Besides the fact that Superman can fly, outrun bullets, and has the strenght of ten men...yeah great fight. I love Batman(Because he is the much more realistic of the two characters), but Superman is just too much.
Good, god, I guess they're never going to get around to making a live action "Batman Beyond" movie. Now that wold kick ass. Will Friedle would still be perfect as Terry. Man, the Bruce Timm team should be resposible for all future DC comics movies. At least they know how to do it right.
Is Batman, the only super hero who doesn't have any real powers? (Punisher doesn't count - he no big time...)
Batman beat him in Dark Knight and he's outsmarted him numerous times. In the comics, he had plans to take out the entire Justice League. I'm sure they're not planning a boxing match. I agree with whoever said Batman: Year One was the best Batman story. It would make a great movie.
Jude Law was originally going to be Spiderman/Peter Parker, as was Ewan McGregor. But they were supposedly to 'good looking' to play the part.
Both Jude and Ewan are too old to play Peter anyway since the plot starts out in high school. Neither of them can pass for 17 or 18 anymore like Tobey.
Then how about Wolverine v.s. Batman? That would seem more logical than Superman..... btw/ Wolvie would skewer the HELL out of Mr. Wayne!
Actually, Batman comes off as more of a fascist than Superman in TDKR. IMHO, Superman comes off more as a pastsy whose loyalty to America and its ideals blinds him to the fact that the people running America are corrupt. The sequel (which sucks BTW) explains his blind devotion by having Lex Luthor holding some shrunken Krypton city hostage and threatening to destroy it unless Superman does what he says. Year One is what they should make a movie out of. Batman vs. Superman was stupid in TDKR and it will be stupid in the movies too.
Christopher Reeve could be cast, you just never know anymore. I think this movie is interesting, but they could do so much more if all the superheroes went at it. We'd all be wondering who was gonna win. We'd all have our favorites. Much more interesting.
As an avid Batman/Comic book collector in my youth, I realize that I will never truly enjoy most comic book movie adaptations, because most directors/producers see comic book adaptations as for kids and the cheese/kiddy factor is evident. The original Batman was great, but the next three were some of the most horrible movies I've ever seen in my life. I felt that Val Kilmer or Clooney could have been a great Batman, but the lines they were given were worse than the 1960's TV Show. After the last two Batman movies, Joel Shumacher has to be the most overrated director of our time. A director such as Ridley Scott (Gladiator, Black Hawk Down, Alien) or a James Cameron (Aliens, Terminators, Titanic) truly know how to create a character and develop that character. To have us feel for the character's complexity and inner struggles and a character such as the Batman is. I think watching Batman Forever and Batman IV (Dr. Freeze and Poison Ivy) was a travesty to filmmaking. Lines such as Dr. Freeze's (Kick his Ice) etc show how dialogue for the most part has deteriorated in many productions these days. In addition to dialogue, the action seens are horrible. The only action scenes that did show that dark side was Blade. I think the dialogue and character development left much to be desired, but the action sequences rocked. The first scene in Blade I, was the kind of fight scenes I would have expected and/or desired from Batman. In terms of who would make a good/older Batman for the Batman vs. Superman, I would say Clooney ( ala From Dusk till Dawn attitude and not cheap one liners from Shumaker) or even a Russell Crowe. Crowe brings that type of deep character that is a pained warrior (Gladiator).
I thought Michael Keaton was great in the first Batman...he appeared "real" to me. Why did Superman and Batman fight in the comics??? I can't understand why Batman would want to take down the Justice League?? I haven't read these comics.... I thought the other Batman movies sucked... The first Batman and Spiderman are great because the characters are flawed and believable....they're both struggling with their own identities.
Batman had a plan to take down the Justice League in case any of them became corrupt, like Green Lantern did. Superman actually gave him some kryptonite and told him to use it if it ever became necessary. They have argued in the past because their philosophies and world views are diametrically opposed. Batman's plans fell into the wrong hands (Ra's Al Ghul) and worked. The entire JLA was wiped out in minutes. Again, a fight between Superman and Batman wouldn't be a strength contest. Superman would win that easily. But no hero or villian, powered or not, can give him the challenge Batman can. For the record, I thought all the Batman movies sucked. The thing for me with Tim Burton is his movies look great and the plots are thin as hell. Nightmare Before Christmas is the best example. The first two sucked less than the last two though, which were among the worst movies ever. Of all the superhero movies, I thought the first Superman was very good and Superman II was the best ever. X-Men was disappointing but not terrible. Spiderman was pretty good. I'm looking forward to Ang Lee's Hulk and the Batman: Year One thing.
What is Batman: Year One??? what's the story there?? i mean i can guess it's his first year on the job as Batman! But what's storyline like?
It was originally a four-part series in the Batman comic book done by Frank Miller and David M (I won't even attempt to spell his last name). It basically has two intertwined storylines: 1)Bruce Wayne's first year as the Batman 2)James Gordon's first year as a cop in Gotham City (he was apparently a cop in Chicago previously) Both men make mistakes, suffer from self-doubt, get the crap kicked out of them and work (though independently) to end the severe corruption in Gotham City's police department and government (no supernatural villians like the Joker in this - the bad guys are the Police Commissioner, his toady Lieutenant Flass and a Mafia type called the Roman). It's a superb story, beautifully illustrated and probably as realistic (i.e. what could actually happen in real life although the bat incident stretches the imagination) as any super-hero story could ever be.
