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Batman Infographic: Every (Significant) Bat-Suit Ever

Ben Moore — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 20:51:42 +0000

Comic book writer Grant Morrison said it best: “[Every bat-suit is] completely different” – sometimes insanely different – “but they’re all instantly recognizable as [the-bat-suit].”

Unlike Superman, who has more or less been wearing the same blue and red strongman since Action Comics #1 in 1938, Batman just keeps changing his appearance every few years to keep up with the times. Basically, he’s the Madonna of superheroes.

Which is why I created this Batman infographic — to keep track of every single “significant” bat-suit across all mediums (which excludes a grand majority of the bat-suits featured in non-canonical comic books, in case you were wondering).

In part, what makes Batman such an excellent comic book/movie/television/video game/theatrical character is his unique ability to comfortably exist inside of just about every kind of story. He can fight ...

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Fan-Made ‘Dark Knight Rises’ Trailer, ‘Dragon Tattoo’ Style

Kofi Outlaw — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 03:24:58 +0000

‘Every journey has its end’ is the big tagline for The Dark Knight Rises, the third and final chapter in Chris Nolan’s Batman trilogy. However, it’s hard to know where you’re going, if you don’t know where you’ve been – and although some fans were put off by the old ground that was covered in the Dark Knight Rises teaser trailer, maybe they just didn’t have the material presented to them in an exciting enough way?

To that end, YouTube user “LittleMissAngel16” (slightly creepy name) has created a Dark Knight Rises trailer that looks back over the events of both Batman Begins and The Dark Knight in the hyper-kinetic, quick-cut style of David Fincher’s Girl With The Dragon Tattoo teaser trailer.

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‘Rachel vs. Rachel’: Nolan’s Batman Movies as a Romantic Comedy

Mike Eisenberg — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 15:28:54 +0000

Christopher Nolan has helped redefine the superhero genre with Batman Begins and The Dark Knight. He hopes to close out one of the most renowned trilogies in recent memory with The Dark Knight Rises, an epic finale that brings the story of Batman’s beginnings full circle. But how do you think he would close his franchise if the first two movies were actually about a millionaire looking for love?

We decided to remix Batman Begins and The Dark Knight to focus on Bruce Wayne’s love life. Believe us, there’s plenty in there for a feature length movie. But there is one catch – we made Maggie Gyllenhaal’s Rachel Dawes and Katie Holmes’ Rachel Dawes two different women.

Having restructured the movies into one cohesive storyline, you ...

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Actor on Set Provides Major ‘The Dark Knight Rises’ Spoiler

Rob Keyes — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 21:37:04 +0000

Of all the many major comic book movies in production and coming out throughout the year, there’s no arguing the Christopher Nolan and Warner Bros. are the most successful at keeping their projects secretive. From casting, to storylines, The Dark Knight Rises has endured so much speculation and so little of it has been confirmed.

Thanks to a very intriguing report from set of The Dark Knight Rises, a seemingly important scene was shot featuring an actor that reveals more about the plot of Batman 3, and the Nolan Batman trilogy as a whole.

The following report comes from our pal Drew McWeeny at HitFix who has learned through sources on set that a certain actor was on set yesterday to shoot a scene which directly ties The ...

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Josh Pence Joins ‘The Dark Knight Rises’ Cast

Rob Keyes — Sat, 09 Apr 2011 00:06:42 +0000

Christopher Nolan’s third and last Batman film, The Dark Knight Rises is close to beginning production and while the story remains under tight security, rumors and speculation have covered seemingly every plot possibility, many of which involve the film tying back into Batman Begins.

While we’re still unclear of whether or not Joseph Gordon-Levitt will be playing the widely speculated Alberto Falcone (I called it!)- reports say yay and nay on this – such casting would allow Nolan’s franchise to go full circle, so to speak. Whether or not Levitt is Falcone, the latest Dark Knight Rises casting sure does confirm that idea.

Who the character Josh Pence is playing and how he’s involved with the story of The Dark Knight ...

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SR Pick: The Christopher Nolan Flowchart

Mike Eisenberg — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 02:54:56 +0000

While Christopher Nolan has set a new gold standard for filmmaking over the last decade, his films share a lot of elements. An infographic has finally nailed down the 40-year-old director’s career into a nifty flowchart. If you are ever confused as to which Nolan film you are actually watching, the answers lie within this graphic.

One aspect Nolan’s films share is the “well-dressed morally-ambiguous protagonist,” as Entertainment Weekly‘s unique infographic explains. The key to recognizing one of his movies begins with the main character. From the beginning of his feature film career, Nolan has established a main character whose goals are specific, but intentions are questionable.

As the flowchart progresses, it grows more specific. Instead of forcing humor, there are laughs within the truth to the it. For instance, one of the questions ...

