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Neil Stephenson on Batman Beyond Project?

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the speculation-rumor-and-probably-nots dept.

Alkaiser writes "Hey, get this. According to Altavista, who got it from Variety, Neal Stephenson is negotiations to work on Fox's Batman Beyond movie. " This is a whole lotta rumor and speculation, but its still worth a thought. I mean batman and stephenson? Yum.

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  1. Everyone got it... by TheDullBlade · · Score: 3

    ...and the Penguin will be driving a tank.

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  2. Re:Another chapter of bad acting added to the saga by craw · · Score: 3
    So far, we've had 3 actors play Bruce Wayne

    Well that's just great. What I want to know is how many actors played Batman?

    My favorite villain death scene is still The Joker.

    Gotta agree with you. As a Linux user, I hated when they killed off the Penguin. Maybe in the next movie, they can have a villian in a red devil's outfit holding a pitchfork. Wearing a Red Hat. Doing battle against a lizard doing the samba. With a gnome as his assistant. Who seeks enlightenment. While being chase by the Batmobile doing Maximum RPM's. With the final battle in a sawmill. Used to cut pine. And elm.

  3. I bet by Moridineas · · Score: 3

    it turns out that Batman is an emacs user, while Robin uses pico. That would certaintly explain a lot!

  4. No one will get this, but... by Temporal · · Score: 4

    Does this mean that the Batmobile will run BeOS?

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  5. Inevitable... by KFury · · Score: 3

    "Holy crypto, Batman! He's got a PGP gun!"

    Kevin Fox

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  6. Hmm... details wrong. Terry, not Tim; more... by Brand+X · · Score: 5

    Terry McGinnes is the new Batman. He's a well-off teen with a life beyond the bat, now mostly gone thanks to his "employment" by Bruce.
    While Paul Dini was on all of the named films, Burnett was not. This is a minor oversight.

    Outside of the nits, I'm a little excited to see how this plays out. The Beyond world is great. Best character? Max, Terry's computer geek friend who stumbled onto his secret. When she makes it clear that she has no intention of being called "Robin", Terry responds, "OK... Alfred." Nonetheless, as a sidekick, in many ways, she (and Bruce, and the 60ish Commisioner (Barbara) Gordon) tremendously outshine the basicly-good-but-oh-so-shallow teenaged Terry.

    Most of the villains are also more complex than the primary hero, but this is hardly a slight on him. Unlike most hero characters today, Terry is not terribly prone to angst (and a Batman, yet!), even after his father's murder. Me, I find that a little bland. I'm rooting for Maxine in the suit...

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  7. Novel != movie by ry4an · · Score: 3

    I love Stephenson's work, but I don't see anything to lead me to suspect that his gift will translate well to screen plays. The kind of authors that go well into the realm of screenplays are very dialog oriented authors, and Mr. Stephenson, while excellent, is more of a narrative guy. Think of the pages and pages of geek explanation in _Cryptonomicon_ and all the inner dialog in _Snow Crash_, and it's not terribly encouraging. That said, I hope it's true and it rocks.
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