What about Samuel L. Jackson. I dare you to refute me, I double dare you ************, refute me!
Christian Bale Officially Drops Batman Role
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I think what they should do is for the next live action Batman is have the Batsuit have a masked face shield type of thing like Optimus Prime uses and that when Bruce Wayne speaks it automatically changes his voice. That way they could have a new actor and still have Kevin Conroy play the part of Batman.
Batman in Bale's trilogy was never great. Bale is a good actor, no doubt. But his character was not given much.
Begins was ok, Dark Knight was made BY Joker and Two Face. Rises was mostly about Bane and Even Alfred has a more human touch.
Simply put, Batman was never writen as an interesting person, neither has Bruce Wayne. Bale was ok, the movies were awesome, but the only thing people remember from this batman is "Hockey Paaaaaaaaaaaads"
Also... Kevin Conroy -IS- Batman. Others may play it, even come close to him, but he is the man that brough the character out of comic pages and gave him personality, traits, charm and charisma.
If there is -EVER- a Batman Beyond movie, i will Fanboy all over the place until Kevin Conroy gets signed up to Play old Bruce Wayne, cause that would simply be the best Option possible. He is a talented actor, he "Gets" Batman, and he has the character in his blood. He makes it interesting.
Actually, the solution to make DC movies better would probably be to bring aboard the people who worked on the DC animated series to write and direct. Justice League and Young justice are absolutely fantastic Shows. Those writers and directors could easily make a screenplay or plan out a series of movies that would rival any of the great stuff Marvel has brough to the table thus far.
Begins was ok, Dark Knight was made BY Joker and Two Face. Rises was mostly about Bane and Even Alfred has a more human touch.
Simply put, Batman was never writen as an interesting person, neither has Bruce Wayne. Bale was ok, the movies were awesome, but the only thing people remember from this batman is "Hockey Paaaaaaaaaaaads"
Also... Kevin Conroy -IS- Batman. Others may play it, even come close to him, but he is the man that brough the character out of comic pages and gave him personality, traits, charm and charisma.
If there is -EVER- a Batman Beyond movie, i will Fanboy all over the place until Kevin Conroy gets signed up to Play old Bruce Wayne, cause that would simply be the best Option possible. He is a talented actor, he "Gets" Batman, and he has the character in his blood. He makes it interesting.
Actually, the solution to make DC movies better would probably be to bring aboard the people who worked on the DC animated series to write and direct. Justice League and Young justice are absolutely fantastic Shows. Those writers and directors could easily make a screenplay or plan out a series of movies that would rival any of the great stuff Marvel has brough to the table thus far.
Maybe someone can answer this for me.
I definitely didn't like the 'gargling with granite' voice that Bale did whenever he was Batman, but someone who's a much bigger comic book nerd than me said that, in the comic, Wayne actually does change his voice significantly whenever he's Batman, I guess to further hide his identity and/or to try and sound intimidating (how they explain a voice change in a comic I didn't ask). Anyone know if that's true or false?
I definitely didn't like the 'gargling with granite' voice that Bale did whenever he was Batman, but someone who's a much bigger comic book nerd than me said that, in the comic, Wayne actually does change his voice significantly whenever he's Batman, I guess to further hide his identity and/or to try and sound intimidating (how they explain a voice change in a comic I didn't ask). Anyone know if that's true or false?
Though I know the insufferable part was sarcasm, I just couldn't help but point out that the kids of the 1980s would only have known Micheal Keaton or Adam west (from reruns). Kevin Conroy's voice of batman came with the release of the second Micheal Keaton movie so you could technically say that the kids who grew up in the 1980s saw either but from experience, 90s kids tend to only remember Kevin Conroy and only a few of them remember Micheal Keaton or Val Kilmer (or George Clooney).
But besides all that. Kevin Conroy is legendary for batman's voice but he should take a note from Bale and the live action predecessors. Though Kevin Conroy has the legacy of it, I've heard a few suitable batman voices and welcome their performances, especially Robocop giving his take on it. As long as they're not throwing a lazy or forgettable performance, more power to them, we'll always remember the greats.
But besides all that. Kevin Conroy is legendary for batman's voice but he should take a note from Bale and the live action predecessors. Though Kevin Conroy has the legacy of it, I've heard a few suitable batman voices and welcome their performances, especially Robocop giving his take on it. As long as they're not throwing a lazy or forgettable performance, more power to them, we'll always remember the greats.
I don't get why everyone is so down on the growly voice, you need to change your voice if you want to protect your identity. Voices are one of the easiest thing to recognise if you know a person. It maby could have been slightly less gravely but I think it gave the character the kind of energy Nolan was shooting for.
New batman, no clue, some big good looking guy, we have plenty of those.
New batman, no clue, some big good looking guy, we have plenty of those.
So apparently I'm in the minority for liking the Dark Knight trilogy? It was the first live action batman I could take seriously. Adam West Batman was stupid, but it was aware of how stupid it was, the Tim Burton movies on the other hand were amusingly stupid, while also laboring under the delusion that they weren't, and the less said about Batman & Robin the better.
Kevin Conroy is the voice of Batman. This does not mean he is Batman on screen. As for cast choice, that will depend largely on the direction the film takes.
Read about Bale not wanting to be Batman if Robin was gonna be in the movies(his condition to play the role to begin with),
so based on the last movies ending this isn't much of a surprise.
Though I don't think there will be a new Batman at all in the Nolan movies. He's very much written out considering the ending.
Though I don't think there will be a new Batman at all in the Nolan movies. He's very much written out considering the ending.
At this point, anything involving the Beyond series would be amazing. Arkham Beyond, The Dark Knight Beyond, a new TV show about the Beyond universe. Anything. It would be so schway.CJ1145 said:
I will have to second that. He pulled off the Bruce Wayne/Batman thing perfectly.RJ Dalton said:
I never really liked the Batman movies - including the new ones. The first one was "blah", can't see what the heck was happening during fight scenes. The second one was spectacular, but if you think too much about it ...
This is the problem with Nolen movies in general. Rarely are they "air-tight" and the characters are pretty bland half the time. Most of them seem to exist to "demonstrate" some fancy arty concept rather than portraying a story. But I digress.
That would be awesome. They should really do a Batman Beyond movie.CJ1145 said:
Why on earth would they make an Aquaman movie? I don't know anything about comics, but even I know that there's a running gag how Aquaman is the most pathetic and useless of all "superheroes". So he can swim and understands the fish language, doesn't sound really exciting.winterforge said:
