> Man-Bat, like Clayface, is an absolute no-go thanks to the “no superhuman” rule they seem to be running with.
I know, but I’m a sucker for - in particular - the visuals in Jamie Delano/John Bolton’s Manbat story, I think it would translate (even when shifted to a Gotham setting, though it’s a killer notion for an ‘exile’ film if they’re not committed to ending the saga at 3). And I do think the gothic SF could be made to work - at least more credibly than Clayface, and it has a more ‘main villain’ shape.
Pipe dream, I know.
Truthfully, iconic villains aside, I think The Cult is one of the most Nolan-able stories available. There’s a cinematic quality to Bats’s arc in there, a lot of substance (plus FUNKY dream stuff). You’d have to change the Blackfire backstory, but it’d be worth it for the reaction of the religious right alone.
> Man-Bat, like Clayface, is an absolute no-go thanks to the “no superhuman” rule they seem to be running with.
I know, but I’m a sucker for - in particular - the visuals in Jamie Delano/John Bolton’s Manbat story, I think it would translate (even when shifted to a Gotham setting, though it’s a killer notion for an ‘exile’ film if they’re not committed to ending the saga at 3). And I do think the gothic SF could be made to work - at least more credibly than Clayface, and it has a more ‘main villain’ shape.
Pipe dream, I know.
Truthfully, iconic villains aside, I think The Cult is one of the most Nolan-able stories available. There’s a cinematic quality to Bats’s arc in there, a lot of substance (plus FUNKY dream stuff). You’d have to change the Blackfire backstory, but it’d be worth it for the reaction of the religious right alone.
By Andrew
August 16, 2008 @ 1:15 am
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