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What the fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck ?

Yeah, maybe I would've liked the movie, by knowing for sure that it's deffinitely not the Batman I'm used to.

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I've been meaning to read the script but I've held out from doing so because I want to read "Batman: Year One" first, just to get a full grasp of how insanely Aronofsky and Miller departed from the source material.

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Well, I don't think you need to actually read it to figure that out. It seems like they only used the title as far as their "source material" was concerned.

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"The world is a fine place and worth fighting for." I agree with the second part.

"There's a cello in your house now."

Not to be a purist prick, but they could've done something even better and original without having to name it "Batman".

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I agree. It sounds like Aronofsky didn't really care about the film regardless, though, and wanted to use it simply to advance his future film career.

And based on that alone, I think we can all agree he should never direct a Batman movie.

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"The world is a fine place and worth fighting for." I agree with the second part.

"There's a cello in your house now."

What surprised me at first was that half of this was Frank Miller actually.

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^That

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Well, he did write All-Star Batman and Robin.

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"The world is a fine place and worth fighting for." I agree with the second part.

"There's a cello in your house now."

It's not even that, he just can't write screenplays.

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Yeah, All-Star B&R has nothing to do with any of what Aronofsky and Miller thought about

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I was using it as an example to say that Miller is more than capable of writing some fairly terrible stuff.

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"The world is a fine place and worth fighting for." I agree with the second part.

"There's a cello in your house now."

Now I understand thee.

Wish Smutty and Brooky were on the same page though !

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arronfsky imo is just like tarantino is that they should never do comic book films because they will change source material to fit their vision because they are big on original ideas

big al the black mechanic

Tarantino has even said he'd consider doing a super hero movie, but not a comic book movie becaus ehe'd have too many fanboy hoops to jump through

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Sadly, this is true, maybe if we embraced these movies as "elseworld" stories, then these directors might be more inclined to take liberties.

Then again, the last time somebody took "a few liberties" with my favorite comic book character.......weeeeeeell.......

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Yeah. And we know how some people here feel towards "change."

STAGNATION FOR THE WIN!!!!

Legitimately asking, would you have been okay for a Batman movie with Aronofsky and Miller's changes ?

Maybe our own perception of how superhero movies needs to change, I can deal with that, but at the same time, why not make your own new superhero if you're changing that much ?

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I'm with you. We wouldn't have Star Wars, Darkman or RoboCop if directors hadn't had to invent their own stuff because of copyrights!

I would have been okay with Aronofsky's Year One... as a comic book. No one would be as mad as to produce that elsewords into a marketed movie.
That's why Miller should stick to comic books: they're fairly less expensive to produce, and they don't get as much media exposure if they're garbage. He's been allowed way too much because of his name.


And knowing DC, we'll have Raja Gosnell directing the next Batman.

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Knowing DC, they realize that batman is more marketable now than ever. Why the hell would they take a chance on a stupid-ass director like that?

Look at all the directors they've picked for their movies. Hell even Bryan Singer had a very public success with X-Men one and two.
Martin Campbell
Christopher Nolan
Zack Synder

these are not tiny names people.

Even looking back. Joel Schumacher's LARGEST fuck up WAS the batman movies.
This guy did a film adaption of Phantom of the Opera and some other damn decent flicks.

DC isn't cheap with director's. They just have no fucking clue who to put where.
I say they got lucky with Snyder and Nolan.

But if you think they're going to turn over their biggest moneymaker to the director of Scooby Doo...

I think you better just... rethink that thought.

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I... thought about it better.
Turns out I'm still pissed about "Lobo" being directed by the "Kitty Galore" guy.

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