02-06-2005 21:44									#1
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Surprisingly, there isn't a thread on these upcoming movies. Well, AFAIK. So what are your expectations? And what's the deal with the new batmobile?

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	02-06-2005 21:46									#2
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WTF?

	02-06-2005 21:46									#3
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Here's the front view of the ugly new batmobile

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	02-06-2005 21:47									#4
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That looks pretty ****in' dumb. So far, the best treatment of Batman has been Batman, the Animated Series.

	02-06-2005 21:49									#5
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The new batmobile is an absolute monstrosity. It's horrible!

	02-06-2005 22:22									#6
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quote: Originally posted by chegitz guevara That looks pretty ****in' dumb. So far, the best treatment of Batman has been Batman, the Animated Series.

No better Batman than Adam West!

And they should keep their filthy hands off of War of the Worlds

	02-06-2005 22:24									#7
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quote: Originally posted by Hueij And they should keep their filthy hands off of War of the Worlds

QFT

	02-06-2005 22:27									#8
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I liked Tim Burton's version of Batman best. Irc, it was inspired by Frank Miller's cartoon version. The batmobile looked a lot better

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	02-06-2005 22:30									#9
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quote: Originally posted by Hueij And they should keep their filthy hands off of War of the Worlds

Spielberg directed it btw. So it should be entertaining.

	02-06-2005 23:21									#10
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I think this is going to be the best batman hands down.
Batmobile is weird though.

	02-06-2005 23:43									#11
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This Batman's supposed to be grittier, it seems.

I'm thinking it'll be better than the more recent Batman movies, but I'll have to agree--the first animated series was by far the best moving electric picture adaptation of the franchise.

As far as War of the Worlds... at least the walkers look right, but I'm not holding out much hope for it. Especially since after the way Hollywood raped the dead bodies of H.G. Wells (The Time Machine) and Isacc Asimov (I, Robot*), among other movies.


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*While nothing can be said to mitigate the crime that is Time Machine, I, Robot suffers from the Enterprise Syndrome--it would have been good, had it been utterly divorced from the franchise they sought to link it to.

	02-06-2005 23:48									#12
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I think this isn't a real Batmobile. Looks more like a special purpose Bat-SUV, a Batjeep, a Bat-Humvee or a Bat-APC to me. I bet he still has a real cool Batmobile or Batbike which makes the girls hot

	03-06-2005 00:00									#13
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I'm just glad Batman is getting serious again. The batmobile is different this time around for sure but wait and see how they explain it and it goes before we trash the movie.

As far as War of the Worlds go from the trailers it looks pretty great but I'll reserve judgment for the movie.

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quote: Originally posted by Hueij No better Batman than Adam West!

You obviously have no taste. The best movie treatment of Batman is Mask of the Phantasm.

	03-06-2005 00:17									#15
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quote: Originally posted by BeBro I bet he still has a real cool Batmobile or Batbike which makes the girls hot

Haven't you heard? Batman doesn't like girls, he likes boys.

	03-06-2005 00:19									#16
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I'm not so much into batman

Do you mean that Robin guy? But I thought there is a batgirl too? Not to mention catwoman

	03-06-2005 00:22									#17
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quote: Originally posted by BeBro I'm not so much into batman Do you mean that Robin guy? But I thought there is a batgirl too? Not to mention catwoman

Btw, the lovely Katie Holmes plays in the movie

	03-06-2005 00:42									#18
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quote: Originally posted by Hueij And they should keep their filthy hands off of War of the Worlds

Word. I saw a trailer and knew that I won't go and see the movie. Tom Cruise...

	03-06-2005 05:52									#19
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quote: Originally posted by Sprayber I'm just glad Batman is getting serious again.

I see that Michael Uslan and Ben Melniker have credit as executive producers. It could be someone started listening to Uslan again.

Uslan was the one who came up with the idea of jettisoning the Adam-West-boff-pow-Batman-lite version which was such a hit on TV and returning to Batman's brooding roots. Uslan had a lot of input into the first Batman film which was great, but then Guber and Peters used their clout to take away his creative input and to shove him over into an excutive producer role. The movies went downhill after that. I mean, Tim Burton is a genius, but very weird...and his weirdness really hurt the series.

	03-06-2005 05:55									#20
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You guys are all crazy. The Tumbler is awesome.

	03-06-2005 05:58									#21
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quote: Originally posted by Drake Tungsten The Tumbler is awesome.

You like 12-ounce drinking glasses??

	03-06-2005 05:59									#22
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The new Batmobile...

	03-06-2005 06:51									#23
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Looks more like a Bat - Monster Truck. I wonder how many pickup trucks it can crush?

	03-06-2005 06:58									#24
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catwoman
all the others

	03-06-2005 07:45									#25
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Neither of them are worth $10 for a movie ticket. War of the Worlds may be worth a couple of bucks in rental fees.

	03-06-2005 09:50									#26
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I think that they are trying to conquer all of the mistakes that were made with the previous batman movies (the increasingly revealing outfits) and the even "cooler" batmobiles. It seems to be the anti batmobile as far as the "tradition" goes.

I was excited at the prospect of War of the Worlds, but it looks far crappier than I hadn't hoped. I'd read read the "Whit Mountain Trilogy" instead.

	03-06-2005 09:52									#27
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quote: Originally posted by bipolarbear I think that they are trying to conquer all of the mistakes that were made with the previous batman movies

It looks like it may star Batman rather than the villian.

	03-06-2005 09:58									#28
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Hehe... the cinema I go to only charges $5 AUD for students.... which means I can afford to see any crap old film.... even Tom Cruise in a vandalized Wells film.

After watching the time machine I have no confidence in this film.

	03-06-2005 10:25									#29
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quote: Originally posted by Dracon II After watching the time machine I have no confidence in this film.

Funny argument. AFAIK, there's no relation whatsoever between the team that produced The Time Machine and the one that produced The War of Worlds. The guy who directed the Time Machine is a nobody, whereas Spielberg directed War of Worlds...

	03-06-2005 10:27									#30
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quote: After watching the time machine I have no confidence in this film.

ditto. But I didn't really need time machine to tell me, more the preview.

What about the Narnia Chronicles? Anybody care about those?

I do. It LOTR light.

My LOTR. The LOTR w/ less intense reading.