Originally Posted By dshyates "They did nothing at all and yet the media insists on somehow linking this to them, because it was opening night for the biggest movie of the year, so it grabs headlines. It's ridiculous." Oh yeah, it was the big bad main stream media that married this tragedy to Batman. It couldn't have been the Guy with Orange hair claiming to be the Joker that shot up the Premier of FRICKIN' BATMAN that joined them at the hip. Nope it was the evil media.
Originally Posted By DDMAN26 The movie was not the cause of this shooting. Just like had he shot up the theater when the Avengers came out, or Amazing Spider-Man or John Car, well nobody would have been there. None of those films would have been to blame. But it's the typical let's blame movies, games, music etc for people being messed up. The only person to blame is James Holmes and that's it.
Originally Posted By ecdc Warner Brothers and the filmmakers did absolutely nothing to be linked to this. A responsible media would understand that.
Originally Posted By WilliamK99 Warner Brothers and the filmmakers did absolutely nothing to be linked to this. A responsible media would understand that.<< There is no such thing as a responsible media... It's all about the ratings...
Originally Posted By dshyates I don't believe that anyone in the media has claimed in anyway that this was WB's or the fault of the movie(s). Just a whack-a-doo in which the Joker character clicked. It is not the fault of the film makers, the actors, DC Comics or anything like that. Really just a crazy guy with access to an arsenal of weaponry and tactical gear.
Originally Posted By WilliamK99 <a href="http://www.thehollywoodgossip.com/2012/07/aurora-shooting-victim-files-lawsuit-against-movie-theater-warne/" target="_blank">http://www.thehollywoodgossip....r-warne/</a> Well the lawyers are circling the wagon and WB is being put in at least one lawsuit, if not many more forthcoming...
Originally Posted By ecdc Oh for the love of.... I hope this lawsuit fails miserably and the plaintiff is forced to pay the defendants legal costs.
Originally Posted By dagobert Yesterday we have finally seen The Dark Knight Rises OV. I loved Batman Begins and The Dark Knight and so I had high expactations, but unfortunately those weren't met and so I was a bit disappointed. It was a good movie, but it had its flaws and for me it was the weakest part of the trilogy. I read in a German movie magazine that there was some controversy about Bane's voice, but I had no problems to understand him and I'm not a native speaker. He was a good villain, however Bane was not of the same scale like Heath Ledger's Joker. SPOILER! SPOILER! Didn't Christopher Nolan say, that he wouldn't introduce Robin? So why the mentioning of the name at the end of the movie? After Bruce Wayne escaped, how did he get the computer programm and how did he get on the island? That should have been better explained. I also think that the film should have ended with Alfred sitting in the cafe and smilling. It wasn't necessary to show Bruce Wayne again. In my opinion that would have been a much better ending.
Originally Posted By fkurucz "He was a good villain, however Bane was not of the same scale like Heath Ledger's Joker." For one thing, he wasn't Bane. At least Heath Ledger's Joker resembled the "canon" Joker, with some differences of course. But in Bane's case, they just made up an entirely new character and gave him the name of an existing villain.
Originally Posted By CuriousConstance "I also think that the film should have ended with Alfred sitting in the cafe and smilling. It wasn't necessary to show Bruce Wayne again. In my opinion that would have been a much better ending." But then I wouldn't have ever known that Batman didn't die.
Originally Posted By dagobert >>>For one thing, he wasn't Bane. At least Heath Ledger's Joker resembled the "canon" Joker, with some differences of course. But in Bane's case, they just made up an entirely new character and gave him the name of an existing villain.<<< I'm not a comic book reader, except for the Carl Barks and Don Rosa Disney comics, so I don't have any background from the books. For me only the movies matter.
Originally Posted By HRM >> "But then I wouldn't have ever known that Batman didn't die."<< Batman can't die....
Originally Posted By WilliamK99 All I know is WB is going to face serious issues if they attempt to reboot Batman in next 3 to 5 years which is the current plan. This trilogy was so spectacular, that any movie following this is doomed to failure..
Originally Posted By DDMAN26 The way I'm going to look at it now and the same thing goes for Spider-Man is to just think of it like the James Bond franchise. Every few years a new actor takes over and new films pop up
Originally Posted By fkurucz **All I know is WB is going to face serious issues if they attempt to reboot Batman in next 3 to 5 years which is the current plan. This trilogy was so spectacular, that any movie following this is doomed to failure..** It was good, but not that good. Some things, like Batsy's strep throat voice, were downright annoying.
Originally Posted By CuriousConstance ^^^ I know, right?! His voice was over the top! I understand the need for Batman to sound badass, but he just sounds like he just got out of throat surgery.
