>> ^MadSentinel:

And exactly who is supposed to fill the enormous galoshes left by J K Simmons as J Jonah Jameson? Probably a very hard-working, well-intentioned actor with no shortage of talent, but I feel for him, whoever he may be, without even having seen his face or heard his voice. Clearly the studio saw fit not to include him in this trailer.

Woah, woah, woah, woah, woah! Hold on a second there! J K Simmons is not in this movie?

Screw that, I'm out.

I'll be over watching Christian Bale try to find his asthma inhaler...

disclaimer: I am a batman fan, I have a whole shelf full of Batman graphic novels so take what I say with a grain of salt

I really enjoyed both Batman Begins and the Dark Knight. I thought both stories were well told and well shot. Ironically, I felt the best parts of both movies was when Batman wasn't on screen. Bales "bat-voice" just didn't really work, and I didn't feel they captured the detective or martial artist aspects of the character that well.

I would actually say that the Arkham Asylum/City games are the best representation of my idea of Batman in any medium. The threefold split between predator, fighting and puzzle solving is the essence of Batman to me.

As for this, I think it will be more of the same. I am expecting a good story and a technically well executed film (although I agree with Deano, I thought the football field looked rubbish as soon as I say it).

That said, it is telling that in 130 seconds of trailer, there is about 4 seconds with Batman in it.

>> ^Deano:

My problem with the Batman films is that apart from getting worse each time, along with Nolan's other films, Batman himself is frequently positioned at the periphery.
The CGI football field is a good example of a scene that looks crap and probably won't make much sense in the finished film.
And Bale isn't a great choice to play Bats. All I see is Bale doing another action role. There isn't much of a performance going on there.
Oh well, they could always reboot.


I'm sorry but are you an idiot? In no way is Batman Begins better than Dark Knight. Not in any conceivable fucking way. Dark Knight is one of the greatest action movies ever made...I rank it up there with Terminator 2...and that had a stupid moron for a kid in it.

Bale ain't the best Bat but would you rather have ANY of the other bats that there have been? I wouldn't, they all sucked.

>> ^Deano:

My problem with the Batman films is that apart from getting worse each time, along with Nolan's other films, Batman himself is frequently positioned at the periphery.
The CGI football field is a good example of a scene that looks crap and probably won't make much sense in the finished film.
And Bale isn't a great choice to play Bats. All I see is Bale doing another action role. There isn't much of a performance going on there.
Oh well, they could always reboot.


Just so it's known my downvote on @Deano 's comment was an "oopsy".

>> ^RFlagg:

They are rebooting Batman again after this as this closes this series down. Some say to lead up to a JLA movie.
>> ^Deano:
My problem with the Batman films is that apart from getting worse each time, along with Nolan's other films, Batman himself is frequently positioned at the periphery.
The CGI football field is a good example of a scene that looks crap and probably won't make much sense in the finished film.
And Bale isn't a great choice to play Bats. All I see is Bale doing another action role. There isn't much of a performance going on there.
Oh well, they could always reboot.



You're not joking are you? That's the first I've heard that. It wouldn't surprise me given what Hollywood is capable of.

They are rebooting Batman again after this as this closes this series down. Some say to lead up to a JLA movie.

>> ^Deano:

My problem with the Batman films is that apart from getting worse each time, along with Nolan's other films, Batman himself is frequently positioned at the periphery.
The CGI football field is a good example of a scene that looks crap and probably won't make much sense in the finished film.
And Bale isn't a great choice to play Bats. All I see is Bale doing another action role. There isn't much of a performance going on there.
Oh well, they could always reboot.

My problem with the Batman films is that apart from getting worse each time, along with Nolan's other films, Batman himself is frequently positioned at the periphery.

The CGI football field is a good example of a scene that looks crap and probably won't make much sense in the finished film.

And Bale isn't a great choice to play Bats. All I see is Bale doing another action role. There isn't much of a performance going on there.

Oh well, they could always reboot.

Many thanks for the "Quality"

In reply to this comment by luxury_pie:
I need to buy something right now.

>> ^mas8705:

Christan Bale just called; he wants the protagonist to stop ripping off his Batman Voice...


