Hot Toys Announce Batman Returns License

[a-dev]

 

[sallah]

Thanks a-dev... I was hoping somebody would "lighten" things up.

wokka wokka!

Sallah

 

[Wor-Gar]

^^^ (at A-dev's post)

If you would like to discuss it further Wor-Gar, feel free to PM me.

God no, let's put this to bed and go back to enjoying this movie.

 

[sallah]

God no, let's put this to bed and go back to enjoying this movie.

Fair enough.

Sallah

 

[Wor-Gar]

Why are you called sallah anyway? Shouldn't you be called Batman or something? If you defend Raiders the same way you defend Batman then you have my admiration.

 

[sallah]

Why are you called sallah anyway? Shouldn't you be called Batman or something? If you defend Raiders the same way you defend Batman then you have my admiration.

Ha! Don't get me wrong... I love me some Raiders. Definitely in my Top 10 of all-time. I chose that name way back when the whole message board/ forums thing first started to get crazy and have just carried it ever since. I at first chose it because a.)I loved "digging up" old toy info production stuff that I'd share online and b.) Sallah rules.

I felt like I didn't earn, nor was I cool enough to call myself Indy or Batman.

Sallah

 

[Wor-Gar]

I love me some Raiders. Definitely in my Top 10 of all-time.

b.) Sallah rules.

Our Jacks approve.

 

[a-dev]

I didn't call myself Batman because I didn't want to give away my true identity. That would have been a very silly thing to do indeed.

 

[sallah]

I didn't call myself Batman because I didn't want to give away my true identity. That would have been a very silly thing to do indeed.

I like your moves.

Sallah

 

[VintijDroidGutzz]

I didn't call myself Batman because I didn't want to give away my true identity. That would have been a very silly thing to do indeed.

 

[DarkMagic]

I used to frequent the DCComics.com messageboard for years when I was buying and reading every Bat-related comic weekly. When they launched a new messageboard around 2003, I picked the username Batman just to see if it was taken or not...and it wasn't! I soon changed it to another really obscure character and the 'mantle' of "Batman" was snatched up by someone else. But for about a week, I was Batman on the DCComics messageboards, it doesn't get much more official than that.

A couple of years ago they killed their messageboard altogether, so it's moot. :/

 

[Wor-Gar]

I soon changed it to another really obscure character ...

Why'd you change it?

 

[DarkMagic]

Partly so that I would be recognized more easily as my previous username...

And partly, because it didn't feel right declaring myself "Batman" on a board where everyone else loved the character just as much as I did. Felt weird. Selfish even.

 

[Wor-Gar]

You and sallah both said that.

There is that thing... like when you see someone come on and there name is JamesBond or something hugely iconic, and you go 'oh really, bud?'...

 

[sallah]

You and sallah both said that.

There is that thing... like when you see someone come on and there name is JamesBond or something hugely iconic, and you go 'oh really, bud?'...

Even more puzzling are the ones using a big name like that... followed by the a string of numbers indicating how many other people chose it before them. Like Batman639 or something like that. So... being called Batman was important enough that you don't mind the other 638 guys who got it before you being called that too? Really?

Sallah

 

[The Iron Koob]

I thought people made up their numbers. mine is my birthday. I would probably pick batman825 if I decided to go that route

 

[sallah]

I thought people made up their numbers. mine is my birthday. I would probably pick batman825 if I decided to go that route

Yeah, I reckon some do at that... Point taken.

I just realized that this thread is probably looking crazy active today... I feel bad for anyone popping i thinking there might be news.

The wait continues...

Sallah

 

[lava206]

Sallah and Wor-Gar gettin a little...hot under the collar! I honestly liked reading through it though. I think it speaks to the power of this movie when it can still spark debate like this so many years later. That being said 89 Batman is an amazing film and I declare sallah the winner. I KID, I KID OF COURSE!!!!


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[Khev]

I wanted to like it, I really did. A year of hype and excitement. But after I left the theater I just wasn't blown away nor excited. In fact, I was disappointed. The film felt ad-libbed half the time and more of a patchwork of sketches rather than a story that built upon its parts; Jack goofing and having a ball with enimas and fart sounds, Keaton at half speed (accept for the "lets go crazy" bit), the odd Prince songs thrown in, some remnants of a story about Joker holding Gotham hostage with bathroom products because he wants to out Batman, Alfred let's Vicki into the Bat Cave, the Bat Wing gets taken down with a joke pistol,... and then there was Vicky Vale. It had moments. But too much other junk.

So I fed my need on 'art of' and 'makin of' books. I doubt anyone could argue that Batman is masterful filmmaking like Jaws or Raiders or even Die Hard. Burton has his "Burton" style -- I always thought he'd be a great art director -- but he's never been able to tell a good, compelling story other than Ed Wood.

Ha, I agree with pretty much all of this and have said as much at various times. For the record I was 15 when Batman came out and had grown up on the SW OT, Indy, Reeve Superman, Terminator, RoboCop, ALIENS, Die Hard, etc. I fully expected Batman to be the next big thing and on par with all the previous films I mentioned. Like you I was underwhelmed and therefore somewhat disappointed for pretty much all the same reasons (though at the time I was really into Kim Basinger and had no problem with her at all.) But I *do* love the overall vibe of the movie and still enjoy it quite a bit, even to the point of almost buying the HT Batmobile.

 

[Frank]

Ha, I agree with pretty much all of this and have said as much at various times. For the record I was 15 when Batman came out and had grown up on the SW OT, Indy, Reeve Superman, Terminator, RoboCop, ALIENS, Die Hard, etc. I fully expected Batman to be the next big thing and on par with all the previous films I mentioned. Like you I was underwhelmed and therefore somewhat disappointed for pretty much all the same reasons (though at the time I was really into Kim Basinger and had no problem with her at all.) But I *do* love the overall vibe of the movie and still enjoy it quite a bit, even to the point of almost buying the HT Batmobile.

I was actually too young to catch the Star Wars craze when it started. In fact I never got to see them in theaters. I'm sure that if I had, Batman would have had alot more competition. Even with Schumacher stinking up the joint I think overall the franchise has aged better thanks to Lucas' self destruction (feel free to flame me ).

Batman is a very peculiar entity and obviously if you're not down for "a man dressed up like a bat", it won't have a chance. But if you love the whole idea, it's hard to imagine that 89 didn't rock your socks back when it came out. I guess that's why I'm amazed Wor-Gar wasn't taken up with it unless he was a bit older like Khev.