The Batman

[mattycsi]

New pics from Liverpool's View attachment 1357549 St-George's Hall for a funeral scene:
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Keep an eye out for a hookey Batmobile stereo on Ebay!

 

[joberg]

Colin Farrell in make-up as the Penguin

 

[NakedMoleRat]

Cat woman Penguin, this has cluttered mess written all over it.

 

[Strikerkc]

Cat woman Penguin, this has cluttered mess written all over it.

I think that the best chance for a batman movie to have 2 villain's in it, and still be good, is for one of them to be cat woman.

When one of the villains is a problem for Batman (Penguin) and the other is a problem for Bruce (Selina) it lets us see him deal with the two sides of his character in one film.

That said, this movie also has Riddler, so who the hell knows? lol

 

[HMSwolfe]

I think that the best chance for a batman movie to have 2 villain's in it, and still be good, is for one of them to be cat woman.

When one of the villains is a problem for Batman (Penguin) and the other is a problem for Bruce (Selina) it lets us see him deal with the two sides of his character in one film.

That said, this movie also has Riddler, so who the hell knows? lol

Yeah, I also like that take as well. But padding the movie with villains might overstuff the movie, unless it’s a storyline like one of the Arkham games, which still might not work out that well as a movie. Still, I like the look of Farrell’s Penguin, and Batman Returns is my personal favorite of the Keaton films, so the pairing of the villains seems like a good choice.

 

[Ron]

It can work as long as there's only ONE main villain. In Batman Begins for example, you had three villains: Ras Al-Ghul, Scarecrow, and Carmine Falcone. Ras was the main villain while Scarecrow and Falcone were working for him. There was a proper balance between them. Similar scenario with Batman Returns. Batman then deals with them according to their threat value.

The problem is when you have villains that share the same status as they do in the Schumacher ones. The story gets crowded with Batman having to dispose of each one in a climactic feat too unbelievable even for him watering down their combined threat.

 

[cboath]

I think that the best chance for a batman movie to have 2 villain's in it, and still be good, is for one of them to be cat woman.

When one of the villains is a problem for Batman (Penguin) and the other is a problem for Bruce (Selina) it lets us see him deal with the two sides of his character in one film.

That said, this movie also has Riddler, so who the hell knows? lol

Thing is they did Catwoman AND Penguin in the same flick in what? 1992? Couldn't even make the effort for a unique pairing.

 

[Strikerkc]

I actually think those two are good villain matches. If the two were joker and cat woman, it'd be almost all action. bane and cat woman; all action. But Penguin is a cancer. He corrupts the world and cultivates power. Bats has to find a way to thwart him. He can't just find Penguin in the middle of stealing a diamond, beat the crap out of him, and drop him at the police station.

Then the flip side, is Bats chasing cat woman across rooftops.

Penguin and cat woman also travel in the same high class circles; so it gives better reason for bats to be running into both in the same arc. Penguin is throwing a bash and trying to consolidate power, Bruce is there to try and dig up info, and Selina is scoping out heirloom jewelry and picking pockets.

 

[harrisonp]

It looks like Penguin is filling that organized crime/Falcone type role too seeing as he’s not all costumed up, so I think that will change the portrayal a bit

 

[joberg]

Entrance to the Bat Cave:

Ice rink set:

Street set:

 

[Strikerkc]

that ice rink looked pretty small, until I took note of how small the crew cab on the crane at the right side of the picture looks...

 

[Somerset]

I was walking through the car park of my local cinema in SE London this afternoon and noticed that the car park was fuller than it ever had been pre-pandemic with signs like "Crew walkway" and "AP Cars" dotted around. I asked the attendant why it was so full, and he said (although he 'wasn't supposed to say') that they were filming Batman in the disused newspaper print works next door (they have raves there now). So I guess that will be some sort of disused warehouse or industrial setting.

 

[MattBlack]

I was walking through the car park of my local cinema in SE London this afternoon and noticed that the car park was fuller than it ever had been pre-pandemic with signs like "Crew walkway" and "AP Cars" dotted around. I asked the attendant why it was so full, and he said (although he 'wasn't supposed to say') that they were filming Batman in the disused newspaper print works next door (they have raves there now). So I guess that will be some sort of disused warehouse or industrial setting.

Clearly that building has found new life as a media set as it was just used in the most recent UK series of Taskmaster!

 

[Ron]

I was walking through the car park of my local cinema in SE London this afternoon and noticed that the car park was fuller than it ever had been pre-pandemic with signs like "Crew walkway" and "AP Cars" dotted around. I asked the attendant why it was so full, and he said (although he 'wasn't supposed to say') that they were filming Batman in the disused newspaper print works next door (they have raves there now). So I guess that will be some sort of disused warehouse or industrial setting.

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Looks prison-like. Maybe Arkham Asylum? Or Blackgate?

 

[JLeezy23]

The quote is actually from several people and their reviews

 

[Strikerkc]

Yea. Seen another comment or two about it being more of a horror flick told through the batman story line, than a traditional "super hero" story.

Which I'm fine with.

 

[Psab keel]

If true, then at least it's a fresh take on the character and trying to do something new with him. Given the 80 plus year history I'm open to new interpretations. Being a horror fan I'm intrigued.

 

[JoeG]

There's a new trailer coming in October during DC Fandome. Guess we'll find out more then.

 

[NakedMoleRat]

I wasn’t planning on watching it anyway.

 

[The Goon]

...When one of the villains is a problem for Batman (Penguin) and the other is a problem for Bruce (Selina) it lets us see him deal with the two sides of his character in one film.

That said, this movie also has Riddler, so who the hell knows? lol

Riddler is only in this movie so they can introduce a gender-fluid Dick Grayson/Robin to flirt with him.

^ That's a lie...unless it turns out to be true.