Batman/Superman movie announced for 2016

Joshkaz · December 29, 2013, 9:42pm

What Rock said.

She doesnt need to be ripped, but she needs to have an athletic build.

Rhio2k · December 29, 2013, 10:13pm

Good lord, YES. Animated films are usually easier to pull off a win with…if the parent company doesn’t let the animators fuck around with personalities and character design…looking at you, Marvel’s "vs The Hulk"duo. BTW, when will this baby hit the internet (I know, a month or more before the actual release on dvd, but do we have an estimate)?

DukeC · December 29, 2013, 10:17pm

What was wrong with the Marvel vs Hulk movies? I mean, I didn’t particularly care for the Thor one but I thought the Wolverine one was good.

But then again it had Deadpool in it so I might be biased as to the quality of the movie…

goodm0urning · December 30, 2013, 1:33am

Wonder Woman is an Amazon. She’s not big because she has to be. She’s big because she’s a frickin’ Amazon.

po_pimpus · December 30, 2013, 9:59am

I don’t think anyone(except sexless morons) is demanding a busty Wonder Woman. People just want an athletic, muscular, yet still feminine Diana who doesn’t look like she’ll fall over if you push her hard enough.

Wonder Woman can hang with Supes in a fight… Gal Gadot right now looks like Anne Hathaway’s Catwoman could bust her ass, and that’s not a good look for the Amazonian Princess.

Raz0r · December 30, 2013, 7:16pm

Why do bigger muscles equate to being able to be super strong? In comics, especially as of late, it’s less about muscle for some characters (Superman, for example) and about their powers for their super strength. Wonder Woman can be super skinny and still strong if her powers come from her god-like side.

maxx · December 30, 2013, 7:18pm

sthp. it will always be about the muscles when it comes to marvel and dc. even in this hyper realistic style comics is doing…the mainstream still hasnt strayed from big muscled capes.

goodm0urning · December 30, 2013, 7:20pm

I read this post and went back in time to answer it before you asked.

Raz0r · December 30, 2013, 7:23pm

I refuse to scroll up.

maxx · December 31, 2013, 12:09pm

funny cause when you load this page…you have to scroll down.

Rhio2k · December 31, 2013, 4:25pm

You want scrawny characters with super-strength? Go to Dc’s Supergirl, or anime and manga. That’s pretty much all you have available. American comics at least deal in SOME realism in superhero comics: super build = super strength, or more accurately: if a character has super strength they will have a build that lets you know they have at LEAST better-than-average strength…before they snatch up a Subaru and home-run swing someone with it. On the fantastic side, bullets still have fucked-up and inconsistent physics (the same gun throwing a bad guy backwards off their feet, while a non-invincible good guy who’s shot by surprise is able to stand in place, staring at the bloody hole that just appeared on their chest before collapsing in a heap) and cars still explode with the force of c4. Go figure.

Don_Barracuda · December 31, 2013, 4:49pm

Batman and Robin should look like this just to balance things out

Million · December 31, 2013, 9:15pm

Has that “skinny and frail = absurdly strong!” thing died or at least slowed down in anime/manga yet? I’ve only kept up with the major, famous ones, really. It’s something that got tiresome pretty fast, imo…mainly because of how predictable it became… 2 or 3 new villains show up on the scene…and you know that while the big buff guy is super strong, the little dude with the body frame of a 9 year old is most likely the one with true godlike strength/power that makes the big guy look like a chump in comparison. Aren’t anime/manga fans getting tired of how predictable that has become?

*y’know…maybe the people behind this Wonder Woman casting decision may have grown up with that sort of thing…? Or it may just be Hollywood’s general notion of what is supposed to be “hot” taking priority over any kind of character accuracy.

goodm0urning · December 31, 2013, 10:12pm

The latter. All day. The entertainment industry in general has an extremely narrow view of what people are supposed to look like. Just ask Paul Dini or Dwayne McDuffie.

maxx · December 31, 2013, 10:16pm

lemme get my ouji board

goodm0urning · December 31, 2013, 10:34pm

Please do.

Don_Barracuda · January 6, 2014, 2:42pm

Scott Adkins confirms audition

http://movies.cosmicbooknews.com/content/maybe-well-get-ninja-batman-scott-adkins-confirms-audition

Back in August it was rumored that Scott Adkins had auditioned for the new Batman in Zack Snyder’s Batman Vs. Superman, sequel to Man of Steel. Ben Affleck has been named to be the new Bruce Wayne/Batman.

Scott Adkins’ response to the questioning in the following interview with Behind The Mask about auditioning for Batman is interesting as it seems to imply the audition may have featured martial arts. There is also the fact that he was asked to audition in the first place which may hint at the possibility. It could be that Snyder and company wanted to get an idea of some of the moves they may be incorporating for their Batman, as Adkins says he never expected to get the job.

That’s an issue I had with the Nolan movies, and especially The Dark Knight Rises, and that was Batman didn’t seem much of a martial artist, but basically just did kicks and punches. Obviously the suit Christian Bale wore may have had something to do with that, which could be another clue as to the suit Ben Affleck will be getting if the new Batman will be incorporating more martial arts moves into his repertoire.

Adkins offers the following:
*"They asked me to audition. Yeah. So I did. That's as far as it went. I know there was a big campaign on the internet, which was great for the free publicity, but I think that's because obviously Batman is a martial artist to such that's his super power. Isn't it? People are disappointed that he has not been shown off as the martial artist he should be. I guess I look like Bruce Wayne.

I wasn't crossing my fingers. I wasn't holding my breath. It was a great opportunity to audition and let some of those people up in the higher positions know who I am and look at me, but I never expected it to happen. But the whole thing on the internet...I'm flattered. Ben Affleck, I think is going to do an amazing job. I've always been a huge fan of his. Maybe when I've won an Oscar I'll get the kind of luck he's got, but it's not luck is it? He deserves it.

I was just happy to do it and enjoyed it to be honest, really enjoyed it - to play that character, even if it was for just a few seconds."*

16:00mark

goodm0urning · January 7, 2014, 5:25am

Jerry Seinfeld did an Ask Me Anything on Reddit. (Here, if anyone’s interested.) Seinfeld is famously a Superman fan. Here’s what he had to say on the subject:

dayofthedead204:

"Hi Jerry!

Thanks for doing this ama!

I think most people know that you’re a Superman fan. My question is - do you have any Superman comics or collectibles in your home? And if so - what do you consider to be your most prized Superman piece of merchandise?"

_Seinfeld:

“I have a few old Supermans with the Curt Swan art from the 60’s. But nothing impressive. I have a really nice model of Kal-El being loaded into the rocket and then another model of the rocket landing in from of Ma and Pa Kent. Those are my best Superman collectibles.”

Evvin:

“Your opinion on the new Superman film “Man of Steel”?”

_Seinfeld:

“I was so happy that they made another Superman movie! I’m really reluctant to be critical of it in any way. But I thought the glossing over of the figuring out a secret identity and why he felt he needed one was a huge missed opportunity for that character, and one of the most interesting things about Superman is the whole secret identity. So to me it was too much action / violence and not enough character study.”

Kusanagi02 · January 7, 2014, 5:38am

Pure speculation but if WB goes through with this, they can go fuck themselves.
http://badassdigest.com/2014/01/06/will-wonder-woman-be-kryptonian-in-batman-vs-superman/

goodm0urning · January 7, 2014, 5:42am

This just in: Batman will also be a Kryptonian, thanks to genetic engineering or something, and Lex Luthor will also be Kryptonian, because just why the fuck not.

Source - Shitass McPoopfart, writing for the Des Moines Better Homes catalog.