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Chris Nolan Speaks at the Hero Complex Film Festival

Mike Eisenberg — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 19:01:12 +0000

Last night, we took a piece of the Christopher Nolan interview from the Hero Complex Film Festival that intrigued us the most – that of Batman 3‘s potential to be released in 3D. Today, we are here to present the entire interview.

Talk ranges from Robin Williams’ performance in Insomnia to Nolan’s favorite scene in The Dark Knight. While the filmmaker is a stoic, stone-cold interview, he cracks a joke here and there with an unmistakably sly demeanor.

I took a seat in the third row of the Mann’s Chinese 6 Theater – prime position to see the 39-year-old director discuss his impressive career. But first, the audience was treated to a screening of the highly underrated ...

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Kevin Conroy Calls Out Christian Bale’s Batman Voice

Mike Eisenberg — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 05:51:15 +0000

Batman has always been known for his duality, but this is ridiculous. Kevin Conroy’s panel at C2E2 on Friday gave us an interesting look into his world as the voice of animated Batman. While he mentioned the progress of the video game Batman: Arkham Asylum 2, the real treat was his words of disappointment with Christian Bale’s infamous Batman voice.

A civil war has brewed amongst fans on whether Bale’s husky voice work is good or bad since he first appeared as the Caped Crusader in Batman Begins. Now, we get a professional opinion. It’s tough to find more expertise than the most recognizable voice of the Dark Knight, Kevin Conroy. You may expect him to be coy with answers and simply praise Bale, but the man spoke his version of the truth.

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10 Movie Events That Shaped the Decade (For Movie Fans)

Ross Miller — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 18:29:11 +0000

We’ve come to the end of 2009, so we thought we’d weigh in with a look back at the first 10 years of the 21st century in the movie world and discuss the various different “events” which shaped the decade. Obviously we can’t cover absolutely everything, but sticking true to our core movie genres on the site, we’re just going to concentrate on the comic-book, sci-fi, action (and so forth) types of movies and take a look at what films had the maximum impact over this decade.

It’s amazing to think that it’s been 10 years since movies like The Matrix, American Beauty and Fight Club (to name but a few) came out in 1999 (check out our 1999 decade highlight, if you haven’t already). A LOT of movies – somewhere in the vicinity of ...

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Bale Will Do Next Batman Movie Without Nolan

Ross Miller — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 17:29:42 +0000

People who are dying for Christopher Nolan to come back for another Batman movie need not fret – this isn’t news that he isn’t coming back. But rather Batman himself, Christian Bale, saying that he has to do another one even if Nolan doesn’t come back (which, let’s not forget, is entirely a possibility).

In an interview with Total Film recently, Bale gave his latest thoughts on the next Batman movie, commenting on such things as his being tied to the franchise (for now, anyway), how Nolan might not come back and that the next movie should be just as good as the last one.

Here’s what Bale had to say:

“Will we do a third movie? It’s got to be the right story. You can’t make something like ‘The Dark Knight‘ and then come out with something disappointing.”

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Counterpoint: How To Make DC Comics Movies That WORK

Kofi Outlaw — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 03:16:27 +0000

With DC Comics about to have another hit on their hands when Watchmen premieres in theaters on March 6th, a lot of movie blogs/news sites have been pondering where DC/Warner Bros. should go from here.

With all the hype surrounding Watchmen, and all the internet chatter about DC Comics’ uncertain cinematic future, I found myself wondering: Why hasn’t DC had as much success at the box office as rival company Marvel?

In an attempt to answer that very question I came up with this comprehensive guide to how DC Comics SHOULD be making movies.

This week, writer/director Joss Whedon (Dollhouse, Firefly) spoke up about why he believes DC Comics has had a hard time making the transition to the big screen. According to Whedon, Batman has been a cinematic cash cow in the last few years primarily because The ...

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David Goyer Shoots Down Batman 3 Rumors

Jamie Williams — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 00:33:51 +0000

In other breaking news, water is apparently wet, the sky is blue and ice cream is in fact delicious!

Talking to the MTV Movies Blog, David Goyer (who wrote Batman Begins and The Dark Knight along with director Christopher Nolan and his brother Jonathon) reveals that none of the God-only-knows-how-many rumors regarding Batman 3 are true.

That’s right, ladies and germs. Nolan has not yet signed on to helm the third Batman installment (the last in a proposed trilogy), pre-production won’t start early in 2009 and no actor(s) have been cast to play Bat’s latest advasary. As Goyer explains:

“We have mused here and there [but] I mean Chris is pretty much a one movie at a time kind of guy. I wish I could tell you more. There really isn’t anything to tell.”

Fair enough, good Sir.

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Why I Loved Iron Man More Than The Dark Knight

Heath McKnight — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 02:12:53 +0000

Heath McKnight: Obsessive Iron Man fan

Before I start my little op-ed about Iron Man and The Dark Knight, I want you all to know that Iron Man is indeed my favorite character. I had him tattooed on my right forearm almost five years ago, and Entertainment Weekly even featured me as their “Obsessive Fan of the Week” last year! I write for Advanced Iron (the #1 Iron Man fan site on the planet), and my love for the character stretches back over 20 years.

