Hot Toys DX09 - BATMAN - Batman (Michael Keaton) - Specs & Pics
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Patience. This discussion happened with Spider-Man. Look what the final outcome was.
batfan08
Super Freak
I don't agree with the $3,000 Joker comment. If you like something, and you have the dough, do what you want. If I had the money, I'd buy a life-size bust of Heath's Joker. With that being said, I would do the same for Jack, Keaton, or Bale... because I like the characters. I don't think that people should be chastised for how much they're willing to pay for something or be called fanatics, because in the end, it's something you like. Hell, the same is probably being said about us on some Mattel board.
CeeemOr
Super Freak
Wait so you guyz are saying that he has no ankle articulation?^_^
I agree. It somewhat detracts from the realism and definitely from the stability of a figure. I remember one of the things I loved about the Takara Batman when it came out was the ankles articulation compared to HT's.
DarkMagic
Super Freak
I liked the Burton movies when I was younger and didn't know that much about Batman. They were moody pieces and for my 8-year old self, the action and gadgets and general eye candy was pretty damn exciting.
I don't understand the defense of them as being closer than Nolan's because they present a more "mysterious" interpretation of Batman.
What exactly is mysterious from the omniscient viewer's perspective? You go into both movies knowing right away Batman's identity, that he's rich, that he's a human with no powers, and that he is a good guy. If you are somehow totally green to the character and you knew none of that at the beginning, it is all revealed pretty soon into each film.
Now if the argument is that Burton's Batman is more "mysterious" from the point-of-view of the non-omniscient other characters in his universe than Nolan's Batman is to the characters in his, well, that argument doesn't hold water either. Burton had "I heard he drinks blood." Nolan had one of scarecrow's punks wondering "Is it true he can fly?" In both versions, the non-omniscient characters are just as in the dark about who or what Batman is...he is just as "mysterious" in both Nolan and Burton's worlds.
I don't understand the defense of them as being closer than Nolan's because they present a more "mysterious" interpretation of Batman.
What exactly is mysterious from the omniscient viewer's perspective? You go into both movies knowing right away Batman's identity, that he's rich, that he's a human with no powers, and that he is a good guy. If you are somehow totally green to the character and you knew none of that at the beginning, it is all revealed pretty soon into each film.
Now if the argument is that Burton's Batman is more "mysterious" from the point-of-view of the non-omniscient other characters in his universe than Nolan's Batman is to the characters in his, well, that argument doesn't hold water either. Burton had "I heard he drinks blood." Nolan had one of scarecrow's punks wondering "Is it true he can fly?" In both versions, the non-omniscient characters are just as in the dark about who or what Batman is...he is just as "mysterious" in both Nolan and Burton's worlds.
Not yet.
Yeah, although they look terrible the Takara boots give that figure the best stability of my collection.
Having said that, Spidey is a figure that, by his nature, demands lots of articulation, so that really needed to be fixed IMO. Keaton Batman has the rubber (or possibly PVC) body on the figure that is gonna restrict maneuverability a lot more than Spidey's spandex suit of course. DX02 couldn't be moved around much at all. It is possible this figure will be no different. And if the legs really aren't very poseable, then. . .I hear what Maglor is saying--pointless to have articulated legs without articulate ankles, but the reverse is also true.
thenammagazine
Super Freak
You're taking your hatred of the Nolan lovers out on Nolan's films. Don't do that
Kinda hard when it's shoved in your face. My intro was a ____ing ****** who spritzed me in the eye with a squirt gun wearing a TDK Joker Halloween costume. I told him to ____ off as I was wiping off my face and he said, "Why so serious?" He took the fast way down from my stairs. But the douchery has continued ever since. It's one of the fundamental issues with this very section of the boards. I can take a joke just like the other guy, but how many times do you have to hear it before it gets bad? Before you're sick of hearing it?
That's not what I said. You're "putting words in my mouth" to unnecessarily fuel a rant. Go back and re-read the posts.
And nobody's saying it's not okay to like the Nolan movies. Nobody's saying you can't get his name tattoo'd on your moobie. But you guys shouldn't be dry humping each other and dogpiling those who feel differently, especially outside of Nolan-verse threads.
Yep. Even if this doesn't have much range of motion in the legs, to me, it doesn't take much movement to lift a foot from being flat on the floor. Even a slight step forward will do it. Ankle articulation is one of those small aspects that can add a lot to a figure.
Indeed. I've seen people talk about fear of posing a figure without a stand, or how they can't get figures to stand well on their own. The key is in the ankles. Once I get a pose I like I spend a ton of time tweaking the ankles. Once you get the center of gravity right the ankles are where all the stability comes from.
Exactly. For the entire time I owned the Tak Bats I never used a stand. The ankles were always tight and held the figure just fine in most every pose. If HT can do that here I'd call it as close to perfect as 1:6 figure can be.
thenammagazine
Super Freak
Did he look like this?
Nah, but he visited people dressed similarly, after busting an ankle falling 15ft.
Guinnessfan
Super Freak
Maglor if his boots in the move had Nike Swooshes on them why wouldn't you want them on the fig wouldn't it add to the realism?
Nam I someone squirted me in the eye and said "Why so serious" I too would be pissed when I heard it in the future...funny story though.
Nam I someone squirted me in the eye and said "Why so serious" I too would be pissed when I heard it in the future...funny story though.
thenammagazine
Super Freak
It all ended well. He came by on crutches a few days later and apologized for the joke and wanted to see if we were cool. I didn't know he lived in the same complex at the time, but he didn't want me bent at him.
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