Originally posted by Mouserocks:
To ease a couple of fears...
Christian Bale (of Nolan's Batman trilogy) has outright refused to play Batman again.
That's interesting to note, but it doesn't ease my fears. My concerns don't center on who plays Batman, but the overall feel and plot of the movie. Nolan's earlier version of Batman and Gotham was extremely grim and violent; I can't imagine that that would change just because of a change in actor. I know there is going to be some violence in a Superman movie, but I don't want it to dominate the movie. MoS had at least 15 minutes of violence that could easily have been cut and the movie would actually have improved immensely. I fear that if Batman is introduced, the sequel will probably have closer to an hour of superfluous violence.
My problem comes in where they make the entire movie about Batman fighting Superman. First of all, sure, there can be a little conflict.
Agreed on both counts.
I also have a problem if they decide they're going to make this all about Batman and not Superman-- in a Superman movie sequel!! Include him, run a quick backstory on him-- but don't lose sight of what's important, and that's Superman. And Clark. I still want to see Clark adjusting to life as a reporter, and trying to date Lois, or whatever.
Amen. I'd add to that that for the movie to work for me, I MUST see Clark (and the rest of Metropolis, but especially Clark) dealing with the psychological aftermath of him being "outed" and of him killing Zod.
But in the end, it CANNOT be just Batman versus Superman. It will not work. I hope the studios are smart enough to realize that.
I agree with you entirely, but I fear that the studios won't see it that way.
Here's hoping I'm wrong,
Lynn
