Dark Knight International Poster
 

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Holy crap!

thats purty

I'm stoked about that movie, loved batman begins

the new trailer with the school buses showed that cop destroying the bat signal spotlight thing... looks like its going to be a great movie

Another Batman movie! You've got to be kidding me. Come on! Can't Hollywood come up with a new idea? This is just plain stupid.

Actually, if you saw Batman Begins, you would know that it's a great idea.

You know what I hate: This mantra.

It's the same as "English Literature hasn't been the same since Shakespeare. There's plenty of good films and good books since the "golden age" of each realm. It's just stupid to assert otherwise.

This will be a great movie assuming it follows the Dark Knight storyline....older Bruce Wayne hs been retired - crime is rising - decides to come back....that stuff.....and for once I agree with Goatse - there are a TON of good Batman storylines out there - as well as any other superhero...

That Joker poster is rad. I hope we get the demented (not so much funny) mass-murdering Joker in this movie.

Batman Begins was a FANTASTIC film. Loaded with great character actors, terrific storyline, well-written, typical Bat-Toys for Bruce Wayne to use, to create his symbol........Heath Ledger will carry the tradition a step further, it'll be incredible.......

Is Chris Nolan directing this too (I hope)?

from the guy with the freshest username in centuries.

Yes. And wrote it.

And filming some parts in IMAX........

You should be happy, then.

Entire thing shot in IMAX. Saw a piece talking about how they had to custom make a lot of the rigs, dollys and whatnot b/c the weight and size of the camera, but made sure that it wouldn't compromise any of the shot setups.

Another 2 posters & poor quality of the new trailer...

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Anyone have wallpaper size of these posters? 1024x768 atleast

Likewise. I hope they can match that standard.

I think Ledger will make a good sick, twisted Joker, too. I've always thought he was a good actor.

wow, try watching Batman Begins. That was a great movie and the best Batman by far since the first one with Jack Nicholson. This movie is gonna kick a$$

Agreed, i saw BB in theaters twice, rarely do I attempt that. I also love BB in HDDVD, this movie should run with the momentum the first one had. The posters are pretty damn sweet.

Another badass poster
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Heath Ledger is Joker? Kinda lame

I wonder how much longer until Dick Grayson shows up??

Regarding the poster shown in this thread's starter post:

Why would The Dark Knight be centered directly on the one of the frames/supports of the windows instead of on one of the panes?

Regarding the poster shown in this thread's starter post:

Why would The Dark Knight be centered directly on one of the frames/supports of the windows instead of on one of the panes?

I'm a little skeptical too about Heath Ledger, but hopefully it will work out because I'm very excited for this movie (which usually equals a let down for me, but I don't think that will be the case with this one!) I was pretty excited when I first heard that Sean Penn was going to be the joker, but we'll see.

I bet Heath does a good job. He still gets a bad rep for playing a faqqot, but I think hell do good here.

I was hoping Johnny Depp would get the part to be honest.

I dunno from that preview that was posted, Heath had me sold as the Joker

**** I cant wait to see this movie.

Just watched it, looks like they ripped off The Crow

Obviously they are not going for the Jack Nicholson "Over the top" portrayel.

I admire the balls to try something different.

Well that's kind of what the Joker is...over the top.

I'll watch it. I was a little disappointed in the 1st one, I understand they're trying something different it just seemed with Bale and Nolan it could've been better

Maybe I'm just taking a shot in the dark, but Nolan definitely understands the dark underbelly of Batman, as both a troubled person & as a mythic hero, and the frame of the poster is setup with Batman midframe behind the steel frame. IMO, it's symbolizes prison bars. Batman, being removed from the city and yet watching over it. Never able to be fully incorporated as a normal citizen... yada, yada, can't ever really find a girl b/c he has to keep them at a distance...

Take it for what it's worth, just my thoughts...

While I loved Nicholson in the first one, looking back, it was kind of Jack playing "Jack Nicholson: as The Joker" (If that makes sense.)

I like the darker, grittier direction this new series has taken. And I think Ledger will be great as a sick, sadistic Joker.

I love the lack of "camp". It's obvious this is based on "The Dark Knight", and not the 60's TV show. You can't say the same about most of the previous movies.

Wow. Symbolism. :hmmm: Nice.

Well that explains it. I loved The Crow too. :)

Agreed. Nicholsons Joker was great for what it was. It fit right in with the Tim Burton world of Batman.

But that sort of portrayal would be totally out of place in Nolans Batman.

I loved the casting for the first movie and it just gets better for this one. You keep everyone from the first one, except replace Katie Holmes with Maggie Gyllenhal (HUGE, HUGE upgrade). Then you add Heath Ledger, Aaron Eckhart (Harvey Dent/Two Face) and I believe Anthony Michael Hall as the Riddler (if internet reports are correct). But then again, I'm happy with just Christian Bale and Gary Oldman, everyone else is just bonus for me.

Sorry, Batman was around before the Crow. I loved The Crow, but if you've ever read any of the older Batman stuff, you'd know the Joker isn't what was portrayed in the TV series or in the 1st movie.

O'Barr more than likely borrowed from them then the other way around.

Anyone that likes Batman should check out the adult books that they had a number of writers pen their own short stories and compiled... very good, IMO.

Anthony Michael Hall is not cast as the Riddler, last I checked, he debunked this rumor. If you scour, I'm pretty sure they mention who he plays, and its not Edward Nigma

Oh, yeah. I know. But I still loved The Crow. :)

(Only the first one.)

