On 5/30/2024 at 4:18 PM, legoturtle said:

(2nd Shadow Box just arrived, thank you TLG <3)

I think you should get a third one

  On 5/30/2024 at 4:41 PM, PGBQW said:

I think you should get a third one

Are you crazy?!! Prime numbers are dangerous it should be at least 4.

I kid.

  On 5/30/2024 at 6:58 AM, CloneCommando99 said:

I’m so sad that we’re never going to get *Title Card* sets. Hopefully one day Lego will make a CMF of all the more mature superhero franchises they haven’t done.

They could include: *Title Card*, an updated Deadpool, Injustice characters and maybe even characters like Homelander and Arkham Batman.

But they won’t. Which I’m at peace with at this point. And I know that I’m silly for wishing for such things.

I’m also at peace with the possibility that Lego DC is dead and may never come back. Lego DC is gone. Lego Batman is all that remains.

It'd be a licensing nightmare- I'm not even sure how they'd work that out selling at least 3 different companies products under the same banner (and most likely 4 since there's no way Kirkman doesn't have a say on invincible merch), but since it's not happening anyway due to how mature it'd be, yeah, it'd be fun.

  On 5/30/2024 at 8:18 AM, ARC2149Nova said:

We have Arkham Batman, Injustice is not Rated M, I feel you on the rest, though. I remember one of the pad-printed custom places had Atom Eve and Invincible back in the day. I never even knew the comics existed until the show came out, but I knew Atom Eve from that custom.

Now that I think about it, that CMF you fantasize would come with, at a minimum: Invincible, Atom Eve, Omni-Man, Homelander, Billy Butcher, Starlight, Movie Deadpool, Movie Cable, Movie Colossus, Arkham Knight, AK Scarecrow, Kick-A**, Hit Girl, Spawn, and Hellboy. There's no way that's ever happening, but a man can dream. 

I own the Firestar toys Unbeatable Adolescent. He's the only non-purist lego I own. I've got him and spidey wooshing past my daily bugle set in a recreation of the pose from the cover of their team-up issue.

That would be cool, though I'd prefer a title card only CMF. Something like: 1. Invincible, 2. Atom Eve, 3. Omni-Man, 4. Angstron Levy (suit), 5. Allen the Alien, 6. Kregg, 7. Robot, 8. Immortal, 9. Dupli-Kate (With a microfig of shrinking Rae), 10. Cecil, 11. Debbie, 12. Rex, 13. Black Samson, 14. Lucan (with family feud dvd), 15. Donald, 16. Invincible (severe bloodstains and battle damage).

Obviously if we did the comic instead of just the show, we'd have to change it up a lot- no spoilers, but we'd need freddy mercury, some other outfits for certain characters, etc- but I've gone off topic enough, even for this thread.

  On 5/30/2024 at 4:13 PM, PGBQW said:

This has such a "hire this man, nintendo" energy

Let Sam Raimi direct. Watch the box office explode.

  On 5/30/2024 at 4:41 PM, PGBQW said:

I think you should get a third one

No, no, no. He's gonna need 4. The quad box.

  On 5/30/2024 at 4:57 PM, Agent Kallus said:

Are you crazy?!! Prime numbers are dangerous it should be at least 4.

I kid.

Ok, hear me out, he really needs 8 to get the full cube shape kept.

  On 5/30/2024 at 5:03 PM, Mandalorianknight said:

Ok, hear me out, he really needs 8 to get the full cube shape kept.

 

  On 5/30/2024 at 4:57 PM, Agent Kallus said:

Are you crazy?!! Prime numbers are dangerous it should be at least 4.

I kid.

Listen to you, you sound demented.

8? Really? That's an unappealing number. At that point you might as well round it up to a nice 10.

  On 5/30/2024 at 5:03 PM, Mandalorianknight said:

No, no, no. He's gonna need 4. The quad box.

No, no, no, no. He needs 5. One for each movie Batman: West, Keaton, Bale, Affleck and Pattinson.

  On 5/30/2024 at 5:10 PM, CloneCommando99 said:

No, no, no, no. He needs 5. One for each movie Batman: West, Keaton, Bale, Affleck and Pattinson.

