Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice

CK61938 · 20 Jul 2013 at 22:20

In case you don't follow San Diego Comic-Con (taking place this weekend).

This just happened:

http://www.superherohype.com/news/a...an-of-steel-sequel-announced-batman-to-appear

And then I did this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23QStm-cYyo

I don't think I need to tell you just how ****** excited I am about this news right now!!!

Squark · 20 Jul 2013 at 22:33

hmmm not sure what to think, it's far too easy to screw up Batman imo

Nexus · 20 Jul 2013 at 22:41

The way I see it is as follows:

With Bale and Nolan retiring from Batman, WB are in an awkward position because their hugely lucrative franchise stops steam rolling along. As such, they don't want to wait a good few years before rebooting.

If they started shooting a new Batman film now, I think without Bale and Nolan onboard, it wouldn't be well received by fans or average movie goers in general. However, by creating a cross-over movie, especially after how successful The Avengers was, they can introduce a new Batman which somewhat masks the jump of a change of actor compared to a reboot film. It would also allow them to gauge reaction as to whether they can then continue on straight away afterwards with a stand alone Batman film(s) using the new actor.

THMRK · 20 Jul 2013 at 22:52

David Goyer script = another poor showing like Man of Steel.

XPE · 20 Jul 2013 at 22:52

I'm not too sure about Zack Snyder directing this, he has an excellent eye for action but his story telling could be a lot better.

Also Snyder has always been a very CGI heavy director I don't know if that will go well with a Batman film.

Shamikebab · 20 Jul 2013 at 23:06

Ah, so this is how DC are going to bring the Batman films down to the level of the rest of the average to painfully crap films.

Tom84 · 20 Jul 2013 at 23:13

would have preferred a straight up sequel to MOS tbh with maybe Bats appearing post credits or something, 2015 will still be far too soon for a new Batman

Skillmister · 20 Jul 2013 at 23:52

Can't say I'm thrilled.

More batman, hell yeah!
More superman, meh

Richeh · 21 Jul 2013 at 00:00

The one thing I thought when watching MoS was 'how would Batman exist in THIS' amidst the buildings falling down and the thousands dying horribly.

I'm not entirely convinced it can work, and with Snyder directing it really can be hit or miss.

G-MAN2004 · 21 Jul 2013 at 00:18

Oh God, no thanks.

robfosters · 21 Jul 2013 at 01:12

Skillmister said:
Can't say I'm thrilled.

More batman, hell yeah!
More superman, meh

Superman > Batman

I'm thrilled at this. We have recently had the best big screen versions of these 2 since history began, and now they are going to do this. Could be superb.

Actually when it comes to Batman, the first Michael Keaton one with Jack Nicholson was ****hot. Still have a soft spot for that movie, even over TDK.

Rroff · 21 Jul 2013 at 01:37

Not a fan at all, I'm not into superheros/comics but liked the Batman movies as they had a bit of a grittier, less adolescent super power theme (relatively speaking

).

CK61938 · 21 Jul 2013 at 01:54

Was probably a bad idea to post this in the first place :/

Oh well. You guys may not be looking forward to it. But for me, BEST GEEK NEWS EVER!!

Now I will go and mingle with those who are equally as excited as I am about this!

*swaggers out the room*

XPE · 21 Jul 2013 at 01:59

If it was Nolan or if Man of Steel hadn't let itself down in certain areas I would be excited as any one else for this but I still think Snyder and co could have done a better job with Man of Steel, all the pieces were there it just needed a little more care on the story telling side of things.

CK61938 · 21 Jul 2013 at 02:22

XPE said:
If it was Nolan or if Man of Steel hadn't let itself down in certain areas I would be excited as any one else for this but I still think Snyder and co could have done a better job with Man of Steel, all the pieces were there it just needed a little more care on the story telling side of things.

That's why we have sequels! Also, Nolan is going to be executive producer!

Deep · 21 Jul 2013 at 09:42

CK61938 said:
That's why we have sequels! Also, Nolan is going to be executive producer!

You shouldn't need sequels to tell you stuff that should have been in the first film

Nexus · 21 Jul 2013 at 09:55

CK61938 said:
That's why we have sequels! Also, Nolan is going to be executive producer!

Executive Producer usually means very little, often its just a name attachment in order to help market the film/show. I wouldn't expect Nolan will have or offer much in the way of input, if at all.

If he was just a 'Producer' it would be a different story.

eggcup · 21 Jul 2013 at 10:56

So apparently this is a vs film, how is that going to work, superman would just flatten batman...

Marsman · 21 Jul 2013 at 11:06

This is going to suck bad.

Skillmister · 21 Jul 2013 at 11:06

robfosters said:
Superman > Batman

no thanks jeff