Mr.Duck on 20/12/2011 at 20:12
Quote Posted by Matthew
Sadly, I understand that Hamill has stated that Arkham City is to be his last ever job voicing the Joker.
You sure?
Surely there's going to be a 3rd Arkham game,
and even if he makes a brief appereance at the end of that game, the Joker -will- return to life (old comic book principle, no heavyweight character stays dead for long...Hell, even middle or lghtweights get their 2nd chance).Hope you read wrong, boyo.
:)
Matthew on 20/12/2011 at 20:54
Sorry brony - (
http://uk.ps3.ign.com/articles/109/1092968p1.html) "This will be my last, there's no question about that. But it's the last hurrah."
Though he did say he'd do the Joker if they ever adapted The Killing Joke.
Mr.Duck on 21/12/2011 at 07:58
*Shoots you in the face, twice. Then shoots himself in the head*
Muzman on 21/12/2011 at 10:35
You don't want to fuss too hard about silly things like vanishing astroturf. They might look naturalistic and gritty but plenty of absurd comic book things happen in these movies.
Kolya on 21/12/2011 at 13:46
I'm not going to watch another reboot, in fact I was done with Nolan's version after seeing the Dark Knight. That film took itself way too serious and shoehorned in some sort of social comment about terrorism that was enough to give it a relevant sheen but blunted enough not to offend anyone.
I once saw Tim Burton's films, which were entertaining, and that's quite enough Batman for me. After all this is a simplistic comic book story. It doesn't need a dozen takes to get it right. Much less do I want to support the cynical calculative attitude that spurns these films.
Thirith on 21/12/2011 at 13:58
Quote Posted by Kolya
I'm not going to watch another reboot, in fact I was done with Nolan's version after seeing the Dark Knight. That film took itself way too serious and shoehorned in some sort of social comment about terrorism that was enough to give it a relevant sheen but blunted enough not to offend anyone.
I once saw Tim Burton's films, which were entertaining, and that's quite enough Batman for me. After all this is a simplistic comic book story. It doesn't
need a dozen takes to get it right. Much less do I want to support the cynical calculative attitude that spurns these films.
It's not about 'getting it right'. It's about different perspectives on the same character. And that in itself can be fun. Especially with as iconic a character as Batman, it would be sad if there were just one official, 'real' Batman.
Kolya on 21/12/2011 at 14:01
Acknowledged. I guess I'm just not that much of a Batman fan then. :erg:
june gloom on 21/12/2011 at 18:20
Quote Posted by Kolya
I once saw Tim Burton's films, which were entertaining, and that's quite enough Batman for me. After all this is a simplistic comic book story. It doesn't
need a dozen takes to get it right. Much less do I want to support the cynical calculative attitude that spurns these films.
You don't really understand comics, do you.
Go read "Arkham Asylum: A Serious House on Serious Earth" and come back and tell me Batman is 'simplistic.'
Muzman on 21/12/2011 at 19:06
I dunno. Thematically this might be the most interesting. I dunno what Bane is like in the comics much, but he seems kinda like the Joker with HGH: endless mysterious resources, limitless henchmen, peculiar obsession with Batman (indeed, Batman never really could top The Joker since day one).
Here Nolan seems seems to be making him some sort of revolutionary leader. Dark Knight stuck its toe in some murky waters at least. As a sort of triptych with Good v Evil ; Order v Chaos and then Establishment vs Everyone Else it could get interesting. Particularly since Nolan is pretty much off the leash at this stage.
I'm hoping for something that provokes a lot of outraged coverage on Fox News.
SubJeff on 21/12/2011 at 19:38
With you on that Muz. The great thing about this is that compared to other comic book movies there is real scope for Nolan to do something special.
I really don't expect much from any other comic book movie franchise (which is why I enjoyed Iron Man so much, and loathed Iron Man 2 so much) but Nolan has twice delivered fantastically atmospheric interpretations of the Batman story.
The Joker was just such a good character that even now the memory of it (and I only saw the film once, in the cinema) makes me dare to hope that he'll do a great job with Bane too. The trailer is so so for me, but then I wasn't too impressed with the previous films' trailers. I'm still really, really looking forward to this.