 

  On 5/30/2024 at 5:09 PM, PGBQW said:

 

Listen to you, you sound demented.

8? Really? That's an unappealing number. At that point you might as well round it up to a nice 10.

You're both wrong. Clearly he needs one for each theatrically released batman film. Which is around 15 depending on what you do and don't count.

 

(Jokes aside legoturtle I am interested to see how you combine the two for a MOC, it's a neat idea and I wish you luck)

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  On 5/30/2024 at 8:18 AM, ARC2149Nova said:

Now that I think about it, that CMF you fantasize would come with, at a minimum: Invincible, Atom Eve, Omni-Man, Homelander, Billy Butcher, Starlight, Movie Deadpool, Movie Cable, Movie Colossus, Arkham Knight, AK Scarecrow, Kick-A**, Hit Girl, Spawn, and Hellboy. There's no way that's ever happening, but a man can dream. 

Almost. This is what I had in mind: 1) Invincible, 2) Omni-man, 3) Atom Eve, 4) Homelander, 5) Billy Butcher, 6) Starlight, 7) Deadpool (Grey X-Force suit), 8) Cable, 9) Domino, 10) Peacemaker, 11) Joker (2019 movie) and 12) Arkham Knight.

  On 5/30/2024 at 4:41 PM, PGBQW said:

I think you should get a third one

If I had a nickel for every time legoturtle bought a LEGO Batman™ 76252 Batcave™ – Shadow Box set, I'd have two nickels.

Which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it happened twice.

  On 5/30/2024 at 7:22 PM, THELEGOBATMAN said:

If I had a nickel for every time legoturtle bought a LEGO Batman™ 76252 Batcave™ – Shadow Box set, I'd have two nickels.

Which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it happened twice.

I really enjoy how he went from "I dont want it" to buying several.

 

Truly character growth.

GUYS!! PLEASE ...

I am building S.B. MOC for LEGO fair. It is not easy to make BIGGER box. Wider, more deep, more height... still closing, AND opening. Main Colours are: Yellow, Lime, Dark Purple... and yes there is a lot of black, dark and light grey. BUT a lot of colour too.

 

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BUT the feeling... lying on bed with my laptop, writing here. When I look right I see unopened BOX. YES!!!! That box my friends :))) ... when I look left I see a pillow. YES! I know, I know... turtle go under your hard shell, to the darkness and be QUIET!!!!!! ok ok ... I am going. BUT just this 1 thing... when I look in front ... ouhhh boy oouuu boy!! There is a mirror. 

You know the thing when Bruce looks the mirror and sees Batman. That feeling :)

 

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  On 5/30/2024 at 5:10 PM, CloneCommando99 said:

No, no, no, no. He needs 6. One for each movie Batman: West, Clooney, Keaton, Bale, Kilmer and Pattinson.

Let's not pretend that that wouldn't be fire.

  On 5/30/2024 at 9:35 PM, legoturtle said:

GUYS!! PLEASE ...

I am building S.B. MOC for LEGO fair. It is not easy to make BIGGER box. Wider, more deep, more height... still closing, AND opening. Main Colours are: Yellow, Lime, Dark Purple... and yes there is a lot of black, dark and light grey. BUT a lot of colour too.

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I'm intrigued at how the lime and purple are gonna play into it. Trophies? Or is Joker taking over, those are very Joker colours.

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  On 5/31/2024 at 12:02 AM, Agent Kallus said:

Let's not pretend that that wouldn't be fire.

I'm intrigued at how the lime and purple are gonna play into it. Trophies? Or is Joker taking over, those are very Joker colours.

I think he's just referring to the fact that the set has a lot of pieces in other colors, like how lots of larger sets have those interior parts in weird colors to "break up the build experience" or whatever.

  On 5/30/2024 at 9:35 PM, legoturtle said:

GUYS!! PLEASE ...

I am building S.B. MOC for LEGO fair. It is not easy to make BIGGER box. Wider, more deep, more height... still closing, AND opening. Main Colours are: Yellow, Lime, Dark Purple... and yes there is a lot of black, dark and light grey. BUT a lot of colour too.

 

...

