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- tejastech08
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Re: The BATMAN Thread
Neemo wrote:everyone else seems to think it was cool so i havent bothered to say anything
I'm the same way, but since Neemo was the first to offer dissent I'll chime in.
I think he sounds like a douchebag. He needs to get the fuck over himself.
Well of course he sounds like a douche bag. He takes himself way too seriously. That's what makes it so funny! 
Re: The BATMAN Thread
I don't know why anyone is really freaking out over it.
It's entertainment. Movies, TV, music, we all know they are a bit 'intense' at times, and the DP was obviously being unprofessional.
Bale finally snapped, and gave "the prick" what for.
Sunrise, sunset.
Re: The BATMAN Thread
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns
Plot:
Bruce Wayne has retired from the Batman mantle after the death of the second Robin, Jason Todd. Ten years pass, during which Gotham City is overwhelmed with crime and plagued by a violent gang called "The Mutants". Bruce retakes the mantle of Batman after he encounters Mutant gangs in the alley where his parents were murdered. Batman is aided in fighting this menace by a new Robin, a young girl named Carrie Kelly.
Batman eventually confronts Harvey Dent, who has once again become Two-Face despite having his scars repaired long ago, who threatens to blow up Gotham’s twin towers. Batman stops Two-Face and discovers that even though Dent has been physically rehabilitated, he is still Two-Face in his mind. Meanwhile Commissioner Gordon, at age seventy, is forced to retire after killing a Mutant who attempted to assault him. He is replaced by Ellen Yindel, a fierce critic of Batman.
Meanwhile, Batman discovers that a United States Army general officer had been supplying the Mutants with military weapons in exchange for cash. When Batman confronts him, he confesses and justifies his actions by saying he needs to help his sick wife. However, the general’s conscience is still eating away at him, and he eventually commits suicide in front of Batman. Batman then drives a new, fortified version of the Batmobile to the Mutants’ meeting ground at the city dump. He fights the Mutants' leader in hand-to-hand combat, who badly injures him; only Carrie's quick intervention saves him. As they head back to the Batcave, Carrie tends to Batman’s wounds. Batman recovers quickly and allows Carrie to become the new Robin. The Mutant Leader has still threatened to unleash his army on the city, so the Mayor tries to negotiate with him in jail. The Leader then kills the Mayor by ripping his throat out with his teeth. Batman and Carrie infiltrate their ranks and spread a rumor that the Leader wants an assembly quickly. Afterwards, the Batman asks Commissioner Gordon to allow the Leader to escape from jail and draws him to a mud-hole, where the Dark Knight finally defeats him. A number of the Mutants accept Batman as their leader and take the name 'the Sons of Batman'; the remainder splinter into small gangs.
Batman’s greatest nemesis, the Joker, re-emerges — after having been catatonic for 10 years — his catatonia breaks when he discovers that Batman has returned to Gotham. He convinces the doctors at Arkham Asylum that he is sane and deserves to be released. Once free, he appears on a late night talk show as a PR stunt. When Batman shows up, he is forced to battle the police force while the Joker releases a cloud of Joker venom on the audience and escapes, and Batman and Robin chase after him. The Joker heads to Selina Kyle’s place, beats her and dresses her up as Wonder Woman. He caps off his rampage by killing a group of Cub Scouts and planting a bomb on a fairway; Robin defuses the bomb.
Batman chases after the Joker and eventually the two fight. An enraged Batman breaks the Joker's neck, but stops short of killing him. Taunting Batman as a coward, Joker twists his head until the remainder of his spine snaps, committing suicide in order to frame Batman for murder.
Meanwhile the Sons of Batman have become vigilantes, maintaining law and order with force . Batman decides to train them to fight crime with non-lethal methods. Soon, the Government dispatches Superman to take down Batman after he makes Gotham City safe. However, Oliver Queen, the former Green Arrow who is now a one-armed revolutionary, warns Batman of the Government’s plans. Batman begins preparing for his battle against Superman and is equipped with a powerful suit of armor, synthetic kryptonite, and a mysterious pill. Batman and Superman engage in a powerful battle, and, when Queen shoots Superman with a Kryptonite arrowhead, Batman emerges the winner. However, Batman dies of a heart attack shortly after. Meanwhile, Alfred Pennyworth detonates bombs that he and Batman had deliberately planted in the Batcave for just this purpose, and destroys Wayne Manor. Alfred suffers a stroke and dies almost immediately afterwards. Bruce Wayne’s secret identity as Batman quickly becomes public knowledge, but his accounts have been emptied and his stocks and funds have already been sold off. His body was claimed by a distant cousin, his only living relative. With the Batcave and Wayne Manor destroyed, there is no solid evidence as to how he carried out his dual lives, or of Batman's methods.
At the funeral, Superman hears a heart beat inside the coffin, and after looking at Carrie, winks at her and leaves. Carrie later digs up Bruce’s body; it is revealed that he faked his death with the pill. Bruce Wayne now begins a new life, leading Robin, Green Arrow, and his new army through unexplored tunnels beyond the Batcave.
- Communist China
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Re: The BATMAN Thread
Have you guys read the comic? I actually don't like it as much as I like the idea of it, I am not aa fan of the artwork and there were times when I felt like putting it down. But the story is great, and it's one of the few times where keeping a comic's story and redesigning the aesthetic would work best for a movie. Most comic book adaptations need to redesign the story and make it work for a film audience while trying to capture the mood and look of the comic (300 being a prime example, Watchmen appearing to be that way also).
I'd like to see Nolan and Bale do a sequel to TDK before jumping forward 30 years, but one day this comic will inspire a movie. Hopefully it'll be good. I worry anytime they try to adapt something with a great deal of costumed characters and backstories deep in comic history.