Well, I'm about to blow your mind: the original Deus Ex (which came out LONG before Christian Bale's Batman) sounds exactly like this as well, so perhaps Mr. Bale played the original

>> ^mas8705:

Christan Bale just called; he wants the protagonist to stop ripping off his Batman Voice...


What's interesting is the voice actor actually sounds like that. I saw him in a promo interview video for the game and was quite surprised. Somehow, that makes it more tolerable to me.

Christan Bale just called; he wants the protagonist to stop ripping off his Batman Voice...

>> ^critical_d:

dead


Thanks and fixed.

Also, it's important to check out the Youtube comments and the video uploader's description. If you did that, you'd know his non-dying performances outweigh his dying performances. Someone did all that work and now you don't need to: http://www.compleatseanbean.com/deathbycow.html

HE DIES IN:
Airborne - bye bye Toombs
Caravaggio - Rannuccio gets his throat slashed
Clarissa - Lovelace is skewered by Sean Pertwee
Don't Say a Word - Patrick Koster is buried alive
Equilibrium - Death by Poetry - Partridge is blasted away by Christian Bale while reading Yeats
Essex Boys - Jason Locke meets a nasty end in a Range Rover
Far North - Loki is frozen. Naked. In the snow. A chilling end if there ever was one.
The Field - the infamous Death by Cow - Tadgh falls over a cliff, pursued by a herd of stampeding cows
GoldenEye - Alec Trevelyan falls a long way down and is crushed by a satellite dish thing
Henry VIII - Robert Aske meets a gruesome end
The Island - Death by Clone. Merrick is shot in the throat by a nasty grabber thingy with a sharp
hook and a cable that gets wrapped around his neck, and while he's struggling with Lincoln
Six-Echo, the catwalk they're on collapses, and Merrick ends up dangling by the neck. Currently
the most creative dispatch of Sean's career. Definitely well hung.
The Lord of the Rings (The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, The Return of the King) - Death
by Orc. Boromir. Arrows. Need I say more?
Lorna Doone - Carver Doone drowns
Outlaw - Dead Dead Dead. Was there ever any question? Dead.
Patriot Games - Sean Miller is beaten up, boathooked and finally blown up by Harrison Ford
Scarlett - Lord Fenton is dispatched
Tell Me That You Love Me - Gabriel Lewis is stabbed by Laura. Or he stabs himself. We're not
quite sure about this one, actually.
The Elder Scrolls: Oblivion - Death by summoning a god's avatar. Martin Septim (the son of the Emperor, aka The Lost Heir) meets his X-Box end when he attempts to save the world.
The Hitcher - Surely you jest. You need to ask? (There were two different versions filmed. He dies
in both of them.)
War Requiem - The German Soldier dies, but returns in the afterlife


HE LIVES IN:
(Leo Tolstoy's) Anna Karenina
A Woman's Guide to Adultery
The Big Empty
The Bill
Black Beauty
Bravo Two Zero
Exploits at West Poley
Extremely Dangerous
Faceless
The Fifteen Streets
Flightplan
Fool's Gold
How to Get Ahead in Advertising
In the Border Country
Inspector Morse: Absolute Conviction
Jacob
Lady Chatterley
The Loser
My Kingdom for a Horse
National Treasure (But only because of a rewrite. In an early version
of the the script Ian Howe got eaten by alligators in the subways of
New York. Really. Honest. I wouldn't lie to you. I wouldn't.)
North Country
Percy Jackson (Zeus is more or less an immortal so death seems a bit
redundant, really...)
The Practice
Pride
Prince
Punters
Ronin
Samson & Delilah
Sharpe (14 films)
Sharpe's Challenge
Shopping
Silent Hill
Small Zones
Stormy Monday
Tom & Thomas
Troubles
The Canterbury Tales - The Nun's Priest's Tale
The Dark
The True Bride
The Vicar of Dibley
Troy
Wedded
When Saturday Comes
Windprints
Winter Flight

Major Theatrical Performances:
Macbeth ... Yes. He dies. And gets his head impaled on a spike.
Romeo & Juliet... What do you think?
Fair Maid of the West ... Spencer doesn't die!

5:09 Did he just set fire to that hay bale?! /facepalm

I'll bet that extra was glad they weren't making "Being Christian Bale".