BUT the feeling... lying on bed with my laptop, writing here. When I look right I see unopened BOX. YES!!!! That box my friends :))) ... when I look left I see a pillow. YES! I know, I know... turtle go under your hard shell, to the darkness and be QUIET!!!!!! ok ok ... I am going. BUT just this 1 thing... when I look in front ... ouhhh boy oouuu boy!! There is a mirror. 

You know the thing when Bruce looks the mirror and sees Batman. That feeling :)

I really do appreciate that you're trying to make this big MOC and totally emphasize with the feeling of being excited by the challenge and yet scared of it.

But also those images of Giancarlo Esposito as Mr. Freeze at the end are utterly insane.

somehow when I look in the mirror I WANT TO see Mr. Freeze (there is so hot +27)

(Is it possible that he is in the The Batman part 2 ...)

 

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  On 5/31/2024 at 5:48 AM, legoturtle said:

 

(Is it possible that he is in the The Batman part 2 ...)

Last I heard Clay Face was supposed to be the villain of The Batman 2. But since then I think James Gunn debunked that rumour.

I think that we can definitely expect a Joker appearance.

Sorry. It doesn’t look like Mr Cheese will be in The Batman 2.

BUT why they made a NEW Mr. Freeze?

• Mr. Freeze gets a perfect redesign for the next Batman movie, ditching the giant freeze suit for a more grounded look.

  On 5/31/2024 at 6:37 AM, legoturtle said:

BUT why they made a NEW Mr. Freeze?

• Mr. Freeze gets a perfect redesign for the next Batman movie, ditching the giant freeze suit for a more grounded look.

What is your source?

You’ve always got to be careful where you’re sourcing your information from.

So please give me the sauce,

  On 5/31/2024 at 6:49 AM, CloneCommando99 said:

What is your source?

You’ve always got to be careful where you’re sourcing your information from.

So please give me the sauce,

 

There is no source. It's genuinely just speculation on r/TheBatmanFilm.

Google Mr. Freeze The Batman Grounded Reddit. It feels like they speculate about it every month, there are also a few ridiculous fan arts, for example one where Freeze uses a taped-over SWAT suit.

I remember that at one point someone said What if Mr. Freeze in The Batman Part II doesn't actually use the freeze-ray, and his way of freezing people is just killing them (since they don't move when they're dead). 

Funniest thing ever.

Personally, I‘d rather they not adapt any superpowered villains for The Man II if they try to ground them too much. Grounding characters like the Joker, Riddler, Catwoman, and the Penguin works, but Clayface, Freeze, Bane, Poison Ivy etc should keep their superpowers or gadgetry.

There’s nothing wrong with having a „realistic“ take, but the filmmakers shouldn‘t feel ashamed of the inherent pulpiness and sillyness of the characters. We‘re taking about a franchise centering around an orphan billionaire dressing up like a bat to conquer his fears 

In my opinion, they should thus either fully embrace the powers, or focus on villains that are more grounded to begin with, like Hush and/or the Court of Owls.

I fully agree with this. There's a difference between having a distinct aesthetic and being grounded — I think The Batman is more the former than the latter, unlike Nolan's trilogy.

I really hope Reeves won't try to keep it toned-down and realistic. While I like the idea of two Batmans — Reeves more grounded, Gunn's more fantastical — I think including things like Freeze's ray and suit isn't any more goofy than the main character running around in a bat-themed costume.

I don't want Scarecrow in a business suit, wearing the mask like two times and barely using the toxin. I want a maniac in an actual Scarecrow costume, preferably with a scythe, spraying the gas on Batman. 

Same goes for other villains — give Mr. Freeze a goofy suit and a freeze ray, or just don't adapt him at all. Clayface is a trickier case, because he actually started out as a grounded character without any powers, but I think we should just use the Rule of Cool — another serial killer, or a huge monster made out of clay? The answer is rather obvious imo.

  On 5/31/2024 at 2:32 PM, THELEGOBATMAN said:

I fully agree with this. There's a difference between having a distinct aesthetic and being grounded — I think The Batman is more the former than the latter, unlike Nolan's trilogy.

