Hot Toys DX09 - BATMAN - Batman (Michael Keaton) - Specs & Pics

[Tick-Tock]

The texture's strong right now, but it'll soften in production.

Huh? I'm pretty sure they're showing us what the figure will look like, best case scenario.

 

[IrishJedi]

There needs to be a Keaton head sculpt!!! Make it so!!

And with a mullet.

He didn't have a mullet as Bruce Wayne. So unless you want to make a custom DREAM TEAM or CLEAN & SOBER figure the sculpt needs to be sans mullet.

 

[jye4ever]

No one else thinks the cowl looks distinctly non-rubbery, and thus a bit distracting?

 

[Spanbauer]

You know all the millionaire/billionaire philanthropists in your city? Honestly, this is part of what I meant when I posted earlier about that being a time when there weren't douchebags overthinking every aspect of a movie microscopically and could actually sit down and enjoy a movie for what it was. Today's films, aka Nolan's, have to be dumbed down to where every single aspect must be explained to the audience because they're incapable of getting lost in the fantasy.

You have a very twisted definition of "dumbed down". Burton's film is your typical "dont think too hard about it" summer blockbuster. Nolan's films tell stories not riddled with holes. If that's "dumbed down", then somebody better tell all those critics who praised it for being a smart masterpiece. In fact basically everyone else in the world would consider a movie that holds up to scrutiny to be a smart film, and a film that requires fantasy to fill in all the blanks a dumb film. But it seems you live in opposite world.

 

[Alex Logan]

You have a very twisted definition of "dumbed down". Burton's film is your typical "dont think too hard about it" summer blockbuster. Nolan's films tell stories not riddled with holes. If that's "dumbed down", then somebody better tell all those critics who praised it for being a smart masterpiece. In fact basically everyone else in the world would consider a movie that holds up to scrutiny to be a smart film, and a film that requires fantasy to fill in all the blanks a dumb film. But it seems you live in opposite world.

Couldn't have put it better myself.

 

[badrat]

Pics =

Jesus H Christ is he the most bad ass looking Batman ever or what!

I love Nolan's movies as much as I love 89 but 89 Batman's design just ____ing destroys TDK's design and i'm sorry but even tops BB!

Everytime my eyes gaze upon his awesomness I feel the same exact way...

wait....

I feel you on those emotions. I am deeply in awe of this figure. Frankly, I'm shocked about it. Never was Keaton's BM a particular favorite nor was it an anticipated figure of mine. But damn if I love looking at those pics and want to own it right away!

I thought HT hit the top of the mountain with Superman and than Cap. HT is an amazing company.

 

[noisetrigger]

I wonder if the boots will have the Nike logo

 

[Spanbauer]

My favorite part of the headsculpt is the work on the eyes, they really make it look like the cowl is removable and there'd be a Keaton head beneath.

I agree, and i really hope that doesn't get lost in production.

 

[MaulFan]

I wonder if the boots will have the Nike logo

No, they'll either have nothing or some fake logo, but they'd have to pay NIKE royalties if they used the logo and since it's not meant to be there for Batman's wardrobe, they're not going to pay to use it. Most people buying this won't even know that the boots were built up from Nikes.

 

[DiFabio]

You know with all the chairs that Hot Toys is making and the dioramas that Sideshow are now producing I wonder if a suit vault would be out of the question for some day?

Have a nice little foam storage area on the vault door for the weaponry, just like in the film. Hell, maybe Hot Toys could incorporate this into their packaging for this figure considering the DX boxes have foam inserts.

 

[MaulFan]

I agree, and i really hope that doesn't get lost in production.

I don't think it will, we just haven't seen it yet because the design of the Nolan cowl is different, it doesn't have these big holes with deep set in eyes, the eye holes are meant to look like the cowl is everything but the eyes themselves. This cowl design really lets the HT sculpting skills shine.

 

[Spanbauer]

No one else thinks the cowl looks distinctly non-rubbery, and thus a bit distracting?

I know what you mean about the ceramic look, but i actually really like it.

 

[thenammagazine]

No one else thinks the cowl looks distinctly non-rubbery, and thus a bit distracting?

You know you're pretty much done when you have to quote your own trolling post and agree with it.

You have a very twisted definition of "dumbed down". Burton's film is your typical "dont think too hard about it" summer blockbuster. Nolan's films tell stories not riddled with holes. If that's "dumbed down", then somebody better tell all those critics who praised it for being a smart masterpiece. In fact basically everyone else in the world would consider a movie that holds up to scrutiny to be a smart film, and a film that requires fantasy to fill in all the blanks a dumb film. But it seems you live in opposite world.

