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Zikten 06/13/18 12:56:53 PM #1:	read the comics. some do. but some don't. like Nolan and Bale. you can tell neither of them gives a fuck about the source material. if you get to direct or act in a super hero movie, you should have to by law, read some of the comics about your character so you know what your doing. <cite>Zikten posted [p:903166219] in it should ... [t:76708636]...</cite> <quote>read the comics. some do. but some don't. like Nolan and Bale. you can tell neither of them gives a fuck about the source material. if you get to direct or act in a super hero movie, you should have to by law, read some of the comics about your character so you know what your doing.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
hockeybub89 06/13/18 1:00:47 PM #2:	The Dark Knight is a masterpiece --- http://card.psnprofiles.com/1/NIR_Hockey.png http://www.last.fm/user/hockeybub89/ <cite>hockeybub89 posted [p:903166531] in it should ... [t:76708636]...</cite> <quote>The Dark Knight is a masterpiece</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Zikten 06/13/18 1:01:40 PM #3:	hockeybub89 posted... The Dark Knight is a masterpiece most people who say this don't actually read batman comics. the only good thing about Dark Knight was Joker. I bet Heath Ledger read the comics but I don't think Bale did <cite>Zikten posted [p:903166599] in it should ... [t:76708636]...</cite> <quote><cite>hockeybub89 posted...</cite> <quote>The Dark Knight is a masterpiece</quote> most people who say this don't actually read batman comics. the only good thing about Dark Knight was Joker. I bet Heath Ledger read the comics but I don't think Bale did</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
AlisLandale 06/13/18 1:02:12 PM #4:	Batman Begins and TDK were great. Bale was basically a Batman who was fine leaving behind a legacy and retiring, which is fine for movies because we know hes never getting a happy ending in the comics lol Does Snyder read comics? Lol --- Sigs are for losers <cite>AlisLandale posted [p:903166642] in it should ... [t:76708636]...</cite> <quote>Batman Begins and TDK were great. Bale was basically a Batman who was fine leaving behind a legacy and retiring, which is fine for movies because we know hes never getting a happy ending in the comics lol Does Snyder read comics? Lol</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Anarchy_Juiblex 06/13/18 1:02:58 PM #5:	If the performance is good enough, they can redefine the character. And it's not like they're uniform in the comics, should Leto be reading Batman 66 for Joker inspiration? --- "Tolerance of intolerance is cowardice." ~ Ayaan Hirsi Ali <cite>Anarchy_Juiblex posted [p:903166703] in it should ... [t:76708636]...</cite> <quote>If the performance is good enough, they can redefine the character. And it's not like they're uniform in the comics, should Leto be reading Batman 66 for Joker inspiration?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Tupacrulez 06/13/18 1:03:09 PM #6:	AlisLandale posted... Batman Begins and TDK were great. Does Snyder read comics? Lol Watchmen is literally the best comic book movie ever. --- Suck less, Rock Moar Have I licked butt hole before? All the time. --r4xor <cite>Tupacrulez posted [p:903166720] in it should ... [t:76708636]...</cite> <quote><cite>AlisLandale posted...</cite> <quote>Batman Begins and TDK were great. Does Snyder read comics? Lol</quote> Watchmen is literally the best comic book movie ever.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Questionmarktarius 06/13/18 1:03:15 PM #7:	AlisLandale posted... Does Snyder read comics? Lol The dude peaked with Watchmen. <cite>Questionmarktarius posted [p:903166730] in it should ... [t:76708636]...</cite> <quote><cite>AlisLandale posted...</cite> <quote>Does Snyder read comics? Lol</quote> The dude peaked with Watchmen.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
AlisLandale 06/13/18 1:04:58 PM #8:	Questionmarktarius posted... AlisLandale posted... Does Snyder read comics? Lol The dude peaked with Watchmen. Thats sort of my point. His last two-three movies were travesties that didnt understand the characters they were about. --- Sigs are for losers <cite>AlisLandale posted [p:903166862] in it should ... [t:76708636]...</cite> <quote><cite>Questionmarktarius posted...</cite> <quote><cite>AlisLandale posted...</cite> <quote>Does Snyder read comics? Lol</quote> The dude peaked with Watchmen.</quote> Thats sort of my point. His last two-three movies were travesties that didnt understand the characters they were about.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
