The Dark Knight Rises Christopher Nolan Is Doing Batman 3!!!

[TheScarecrow]

LMAO...Batman fans are probably the most uptight of all. Want me to post some links to Rotten Tomatoes with all the death threats against critics who dared to post negative reviews of The Dark Knight?

The lunatics don't count. The fanbase as a whole is - comparatively - normal. Superman fans are (by far) the worst. Who has time to discuss two colour hues? It's 2010 and they're still going. Wasn't the costume unveiled in 2005!? That's nearly five years talking about freaking colours!

 

[TheScarecrow]

LMAO...Batman fans are probably the most uptight of all. Want me to post some links to Rotten Tomatoes with all the death threats against critics who dared to post negative reviews of The Dark Knight?

The lunatics don't count. The fanbase as a whole is - comparatively - normal. Superman fans are (by far) the worst. Who has time to discuss two colour hues? It's 2010 and they're still going. Wasn't the costume unveiled in 2005!? That's nearly five years talking about freaking colours!

 

[Solidus]

LMAO...Batman fans are probably the most uptight of all. t: Want me to post some links to Rotten Tomatoes with all the death threats against critics who dared to post negative reviews of The Dark Knight?

There is crazy fans for everything. People some how just target Bats with it. I mean Avatar has some of the worst fans I've seen in some time, but the reality is there are rotten apples of fans in every type of fandom. Trek, Star Wars, LOTR everything.

I think some are getting too worried about the Supes thing. I mean Nolan aint directing it, he's "advising". I highly doubt Nolan is dumb. He knows Supes and Bats are two types of heroes. And I agree with Crook on what he said earlier.

 

[redfirebird2008]

The lunatics don't count. The fanbase as a whole is - comparatively - normal. Superman fans are (by far) the worst. Who has time to discuss two colour hues? It's 2010 and they're still going. Wasn't the costume unveiled in 2005!? That's nearly five years talking about freaking colours!

What do you mean the lunatics don't count?

They represent the rest of us (quite badly of course) but they do count. I do agree that Supes fans are a little more anal overall. Batman has now had two directors with visions that featured pretty different styles but there is a pretty strong consensus that both visions were good. Not only this, but they both abandoned comic book accuracy quite a bit, yet the fans still enjoyed the 4 movies for the most part.

I think the Iron Man fans are probably the most laid back, which is appropriate because RDJ as Tony Stark is the definition of cool and laid back. The Iron Man fans seem willing to go with the flow like most Batman fans, but there aren't anywhere near as many lunatics as there are in the Batman fanbase.

Oh well though, the loonies and anals are entertaining...until they crash the servers.

 

[Paste Pot Pete]

The whole Nolan=realism thing is so tired.

Some people have it so stuck in their head that they won't even look at the evidence to the contrary. The impression is hat he's just some stuck-up, arthouse lame-o with no imagination.

The Prestige is science fiction. Inception is science fiction. And not even hard sci-fi, like Primer or something. Nolan's capable of the fantastic.

People worried that his Joker was going to be a dour, humorless John Doe-style killer dressed all in black. WRONG.

People worried his Two-Face was going to be watered down to little more than Mel Gibson's look in Man Without a Face. WRONG.

Does he have his own quirks and stylistic preferences? Sure. That's what makes him an artist.

But he's smart enough, and respectful enough of the material, to not lose the core elements of what makes these characters great and iconic.

Superman's not going to be an average joe who has STAR LABS build him a jetpack.

 

[TheBatman072]

The whole Nolan=realism thing is so tired.

Some people have it so stuck in their head that they won't even look at the evidence to the contrary. The impression is hat he's just some stuck-up, arthouse lame-o with no imagination.

The Prestige is science fiction. Inception is science fiction. And not even hard sci-fi, like Primer or something. Nolan's capable of the fantastic.

People worried that his Joker was going to be a dour, humorless John Doe-style killer dressed all in black. WRONG.

