[movie] The Dark Knight Rises - Impressions start page 12

[msduncan]

I think teaming up Egghead and King Tut would be perfect for #3.

Tweedle-dee and Tweedle-dum were in Batman Begins, so I don't see why Egghead can't be in Batman 3!

???  How did I miss them?   Which scene?

[metallicorphan]

I think teaming up Egghead and King Tut would be perfect for #3.

Tweedle-dee and Tweedle-dum were in Batman Begins, so I don't see why Egghead can't be in Batman 3!

???  How did I miss them?   Which scene?

no,i don't remember them either,unless they were some of the bodyguards or in the League of Shadows HQ in the background

[CeeKay]

and if they were they weren't named.

[Fireball1244]

They weren't named, but it was through their cell in Arkham that the opening to the outside was created. They were the two fat, bald, round men watching impassively as the League of Assassins blow open the door to their cell, then blow open the wall to create the exit.

[metallicorphan]

They weren't named, but it was through their cell in Arkham that the opening to the outside was created. They were the two fat, bald, round men watching impassively as the League of Assassins blow open the door to their cell, then blow open the wall to create the exit.

i will have to view that part again,i know where you mean...and maybe bit Later Batdude follows them(or creates an explosion himself) and one asylum inmate is sat slumped down on the bed looking up at him


maybe just a few moments after this scene

[Blackjack]

While I don't expect Nolan and Co. to take inspiration from a videogame (even a great one), I don't think it would be a bad thing to go from something as humongously large-scale like The Dark Knight to something more internalized and claustrophobic like Arkham Asylum as a main movie setting. But I don't know if that fits with his love for the IMAX format. 

[CeeKay]

well, this was pretty much a given:  no Joker.

[metallicorphan]

well, this was pretty much a given:  no Joker.

LOL,there was a 2 year speculation on that????

[metallicorphan]

Robin Williams has said he would do Batman 3 in a second

remember he was first choice for The Riddler,before Jim Carrey came along in the last films...and apparently was first choice for The Joker in Tim Burton's Batman as well

as the rumours gather that Bats 3 will have Catwoman and The Riddler...no word on The Penguin though

http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2010/06/30/robin_williamsi_would_do_batman_in_a_s

Rumors over casting for Christopher Nolan's upcoming third superhero film have been rife ever since The Dark Knight, starring Heath Ledger as The Joker, hit cinemas in 2008 - with fans speculating over which characters will be re-introduced. Nolan is said to be considering bringing feline femme fatale Catwoman back for the new movie, along with The Riddler.

so what do you reckon?

i love Robin Williams,but i think he may be a tad too old now.....but i am sure the Nolan brothers could come up with a decent storyline for an older Riddler

[CeeKay]

I think that if Nolan includes the Riddler it won't be as an over the top type villain like they had in mind for the Riddler when they were considering Williams for the part.

[rickfc]

I think that if Nolan includes the Riddler it won't be as an over the top type villain like they had in mind for the Riddler when they were considering Williams for the part.

This.  The Riddler in Batman Forever was a clown.  In Nolan's world, he'd probably be more psychotic than funny.

[metallicorphan]

I think that if Nolan includes the Riddler it won't be as an over the top type villain like they had in mind for the Riddler when they were considering Williams for the part.

This.  The Riddler in Batman Forever was a clown.  In Nolan's world, he'd probably be more psychotic than funny.

thats what the Joker was!!......hmm,actually i just remembered him dressed as a nurse


although yeah i know what you mean

Robin Williams as a really bad guy,dangerous bad guy could be interesting....although i didn't like One Hour Photo,i did like Insomnia(he was a bad guy in both,right?)


Oscar for Mr Williams!!

[CeeKay]

I think that if Nolan includes the Riddler it won't be as an over the top type villain like they had in mind for the Riddler when they were considering Williams for the part.

This.  The Riddler in Batman Forever was a clown.  In Nolan's world, he'd probably be more psychotic than funny.

maybe more a sociopath than a psychotic.  of course that could fit the Joker too.

[Caine]

a dark riddler would work very well.  smart sociopath who sets up batman in twisted games.  robin williams makes a mean villain.

