The Official Batman (1989) Thread - Part 5

[Penguin]

Almost certainly. It helped the audience to remember the earlier film, and wish they were watching it instead.

 

[Kane52630]

 

[Ponyboy]

^LOL George Zotti owns Silver Snails Comics, in Toronto. Looks like maybe he was one of the spear-headers of that petition since the top few signatures are Canadians. It would be interesting to see what George thinks about it now, and if he stands by his signature.

 

[Fallen Angel]

Wow what a timely bump. Just announced a few minutes ago but she's playing Amy Adams mom in a movie. Which is also starring Jake Gyllenhaal.

Kim Basinger Joins Tom Ford’s ‘Nocturnal Animals’ http://deadline.com/2015/08/kim-basinger-nocturnal-animals-tom-ford-1201499468/ …

 

[The Shape]

Thank God that "petition" was ignored by WB.

 

[Elevator Man]

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[Mace Dolex]

^LOL George Zotti owns Silver Snails Comics, in Toronto. Looks like maybe he was one of the spear-headers of that petition since the top few signatures are Canadians. It would be interesting to see what George thinks about it now, and if he stands by his signature.

Id like to know how that petition started, was it in trade papers? Comic shops? Conventions? Magazines like Starlog/Fangoria/Comics Buyers Guide/Teen Beat.....? t:

 

[TMC1982]

Wow what a timely bump. Just announced a few minutes ago but she's playing Amy Adams mom in a movie. Which is also starring Jake Gyllenhaal.

Kim Basinger Joins Tom Ford’s ‘Nocturnal Animals’ http://deadline.com/2015/08/kim-basinger-nocturnal-animals-tom-ford-1201499468/ …

Which means that Vicki Vale is going to play Lois Lane's mother! In all seriousness (and I'm not trying to troll or anything), but what happened to Kim Basinger's career (at least since she won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar for LA Confidential)? It seems like for the past decade, she's been stuck doing all of these small, indie-ish movies that most people haven't heard of. Or if she is in a widely released, mainstream movie (like 8 Mile, The Sentiel, Charlie St. Cloud, and Grudge Match), she's relegated to an otherwise overlooked supporting player.

I don't want to immediately go to her age, because that's way too obvious. It seems like after she bombed out w/ the first two movies that she made (three years) after her Oscar win (Bless the Child and I Dreamed of Africa) Hollywood stopped giving her chances to headline major motion pictures. I don't even count Cellular, because that to me, was more of a springboard for the future Human Torch and Captain America, Chris Evans, while Kim spent most of the movie crying while locked in a basement.

Whenever I hear about Kim on the news now, it's usually when she is in another squabble w/ her ex-husband, Alec Baldwin or her daughter has to go to rehab. She's recently joined Twitter, but all that she wants to talk about there, is animal welfare.

 

[Rodrigo90]

Hollywood often treat the greats with such disrespect.

 

[Kane52630]

 

[TMC1982]

Hollywood often treat the greats with such disrespect.

With Kim Basinger and why were career went downhill post-Oscar win, I think that:
1) She waited too long to capitalize off of the momentum of her win (by not having another film released for another three years) and released too poorly received movies (“Bless the Child” and “I Dreamed of Africa”). This probably gave off the perception that maybe she “never had it” or was passed her peak as a headliner in major motion pictures. Hell, even “Cellular”, which is (to the best of my knowledge) the last majorly released movie w/ Kim Basinger as the first billed star is arguably, kind of a demeaning role as she spends most of the movie held hostages in a basement waiting for Chris Evans (AKA Captain America) to save her. Kim should’ve stopped playing crying, victimized damsels-in-distress after she did “Batman”.

2) Kim arguably, never really had the greatest range for an actress. It perhaps makes it hard for her to reinvent herself as a character actress once it became apparent that her leading lady days were over. I guess my main point is that unless your say, Meryl Streep or Helen Mirren, women over the age of 60 don’t seem to be offered a lot of predominate roles in major motion pictures these days.

3) As much as I hate to say this, Kim Basinger (despite being one of the world’s most beautiful women) is kind of flake. This may have reflected her poor judgement at the height of her career. I also think that it’s safe to suggest that the fall out from her split from Alec Baldwin (culminating in the infamous voice mail towards their daughter, Ireland) wrecked havoc w/ the Kim needing or trying to keep her career focused and on track.

4) Kim likely has a horrible PR team behind her. Again, this goes back to her not going faster w/ capitalizing off of her Oscar win. And then she proceeds to release a bunch of movies that nobody save for really die hard fans or indy movie observers have heard of. And the major movies that she actually did appear in, it seems like on the surface, (especially during the promotions) she isn’t a prominent character. Maybe Kim prefers doing smaller movies after having her blockbuster fill w/ “Batman”. I’ve read (and recently posted here) that Kim often turns down role if it meant having to be too far away from her daughter.

 

[Blitzkrieg Bop]

She was in 8 Mile. Mom's spaghetti.

 

[Mace Dolex]

I'm waiting patiently for a Business-casual Bat-Man action figure.

 

[Kane52630]

http://kane52630.tumblr.com/post/132789739444/gotham-city-batman-1989-the-dark-knight

Spoiler

 

[Kane52630]

http://kane52630.tumblr.com/post/132982847924/i-have-given-a-name-to-my-pain-and-it-is-batman

 

[The Shape]

 

[BH/HHH]

It's weird to think the outrage even back then isn't it? I mean that was pre Internet for crying out loud. Just mental, we could have been deprived of who for me so far has been the best live action Batman of them all.

 

[ThePhantasm]

My full-length analysis of B89, which I've been working on almost all year, should be finished next month. Pretty pleased with how its turning out.

 

[BH/HHH]

My full-length analysis of B89, which I've been working on almost all year, should be finished next month. Pretty pleased with how its turning out.

How long is it going to be?

 

[The Shape]

He said it would be around 4,000 pages long, if printed.

 

[Lead Cenobite]

^LOL George Zotti owns Silver Snails Comics, in Toronto. Looks like maybe he was one of the spear-headers of that petition since the top few signatures are Canadians. It would be interesting to see what George thinks about it now, and if he stands by his signature.

It wouldn't surprise me. There are still people who think he shouldn't have been cast(I'm not one of them).

 

[Cain]

I don't frequent gentlemen's clubs but if I ever find myself in one I'll be sure to do this

 

[ThePhantasm]

How long is it going to be?

He said it would be around 4,000 pages long, if printed.

not that long, but its pretty lengthy... a step-by-step, scene-by-scene analysis

 

[BrollySupersj]

http://kane52630.tumblr.com/post/132789739444/gotham-city-batman-1989-the-dark-knight

Spoiler

Went from a gothic inspired mega city to down town Pittsburgh. Nolan's Gotham wasn't really all that cool looking to me. Just a city.

 

[Sawyer]

BB's Gotham was very cool looking. It just went downhill after that movie.

Hopefully Snyder's Gotham looks badass.