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-"Wait a minute.....who is that Frazz is talking to in the gallery? Hmmm something is going on here.....Oh.... it seems there is some dispute over video taping of some sort......Frazz is really upset now..........wait a minute......whats he go there.......is it? Can it be?....Frazz has just unleashed his hidden weiner dog from his mini bag, while quoting shakespeares "Let slip the dogs the war!!" GG
-"Don't mind Frazzled. He's just Dakka's crazy old dude locked in the attic. He's harmless. Mostly."
-TBone the Magnificent 1999-2014, Long Live the King!
The poor man really has a stake in the country. The rich man hasn't; he can go away to New Guinea in a yacht. The poor have sometimes objected to being governed badly; the rich have always objected to being governed at all
We love our superheroes because they refuse to give up on us. We can analyze them out of existence, kill them, ban them, mock them, and still they return, patiently reminding us of who we are and what we wish we could be.
"the play's the thing wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king,
The poor man really has a stake in the country. The rich man hasn't; he can go away to New Guinea in a yacht. The poor have sometimes objected to being governed badly; the rich have always objected to being governed at all
We love our superheroes because they refuse to give up on us. We can analyze them out of existence, kill them, ban them, mock them, and still they return, patiently reminding us of who we are and what we wish we could be.
"the play's the thing wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king,
"I am the Dark Knight" -Batman
White Star fleet obliterates Gotham
"You WERE the Dark Knight" -Ivanova.
-"Wait a minute.....who is that Frazz is talking to in the gallery? Hmmm something is going on here.....Oh.... it seems there is some dispute over video taping of some sort......Frazz is really upset now..........wait a minute......whats he go there.......is it? Can it be?....Frazz has just unleashed his hidden weiner dog from his mini bag, while quoting shakespeares "Let slip the dogs the war!!" GG
-"Don't mind Frazzled. He's just Dakka's crazy old dude locked in the attic. He's harmless. Mostly."
-TBone the Magnificent 1999-2014, Long Live the King!
I am both selfish and chaotic. I value self-gratification and control; I want to have things my way, preferably now. At best, I'm entertaining and surprising; at worst, I'm hedonistic and violent.
Lyta ' Vorlon Psionic TacNuke' Alexandra was waaaay hotter than Talia 'The Corps is Mother' Winters.
She must have been a Texan. Don't tick her off. Protip If her eyes go all black, vacate the planet. IMMEDIATELY. (SOP for all Texas wives, even if they run into your own car, just be glad it wasn't your car and not you)
-"Wait a minute.....who is that Frazz is talking to in the gallery? Hmmm something is going on here.....Oh.... it seems there is some dispute over video taping of some sort......Frazz is really upset now..........wait a minute......whats he go there.......is it? Can it be?....Frazz has just unleashed his hidden weiner dog from his mini bag, while quoting shakespeares "Let slip the dogs the war!!" GG
-"Don't mind Frazzled. He's just Dakka's crazy old dude locked in the attic. He's harmless. Mostly."
-TBone the Magnificent 1999-2014, Long Live the King!
Kanluwen wrote:Which, frankly, is kinda stupid. You can only rely on Batman for so much.
It doesn't have to be Dick Grayson's Robin, starting off as a little kid until he goes to college then later becomes Nightwing.
It could very easily be a Tim Drake or Jason Todd styled Robin.
I think in this telling of Batman Wayne's personal drive is very much his own kind of lunacy that mirrors the villains he chases. When other people became involved, such as the other vigilantes, it ended very badly.
In this telling of Batman he really can only rely on himself. Giving him a young streetfighter friend would bugger that up entirely.
You're missing the point of Robin, entirely.
The character of Robin has, and always will be, Bruce's "voice of reason" and/or "humanity". He's Bruce's sounding board when it comes to his detective work, but when he can't go to Alfred.
The only time that was an exception was Jason Todd, and that's more because Todd just...wasn't all there from the start. He was broken to begin with, and Bruce couldn't save him. His death, and resurrection, is always going to be Bruce's biggest failure.
No no no. Robin was there as someone for the kids reading the comics to identify with and to 'lighten' up the comic a bit. There are interviews with Bob Kane that cover this ground. Those other justifications came later.
Amidst the mists and coldest frosts he thrusts his fists against the posts and still insists he sees the ghosts.
Kanluwen wrote:Those interviews with Bob Kane also stated how Robin was put in "So that it wasn't Batman talking to himself, as a kind of Watson to Batman's Holmes".
So you can't have it both ways. And Batman was pretty light-hearted even before the introduction of Robin.
We are reading different interviews, and as for being lite-hearted, are you insane? He ran around with a pistol and shot mobsters. Then they added villians like Hugo Strange that would do hideous experiments on people. DC felt it to dark and wanted to be able to bring in more readers. I'll go find the interview later. Considering how long ago this happened and the number of interviews Kane did, I wouldn't be surprised if both versions have been said.
Amidst the mists and coldest frosts he thrusts his fists against the posts and still insists he sees the ghosts.
The latest Dark Knight Rises casting rumours point to Clayface as the movie's villain.
According to ComicBookMovie, Kacie Thomas and Vera Farmiga have auditioned for the role of Bruce Wayne's love interest Julie Madison.