[Turtle]

The riddler was in many ways tamer than the joker though, just as disturbed, but not an out and out killer.

Similar to the Catwoman, who is more just a thief.

The two together in a movie would make a nice change of pace and present an even more interesting challenge to Nolan's version of batman.

[heloder]

I thought Philip Seymour Hoffman was supposed to play the Penguin in the third movie? I guess I'm out of the rumor loop.

[ravenvii]

thats what the Joker was!!......hmm,actually i just remembered him dressed as a nurse


although yeah i know what you mean

Robin Williams as a really bad guy,dangerous bad guy could be interesting....although i didn't like One Hour Photo,i did like Insomnia(he was a bad guy in both,right?)


Oscar for Mr Williams!!

IIRC, in One Hour Photo, he wasn't really a bad guy, just a sad character.

I did remember being impressed by his bad-guy-acting skillz in Insomnia, even though the movie itself was just alright.

[CeeKay]

I thought Philip Seymour Hoffman was supposed to play the Penguin in the third movie? I guess I'm out of the rumor loop.

that was just a rumor.  as far as I know no real casting has been done yet.

[CeeKay]

While I don't expect Nolan and Co. to take inspiration from a videogame (even a great one), I don't think it would be a bad thing to go from something as humongously large-scale like The Dark Knight to something more internalized and claustrophobic like Arkham Asylum as a main movie setting. But I don't know if that fits with his love for the IMAX format. 

maybe Batman cannot sleep after the Harvey Dent thing and it follows him after a year of sleeplessness.

[hepcat]

I hope they get the same overseas toy manufacturer they had when the first film was released....

[Blackjack]

I wouldn't look for Nolan to do "stunt casting" (ala some of the dreadful earlier Batman films). He doesn't seem to work that way on Batman though for someone with a relatively short film career, he's gotten to work with an awful lot of big name actors.

Heath Ledger had done some solid work but he wasn't a household name, and there was a lot of skepticism when he was initially announced. I suspect when some villain casting is finally announced, it'll meet the same skepticism, probably a lot of it from people who questioned Heath Ledger's choice as The Joker back then. It wouldn't surprise me if Nolan went with another young actor who's done promising work but hasn't maybe gotten to do a role where he can really "let go." Maybe Joseph Gordon-Levitt (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0330687/)? Who seems to have a good part in Inception and whose smile can seem eerily like Ledger's.

All the hyperventilation over casting of this, that and the other thing seems pointless. A lot of handsome actors have the charisma of a lump of coal, and sometimes actors with forgettable TV work bios, or nothing impressive on their movie resume can turn their careers around performing one well-written character.

[EngineNo9]

I would hardly say that Joseph Gordon-Levitt hasn't had his chance to "let go"; he's been in a number of good roles in smaller films.   

[Blackjack]

Maybe Hewitt can be the Joker's illegitimate son. He'll become the nefarious villain known as...

Joker Jr.
Nah. Sounds too much like a Burger King sandwich.
"I'll have a Joker Jr. please, with cheese."
"Do you want to upgrade the side to onion rings?"  

Since Nolan's brother has supposedly already worked out a preliminary script, I guess it's pointless to speculate on what it's about. To me, the environment canvas for the first two films was so huge, I'd be tempted to take the third movie in another direction.

Maybe set it in a phone booth. Oh wait, they don't have those anymore. Dammit! 

[CeeKay]

he could play Harley Quinn 

[Blackjack]

fwiw, the Gordon-Levitt-as-Riddler rumor seems to be gathering just a little bit of steam...

The Riddler in BATMAN 3? JGL "Interested?"
http://www.batman-on-film.com/BATMAN-3_news_riddler-in-B3-JGL-interested_7-21-10.html

According to a report on FIRSTSHOWING.NET, “a reliable inside source with a studio casting grid” says that The Riddler is listed as a character in BATMAN 3.

Casting grids are used by the film industry to keep everyone who might be associated with a film in the loop on a project’s progress.