I mentioned it earlier, but it would be kinda cool if Dick Grayson showed up.

I definetly have become a much bigger fan of mr psycho himself as batman

I heard Batman can do 1000 crunches now

I regret to have never seen the Crow films at all, I assume the series of movies went to hell after brandon lee's death? I heard edward furlong and tera reid were in the 3rd or 4th installment? ROFL

I probably need to rent the original Crow.

Who did you like better, as Batman? Keaton?

Yeah. The first one is great. (Amazing soundtrack, too) Check it out.

After the first one, don't bother.

The first Crow was very good although it felt incomplete fittingly so since Lee die before they finished filming.

No, I thought Bateman was great. AP is one of all time fav movies. Think I'll go post an AP thread in the lounge in a minute.

I have actually seen it on sale on dvd quite a few times as the "collectors series", i have no idea why i never rented it, but i may just do that this weekend. It's too bad about Lee's death, he must've had quite a performance in that flick. Did he die in the original movie on the set?

As for the new batman, he definetly is better than the other's, keaton is more comic bookish, that fit the early 90's

Ah, gotcha.

Yeah he got shot by a stunt man IIRC. They thought there were blanks in the gun but it turned out to be real bullets.

hehe, American Psycho is a movie i own

Yeah. Chalked up to a freak accident. Too bad, I bet he'd have had a hell of a career.

Ahh, i see, how the hell do they **** that up?!

Yeah i remember hearing about him back in the day, i definetly am interested in seeing The Crow now, it's too bad.

It's just a very well put together movie. Dark atmosphere, great 90's grunge rock, good acting.

It was a great (dark) hero movie, before the comic movie craze hit.

Watch it. You'll love it.

I especially dig the scene where he's putting on the makeup to The Cure : Burn.

(Yeah, I've seen that movie too many times.)

haha, appreciate it, i'll definetly check it out, hell may even buy it. I've always heard it was a cool movie but just never got around to it. Ever see Rapid Fire?

I heard that's one of the scenes they filmed after he died and they actually used a double and digitally imposed his face in the mirror.

Actually it's just really cold and he got his tongue stuck to the metal part.

Ladies and Gentlemen, the Batman IMAX preview (first 6 min) and the theatrical trailer are nothing short of incredible.

If there's still dissent about Ledger (and I lead them, saying he was a miscast on paper), they can STFU. Great cast and going to be a wonderfully shot movie.

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THIS MOVIE IS GONNA TURN ME INTO A SEXUAL TYRANNOSAURUS!!!!

Buncha slack jawed bundle of stickss around here....

Something isn't right with how both Bruce and Brandon Lee died. Weird!!!

And does anyone know how Jason Scott Lee is related?

Not related at all

Was Bruce Lee an only child?

Never really got into Batman. Probably because he's not a Superhero. He's just a dude in a suit.

not quite accurate... read:

which is what, IMO, makes him a better superhero. how can superman, morally-speaking, not be a superhero? he was born to be a superhero, what with being able to leap tall buildings in a single bound, fly, all that stuff.

batman chose to be a superhero.

to me, that makes him a better hero. much more interesting from a character standpoint.

New one.

Yeah, i could see that framed & on my living room wall.

Meanwhile, Superman's basically a god. Only vulnerable to a substance that doesn't even exist on earth. Where's the fun in that?

Except the Smallville version where he keeps getting his ass kicked by girls.

There happens to be tons of kryptonite everywhere as well, hah

im still catching up to this season, only seen the 2nd episode of this years

They had a whole episode of some crime/news show on this, and as I recall, they had a gun with the blanks, but they also needed a close-up shot down the barrel where you could see the bullet in the chamber. So they had this 'blank gun' with the tip of a bullet in front of the blank and Lee didn't know the bullet tip had been put in there for the close-up.

They loaded the pistol with dummy shells that had the powder removed from the casing but still had real bullets at the end. One of those bullets dislodged from the empty casing and got stuck in the barrel of the pistol. The weapons handler (who is the one who bears true responsibility for this incident) didn't notice that the bullet was missing when he removed the dummy shells. After that, the same gun was used with blanks, which have no bullets but powder in the casing. When the trigger was pulled, the powder in the blank propelled the dislodged bullet forward just like a normal shot.

Very sad.

The guy who played Fun Boy was the one who pulled the trigger. Even though he was absolutely not to blame, that sure must be tough to live with.

Here is the full description of the incident from IMDB:

Brandon Lee died during a mishap on the set. A scene required a gun to be loaded, cocked, and then pointed at the camera. Because of the close-range of the shot, the bullets loaded had real brass caps, but no powder. After the cut, the props master (not the arms master - he had left the set for the day) dry-fired the gun to get the cock off, knocking an empty cartridge into the barrel of the gun. The next scene to be filmed involving that gun was the rape of Shelly. The gun was loaded with blanks (which usually contain double or triple the powder of a normal bullet to make a loud noise). Lee entered the set carrying a bag of groceries containing an explosive blood pack. The script called for Funboy (Michael Massee) to shoot Eric Draven (Lee) as he entered the room, triggering the blood pack. The cartridge that was stuck in the barrel was blasted at Lee through the bag he was carrying, killing him. The footage of his death was destroyed without being developed. Lee is the son of martial arts legend Bruce Lee, who died in mysterious circumstances before completing Game of Death (1978). See also Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story (1993).