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By Azad April 20, 2001 12:01 PM
Darren Aronofsky, best known for directing Pi and Requiem for a Dream told an audience in New York that he won't be directing Batman: Year One as his next film, according to the C.H.U.D. Web site. Speaking April 18 at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, Aronofsky said he would instead begin an unnamed scifi movie to star Brad Pitt.
And as for the much-talked-about Batman project, Aronofsky said, "Don't believe the hype: It's a sequel." The site also reported that Aronofsky was carrying a copy of Batman: Tales of the Bat with him.
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RE: No Batman for Pi Guy 
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Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on April 20, 2001 3:52 PM
Big deal they will find someone else to do it, perhaps one of the Scotts. They are both very very good, and the China man who did Crouching Tiger, he's also very good!
Here in the UK, we have not yet seen "Tiger Land" has anyone seen it?
My freinds John, Ritchie, Reginald and Peter saw all the Bat Mans the other day on video, and they are all quite bad, however the man child that plays Robin the Boy Wonder was wonderful indeed. He's a charming actor with a charismatic smile, I would love for them to make a "plastic Man" movie, he was my favorite....his whole body could stretch. Think of the possabilities! He could be played by Pitt, or Lewis they'd both be magnificent!
Craig "100% UK" Mills
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Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on April 20, 2001 3:54 PM
I Agree, and I think thats a bold name too!
Lets show these YANKS what for!
On a tamer note: does anyone here know who did the voice over for Gandolf the wizard in the animated "The Hobbit", I must know!!
- 101% U.K.
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Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on April 20, 2001 3:58 PM
I don't know
Back to Bat Man, will he be played by a man in the next episode, I've heard rumors he's to be played Carmen Elektra. I hope this time around they use the Scare Crow he's a great villian. I think they will get Crow to do this pic, he's wanted to do a bat show for some time. By the way all, Final Fantasy will be out 2 months earlier than advertised!
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Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on April 20, 2001 7:16 PM
John Huston did ithe voice of Gandolf
RE: RE: No Batman for Pi Guy reply
Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on April 20, 2001 9:02 PM
Not to be all improper and rude and that sh*t, but do all Brits have a tendency to rant on and change topics like they have A.D.D.?
RE: No Batman for Pi Guy reply
Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on April 20, 2001 9:06 PM
NNOO!!! Arnofsky's filmmaking style would have been PERFECT for Batman: Year One !!! God must hate me in order to tease me with such a juicy peice of steak, then reveal its just left-over chicken like that. The first Batman flick kicked arse, and the second was okay, but Joel Schumacher totally screwed up the Bat-Movie franchise; it would have been great to finally have a movie that truley embodies what Batman is. Stupid God and his left-over chicken...
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Posted by TheUndeadChick (zombiebme@yahoo.com) on April 20, 2001 10:12 PM
Funny, I was thinking the exact opposite. I can't imagine Arnofsky's style being too condusive to this sort of cookie cutter series crap. I'm glad he's off it.
I mean, don't get me wrong, I think that if anyone could have made a new Batman movie watchable, it most certainly would have been him. I was just fearing that something like this would be a turning point for the worst as far as what we ca expect from him in the future.
I don't think the public at large would be quite as appreciative of his style.
RE:No Batman for Pi Guy reply
Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on April 21, 2001 8:06 PM
You people are all morons. It's a BATMAN movie for crissake! It is by definition a piece of crap.
It ain't "The Battleship Potemkin"! It ain't art and taking this sh*t seriously will damage your judgement just when you need it most.
