Holy **** Batman!

[bayonetbrant]

That will be the tagline for an Aquaman movie, "Not as gay as The Bieb".

and get sued for false advertising!?

[JasonPratt]

For what it's worth we can be reasonably sure that the photo JB tweeted (assuming he's the one who tweeted it) of him holding a BvsS script, is fake. He might still be reading for the part or contacted for it, but the photo itself is not real, based on several pieces of evidence.

MovieBob has an interesting discussion on the whole issue, which I shall append here: http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/the-big-picture/8119-Boy-Blunder


Worth noting is that the supposed script attempts to say that the movie is based on Frank Miller's TDKR, which we have been officially told is false (only that part of the tone of the movie is based on one iconic line) -- but if it was true, then JB would be reading for a part which in the original story WAS A FEMALE ROBIN!  ;D

[Centurion40]

A female Robin??!!  :o

Actually, there's a reboot I can get behind.

[mirth]

^I'm good with that!

[JasonPratt]

She wasn't quite that... old.  ;)

Although the comic photo you found is canonical, different character. Or was canon, until the New52. Her name was Stephanie if I recall correctly, and she was quite popular with fans. The editors eventually pretended she never existed, and then balefired her completely out of existence with the nu-DC. (Though I see they're officially introducing Carrie somehow because whatever. ::))

Anyway, in Frank Miller's story, she's an early teen not late teen; her name is Carrie.



But in the sequel, still working for Batman a few years later, she becomes Catwomangirl. So there's that.

[mirth]

First pic of BatFleck

[Steelgrave]

Not sure about the costume yet but the Batmobile.....wow!

[Martok]

Good lord, that's gotta be the poutiest Batman I've ever seen.  Still have a bad, bad feeling about this one. 

[Barthheart]

And the dumbest batmobile. For a crime fighting vehicle you'd think you'd like to actually see outta the damn thing.... 

[Arctic Blast]

Good lord, that's gotta be the poutiest Batman I've ever seen.  Still have a bad, bad feeling about this one.

I've had that feeling ever since it was announced that Zach Snyder is directing.

[JasonPratt]

Kind of looks like the windows weren't fully installed either.  ;)

Still, I'm not unhappy. Is Batman pouty? Yes, but I'd say not more than many other recent iterations. (See poster art for Begins.)

I don't entirely understand yet what they're going for with the costume, but as far as it goes it doesn't look bad. It's cloth armor instead of plates and hard plastic and that's okay with me. I like the Arkham Asylum/City look. (I'm not against plates, but I'm against hard plastic to cheat a body style which makes no instory sense.) I've never understood what the point (pun not intended) of short ears on the Batcowl is supposed to be, but I can't say it isn't an artistic choice with significant history.

On the other hand if the artistic choice is only to evoke Miller, that's lame. The chunky fat bat on the chest, unfortunately, clarifies that as the intention.

[JasonPratt]

Same Batmobile, different angle (from Snyder's pre-reveal tweet the day before, courtesy Topless Robot).

[JasonPratt]

The Mary Sue meanwhile has been collecting Sad Batman Memes -- my favorite is the one where Gail Simone jokes that the suit looks like ultra-crazy DC anti-hero (and sometimes Batman foe) Catman.



An actual recolor (since the photo is actually b/w) from Nashville's Dark Knight on Facebook (yay fellow Tennesseean! -- one of Nashville's few skyscrapers looks like the Batcowl, thus the connection):



Current gallery here: http://www.themarysue.com/sad-batman-meme/2/

Yes, there are Daredevil and Gigli jokes.

[BanzaiCat]

Because Affleck did SO well as freaking Daredevil...sigh.

Same damn Batmobile from the Keaton era, pretty much.

Yawwnnnn...

[bayonetbrant]

And the dumbest batmobile. For a crime fighting vehicle you'd think you'd like to actually see outta the damn thing.... 

it was designed by the guys that designed the windows on the Chevy Traverse