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05-26-2010, 02:02 AM
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There Are Just Some People Who Define Their Roles - Like Davy Jones, Batman And Snake
When I mention the three names in the thread title, I'm referring to the actors who play them:
Bill Nighy solidifying Davey Jones as a cursed squid-sailor Christian Bale learns his bat-skills David Hayter watches his mentor die These are people - Nighy, Bale and Hayter who aren't just actors playing the part of their characters - they... become their characters. Their names become synonymous. People start referring to Patrick Stewart as Jean Luc Picard. It also works the other way - Davey Jones isn't just a name anymore. Davey Jones is Bill Nighy. What other people can you name? |
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05-26-2010, 02:23 AM
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Isn't Kevin Conroy batman? Or maybe Keaton if you don't like the cartoons. Certinaly not Bale who overacts his way through both films- clearly playing an actor playing a character. What I'm saying is that lots of people have played Batman over the years and you can't really say anyof them has really defined the character. That is particularly hard to do with a character who was already hugely popular in a different medium- ie comics- befroehand because audience already has a firm impression of him.
I think the best example has to be Hamil who became Skywalker for a long time, they even had a simpsons episode on it. And we didn't have a Skywalker before hand so it was easy for him to become one. Last edited by Professor Smarmiarty; 05-26-2010 at 02:44 AM. |
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05-26-2010, 02:50 AM
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I would seriously put Conroy over Bale and Hamil still does my favorite rendition of the Joker ever.
As for Snake, he has the most imitated voice ever. It seems like everyone can do his voice.
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05-26-2010, 02:53 AM
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05-26-2010, 03:36 AM
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Most of the voice actors on the Justice League Unlimited cartoon were spot on for me there. In that cartoon universe, Hammil is the best Joker. On live action, i have to give it to Ledger.
I don't really like Batman in the movies, because as pointed out, he is the least Organic character in the movie. Both in concept and execution. |
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05-26-2010, 03:37 AM
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Action Hank ain't got nothin on me.
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What, Batman isn't Adam West?
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05-26-2010, 09:53 AM
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Damn Straight Batman is Adam West! And the Joker, well, he'll always be Luke Skywalker.
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05-26-2010, 01:27 PM
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How much cooler would Star Wars be if Luke Skywalker was the Joker?
Think about that for a second.
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05-26-2010, 02:03 PM
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Fight Me, Nerds
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05-26-2010, 02:08 PM
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Adam West plays Adam west playing Batman.
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