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Unread 10-10-2011, 05:43 PM
 
Location: Maine
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Well...those elements do exist in the comic books.....even in the more grittier versions of Batman. He's a "super" hero. So you gotta leave room for the amazing. Be ready to allow for the "fantastic" to happen.
I don’t expect these kinds of movies to be realistic. At all. But a bit of plausibility is nice. The Dark Knight wouldn’t have been nearly as good had the Joker been gassing Gotham with Smilex or sitting on a candy cane throne in the abandoned amusement park.


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Heck.....how can a man do anything in a black rubber suit??? You coulda put that on your list.
Will do!

That’s something that all of the movies seem to have lost: The only reason Bruce Wayne took on the mantle of the Bat was to scare criminals into thinking a monster was haunting the city streets. Lose that … and you’ve just got a guy in a suit with a pointy-eared helmet.


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Lighten and enjoy the ride. At least it wasn't Schumacher!!
True dat.
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Unread 10-11-2011, 09:22 AM
 
Location: Maine
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The Avengers trailer is up:
The Avengers Theatrical Trailer - YouTube

Looks like a fun popcorn flick, if nothing more.
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Unread 10-11-2011, 09:30 AM
 
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Dark Knight for sure
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Unread 10-11-2011, 09:35 AM
 
Location: Dallas,Texas
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The Dark Knight Rises will reign supreme over anything in 2012. The Dark Knight pulled in $532 million domestically in 2008 and this last one in Nolan's reboot of the franchise should pull in close to that if not slightly more.
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Unread 10-11-2011, 11:30 AM
 
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The Dark Knight pulled in $532 million domestically in 2008 and this last one in Nolan's reboot of the franchise should pull in close to that if not slightly more.
Depends on the quality of the movie. Nolan's first Batflick didn't do those kinds of numbers.

The reason The Dark Knight made so much money was that it was a GREAT movie. People went to see it, told all their friends they had to see, then went and saw it again. That won't happen again just because it is Batman or just because it is Nolan. It will happen only if the movie is great enough to warrant it. We'll see....
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Unread 10-11-2011, 06:17 PM
 
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The Avengers trailer is up:
The Avengers Theatrical Trailer - YouTube

Looks like a fun popcorn flick, if nothing more.
As I expected. Iron Man seems like he will be the most featured Avenger.

They are prepping us for Iron Man 3.
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Unread 10-12-2011, 07:04 AM
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I'll be going to Avengers. My 12 year old and his little buds can hardly wait. Dark Knight doesn't interest them at all.
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Unread 10-12-2011, 07:33 AM
 
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I want Joss to do well so someday he can start Firefly again. Wishful thinking, I know
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Unread 10-12-2011, 10:48 AM
 
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Avengers trump the Dark Knight any day. I don't know about you all but Batmans voice was very annoying in the Dark Knight. And when Batman was in the Bat cave alone with Alfred why did he still feel like he had to talk differently...I would have been like "Bruce...your doing it again".

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Unread 10-12-2011, 11:03 AM
 
Location: Kansas City, MO
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As I expected. Iron Man seems like he will be the most featured Avenger.

They are prepping us for Iron Man 3.

That and Downey can act everyone else off the screen.
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