Nightwing . . . Should he be in 'Titans' or should he be solo?

[batbat_29640]

I think it is a huge mistake for Warner to have Nightwing in the 'Titans' movie. Nightwing deserves his own movie, imo. What do you think?

 

[Rezzo]

Not really sure he´s worthy of his own movie at this point and time

 

[Katsuro]

Neither, I think they should wait until the 4th Batman movie and bring him in as Robin.

 

[Ring Deacon]

You CAN NOT have a Nightwing movie with out at the least mentioning or flashing back to his time as Batman's sidekick Robin. Look how bad the Catwoman movie did without haveing Batman be in it too.

A Nightwing movie would be great if do right. But not without Batman being there in some way.

 

[odiin]

You CAN NOT have a Nightwing movie with out at the least mentioning or flashing back to his time as Batman's sidekick Robin.

Yeah you can. Everybody knows that Robin is Batman's sidekick, we don't NEED to have it shoved in our face. Hell, I don't think the Teen Titans series mentioned Batman ONCE the entire time it was on air, but it didn't matter because it wasn't a Batman show, it was a TEEN TITANS show, and this isn't a Batman movie, it's a TEEN TITANS movie.

 

[SupaFresh208]

Everyone knows any successful superhero movie needs an intro, body, and a conclusion. You can't make a Nightwing movie without having Robin first. For example: I know everything there is to know in regards to Spiderman, however when they did the movie they did his origins WHY, because as much as you'd like to believe that ^^ everyone knows who robin is, but you must tell his story in full for it to be a good movie. Also for every two persons that knows about Robin/Nightwing there is another five that don't. And in Teen Titans they never mentioned batman but they subliminally mentioned him when Robin uttered I have a father (bats flew across the room towards the moon FORGET the EP).

 

[odiin]

Yes, every Super Hero movie needs a beginning middle end blah blah blah but you're forgetting one major thing, and I keep trying to hammer this into everyone's head's. This is a TEEN TITANS movie! It's not a Batman movie as I said above, and even not a Robin movie. They're going to need to tell the beginning of the TITANS not necessarily Robin himself.

 

[raybia]

Include Nightwing and acknowledge he was Batman's partner as Robin but be very ambigous with the prior relationship with little details about that time in his career.

Portray it that they had a falling out and are not currently on speaking terms.

 

[SupaFresh208]

Yes, every Super Hero movie needs a beginning middle end blah blah blah but you're forgetting one major thing, and I keep trying to hammer this into everyone's head's. This is a TEEN TITANS movie! It's not a Batman movie as I said above, and even not a Robin movie. They're going to need to tell the beginning of the TITANS not necessarily Robin himself.

The thread says it all "Nightwing...Should he be in "Titans" or should he be solo", your opinionating one aspect of it which is the TEEN TITANS movie theme. What I hear from you is it shouldnt matter because its a Teen Titans movie correct? But what I'm saying is I don't want him in it because the story of Nightwing would be better if told as a solo movie.

 

[Ring Deacon]

Yeah you can. Everybody knows that Robin is Batman's sidekick, we don't NEED to have it shoved in our face. Hell, I don't think the Teen Titans series mentioned Batman ONCE the entire time it was on air, but it didn't matter because it wasn't a Batman show, it was a TEEN TITANS show, and this isn't a Batman movie, it's a TEEN TITANS movie.

Every comic fan yes. The general public that WB makes movies for NO. It is not shoving batman in your face to have a flashback to him being Robin. Hell Dick Grayson didn't become Nightwing till a falling out with Batman, and you can do that in the first 20 minutes of a Nightwing movie.

Once again look at the train wreck Catwoman was as a movie. With no conection to her roots the movie faled. Had Batman even cameoed like in the first draft of the movie's script it may have done a bit better.

Saying you can do a Nightwing movie without telling the greneral public where he came from is like doing a movie about Scrappy Doo without Scooby Doo....but then again this is the WB we are talking about.

 

[Katsuro]

Every comic fan yes. The general public that WB makes movies for NO. It is not shoving batman in your face to have a flashback to him being Robin. Hell Dick Grayson didn't become Nightwing till a falling out with Batman, and you can do that in the first 20 minutes of a Nightwing movie.

Once again look at the train wreck Catwoman was as a movie. With no conection to her roots the movie faled. Had Batman even cameoed like in the first draft of the movie's script it may have done a bit better.

Saying you can do a Nightwing movie without telling the greneral public where he came from is like doing a movie about Scrappy Doo without Scooby Doo....but then again this is the WB we are talking about.

The general public knows very well who Robin is. He's a humongous part of American pop culture. All they need is a quick flash of his old costume or a mention that his codename used to be Robin and people will get it. Not just comic fans, but anyone.

 

[odiin]

The general public knows very well who Robin is. He's a humongous part of American pop culture. All they need is a quick flash of his old costume or a mention that his codename used to be Robin and people will get it. Not just comic fans, but anyone.

Word.

I'm not saying there should be no mention of Batman, or the origin of Robin or whatever. I'm just saying that there doesn't NEED to be that stuff. The movie wouldn't be a complete failure just because they didn't have Batman in it like some people have insinuated.

