HT The Dark Knight New Costume PHOTO Thread.

[blakus939]

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99 percent B..............i hope

 

[Spanbauer]

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Question for you guys who were able to get Hot Toys to send you extra hand pegs: how did you go about contacting them? By just using the contact fields on their contact page, or did you e-mail them? Also, did you use English or are you guys bilingual? Thanks!

 

[zeelhar]

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i used the contact page and told them i wanted to buy some hand pegs because one of mine had broke and they offered to send me some and they did in a letter i beleive i still have the letter they sent them in if you want to see it i'll post a pic as prof

 

[Riko]

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I was watching Begins the other night, and I think that movie is just as good as TDK, which I think really shows that villains can play a major role in the captivation of a film.

Begins and TDK are pretty much opposites. In Begins, the focus was on Bruce's story and where it went with the villain actions being background, non-focal elements. In TDK, it flipped, Batman and Bruce became more background elements to the actions of the villains.

I think if the 3rd film returns to Batman focus, as I feel it should, people will feel it's not TDK and maybe even consider it a flop, but if it's as well executed as the first too, I'll be satisfied, box office likely won't, but I will, and I'm sure some other Nolan Batman die hards who love the series and not just TDK, will love it too. People who were lukewarm to Begins and fell in love with TDK might be let down.

I completely agree.
Begins was a very good film, even standing next to TDK. The focus on batman himself, the story, the villains, it had something new for a comic book movie indeed, even very clever. TDK had also all of that + making all of that grander and more spectaculair. That was the logical next step for the sequel.

The question for the 3rd one is, will it be (can it be) bigger and more spectacualer than TDK? or should they play it smart like in Begins?
Very very hard descisions if you ask me how the 3rd movie should be like.

But in both movies, the story was always and will always be the key for the succes and attraction of the movies. So Nolan certainly won't do anything if he hasn't got a good story. He even already mentioned that endlessly.

Personally I would also want some more Batman attention for the 3rd one, like in Begins. More focussed on Bat-action. I felt we saw a bit too less of Batman in hand to hand action. (except for the prewitt-building scene)

Plus let us not forget, the Tumbler is gone..you all now what that means I think It could be one of the attractions for the 3rd installment!
(hell, the art directors are maybe drawing at this instance the lines for what might be thé most iconic car in movie-history yet to come )

 

[Riko]

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It's actually questionable if/when a 3rd film would happen if Nolan isn't behind it. I watched an interview with a WB exec the other day and he basically said the support Nolan, they obviously would like to see a third one given the success they're having, but they support him heavily and plan to give him whatever time he needs because they trust his judgement. There's demand for another Superman movie but WB's been dragging, so if Nolan backs out on doing a 3rd, who knows when we'll see another Batman movie.

that sounds noble from the WB exec that he tends to make us believe he puts quality, artistic skills and trust in the director at front rather than profit(I've seen the interview to)
But in the end he stays the exec and if Nolan wouldn't wanna do it, I would like to see how much respect that same WB exec will have for the artistic aspect of the franchise that started with Nolan.

Guess we have no choise than to wait and see what happens the next few months or years...
Meanwhile there are other great movies to look out for

 

[Riko]

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when tim burton made batman returns, sure he took some liberties, every bat-director has, but he, like nolan, didnt want to make a 2nd movie cuz he felt he said his piece about batman, but the studio really wanted him to make another and he, like nolan, had to get re-engaged in the material, so the studio let him do what he wanted. sure, BR wasnt the huge blockbuster they wanted but, like TDK, it was a deep tragic film filled with corrupted characters with emotional problems and a kind of tragic ending. but yeah, ussually when the 3rd movie comes along they tend to suck, but they changed directors with batmam forever which is why it wasnt ery dark or very good, but if nolan stays on with a good story that shouldnt happen.

Nono, that's incorrect, Burton was happy to make Returns and Nolan too. They didn't made it because they had to or something..
You can see clearly both directors had made the sequels their own, even more than the original.
Many even see BR more as a Tim Burton movie than a Bat movie.
Tim Burton even would want to make a 3rd one, but the studio freaked with the idea of another gothic and dark batman movie like Returns. (wich is a pitty, I would really love to see a 3rd batman movie from burton with a villain like Two-Face....)

 

[Buttmunch]

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Nono, that's incorrect, Burton was happy to make Returns and Nolan too. They didn't made it because they had to or something..
You can see clearly both directors had made the sequels their own, even more than the original.
Many even see BR more as a Tim Burton movie than a Bat movie.
Tim Burton even would want to make a 3rd one, but the studio freaked with the idea of another gothic and dark batman movie like Returns. (wich is a pitty, I would really love to see a 3rd batman movie from burton with a villain like Two-Face....)

I can't help but wonder what a black two-face would have been like. Or maybe Burton would have gone a bit overboard and had him half black, half white in the black and white suit?

 

[Sachiel]

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Pipe dream. Medis will look nowhere near as good as the promos.

I said probably. The face may not be as good (would need a repaint) and who knows about the range of movement, but I think it will look the best in terms of proportions and how the costume is made. The figure is supposed to be bigger than the other Medicom figures, which would put it into HT scale.