hockeybub89 06/13/18 1:08:25 PM #9:	Zikten posted... hockeybub89 posted... The Dark Knight is a masterpiece most people who say this don't actually read batman comics. the only good thing about Dark Knight was Joker. I bet Heath Ledger read the comics but I don't think Bale did What do Batman comics have to do with a movie being great? And which Batman comics should a movie stay faithful to? Things aren't good or bad due to faithfulness, but quality. --- http://card.psnprofiles.com/1/NIR_Hockey.png http://www.last.fm/user/hockeybub89/ <cite>hockeybub89 posted [p:903167117] in it should ... [t:76708636]...</cite> <quote><cite>Zikten posted...</cite> <quote><cite>hockeybub89 posted...</cite> <quote>The Dark Knight is a masterpiece</quote> most people who say this don't actually read batman comics. the only good thing about Dark Knight was Joker. I bet Heath Ledger read the comics but I don't think Bale did</quote> What do Batman comics have to do with a movie being great? And which Batman comics should a movie stay faithful to? Things aren't good or bad due to faithfulness, but quality.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Anarchy_Juiblex 06/13/18 1:08:35 PM #10:	AlisLandale posted... that didnt understand the characters they were about. "Why aren't things written how I want and not how the writer wants!" I'm sure he understands the characters, he just has a different vision of what they should be in a film. (A crappy one but different none the less.) --- "Tolerance of intolerance is cowardice." ~ Ayaan Hirsi Ali <cite>Anarchy_Juiblex posted [p:903167132] in it should ... [t:76708636]...</cite> <quote><cite>AlisLandale posted...</cite> <quote> that didnt understand the characters they were about.</quote> "Why aren't things written how I want and not how the writer wants!" I'm sure he understands the characters, he just has a different vision of what they should be in a film. (A crappy one but different none the less.)</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Ivynn 06/13/18 1:10:18 PM #11:	At the very least people who actively hate superheroes shouldn't be behind their movies (like Snyder) --- https://imgur.com/vDci4hD <cite>Ivynn posted [p:903167256] in it should ... [t:76708636]...</cite> <quote>At the very least people who actively hate superheroes shouldn't be behind their movies (like Snyder)</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Zikten 06/13/18 1:10:57 PM #12:	hockeybub89 posted... What do Batman comics have to do with a movie being great? it shows a lack of understanding of the character when someone doesn't follow the comics and makes up their own version of batman. hockeybub89 posted... And which Batman comics should a movie stay faithful to? most of the comics from the 80's onward would be fine. Batman in the comics is very different from Bale's Batman. <cite>Zikten posted [p:903167292] in it should ... [t:76708636]...</cite> <quote><cite>hockeybub89 posted...</cite> <quote>What do Batman comics have to do with a movie being great? </quote> it shows a lack of understanding of the character when someone doesn't follow the comics and makes up their own version of batman. <cite>hockeybub89 posted...</cite> <quote> And which Batman comics should a movie stay faithful to?</quote> most of the comics from the 80's onward would be fine. Batman in the comics is very different from Bale's Batman.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Ivynn 06/13/18 1:13:45 PM #13:	Zikten posted... it shows a lack of understanding of the character when someone doesn't follow the comics and makes up their own version of batman. tbf that's pretty much what elseworlds are. Frank Miller's ASBAR is pretty much an extreme sociopathic wrong version of Batman but damn if it ain't entertaining --- https://imgur.com/vDci4hD <cite>Ivynn posted [p:903167491] in it should ... [t:76708636]...</cite> <quote><cite>Zikten posted...</cite> <quote>it shows a lack of understanding of the character when someone doesn't follow the comics and makes up their own version of batman. </quote> tbf that's pretty much what elseworlds are. Frank Miller's ASBAR is pretty much an extreme sociopathic wrong version of Batman but damn if it ain't entertaining</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Questionmarktarius 06/13/18 1:15:34 PM #14:	Ivynn posted... Frank Miller's ASBAR is pretty much an extreme sociopathic wrong version of Batman but damn if it ain't entertaining Same could be said of 1966, really. <cite>Questionmarktarius posted [p:903167620] in it should ... [t:76708636]...</cite> <quote><cite>Ivynn posted...</cite> <quote>Frank Miller's ASBAR is pretty much an extreme sociopathic wrong version of Batman but damn if it ain't entertaining</quote> Same could be said of 1966, really.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
