Ben Affleck is Batman!

[Bosco685]

 

That is a pretty funny picture.

 

Meanwhile, I think DC may have made a gamble that has a strong possibility to pay off. And there have been interviews with Affleck after Daredevil where he swore never to do another superhero movie again. Something made him take a share in this gamble that seemed right while he is on a Hollywood high.

 

This article touched on some of the reasons why this may work

 

 

 

[Bosco685]

.. I think we need a new kind of Batman ..

 

 

 

 

I'm betting half the board has no idea who Marty was

 

One of the earliest movies I saw on cable TV had Marty in Beau Geste.

 

[burntboy]

To be fair I really don't think you can compare the acting talent of Affleck 10 years ago to the talent he posses today. Seriously, go check out The Town or Argo is you haven't seen it.

 

I agree - 10 years ago he would have been a disaster as Batman, but my bet is that he has grown and learned from his mistakes. I think he is an inspired casting choice, actually. I don't know if he can top Bale, but my bet is that he'll turn in a credible performance. And it's not only Heath Ledger that exceeded expectations; remember that the public was exceedingly skeptical of Michael "Beetlejuice" Keaton pulling off the role of the Caped Crusader and yet he won audiences over. I won't be surprised when Affleck does the same.

 

As ever, a voice of reason...

 

I cannot believe this thing has 500 posts this quick. Folks are all roiled up because of Ben being the choice.

 

Michael Keaton as the first of the modern Batmen was what appeared to be an incredible blunder at first glance and fanboys everywhere (Me included) were simply aghast. i was shocked by how well it all worked out and would never again assume anyone would fail out-of-hand before giving them a chance.

 

I think Ben's appearances on SNL are routinely well done and far better acted then some of the SNL "Darlings" like DiNero and Walken...all IMHO, of course.

 

Time will tell...

[Comicopolis]

.. I think we need a new kind of Batman ..

 

 

 

 

I'm betting half the board has no idea who Marty was

 

[Jiminy_Cricket-migration]

.. I think we need a new kind of Batman ..

 

 

 

 

I'm betting half the board has no idea who Marty was

 

 

"Walk this way."

[Davenport]

Watching the news today they did a segment on Affleck as Batman and a talking-head mentioned another actor. As soon as they said it I couldn't agree more:

 

Timothy Olyphant

 

A little too lanky on Justified, but trainers and regimen could deal with that. Looking back I've enjoyed all the action/thriller roles of his I've seen. Die Hard 4, A Perfect Getaway, The Crazies ...

Olyphant's pretty good at psychologically-dangerous characters with calm exteriors, like a Bruce Wayne. A "jaded" good-guy counterpart to Cavill's Clark Kent .

 

 

Wish Deadwood was still going. He makes a great Clint Eastwood type character. Would have loved to see him as Jonah Hex or re-start the Dirty Harry franchise.

 

 

I've liked him in everything I've seen him.

 

I concur. He was even good in Hitman.

I felt like they missed a huge franchise opportunity with "A Perfect Getaway". While the main focus of the film was on the other couple, Olyphant's character and his fiance were an insanely interesting pair.

He'd tell these bizarre death-defying backstory tales and she'd matter-of-factly say "Yeah, he's really hard to kill."

 

Olyphant: "I'm a American Jedi."

 

It just begged for a 'Die Hard'-esque sequel. Quirky couple trying to mind their own business but can't help being danger-magnets...

 

 

[Prince Namor]

 

Heh... demonstrating once again how Kevin Smith truly understands the internet age.

 

Kevin Smith between 1994 to 2001 was pretty damn good, but he has seemed to have gone in the opposite direction of Ben Affleck career wise.

While Affleck has won an Oscar recently I can`t seem to remember the last hit Kevin Smith has?

Oh yeah it was way back in 2001 with Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back.

 

Actually his highest grossing film would be 2010's Cop Out with Bruce Willis and Tracey Morgan at $55 million worldwide.