Well, then we all must live in opposite worlds because all the hype surrounding these figures is non-existent, right? Just sayin'.

And @ anybody who praises the Nolan films as "smart masterpieces." They're nothing short of generic plug-n-play contemporary action films with the lead actors dressed up like super heroes/villains. Remove Bale's rubber suit and strip the make-up off of Ledger, and you've essentially got the blueprints for your run of the mill popcorn flick. Good guy's family dies and the killer walks. He goes away to train. Comes back as a vigilante seeking justice. Enter insane, anarchist bad guy as main antagonist who kills people and confronts the hero with "we're the same, you and me" speech. Good guy disagrees and beats up bad guy. Add in moral dilemma for plot purposes. It's ____ing cliche.

 

[IrishJedi]

You have a very twisted definition of "dumbed down". Burton's film is your typical "dont think too hard about it" summer blockbuster. Nolan's films tell stories not riddled with holes. If that's "dumbed down", then somebody better tell all those critics who praised it for being a smart masterpiece. In fact basically everyone else in the world would consider a movie that holds up to scrutiny to be a smart film, and a film that requires fantasy to fill in all the blanks a dumb film. But it seems you live in opposite world.

I don't see either film as particularly smart or dumb. Nolan's films are thematically layered, but they hardly require a Rosetta Stone to follow.

The biggest difference is that Burton's film is a mysterioso film noirish fantasy (much like the original Batman of the 40's) and Nolan's approach is to be more grounded and "realistic" (though the notion of Bruce Wayne/Batman being even remotely realistic always makes me chuckle). The Nolan Batfilms are almost not even genre films... they're well crafted crime films that just happen to be about Batman. I think TDK has more in common with movies like HEAT than any Batman comic I've ever read. And that 's perfectly fine, actually. I like the different interpretations. It's just silly to compare them directly as they have very different focuses and approaches.

People do throw around the "masterpiece" label way too liberally with TDK, though. It's a solid film, but if you really think it's a masterpiece you probably need to watch a lot more movies.

 

[Spanbauer]

You know with all the chairs that Hot Toys is making and the dioramas that Sideshow are now producing I wonder if a suit vault would be out of the question for some day?

Have a nice little foam storage area on the vault door for the weaponry, just like in the film. Hell, maybe Hot Toys could incorporate this into their packaging for this figure considering the DX boxes have foam inserts.

Wow! Twenty-two years and I never noticed that all of his gear is in the door. Even all those things that come with the figure that I never saw before are there. Very cool!

 

[Spanbauer]

And @ anybody who praises the Nolan films as "smart masterpieces." They're nothing short of generic plug-n-play contemporary action films with the lead actors dressed up like super heroes/villains. Remove Bale's rubber suit and strip the make-up off of Ledger, and you've essentially got the blueprints for your run of the mill popcorn flick. Good guy's family dies and the killer walks. He goes away to train. Comes back as a vigilante seeking justice. Enter insane, anarchist bad guy as main antagonist who kills people and confronts the hero with "we're the same, you and me" speech. Good guy disagrees and beats up bad guy. Add in moral dilemma for plot purposes. It's ____ing cliche.

Please, if they're so generic, name one other film that description would fit. The only other one that comes to mind for me is Burton's Batman, except Burton never bothered to explain how an orphan boy came to be a criminal ass-kicker

 

[DiFabio]

Please, if they're so generic, name one other film that description would fit. The only other one that comes to mind for me is Burton's Batman, except Burton never bothered to explain how an orphan boy came to be a criminal ass-kicker

TDK didn't either, Batman Begins did.

 

[IrishJedi]

All I know is that if the next Batman reboot is an origin story I may just have to shoot someone in the face.

 

[thenammagazine]

Please, if they're so generic, name one other film that description would fit. The only other one that comes to mind for me is Burton's Batman, except Burton never bothered to explain how an orphan boy came to be a criminal ass-kicker

Really? Google "movie quote 'we're the same'" then pretty much click every link.

As I stated before, I enjoy both films for what they are. But Nolan's entry is far from earth shattering. As for Burton's flick, he did a bit more humanizing of Batman, allowing him to take quite a ____ing beating, using gadgets to his advantage. A lot more believable than a man going to a secret Ninja training camp to perfect Israeli commando fighting techniques.

 

[jye4ever]

Yes, we need a vault door, I never noticed the grear in the door either . If we don't get a vault door I fear that all his extra items will remain in his box Please HT, make it so

Yes, the sunken eyes is what sells me that there is a person inside the cowl hence Batman 89 design pwns all!

Yes, 89 movie and Nolan's movies are excellent.....cough 89 > TDK cough......