Paul Dano is Edward Nashton aka "The Riddler"

[AndyTrevino]

This is so ****ing cool. I know it's fan made, but I can't wait for this particular version; this might be the first version of the Riddler that I actually genuinely like as a character tbh. Yeah, he can be effective in the Arkham games but he's just so damn annoying and....."quirky". Here he actually seems like a threat.

 

[Nardz937]

God, this movie needs a dope viral marketing campaign.

 

[Sawyer]

God, this movie needs a dope viral marketing campaign.

Cloverfield was a ways back at this point, but that movie’s viral marketing was off the ****ing chain. Here’s hoping Reeves revives that pre-release energy with The Batman.

 

[C Prometheus]

This is so ****ing cool. I know it's fan made, but I can't wait for this particular version; this might be the first version of the Riddler that I actually genuinely like as a character tbh. Yeah, he can be effective in the Arkham games but he's just so damn annoying and....."quirky". Here he actually seems like a threat.

Yeah, obviously things could change a little in the final film, but going off of the trailer- this is hands down the most intimidating iteration of the Riddler that I've seen over the years. I'm very excited about the prospects with that.

 

[Gothamsknight]

This is so ****ing cool. I know it's fan made, but I can't wait for this particular version; this might be the first version of the Riddler that I actually genuinely like as a character tbh. Yeah, he can be effective in the Arkham games but he's just so damn annoying and....."quirky". Here he actually seems like a threat.

This is sick!

 

[NotNickFury]

Cloverfield was a ways back at this point, but that movie’s viral marketing was off the ****ing chain. Here’s hoping Reeves revives that pre-release energy with The Batman.

Keeping it in the Batman lore, everyone here remembers all the marketing for The Dark Knight. And that was before you could just drop something on Twitter and watch it take off. The Why So Serious posters, I Believe in Harvey Dent, that film practically marketed itself.

With the feel and tone that Reeves is going for, coupled with the fact that having the Riddler gives you an opportunity to have riddle-themed ads or promos, no doubt this could be a marketing wonder if done right.

 

[AndyTrevino]

Keeping it in the Batman lore, everyone here remembers all the marketing for The Dark Knight. And that was before you could just drop something on Twitter and watch it take off. The Why So Serious posters, I Believe in Harvey Dent, that film practically marketed itself.

With the feel and tone that Reeves is going for, coupled with the fact that having the Riddler gives you an opportunity to have riddle-themed ads or promos, no doubt this could be a marketing wonder if done right.

I don't. Not really. I vaguely remember seeing a bunch of Joker graffiti and whatnot but I was in first grade around that time lmao

 

[shauner111]

Jesus. I honestly feel bad that you didn’t get to experience the greatest theatrical experience ever with your buddies. That night was pure hype.

 

[NotNickFury]

Well, now I feel old-er.

 

[shauner111]

It still baffles me that I was a few weeks shy of turning 20 and friggin Andy was in first grade haha mannnnn.

 

[Eddie Dean]

Andy is baby

 

[Gothamsknight]

I remember it well and I was about 15 haha. There was nothing like it, and when TDK finally released, it felt like things had changed forever (not a reference haha), in which they had. I think it's safe to say the film exceeded expectations even with the amount of hype built up at that point. Nothing has even come close to matching that for me since.

 

[shauner111]

I was even more excited for Rises tbh and my theatrical experience was good and packed, but ppl weren’t dressing up, the News were no where to be found...so it wasn’t as crazy as TDK.

 

[NotNickFury]

I like Rises, but there's no way the hype could match what TDK did. Especially when we started getting more comic films around that time. For Rises to match TDK's hype would be trying to get lightning to strike twice. Still a good, theatrical experience, though.

 

[Gothamsknight]

I was even more excited for Rises tbh and my theatrical experience was good and packed, but ppl weren’t dressing up, the News were no where to be found...so it wasn’t as crazy as TDK.

I remember the hype for TDKR well, but I feel like the peak of it was for TDK. the night I saw TDKR, I remember being blown away by it, but I feel like everybody was was talking about The Avengers still and things like that. Then that horrific shooting happened too.

 

[Chip Chipperson]

it was just never going to top TDK and what Ledger did, no matter which creative avenue they chose to go. The only way that could've potentially happened left this Earth when Heath did. Probably the biggest 'what if?' for comic book films in modern memory.

 

[LoganPool]

The viral marketing for TDK was EPIC. Nothing has come close to topping it. Not even Cloverfield. I remember opening night of that movie. That was back before "assigned seating" was the norm, so my buddies and I got there a few hours early to assure good seats. Ended up playing Euchre and Poker in line before being let into the auditorium. Good times.

 

[shauner111]

Oh the days where you had to get to the theater super early or you were screwed.

 

[NotNickFury]

Oh the days where you had to get to the theater super early or you were screwed.

See, we sort of learned that the hard way with TDK, me and my friends. We still got good seats, but not as good as they could have been had we arrived earlier. As much as I like being able to reserve a seat, there's something about the rush of being in a line with a bunch of moviegoers, knowing that everyone is gunning for that seat or row that you also might want.

Interesting times. I mean, I've enjoyed a lot of what's come out since then for comic book movies, and there have been a lot of memorable experiences like with Logan or The Avengers or Days of Future Past, but personally, as far as theatrical experiences go, TDK is still at the top. Part of that is just living through it and, compared to future comic book films, not as simple as dropping a trailer on YouTube or poster on Twitter and expecting it to go viral. No, they had to earn that with TDK.

 

[Mr. E Nygma]

My favorite memory of seeing the Dark Knight was in one of the largest Tinseltown theaters here in TX and throughout the beginning of the movie people were chattering here or there, my theater pet peeve.

Then, as soon as Joker slams that pencil through that dudes skull the talking just stopped...one guy near me whispered “ooooh s***” and that was it.

 

[Eddie Dean]

I remember seeing it in July to a sold out crowd and then went to see it again with my bro in September on a whim and the theater was still packed.

 

[Gothamsknight]

I had gone with a friend to see TDK and i was adamant we get there early so we could get good seats. Thankfully we were first in line!

 

[AndyTrevino]

It still baffles me that I was a few weeks shy of turning 20 and friggin Andy was in first grade haha mannnnn.

I wasn't even allowed to watch it for four years because my ma and pa said it was too violent.

I definitely get why they didn't want me to see that back then lmao

 

[NotNickFury]

My favorite memory of seeing the Dark Knight was in one of the largest Tinseltown theaters here in TX and throughout the beginning of the movie people were chattering here or there, my theater pet peeve.

Then, as soon as Joker slams that pencil through that dudes skull the talking just stopped...one guy near me whispered “ooooh s***” and that was it.

For my crowd, even though that was a good one, I think the big 'everybody shut up!' moment was the hostage video, especially after Joker's laugh at the end.

 

[shauner111]

Was also the first time i saw a movie in IMAX that was actually shot with IMAX cameras. Thankfully Montreal has one of the real ones not that Liemax ****. And so that opening with slow zoom and the glass breaking, followed by the camera tilting down as the clowns glide across the air...Jesus Christ I’ll never forget that feeling it brought to the pit of my stomach, in front of that massive screen. We all already had the butterflies in the stomach when the lights went down but up to that point i never experienced a film looking and sounding so gigantic. The prologue for Rises was even crazier.

I forget what cameras Reeves is shooting on for The Batman?