[Bosco685]

 

Heh... demonstrating once again how Kevin Smith truly understands the internet age.

 

Kevin Smith between 1994 to 2001 was pretty damn good, but he has seemed to have gone in the opposite direction of Ben Affleck career wise.

While Affleck has won an Oscar recently I can`t seem to remember the last hit Kevin Smith has?

Oh yeah it was way back in 2001 with Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back.

 

Actually his highest grossing film would be 2010's Cop Out with Bruce Willis and Tracey Morgan at $55 million worldwide.

 

It depends on how you look at ticket sales.

 

[NewEnglandGothic]

Before someone brings up Daredevil's ticket sales being a bit low for Marvel, should also remember the horrible Nor'Easter hit the Northeast on it's opening weekend. I couldn't get out until Sunday to see it because parking lots were still being cleared (...and it was still snowing). People used to my every other weekend snowstorm pictures on Facebook, should understand.

[Mr 9.8]

Judge Dredd is amused by the fanboys lighting themselves in flames over the casting of 'Benifer' as Batman.

 

[NewEnglandGothic]

I bet he wasn't laughing in '95.

[Buzzetta]

 

Heh... demonstrating once again how Kevin Smith truly understands the internet age.

 

Kevin Smith between 1994 to 2001 was pretty damn good, but he has seemed to have gone in the opposite direction of Ben Affleck career wise.

While Affleck has won an Oscar recently I can`t seem to remember the last hit Kevin Smith has?

Oh yeah it was way back in 2001 with Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back.

 

Actually his highest grossing film would be 2010's Cop Out with Bruce Willis and Tracey Morgan at $55 million worldwide.

 

It depends on how you look at ticket sales.

 

 

Compare that to how much it actually costs him to 'make' his movies and you will see more impressive numbers.

[Bosco685]

Compare that to how much it actually costs him to 'make' his movies and you will see more impressive numbers.

 

Good point.

 

- Cop Out: $30 MM

 

- Dogma: $10 MM

 

- Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back: $22 MM

 

- Zack and Miri Make a PornoL $24 MM

 

- Clerks II: $24 MM

 

Looks like he got more bang for the buck with Dogma when it comes to returns.

[NewEnglandGothic]

Compare that to how much it actually costs him to 'make' his movies and you will see more impressive numbers.

 

Good point.

 

- Cop Out: $30 MM

 

- Dogma: $10 MM

 

- Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back: $22 MM

 

- Zack and Miri Make a PornoL $24 MM

 

- Clerks II: $24 MM

 

Looks like he got more bang for the buck with Dogma when it comes to returns.

Being shelved by Disney after the controversial storyline and "Mouse House" bashing built a certain "awareness" of it's existence to the mainstream from the Associated Press.

[Bosco685]

Being shelved by Disney after the controversial storyline and "Mouse House" bashing built a certain "awareness" of it's existence to the mainstream from the Associated Press.

 

Jerel, you are a wealth of knowledge. I totally forgot about that.

 

MAY 26, 1999

 

In what will surely be remembered as one of the biggest victories in the history of the Catholic League, Disney CEO Michael Eisner bowed to pressure by putting the squeeze on Miramax co-chairman, Bob and Harvey Weinstein, effectively telling them that the Disney/Miramax label will not appear on the new anti-Catholic movie, “Dogma.” Miramax faxed its news release to the Catholic League on April 7.

 

[Buzzetta]

Being shelved by Disney after the controversial storyline and "Mouse House" bashing built a certain "awareness" of it's existence to the mainstream from the Associated Press.

 

Jerel, you are a wealth of knowledge. I totally forgot about that.

 

MAY 26, 1999

 

In what will surely be remembered as one of the biggest victories in the history of the Catholic League, Disney CEO Michael Eisner bowed to pressure by putting the squeeze on Miramax co-chairman, Bob and Harvey Weinstein, effectively telling them that the Disney/Miramax label will not appear on the new anti-Catholic movie, “Dogma.” Miramax faxed its news release to the Catholic League on April 7.

