Nerd news

[zolac_no_miko]

Well, I've already overslept and will be quite late for work, so... let's post some nerd spam.

First off, Thor trailer! It has... hmmm... The Black Swan Natalie Portman in it. I am ambivalent. It's going to be released almost exclusively in 3-D. I am annoyed. But it has Idris Elba as Heimdall omg yaaaaay! And Anthony Hopkins is Odin. And I'm amused that the main cast member with the Scandinavian last name is the one who is not a Norse god.

Anyway, meh, I'm kinda vaguely interested (but Idris Elba! :D), but I've never read any of the Thor comics so I'm not sure how much I care. More importantly... Batman!

It's hard to separate fact from rumor on the internet but... regarding Nolan's The Dark Knight Rises, I believe it is fact that Tom Hardy has been cast (OMG YAY), and rumor that he will be playing Dr. Hugo Strange. Exciting~!

Comments

[mithen.livejournal.com]

Well, it's...interesting to know that the Batman/Hugo Strange shippers will be coming out in droves if that rumor is true. The...the mind boggles.

[zolac-no-miko.livejournal.com]

...Oh lord I didn't even think of that. *facepalm* I'm already slightly weirded out by the Batman/Joker shippers.

[mithen.livejournal.com]

Though I'm SO cracking up at the mental image of people who love Hardy's Hugo Strange digging into the comics to find more of their beloved ship. "Ooooh, this comic is all about Hugo Strange! Awesome! Maybe it will have lots of flirty moments between Bruce and Hugo! *flip flip flip* What--what--WHAT IS THISSSS?" :D

[zolac-no-miko.livejournal.com]

...I've never actually read anything with Strange in it. I only know him by reputation. ...Clearly something needs to be done about this.

[mithen.livejournal.com]

The only thing I can distinctly remember him in is the animated series, but I do know there's a story in the comics where he gets his identity confused with Batman's and runs around Arkham in a batsuit yelling "I AM A MODEL OF MENTAL HEALTH!" That has rather slashy/weird overtones...

Have we seen Arkham at all in the movies? Or has it been referenced? It would be interesting to see Nolan's take on it...

[zolac-no-miko.livejournal.com]

Strange was in Batman: The Animated Series? I don't remember that.... Or are you talking The Batman or something?

Lololol I've totally seen icons of that! I was wondering what that was all about.... XD

Yeah, there was a bunch of Arkham in the first movie. Sexy sexy Cillian Murphy Dr. Crane was the director, and there was all this conflict between him and Rachel Dawes because he kept having Falconi's goons declared insane and transferred there, and he developed Scarecrow as a way to experiment on the inmates, and he was using Arkham as his base of operations for dumping fear toxin into the water mains, and when he drugged Rachel Dawes Batman had to rescue her from there with the help of Gordon and a whole lotta bats. Etc.

[mithen.livejournal.com]

Awwwwwww, geez! *TOTAL FACEPALM* I can't BELIEVE I forgot the Arkham in the first movie! For some reason my mind kept going over the second one and trying to remember if the Joker had ever referenced it. FAIL.

Strange is in the animated series in the episode "The Strange Secret of Bruce Wayne," where he finds out Batman's secret identity but no one believes him. :P He's also the main antagonist in the last arc of the original comic based on the animated series, where Batman loses all of his memories and thinks he's eight years old again. It's a super-sad story. His character seems to be a sign of inevitable mind-fuckery and memory issues, which could be really interesting in the Nolanverse!

[zolac-no-miko.livejournal.com]

Awwwww, Bruce! ;_; ...I've not read much of that comic series, I should really get around to it at some point. SO MANY BATMAN COMICS, SO LITTLE TIME. T_T

[zolac-no-miko.livejournal.com]

Okay so I poked around on my best friend Wikipedia and Strange was in that one ep of B:TAS, I remember it now. He did also have a significant run on The Batman.

More importantly, Strange's first comics appearance Post-Crisis was in 'Prey' a storyline early in Batman's career, in which Strange is enlisted to help a police force capture Batman. We know Nolan likes to borrow from those early foundational Batman stories, and this would work well picking up right where The Dark Knight leaves off, so I think the odds are leaning heavily in Strange's favor to be the villain of this movie.

The 'Prey' story arc is also when Strange starts dressing up like Batman, brainwashing police officers, framing Batman for kidnapping the Mayor's daughter, and figuring out Batman's identity, which I think would be great movie material. And how fun would all that be? :D

So anyway, I'm sold. Now we just have to figure out who the other villain is going to be. Nolan always has two.

