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  • MurdockMurdock The minus world
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    Shark_0f_Largo wrote: »
    Am in it. Cheers for that.
    My pleasure. :)
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    Batman is a city in the Turkish Batman Province in Anatolia. It is located close to the Batman River.
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  • DarthDimiDarthDimi Behind you!Moderator
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    And then there's this guy:
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  • RevelatorRevelator
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    "Bin" is Arabic for "son of," which means Batman is the son of Superman. Let's see how they handle that in the comics!
  • DarthDimiDarthDimi Behind you!Moderator
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    @Revelator
    Please don't give Snyder any ideas. ;)
  • Some_Kind_Of_HeroSome_Kind_Of_Hero
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    But if Batman's mother is Martha and Superman's mother is Martha and Superman is Batman's father...
  • RevelatorRevelator
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    Some_Kind_Of_Hero wrote: »
    But if Batman's mother is Martha and Superman's mother is Martha and Superman is Batman's father...

    We're through the looking glass here, people.
  • mattjoesmattjoes Julie T. and the M.G.'s
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    Suparman... I wonder what Jerry Sigfried and Joe Sherman would say about that.
  • DaltonCraig007DaltonCraig007 They say, "Evil prevails when good men fail to act." What they ought to say is, "Evil prevails."
    edited July 2018 Posts: 15,716
    Exactly 10 years ago today...

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  • DarthDimiDarthDimi Behind you!Moderator
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    Why so serious?

    I was there, folks, loving every micrometer of film. Perfect achievement. Went so see the film several times. Feels like working out, in fact. I'm always exhausted at the end. I have so much emotion invested.
  • peterpeter Toronto
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    @DarthDimi -- absolutely correct. I feel the same way by the end. Every scene squeezes out more energy from me, it's almost a relief when BM escapes at the end. I think my first words after my first screening was something like: I don't think I could have taken much more of that...

    It was a "Wow!" cinematic experience for me.
  • DaltonCraig007DaltonCraig007 They say, "Evil prevails when good men fail to act." What they ought to say is, "Evil prevails."
    edited July 2018 Posts: 15,716
    TDK is one of those very rare films I've seen on the big screen where I knew from the opening 5 minutes that I was about to witness cinematic brilliance. CR is another example.
  • peterpeter Toronto
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    Agreed @DaltonCraig007 -- very rare, but when it happens, your heart is pounding from beginning to end. And, yes, CR was that type of film.

    I know a lot have complained about the "fourth act" of CR. I just love it. Unlike TDK, where I was exhausted by the end, I didn't want CR to end! So the tragedy of Vesper's death is as tragic today, as it was the first time I saw it. Quite a cruel ending-- I think Mr. Fleming would have approved!
  • Risico007Risico007
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    So we are getting a Joker origin movie..... between this and the Bond 25 rumors I don’t know which is worse...
  • RevelatorRevelator
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    peter wrote: »
    So the tragedy of Vesper's death is as tragic today, as it was the first time I saw it. Quite a cruel ending-- I think Mr. Fleming would have approved!

    Or he might have complained about her death being folded into a big action scene. Just sayin'....

  • DarthDimiDarthDimi Behind you!Moderator
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    @Revelator

    Quiet drama is what Fleming gave us.
    Loud drama is what Cubby gave us.

    I can only presume that Fleming would have been satisfied with the more spectacular take of the film serieS. :)
  • peterpeter Toronto
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    I love the romanticism of the book, but I also love the romanticism of the hero actively trying to save the woman he knows betrayed him!
    I think Fleming had a very cinematic vision for his character. The best of this series are the ones that take the creation and truthfully stretch it into cinematic storytelling.
    CR is great because it was able to do this!
  • RevelatorRevelator
    edited July 2018 Posts: 2,917
    DarthDimi wrote: »
    I can only presume that Fleming would have been satisfied with the more spectacular take of the film serieS. :)

    Perhaps--we'll never know for sure. We do know that Fleming said those who liked the book of Doctor No would be disappointed by the film Dr. No, and in the case of Casino Royale I think he might not have appreciated Vesper's lonely suicide being turned into an action extravaganza, baccarat being thrown out for poker, or wisecracks being added to the torture sequence. But he would have certainly appreciated the box office gross and excellent reviews.

    Getting back to Batman, the anniversary of TDK also prompts a reflection on its influence on Bond. Starting with Skyfall Bond stopped trying to imitate the Bourne series and tried to capture the pace and impact of Nolan's Batman films. So to TDK is to be thanked for freeing 007 of bondage to Bourne!

  • Some_Kind_Of_HeroSome_Kind_Of_Hero
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    DarthDimi wrote: »
    @Revelator

    Quiet drama is what Fleming gave us.
    Loud drama is what Cubby gave us.

    I can only presume that Fleming would have been satisfied with the more spectacular take of the film serieS. :)

    Did you mean to write "film serie$?" ;)
  • DarthDimiDarthDimi Behind you!Moderator
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    @Some_Kind_Of_Hero

    Oops, but I see what you did there. :)
  • chrisisallchrisisall Brosnan Defender Of The Realm
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    Am I alone here in saying that Nolan's Batman trilogy was near perfection from beginning to end?
  • DarthDimiDarthDimi Behind you!Moderator
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    @chrisisall

    No sir, I'm with you all the way. Even the often criticised TDKR is wonderful in my book.

    In fact, I was appaled in 2005 by the total lack of interest in BB. It hardly broke even. If that film had been "assessed" by studios they way superhero films are being "assessed" today, there would never have been a TDK. Fortunately for us, the true potential of Nolan's vision was given a second chance. Still, I believe that the first chapter is in no way inferior to its sequels. All three of these films are brilliant.
  • chrisisallchrisisall Brosnan Defender Of The Realm
    edited July 2018 Posts: 17,789
    DarthDimi wrote: »
    No sir, I'm with you all the way. Even the often criticised TDKR is wonderful in my book.
    While I initially loved BB, I actually didn't enjoy TDK as completely (that has since changed- I see its brilliance now), however I find TDKR to be the most fascinating of the three. Much like Last Crusade, BTTF 3 and (dare I say it) Spider-Man 3, it went towards new territory for the third, and succeeded more triumphantly than most others. Nolan is a damn genius IMO.
  • chrisisallchrisisall Brosnan Defender Of The Realm
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    Oh my, look what came in the post today! 1/24. I like it.
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  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    Batman mainly manufactures oil, beverages, processed food, chemicals, furniture, footwear, machinery and transport equipment.

    Batman University was established in 2007.
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  • chrisisallchrisisall Brosnan Defender Of The Realm
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    I need a Batman U sticker for my car. ;)
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    Sabri Øzdemir, the Mayor of Batman, which has about 350 000 inhabitants. Not sure what you call them, batmen?
  • chrisisallchrisisall Brosnan Defender Of The Realm
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    I pestered my Son into watching Batman Begins with me today. He paid full attention to it. When it was over he said he'd watch the next two. Just trying to be a good Dad... ;)
  • mattjoesmattjoes Julie T. and the M.G.'s
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    Thunderfinger wrote: »
    Batman mainly manufactures oil, beverages, processed food, chemicals, furniture, footwear, machinery and transport equipment.

    Axis Chemicals. ;)
  • chrisisallchrisisall Brosnan Defender Of The Realm
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    hahahahahah!!
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