People worried his Two-Face was going to be watered down to little more than Mel Gibson's look in Man Without a Face. WRONG.

Does he have his own quirks and stylistic preferences? Sure. That's what makes him an artist.

But he's smart enough, and respectful enough of the material, to not lose the core elements of what makes these characters great and iconic.

Superman's not going to be an average joe who has STAR LABS build him a jetpack.

thiiiiisssssssss.

 

[rashad]

Nolan isn't writing or directing Superman. He's just ensuring the quality of the project.

 

[Watson]

Nolan isn't writing or directing Superman. He's mentoring it. That just means he'll be providing guidance and the odd idea. He won't have primary creative control. I would ask why people are freaking out over that, but this is the Hype so I should know better.

However, now that we know Batman III is coming...YAY

 

[Avengers-Report]

YESSSSSSSSSS GOOOD NEWSS FINALLY. I can't wait to hear more about this!

 

[Watson]

Now here's a thought...if Nolan is (presumably) directing Batman III, and overseeing Superman, does this open the door to some overlap between the films?

 

[redfirebird2008]

Now here's a thought...if Nolan is (presumably) directing Batman III, and overseeing Superman, does this open the door to some overlap between the films?

Besides the obvious fact that he's a good quality control agent, I think WB definitely wants him in on the Superman project so they can come up with an explanation for how Superman can exist in Nolan's Batman world. Whatever he comes up with, they'll use it sometime down the line.

 

[TheBatman072]

Now here's a thought...if Nolan is (presumably) directing Batman III, and overseeing Superman, does this open the door to some overlap between the films?

Do you have any idea of the sheer SIZE of the simultaneous fanboy ***** that would create?

The tides would change.

 

[namtaB]

Nolan isn't writing or directing Superman. He's just ensuring the quality of the project.

Right b/c he knows the character so well right?

C'mon people, Nolan had to bring in Goyer b/c he had a cursory knowledge of Batman's comic roots. And this is Batman we're talking about, a character Nolan has a genuine interest in.

This whole Superman thing is a ploy by WB to bring legitimacy and hype back to the second of their prize comic properties. I doubt Nolan will do anything beyond getting his name as an EP and a lot of press about how he's "mentoring" the project and in exchange WB finances more of his films while giving him full creative control.

This Superman nonsense is marketing 101. Geez, some of you people need to watch Mad Men.

 

[Watson]

Besides the obvious fact that he's a good quality control agent, I think WB definitely wants him in on the Superman project so they can come up with an explanation for how Superman can exist in Nolan's Batman world. Whatever he comes up with, they'll use it sometime down the line.

I agree honestly. I'm not opposed necessarily to it either. The relationship between Supes/Bats is important to both their mythos IMO. It would just depend on how it was done.

Do you have any idea of the sheer SIZE of the simultaneous fanboy ***** that would create?

The tides would change.

I IRL.

 

[Caped Crusader]

Not really a Supes fan but I'll support Nolan.

 

[redfirebird2008]

Right b/c he knows the character so well right?

C'mon people, Nolan had to bring in Goyer b/c he had a cursory knowledge of Batman's comic roots. And this is Batman we're talking about, a character Nolan has a genuine interest in.

This whole Superman thing is a ploy by WB to bring legitimacy and hype back to the second of their prize comic properties. I doubt Nolan will do anything beyond getting his name as an EP and a lot of press about how he's "mentoring" the project and in exchange WB finances more of his films while giving him full creative control.

This Superman nonsense is marketing 101. Geez, some of you people need to watch Mad Men.

You do realize that Nolan loves Donner's Superman right? Watch the Batman Begins special features. Superman: The Movie was a big influence on how he approached Batman Begins.

 

[Cuyan]

This Superman nonsense is marketing 101. Geez, some of you people need to watch Mad Men.

Hahaha best parody of a ridiculous statement ever.

 

[TheBatman072]

I can see it now.

Batman is crouching on the ledge of a building, overlooking the city.

