The Power and the Glitter!
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I kind of like that.
(Never been a particular fan of his, tho.) IDK if he can bring off Bruce, tho: he doesn't strike me as the billionaire playboy.
Glen
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I kind of like that.
This is Frank Miller's The Dark Knight Returns Batman - he doesn't need to pull off the billionaire playboy. He needs to be a mass of scars, a brutal avenger, a primal force from the night.
I kind of like that.
This debate seems strangely familiar to me, somehow...
(Go with whomever you want, vultan. Everyone has very different opinions, trust me.)
Glen
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This debate seems strangely familiar to me, somehow...
Now, now, Brainbin - our merry discussions help keep this on the front page, give vultan ideas of at the very least the kinds of reactions different actors may engender. And of course, vultan can and will go with whomever he sees fit for his timeline.
Okay everyone, I have some thoughts I need to share.
The next update is still at the very least several days away (I'm posting via phone), so yeah.
Also, I've made the decision to not go further than 2001 (the end of the Superhero Craze, among other things). I had not planned very strongly for anything after that anyway, and doing so will allow me to go back at the end to fill in the gaps more easily (the aforementioned "2.0" version I've been thinking of). I'd rather have ten very solid years than a mediocre twenty or twenty-five years covered.
In addition, I have another idea for a timeline that I've been thinking of that's kind of unrealistic, but at least pretty cool in my mind, that I'd like to work on very much.
Anyway, thoughts?
The next update is still at the very least several days away (I'm posting via phone), so yeah.
Also, I've made the decision to not go further than 2001 (the end of the Superhero Craze, among other things). I had not planned very strongly for anything after that anyway, and doing so will allow me to go back at the end to fill in the gaps more easily (the aforementioned "2.0" version I've been thinking of). I'd rather have ten very solid years than a mediocre twenty or twenty-five years covered.
In addition, I have another idea for a timeline that I've been thinking of that's kind of unrealistic, but at least pretty cool in my mind, that I'd like to work on very much.
Anyway, thoughts?
I support this decision wholeheartedly, having made a similar one myself. At the end of the day, you can say that these were the 1990s, that this what they looked like; which is still a great achievement. Also, it allows you to focus on the precise details in a way that you couldn't with a timeline that's indefinitely ongoing
I look forward to reading that too, in due timevultan said:
That sounds good to me, both the limiting your scope to something you can control and the new TL. ill it be a "conventional" social-political timeline or another pop-culture centered one?
I don't disagree on the "primal force". I'm not so sure he doesn't still need to be the playboy: it's the mask, after all, & if the mask fails, people see Bats for who he is.Glen said:
As for vultan's choosing who he wants, I take that as given.
If any of this provokes thoughts of choices not otherwise obvious, so much the better. (Madsen would not have been obvious to me.)Since it's your TL, naturally your call. Far be it from me to second-guess it.vultan said:
Glen
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Yeah, my posting on phone really hit and miss thus far.
Well, at least for part one. Once you are satisfied with your first ten years, you may find you want to go further. Of course, if you don't, that is fine as well. In the end it is what makes you satisfied as an author.
What's the other idea, if you don't mind me asking?
Glen
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No offense meant, phx, but have you read The Dark Knight Returns? There is no facade in that story, just the Bat. This is the story of the Batman, pure, raw, with none of the playboy mask.
As for vultan's choosing who he wants, I take that as given.
Yep, good point.
Since it's your TL, naturally your call. Far be it from me to second-guess it.
Exactly. Once you make the call, I am certain we will find it fascinating.
I disagree. Mickey Rourke can be an avatar of justice. A rough and tumble, ugly symbol of the people overthrowing an evil system. He's a good actor and he looks the part of tough. And skeevy is in the eye of the beholder. I think he seems like a cool guy.