Nobody could really one-up Ledger's Joker performance, and Nolan has said as much. I guess what you maybe do is have a main villain on a different wavelength (maybe quietly sinister instead of scenery-chewing) so a third film has its own tone. I can't really see a Riddler in a green sportcoat and a derby hat with a question mark working too well on film. So if they really use him, I'd be curious bout the outfit.

[Isgrimnur]

[metallicorphan]

saw these out there in the wild,had to share,don't worry they are all fake

seeing David Tennants name up there....i wonder if they wanted The Riddler for him,maybe?,LOL



and some cool art stuff and suggestions for Harley



the place i found them,someone else said Pauley Perrette as Harley instead



i don't think you can have Harley Quinn though without The Joker..what you reckon?

[CeeKay]

the Dark Knight Rises.

(seriously, what is it with people not using search today? )

[Blackjack]

the Dark Knight Rises.

(seriously, what is it with people not using search today? )

My first thought was "That's what she said!"  and then my second was Batman as some sort of bread dough.  I guess though when one movie makes $1B+ worldwide, it makes sense to keep the title pretty intact for the followup.

[metallicorphan]

hmm i personally wanted something away from TDK,as much as TDK title was different from BB....so i am guessing the title refers to Batman getting his mojo back with Gotham?

[Razgon]

I love Nolan! The fact that he wants to stay away from tacky 3D is something I'm very very pleased about!

[envy24]

While reading the list of Batman enemies that someone posted. I noticed "Firefly" and I think that should be the next villian and they should cast Nathon Fillion as Firefly

[Huw the Poo]

I love Nolan! The fact that he wants to stay away from tacky 3D is something I'm very very pleased about!

Quoted because I agree wholeheartedly.  And also because I love Razgon and would quote anything he says.

[Razgon]

I love Nolan! The fact that he wants to stay away from tacky 3D is something I'm very very pleased about!

Quoted because I agree wholeheartedly.  And also because I love Razgon and would quote anything he says.

I'm somewhat scared by this statement...and by somewhat I mean bat-shit-crazy and deleting every trail to where I live somewhat scared.

;-)

[Blackjack]

hmm i personally wanted something away from TDK,as much as TDK title was different from BB....so i am guessing the title refers to Batman getting his mojo back with Gotham?

You are correct, sir.  

Lt. James Gordon: "Because he's the hero Gotham deserves. But not the one it needs right now. And so we'll hunt him. Because he can take it. Because he's not our hero. He's a silent guardian. A watchful protector. A dark knight. A Pillsbury Doughboy^TM who will eventually rise!"

When I see "TDK," I keep thinking about the cassette brand I always bought in the late 1970s and early 1980s.  

Any way, I trust the film will be about Bats restoring his reputation. While I'll always cherish Ledge's Joker performance, I kinda hope the third (and presumably last under Nolan) film gives Christian Bale some meatier stuff to do as an actor and isn't another comic book film where the villain is twice as interesting as the lead hero character.

[CeeKay]

a female villain?  hmm... wonder who that could be......

then again maybe he'll throw us for a loop and go with someone other than Catwoman.

[leo8877]

a female villain?  hmm... wonder who that could be......

then again maybe he'll throw us for a loop and go with someone other than Catwoman.

Like Poison Ivy?

[CeeKay]

a female villain?  hmm... wonder who that could be......

then again maybe he'll throw us for a loop and go with someone other than Catwoman.

Like Poison Ivy?

or Talia al Ghul.  Considering how grounded in reality (or maybe I should say as close to) he's kept the series she'd be perfect.

[Bullwinkle]

a female villain?  hmm... wonder who that could be......

then again maybe he'll throw us for a loop and go with someone other than Catwoman.

Like Poison Ivy?

or Talia al Ghul.  Considering how grounded in reality (or maybe I should say as close to) he's kept the series she'd be perfect.

Or Harley Quinn.  Could be a way to get Jokery without the Joker.  Not likely, granted, since it'll just remind us he's not around.

[whiteboyskim]

I could see Talia or Selina Kyle. Either one would be fine so long as they never cast Anne Hathaway. As for Tom Hardy, my money says he's playing Hugo Strange which would make a lot of sense considering the nature of the series as well as Nolan's fascination with the psychological aspects of Batman.