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Old 03-20-2011, 02:36 PM
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Ask a question starting with "What if..." and the next poster will provide an answer, as well as the next question.

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What if Batman was always depicted as the The Dark Knight Returns version in every incarnation of Batman ever? (including all comics, movies, cartoons, video games, etc.)
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Old 03-20-2011, 03:11 PM
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Judging from the seeping of that character into the mainstream version, the results wouldn't be pretty and would get old fast.

What if Batman finally stopped being so antiquated and got himself a suit of powered armour?
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He'd get bored.

What if Burton made another movie?
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Jackwinz might die of happiness?

What if Robin never existed?
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Batman would be remembered as a pulp hero who died out not long after his debut.

What if Schumacher had been able to make "Batman Triumphant"?
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Madonna would of been the worst Harley Quinn ever and Martin Short would of been a great Mad Hatter.

What if Keaton would of done one more Batman movie and Robin Williams played the Riddler AND it was directed by Burton?
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I would have, quite literally, exploded. EXPLODED.

What if Adam West replaces Bale in Batman 3?
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I will hang myself in five minutes.

What if Jason Todd never died?
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Old 03-21-2011, 05:14 AM
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He would have had a close brush with death thanks to Joker, would have had an epiphony and would become less of a wanker and more like Dick Grayson.

What if Batman had never found a Robin after Jason died?
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Ask a question starting with "What if..." and the next poster will provide an answer, as well as the next question.
Is it okay to answer previous questions? There just happens to be so many fun questions to answer!

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What if Batman was always depicted as the The Dark Knight Returns version in every incarnation of Batman ever? (including all comics, movies, cartoons, video games, etc.)
Well Batman's market would be much more niché like Judge Dredd or something. Cartoons would be very much like Batman Beyond but with Bruce as Batman obviously and close to no political understones at all. Really i mean we're talking about a Clint Eastwood as a Bat with political issues over the different eras of publications, would it be so popular to spin off cartoons games and so forth?

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What if Batman finally stopped being so antiquated and got himself a suit of powered armour?
I was bored and thought about this for Peter Parker, Tony Stark and Bruce Wayne. Bruce's story would invoke new gods, time travel and the conclusion would be Batman killing himself to rid off the acknowledgement of evil. Really have Batman do a samurai style self kill pin up page as the conclusion of the story.

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What if Batman had never found a Robin after Jason died?
I would have imagen they would have tried to do things with Dick Grayson Nightwing partnership, but Azrael would have been inevitable due to the grimdark age of comics, but yeah i guess Batman and Nightwing would have been the deal, but i'd say they would have brought back Jason ultimately sooner or later. I know Dennis O'Neill wanted to keep Jason dead even tho he regretted it, but it was a choice made and he wanted to keep it at that.

Question: How do you feel comic movies would have been seen by the academy and in general if Orson Welles' Batman movie had been filmed?
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Old 03-21-2011, 06:19 AM
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If Orson Welles' Batman movie had been filmed... Wow, that would have changed the face of comics and public perception of them. Don't know about Welles playing Batman though... Gregory Peck would have been awesome however. Coincidentally, Alex Ross's "Old Batman" design from Kingdom Come has a lot of Gregory Peck in it.

What if Batman: The Brave and the Bold was replaced with Aquman: The Outrageous and the Bold?
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I wouldn't really care, I wouldn't watch it.. But I can't imagine it would be anything but awesome.


What if I told you I have an AC Beta?
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Then I would come to your house and play it!


What if Rocksteady decided never to make AC?
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It'd be FABULOUS!! (and nippley)


What if JJ. Abrams made Batman Beyond?
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Then we would still be stuck with the greatest superhero game ever.

What if Rocksteady hired Shumacher as writer, visual artist, AND gameplay mechanics director?
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I'd probably be impressed, even if Beyond isn't exactly entirely my thing.

What if Barbara Gordon was dipped into a Lazarus Pit and could walk again?
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I'd probably be impressed, even if Beyond isn't exactly entirely my thing.

What if Barbara Gordon was dipped into a Lazarus Pit and could walk again?
Then she might take over her daddies role of commissioner!


What if Mark Hamil never voiced Joker?
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Tim Curry would probably voice him and scare the hell out of kids.

What if Zack Snyder got to adapt The Dark Knight Returns?
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*Unable to answer question due to Heart Attack*


What if Clint Eastwood played Batman in the 70's or 80's? o_O
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Oh, God, that'd be epic.

What if Clint Eastwood got to be Two-Face on the Adam West '60's show as originally planned?
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It would be watched daily today.

What if Alfred Hitchcock directed a Batman movie?
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Chris Nolan wouldn't even bother.

What if Hyrule was in Gotham, and Link was Batman?
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Zelda would be an even better game by at least ten times much.

What if Batman, Gotham, and everything to do with Batman was part of Marvel instead of DC comics?
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I wouldn't care about at all.

What if Batman was a villain?
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Then we might have Prometheus

What if Joker was a hero?
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