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Note that it is a different Batman symbol then the one from The Dark Knight Trilogy.

Zac Snyder also had an actor read a line from The Dark Knight Returns:

I want you to remember, Clark…in all the years to come…in your most private moments…I want you to remember…my hand…at your throat…I want…you to remember…the one man who beat you.

So it seems like they may not be the best of buds in this film, or at least not initially.

I would kill for a well done live-action film rendition of TDKR.

It has Snyder involved, I'll probably give this one a pass.

 nomsheep wrote:
It has Snyder involved, I'll probably give this one a pass.

That's why I said "Well Done."

I don't have much faith in Snyder. But maybe after the reception Man of Steel got, one could hope he might have learned a thing or two. Doubtful, but not impossible.

We can dream, but as you say it's doubtful.

Wow, I have a friend who's going to hit the roof over this in excitement.

I don't have high hopes for this. The logo looks so damn terrible.

I like the fact that the superman logo is on top.

Nature's rightful order.

That's just too effing sweet...That sequel is going be one of the most anticipated movies in 2015.

 ImotekhTheStormlord wrote:
I like the fact that the superman logo is on top.

Nature's rightful order.

So...you missed the part earlier with Batman's comment to Supes, eh? Batman is, was, and always will be a superior to Superman.

TDKR PLEASE. If for nothing else that we may get an awesome Green Arrow.

Really, as unlikely as it seems for a proper TDKR movie happening, it really would be fantastic.

The problem is that Hollywood needs to have an origin story for everything. The thing is, everyone knows who Batman and Superman are. Even if it's just the specific universe of one movie series, we don't need to have that origin retold over and over again. We get it. We don't need an origin story for every single new Bond, why should we need one for every iteration of a superhero? We don't need a movie showing how Supes and Batman met one another. Let the audience put that together themselves.

But Batman's origin is easy and quick: Kid and his parents come out of the movie theatre having just seen Power Rangers the movie(insert movie older than 95 if you want him older), family goes down dark alley, gets shot in botched robbery. Montage.

At this point, I don't think we need a retelling of their beginnings. We just came off of three Batman movies and a Superman movie so why waste time on origins; they need to focus on how they end up in the same movie.

Man of Steel had its moments, but overall I found it disappointing. I'm not going to get excited over this.

 Flashman wrote:
Man of Steel had its moments, but overall I found it disappointing. I'm not going to get excited over this.

My reaction. ANd I guess I go the opposite of others. When I heard the line from "The Dark Knight" I wasn't excited I face palmed, mostly because I'm just baffled how they'd jump to that level of contention in just the first film. Doesn't Superman first have to establish himself as a real hero before Batman can really go after him? I'd think Metropolis would still be kind of PO'd about their city being leveled to the ground. And what about Lex?

I guess part of me is kind of confused cause I thought they'd be following Marval's film model, because to me it makes sense. Now they just seem to be jumping to the biggest headline they can think off regardless of whether it makes sense.

I'm with a couple of others here: I'm not too excited at the premise of this after Synder's Man of Steel. If it had Nolan directing or Bale still as Batman, it could have been a different story, however, but we'll see...

Superman AND Batman?...the movie might as well be called 'superhero cafe' from How It Should Of Ended.

Batman-"but im not a bulletproof alien from another planet that can defy gravity......but you wanna know what i can do?"
Superman-"Whats that?"
Batman-"Make an incredibly awesome movie!"

orkdestroyer1 wrote:
Superman AND Batman?...the movie might as well be called 'superhero cafe' from How It Should Of Ended.

Batman-"but im not a bulletproof alien from another planet that can defy gravity......but you wanna know what i can do?"
Superman-"Whats that?"
Batman-"Make an incredibly awesome movie!"

Batman- "No one cared who I was, until I put this mask on..."
Superman- "but...."
Batman- "They still don't care who you are, because I have the mask"

Bale's confirmed not to be involved. Nolan's executive producing.

 LordofHats wrote:
I'm just baffled how they'd jump to that level of contention in just the first film

You aren't sure how a Lawful Good beacon of hope and a Lawful Evil terror in the night might not get along?

 Ahtman wrote:

 LordofHats wrote:
I'm just baffled how they'd jump to that level of contention in just the first film

You aren't sure how a Lawful Good beacon of hope and a Lawful Evil terror in the night might not get along?

I can see it but jumping right into it at this point seems to quick (but then I've always favored slower pacing which is at times unrealistic for films).

 timetowaste85 wrote:

 ImotekhTheStormlord wrote:
I like the fact that the superman logo is on top.

Nature's rightful order.

So...you missed the part earlier with Batman's comment to Supes, eh? Batman is, was, and always will be a superior to Superman.

That was from TDKR, a batman centric elseworlds story.

Batman had help from green arrow, kryptonite and three weeks planning while superman just flew in, weakened by being hit by a nuclear explosion and having to draw his power from flowers.

And superman STILL nearly won.

 LordofHats wrote:

 Ahtman wrote:

 LordofHats wrote:
I'm just baffled how they'd jump to that level of contention in just the first film

You aren't sure how a Lawful Good beacon of hope and a Lawful Evil terror in the night might not get along?

I can see it but jumping right into it at this point seems to quick (but then I've always favored slower pacing which is at times unrealistic for films).

I don't think they will actually have them just go at it, but have Batman be distrustful of Superman instead of being best buds. The quote wasn't to say that they are going to fight like the end of Reterns so much as say that they aren't going to be brofist Bats and Supes, at least not yet.


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 ImotekhTheStormlord wrote:
three weeks planning

Batman says in it that he had been working on artificial Kryptonite for years. Batman's real superpower is planning ahead.

Don't get your hopes up about a live-action TDKR adaptation, guys. These have relatively recently only just come out:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batman:_The_Dark_Knight_Returns_%28film%29

They are, however, BLOODY FANTASTIC and I highly recommend checking them out anyway. AND YOU CAN DO IT NOW. No waiting!

Saw them a while back. They're pretty good.

The DC animated movies are fantastic.

"Under the Red Hood" got me back into comics.

 Kanluwen wrote:
The DC animated movies are fantastic.

"Under the Red Hood" got me back into comics.

Gotta agree with this. I've found a lot of the recent Marvel animated adaptations lacking over the past couple years, but DC has continually put out a good showing. Under the Read Hood, The Dark Knight Returns, New Frontier, and Apocalypse were all pretty good in my book.

I hated Man of Steel, this does not excite me.

 ProtoClone wrote:
At this point, I don't think we need a retelling of their beginnings. We just came off of three Batman movies and a Superman movie so why waste time on origins; they need to focus on how they end up in the same movie.

Superman crashes a Wayne party, makes out with a babe Brice is sweet on and Batman is pissed.