BvS Batman's Voice Thread

[Boy Scout]

Agreed. Just goes to show that it almost always comes down to personal preference.

 

[Knightfall]

Still don't like the voice. I assume they're doing it because Affleck has a very weak voice that cracks a lot when he speaks but.. It just doesn't jive with me. Using it on criminals is one thing but how is he going to talk to League members like that? 0.o Either way, he looks great so I guess I can deal.. Can't have your cake and eat it too.

 

[Clark-Kent]

Still don't like the voice. I assume they're doing it because Affleck has a very weak voice that cracks a lot when he speaks but.. It just doesn't jive with me. Using it on criminals is one thing but how is he going to talk to League members like that? 0.o Either way, he looks great so I guess I can deal.. Can't have your cake and eat it too.

He talks pretty deep to pull off Bruce Wayne, so I think the idea that the modulator is used to distinguish voices makes sense.

 

[TheFlamingCoco]

I like it for some parts and not for others.

Tell me..do you bleed?-Works.

That SOB brought the war TO US-Is still effective, but to me, not as much as the "bleed" line

It's time you learn what it means to be a man- it sounds scary, but also like a COMPLETE robot

I thought she was with you-Doesn't really work for me.

It's not scary, and lacks both intimidation and humanity. It's just "blank" sounding, and Affleck's bewildered facial expression doesn't really help it.

Heck, you could replace WW's appearance with a flatulence sound and with some editing ask "Was that you" and it would work exactly the same

 

[AnneFan]

I don't mind it.

 

[Bren]

Everything I've heard from Affleck as Bruce Wayne has been fantastic, and as Batman very good.

 

[Bruce Malone]

I just saw the TV spot and it is jarring seeing that voice come from the regular suit.

 

[PopeAdrian37th]

Yeah I kind of agree. I felt like the "I thought she was with you" line sounded right but in this commercial the modulation comes off as too heavy. I just find it kind of odd that his voice can be changed without him speaking into something. With the armor you can argue the voice modulator is built around the mouth, but with his regular cowl it would seem the mouth is too exposed to have anything changing his voice.

 

[Doc Samson]

I only have one problem, inherent to these characters. If Bruce has to take the steps of modulating his voice to conceal his identity (an idea I really like) all it does than is make Kal's "disguise" as Clark even more jarring.

I understand the mythos and suspending disbelief, OBVIOUSLY, but I also think they had an opportunity to try something different in that regard. If they were able to bear the brunt of Supes killing, no matter the motivation, than surely this was a chance to creatively give Clark Kent a new, and true, disguise somehow.

Apparently this Superman spends a lot of time not only in Metropolis publicly but as a worldwide alien event dissected and argued about on a political scale. If they're trying to ground it enough that the Man of Steel himself has to address the government, than surely, glasses in this version of his universe don't seem to be enough...

 

[The Shape]

I would have preferred that they went the Keaton route with Batman's voice, but I'm not unhappy with what we're getting and I do think it makes sense.

 

[Flint Marko]

I only have one problem, inherent to these characters. If Bruce has to take the steps of modulating his voice to conceal his identity (an idea I really like) all it does than is make Kal's "disguise" as Clark even more jarring.

I understand the mythos and suspending disbelief, OBVIOUSLY, but I also think they had an opportunity to try something different in that regard. If they were able to bear the brunt of Supes killing, no matter the motivation, than surely this was a chance to creatively give Clark Kent a new, and true, disguise somehow.

Apparently this Superman spends a lot of time not only in Metropolis publicly but as a worldwide alien event dissected and argued about on a political scale. If they're trying to ground it enough that the Man of Steel himself has to address the government, than surely, glasses in this version of his universe don't seem to be enough...

Personally I think they don't need to address it in any regard. It doesn't make sense no matter what you do to try and fix it, so just accept it and move on.

 

[jokesonm3]

I wouldn't mind there being a little bit of exposition of Batman's voice modulator.

 

[rogbngp]

I only have one problem, inherent to these characters. If Bruce has to take the steps of modulating his voice to conceal his identity (an idea I really like) all it does than is make Kal's "disguise" as Clark even more jarring.

I understand the mythos and suspending disbelief, OBVIOUSLY, but I also think they had an opportunity to try something different in that regard. If they were able to bear the brunt of Supes killing, no matter the motivation, than surely this was a chance to creatively give Clark Kent a new, and true, disguise somehow.

Apparently this Superman spends a lot of time not only in Metropolis publicly but as a worldwide alien event dissected and argued about on a political scale. If they're trying to ground it enough that the Man of Steel himself has to address the government, than surely, glasses in this version of his universe don't seem to be enough...

Batman using a digitally masked voice mainly emphasizes his traditional use of gadgetry, I think. It's basically just an update to make him more clearly a part of the real world is my guess.

Good point about the disparity between that and the Clark/Superman dichotomy, though. In the real world its hard to see how Superman actually maintains the disguise, but that's the sort of thing I guess we'll have to willingly suspend out disbelief about, as you say.

 

[Doc Samson]

Personally I think they don't need to address it in any regard. It doesn't make sense no matter what you do to try and fix it, so just accept it and move on.

Fair enough. But if you're going to have Superman at some congressional hearing, it just doesn't work IMO. Particularly if the guy who actually has a mask is still modulating his voice. They could've done something completely different, as it is, they're trying to pull from both sides of the spectrum and it's jarring.

I loved MoS more than most, I saw it 6 times in different theatres in different cities. Every time a scene that was intended as serious and emotional (when Superman and Lois embrace before he surrenders to Zod) it elicited laughs. It's simply jarring seeing Superman surrounded by military personnel the way that scene was shot. I know what they're going for, and of course going in you're supposed to go with it. I'm simply saying they make it harder by trying to simultaneously ground other aspects in reality.

It's tough enough doing it with Batman, and plenty of gripes I heard about Rises, from how he got back to Gotham so quickly to how he found Selina to how he healed, are only questions because of the world Nolan tried to establish in the first place. Most people on some level like Rises the least because it's also the most comic book-y of the trilogy. The others had fantastical elements for sure, but Rises certainly doesn't mesh with the previous films nearly as well, and it's mostly because of that. I'm just saying...I feel it's a missed opportunity to do something fresh with Superman.

 

[Saint]

I don't really care that it makes practical sense; I just think it's distracting and spoils the experience of his dialogue--the same way removing the ears from his cowl would spoil the visual experience.

 

[Flint Marko]

Fair enough. But if you're going to have Superman at some congressional hearing, it just doesn't work IMO. Particularly if the guy who actually has a mask is still modulating his voice. They could've done something completely different, as it is, they're trying to pull from both sides of the spectrum and it's jarring.

I definitely see where you are coming from and I don't disagree with anything you are saying, but I think that the concept of a guy who puts on glasses and fixes his hair to hide his secret identity is so widely known and generally accepted that messing with that staple of the Superman mythos just opens up a whole can of worms.
In terms of the voice modulation thing, I look at it like this: Bruce Wayne is a public figure with the eyes of the world on him every time he steps out in public, so it makes sense that he would take more extreme measures to hide his identity. Clark Kent, while still a reporter, doesn't have that same level of attention on him.

I loved MoS more than most, I saw it 6 times in different theatres in different cities. Every time a scene that was intended as serious and emotional (when Superman and Lois embrace before he surrenders to Zod) it elicited laughs. It's simply jarring seeing Superman surrounded by military personnel the way that scene was shot. I know what they're going for, and of course going in you're supposed to go with it. I'm simply saying they make it harder by trying to simultaneously ground other aspects in reality.

It's tough enough doing it with Batman, and plenty of gripes I heard about Rises, from how he got back to Gotham so quickly to how he found Selina to how he healed, are only questions because of the world Nolan tried to establish in the first place. Most people on some level like Rises the least because it's also the most comic book-y of the trilogy. The others had fantastical elements for sure, but Rises certainly doesn't mesh with the previous films nearly as well, and it's mostly because of that. I'm just saying...I feel it's a missed opportunity to do something fresh with Superman.

Fair enough, I'm personally glad to see they aren't changing anything with his "disguise" so it makes more sense, but I understand your reasoning.

 

[I Am The Knight]

I feel like the voice is all over the place, and I get the feeling that they are still working on it. Or maybe he just sounds different throughout the film? Who knows. We might get a different version in the actual film. I didn't like Kylo Ren's voice that much in the TFA trailer, but it worked great for me when I saw the finished film.

 

[craigaat]

I don't mind the modulation. It could be (and has been) worse.

 

[I Am The Knight]

For me, sometimes it sounds great, sometimes it doesn't sound that great. We'll see.

 

[Doc Samson]

In terms of the voice modulation thing, I look at it like this: Bruce Wayne is a public figure with the eyes of the world on him every time he steps out in public, so it makes sense that he would take more extreme measures to hide his identity.

Looking at it from that perspective, it makes more sense. I think it might still be odd in a way, considering this version of Superman has more dealings with the government, and I would assume, more scrutiny. Quite literally the eyes of the world on him as an alien that nobody knows for certain doesn't have evil intentions. But it's a good point.

 

[Angel0fDeath]

The "It's time you learn what it means to be a man!" is the perfect voice imo.

 

[Clark-Kent]

So far over social media it seems to be mostly accepted, but there are definitely getting to be more "vocal" people thinking it doesn't fit with his normal Batman suit. I've seen some posts calling it too mechanical, and I think it's great with the armored suit but wouldn't complain if they removed that from when he is in the regular Batman gear. If they do keep it, that's got to be explained how it works without anything over the mouth.

 

[rogbngp]

So far over social media it seems to be mostly accepted, but there are definitely getting to be more "vocal" people thinking it doesn't fit with his normal Batman suit. I've seen some posts calling it too mechanical, and I think it's great with the armored suit but wouldn't complain if they removed that from when he is in the regular Batman gear. If they do keep it, that's got to be explained how it works without anything over the mouth.

The mic and speakers are hidden inside the cowl no doubt. Knowing Batman its probably nano-tech.

 

[Clark-Kent]

The mic and speakers are hidden inside the cowl no doubt. Knowing Batman its probably nano-tech.

I know it may sound overkill to some, but that mechanical sounding... I think some exposition is warranted in this case. I wouldn't mind seeing whatever explanation shown for why it works in his normal batsuit

 

[DieSmiling]

Up until very recently I liked the voice, but I agree that the "do you bleed" comment in the most recent teaser was a bit jarring.