[mithen.livejournal.com]

Oh, wow, that analysis of "Prey" as a possible movie background is great! I'll have to go find that run and get to know Hugo a little better, because you're right, it's a perfect fit for the world Nolan has built.

[zolac-no-miko.livejournal.com]

I knooooow, I need to get my hands on it as well, it sounds like an awesome story!

[evilhippo.livejournal.com]

Idris Elba certainly is getting around a lot lately. I was thinking I was going to miss him once I finish The Wire, but then there was Luther and now he's just popping up everywhere.

Every time I see a film crew downtown I not-so-secretly wish it was them starting to film Batman. It had better happen before I get fed up and flee the country.

[zolac-no-miko.livejournal.com]

...I should watch The Wire, I guess?

No, you must stay, and lick parts of the set for me! ...Seriously though, Nolan, MAKE BATMAN HAPPEN FASTER. And then make Superman happen. ...FASTER.

[evilhippo.livejournal.com]

Yes! Yes, you should. It's a fantastically well-written show, though it's not something to undertake alone, nor is it something you can watch the first season of without needing subtitles every once in a while (holy Baltimore dialects). Idris plays Stringer Bell who's... just... kind of a sociopath businessman but not what you'd expect from that description at all. There should be a word for being fascinated by and hating something, because that'd be what I feel for Stringer Bell (fascinhate?). It's wonderful.

Lick the set, of course! Why didn't I think of that? (Do you want me to die? They're not building Gotham from scratch here, who knows what's on those buildings.) I do wonder what kind of charges can be levied against someone for licking set pieces and/or cast members, though... I might have to try it. FOR SCIENCE.

[zolac-no-miko.livejournal.com]

Fascinhate! I like it~.

I WOULD DO IT. I WOULD LICK CHICAGO FOR BATMAN. TT_TT

Lol but of course! Anything for science! And Batman!

[gemfyre.livejournal.com]

I wonder if the whole Hugo Strange thing has come about due to the release of a new trailer that is apparently for Arkham City that involves Strange.

[zolac-no-miko.livejournal.com]

Hugo Strange being the villain in the game does seem to be the source of much of the buzz regarding the possibility of his appearance in the movie. My friend posted the trailer early this morning, which is what prompted me to search out the current Nolan News. One article I read said something about someone involved in the movie leaking the Hugo Strange thing, but... I'd say it remains unsubstantiated for now. Still... it's looking fairly likely? Ish?

Fantastic trailer, by the way. Have you seen it? BATMAN PUNCHES A GUY IN THE CROTCH. :DD

[gemfyre.livejournal.com]

I am wishing for a movie involving Arnold Wesker/Ventriloquist. I can see some fascinating possibilities with analysing him in a realistic world environment.

[zolac-no-miko.livejournal.com]

Ooooh, that would be fabulous! ...I don't think we're likely to see him any time soon, at least not as a main villain. Sad.

[magusronin.livejournal.com]

Yay, I'd found and watched this just before I went to bed last night. Deciding I was too tired to post it I went to bed and planned to post it when I got up. Then I woke up to find you had beat me to the punch. :)

I've read some of the Thor comics, and think it should be a good story. I'm also not sure what I think of them planning on predominantly releasing it in 3-D. I've never been particularly fond of 3-D movies, they hurt my eyes.

[harechan.livejournal.com]

Nerd spam > work.

Oh my... I may actually be okay with watching that in 3-D. That was. Oh. My. God. Do want.

I would so very love to see Dr. Strange in the next movie. According to the official Arkham City trailer, he'll be playing a role in that too.

[zolac-no-miko.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I think his appearance in the trailer is a large part of why people think he'll be in the movie, although there was something about someone on the film crew leaking the information. But I dunno how reliable that is.

I did some research about Strange, though, and using the powers of logic I am fairly well convinced this is actually going to happen. To copypasta my thoughts from the above thread with mithen:

"Strange's first comics appearance Post-Crisis was in 'Prey', a storyline early in Batman's career, in which Strange is enlisted to help a police task force capture Batman. We know Nolan likes to borrow from those early foundational Batman stories, and this would work well picking up right where The Dark Knigh leaves off, so I think the odds are leaning heavily in Strange's favor to be the villain of this movie.

The 'Prey' story arc is also when Strange starts dressing up like Batman, brainwashing police officers, framing Batman for kidnapping the Mayor's daughter, and figuring out Batman's identity, which I think would be great movie material. And how fun would all that be? :D

So anyway, I'm sold. Now we just have to figure out who the other villain is going to be. Nolan always has two."