Jayne ,'Out Of Gas'
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I kind of like the idea of Batman just being a great big freak, and inventing some of his stealth techniques all by himself
Batman? Invent? That seems so out of char... wait, no it's completely not.
But if you show me a guy who spends ten years devising what took decades (if not centuries) for a group of people to hone, then you've completely lost me.
If you show a guy get obsessive and gain expertise and take all that and make his own way, then you've got me.
I didn't need anybody to teach me how to hide things in my bra.
Batman doesn't wear a bra.
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That's why he has Robin.
Batman doesn't wear a bra.
I think the costumes of the previous movies had a similar lift-and-enhance effect. And I don't mean just on the chest.
Everything I'm seeing for this film makes me think they based it on a great line by Neal Stephenson: "Until a man is twenty-five he still thinks, every so often, that under the right circumstances he could be the baddest motherfucker in the world."
Twenty-five?
t raises eyebrow
t thousands perish
Yeah, I've got until September.
Yeah, I've got until September.
If you hurry to someplace in the Orient and work hard, you have enough time to cram in some serious supernatural-ninja type skills, then you could go kick Neal Stephenson's ass and laugh in a mocking fashion.
Yeah, but then he'd just ask me how many epic novel's I've put out, and then I'd cry and cry.
You could beat him up with one of his epic novels. Cryptonomicon would work, and quickly too.
The training with ninja thing doesn't bother me at all, since that's pretty close to Batman's schtick (and the inspiration behind the current Robin's split-toed boots) and ninjitsu schools do still exist in Japan and elsewhere. I know there's at least one school within an hour of where I live, though I couldn't tell you how good it actually is.
I do hope we get at least some brief shots of him training in some other styles and other places as well, though.
Overall, I enjoyed the promo, though I do worry Bale's growly "Batman voice" might start to grate after awhile.