Batman Reboot

Hey everyone, guess what time it is ? Time for me to make my first blog post in a couple of months ! I do feel kind of bad on failing at my blog New Year's revolution, but hey I feel like it's ok because most of that time I have been working on actual works of fiction that I hope to get published some day, so thats a plus right ?

Any way, I am sure most of you know already that I, and many others, have seen The Dark Knight Rises.... and It was amazing. For those of you who don't know, I am basically obsessed with superheroes. I have loved them ever since I was a little kid watching Spiderman and Batman cartoons( both of which still hold up).

And of all the superheroes out there my favorite of all time has to be the Cape Crusader himself, Batman. As a kid I am sure I was attracted to him because of his look and the fact that he had a show on. Now I feel I am pulled to the character because of his heroic nature, his flaws, his amazing rouges gallery,the dark and grittyness of the character, and his novelistic personality.

If you do not travel along movie sites on the interwebs than you may not know that after The Dark Knight, Christopher Nolan, Christian Bale and most of the cast will not return thus ending the Nolan Batman saga. And probably even fewer of you know that with the reboot craze that Hollywood is going through as of current Batman is already set up for the reboot treatment.

This is something I love hearing. While I will miss the gritty, noir feel to the Nolan Batman saga, the idea of Batman still being on the screen in the forseable future excites me and with The Avengers making a shit ton of money, DC has already stated that they would like to get a Justice League Movie out there as soon as possible.

So with this I would like to give all of you reading ( all five of you) the opinion of a aspiring author, a movie, novel, and comic book nut, and a nerd with way too much time on his hand and no girlfriend at all.

1. Don't fix what isnt broken. While I don't want any director/ writer team coming in and trying to copy the Nolan way of doing Batman, it is the best way to use Batman on the big screen.  Batman at his core, is this dark gritty hero, with a strict moral code, something that is put in a extremely good light in the noir film type. Nolan showed that at his best, Batman is a tragic hero who while having many victories, still is defined by death. To go back to the Adam West Batman or even ( and I hate typing it) The Batman and Robin Batman would be a mistake.

2. By the same token you have to do something different. To me there is no point in rebooting a movie if you are just going to copy the last guy who did it. I know it contradictes what I am saying in a way, but who ever is directing and writing the next Batman film needs to take a few plays from the Marvel playbook, especially Iron Man 1.  You need to make the film seem like it is ripped almost straight from the comic book, while still keeping the dark, realistic aspect that has made the Nolan series so amazing. Build a universe like Marvel has done with there films, but still make the film seem like it means something.

3. Have Batman be an older Batman. When I say older Batman I don't me The Dark Knight Returns, old man Batman. I just think at this point it is useless to start with another origin story. Everyone and their mother knows the Batman origin story. I bet you at this point if you were to go up to some random person on the street 8 times out of 10 they can explain to you Batman's origins. To me 33 sounds a good age to me, Batman is not in a walker, but also is not a newbie. You get more experienced Batman.

4. Think about adding Robin, Nightwing, Batgirl, or the Entire Batfamily to the mix. I know what you are thinking " Wasnt that one of the main problems with Batman and Robin, too many characters ?" While I agree with you that at most points it seems like that is a big problem, but I feel with the right execution this can be remadied, look at The Avengers and The Dark Knight as my key examples. While Alfred and Gordan are key elements to Batman as a character, giving Bruce more of a family would explore many other aspects that Robin and the rest of the bunch help him explore.

5. Do not use any of the villians used in the previous films. At least not so soon, maybe start with a villian who has been seen on the screen or who has but that performance ....didn't turn out so well ( cough cough Mr.Freeze). That's the thing abouts Batman that makes him so differen than many of the comic book heroes out there, his rouges gallery is riddled with amazing villians. Even some of the most riduclous ones( Calander Man I'm looking at you) handled right could be cool additions. Too use The Joker, Bane, Two Face or Ra's al Ghul would just bring a unneed expectation that no film want

6. Cast Well. I know this seems like a no brainer, but this is one of the things that many Superhero movies do wrong. For Batman you need to get someone who can be both the mask that is Bruce Wayne and while getting someone imposing enough to be the Bat.  Everyone needs to be perfect at their role.

If they do those few things I feel that the Batman Reboot will be infintly better than many of the other reboots out there. This film must be taken with care, it has already gotten an expection that could easily go against it.

Dream Cast : This is my dream cast for the Batman Reboot, this is not nesscarily the cast I would cast if ever given the chance to Direct/ Write it, it's more or less saying just like a wish list of actors that could play the role.

Batman:  Jon Ham
Nightwing : Matt Bomer or Pen Badgley
Robin: Logan  Lerman or Josh Hutcherson
Oracle/Bat Girl: Sarah Michelle Gellar
Alfred: John Hurt or Geoffrey Rush
Jim Gordan: Bryan Cranston or Bruce Willis
Two Face: Joaquin Phoenix or Damien Lewis
Mr. Freeze: Patrick Stewart or Ralph Fiennes
Catwoman : Charlize Theorn
 Poison Ivy: Bryce Dallas Howard
Riddler: Alexander Scarsgard or Michael C.Hall
Clock King: Crispin Glover
Firefly: Ben Foster
Hugo Strange: Ben Kingsley or John Noble
Zsaz :Jackie Earle Haley
Black Mask: Chrisoph Waltz or Michael Fassbender
Pengiun: Phillp Seymour Hoffman
The Joker: Paul Bettany or Aaron Paul or Michael Shannon
Harley Quinn: Kristen Bell or Amanda Seyfried
The Mad Hatter : Timothy Spall
Scarecrow: Anthony Michael Hall or David Tennant
Red Hood: Jensen Ackles
Lucious Fox : Ron Glass
Killer Croc: Mickey Rourke
Bane: Dwayne Johnson..... or Tom Hardy...... or Javiar Bardem
Vikki Vale: Olivia Wilde
Man Bat: Williem Defoe
Ra's Al Ghul: Viggo Mortenson
Talia Al Ghul: Milia Kunis
Harvey Bullock: Michael Chiklis
Renee Monyana: Michelle Rodriguez
Clayface: Mark Strong
Carmine Falcone: Alfred Molina
Rupert Thorne: Robert De Niro or Dennis Farina
Hush:Josh Hartnett or Guy Pearce
Sal Maroni: Ron Perlman or Chris Cooper
Solomon Grundy:Michael Chiklis
Ventriloquist: Steve Buscemi
Calender Man: William. H Macy
The Calculator: Keifer Sutherland
Joe Chill: Frank Whaley or Brad Dourif