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chicago is an old city too. but it's a real city with history that has been rebuilt and added to, much like gotham would be in the real world.
Train scene with his dad. Screamed retro to me and that was enough...Kind of reminded me of that "World of Tomorrow" movie actually.E-Mack said:Well I guess I just expected more retro designs. I don't think I can recall any specific scene in BB that had that, it all looked like new buildings to me.
Robin91939 said:Actually, the Batcave doesn't really have a name. Bruce/Batman has regularly refered to it in current cannon as simply "the cave". I believe it was Dick who asked Batman in DARK VICTORY, while sitting in the cave, "What do you call this place?" To which Bruce respondes.. "I never thought of giving it a name."
It's never really had a definitive name, to fans- it's the "BATCAVE", to the characters actually IN the universe, it's just a cave that Batman operates from.
It was the 1960's Batman show that really started the whole insertbathere, naming system.
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Well, I have to admit I found it a little convenient that Gotham managed to keep all of its ancient slums and bad neighbourhoods conveniently tucked away on an island they can isolate at any time by raising the bridges.ChrisBaleBatman said:They looked like God crapped on them, and didn't flush.
So, not like new buildings.
I think that's what cryptic was trying to say.
But, I dug how they modernized it. Made it more like OUR world. Like Baltimore, like New York, like Detroit, like Chicago. Like a real city, that was going down like some that exist in our world.
I dug that.

Substance D said:Seriously, it's only the next logical step for Batman's arsenal. Oh god, I can't wait to start getting scenes of Bale's Batman sitting in front of those giant monitors...![]()
Actually it's very possible. Living in New York I can tell you there is a big difference between Manhattan and places like the Bronx and Brooklyn so Gotham's reverse and exagerated version doesn't bug me in the least. You keep the slums over here and the rich, extraordinarily expensive homes over here. Crackheads can't afford upscale apartments.AnimeJune said:Well, I have to admit I found it a little convenient that Gotham managed to keep all of its ancient slums and bad neighbourhoods conveniently tucked away on an island they can isolate at any time by raising the bridges.![]()
Ah - okay. My picks for casting would be either Ricky Gervais or Jack Black.E-Mack said:It's just rumor at this point reported by BOF.
AnimeJune said:Ah - okay. My picks for casting would be either Ricky Gervais or Jack Black.
Ooh, Phillip Seymore Hoffman could be a good choice. Definitely. And I hope they go for the comic origin - Tim Burton's "Tarzan of the Penguins" deal was grotesque, but fitting - but I'd prefer a different sort of thing if they're doing it this time around.Savage said:It's pretty old news now actually. As of now the rumor is that Phillip Seymore Hoffman is being considered for the role but there has been no recent news besides that.
ChrisBaleBatman said:Naming everything just seems too metrosexual for Batman.
Well, I have to admit I found it a little convenient that Gotham managed to keep all of its ancient slums and bad neighbourhoods conveniently tucked away on an island they can isolate at any time by raising the bridges.![]()
Actually it's very possible. Living in New York I can tell you there is a big difference between Manhattan and places like the Bronx and Brooklyn so Gotham's reverse and exagerated version doesn't bug me in the least. You keep the slums over here and the rich, extraordinarily expensive homes over here. Crackheads can't afford upscale apartments.![]()
WTF? That's the worst misuse of the word "metrosexual" I've seen on these forums yet. I'm convinced no-one actually knows what it means.
Since Lucius is a member of the board of Wayne Enterprises, Fox can easily get Bruce anything he needs, at least all the technology he would need.
ChrisBaleBatman said:Well, it just seems like someone would think he's "gay" for categorizing everything, with Bat- infront of it with bat logos on everything.
I'm not saying it is gay. Just that it can be mistaken for it. Being kinda too stylistic too, I think. I mean, this is about fighting crime, right? Batman seems to be the type of character that would like to keep it simple and basic, atleast in terms of his gear I'd think.
Being rich is soooo ****ing good.....
ChrisBaleBatman said:Well, it just seems like someone would think he's "gay" for categorizing everything, with Bat- infront of it with bat logos on everything.
Exactly - the term "metrosexual" was just used to label straight guys who are cultured and have fashion sense, traits stereotypically stuck on gay guys.lujho said:I kind of sussed that out. But, crucially, metrosexual doesn't actually mean "gay" at all, so trying to use it as a sneaky way of getting around the "not using 'gay' as a pejorative term" thing makes no sense.