 

Dogma was a great movie regardless. Alan Rickman's lines are almost as quotable as Hans Gruber's in die hard.

 

http://www.imdb.com/character/ch0001300/quotes

Tell a person that you're the Metatron and they stare at you blankly. Mention something out of a Charlton Heston movie and suddenly everybody is a theology scholar.

[Aces]

I am Spartacus Batman!

[Larryw7]

.. I think we need a new kind of Batman ..

 

 

 

 

I'm betting half the board has no idea who Marty was

 

 

"Walk this way."

 

"No, this way".

[Larryw7]

With all of the publicity Affleck's casting is receiving from the media, this movie is a guaranteed box office smash.

[Jiminy_Cricket-migration]

.. I think we need a new kind of Batman ..

 

 

 

 

I'm betting half the board has no idea who Marty was

 

 

"Walk this way."

 

"No, this way".

 

 

 

Examples of usage

 

In After the Thin Man (1936), the butler says "Walk this way" (with stiff, bowed legs) and Nick Charles does.

In the Three Stooges short Don't Throw That Knife, a woman instructs the Stooges to walk this way and saunters off swinging her dress. The Stooges shrug and follow, imitating her.

In the 1946 Warner Bros. cartoon The Big Snooze, while "helping" Elmer Fudd flee his pursuers, Bugs Bunny uses a variant on this line by telling Elmer, "Quick, run 'this way'!" and puts him through some crazy dance steps while they continue to run.

In the 1952 Daffy Duck cartoon Super Snooper, when told to "Walk this way" by a butler, Daffy follows, mimicking the butler's unique walk. He remarks to the audience, "T'ain't easy!"

In The Lucy Show episode "Lucy and Jack Benny's Account", aired October 16, 1967, Lucy leads Jack out of Mr. Mooney's office, telling him "Walk this way," and sauntering in womanly fashion out the door. After watching her exit, Jack quips, "I always do!" and follows her out with like gait.

In Garfield and Friends episode "The Sludge Monster", after checking into a hotel, the manager asks them to 'walk this way', doing a very strange walk as he leads them to their room. However, Jon, Odie, and Garfield walk normal, with Garfield saying to the audience, "Don't worry, we're not doing that old gag."

 

Popularization

 

"Walk this way" was a running gag on Monty Python's Flying Circus during the late 1960s and early 1970s. Usually, after one character says, "Walk this way," a second character would say, "If I could walk that way-" and then be interrupted and sternly warned against completing the joke. In one sketch, a character played by Eric Idle actually completes the joke, ("If I could walk that way I wouldn't need after-shave!") and is promptly arrested. During the Election Night Special, "If I could walk that way" was part of the ridiculously long name of the "Very Silly Party" candidate.

In Young Frankenstein (1974), Igor says "Walk this way" (hunched over, with a short cane), encouraging Doctor Frankenstein to mimic his movements, even handing the Doctor his cane. Frankenstein complies, reluctantly, for a few steps before resuming his own walk. According to Gene Wilder, who co-wrote the -script and played Doctor Frankenstein, the joke was added while shooting the scene by Mel Brooks, inspired by the old "talcum powder" joke.[2] When the film was in theaters, the band Aerosmith was working on its third studio album, Toys in the Attic. The members of the band had written the music for a song but couldn't come up with any lyrics to go with it. After a while, they decided to take a break and see a late night showing of Young Frankenstein, where the gag inspired them to write the hit "Walk This Way".[3]

The "talcum powder" line is a favorite of David Letterman, who has repeated it many times on his show.

In Robin Hood: Men in Tights, the Sheriff of Rottingham tells Robin and his men, "Walk this way!" and proceeds to toss his chin up and wander off in a very self-important manner. Robin and the Sheriff's men look at one another, shrug their shoulders and do the same. The joke is also present in another Mel Brooks film, History of the World, Part 1

In the Broadway musical of The Producers, two gay characters ask Max and Leo to walk this way, and they follow with a camp mince.[4]