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Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on April 21, 2001 11:14 PM
I'd agree with this, but Batman: Year One is no "cookie cutter" sh*t. Batman: Year One was a mini series of comic books written by comic-great Frank Miller, who is responsible for some of the greatest Bat-comics ever made (including The Dark Knight Return, widly acclaimed the greatest American graphic novel, ever) and Arnofsky would have been working closely with Miller on the screenplay. And the comic itself even looks like an Arnofsky film! Batman: Year One is not you typical Batman action flick, like the God-awful last two attempts. And those movies sure as HELL don't reflect much of anything from the comic. Batman: Year One would have been a great opportunity to show the public what Batman is really like, especially if it were directed by Arnofsky. Now, all the movie-going, non-comic reading public will see in Batman is the god-awful movies and the horrible '60s Adam West show.
And by the way, before any idiot tells me to, I have looked into marrying my comic books. Its only illegal in Vermont, and I spent all my gas money on "The Complete Frank Miller Batman".
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Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on April 21, 2001 11:15 PM
By the way, I messed up in the HTML, that entire article wasn't meant to be in italics.
RE: RE:No Batman for Pi Guy reply
Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on April 21, 2001 11:18 PM
That's why its a pity that Arnofsky is not one the prject any longer: Though the Batman movies are peices of crap, Batman comics, especially the "Batman: Year One" line, are not crap, and neither are Arnofsky films. This would have made such a great film if Arnofsky had been on it.
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Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on April 21, 2001 11:22 PM
Nah, Batman: Year One would be a perfect Arnofsky project. The comic books (both in that particular mini-series, and the regular running monthly series) are no where near as stupid as the movies, and tend to be much more psychological-based than action based (although, beleive me there's plenty of that, him being a crime fighter and all). I think Arnofsky would have been perfect for bringing the real "Batman" to the public at large.
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Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on April 21, 2001 11:24 PM
Arnofsky was carrying a copy of "Batman: Tales Of The Bat" with him, and is known to read the comic, alot. He's clearly a fan, and I doubt the man who made Pi and Requiem For A Dream would be such a fan without good reason, especially not if Batman were really just the "cookie cutter series" portrayed in the horrible movies.
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Posted by TheUndeadChick (zombiebme@yahoo.com) on April 22, 2001 1:41 PM
...hehheh...
RE: RE: RE: No Batman for Pi Guy reply
Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on April 22, 2001 7:34 PM
I think all you faggots need to get a life.
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Posted by TheUndeadChick (zombiebme@yahoo.com) on April 22, 2001 10:05 PM
You would be correct, you sex kitten, you. *wink wink*
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Posted by Ingrownhair (No Email) on April 23, 2001 7:38 AM
Hey, the Batman movies were.......entertaining, to say the least. A great new twist for the BATMAN films would to have the dynamic duo themselves direct and collaberate on the projest, QUENTIN TARANTINO AND R. RODRIGUEZ. Now that would be a movie to see!!!
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Posted by Ingrownhair (No Email) on April 23, 2001 7:48 AM
John, Ritchie, Reginald and Peter...whatever, sound like a male daisy chain
Dark Knight Returns not a graphic novel reply
Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on April 23, 2001 8:13 AM
Batman The Dark Knight Returns isn't a graphic novel. It's a collection of comics reprinted. So is Batman Year One and almost every comic Frank Miller ever wrote or produced. ALMOST being a key word in that sentence. Graphic Novels are original pieces of work at the length they are published. Take for example JLA Earth 2 by Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely. Or Sin City Family Values by Miller. Now if a Batman GN were to be produced it would make me happy to see Frank Miller's name attached to it!
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Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on April 23, 2001 10:10 AM
I couldn't agree more: Baldwin was a good Shadow and he is certainly a gorgeous lad indeed, his little brother is beautiful, and in the US is considered the next Steve McQueen. Ang Lee is gonna do the Hulk (which sounds delicious) so he might as well do Bat Man too! hee
The rest of you Yanks Shut the Heck Up, we UK Men are taking over this site, we think all you USA boys are lame and fragile, and stupid too boot. Why can'y you be more like Dermot Mulroney who is sweet, sassy, gorgeous, and dreamy. Here in the Great UK we love his nice ass and have posters of him in every mans bathroom.
