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Warner Bros. plans 'Superman vs. Batman' Movie
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Just one question: (Score:3, Interesting)
Who's the baddie? (Score:2, Interesting)
Or are they thinking of making some supervillan which the both team uo to fight?
"Arrghhh, Kryptonite! Take over and save the world, Batman!"
Well - it's been a few years since they had used the tech (was it used in Gladiator and earlier in the last Bruce Lee film?), but it isn't so far fetched that they use a body/stunt double for Mr Reeves and put his face over the double's body.
Still - rumors are rumors.... I'm still waiting for the film adaptation of Red Dwarf with Patrick Stewart as the baddie.
World's Greatest (Score:2, Interesting)
I think it's a decent premise but not as a VS movie... it'd be far more entertaining if it reflected the early team up issues and did a decent origin story. Maybe pave the way for a JLA movie. Doesn't matter though, this is just another 'attaching a director to a script to get a days worth of publicity' stunt. Happens almost daily. WB is a big fuckup when it comes to the DC properties. Which is a bloody shame, because the characters are so much more entertaining and rich than any of Marvel's.
Matt Damon, not Michael Keaton (Score:5, Interesting)
Re:How is this a fight? (Hint: it was, Batman won) (Score:2, Interesting)
Superman is a sissy.. never kills anyone, and when he does, he makes a drama out of it. And besides, it's too much like Captain America.. he's too.. american
Batman just plain rocks.. and Alan Grant was did the best scripts for it.
Re:This can't be good (Score:3, Interesting)
It is an adaptation of the Frank Miller re-telling of the Batman origin story. Also note that Miller (author of "The Dark Knight Returns" that many have mentioned in this discussion) shares screenplay and story writing credits at the IMDB page posted.
There is only one way this movie could work... (Score:2, Interesting)
Instead, they should develop the movie that gives you deeper insights into each character, taking the plot away from the 'whos gonna win?' direction. To put it another way: If you find out that Batman wins, it shouldn't ruin the movie for you.
With that said, why not explore what could possibly make these two guys fight? What kind of ethical questions would that provide for Superman? What could possibly happen to make the Man of Steel defeat somebody who, like himself, has made his life's work to protect people?
How would Batman feel about having the opportunity to deal the death blow to Superman? In light of how his parents were killed, how could he bring himself to destroy somebody that undoubtedly would have prevented it if he could?
They both had their parents killed tragically, they have that pain in common. Could they come to a resolution?
In any case, with questions like these (or hopefully more interesting ones, I am not a writer heh) the movie could actually be rather meaningful. If the movie tries to be like Spiderman and is written to show of using the latest effects to have two 'super humans' battle it out, then there's no way it's going to but much more than a jock flick.
I hope somebody puts some interesting thought into this. Both characters are deep enough that they could tell a fascinating story. This really is the type of movie that should be animated. It's hard to take a guy seriously when he's wearing bright blue underwear.
Re:A serious reply: Would a superheroine movie sel (Score:3, Interesting)
Re:Someone tell me how Batman could beat Superman? (Score:4, Interesting)
That's always been a problem for the Superman scriptwriters - how to make _anything_ be a challenge, since over the years since the comic strip started (around 1930?) they've attributed so much strength and so many abilities to him that anything short of a galaxy-sized black hole ought to be easy. He's the irresistible force and the immovable object. And if he screws up and lets something bad happen without being there to stop it, he can just fly faster than light to reverse time. You'd think his only real problem would be keeping his personal organizer up to date (08:45 save Lois from bad guy 1, 08:50 save the world from bad guy 2, 08:55 pick up a mugger from the alley and drop him off at Sing Sing, 09:00 put in an appearance in civies as the mild mannered reporter who missed all the fun again, 09:05 save Lois again...)
So how is Batman, who is just a human being with really nice toys, going to face Superman? Yawn, kryptonite again. Obviously that stuff deadens his brain long before he comes close enough to lose his strength, otherwise he'd have learned not to fall for it every time. And it's easy to find green kryptonite on earth, even for convicts on the run from the law, let alone billionaires.
IIRC, someone once calculated from the quantities of kryptonite that have turned up on Earth and the inverse square law, that Krypton must have been so massive it collapsed into a black hole.
World's Finest (Score:5, Interesting)
Wouldn't a World's Finest be better than a Superman vs. Batman? Imagine the scenario where Lex Luthor goes to Gotham and The Joker goes to Metropolis. Both would create a huge ruckus as the cities' respective guardians don't know how to handle the villain. A Batman-Luthor dialogue would be great. Superman failing to understand The Joker's psychotic behavior would be interesting as well. Then finally the two heroes get together and beat the two villains. You would also exploit some great Bruce Wayne-Clark Kent scenes.
Superman is a fairly boring hero. He either is going to kick everyone's butt because he is just plain so Uber (pun intended), or someone is going to bust green kryptonite on his butt. Batman is just a normal guy who's completely obsessed with getting the bad guy in any way he can. A Batman-Superman battle would all revolve around the kryptonite.
Trying hard NOT to sound like the Simpsons Comic Book Guy, but I have the feeling that I'll be disappointed with the movie. It'll be easy for Hollywood to screw it up.
back to superheroes and audiences for a moment... (Score:3, Interesting)
In the same vein, I couldn't imagine Michael Keaton as Batman. He did well enough there, but his portrayal as Bruce Wayne was downright terrific. First time the character ever seemed believable, comic, TV, cartoon, whatever.
Matt Damon: I'm Not Kidding (Score:2, Interesting)
I would love to see Keaton under the cowl again. As for Superman, there's not a hell of alot of choices out there. Dean Cain did a half-decent job in the Lois & Clarke shot, but I don't think he could carry the movie.
Who would you like to see play The Dark Knight and The Man Of Steel?
You know who'd be perfect for the Superman role? (Score:3, Interesting)
Our own dear Wil Wheaton [wilwheaton.net].
Think about it. He's handsome in a boy-next-door Young Republican poster kind of way, he has the correct wholesome, too good to be true, "I'll save-the-day" associations in the public consciousness, he can actually act, he has geek appeal, and he looks good in a skin tight unitard.
Petition here [freepetitions.com].