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This may be why the producers are looking at doing Robin's roots. With The Dark Knight doing the business that it did, Warner Bros. are going to want to bend over backwards to replicate the success by keeping Nolan/Bale on board, or at least having the film series in a similar vein. That's why there's no JLA film, and that's probably why they'd do a Dick Grayson show. Nolan and Bale both don't want Robin in the film continuity, so to keep feeding the success of the Batman media, they can Smallville-ize a major character in the mythos who won't be used until many years down the line. Seriously though, I don't want to see a clown shout "Hey DJ, let's see you on the trapeze!! Why so serious?" Men in suits are baffling in their ineptitude.

It's addressed earlier in the thread. This is being covered because it's within the same series continuity of Gotham Knights, much like Sub Zero was covered before S:TAS.

The concept doesn't sound terrible, but "DJ Grayson".....? Really? Is their any basis for this, at all?

Maybe there is a difference in reading it and watching it. Whenever I have read a comic with Peter Parker I have no problem with him. In the movies I just really want him to die. That's Tobey Maguire syndrome. Damn you, and all of your kind.

Joy.

Not entirely sure if this is the right folder, but ho hum... Over the weekend I picked up my first ever non-Simpsons comic - the collected works of Watchmen. And that's bloody brilliant. But for buying it, I got a free sampler of other Alan Moore-created characters. And whilst there were quite a few characters that looked intersting, I gravitated most towards the comics pertaining to Tom Strong. The sampler covered the character's background, then had a "Young Tom Strong" comic further on and a short comiv where his daughter flies his jet to another planet for a night out, without any dialogue whatsoever. Anyone else come across this? Oh, and there's a gorilla called King Solomon. His dialogue is the way I think I sound to all Americans when I appear on the podcasts.....

Uh, wow! Branagh doing a CBM is......wow. And I might be going to watch that Ivanov show in a few weeks. Though if I can't get tickets, I'll go watch Spamalot instead.

Batman: The Last Stand, anyone? Whilst I agree that The Joker's villain status could justify a re-casting, and that spin-offs/team-ups would benefit minor characters, this interview does nothing to enhance my view of Brett Ratner. Famed DC-hater Robert Downey Jr. as The Joker? Another Halle Berry Storm movie appearance?!?!?

In my notes for future CR reviews of the Spider-Man series (minus 3, which I've already done), I've circled the question of why some fans don't like the Raimi interpretation. That said, I'll probably gravitate towards asking Des rather than asking Feral.

I dunno, we could relive the pain for James' benefit, not to mention the epic that is Supergirl! :devil:

Happy Birthday, sir!

Umm....wow. Do I ever regret being asleep for all this. Oh no, don't bait the guy.....

Birthday greetings!

I only talk at the urinal if a friend of mine happens to be there, or comes in whilst I'm in mid-flow. But otherwise no.

I got their mini-album Nightfreak and the sons of Becker a while back, and found it oddly compelling. Not a masterpiece but I could not stop listening to it. I liked thier self-titled album too, I don't know why I haven't got more of thier stuff. In that none of their standalone LPs are start-to-finish classics (and you'll be hard pressed to find a bigger fan of the band than I am), The Singles Collection negates your need to get the other albums if you have the debut and Nightfreak. Not to say any album's bad, and I recommend you try last year's Roots & Echoes, but I'd get the compilation first before you think of getting any other albums. DCAUfan - Nickelback love is not encouraged around here, if only because Des will punch you in the back of the head!!

See, thats just the thing. The way you phrased it, Nolan's Batman. I would have such great respect for a film crew who would translate the source material accurately to film instead of a director putting his stamp on it and material getting watered down. 'Cause that's what happens. I liked 'Batman Begins' a hell of a lot, but it shouldn't be hold in such high regard as a highly respectably made Batman film. Erm.....why not? Because Nolan put a stamp on it? I couldn't even tell you what a "Nolan stamp" was and I've seen about half his work. Is your qualm that it doesn't absolutely stick to the official DC continuity of Batman's origins? If you think about it, the main villain is Ra's al-Ghul, who's probably the biggest foe of Batman's you can get away with introducing, pre-Joker. Casting any of the other generally recognised villains (from either the 90s films or the Adam West series) before the Joker would be a mistake, so it works for me that Scarecrow got used as a second tier villain whilst being menacing in his own way. The Penguin's a character who'd fit in a more evenly-stacked mob empire than the Falcone-dominated Gotham of Batman Begins, IMO. Agreed, although it's true of every blockbuster, really. Studios want a good romance element to reel in the female demographic It's all an interpretation. At worst, with regards to the origins story, there's no real way to do the Hush storyline, but without an X-Men: The Last Stand-sized cast, that couldn't happen anyway (and if it did, it would be a clusterfuck). Honestly, it's virtually impossible to translate the entire mythos of a character into a good Hollywood movie. On topic: I agree with Preston that there are quite a few ways to progress from Spider-Man 3 from where they left it, without needing a reboot. I know the Spider-Man has had several different cartoons and has had his entire marriage rebooted in the comics, but the current trilogy have grossed more than all other CBMs that aren't The Dark Knight, so there's no commercial reson to reboot this franchise until it underperforms, regardless of reactions to the actual quality of the film.

The Coral's Singles Collection. Along with its second disc of demos & rarities, this album makes me so very, very happy!

First off, how would he know? Second, would they be if he actually helped them make them? Firstly, the handling of LXG could probably turn one off a studio for life, especially if you consider WB's general track record with CBMs. And in the same way video game fans don't enjoy VGMs due to studio disregard for the in-built mythos, Alan Moore could rightly feel that all his creative energies that went into the Watchmen book won't be reflected in a 2-3 hour film version. It'd help if he saw the films to confirm such hunches, but it isn't hard to believe why creators might not neccessarily embrace different mediums. And hey, I want to see this film. I loved V for Vendetta too. But if something you've created is being adapted for a mass market in a different medium by people who aren't going to give you the full reign you once had, you have a right to be a bit nervous about the end product.

Smeghead. Sigged!!!

Gosh! That's pretty awesome. (Both a statement and a blanket endorsement for anyone wanting to promote something).

God freaking dammit. I already own Birds Of Prey, and it's actually not bad. And hey, it's also in continuity!!! [/stirring] Sorry, I've just been compiling something for WFP and the amount of clips I've ripped about the Teen Titans "controversy" is insane. I'd much rather focus on all the dirty things Mike says, or James swearing, or the impressions, but I have to give over a portion of time to people complaining that they're getting more content. Jeez! On topic: Cheers for the link! I can't really dislike something I haven't seen, but Birds of Prey is pretty low down on my list of things to buy so it's nice that I don't have to get that. And I watched suavestar's youTube review of it, so it is on the list.

I cannot wait to torrent this. I see the pictures and I....well, I enjoy them immensely.

.....NSFW, much???

3 stand up DVDs doesn't sound like too much for one comic, IMO. I don't tend to buy stand-up DVDs but my brother has 3 Bill Bailey DVDs and 4 Ross Noble DVDs, and they're always good to throw on. EDIT: I'll probably go and see this. Maybe I'm shallow, but a comedy film about amateur porn appeals to my demographic sensibilities!