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Post by politicidal on Dec 18, 2017 17:18:04 GMT
I'd prefer someone a bit older but she's not bad. TEXT: In an interview with MTV News promoting her upcoming film, Pitch Perfect 3, Hailee Steinfeld was asked if she’d be open to taking a superhero role. She said, “Yes, absolutely, definitely on my bucket list.” When further asked which superhero she’d like to portray, Steinfeld played coy, though she did confirm she “would love” to play Batgirl when asked about that role in particular. screenrant.com/batgirl-hailee-steinfeld-dc-role/ |
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Post by taylorfirst1 on Dec 18, 2017 21:21:04 GMT
I think she'd be great.
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Post by politicidal on Dec 18, 2017 22:26:10 GMT
Yeah, either way, I'm looking forward to it. |
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Post by judgejosephdredd on Dec 19, 2017 0:42:48 GMT
Works for me. Great acting and singing talent.
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Post by moviebuffbrad on Dec 19, 2017 8:02:02 GMT
Well, Barbara Gordon was 18 as Batgirl. I haven't seen Steinfeld in anything since True Grit, but she was great in it. I'd be down.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 19, 2017 11:00:32 GMT
Well, Barbara Gordon was 18 as Batgirl. I haven't seen Steinfeld in anything since True Grit, but she was great in it. I'd be down.  |
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Post by formersamhmd on Dec 19, 2017 12:51:01 GMT
Well, Barbara Gordon was 18 as Batgirl. I haven't seen Steinfeld in anything since True Grit, but she was great in it. I'd be down. The Bat characters have all been aged up a bit, Batman and Gordon...well except for Alfred who is YOUNGER than usual here. If Gordon is in his 60s like Simmons is, then Barbara should be around her 30s as well. Or late 20s at least. |
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Post by moviebuffbrad on Dec 19, 2017 14:04:11 GMT
Well, Barbara Gordon was 18 as Batgirl. I haven't seen Steinfeld in anything since True Grit, but she was great in it. I'd be down. Oh. I don't read the New 52. Nevertheless, that sounds like a movie Christopher Nolan already made in 2012. Ageism notwithstanding, I'd rather they just did teenage Batgirl. I hope they'd keep Robin a youth as well. They always gotta be in their 20s/30s in these movies. They want an older Batgirl, why not do Batwoman? We could get the first major LGBT movie superhero. |
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Post by moviebuffbrad on Dec 19, 2017 14:08:56 GMT
Well, Barbara Gordon was 18 as Batgirl. I haven't seen Steinfeld in anything since True Grit, but she was great in it. I'd be down. The Bat characters have all been aged up a bit, Batman and Gordon...well except for Alfred who is YOUNGER than usual here. If Gordon is in his 60s like Simmons is, then Barbara should be around her 30s as well. Or late 20s at least. Well, this is Gordon in the comics when his daughter is 19:  |
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Post by formersamhmd on Dec 19, 2017 14:10:11 GMT
The Bat characters have all been aged up a bit, Batman and Gordon...well except for Alfred who is YOUNGER than usual here. If Gordon is in his 60s like Simmons is, then Barbara should be around her 30s as well. Or late 20s at least. Well, this is Gordon in the comics when his daughter is 19: I'm pretty sure Barbara was older then 19 in Killing Joke. |
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Post by taylorfirst1 on Dec 19, 2017 16:49:25 GMT
I don't want to see an old bitter brooding Batgirl. Batgirl and Robin are supposed to be the ones who remind Bruce that there is still light and hope in the world and keep him from falling over the edge.
The DCEU is slow to learn but since it has apparently gotten rid of Snyder they can stop making depressing movies and let Joss Whedon give us a fun, action packed Batgirl movie like he gave us Buffy the Vampire Slayer (the early years before that became dull and depressing).
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Post by ThatGuy on Dec 20, 2017 1:29:12 GMT
I think I'd be fine with it if it was a period piece. Have it take place maybe a decade before BvS.
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Post by thenewnexus on Dec 20, 2017 3:00:11 GMT
Alexandra Daddario would be better
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Post by Deleted on Dec 22, 2017 6:25:16 GMT
That was the first time she was Batgirl. Gail Simone confirmed on her Twitter account the movie was being based on her New 52 Series which features an older Barbara Gordon taking on the role of Batgirl again after spending years in a wheelchair as Oracle due to the events of 'The Killing Joke.' I personally think she is too young for the role and ageism is the biggest problem in Hollywood at the moment next to people like Weinstein. Hailee could work in flashbacks though. Oh. I don't read the New 52. Nevertheless, that sounds like a movie Christopher Nolan already made in 2012. Ageism notwithstanding, I'd rather they just did teenage Batgirl. I hope they'd keep Robin a youth as well. They always gotta be in their 20s/30s in these movies. They want an older Batgirl, why not do Batwoman? We could get the first major LGBT movie superhero.
