Yes in more recent films you can see Bruce Wayne as Batman. In other films where Bruce is a playboy, you can?t picture him as Batman. The purpose of a secret identity is to be unlike your alter ego. Essentially Bruce Wayne should be like Tony Stark.
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Yes in more recent films you can see Bruce Wayne as Batman. In other films where Bruce is a playboy, you can?t picture him as Batman. The purpose of a secret identity is to be unlike your alter ego. Essentially Bruce Wayne should be like Tony Stark.
SepticFlesh
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I got no good feeling from this trailer whatsoever. I really hope this movie surprises me.
The only trailer that got me that strong good feeling was “the Dark Knight”. Phenomenal.
I just hope we do not end up with Hot Toys EMO Batman version sadness figures.
The only trailer that got me that strong good feeling was “the Dark Knight”. Phenomenal.
I just hope we do not end up with Hot Toys EMO Batman version sadness figures.
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The problem stems from all the kiddies growing up with this lie from Burton...
NO Crow Eyes when he tears off the mask.... now little kiddies all grown up are confused and misinformed for life.
NO Crow Eyes when he tears off the mask.... now little kiddies all grown up are confused and misinformed for life.
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I believe the kiddies today always say to ?just turn off your brain, it?s just a movie? though
In the animated series, Bruce is a really nice guy. That's how he should be IMO. Bruce Wayne is not Tony Stark
Don't think we'll see a 1/6 Batmobile and Bat Bike from hot toys, as they said they were not going make any more 1/6 vehicles, so hopefully another company like Jada Toys will make smaller scale versions.......
Where did they say that? They are making a STAP from The Clone Wars and Speeder Bike from The Mandalorian (and likely for Return of the Jedi).
Another member posted it in one of the threads a while ago........
Kinda hope they keep the collar on the second suit. Reminds me of the Gotham by Gaslight suit a bit.
lordnastrond
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lordnastrond
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That Penguin comment just hurts Wor-Gar - it will always be too soon
An ambitious wish-list/projection of figures and I hope you are right, it would be lovely to see DC getting a little love from Hot Toys once again.... but the pessimist/realist in me doubts it a little.
I am digging the Riddler's Zodiac style costume ATM, but I do also hope we have something a little more classic as well - i do love that green suit and bowler hat wearing crazy pontificating smug intellectual a**hole!
I do think its really likely that there will be a 2nd suit - in the trailer the guy who has a bomb attached to him seems to go BOOM! right next to Bruce in the Batsuit, which could easily render it unwearable.
lordnastrond
The Spirit of Darkness
Absolutely agree with this comment.
I think a lot of the people who are calling this "emo Batman" online disparagingly (apart from ignoring the already emo-esque and goth-like qualities Batman already has and seemingly suggesting that Batman being either emo or goth is somehow a bad thing) are just latching onto the make-up, Robert Pattinson looking serious and the fact that the trailer has a dark tone in the hope of disparaging this iteration. Almost entirely just because he's played by Robert Pattinson and he's connected to Twilight and ripping on Twilight will be forever fashionable.
(((((Also this talk about emos, goths (and vamp kids) has got me thinking of the goth episodes of South Park - so bloody funny!))))
lordnastrond
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Absolutely agree, there is no need to make Bruce's civilian identity Tony Stark 2.0.
I personally have never been fond of the "billionaire playboy" aspect of Bruce's alter ego, both the Animated Series and the Keaton films never felt the need for it.
Instead Bruce was someone who used his civilian resources to help those in need, openly challenged political corruption, adopted troubled youths because he identified with their loss, supported his friends and while he was part of the upper elite scene he never came across as a overly-flashy trust-fund type.
To contrast Keaton and Bale:
Keaton - hosts a social event for a good cause, plays host but doesn't hoard and covet attention and keeps a somewhat low profile at his own party, plays himself a tad bumbling and eccentric but otherwise genial and kind-hearted, shows shades of his own personality.
Bale - arrives late to his own function via helicopter with 3 supermodels, stops the entire flow of the party so everyone is looking at him, gives a big speech that demonstrates an over-inflated ego and makes a point of demonstrating his wealth and power while acting obnoxious (yes I know its an act - its the persona that matters here).
Another contrast between them:
Keaton - invites VV to a meal, doesn't take her to the most expensive restaurant in town, instead opts to eat at his home, they attempt to eat in the formal dining room, Bruce makes fun of how over-the-top ostentatious it/and his house in general is and they instead eat in the much more homely and humble kitchen and trade personal stories.
Bale - arrives at 2 separate meals/social gatherings uninvited, with one or more supermodels, in flashy cars, to one of the most exclusive/expensive restaurants in town, behaves badly and expects the rules to be bent for him, then emphasises how his wealth makes him exceptional/exempt from the rules by buying/proclaiming his ownership of the restaurant itself.
These two couldn't be more different, and while one is more of an act than the other (Keaton's Bruce allows some of his natural personality to shine through, whereas Bale's is a complete performance) it makes it harder for me to like Bale's Bruce, because he acts like a jerk and his "Bruce" scenes are completely artificial.
Whereas I like Keaton's Bruce because he seems like a real person I can root for/connect to/identify with, which again is something I think the Animated Series picks up and does well.
To put it simply, I think Bruce should come across as "old money" as opposed to "new money" in order to remain more likeable (And more separate from Tony Stark) and should show real aspects of his personality in his daytime persona, with friends and life-connections that aren't solely centered around his crime-fighting or some false playboy persona he's crafted in order to come across as a real and relatable human being with actual human connections rather than Batman's human skinsuit.
Hot Toys made a prototype, which they had on display at a convention, but it never went up for pre order, just like their BVS Batmobile.......
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Hot Toys made a prototype, which they had on display at a convention, but it never went up for pre order, just like their BVS Batmobile.......
Damn. I wonder if they'll do one here. It's been growing on me since the trailer.
I doubt hot toys will even make a prototype, as this version of the Batmobile is just a modified muscle car, and not a traditional Batmobile we're used to, which collectors may not like........
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