That said, Batman is my second favorite character (tied with Captain America), and Batman Begins was, for the longest time not only my favorite comic book movie, but one of my top 20 favorite films of all time. The Dark Knight somehow ...

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The Top 10 Inevitable Movie Reboots

Vic Holtreman — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 18:59:33 +0000

As we all know, Hollywood is the epicenter of not only fads, but also ~~ripping off~~ copying what works from other studios. We’ve all seen this before many times. One studio puts out a successful movie in some genre and within 6-9 months we see a bunch of movies coming out trying to capitalize on the popularity of the first one.

This phenomenon really took off in the early 1980s, with movies like Star Wars launching a new era in Sci-Fi films (yes, I know Star Wars was released prior to 1980), Superman starting the superhero movie trend, Friday the 13th and Nightmare on Elm Street giving us the wonderful teen horror genre (at least they were rated R back then). Rambo started the lone hero with enemies that were lousy shots and couldn’t kill him ...

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If Joss Whedon Had Done Batman

Bruce Simmons — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 17:16:07 +0000

Wow, what a crazy combination of fans. Take Joss Whedon and his Joss-Verse fan craze and combine that with the Batman fan following and I think we would have seen quite an explosion across both worlds.

Before Christopher Nolan got the nod to reboot the Batman mythos, Joss Whedon had pitched his own idea for the next film for the Caped Crusader to Warner Bros!

When Warner Bros was developing the new take, he admits his version was a bit less epic and more Gotham City centric. We’d watch Batman‘s progression within the city, though it had the same vibe as Batman Returns.

The bigger twist, or the originality we’ve come to expect of Joss Whedon, was that that bad guy in his version was not a known commodity. It would have been a new bad guy ...

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Johnny Depp As The Riddler In The Dark Knight Sequel?

Kofi Outlaw — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 06:03:12 +0000

(My dear readers, you have permission to treat this rumor as hostile.)

Not two days after wild rumors started circulating that Angelina Jolie was looking to play Catwoman in Christopher Nolan’s third chapter of the Batman Begins series, comes an even wilder rumor from out of the UK that Warner Bros. execs have begun eying top-notch actors Johny Depp and Oscar-winner Philip Seymour Hoffman for the roles of The Riddler and The Penguin in the next Bat-flick

DON’T DRINK THE KOOL-AID JUST YET. For every new rumor of which villains will be featured in the next Batman film, comes another statement from Dark Knight scribes Jonathan Nolan and David S. Goyer, saying that they are trying NOT to take the obvious route of throwing the second-most iconic villains from Batman’s rogue gallery into the next film. However, as ...

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The Dark Knight: Are Box Office Expectations Too High?

Jamie Williams — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 21:37:32 +0000

Earlier this morning, I was talking about how fans online were nerdgasming over the release of The Incredible Hulk last week.

In case you’re unfamiliar with the phrase, “nerdgasming” is being insanely pumped about the release of something (i.e. usually a movie but it also applies to video games, television shows, etc.) to the point of “knowing” it’s going to be a blockbuster-level smash because of your excitement level and the fact that the Internet is talking about it non-stop.

And a lot of times, it doesn’t happen. Sure, sometimes the item in question does well – but nowhere near our own expectations and we find ourselves asking: “What happened?” That certainly applied this past weekend when the Hulk reboot pulled in a solid $55 million despite claims by many that it would churn out anywhere between $60 to $100 ...

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Batman Begins Batsuit Appears In The Dark Knight

Vic Holtreman — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 03:49:13 +0000

I’m a comic book and Star Trek geek at heart, so I often get caught up in the details when it comes to movies. I know there’s been a lot of debate regarding the new Batsuit designed for the upcoming sequel The Dark Knight. Some people like the functional/samurai look of it (including me) while others think the suit from Batman Begins is at least somewhat closer to the concept of the comic books.

A bunch of images appeared online late today from the movie, originally announced by RopeOfSilicon.com which showed one or two and linked to the Flickr page containing a bunch more. I had a look at them and some were spoilerish. I’m not going to post them ...

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Justice League Movie? Don’t Count On It

Vic Holtreman — Fri, 23 Feb 2007 15:11:20 +0000

Variety reported that Warner Bros. has started the ponderous wheels of film development turning with the hiring of a writing team to pen a screenplay for a possible Justice League movie. I have to say that I agree completely with the commentary over at RopeofSilicon.com where they say that it is unlikely this film gets made anytime soon.

This movie would be a massive undertaking and unless the studio is off it’s nut it would have to bring in Christian Bale to play Batman and Brandon Routh to play Superman. And that’s just the start of it. Think about the budget for a film that needs to showcase at least half a dozen well-known superheroes and the level of catastrophe and villain that would be worthy of engaging them!

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