The TDKR General Discussion & Speculation Thread (NOT A LOUNGE) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Part 74

[souNdwAve89]

Yeah, it was great to see the new Batman and Spider-Man trailer along with Prometheus attached to The Avengers. The audience went insane when the trailer was about to start. There were some fan girls screaming during the shot of a bearded Bruce in the beginning, the unveiling of Bane under the bag, and the shot of Joseph Gordon-Levitt. This one guy almost jumped out of his seat when the music started playing faster and louder. In all, it was great to see the trailer on the big screen and surround sound.

[Yurka]

Not sure film4life, but I'd keep an eye on this
http://www.totalfilm.com/news/a-revo...-to-total-film

[AnneFan]

Total film says "Keep your eyes peeled for some extremely exciting developments", so looks like more than one thing we're getting here.

[kvz5]

Nail polish? I do expect some fashion mag covers (Vogue, Cosmo, W, Elle, etc.) for Anne and Marion come TDKR promo time.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/...8420R720120503

Hollywood courts women to boost superhero summer


(Reuters) - When Disney's superhero movie "The Avengers" hits U.S. theaters on Friday, the actors who play Captain America and Thor will chat up the hosts of female-oriented TV talk show "The View."

Hollywood is putting on a full-court press to attract women to summer movies. With a full slate of big-budget action films from Sony's "The Amazing Spider-Man" to Warner Bros' "The Dark Knight Rises" vying for the same fanboy audience, female filmgoers may hold the key to box-office dominance.

Opening weekend sales for "Avengers" could reach $155 million, a performance that would put it in line with the biggest U.S. and Canadian film openings of all time, said Keith Simanton, managing editor of movie website IMDB.com.

"You can't do $155 million with just guys," he said. "It's got to be a date night. It's got to be an event."

Hoping to reach the record books, studios are trying out new ways to get their superhero movie messages beyond the male-dominated comic-book crowd and in front of women.

Sony, for the first time, is using a cosmetics promotion for its new "Spider-Man" movie that reaches theaters July 3.

The studio partnered with nail-polish maker OPI for a movie-themed line promoted in women's magazines including Lucky and O, The Oprah Magazine. Nail colors sport names like "Your Web or Mine?," "My Boyfriend Scales Walls," and "Call me Gwen-ever," a nod to Spider-Man love interest Gwen Stacy.

Featuring relationships and strong female characters, rather than just action, is one way film marketers try to lure women. Stacy, played by Emma Stone, is "such an integral part of the story, so we wanted to highlight that in the marketing," said Marc Weinstock, president of worldwide marketing for Sony Pictures.

"It's a testament to the audience and how broad this movie goes," he said.

For "Avengers," Disney's Marvel studio sent its superheroes to the pages of women's magazines and female-targeted TV shows.

Scarlett Johansson appeared on the cover of Vogue and talked to the magazine about her role as Black Widow, one of the few female superheroes on the big screen. Cast members posed in InStyle, Elle, People and other magazines, and chatted on talk shows such as "Good Morning America" and "Live! with Kelly."

On the ABC Family network, moms and daughters saw sneak peeks of "Avengers." The movie's red-carpet premiere was streamed live on websites such as E! and PopSugar.

Time Warner Inc's Warner Bros, meanwhile, is gearing up its marketing for another superhero flick, Batman sequel "The Dark Knight Rises." A trailer released online ahead of the July 20 release features a steamy kiss between Batman alter-ego Bruce Wayne and colleague Miranda Tate, giving a heavy dose of romance.

Anne Hathaway's Catwoman, featured prominently in the trailer, appears to play an empowered female role that could draw in women, IMDB's Simanton said.

The summer pursuit of women follows this year's runaway success, "The Hunger Games." The movie is the biggest film of the year so far with more than $600 million in global ticket sales, thanks to female fans who flocked to see resourceful warrior Katniss Everdeen and joined males who turned out for the sci-fi and action elements.

This year's smash hit shows the upside of marketing to women, said Susie Rantz, a spokeswoman for GeekGirlCon, a group that runs a convention celebrating women's roles in geek culture from comics to science and gaming.

The "Hunger Games" success provided Hollywood with "a wake-up call that females in general like action-oriented movies," Rantz said.

[slimshady247]

Until next Friday.

[venus_ice]

an empowered female role that could draw in women

That's always good. But these people don't understand that Bale, Hardy, JGL, Freeman, Caine, etc. have already drawn in women though.

[MechaOrga]

Originally Posted by kvz5

Not we care anymore but trailer's up (Apple):

http://trailers.apple.com/trailers/w...rkknightrises/

cant download it yet into itunes though

need to own this thing hahaha....

