Kalyx triaD
03-29-2009, 03:01 PM
If there's anything some of us geeks like more than offering unwarranted armchair directorial advice when movies don't meet our standards, it's becoming armchair casting directors. We love to offer up our ideas on who should play who in regards to our favorite characters.
The funny thing is we're off 85% of the time (NOT a research backed stat, of course :roll:), but that's not to say official casting does much better. Would we have cast Hugh Jackman as Wolverine? Probably not, but it worked. The thing I learned is that we have to be open to what an actor would bring to the table. I was proud at the community for not bawling at Don Cheadle's turn as Rhodes/War Machine - I was almost sure somebody was gonna cite some buff black guy as a superior choice (as it often is with idiotic fan casting).
There's people who think Kristin Kruek is a bad Chun Li because her thighs aren't big. Yeah, that makes the character... :roll:
Anyway, I got this idea that every once and a while a thread like this will discuss certain casting choices for certain characters. These characters will almost certainly be from comics and videogames because nobody argues over who should portray Clayton Riddell in a movie.
Exactly.
So I'll kick this off with titular Boy Wonder, mostly because we may not ever see him in live action for a while (save for that dodged bullet of project CW was brewing). My casting is based on my past ideas (http://tpww.net/forums/showpost.php?p=2249672&postcount=885) on how Robin could work in the current Robin-banned Nolan-verse.
Thomas Dekker as Tim Drake:
http://eldiariodebrucewayne.files.wordpress.com/2008/12/robin-tim-drake.jpg
http://sarahconnorsociety.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/l_3fa550642917c818e315d4a570294cc6.jpg
I've thought about it and I rather Tim Drake than Dick Grayson. But before I explain that I wanna fawn over Dekker for a sec. I like the kid, he has a fantasy pedigree that would ease his turn into a superhero realm while also having a rugged believability that fits my concept for a Nolan-Robin. I can see him trading shots with Bale while sharing a common ground for extreme measures for establishing justice in a darkened city.
Now as for why I choose Drake instead of Grayson, it's twofold. First, Drake is just a better Robin thematically speaking. His roots are grounded in Gotham's underbelly, he had to live at ground level while Bruce was treated to plays. He understands the city without a need to galvanize himself with trips around the world sampling the criminal element. His own father was the type Batman probably punched at least once on his patrols already. Drake brings more to the table as Robin.
Secondly, Dick Grayson works so much better as Nightwing I'm all for skipping his Robin era altogether. I mean really, it's probably his origin that Nolan weighed out that made him so against the idea in the first place. Circus boy turned crime fighter? Don't see it in Nolan's world. Now former circus boy turned cop turned crime fighter? That I can see, provided he has his own movie.
Then again that's just my take on things, sorry for another one of my TL;DR posts. But what say you on this character and/or casting? Any support/retorts?
The funny thing is we're off 85% of the time (NOT a research backed stat, of course :roll:), but that's not to say official casting does much better. Would we have cast Hugh Jackman as Wolverine? Probably not, but it worked. The thing I learned is that we have to be open to what an actor would bring to the table. I was proud at the community for not bawling at Don Cheadle's turn as Rhodes/War Machine - I was almost sure somebody was gonna cite some buff black guy as a superior choice (as it often is with idiotic fan casting).
There's people who think Kristin Kruek is a bad Chun Li because her thighs aren't big. Yeah, that makes the character... :roll:
Anyway, I got this idea that every once and a while a thread like this will discuss certain casting choices for certain characters. These characters will almost certainly be from comics and videogames because nobody argues over who should portray Clayton Riddell in a movie.
Exactly.
So I'll kick this off with titular Boy Wonder, mostly because we may not ever see him in live action for a while (save for that dodged bullet of project CW was brewing). My casting is based on my past ideas (http://tpww.net/forums/showpost.php?p=2249672&postcount=885) on how Robin could work in the current Robin-banned Nolan-verse.
Thomas Dekker as Tim Drake:
http://eldiariodebrucewayne.files.wordpress.com/2008/12/robin-tim-drake.jpg
http://sarahconnorsociety.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/l_3fa550642917c818e315d4a570294cc6.jpg
I've thought about it and I rather Tim Drake than Dick Grayson. But before I explain that I wanna fawn over Dekker for a sec. I like the kid, he has a fantasy pedigree that would ease his turn into a superhero realm while also having a rugged believability that fits my concept for a Nolan-Robin. I can see him trading shots with Bale while sharing a common ground for extreme measures for establishing justice in a darkened city.
Now as for why I choose Drake instead of Grayson, it's twofold. First, Drake is just a better Robin thematically speaking. His roots are grounded in Gotham's underbelly, he had to live at ground level while Bruce was treated to plays. He understands the city without a need to galvanize himself with trips around the world sampling the criminal element. His own father was the type Batman probably punched at least once on his patrols already. Drake brings more to the table as Robin.
Secondly, Dick Grayson works so much better as Nightwing I'm all for skipping his Robin era altogether. I mean really, it's probably his origin that Nolan weighed out that made him so against the idea in the first place. Circus boy turned crime fighter? Don't see it in Nolan's world. Now former circus boy turned cop turned crime fighter? That I can see, provided he has his own movie.
Then again that's just my take on things, sorry for another one of my TL;DR posts. But what say you on this character and/or casting? Any support/retorts?