"I know you're there. I've known you were there for several moments. Won't they miss you in Metropolis?"

He looks over his shoulder at Superman, hovering off the ledge of the building.

"I won't be long. Just wanted to see if what they said was true. And here you are, in the flesh."

"Did you come to gawke or is there something important you need?"

"It's something I need to talk to you about. I'm here about the Avenger Initiative."

Cut to black.

 

[namtaB]

You do realize that Nolan loves Donner's Superman right? Watch the Batman Begins special features. Superman: The Movie was a big influence on how he approached Batman Begins.

So what? I love them too, it doesn't make me an expert on adapting a Superman feature film.

Look, Nolan's strength is storytelling with a heavy psychological point of view. That's what he's an expert in and Superman is not a psychologically rich character. He's too one sided, too moralistic.

This is all an attempt by WB to bring hype and legitimacy back to Superman. Let's face it, the minute you start saying the director of BB and TDK is going to be involved in the development of Superman it gets people talking and buzz is instantaneously created.

Its actually comical (no pun intended) to me that Nolan is their "go to guy" for Superman b/c its oil and water. The characters of Nolans films from Leonard Shelby to Will Dormer to Bruce Wayne are jaded anti heroes. Superman is not.

 

[Watson]

I can see it now.

Batman is crouching on the ledge of a building, overlooking the city.

"I know you're there. I've known you were there for several moments. Won't they miss you in Metropolis?"

He looks over his shoulder at Superman, hovering off the ledge of the building.

"I won't be long. Just wanted to see if what they said was true. And here you are, in the flesh."

"Did you come to gawke or is there something important you need?"

"It's something I need to talk to you about. I'm here about the Justice League Initiative."

Cut to black.

Fixed

 

[Caped Crusader]

God this news couldnt come at a better time for me

 

[RustyCage]

I'd walk right out of the theater and just totally not buy the DVD. Sorry. I don't want Superbutter in my Bat-Jelly.

 

[Anita18]

Which is exactly the reason why a decent Superman film cannot be made. Batman fans can cause uproar, but we're generally pretty easy going. Nolan has made multiple changes and, in general, we've just gone with the flow.

Superman fans whinge about Superman Returns - but what the hell sort of movie did they expect WB to change? They wanted a "reboot" - but would have exploded if the new movie redid the origins. They wanted a modern Superman, but whinged for MONTHS (make that years) because the hues on Singer's costume we're ever so slightly different to that of the comics, the symbol was a fraction smaller and was - OMG...RAISED! Not to mention the \S/ symbols on the boots...seriously, I don't know how they survived it.

They're still whinging about the same thing - including wanting a 'reboot' without changing the music, the lead actor, keeping the classic costume, origin, etc. It's just a little bit sad.

I don't think people are truly whinging about the colors themselves. The entire feel of that initial photo felt off, and the colors were the most obvious reason, so people fixated on it.

People sure whinged about the TDK suit and the non-permawhite Joker, but when the movie came out, it pretty much shut everybody up.

Right b/c he knows the character so well right?

C'mon people, Nolan had to bring in Goyer b/c he had a cursory knowledge of Batman's comic roots. And this is Batman we're talking about, a character Nolan has a genuine interest in.

I think that Nolan wanted more comics-insider knowledge on Batman and that's why he brought in Goyer, not because he had no clue how Batman worked. Tons of posters here write fanfic scripts about the characters, so I'm sure Nolan of all people could do it. But I think he wanted it to have more integrity.

Plus what Nolan really has is an ability to adapt comic book stories to screen. You don't need to know a character well right off the bat to do it - he's proven he's willing and able to do the research and put in the work.

 

[redfirebird2008]

So what? I love them too, it doesn't make me an expert on adapting a Superman feature film.

So Donner was a Superman expert at the time he was hired to make that movie?

 

[Cuyan]

So Donner was a Superman expert at the time he was hired to make that movie?

Don't forget Mario Puzo.