Solid Snake

It's not a remake of the film..just another adaptation of the book.

mhg83

If Nolan comes back for a fourth batman it should be Frank Millers "The Dark Knight Returns". That would make a great end to Nolan's Batman

Solid Snake

.....I don't think that'll happen too soon if all..which I don't think it ever would. It'd also not make sense if you want it to connect via continuity.

TheMovieman

I stand corrected. Though it still kind of bugs me when people say a director's "talents would be much better used elsewhere." It's not like doing 3 Batman movies (assuming whomever takes over does their own trilogy) will take up a good chunk of their career. The Nolan trilogy has spanned only 8-9 years (w/ pre-production on Batman Begins) and in between he made 2 other movies.

Nick Martin

I feel the exact same way verbatim, including your mention of the comics.

Dash

I guess I just feel that with Nolan, Batman has been done already, and I would hate to see him waste a movie in a rehash. Yeah yeah I know it wont exactly be a rehash, but you would see an origin story again as well the joker as a villain at some point. I would much rather see Fincher do something original (though at least 3 of his previous movies have been adaptations)

TheMovieman

I agree that I'd rather see the next Batman movie begin with him already established. It could be done in a similar fashion to The Incredible Hulk where perhaps the "origin" is done in a couple of minutes or something and then move on from there. As mrhan said, I'd be interested to see Fincher's take on it. And given Warner is going to go through with it within a few years after TDKR's release, I'd want the best possible...

Terrell

I don't think I could stomach Christian Bale's awful Batman voice any longer. I'll suffer through this last film. But Batman needs to go on about a 5-10 year hiatus after this film. I know it won't because Hollywood will milk anything and everything until it's dead. But it needs a break, especially if Nolan is done.

monobullet

MICHAEL KEATON! Nuff said.

Solid Snake

In BB it was fine. In TDK they gruffed up a bit too much. I'm assuming that was an audio fix in post? Wonder what it'll be in TDKR.

Mike86

I don't really know why people complain so much about Bale's Batman voice. It makes sense that he would change his voice as he's trying his best to conceal his identity. It sounds a little weird at first but I got used to it pretty fast and it goes with the character well.

That'sAllFolks

I don't know about Batman, but I vote Chris Colfer for the Joker. I don't know if he can pull it off acting-wise, but he does kinda have a "Joker" face.

Patman

Robert Downey Jr. in the damsel facade in the 2nd Sherlock Holmes looked a bit like Heath Ledgers in the Joker make-up, with the pasty face and the lipstick smeared across his lips and lower cheeks.

Deftones

I actually thought that myself when I was watching it.

LickTheABCs

I'm gonna be the mouthpiece of DVDTalk and say that Christina Hendricks should play Batman next.

Ash Ketchum

I wouldn't mind seeing her as Wonder Woman first.

anomynous

Clearly Donald Glover should be Batman next

Paul_SD

If he was that dogmatic about concealing his identity, his costume wouldn't have the lower half of his face exposed. In fact, in the context of him trying to establish the persona as 'something more than a man', making sure no human features were visible at all (including having a white lens over the eye holes) would have served that purpose in greater capacity. Covering up the mouth area (ala a previous incarnation of Batgirl in the comics) would have also provided the perfect excuse to have the voice naturally modified so we wouldn't have to suffer Bales silly (and not very intimidating) girly whisper.
With the mouth fully concealed you could have contrived a built in vocalizer that not only disguised his voice, but made it sound truly spooky and intimidating. In fact, even without fully covering the lower face, Nolan could have easily done this in Begins with a line of dialogue between Alfred and Bruce talking about some gadget sown into the neck piece of the suit that would distort his speaking voice. Instead he went with the low/no tech approach- that makes some of us roll our eyes every time the title character opens his mouth.

treszoks

Harrison Ford as Grumpy Old Batman.

Mike86

You seem to be way over-analyzing here. First off I really doubt that anyone is going to recognize who a person is just by looking at their lower face. Unless he had something really distinctive like a scar or something but as it is you basically only see a bit of his chin and his mouth area. Secondly why would Nolan change the classic Batman mask look? Doing so would make fanboys would go nuts and bitch and moan and not really serve a lot of purpose. The way it's done makes sense to me in that he's basically hidden with the mask and makes his voice sound different than when he's not fighting crime.

monobullet

Crispin Glover as The Ridler or Batman!

Dragon Tattoo

Because it sounds absolutely ridiculous. The End.

Nick Martin

Of course, you have taken on the needless role of be-all / end-all of discussion, just like in the TDKR thread.

No surprise you saying this.

Mike86

Good reason! You really back up your explanation with a lot of valid points to justifiably say the end! You like to go around starting arguments just for the sake of it don't you?

JumpCutz

Nor sure about Batman, but Neil Patrick Harris should play The Riddler.