 

[The Guard]

CATWOMAN failed because it was a terribly written, poorly conceived, half-assed movie. Not because it didn't have connections to the Batman mythology. All that is required for Nightwing to work is an allusion to his mentor, and his time as a sidekick before becoming Nightwing.

 

[Matt.S99]

Solo, robin should be in the titans, ive always wanted the real nightwing, meaning the more mature,older and loner dick grayson played by either joseph gordon-levitt or jared padalecki
and robin to be the young,energetic guy played by zac efron

 

[King Ruler]

joseph gordon-levitt

Thank you! I knew I wasn't the only one who wanted him to play Dick Grayson.

 

[TwilightPro101]

I've always wanted to see him do it solo or at least have his own series.

 

[NotFadeAway]

I honestly think a live action tv series featuring Nightwing could suceed if done properly.

 

[Ceb-Man]

To be frank, the Teen Titans film will be the closest we will get to Nightwing in any film
I say a that Nightwing needs to in the Teen Titans, since he was a Titan.
Then if the franchise is successful, then a spin-off of Nightwing would be nice.
Test the waters first to see if TT is successful and if Nightwing becomes very popular then you can go further.
This is kind of like how The X-Men franchise and then get your spin-off. Which in my opinion if done right Nightwing could be " the Wolverine" of the TT franchise. He could be very popular with the general audience, causing WB to do a Nightwing spin off.
As a comic fan I would love to see him in a solo movie, but if we see on screen in live action it will be through TT.
Dick Grayson as Robin can be still used in the in the Batman franchise, which I believe he will be after Nolan leaves.

 

[Justice Bringer]

Titans is the best way to showcase Nightwing. He shouldnt get his own films while the Batman Begins franchaise is still going. It would just be too weird.

 

[Justice Bringer]

I honestly think a live action tv series featuring Nightwing could suceed if done properly.

It would most likely suck if it was on CW. No deal.

 

[batbat_29640]

You CAN NOT have a Nightwing movie with out at the least mentioning or flashing back to his time as Batman's sidekick Robin. Look how bad the Catwoman movie did without haveing Batman be in it too.

A Nightwing movie would be great if do right. But not without Batman being there in some way.

I wouldn't dream of it! I would never back a Nightwing movie without some Batman love. Word?
I have a trailer in mind.
First an aproaching angle shot of a bridge. We see a 'guy' on a motorcycle.
Voice over by whatever actor
"When I was a boy . . .'
cycle zoomz past camera.
" I was part of one of the greatest shows you could ever see."
Flash back of the circus.
"My mother and father and I "
Silhouette of person in the air, arms spread like wings the trapese swinging behind
"We could fly"
cycle zooms down city street as it gets darker.
"Then one night"
We see the broken rope swing into camera ala BTAS
"My mother and father were ripped from the air"
We see the Graysons limp on the circus floor. A close up of Dick's face riddled with tears and horror.
"I would never fly with them again" w/ a view of Dick kneeling at his parents body and a figure aproaches him from behind cloaked in shadow.
"All I knew was fear, hate, rage, and pain."
"Then someone took me in" These two lines looped with a closeup of Dick as his sorrow and horror turn to clear anger and a hand clasps his shoulder from the shadows.
The camera looks up at the shadow but all that can be made out are sharp shoulders and two white, fearce looking eyes.
The next two lines are looped with training footage of young Dick Grayson.
"He taught me how to use my hate. How to control my rage."
" He trained me to use my skills as a weapon"
"Then he showed me how to mask my fear and pain"
A wide shot of the Robin mask comes into view.
"We became one of the greatest teams the world has ever known"
A wideshot of Batman and Robin shaking hands. Nothing silly looking for Batman will still be cloaked in shadow but this time you know it's Batman.
An iconic shot of Batman and Robin swinging across a moonlit sky into the camera.
" We were like shadows . . . and we could fly!"
A quick shot pearing out a window as Batman and Robin swing in and crash though it.
A fade to black and fade in on older Dick's face as he is looking at a building. It is night now and voice over states
"But I'm not a boy anymore"
He walks into the building .
The camera looks towards the the top of the building and begins to move upward
" I can't live in those shadows anymore"
camera picks up speed.
"And tonight . . ."
camera nears the top
"I make my own shadow"
As we get an iconic shot of Nightwing in full costume standing on the edge of the rooftop, peering across the city and birds or bats or both begin to circle from behind, fly in front of him towards the camera and form the Nightwing logo.

 

[batbat_29640]

Solo, robin should be in the titans, ive always wanted the real nightwing, meaning the more mature,older and loner dick grayson played by either joseph gordon-levitt or jared padalecki
and robin to be the young,energetic guy played by zac efron

I can really dig that casting choice!

 

[Justice Bringer]

Zac is 20 now. Too old for Tim Drake

 

[Ceb-Man]

It would most likely suck if it was on CW. No deal.

True.

 

[TwilightPro101]

Titans is the best way to showcase Nightwing. He should get his own films while the Batman Begins franchaise is still going. It would just be too weird.

Please explain how that would be so?

Because honestly with Titans, it opens up the doors for a number of characters and allows for an X-Men-like situation. Allows for more spin-offs and the ability to touch on a few more characters. It's no different than a typical team-up movie. Being in the leader position, he's obivously going to be given the chance to shine in his own right.