Chapter 426: Batman: The Dark Knight (1)

After much anticipation, the live-action version of "Batman" was finally released to the public on a hot summer night.

The movie opens with a group of masked men preparing to rob a money laundering bank, and the one who planned this robbery is none other than the famous villain "Batman" in the "Batman" series.

As one of the most well-known villains, in addition to the high expectations of comic fans for the role of Xiao Chou, many passers-by who know a little about this character are also looking forward to the actor who will play Xiao Chou.

In order to present a little clown that can satisfy both fans and passers-by, Su Yunna spent a lot of effort and connections to invite Jack Nicholson, an excellent actor who was once a shadow in her childhood and even in adulthood for many people...

Moreover, together with Jack Nicholson, Su Yun has worked with all of the four kings of Hollywood male stars in the 1970s: she had worked with Dustin Hoffman in "Artificial Intelligence" and they have maintained a friendly relationship, and he will work with him in "Rain Man" in the future; as for Al Pacino and Robert De Niro, they have worked with her in "The Sixth Sense" and "Failed" respectively - it can be regarded as a small series.

The robbery scene in this section proceeds quickly and clearly, and Xiao Chou's madness is gradually revealed during the robbery.

He only used a little trick to make the criminals kill each other in order to share more profits: "After the robbery is completed, the companions around you can be killed directly, which can effectively reduce the number of people who share the money..."

After hearing this "good idea", these criminals, who already had dark personalities, naturally tried their best to benefit themselves at the expense of others and killed their teammates. But in the end, Xiao Chou was one step ahead and got all the stolen money in the chaos.

Compared to the clown actor who died young and is more familiar to later generations, the clown played by Nicholson is more inclined to the original image. The funny and dry humorous interpretation style creates a real clown who seems to be in comedy. But when he slightly raised his head to look at the large TV screen on the high-rise building on the roadside, the makeup that always seemed to be smiling and the chilling eyes created a huge sense of contrast in an instant - it was as if his permeable smile could come to you through the screen.

When the camera turned around, it was the news that the TV station was reporting: some Batman supporters used homemade Batman-style equipment to learn the heroic deeds of their idol Batman, intending to try to stop criminal activities. Unfortunately, the effect was obviously not ideal, and they were almost killed...

Fortunately, their idol Batman arrived in time in the cool Batmobile and saved them despite suffering injuries.

Most people in Gotham have a love-hate relationship with Batman. On the one hand, they feel safe and confident because of Batman's righteous deeds, but on the other hand, they are always worried about his violation of laws and rules. Therefore, this news report undoubtedly contains both praise and dissatisfaction - however, judging from the tendency of the news, they still tend to praise Batman's behavior.

After this brief news report, Harvey Dent, the new Gotham City Attorney played by Tom, made a speech on this matter, and some "small" news scrolled below about a certain well-known ballet troupe coming to Gotham to perform... Xiao Chou had no interest in any of this.

The images of him blasting several roadside surveillance cameras with his unhappy eyes and eternal smile were all recorded and transmitted back to a dark room.

As the saying goes, while you are looking at the "scenery", you have also become the "scenery" of others.

"Barbara!" Seeing the slender figure sitting in the wheelchair silently watching the images on the screen in the room, some comic fans who had read the recent issue of "The Killing Joke" immediately shouted.

Then, the man immediately covered his mouth and used his eyes to silently apologize to others whose viewing experience was affected.

However, most of the comic fans sitting next to him who had also read the new issue gave him an understanding look: Barbara Gordon was a female superhero character who was specially co-created when the "Batman" TV series was popular in the 1960s.

On the surface, Barbara is the daughter of James Gordon, the chief of the Gotham City Police Department, but secretly, Barbara is Batman's assistant, the second-generation "Batgirl", and has had a romantic relationship with the first-generation Robin Dick Grayson.

In the story of "The Killing Joke", in order to drive Commissioner Gordon crazy, Chou attacked Barbara, causing her lumbar spine to be damaged and then paralyzed, forcing this once young, lively, smart and beautiful girl to spend the rest of her life in a wheelchair.

The character of Barbara is one of the most popular female superhero characters in DC.

Therefore, no matter how much the story of "The Killing Joke" is appreciated and loved in other aspects, the plot of Barbara being injured and paralyzed is a plot that people feel very sorry about.