[film4life]

Originally Posted by AnneFan

Total film says "Keep your eyes peeled for some extremely exciting developments", so looks like more than one thing we're getting here.

I feel like they're building this up a lot. Not too sure what we're getting.

[kvz5]

Originally Posted by venus_ice

That's always good. But these people don't understand that Bale, Hardy, JGL, Freeman, Caine, etc. have already drawn in women though.

Exactly what I was thinking. They already got me. Wouldn't it be more men that Anne and Marion will be attracting?

[venus_ice]

Yup. What ever happened to that elusive Catwoman marketing we've heard so much about? Maybe Total Film will give us some of that.

[HighFivingMF]

Originally Posted by venus_ice

Yup. What ever happened to that elusive Catwoman marketing we've heard so much about? Maybe Total Film will give us some of that.

It's probably going to happen at the same time the other marketing does.

[Anita18]

Originally Posted by AnneFan

Haha..it turns the car off like a light. Instant. Trust Batman to already have this device small enough to wield out in the field.

Considering the winch that lifts him up via that tiny motor in his belt is realistically a 30-lb box, I'd say that isn't new.

Originally Posted by rogue_agent

That's too much power for one person.

[BuddhaWasABat]

Originally Posted by souNdwAve89

Yeah, it was great to see the new Batman and Spider-Man trailer along with Prometheus attached to The Avengers. The audience went insane when the trailer was about to start. There were some fan girls screaming during the shot of a bearded Bruce in the beginning, the unveiling of Bane under the bag, and the shot of Joseph Gordon-Levitt. This one guy almost jumped out of his seat when the music started playing faster and louder. In all, it was great to see the trailer on the big screen and surround sound.

Woahh... I had no clue that TAS and Prometheus were also with Avengers. Seeing those and TDKR and than seeing Avengers will be my most epic movie experience I've had in a while.

I also haven't been to the movie theater since Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows part 1. It's been a while...

[Doctor Who]

Originally Posted by venus_ice

That's always good. But these people don't understand that Bale, Hardy, JGL, Freeman, Caine, etc. have already drawn in women though.

All of these men have already made the members here gay.

[joypride]

Did Tdkr tr3 beat Avengers fr highest downloads on itunes?

[EliteF50]

The only trailers we got before the Avengers was Frankenweenie and some other animated movie that I forget...

[rashad]

The trailer didn't premiere on iTunes until today. WB posted it on their Youtube page.

[DoomsdayApex]

Originally Posted by joypride

Did Tdkr tr3 beat Avengers fr highest downloads on itunes?

I doubt it. The trailer was leaked several days before to the public. However, TDKR trailer did obliterate The Avengers' trailer on viewings with +24 million according to two articles.

[AnneFan]

Anne Hathaway's Catwoman, featured prominently in the trailer, appears to play an empowered female role that could draw in women, IMDB's Simanton said.

Oh yeah, that's true. And droves of men too.

[lgi]

So what I gathered so far, Bane doesn't break the Batman on the streets of Gotham. From what I see, Batman shows up at the location to confront Bane, loses the match, loses the cowl and gets taken to cell. You can see at least one character on the background witnessing the breaking of the bat (can just be one of Bane's henchman). I'm curious to see if there's TV cameras broadcasting the fight or something, or do people assume Batman simply "disappeared" from the public eye.

[AnneFan]

Originally Posted by lgi

I'm curious to see if there's TV cameras broadcasting the fight or something, or do people assume Batman simply "disappeared" from the public eye.

I saw rag speculate about this. Perhaps it does happen? If so Bane would emphasis that Batman is defeated, the image of him, not the man under the mask. Blow up Mayor Garcia, expose Dent as a killer and Batman as the liar. All of them dead in the eyes of the public, Batman's fate 'proven' by the footage.

[kvz5]

I can't even imagine what Gordon must feel like. He begged for Batman to return only to see/hear him get beaten to dead.

I wonder how long Bruce will be in the prison? His beard in the scenes where he's climbing the well isn't too much so I'm guessing just a few months at the most? The cops were trapped for about 3 months, right? How would they survive in the sewers? Where will they get their food?

[craigdbfan]

Originally Posted by AnneFan

I saw rag speculate about this. Perhaps it does happen? If so Bane would emphasis that Batman is defeated, the image of him, not the man under the mask. Blow up Mayor Garcia, expose Dent as a killer and Batman as the liar. All of them dead in the eyes of the public, Batman's fate 'proven' by the footage.

Now that I could see.

[AnneFan]

It would be demoralising to people. The police are effectively gone. Batman is dead. There is nobody coming to help you. I am now the law. Get used to it. Bash the Bat privately (to contain what is shown) and then boast to the public ala Knightfall.

[jmc]

I still wanna know how the government just leaves Gotham to rot.