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[NotTheGuyYouKill]

OH MY GOD.

This design was submitted for the Design by Humans t-shirt contest and they didn't select. Those fools!

http://www.designbyhumans.com/vote/detail/99715

 

[Lionel Mandrake]

Dammit. Now I can't unnotice Hardy's pinky. That thing looks fucked. He should just lop it off. It can't still be serviceable.

I have yet to ever fully read a Dark Knight / Batman comic book. Could anyone recommend me a few before I go and see the movie?

TDKR looks to combine elements from The Dark Knight Returns and Knightfall, if you just want to see the comics related to the movie. Similarly TDK is largely inspired by The Long Halloween, and Begins is Year One and The Man Who Falls.

 

[Ninja Scooter]

Put some eyes on the Tumbler and Bat and give them some redneck voice actors.

Trillions of dollars.

it probably doesn't help that the only action figures were various varieties of Batman (no Bane or Catwoman) and they looked like tiny, shitty little GI Joes.

 

[NotTheGuyYouKill]

Azzarello's Joker was so disappointing to me. The art is gorgeous, but the writing is... eh.

Long Halloween and Arkham Asylum are fantastic though.

 

[Biggest-Geek-Ever]

Anyone who recommends The Dark Knight Returns will get smacked in the face with deviant art.

 

[DMczaf]

it probably doesn't help that the only action figures were various varieties of Batman (no Bane or Catwoman) and they looked like tiny, shitty little GI Joes.

Make sure to buy your nephew an Officer John Blake action figure, complete with Stop and Frisk authorization.

 

[NotTheGuyYouKill]

Seeing Rodery's artwork again reminded me of this Joker piece he did a few years back. Always liked it:

 

[Ninja Scooter]

Make sure to buy your nephew an Officer John Blake action figure, complete with Stop and Frisk authorization.

That's still not as bad as the Bob the Goon action figure my parents bought me as a kid. My brother got Batman and i got BOB THE FUCKING GOON.

 

[DMczaf]

That's still not as bad as the Bob the Goon action figure my parents bought me as a kid. My brother got Batman and i got BOB THE FUCKING GOON.

He had button activated power kick!

 

[Ninja Scooter]

by the way have you guys ever noticed in Batman 89 during the scene where they are breaking into the safe at Axis Chemicals Bob the Goon looks directly at the camera? Always bugged me even as a kid.

 

[SpeedingUptoStop]

by the way have you guys ever noticed in Batman 89 during the scene where they are breaking into the safe at Axis Chemicals Bob the Goon looks directly at the camera? Always bugged me even as a kid.

There's a reason he's Bob the Goon and not Bob the Guy Who Had a Career in Acting.

 

[Lionel Mandrake]

Azzarello's Joker was so disappointing to me. The art is gorgeous, but the writing is... eh.

Couldn't disagree more. I love the idea of stripping away all of the glamor and mystique and just featuring Joker as just a deranged thug. The ending is especially great. It works even better as a companion piece to Azzarello's Lex Luthor: Man of Steel. Not sure which one I like better. They're both some of my favorite comics ever.

Anyone who recommends The Dark Knight Returns will get smacked in the face with deviant art.

What's especially disappointing about DKR, is that parts of it are brilliant. Bruce solemnly walking under the streetlights after a sad meeting with Gordon. His reflection on what he was supposed to be. The special edition's opening newspaper article. And then's it all thrown out the window for a bunch of caricatures, cut-rate satire, and the usual Frank Miller insanity. As a more restrained, nuanced story, it could have been a masterpiece.

 

[Dany]

This movie is almost a month away. It doesn't feel like it. God, its the middle of june.

 

[shira]

by the way have you guys ever noticed in Batman 89 during the scene where they are breaking into the safe at Axis Chemicals Bob the Goon looks directly at the camera? Always bugged me even as a kid.

So that was another Nolan homage in tdk?

 

[NotTheGuyYouKill]

Couldn't disagree more. I love the idea of stripping away all of the glamor and mystique and just featuring Joker as just a deranged thug. The ending is especially great. It works even better as a companion piece to Azzarello's Lex Luthor: Man of Steel. Not sure which one I like better. They're both some of my favorite comics ever.

I dunno. I know that's what he's going for, but it just ended up feeling like Mark Millar excess to me.

 

[Ninja Scooter]

There's a reason he's Bob the Goon and not Bob the Guy Who Had a Career in Acting.

He was boss in Conan.

 

[Lionel Mandrake]

There's a reason he's Bob the Goon and not Bob the Guy Who Had a Career in Acting.

Holy shit, he's the masturbating bum from IASiP.

I dunno. I know that's what he's going for, but it just ended up feeling like Mark Millar excess to me.

Ugh, no. I hate Millar more than any other writer. Azzarello actually puts thought into his stories. Gives his characters dimension. Millar just throws in "rape" and whatever other depraved thing he can think of and acts like it's deep.

 

[Sanjuro]

Holy shit, he's the masturbating bum from IASiP.

I want to watch him masturbate to Partyman.

Ugh, no. I hate Millar more than any other writer. Azzarello actually puts thought into his stories. Gives his characters dimension. Millar just throws in "rape" and whatever other depraved thing he can think of and acts like it's deep.

I did enjoy his Red Son.

 

[G-Fex]

There's a reason he's Bob the Goon and not Bob the Guy Who Had a Career in Acting.

He was Jack Nicholson's friend so he got the part. I liked Bob the goon he's awesome.