I really hope Reeves won't try to keep it toned-down and realistic. While I like the idea of two Batmans — Reeves more grounded, Gunn's more fantastical — I think including things like Freeze's ray and suit isn't any more goofy than the main character running around in a bat-themed costume.

I don't want Scarecrow in a business suit, wearing the mask like two times and barely using the toxin. I want a maniac in an actual Scarecrow costume, preferably with a scythe, spraying the gas on Batman. 

Same goes for other villains — give Mr. Freeze a goofy suit and a freeze ray, or just don't adapt him at all. Clayface is a trickier case, because he actually started out as a grounded character without any powers, but I think we should just use the Rule of Cool — another serial killer, or a huge monster made out of clay? The answer is rather obvious imo.

I would argue the opposite. The Nolan trilogy, in particular TDK and TDKR, is shot in a way that makes it feel more grounded than it actually is (mainly because it's just Chicago and Pittsburgh), but at the end of the day Batman can still fly, connect himself and a prisoner to a moving plane from a skyscraper, and has a tank that rolls down Main Street. The Batman's aesthetic feels less real world and more like a distinct Gotham, but he can't fly (the wing suit thing was so f'ing stupid), has to knock on the front door of a club to get in, and basically just has a Camero for a car.

The Batman is weird case because they never explicitly rule out the fantastical elements, but it sure would feel weird if they show up in the next one. I have no problem with a well-designed Mr. Freeze or Clayface, but I'd rather they stick with the themes of corruption and greed and all that. Would love to see an eco-terrorist Poison Ivy and a thought-out Court of Owls storyline, although the Court can be difficult because the recognizable baddie (Talon) isn't the leader.

  On 5/31/2024 at 1:17 PM, BrickBob Studpants said:

Personally, I‘d rather they not adapt any superpowered villains for The Man II if they try to ground them too much. Grounding characters like the Joker, Riddler, Catwoman, and the Penguin works, but Clayface, Freeze, Bane, Poison Ivy etc should keep their superpowers or gadgetry.

Bane is right at the upper limit of what can be done in a “grounded” way, but it could work; there is something between Arkham bigfig Bane and FoOoR YoOuU, IMO. Steroids exist, so reworking Venom to be a prototype U.S. government PED that wound up in Latin America during one of the country’s many coup attempts there, then subsequently got mixed with street drugs to increase pain tolerance, is not too far outside the realm of possibility. 

  On 5/31/2024 at 1:17 PM, BrickBob Studpants said:

In my opinion, they should thus either fully embrace the powers, or focus on villains that are more grounded to begin with, like Hush and/or the Court of Owls.

Court of Owls needs to happen in the Reevesverse, ideally as the culmination of the trilogy/series. 
 

  On 5/31/2024 at 4:36 PM, Classic_Spaceman said:

Court of Owls needs to happen in the Reevesverse, ideally as the culmination of the trilogy/series. 
 

But Battinson probably won’t have a Dick to be part of it. Dick was very important for that storyline in the comics. The Court of Owls are one of the redeeming qualities of the New 52. Well, them, the GL run, some of the redesigns and Forever Evil.

 

  On 5/31/2024 at 4:47 PM, CloneCommando99 said:

But Battinson probably won’t have a Dick to be part of it. Dick was very important for that storyline in the comics.

True. Maybe they could merge Dick and Bruce’s stories, and have Bruce be the one trained/groomed from a young age to become a Talon, with the twist being that Alfred is part of the Court and the one who killed Bruce’s parents? It would be weird and tricky to pull off, but it would also set the Reevesverse Batman apart from other incarnations (primarily the DCU one), and it could work better than just forcing Robin into the story. 
 

If they don't include Dick in the next movie, I'm gonna get really worried for the future of Reeves corner of DC.

Batman is cool, but he needs relationships to develop as a character. There's a reason most movies with him focus on his villains.

  On 5/31/2024 at 5:48 PM, THELEGOBATMAN said:

If they don't include Dick in the next movie, I'm gonna get really worried for the future of Reeves corner of DC.

We are getting the Batman-Robin dynamic in TBatB, though, and since we are starting with Damian Wayne, that (presumably) means that the other Batfamily members are already active (including Dick). I suspect that the Reevesverse Batman is going to remain alone, just to differentiate him from the DCU version.