fumanstan

Since Marvel keeps replacing their asian characters, maybe DC should throw one in?

stingermck

I just want to see Robin in a movie. It's been almost 20 years.

fumanstan

I agree. I'm sure i've said it before, but I really wish we could see an entire Dick -> Robin -> Nightwing + Jason Todd + Tim Drake type of arc unfold over the movies, or even some sort of condensed version with some of them.

Since it seems like we've already skipped through past Jason Todd's Robin, but if DC was still in that "dark" direction that's one thing that would have been awesome to see portrayed on film.

robin2099

I think it would be hard to pull off in this day and age. You pretty much have to have Robin be a teenager and you can't use Dick's traditional outfit anymore. So the concept of that evolving would be pretty hard to do.

devilshalo

Just cast Ryan Potter as Terry McGinnis....

Michael Corvin

How so? The circus may be all but gone these days but there are dudes in tights on America's Got Talent doing acrobatic stuff every year. They would just have to evolve the costume off stage.

In a similar vein half of the acts that went through this year were teenagers.

With a little creative writing I don't see why it wouldn't work.

Solid Snake

I don't think he's pointing at the circus bit. Dick's original costume hasn't aged well though. Going through the whole Robins would be madness. You'd need damn near a film every year to even get the audience to give a fuck for that many versions.

fumanstan

I don't think it would be that crazy, at least if you start Robin off as a 15-16 year old kid. In another recent thread someone even mentioned how Kick Ass made Hit Girl reasonably interesting as a kid beating up adults, even if that movie is significantly different in tone.

As for the costume, not even the least of my concerns given that even Batman in the movies has generally had considerable differences versus the comic, being all armored up and all.

I don't think it would be that hard to portray a Dick Grayson arc, but maybe that's just me.

Josh-da-man

Yeah... We're going to be lucky if we get three solo Batfleck movies out of the DCEU. He's far enough along in his career as the Dark Knight already have one dead Robin (Jason Todd?), and I really don't know how they would pull off Dick Gradyson-Jason Todd-Tim Drake thing from the comics without having every Batman movie be about his Robins.

Most we'll realistically get is maybe a flashback to the Joker killing Jason, and Dick showing up as Nightwing in a Titans movie. Maybe Bruce will get a third Robin in a future movie, but I tend to doubt it. Movie Batman seems to work best without a Boy Wonder.

stingermck

Easy to pull off. Flashback of Dick as Robin and their father son fallout, Flashback of Jason getting killed, all wrapped around the story of Bruce taking on Tim as a partner. The comics of the time when Tim was introduced, matches the current movies well. Batman was increasing violent nearly killing people and Tim was able to bring Bruce out of the extreme darkness.

dex14

Pretty much this. But I think it would better if it was just Dick as Nightwing being the voice of reason and just some exposition and allusion to their relationship.

fumanstan

Like I said, a condensed version

Mike86

I want to see Robin in a film too. It'd probably make sense for it to be Tim and then have Dick as Nightwing possibly. As far as the costume goes I think the obvious choice would be to go with something like the costume he's had since the eighties or so (long pants, boots, tunic, gloves/gauntlets, and cape plus domino mask). It appears that the suit in the case in the Batcave in Batman V Superman was something similar to that anyways and even Batman Forever used a similar suit so I'd imagine if they used Robin he'd probably have a look close to that.

mrhan

I agree. Just go with the original design that Neal Adams' used for Tim Drake and just say it was Dick's first costume.

Giantrobo

Requesting Title Change to: "Dick Talk"

Giantrobo

recent costume pic

devilshalo

Uh.. aren't most if not all the batsuits 'tactical'?

TGM

shoulda kept the light grey, and went with the yellow bat logo.

Mike86

I still hope for the classic blue and gray suit with the yellow oval Bat logo someday.

Mike86

Yep this is the costume I'd pick if Robin was going to be in a film. Seems like it would easily adapt to live action and it keeps enough of the classic look while looking a bit more modernized.

james2025a

That's the one I have always wanted to see. Easily the best design.

stingermck

Yup.

Mike86

Truthfully aside from the nipples I like the Robin suit from Batman Forever.

fumanstan

I did too.

Mike86

I didn't like how he was basically given the Nightwing costume in Batman & Robin though.