CB2001
Master Member
I don't know who the hell Brian Nolan is. I know there's Christopher Nolan (who is the director) and Jonathan Nolan (who has co-written the scripts).
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I don't know who the hell Brian Nolan is. I know there's Christopher Nolan (who is the director) and Jonathan Nolan (who has co-written the scripts).
OldKen
Master Member
LOL. Yeah, that's what I meant. BRAIN FART! :darnkids
Either way, I don't get what all the uproar is about.
They may make it make sense?
All I know... She DOES look like cat woman. What are you all wanting here? What did you expect? :confused
PantheraGem
Sr Member
I've brought it up before, the audience I saw it with reacted the exact same way. Kind of like, "Even The Joker isn't that crazy." There were laughs again when she blew up. Mainly I think just because no one cared about her character.
MooCriket
Master Member
I'm still holding out hope that Nolan will deliver despite not really digging the Bane costume. As far as Catwoman goes, meh. It is what it is, and personaly, I would not mind seeing her get offed by Bane or Bats with extreme prejudice.
MooCriket
Master Member
You needed this! And I 110% agree. I think she looks like an old man that looks like a turtle.
Rodann
Sr Member
:lol That's hilarious! I thought Gyllenhaal was sexy in that James Spader secretary movie years ago, but quickly changed my mind.
I just don't buy Hathaway as a tough character. In Devil Wears Prada, she fit the part, but came off weak when she had to be tough. "Oliver syndrome" (Please sir, may I have some more). She doesn't have an edge- and Catwoman does.
As for the costume, it's not that it doesn't LOOK like Catwoman. It's that it looks like that godawful 60s TV show Catwoman. The same way they too closely copied Linda Carter's costume for the new WW. Why are they intent on remaking a TV adaptation/remake in the first place? Just because it was TV, and it's what some people grew up with, does not make it right. In most cases, those fans never even picked up a comic.
Monster Dave
Sr Member
Not that I don't agree with you - original ideas seem rarer and rarer these days. But when they do try to modernize something like they did with Knight Rider a few years ago the whole attempt is ruined (like KITT being made into a Ford Mustang). Some things are just best left alone, unmolested, and un-rebooted.
Rodann
Sr Member
Ahhhh!:lol Yeah, but it wasn't as bad as the Pontiac Banshee KITT!
That horrible Mustang KITT (which was NOT...NOT....KITT!) was like the 3rd attempt at rebooting the franchise. Bleh. And the car couldn't act.
I'm not asking for them to modernize Catwoman, just stay away from the TV show "interpretation". Which they obviously can't.
Monster Dave
Sr Member
I think the problem is that Hathaway looks incorrectly proportioned for the role; her shoulders are overly slender and bony while her hips are wider than her shoulders...not even the original Cat Woman looked like that.
BUT...if you look at the original Cat Woman:
...it's possible to see what they are going for now in the design of the new costume.
BUT...if you look at the original Cat Woman:
...it's possible to see what they are going for now in the design of the new costume.
Monster Dave
Sr Member
meh...already seen him - no big deal there. But with the breakout sequence that was recently filmed and widely publicized from an asylum, that would certainly be plausible.
There's also a rumor running around that there'll be a cameo with Ra's al Ghul.
Monster Dave
Sr Member
^I would say that is more than a rumor, and say he will likely do much more than a cameo or flashback sequence. I just don;t think there could possibly be enough filler from a Bane/Catwoman story. We'll see.
Can't wait to see how this looks on film:
IMO and FWIW - there's nothing worse than having too many threads in a single story. Usually that's the case when a series of movies is coming to a close. Having Batman, Catwoman, Bane, Scare Crow, and Ra’s al Ghul...that just sounds like too much character development for a single 2hr movie.
And the new 'bat plane' looks....odd:
From what I've been able to piece together, the design for the Tumbler must get stolen by some company competing against Wayne industries. And because all of the pics to date of the other Tumblers show them in camo colors, one might be lead to think that it could be a defense contractor of sorts...perhaps a company that Selina Kyle works for...or better yet, a business funded/supported by the League of Shadows?? Humm...
Either way, I think it's a pretty reasonable guess to say that Catwoman's altruistic tendencies after making some sort of discovery are probably what lead her to helping Batman.
Thoughts?? Opinions?
CB2001
Master Member
First off, that Mustang was perfect for KITT. Because KITT, in the original show was a normal looking car with a computer built into it. Lets face it, a car like a Mustang (or a Trans-Am at the time the original show was produced) is a lot less inconspicuous a vehicle to be driving around than a BMW or a Jaguar. A very expensive sports car would stand out if you were tailing a suspect. A run-of-the-mill Mustang, which is mass produced and can be seen multiple times in one day, doesn't stand out that much. Some of the missions that would most likely be encountered would require a stealth/low profile presence. Do you think a hulking Humvee or an expensive Ferrari counts as that? No. The original KITT also fit the stealth/low profile presence because he looked like a run-of-the-mill Trans-Am on the outside (with only one minor difference). Hell, there was a running gag in the show about it!
And second of all, it wasn't the third attempt. You forgot not only "Knight Rider 2010" (which started off as a true KR continuation in script, but became a TV movie which the only thing that had in common with the previous shows was a talking car. And a lot of fans don't seem to acknowledge its existence) and "Team Knight Rider." So the recent "Knight Rider" series counts as forth attempt at resurrecting the KR franchise.
Monster Dave
Sr Member
Not to continue by thread jacking, but I'm sure I'm not the only one who'd disagree with you about KITT being put into a Mustang.
Secondly, Val Kilmer as the voice of KITT?? Are you kidding me???
Oh and then there's your "sleek and stealthly" comment. Is that what you call this:
:unsure
....and don't let me get started on TKR....
cboath
Master Member
Well, you get a mustang when you go into making the series and put it out to car companies that the highest bidder's car gets to be the star of the show....
Don't know if they did that back in the 80's or not, though.
As for batman, scarecrow made a quickie appearance in TDKR didn't he? Could be a similar thing.
Don't know if they did that back in the 80's or not, though.
As for batman, scarecrow made a quickie appearance in TDKR didn't he? Could be a similar thing.
cayman shen
Master Member
I agree that too many villians will kill this story. Too much crap shoe-horned in. Spiderman 3 did it (well, that had a LOT of other problems), Batman and Robin (ditto), etc etc. When you try to cram everything AND the kitchen sink into a 2.5 hour movie, you feel like you're just kind of getting a summary of something that should have been longer and more involved.
robstyle
Master Member
Guys, Knight Rider was a joke in the 80's and went into parody of a joke from there on out.
With the "Bat Jet" as its revered to above, it will be completed in post CGI. The bit of him sitting in the cube is the c0ckpit of the larger version used for close ups.
With the "Bat Jet" as its revered to above, it will be completed in post CGI. The bit of him sitting in the cube is the c0ckpit of the larger version used for close ups.
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