And hopefully it doesn't fall apart.

Also, about a 3rd Batman read these.

https://www.batman-on-film.com/BATMAN3_horn-talks-batman3_12-18-08.html

https://www.batman-on-film.com/BATMAN3_murphy-lebouef-not-in-batman3_12-18-08.html

https://www.batman-on-film.com/BATMAN3_nolan-talks-batman3-TDK-BDlive_12-19-08.html

 

[Riko]

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I can't help but wonder what a black two-face would have been like. Or maybe Burton would have gone a bit overboard and had him half black, half white in the black and white suit?

knowing that Burton always has a thing with pale people in his movies, that wouldn't surprise me. A pale Billy Dee Williams playing Two Face

 

[Batfreak]

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Nono, that's incorrect, Burton was happy to make Returns and Nolan too. They didn't made it because they had to or something..
You can see clearly both directors had made the sequels their own, even more than the original.
Many even see BR more as a Tim Burton movie than a Bat movie.
Tim Burton even would want to make a 3rd one, but the studio freaked with the idea of another gothic and dark batman movie like Returns. (wich is a pitty, I would really love to see a 3rd batman movie from burton with a villain like Two-Face....)

i didnt mean that they didnt WANT to. eventually they both decided they wanted to because they both got to thinking about how they could do/change things. they just had to get re-engaged in the story. nolan said that he didnt plan on making a 2nd movie but then he got to thinking about how he could reinvent joker. burton wasnt thinking about a 2nd movie either but then when he was given creative control, he decided to do it. but after the first one they both stated they didnt plan on making a new one.

i can tell you though, if burton said he was gonna make joker "normal" guy back then who put on makeup, i dont think fans would have liked that at all. but years later when ppl wanted to see a different kind of joker, they were all for it. i dont think ledgers joker would have worked back then. so im glad they waited to reinvent the character the way they did today.

 

[Batfreak]

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I said probably. The face may not be as good (would need a repaint) and who knows about the range of movement, but I think it will look the best in terms of proportions and how the costume is made. The figure is supposed to be bigger than the other Medicom figures, which would put it into HT scale.

And hopefully it doesn't fall apart.

Also, about a 3rd Batman read these.

https://www.batman-on-film.com/BATMAN3_horn-talks-batman3_12-18-08.html

https://www.batman-on-film.com/BATMAN3_murphy-lebouef-not-in-batman3_12-18-08.html

https://www.batman-on-film.com/BATMAN3_nolan-talks-batman3-TDK-BDlive_12-19-08.html

nice, very happy to see they are starting to think of a story they want to tell.

 

[maddogjwn13]

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I was part of that world-wide blu-ray screening with Nolan and he answered some questions about it stating that he is working on finding a story worth telling, and he thinks they are on to some good themes and plots but the last thing he'll do is rush it because, as he put it, trilogies tend to suck and he will not let that happen to this series. So, if he can create the right story, he will make the film, but I would predict he will make another movie in the interim to step away from the series a bit as he did with the Prestige between BB and TDK (tho it had some of the same key actors in it anyways )

 

[Leniak]

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Hi everybody. I just got my TDK Batman and it's awesome, the first thing I did was to sand the hand pegs to make them easier to remove 'cause I don't want them to break.
One of my HT Joker's hand pegs was incomplete so I bought a replacement on ebay, fortunately the seller sent me the wrong pegs (that fits Batman), and later he sent me the right ones. So I added these extra pegs to other pair of hands.
I haven't swapped the heads, the skin tone neck is to hard to put in and I am afraid something is gonna break, is that supposed to be like that?
(Sorry for my English, it's not my native language)

 

[vodoun]

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the first thing I did was to sand the hand pegs to make them easier to remove 'cause I don't want them to break.

The lips that goes into the hand? they sure are evil.

These things remind me of kids bow and arrows. Gently weave left and right till the suction breaks. I always put it in very hot water before I pull the pegs out of the hands so the plastic is flexible and does not break.

Though I've only done it once, keeping him with his fists clinched and Begins with open hands.

As Maul has said I can't believe how easy the Begins pegs were. I had done the same thing for those, stick them in a bowl of hot water just to be safe.

 

[nikki6r]

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Great figure. Going to have to gety the Batpod now.

I know this has been asked before but i cannot find the post. What is the best way to attach the cape. Want to try and get the plastic tabs to flatten out.

 

[vodoun]

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I know this has been asked before but i cannot find the post. What is the best way to attach the cape. Want to try and get the plastic tabs to flatten out.

Is how I done it. https://www.sideshowcollectors.com/forums/showpost.php?p=1281800&postcount=1186

 

[villainsfan42]

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i just got my batman yesterday, and I have a few questions...

1. how do the necks come off?
2. how do you put the extra hands on?
3. how do you keep the cape on?

 

[villainsfan42]

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and also...how do you get him on the stand?

 

[The Drizzle]

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and also...how do you get him on the stand?

You subpoena him.


Sorry, I couldn't resist.


Since I'm here...I don't use the stands. They stand fine on their own, at least mine do.

 

[villainsfan42]

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what's subpoena mean???

and could someone answer my questions please