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#1  Edited By Tainted-Cell
@Fantasgasmic:  I think Moon Knight (for a time) did something similar, but I don't think it went further than returning to carve more crescent shapes into the criminals' skin.
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#2  Edited By Tainted-Cell

My sentiments are with Amanda Conner, but I agree with Jimmy Palmiotti. Kill the mechanism behind the character, not the character himself.
The Joker paralyzed Barbara Gordon, killed Jason Todd (even though he came back, it still represents a danger), killed Sarah Essen, and of course, all the countless others who aren't really linked to Batman.
In stories like Salvation Run, I thought he was incredibly annoying. He is there only for Batman. Take him out of Batman's life and Batman still has plenty of interesting villains gunning for Gotham.
 
Paralyze him. Chop his hands off. Chop his feet off. Give him irreparable brain damage so that he's drooling in a wheelchair all his life.
 
I think the philosophy behind it is stale. This is a character who supposedly couldn't even make it in the real world before he became the Joker. Given his history, all of his chances, and his life of violence, I don't think Batman should lose sleep over taking his "life" away, if it is to save so many other people. Batman doesn't need the Joker to be Batman. Is it really crossing the line? Yes, but I don't think it would make him that "murderer" Gordon/Loeb said he'd be. And if Gordon tried to arrest him because of it, well, let him try.

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#3  Edited By Tainted-Cell

The Two-Face/Uncle Sam poster was actually featured in the very first teaser for Arkham City.
Anyway, I haven't played the first game (don't have THAT good a PC, and no console to play it on), but that's going to change soon. It would be really cool if they brought in some references to No Man's Land, which seems easy enough. I'd like to see Batman crash into Penguin's penthouse and threaten to set off an emp around his portable generators, only to toss him an alarm clock.

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#4  Edited By Tainted-Cell

To non-comic-readers, Wonder Woman is to be avoided.
No one knows anything about her, apart from her gawdy bathing-suit costume. I wish this wasn't the case, but realistically, people really are that shallow.
To me, Wonder Woman is Susan Eisenberg from the Justice League cartoons. I'm not a fan of the character, but I respect her in the same way that I respect Superman. As a Star Wars fan, I liken the big three to Luke Skywalker (Superman, a farmboy who left home to make something out of his life), Princess Leia (Wonder Woman, a princess who has been given the impossible task of an ambassador to "Man's world"), and Han Solo (Batman, a rogue who likes to do his own thing). 
 
To me, the best way to re-introduce Wonder Woman to the masses... not the readers... is to give her a live-action role in a series NOT her own. The only problem here is.... there are too many characters to bank on for the executives to compress into ONE show. And if Batman can take in the same (if not greater) amount of viewers, then why take the risk? 
 
Honestly, if the average guy drove past a comic book store and saw some poor over-heated soul dressed as the Martian Manhunter waving a sign to promote sales.... would he be able to identify him? J'onn is my favorite character in the DC universe, but the likelihood of him getting his own show or movie within the next decade is just too small. His original costume is impossible to adapt without getting some laughs (heck, even Brightest Day has decided to give him some pants), the budget needed to get his powers illustrated would be substantial. He could be one of the coolest characters ever brought to your tv screen, but executives don't know what to do with him either.
 
So apart from the obvious sexism, really the main problem is convincing the guys in charge that Wonder Woman's show would be necessary, and if so, how?

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#5  Edited By Tainted-Cell

Alright, I get it, Blu-Ray release... dragging their feet on it to build up the anticipation....
But I already have the saga on DVD... which plays just fine on Blu-Ray players. I know I'm in the majority when I say that I don't feel I need to shell out that much to satisfy their lack of inventiveness.
 
Don't get me wrong. I LOVE Star Wars. Going to see all of the prequels seemed not only necessary, but demanded of me. It truly was an incomparable milestone in film-making history. 
But man, they really need to do something new.

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#6  Edited By Tainted-Cell

Hmmmmmm
Honestly, with the exception of the opening scene, I really didn't like the Wonder Woman movie. It was missing energy and felt too isolated, without much purpose. It felt like an introduction to different versions of characters from her mythos that we care little about, but nothing full-blown.
 