DarkChozoGhost 06/13/18 1:16:27 PM #15:	Nah, it's a good thing that movies deviate heavily from the source material. --- My sister's dog bit a hole in my Super Mario Land cartridge. It still works though - Skye Reynolds 3DS FC: 3239-5612-0115 <cite>DarkChozoGhost posted [p:903167684] in it should ... [t:76708636]...</cite> <quote>Nah, it's a good thing that movies deviate heavily from the source material.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Zikten 06/13/18 1:17:28 PM #16:	DarkChozoGhost posted... Nah, it's a good thing that movies deviate heavily from the source material. If Bale Batman and comic Batman had a contest to solve a crime, comic Batman would solve the crime before Bale did. also comic Batman would defeat Bale in a fight <cite>Zikten posted [p:903167758] in it should ... [t:76708636]...</cite> <quote><cite>DarkChozoGhost posted...</cite> <quote>Nah, it's a good thing that movies deviate heavily from the source material.</quote> If Bale Batman and comic Batman had a contest to solve a crime, comic Batman would solve the crime before Bale did. also comic Batman would defeat Bale in a fight</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Questionmarktarius 06/13/18 1:20:14 PM #17:	Zikten posted... DarkChozoGhost posted... Nah, it's a good thing that movies deviate heavily from the source material. If Bale Batman and comic Batman had a contest to solve a crime, comic Batman would solve the crime before Bale did. also comic Batman would defeat Bale in a fight ...and Adam West would have already been in an easily-escapable death-trap several times over. <cite>Questionmarktarius posted [p:903167964] in it should ... [t:76708636]...</cite> <quote><cite>Zikten posted...</cite> <quote><cite>DarkChozoGhost posted...</cite> <quote>Nah, it's a good thing that movies deviate heavily from the source material.</quote> If Bale Batman and comic Batman had a contest to solve a crime, comic Batman would solve the crime before Bale did. also comic Batman would defeat Bale in a fight</quote> ...and Adam West would have already been in an easily-escapable death-trap several times over.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
DarkChozoGhost 06/13/18 1:20:55 PM #18:	Zikten posted... DarkChozoGhost posted... Nah, it's a good thing that movies deviate heavily from the source material. If Bale Batman and comic Batman had a contest to solve a crime, comic Batman would solve the crime before Bale did. also comic Batman would defeat Bale in a fight So? It's a good thing that movies deviate heavily from the source material. Who would win in a fight or competition =/= better. The movie universes are often separate, and often better than the comic book versions. The stories should be less faithful if it makes them better stories. --- My sister's dog bit a hole in my Super Mario Land cartridge. It still works though - Skye Reynolds 3DS FC: 3239-5612-0115 <cite>DarkChozoGhost posted [p:903168019] in it should ... [t:76708636]...</cite> <quote><cite>Zikten posted...</cite> <quote><cite>DarkChozoGhost posted...</cite> <quote>Nah, it's a good thing that movies deviate heavily from the source material.</quote> If Bale Batman and comic Batman had a contest to solve a crime, comic Batman would solve the crime before Bale did. also comic Batman would defeat Bale in a fight</quote> So? It's a good thing that movies deviate heavily from the source material. Who would win in a fight or competition =/= better. The movie universes are often separate, and often better than the comic book versions. The stories should be less faithful if it makes them better stories.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Smashingpmkns 06/13/18 1:21:23 PM #19:	The Dark Knight trilogy wasn't supposed to be 100% faithful to the comics. --- Clean Butt Crew <cite>Smashingpmkns posted [p:903168045] in it should ... [t:76708636]...</cite> <quote>The Dark Knight trilogy wasn't supposed to be 100% faithful to the comics.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Zikten 06/13/18 1:21:35 PM #20:	the comics are the best stories. they will always be the definitive version. comics>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>movies <cite>Zikten posted [p:903168063] in it should ... [t:76708636]...</cite> <quote>the comics are the best stories. they will always be the definitive version. comics>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>movies</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
DiegoSanchez206 06/13/18 1:21:37 PM #21:	Zikten posted... read the comics. some do. but some don't. like Nolan and Bale. you can tell neither of them gives a fuck about the source material. if you get to direct or act in a super hero movie, you should have to by law, read some of the comics about your character so you know what your doing. You do realize that most comics have many, many different universes or re-writes? In the same sense, you can do this with movies. --- Down goes Ohio State! https://youtu.be/IRqr8X6w6bo <cite>DiegoSanchez206 posted [p:903168068] in it should ... [t:76708636]...</cite> <quote><cite>Zikten posted...</cite> <quote>read the comics. some do. but some don't. like Nolan and Bale. you can tell neither of them gives a fuck about the source material. if you get to direct or act in a super hero movie, you should have to by law, read some of the comics about your character so you know what your doing.</quote> You do realize that most comics have many, many different universes or re-writes? In the same sense, you can do this with movies.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Zikten 06/13/18 1:22:22 PM #22:	DiegoSanchez206 posted... You do realize that most comics have many, many different universes or re-writes? it's not hard to read the main universe. DC movie? Read Earth 1 stuff. Marvel movie? read 616. problem solved <cite>Zikten posted [p:903168129] in it should ... [t:76708636]...</cite> <quote><cite>DiegoSanchez206 posted...</cite> <quote>You do realize that most comics have many, many different universes or re-writes?</quote> it's not hard to read the main universe. DC movie? Read Earth 1 stuff. Marvel movie? read 616. problem solved</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Smashingpmkns 06/13/18 1:23:49 PM #23:	Zikten posted... the comics are the best stories. they will always be the definitive version. comics>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>movies Except when the comics suck, which happens all the time. It's the studio, director and writers choice to deviate from the source material. Hell, you have Todd McFarlane making a Spawn movie right now that sounds almost nothing like the source material as it stands now. --- Clean Butt Crew <cite>Smashingpmkns posted [p:903168230] in it should ... [t:76708636]...</cite> <quote><cite>Zikten posted...</cite> <quote>the comics are the best stories. they will always be the definitive version. comics>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>movies</quote> Except when the comics suck, which happens all the time. It's the studio, director and writers choice to deviate from the source material. Hell, you have Todd McFarlane making a Spawn movie right now that sounds almost nothing like the source material as it stands now.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Questionmarktarius 06/13/18 1:30:13 PM #24:	Yet still no Groo the Wanderer film... <cite>Questionmarktarius posted [p:903168691] in it should ... [t:76708636]...</cite> <quote>Yet still no Groo the Wanderer film...</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
DarkChozoGhost 06/13/18 1:30:26 PM #25:	Zikten posted... the comics are the best stories Very often not the case. The movies are better than the comic versions, very frequently. Therefore, deviation is a good thing, as it improves the quality of the story. --- My sister's dog bit a hole in my Super Mario Land cartridge. It still works though - Skye Reynolds 3DS FC: 3239-5612-0115 <cite>DarkChozoGhost posted [p:903168707] in it should ... [t:76708636]...</cite> <quote><cite>Zikten posted...</cite> <quote>the comics are the best stories</quote> Very often not the case. The movies are better than the comic versions, very frequently. Therefore, deviation is a good thing, as it improves the quality of the story.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Foppe 06/13/18 1:35:34 PM #26:	What if the movies takes place in an Elseworlds universe? --- GameFAQs isn't going to be merged in with GameSpot or any other site. We're not going to strip out the soul of the site. -CJayC <cite>Foppe posted [p:903169078] in it should ... [t:76708636]...</cite> <quote>What if the movies takes place in an Elseworlds universe?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