Batgirl and Nightwing are older than the Spoiler, Orphan, Red Hood, Red Robin, Bluebird, Robin, Batwing, Clayface, the Signal, Gotham Girl etc so it would look ridiculous to have them played by younger actors when it was confirmed we are finally getting the Bat Family in the Batman solo movies for the very first time and with Batgirl and Nightwing out on their own and this being set in Batman’s later years it is very like the Birds of Prey and Titans already exist in the DCEU too and with Warner Bros saying they have big plans for more female superhero movies after the success of Wonder Woman I am willing to bet on it Birds of Prey (along with Supergirl) are next ‘cause it is one of DC’s biggest selling female lead series of all time. The Batman solo movies will most likely have Batman setting up a new team with the likes of the Spoiler, Red Robin, Orphan, Batwoman, Clayface, Bluebird and Batwing. Batwoman most likely already exists in the DCEU since Kate is around the same age as her cousin, Bruce and was operating for years as Batwoman alone and with her cousin and sidekick, Hawkfire/Flamebird (Bette Kane) before she become a member of the Bat Family. Geoff Johns and Jim Lee have said there will be LGBT representation in the DCEU so I have no doubt Batwoman will be in it at some point and will most likely get a solo movie after Birds of Prey and Titans along with Red Hood and the Outlaws after they bring Jason back. 
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Post by Deleted on Dec 22, 2017 6:33:41 GMT
I don't want to see an old bitter brooding Batgirl. Batgirl and Robin are supposed to be the ones who remind Bruce that there is still light and hope in the world and keep him from falling over the edge. The DCEU is slow to learn but since it has apparently gotten rid of Snyder they can stop making depressing movies and let Joss Whedon give us a fun, action packed Batgirl movie like he gave us Buffy the Vampire Slayer (the early years before that became dull and depressing).
'Batgirl' being based on Gail Simone's series is historic 'cause it marks the first time we have had a comic book movie based on a series by a female writer and one who is one of the greatest comic book writers of all time and has a reputation as a legend in the industry for her Batgirl, Red Sonja, Birds of Prey, Wonder Woman and Swords of Sorrow runs. Hailee has better chances of playing the Spoiler (Stephanie Brown) who is younger than Barbara now we are getting the Bat Family in the solo Batman movies.  |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 22, 2017 6:37:40 GMT
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Post by ThatGuy on Dec 22, 2017 13:17:36 GMT
I think I'd be fine with it if it was a period piece. Have it take place maybe a decade before BvS.     Heh, period piece... What I was meaning is to have her be Batgirl a decade ago. Not decades ago. lol Just have the current Batgirl before Bruce went all psycho. |
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Post by taylorfirst1 on Dec 22, 2017 15:28:15 GMT
No. It is not. That was in Batman’s early years. This is in Batman’s later years. Batgirl’s role is as her own superhero and the leader of the Birds of Prey and a teenage Batgirl wouldn’t work ‘cause Barbara is not supposed to be older and bitter but older, wiser and more experienced at this point and capable of leading a team. All I'm saying is, if you want to have a successful first Batgirl movie and it is called "Batgirl" not Birds of Prey or Oracle or something, then it has to be a Batgirl that the general audience will recognize. It has to be similar to the character in the '66 show and in the many many animated TV series' (note I didn't say straight to DVD animated movies). The first Batgirl movie won't be successful if it is based on something that is only familiar to the relatively tiny group of people that read comic books on a regular basis. Once you have established the character in the movies, you can take it in other directions but not before. |
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Post by BexxyJ on Dec 26, 2017 14:05:15 GMT
Not gonna happen.
Pitch Perfect 3 was pile of cow dung and the nail in the coffin of an overrated franchise. The critics have spoken and Hailee Seinfeld's acting was an intolerable part of the film with those suggesting she should stick to her music career. Does this movie want another Alicia Silverstone?
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Post by Deleted on Dec 28, 2017 12:11:20 GMT
No. It is not. That was in Batman’s early years. This is in Batman’s later years. Batgirl’s role is as her own superhero and the leader of the Birds of Prey and a teenage Batgirl wouldn’t work ‘cause Barbara is not supposed to be older and bitter but older, wiser and more experienced at this point and capable of leading a team. All I'm saying is, if you want to have a successful first Batgirl movie and it is called "Batgirl" not Birds of Prey or Oracle or something, then it has to be a Batgirl that the general audience will recognize. It has to be similar to the character in the '66 show and in the many many animated TV series' (note I didn't say straight to DVD animated movies). The first Batgirl movie won't be successful if it is based on something that is only familiar to the relatively tiny group of people that read comic books on a regular basis. Once you have established the character in the movies, you can take it in other directions but not before.  |
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