Dark Knight trilogy - Who gets the credit for it?

[Conan-chandesune]

Is there any indication that we might someday have a larger "DC Cinematic Universe" that we can morph this thread into? :V

Give us a ring when DC makes a movie outside of Batman that isn't horrid.

High Expectations are there from the Man of Steel... Its Got Nolan involved. Nuff said.

[GinRei]

High Expectations are there from the Man of Steel... Its Got Nolan involved. Nuff said.

But he's not directing it, nor did he write the screenplay.  He just worked on the story, and isn't even top-bill for it.  Plus, Superman isn't British, yet his actor is.

Also, I haven't heard anyone excited for the movie.  Most expect it to be another Green Lantern.

[mangaluva]

High Expectations are there from the Man of Steel... Its Got Nolan involved. Nuff said.

But he's not directing it, nor did he write the screenplay.  He just worked on the story, and isn't even top-bill for it.  Plus, Superman isn't British, yet his actor is.

Also, I haven't heard anyone excited for the movie.  Most expect it to be another Green Lantern.

The trailer certainly isn't anything to get excited about it. I have no idea what to make of it, except to vaguely suspect that there are going to be a lot of scenes of Clark Kent sitting around brooding to piano music and wondering if it's even possible to not make his costume look cheesy.

Rumours abound about a Justice League movie, probably off the back of how well the Avengers universe is doing thus far.

[Jd-]

I'm tired of the "dark" and "gritty" superhero movies already. That sort of tone isn't what interests me in superheroes in the first place and always comes off as a little puerile with the way it's executed.

[GinRei]

To me, they're fine if they make sense.  Batman and Spider-man, for example, have a lot of dark stories as some of their best stories, and their origins are rather dark too.  The Avengers are relatively upbeat, X-Men are kind of middle of the road.  Superman definitely shouldn't be dark at all.  In fact, that's kind of his thing with Batman.  Yin and yang, light and dark.

Also, the Justice League movie isn't just a rumor, it's in the works.  And it's going to crash, hard.  They got some no-name writer to pen the thing, and at best the only characters with background stories beforehand will be Superman, Batman (though it'll be a different Batman than the current crop of movies), and Green Lantern (and that's only if they use Hal Jordan instead of Jon Stewart).

[mangaluva]

Dark and gritty is fine in its place- Batman has a pretty angsty backstory, after all, and there's a few other supheroes whose backstory or super-development takes them very dark places- but there are those, like Superman, that just don't. I didn't really read any Superman comics or watch any of the movies as a kid, but the gist of it that I've always gotten is that he's ridiculously overpowered, utterly and happily dedicated to making the world a better place for everyone and wears his underpants outside of his tights. Does that need to get dark and gritty? Why would you? Make it AWESOME. He can throw things into space- without nearly dying like Iron Man- and turn back time and lots of other badass stuff. After all the Bat-angst, I could do with a straight-up hero movie where it's the bad guy who needs his ass kicked, not the hero. Give us a little variety.

And Green Lantern is one of the few things I think could really do with a reboot just so we can pretend that that horrendous stain on Ryan Reynolds' career never happened. (Poor sod has no luck at all with superhero movies.)

[Conan-chandesune]

I'm tired of the "dark" and "gritty" superhero movies already. That sort of tone isn't what interests me in superheroes in the first place and always comes off as a little puerile with the way it's executed.

dARK AND gRITTY MOVIES WORK for some franchises. Bats has always been dark, the X men have dark spells (like the recent one) , Spidey has his fair share of dark  stories (sins past)  we simply have to make sure supes as a light hero is done lighter than them....

[Conan-chandesune]

DC is about to get its own cinematic universe. They say that JL is gonna make it onto the screens and then Reboots of Batman, WW, GL will follow suit.

[Commi-Ninja]

Oh wow.  I read DC and thought, naturally, of Detective Conan.  Then I was really concerned about an American company making it.

That lasted all of about half a second until I realized you weren't talking about DC but DC.  *headdesk*

[Kor]

Oh wow.  I read DC and thought, naturally, of Detective Conan.  Then I was really concerned about an American company making it.

That lasted all of about half a second until I realized you weren't talking about DC but DC.  *headdesk*

What? you don't want to see Nolan doing a Detective Conan trilo- *gets shot*

[Commi-Ninja]

I'd watch it like I'd watch a train wreck - out of morbid curiosity.

[doublemoonlight]

I'm tired of the "dark" and "gritty" superhero movies already. That sort of tone isn't what interests me in superheroes in the first place and always comes off as a little puerile with the way it's executed.

well... it kinda depands on who the superhero is. BATMAN is supposed to be dark and gritty because he is THE BAT. You can't make BATMAN in a soft mushroom land because he is all about darkness even in the comics. However, there are other more soft superheros like superman.
there was an attempt to make batman movie soft but... it ended up killing batman movie untill Nolan brought it back up.

[ProfParanoia]

well... it kinda depands on who the superhero is. BATMAN is supposed to be dark and gritty because he is THE BAT. You can't make BATMAN in a soft mushroom land because he is all about darkness even in the comics.
there was an attempt to make batman movie soft but... it ended up killing batman movie untill Nolan brought it back up.

True... if you ignore 1939-1980.

Spoiler:

[Conan-chandesune]

well... it kinda depands on who the superhero is. BATMAN is supposed to be dark and gritty because he is THE BAT. You can't make BATMAN in a soft mushroom land because he is all about darkness even in the comics.
there was an attempt to make batman movie soft but... it ended up killing batman movie untill Nolan brought it back up.

True... if you ignore 1939-1980.

Spoiler:

Lol!!! and dont forget the costumes and crazy science loons of the 60s. Though Morrison did an awesome job of explaining them in R.I.P.

[ProfParanoia]

well... it kinda depands on who the superhero is. BATMAN is supposed to be dark and gritty because he is THE BAT. You can't make BATMAN in a soft mushroom land because he is all about darkness even in the comics.
there was an attempt to make batman movie soft but... it ended up killing batman movie untill Nolan brought it back up.

True... if you ignore 1939-1980.

Spoiler:

Lol!!! and dont forget the costumes and crazy science loons of the 60s. Though Morrison did an awesome job of explaining them in R.I.P.

I think dressing up in a costume based off a 30's horror movie to fight another guy who dresses based on a 20's horror movie is crazy on it's own merits.