 

[NotTheGuyYouKill]

Holy shit, he's the masturbating bum from IASiP.

Ugh, no. I hate Millar more than any other writer. Azzarello actually puts thought into his stories. Gives his characters dimension. Millar just throws in "rape" and whatever other depraved thing he can think of and acts like it's deep.

I hate Millar too (I preferred the film adaptations to his actual comics). Maybe Azzarello's writing just didn't click with me. I just wasn't particularly engaged with the story, it began feeling excessive in places. I dunno. I was pretty excited for Joker, but I felt a little let down by the end.

But it was worth it for the art alone. My God, the art is beautiful.

 

[Ninja Scooter]

He was Jack Nicholson's friend so he got the part. I liked Bob the goon he's awesome.

How amazing must it have been to be Jack Nicholson's friend in the 80s. The stories Bob the Goon must have...

 

[G-Fex]

How amazing must it have been to be Jack Nicholson's friend in the 80s. The stories Bob the Goon must have...

He is his number one guy

 

[DMczaf]

How amazing must it have been to be Jack Nicholson's friend in the 80s. The stories Bob the Goon must have...

Who do you think gave Magic HIV?

 

[SpeedingUptoStop]

Bob the Goon vacuumed the champagne out of Joker's glass, FYI.

 

[Lionel Mandrake]

But it was worth it for the art alone. My God, the art is beautiful.

No argument there. Batman Noel wasn't a fantastic story by any means, but Bermejo's art made it worth the purchase.

 

[Fry]

Hey, I had missed the new TV spot. Just seen it, it was really good. Love Fox's line

Spoiler

'and yes Mr Wayne, it does come in black.'

 

[Guzim]

by the way have you guys ever noticed in Batman 89 during the scene where they are breaking into the safe at Axis Chemicals Bob the Goon looks directly at the camera? Always bugged me even as a kid.

Bugged you so much that you had like 20 of his action figures.

 

[DMczaf]

Tom Hardy is a goof

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5d_BeODxWg&feature=player_detailpage#t=28s

 

[NotTheGuyYouKill]

Tom Hardy is a goof

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5d_BeODxWg&feature=player_detailpage#t=28s

Interviewer keeps telling him to put his little finger out.

Hmmmmmmmmmm

 

[Gila]

little finger

Who's also in TDKR

poet...waitforit...ry

 

[NotTheGuyYouKill]

Who's also in TDKR

poet...waitforit...ry

This smarmy fucker is in TDKR!?

Who does he play?

 

[ezekial45]

This smarmy fucker is in TDKR!?

Who does he play?

He's in the prologue/opening of the movie. He plays a government agent.

 

[NotTheGuyYouKill]

He's in the prologue/opening of the movie. He plays a government agent.

Holy shit, that was the same guy!? I didn't even recognize him.

 

[EdibleExplosives]

I love the combination of The Dark Knight's Joker and The Killing Joke's Joker.

 

[Rabid Wolverine]

I need to watch Newsies Now.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIrHD6MK0Io

 

[NotTheGuyYouKill]

It's the next morning, I'm still surprised that Littlefinger is the CIA Agent in the prologue. What the fuck?

 

[planar1280]

He's in the prologue/opening of the movie. He plays a government agent.

Whoa didnt even recognize him

 

[Platy]

Now I want this pose in the movie.

does anyone said catwoman and pose ???

 

[Vice]

I have yet to ever fully read a Dark Knight / Batman comic book. Could anyone recommend me a few before I go and see the movie?

Batman: Year One, The Dark Knight Returns, The Man Who Laughs, The Killing Joke, Batman and The Monster Men, A Lonely Place of Dying, Batman Gothic and Dark Victory.

If you want to read something that that really set the tone for what Batman is seen as today read tales of the Demon, Year One, The Dark Knight Returns and Long Halloween. Those are probably the most influential Batman stories over the years.

 

[NotTheGuyYouKill]

does anyone said catwoman and pose ???

The hell? That looks so... off.

Catwoman needs to do the Rodery pose to signal Batman to come back since Gordon smashed the light.

 

[DMczaf]

does anyone said catwoman and pose ???

 

[SmithnCo]

does anyone said catwoman and pose ???

Haha, what the...

 

[fallengorn]

Genius.

 

[DMczaf]

I just saw a Mountain Dew TDKR spot where it's Batman with the police fighting mercs. Nothing from the movie, looked like a bunch of stunt guys on a backlot.

 

[bean breath]

I just saw a Mountain Dew TDKR spot where it's Batman with the police fighting mercs. Nothing from the movie, looked like a bunch of stunt guys on a backlot.

DMczaf, which fast food chain is TDKR partnering with and what kind of shit are they offering?

 

[Ether_Snake]

Who buys Bane his toilet paper? Does he buy it himself?

 

[shira]

Who buys Bane his toilet paper? Does he buy it himself?

Everything burns

 

[DMczaf]

DMczaf, which fast food chain is TDKR partnering with and what kind of shit are they offering?

The McDonalds Superhero Burger is coming back

 

[NotTheGuyYouKill]

Who buys Bane his toilet paper? Does he buy it himself?

The bathroom habits of supervillains is indee interesting. We never think about it, do we? I mean, does the Joker shower? Does Ra's al Ghul occasionally choke the chicken?

I dunno. This is deep.

 

[Salsa]

Still have this cover as a big-ass poster signed by Azarello above my monitor

love it