In my perfect world there'd be a lot less Joker, Owls, Black Mask, Hush and Al Ghuls and a lot more Hugo Strange, Ivy, Deadshot, Pyg and Riddler.
In my perfect world there'd be a lot less Joker, Owls, Black Mask, Hush and Al Ghuls and a lot more Hugo Strange, Ivy, Deadshot, Pyg and Riddler.
I think you and many fans are blindly rationalizing at this point. I don't rate Gone baby Gone or In Town as good films. I don't rate Oscar winners as necessarily great films either, especially in the case of Argo. Affleck's past output includes the terrible 2004 Daredevil movie, Gigli and Jersey girl - all universally hated as some of the worst movies in the past 20 years. His critically acclaimed endeavours are not from the superhero or action film genres. Snyder and Nolan at least came from a background of dramatic action films before taking on Batman. The only benefit of the doubt I'll concede to Affleck is if he finds talented collaborators to write and direct the next Batman project.
The extended bat family has been underexplored and may be the only fresh, new ground to be taken with the Batman mythos on film.
1) Bringing up, and putting more emphasis, on his past failing, and purposely putting down his recent successes? And you call Affleck the hack... Anyways, the dude can do ciminal dramas, and tension, so I see him as a perfect fight for Batman,
2) Yes, the Bat Family should be explored, but gradually. I'd start off with Nightwing, Batgirl (Babs), Red Hood, and Julia, and branch off from there, eventually bringing in Duke as the new Robin, and bringing in Damian as part of a Al Ghul storyline.
Nope.
I'd have Babs as Batgirl, in CoO, then be crippled in TKJ, and come back as Oracle, and set up the BoP, in a BoP movie.
Nightwing isn't Robin, so he doesn't fill that role at all. He could have his own spinoff movie.
Duke gives us an acting Robin, and Julia allows us to learn more about Aflred's past. So yeah, Dick, and Babs, don't play the same roles.
I think if Duke makes it into the movies it will be as a replacement for Tim, with Dick being older as Nightwing.
And while Tim is my favorite bat character thanks to Chuck and Marv, I would totally understand and accept a Duke/Tim amalgamation.
EDIT: Also on Affleck, I think The Town is a very good sign for what he would bring to a Batman film.
Yeah they're not crippling her in this era, either she'll already be crippled or she'll be Batgirl but a movie based on that is highly unlikely. You don't need Julia to make Alfred work and that's assuming they'll even be interested in a Alfred centric arc. Beware the Batman used Deathstroke and Katana so Julia isn't necessary at all. Why Duke over Tim as acting Robin?
ha we are replying too fast. Just saying I could see them taking from both characters.
And admittedly I am just not a big fan of Luke.
Looking at Affleck's past work behind the camera, there's no way the movie ends up as something other than a fairly grounded thriller/crime drama. No time travel, space adventures or descents into different dimensions. I also can't see Johns' involvement amounting to anything more than giving pointers on continuity and past history of characters, as WB and Disney have both proven time and time again that they're not letting comic book people anywhere near the actual making of their films.
The board is pretty much set for a time jumping story with Jason Todd and Red Hood, but I'm not sure that material speaks to Affleck, and he obviously has a strong position with WB right now. I'm hoping for something new and fresh, with characterizations and various disparate paraphernalia taken from already existing material rather than actual story.
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