DiegoSanchez206 06/13/18 2:51:41 PM #27:	Zikten posted... DiegoSanchez206 posted... You do realize that most comics have many, many different universes or re-writes? it's not hard to read the main universe. DC movie? Read Earth 1 stuff. Marvel movie? read 616. problem solved Ive read a few Flash comics when I was a kid. I never remembered Harry Wells. Turns out he was never in the comics. And thats ok because his character is excellent. There are too many variations of each comic hero/protagonist. The shows or movies can loosley base their movies on them and Im fine with that. Its the way is always been, even for comics. --- Down goes Ohio State! https://youtu.be/IRqr8X6w6bo <cite>DiegoSanchez206 posted [p:903175062] in it should ... [t:76708636]...</cite> <quote><cite>Zikten posted...</cite> <quote><cite>DiegoSanchez206 posted...</cite> <quote>You do realize that most comics have many, many different universes or re-writes?</quote> it's not hard to read the main universe. DC movie? Read Earth 1 stuff. Marvel movie? read 616. problem solved</quote> Ive read a few Flash comics when I was a kid. I never remembered Harry Wells. Turns out he was never in the comics. And thats ok because his character is excellent. There are too many variations of each comic hero/protagonist. The shows or movies can loosley base their movies on them and Im fine with that. Its the way is always been, even for comics.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Foppe 06/13/18 3:47:37 PM #28:	How many times have DC rebooted their universe? 3 times? Which one should we read? Why can't they base a movie on one of the earlier pre-reboot universes? What about Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles? We got at least 12 different versions of them running around, do we really need to base a new movie on that new Nickelodeon show? I mean, just look at Donatello! --- GameFAQs isn't going to be merged in with GameSpot or any other site. We're not going to strip out the soul of the site. -CJayC <cite>Foppe posted [p:903179092] in it should ... [t:76708636]...</cite> <quote>How many times have DC rebooted their universe? 3 times? Which one should we read? Why can't they base a movie on one of the earlier pre-reboot universes? What about Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles? We got at least 12 different versions of them running around, do we really need to base a new movie on that new Nickelodeon show? I mean, just look at Donatello!</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
DiegoSanchez206 06/13/18 4:21:46 PM #29:	I just dont see your argument. These are quality movies/shows that have their own tweeks. I enjoy it. --- Down goes Ohio State! https://youtu.be/IRqr8X6w6bo <cite>DiegoSanchez206 posted [p:903181467] in it should ... [t:76708636]...</cite> <quote>I just dont see your argument. These are quality movies/shows that have their own tweeks. I enjoy it.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Zikten 06/13/18 4:23:55 PM #30:	I'm just not a fan of the Nolan Batman movies. and I am annoyed that Nolan and Bale don't seem to respect the source material. Nolan especially. he went on record saying he hates all the non realistic parts of Batman. well piss off, buddy. maybe Batman isn't for you. that's why I was excited when Ben Affleck got hired. he's actually a huge fan of the comics. people make fun of him, but I think he does a good batman. we could argue on how good his Bruce Wayne is, but he's a better Batman than Bale was <cite>Zikten posted [p:903181637] in it should ... [t:76708636]...</cite> <quote>I'm just not a fan of the Nolan Batman movies. and I am annoyed that Nolan and Bale don't seem to respect the source material. Nolan especially. he went on record saying he hates all the non realistic parts of Batman. well piss off, buddy. maybe Batman isn't for you. that's why I was excited when Ben Affleck got hired. he's actually a huge fan of the comics. people make fun of him, but I think he does a good batman. we could argue on how good his Bruce Wayne is, but he's a better Batman than Bale was</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
LightHawKnight 06/13/18 4:28:25 PM #31:	Zikten posted... that's why I was excited when Ben Affleck got hired. he's actually a huge fan of the comics. people make fun of him, but I think he does a good batman. we could argue on how good his Bruce Wayne is, but he's a better Batman than Bale was A little too murder happy for me. --- The Official Odin of the Shin Megami Tensei IV board. "You know how confusing the whole good-evil concept is for me." <cite>LightHawKnight posted [p:903181984] in it should ... [t:76708636]...</cite> <quote><cite>Zikten posted...</cite> <quote> that's why I was excited when Ben Affleck got hired. he's actually a huge fan of the comics. people make fun of him, but I think he does a good batman. we could argue on how good his Bruce Wayne is, but he's a better Batman than Bale was</quote> A little too murder happy for me.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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