Jimmy Vunnion
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Posted by 100% AMERICAN (hellskitchen_@hotmail.com) on April 23, 2001 10:12 AM
What?
RE: No Batman for Pi Guy reply
Posted by uncontrollable (No Email) on April 23, 2001 6:40 PM
well I really think that Tim Burton would make an awsome director for the BatMan movie as well as Quinton taretino.
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Posted by ZapChance (natpal2@hotmail.com) on April 23, 2001 10:04 PM
What's the deal with all this USA bashing? I'm from the UK but you gotta admit, the Yanks are just so much better than us at entertainment. For God's sake just check out the movies and comic books -- it's all American.
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Posted by Platynum Shadow (The Shadow) on April 23, 2001 10:07 PM
Thank you. Im not saying that we are superior...I'm just asking for a little credit in the field in which we excel. I can admit that we don't build the best cars ;) Thanks for the whiff of fresh air from a UK resident.
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Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on April 24, 2001 11:21 AM
Hello,
Yes as a matter of fact, The voice of Gandalf was done in the hobbit and return of the king by nonr other than director John Houston.
For this Yank, the real test of the new Lord of the rings series that is debuting at Christmas is going to be whether Ian Macellum can match Houston's Perfomance. For me the voice of Gandalf made the animated movies what they are. Absolutely spellbinding.
Thanks for the opportunity to show my command of useless trivia:)
RE: RE: No Batman for Pi Guy reply
Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on April 24, 2001 4:56 PM
Tim Burton directed the first two Batman flicks. And although I would fork over hundreds of dollars if I had to in order to see a Tarantino directed Batman flick, Batman just isn't really his style?
RE: Dark Knight Returns not a graphic novel reply
Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on April 24, 2001 5:01 PM
Who gives a crap? It doesn't matter what the hell a graphic novel is, technically. Batman Year One and The Dark Knight Returns are two of the greatest Bat stories ever told, and that's what matters.
Damn, I grew up on comics, go to conventions, the works, but even I know where to draw the line between past-time and really dumb obsession.
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Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on April 24, 2001 5:04 PM
That would be ssooooo f**king great. Although I doubt they could do a quote, "real Batman movie", it still would be a trip to see. But in order to make a decent Batman flick, you need a director that's a fan.
Like Aronofsky.
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Posted by Mets Fan (mimibobo23@hotmail.com) on April 25, 2001 7:06 AM
Maybe it isn't his style, but it would be GREAT to see his outlook on BATMAN. Tarantino was once quoted as saying "I'M TRYING TO MAKE THE VIOLENCE REAL". The dialogue would be wild as well.
RE: the Mets suck reply
Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on April 26, 2001 2:27 PM
OH, good post from the Metropolitans fan....go back to Queens ya putz
RE: RE: the Mets suck reply
Posted by bubba (No Email) on April 26, 2001 11:18 PM
who's batman? and how did i get in this box??
RE: RE: RE: No Batman for Pi Guy reply
Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on April 28, 2001 5:55 PM
Yes...the voice over was done by a leser known Austrian character actor by the name of Clarence "buttermaid" Donaldson. Donaldson got the unique nickname when he was a child because his mother would constantly require him to make butter for the entire family (quite large) each evening. He has been in may foreign films, but is probably best known in the US as the dog trainer / custom suit salesman in Mel Gibson's The Man Without a Face.
Take it easy!
Marc
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Posted by critic21 (No Email) on April 29, 2001 2:06 PM
who gives a f*ck about batman the real news here is pitt "one of the greatest actors" teaming up with Darren Aronofsky who's twisted genius is nothing short of E.A. Poes. If anyones seen Faith in chaos or requiem they would know what im talking about.
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Posted by xcalibar25 (xcalibars5@hotmail.com) on April 30, 2001 10:55 PM
Maybe now it won't be Year one, especially with Clooney playing Batman. Ugh
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