The Dark Knight Rises Interesting article about life after TDKR

[Mace Dolex]

I wanted this as a seperate thread but if the mods can link it to a similiar thread fine by me I just thought this article was interesting about how the future of Batman films can continue if WB decides to either stay with Nolan's universe or completely reboot the franchise after every 3-picture trilogy.

http://www.badassdigest.com/2011/03...ld-be-the-most-important-superhero-movie-ever

 

[RoughNTumble]

In order of my preferences

1. continue without contradicting nolan's continuity
2. reboot sans origin
3. reboot with origin
4. no batman movies

 

[JAK®]

Just do a stand alone Batman story that is set in a more stylised world, no connections to the Nolan series. Use a villain like Mr. Freeze so that the audience really understands this isn't Nolan's Batman.

Oh, and put him in a suit like the comics

 

[Boom]

I'd be all for doing one-off Batman films. Not everything has to be a trilogy.

 

[~.:/|T-MaN|\:.~]

A combination of costume design and environments from the comics, with Nolan-esque writing

EDIT: And yes, one-off films (James Bond style)

 

[Tacit Ronin]

with Nolan-esque writing

No. I want a Batman movie where they don't give speeches that spell out the themes.

 

[Boom]

I'd like a Batman film with a dark/mature tone and a comic-book aesthetic and sensibility.

 

[Rowsdower!]

Nipple suits, here we come.

 

[Charlie The Red]

No more movies. Instead, an HBO television series.

 

[Boom]

If only, Charlie.

If only.

 

[Wolverine1988]

Keeping Nolan on as a producer after Rises is a very bad idea.

Slow down, pump the brakes kiddies. The reason I say this is bc Nolan is not going to approve anything creatively that dilutes his contribution to Batman. So right from the get go you've limited the project creatively by keeping Nolan on as a producer. At best, the direction will be kept to the realism tone, but that tone is very nolan-centric and I would rather have a new director come in with a fresh new approach.

Just because he as a Director decided to take a realistic approach to Batman doesn't mean hed object to someone else making a different approach.

The realistic aproach was his idea doesn't mean he thinks his approach is the only and best one, i doubt he would be against a different idea as long as it was good.

 

[KalMart]

Keeping Nolan on as a producer after Rises is a very bad idea.

Slow down, pump the brakes kiddies. The reason I say this is bc Nolan is not going to approve anything creatively that dilutes his contribution to Batman. So right from the get go you've limited the project creatively by keeping Nolan on as a producer. At best, the direction will be kept to the realism tone, but that tone is very nolan-centric and I would rather have a new director come in with a fresh new approach.

If anything, I would think that Nolan would strongly recommend that a new Batman be completely different than his, even with him overseeing it. if for nothing else but to keep his Batman unique and not associated with versions not written and directed by him. Not in a sabotage kind of way, but as a more open-minded and supportive way to other filmmakers.

If I were a musician producing an album for another musician, I'd want that musician to play and sound like himself, not me.....even if it was flattering.

 

[sly]

I would be perfectly fine with a Arkham Asylum type movie/trilogy. That game proved there were still awesome, unique Batman stories. Make it more stylized like Sin City and anything is possible (and GASP - you can use a TON of villains).

That's actually the only way I want to see them go with the Batman franchise after Nolan... something completely different. Do the graphic novelesque movies for the next 10 years and then try a different type of format.

EDIT: Although... I want at least ONE MORE Nolan Batman after TDKR. I want to see his Penguin and Riddler and Blask Mask (if he's not in Rises). Gimmee more Nolan.

 

[Soapy]

Not another reboot.

My preference would be for whoever takes over the franchise next to keep the level of verisimilitude that Nolan has given Batman and use his movies as a loose cannon.

Which isn't to say I want them to have a slavish devotion to Nolan's work, far from it, I just want them to retain that sense that this Batman exists in the "real world" or some version of it at least.

In other words, I just want the new movies to remain stylistically consistent with Nolan's films.

Failing that, I would ask two things:

1. Making a good movie should be the top priority. All other concerns come after.
2. Don't retread the origin story. People know who Batman is. They know how he became Batman. No one needs to see that old song and dance with every new interpretation of the character.

 

[Figs]

If they do some kind of reboot or restart, I don't want to see another origin. I think BB did it damn well, they should let it breathe for awhile. Don't redo his origin for quite a long time.

I kind of like the Bond idea, just make stand alone movies with different directors.

 

[zmystico]

I think a reboot would be a bad idea...UNLESS Nolan is gonna end the trilogy with Batman dying or being revealed of his true identity.

You have the BEST adaptation of a super hero in Begins & TDK...with TDKR bound to be a success, just tweak and build off the foundation Nolan built.

 

[JAK®]

Why should a director be limited to what Nolan has done? Batman is a bigger character than that. He deserves more.

 

[sly]

If you're going to keep going with the same style as Nolan and his continuity, then you need to bring back Bale, Oldman, etc. If they're not coming back, then it's just a waste and I fear the franchise will slowly begin it's assent into Batman & Robin territory.

Reboot with a different cast and a different interpretation... crossing fingers for graphic novel style.

 

[Mace Dolex]

The only bad I see is having to cast a new actor once we've gotten used to for Batman in every movie or every trilogy however the story dictates.

But I'd like to see how different directors tackle Batman in a horror setting with Man-Bat, maybe a science fiction take with an original villian.

But my dream would be an adaptation of Ten Nights Of The Beast story from the 80's ala Die Hard style all out action.

 

[BatFan88]

No reboot please not one with an orgin yet again,that would be lame and boring.

Nolan as producer is okay but for some reason i want to see a sci-fi Batman version like Batman Beyond.

Ridley Scott as the director or maybe that director (forgotten the name) from 'Black Swan'

Standalone movies would be great also but not that original as taking it to a total diffrent direction like Batman Beyond.

 

[GregComicFan]

I don't think this is the perfect idea for the future of Batman on film, but I don't think it's a bad idea...

Take Batman: The Animated Series (1992) for example...

When that show premiered, it had its own original style on Batman. Sure, it wasn't realistic like Nolan's (the first episode, "On Leather Wings", featured Man-Bat), but it definitely had it's own take/interpretation.

The Batman from BTAS did not seem like the kind of Batman we'd find in Justice League. He seemed removed from Superman, Wonder Woman, etc. I remember BTAS, like Nolan's Batman, seemed to exist in a world without other superheroes.

But what happened...

Justice League and Justice League Unlimited happened and it featured the same incarnation of Batman in it.

So my point is this isn't the first time an interpretation of Batman that seemed unfit for other superheroes is getting tossed into the Justice League mix.

Nolan's Batman = BTAS in its debut/prime.

I DEFINITELY would not want to see Batman start all over again on film. Hell no! I don't want them to do to Batman what they are doing to Spiderman (rebooting Spiderman... ??? ugh! I have barely any interest in this new Andrew Garfield Spiderman... we have to sit through the origin story again???? ugh!)

So a not-so-bad idea is to just continue Batman by throwing him into a JL movie and re-introducing him through that new media.

 

[Bruce Malone]

Reboots are getting way too sped-up these days. Movies like the new spider-man and the incredible hulk needed/need more than 5 years between them and the last film.

 

[SchumacherFan]

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[RoughNTumble]

keaton can't be batman again, because he'll be playing perry white

 

[KalMart]

Reboots are getting way too sped-up these days. Movies like the new spider-man and the incredible hulk needed/need more than 5 years between them and the last film.

I kinda' agree...I've always felt they should wait at least 5 years before starting a new Batman. But the prospects of big box-office makes it hard to wait.