Now seeing Barbara played by Brooke Shields, whose appearance is a perfect replica of the comic image, many comic fans who already felt sorry for Barbara feel even worse.

However, Barbara was not defeated. She continued to perform her assistant work despite her disability. This made fans and passers-by admire her perseverance.

In the movie, after discovering that the mastermind behind the bank robbery was the famous criminal "Chou", Barbara operated on the computer keyboard in front of her and then made a phone call.

The person who answered the phone was none other than the first Robin Dick, who had been sent out of Gotham by Batman to attend college in another city.

By the way, Matt Damon, who plays Dick, also has some connection with Jared Kushner who plays Batman: Matt, who is still a newcomer in the circle, will be involved in an adaptation of the novel "The Talented Mr. Ripley" by female writer Patricia Highsmith in the future - the most famous adaptation of this novel before was "The Dead Sea" which made Jared Kushner a huge hit in Japan.

The role of Jalan in "The Dead" is a good performance that is close to his true self. So, with the French Sun God as the first example, Matt, who played the same role in the subsequent remake and looked more like an American campus gym student, was naturally bombarded by the media. There was even a reporter who slammed him in the face, saying that he was much less good-looking than Jalan...

Of course, in Su Yun's opinion, these two versions each have their own merits, and with Matt's "origin", if he is asked to play the first generation of Robin, fans of archaeology will be able to come up with countless topics in the future - and this will give the film a longer-term vitality.

The most important thing is to take advantage of the big brands before they emerge but have not fully grown up to make a profit. It is really a good bargain that is cheap, good quality and makes people feel happy...

But compared to Zha Lan, who acted very casually, Matt had already begun to show some of his acting skills at this time. Therefore, amid the admiration of comic fans for his appearance restoration and passers-by for his handsomeness, after hearing what Barbara asked him to do on the phone, the character Dick played by him nodded to show that he understood and would find time to go to Hong Kong as soon as possible.

Barbara responded to him and then looked back at the new screen she had opened.

On the screen, the female figure wrapped in a full-face black battle suit looks so slender and light - but whether on or off the screen, the power and speed of her punches and kicks are so terrifying.

A powerful flying kick that could only be captured in slow motion hit the chest of a muscular man who didn't look like a good guy, knocking him to the ground.

As another foot stepped down, the scene that seemed like a video gradually became clearer, and then in this way, it switched to the bustling and chaotic streets of Hong Kong.

After Batman appeared in Kota Kinabalu to maintain law and order, Hong Kong, known as the "Oriental Kota Kinabalu", also had a "Hong Kong Black Bat" with a bat mark on his combat uniform appearing for some unknown period of time.

"Cassandra, long time no see." As Dick's voice came closer, the female figure wrapped in a full-face black combat suit slowly turned her head.

The role played by Su Yun this time is exactly the third-generation Batgirl that she had prepared for a long time and worked hard for for a long time: Cassandra Cain.

As a new character inspired by Su Yun's fight with others, the third-generation Batgirl "Cassandra Cain" is a Kung Fu girl with an oriental face.

After hearing that Su Yun would play this role in this movie, Bill Finger was extremely happy, saying that she, Zallan, Nicholson and others were the most perfect candidates for live-action actors in his mind. He even publicly expressed his expectations for this live-action comic adaptation on many occasions, thus attracting the interest of many comic fans and their desire to watch it.

Su Yun is, of course, happy to see this happen: with one of the original authors standing up for him, there's no telling how much support the film will get from comic fans to boost the box office figures. In particular, Bill Finger's previous copyright controversy has made him famous in the comics world. In addition, given his title as the "Father of Batman," this new style of film, which is completely different from previous TV series versions, will make it much easier for audiences who previously appreciated the TV series version to accept it.

In order to increase the box office to a satisfactory level, Su Yun has always used all kinds of tricks and sometimes even resorted to "unscrupulous" marketing.

A change in style is certainly risky, but the script of "The Dark Knight" is based on the work of its predecessors and is more inclined towards the style of old comics. It is expected that the children who grew up watching the TV version of "Batman" will probably grow up to be the first generation of audiences for this new style under the tempering of society.

After all, as we grow older, the parts of the stories that we once understood and those that we didn’t understand will give us a completely new experience when we see them again.

This is also the helplessness and memories of growing up.