The character was previously engaged to Wayne, and also targeted by Basil Karlo - aka Clayface - in the pages of Detective Comics. This has led to speculation that he might appear in Christopher Nolan's third Batman film.
Charlize Theron has also reportedly been approached to play Commissioner Gordon's love interest Detective Sarah Essen.
Former speculation that the film's main villain would be the Riddler has been quashed by Nolan. Tom Hardy has reportedly been cast in an unnamed role in the movie.
hmm... I think Clayface might be a bit OTT for the tone set so far, unless they tweak him so he's "merely" great at disguises or something. Might be a red herring too perhaps.
The poor man really has a stake in the country. The rich man hasn't; he can go away to New Guinea in a yacht. The poor have sometimes objected to being governed badly; the rich have always objected to being governed at all
We love our superheroes because they refuse to give up on us. We can analyze them out of existence, kill them, ban them, mock them, and still they return, patiently reminding us of who we are and what we wish we could be.
"the play's the thing wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king,
That doesn't sound right. Gordon has a family with a wife, he's not going to have "a love interest."
Clayface? COuld be the Nolan version of Batman is jumping the shark. I sense misinformation from foreign agitators!
-"Wait a minute.....who is that Frazz is talking to in the gallery? Hmmm something is going on here.....Oh.... it seems there is some dispute over video taping of some sort......Frazz is really upset now..........wait a minute......whats he go there.......is it? Can it be?....Frazz has just unleashed his hidden weiner dog from his mini bag, while quoting shakespeares "Let slip the dogs the war!!" GG
-"Don't mind Frazzled. He's just Dakka's crazy old dude locked in the attic. He's harmless. Mostly."
-TBone the Magnificent 1999-2014, Long Live the King!
Frazzled wrote:That doesn't sound right. Gordon has a family with a wife, he's not going to have "a love interest."
IIRC, in the comics he had an affair and he and his wife split.
The poor man really has a stake in the country. The rich man hasn't; he can go away to New Guinea in a yacht. The poor have sometimes objected to being governed badly; the rich have always objected to being governed at all
We love our superheroes because they refuse to give up on us. We can analyze them out of existence, kill them, ban them, mock them, and still they return, patiently reminding us of who we are and what we wish we could be.
"the play's the thing wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king,
possibly... i couldn't be certain which continuity i'm thinking of/from and if that is even still in cannon or not.
The poor man really has a stake in the country. The rich man hasn't; he can go away to New Guinea in a yacht. The poor have sometimes objected to being governed badly; the rich have always objected to being governed at all
We love our superheroes because they refuse to give up on us. We can analyze them out of existence, kill them, ban them, mock them, and still they return, patiently reminding us of who we are and what we wish we could be.
"the play's the thing wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king,
According to Wiki, Sarah was his murdered wife. They had a brief fling after he moved to Gotham and things were not super awesome at home, then she transferred to New York. Later, Gordon's first wife left him. Eventually Sarah came back to Gotham, they did the nasty, got married and eventually the Joker shot her in the face. In the real comics that story took 20 years to tell.
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Amidst the mists and coldest frosts he thrusts his fists against the posts and still insists he sees the ghosts.
This may have been mentioned before, but I recall Nolan saying that the Villan had been refrenced before within the Nolan-verse, Which Immediatly brings to mind Victor Zsasz (First Crane/Scarecrow scene in Begins, Crane is claiming reviewing Zsasz in a court).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zsasz
Although, Hush, or Perharps Prometheus (Although he may be TOO comic book (if you know what I mean).
Harley could work, but without the joker (or at least Ledger) it would be VERY difficult to write in.
Also heres hoping there's No Robin (Grayson/Todd OR Drake) although, saying that Drake Robin becomes (kinda) The Joker so could intro Harley, But thats a VERY long plot for one film.
I'm just here to look at pretty pictures, and be an ass. W/D/L's:
Orks: 4/7/2
(Ex) BT: 1/0/13 <--- OUCH.
Iyanden: 2/0/2
I'm going to put this in spoiler tags even though this is rumoured..
Spoiler:
Tom Hardy is rumoured to have been cast as Dr Hugo Strange in director Christopher Nolan's film The Dark Knight Rises.
Total Film reports that the upcoming sequel will be based on the graphic novel Prey and feature Batman being pursued by Hardy's deranged police psychiatrist.
Prey's storyline follows Dr Hugo Strange as he hypnotises a police officer into becoming a vigilante in an attempt to bring Batman out of hiding.
The movie's cinematographer Wally Pfister recently revealed that sections of The Dark Knight Rises will be filmed in IMAX.
Nolan is thought to be still searching for a leading lady
..hmm... with a little bit of work, I can see this working.
The poor man really has a stake in the country. The rich man hasn't; he can go away to New Guinea in a yacht. The poor have sometimes objected to being governed badly; the rich have always objected to being governed at all
We love our superheroes because they refuse to give up on us. We can analyze them out of existence, kill them, ban them, mock them, and still they return, patiently reminding us of who we are and what we wish we could be.
"the play's the thing wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king,
Currently collecting and painting Eldar from W40k. 
anyone else think this looks like an upside down Marathon symbol?....classic
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