I loved New Frontier, although the comic is easily better in every way imaginable. It was already there for me to begin with, considering its focus on J'onn, probably my favorite of the DC universe. The only thing that got me there was the voice acting, and the overuse of the score. 
 
Crisis on Two Earths was easily the worst experience for me. There is no feeling. You can't relate to any of the villains, or the existing "heroes" of the parallel Earth, and even though I love the Martian Manhunter, his depiction with Rose was downright terrible. Bad voice-acting too. I didn't get my hopes too high for it, however, as I've grown to despise all of the Crisis stories.
 
First Flight tried to throw too much together in such a small movie that it didn't have room to breathe, to develop. Hal becomes "the Greatest Green Lantern ever" because he was in the right place at the right time on more than one occasion, not because he's smart, talented, or possesses an indomitable will. I loved the voice-acting, but like Wonder Woman, it was an introduction to different (lesser) versions of characters to draw non-fans in.
 
Under the Red Hood was surprisingly good for me. I thought the comics were terrible, but the movie gave it all purpose when all the essential points were united. I didn't like DiMaggio's Joker (and it wasn't because he's no Mark Hamil) mostly because every scene with him tries to be menacing, but only leaves you waiting for the punchline (which never shows). What brings the movie down, however, is the Black Mask, who is just annoyingly loud and stupid. 
 
I really like the Superman/Batman movies. Public Enemies was short-sighted, but still fun enough to overlook all of that. Apocalypse, aka, Supergirl, pushed away one of the title characters, revealing its' shortsightedness, but the action and voice-acting was enough to make it enjoyable. 
 
Then there's the shorts. I liked them all. Even though Shazam! takes me back to the introductory reimagining of First Flight/Wonder Woman, but it has spirit true to the characters. The Spectre utilized a couple of elements from stories during Michael Fleisher's short run and presented it like a Dirty Harry movie, and even though I'm not a fan of the character, I thought it was a great presentation. Green Arrow was pretty spectacular, true to form in every way. Jonah Hex, while slow to pick up, was pretty boss. That's a DVD I'm happy to own.

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#7  Edited By Tainted-Cell
@Backflip:  If you asked me, Diana loves Bruce AND Clark in the comics. I'm not debating what's there and established, I just wanted to know what you thought based on their compatibility, what they have to offer each other, and what scenario allows (or conflicts with) for that kind of relationship.
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#8  Edited By Tainted-Cell

Taking away the relationships that exist in the comics today, such as Bruce and Selina, or Clark and Lois, which pairing appeals to you the most, and carries the most potential?
I realize a great many may raise an eyebrow to the last one, but in that pairing I more or less refer to the budding friendship we see in the Superman/Batman comics.
Also, yes, I understand that your answers will be dependent on how they are written... as any of these will work in some capacity. In this case, I'd like to hear of HOW you would like that pairing explored.
Thanks.

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#10  Edited By Tainted-Cell

What is this, a "let's bash the musical theatre because it validates my masculinity" thread?
I just don't understand the righteous indignation presented here. 
Some people just don't get into musical theatre (or theatre at all for that matter) and as always, you're welcome to your thoughts and opinions, but to make a thread just short of campaigning against it seems a little excessive and dare I say it, unnecessary, doesn't it?
 
I'm comfortable with my sexuality and my favorite band is Queen, and I love love songs from artists who originated before the 90s, which means if you were to drive past me on the road, you might hear Queen, Cher, U2, Blondie, Fleetwood Mac, David Bowie, Duran Duran, the Eurythmics, Journey, Madonna, Elton John, and all kinds of oldies pop that might leave little to wonder how I could be into musicals.

I'm gonna tell you exactly what the owner of the comic book store I frequent has to say to people who complain that _____ adaptation is going to be terrible: "if you don't like it, you don't have to see it."
 
That said, I think the Spider-man musical looks like it dropped the ball, based on the quality of the production, although the wire stunts look incredible.

Oh and please don't throw the touring Batman theatre into the mix. It's completely different. And as someone who's attended a local (and therefore really low budget) adaptation of George Romero's "Night of the Living Dead" can tell you, live theatre is one of the coolest things you'll ever get to see. I can only imagine the potential invested in Batman.