Batman Begins superbowl commercial

[AmericanDragon 0]

http://pdl.warnerbros.com/wbmovies/batmanb...er_tvspot_a.mov

[CBright7831 0]

So we get our first look at the Scarecrow.

[AmericanDragon 0]

[Modern Man's Hustle 0]

Is that supposed to be Scarecrow? He's wearing a suit.

[AmericanDragon 0]

He wears a suit in the non-hallucination scenes.

[Ravenbomb 0]

awesome

[Modern Man's Hustle 0]

Alright, I guess that makes sense. The scene with the early Batmobile (w/ the camoflauge) was pretty cool, too. Nice touch.

[Ravenbomb 0]

"Does it come in black?"

[Modern Man's Hustle 0]

He wears a suit in the non-hallucination scenes.

Wait, so he wears a suit in the non-hallucination scenes, but still that mask? I don't really know all about the Batman stories, so you'll have to fill me in on this one. Why the hood/mask/whatever?

[Boner Kawanger 0]

I noticed all around the Internet that a lot less people are bitching about the Batmobile now.

 

Awesome trailer. Everything looks just right.

[2GOLD 0]

I still think the car looks stupid but I'm not in this for the vehicle. Overall, the casting is what got me excited about this project and that is what holds my attention.

 

Suit looks like Batman, the trailer looked reasonable enough and it wasn't the suckfest of Star Wars 3.

 

On the must see list.

[Boner Kawanger 0]

You and I seem to disagree(I do think you're spot on with Episode III) on a lot of things, 2GOLD, but you're still one of my favorite posters in this forum.

 

Here's what's working about the Batman trailers:

 

The Anticipation. This was the first time the public has seen a real life Scarecrow. And we saw him for two seconds. This was also the most we've seen of Batman, and holy hell, he works. Completely trumps the other movies in presentation. And those of us in the know have still yet to see Jim Gordon. Makes me want more.

 

The Cast. Like 2GOLD said, this is a great cast. You have Caine and Neeson, two actors that register with the public as good actors. Holmes gets the attention of the teenagers. My friends are recognizing Bale as a complete badass from Equillibriam. With most of the other movies, people were excited because it was Batman, it had cool looking gadgets, or because they just cast big stars as villains.

 

The Presentation. The Music. Combined, they make this look different, very important for exorcising the curse of Batman & Robin.

 

The Hype. People are talking. The webmaster of Batman-on-Film is getting word from people who were not Batman fans and are now excited for this movie.

 

Simply put, the ad campaign for Batman Begins works.

[Ravenbomb 0]

We also saw Morgan Freeman in the trailer, and nobody doesn't like Morgan Freeman

[AmericanDragon 0]

He wears a suit in the non-hallucination scenes.

Wait, so he wears a suit in the non-hallucination scenes, but still that mask? I don't really know all about the Batman stories, so you'll have to fill me in on this one. Why the hood/mask/whatever?

In the script, Dr. Crane just uses the mask/sack with a combination of fear gas to scare his patients at Arkham Asylum. I don't remember what exactly he did, but he was involved in smuggling drugs or something so that's why he would need some type of mask to hide his identity. I don't think they could have justified the Scarecrow's costume from the comics/animated series so they had him wear the suit but keep the mask since it's a defining part of the costume. There are going to be some hallucination scenes from the point of a view of a victim of the fear gas and that's probably where they can come closer to the original costume.

[Mole 0]

I loved that they had to have a shot of Katie Holmes.

[Boner Kawanger 0]

We also saw Morgan Freeman in the trailer, and nobody doesn't like Morgan Freeman

Good point. He's so damn likeable, too. I would expect Lucious to have shit his pants the way Bruce was driving, but damn, he hung in there.

[AmericanDragon 0]

[eiker_ir 0]

anybody knows who is the guy that appears right after the Katie Holmes shot? he has like this SWAT like suit and is throwing a punch.

 

It would be cool if it's Wayne fighting some criminal before getting the Batman costume and 'gimmick'

[Boner Kawanger 0]

He wears a suit in the non-hallucination scenes.

Wait, so he wears a suit in the non-hallucination scenes, but still that mask? I don't really know all about the Batman stories, so you'll have to fill me in on this one. Why the hood/mask/whatever?

Jonathan Crane often found himself the target of bullies who dubbed him "Scarecrow" with his gangling legs and gawkish features, Washington Irving's fictional Ichabod Crane made real. Fear of his oppressors defined the young Crane, who vowed to conquer his weaknesses by knowing the nature of all phobias, and in doing so, avenge himself upon all who taunted him.

 

Later, Crane studied psychology and biochemistry, parlaying his advanced knowledge of fear and the human mind into a Gotham University professorship. Crane's unorthodox and unsafe teaching methods would ultimately be his undoing, forcing his dismissal. As revenge, Crane adopted the rags and tatters of the Scarecrow, literally frightening several of the University's regents to death with a specialized fear gas which made each man's personal demons all too real.

 

The Batman ended Crane's reign of terror, and subsequent criminal endeavors, but gained a bizarre new addition to his rogue's gallery in Arkham Asylum--a psychopath whose only fear is of the Dark Knight himself.

 

Mild Spoilers Ahead

 

Apparently, in the movie continuity, Crane (a doctor at Arkham) is smuggling some kind of drug and needs the mask as a disguise. When he begins using the fear gas, he decides that designing a scary costume would be impractical, because the fear gas will do all the work in scaring victims. In the real world, it would be impractical for a man to not only look like comic Crane (Bale himself in The Machinist is too big) but to also dress like him. Imagine a slender man wearing a red sweater and brown pants. Try adding hay to it without it looking ridiculous/falling out all the time.

 

Hope that answered your question. It was kinda vague.

[Boner Kawanger 0]

anybody knows who is the guy that appears right after the Katie Holmes shot? he has like this SWAT like suit and is throwing a punch.

 

It would be cool if it's Wayne fighting some criminal before getting the Batman costume and 'gimmick'

It's either that or one of Ghul's henchmen.

[HarleyQuinn 0]

Couldn't they just pull out the TNBA Scarecrow look? http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Makeup/5158/scrow.gif