns to the franchise and casts his BFF Johnny Depp as the Mad Hatter (again) and Helena Bonham Carter as Poison Ivy. His one surprise move is casting Mickey Rourke as Batman.

[Spinal]

Batman, I Love You will be an anthology film featuring 11 short films that all relate to the subject of Batman. Directors will be Todd Haynes, Gus Van Sant, Claire Denis, Abbas Kiarostami, Sofia Coppola, Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Ken Loach, Wim Wenders, Sally Potter, Susanne Bier and Rob Zombie. The character of Batman himself will not appear in the film. Unless you count resonant metaphors.

[number8]

Lars von Trier's MY PARENTS ARE DEAD

[MadMan]

Lars von Trier's MY PARENTS ARE DEAD
http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lr3ui1Yn051qbuz8zo1_500 .gif



Batman, I Love You will be an anthology film featuring 11 short films that all relate to the subject of Batman. Directors will be Todd Haynes, Gus Van Sant, Claire Denis, Abbas Kiarostami, Sofia Coppola, Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Ken Loach, Wim Wenders, Sally Potter, Susanne Bier and Rob Zombie. The character of Batman himself will not appear in the film. Unless you count resonant metaphors.YES! :pritch:


Tim Burton returns to the franchise and casts his BFF Johnny Depp as the Mad Hatter (again) and Helena Bonham Carter as Poison Ivy. His one surprise move is casting Mickey Rourke as Batman.I would actually see that movie, even though I only liked his first Batman and not Batman Returns.


If I had nothing but free time, I'd start a fan campaign to hire on Joel Schumacher to replace Nolan for a sequel trilogy.Please don't. For the love of all that is good and holy in this world...

[Mysterious Dude]

Werner Herzog's The Enigma of Little Bruce and the City that God Forgot

[number8]

Werner Herzog's The Enigma of Little Bruce and the City that God Forgot

"It is vith escalating vorry that I continue to ask myself, vhere is that sad little boy now? Vhere is the child that had its innocence robbed from him by the instant cruelty of a gun? I discover that there is as if a desire in the Vayne that I now see to replace his fear and despair with unimaginable anger, to emerge from that dark and cold abyss that has veen his life, not unlike a bat exiting its cave. But in vanting to save the city that has wronged him, Vayne crossed an invisible border line. A border that separates justice from the madness of vendetta. I now velieve that the boy died with his parents that night."

[Spinal]

So you're saying they were significant bullets?

[MadMan]

"It is vith escalating vorry that I continue to ask myself, vhere is that sad little boy now? Vhere is the child that had its innocence robbed from him by the instant cruelty of a gun? I discover that there is as if a desire in the Vayne that I now see to replace his fear and despair with unimaginable anger, to emerge from that dark and cold abyss that has veen his life, not unlike a bat exiting its cave. But in vanting to save the city that has wronged him, Vayne crossed an invisible border line. A border that separates justice from the madness of vendetta. I now velieve that the boy died with his parents that night."That's gold, Jerry.

Of course the best Batman movie ever would have been the mythical one supposedly planned out by Orson Welles.

[Dukefrukem]

Rumor has it we won't have a standalone Batman film until 2017 at the earliest. (http://splashpage.mtv.com/2013/01/23/batman-reboot-not-happening-until-2017/) Why wouldn't WB want to jump on their hottest property?

[Lazlo]

Rumor has it we won't have a standalone Batman film until 2017 at the earliest. (http://splashpage.mtv.com/2013/01/23/batman-reboot-not-happening-until-2017/) Why wouldn't WB want to jump on their hottest property?

Focused on Man of Steel and Justice League and trying not to fuck things up like Green Lantern would be my guess.

[Dukefrukem]

Because a studio can't work on more than 3 projects at one time?

[number8]

Studios usually don't want more than two monster hits per year. They spread tentpoles out. Which is why WB would push movies back to the next year if they've already got one billion dollar hit. It's got to do with accounting.

[Watashi]

Didn't Dark Knight Rises come out 4 years after Dark Knight. I don't see how waiting another 4 years is anything to worry about.

[Dukefrukem]

Studios usually don't want more than two monster hits per year. They spread tentpoles out. Which is why WB would push movies back to the next year if they've already got one billion dollar hit. It's got to do with accounting.

Marvel has plans for additional movies after 2013... I realize we're talking about JL (no script, no director, no cast) and this year's Man of Steel but they can't at least start planning for something? 2017 is too soon?

[Winston*]

Rumor has it we won't have a standalone Batman film until 2017 at the earliest. (http://splashpage.mtv.com/2013/01/23/batman-reboot-not-happening-until-2017/) Why wouldn't WB want to jump on their hottest property?

Is their 'hottest property' not the Nolan/Bale Batman films, which have ended, rather than Batman in general? Would think that people could easily be turned away from a new film with a different Batman and different tone, especially if it comes out so close to the previous series.

There's the same amount of time between this new Batman and the previous trilogy as there was between the new and old Spider-Man.

[Ezee E]

As 8 said, they already have their forecast planned. They can't fit another tentpole movie in, because then they'd have to fund a 3rd one the year after that to meet the same results. They don't want to report a loss in earnings ever.