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Martout posted:They seem really intent on keeping the show comicy and fun with just the right amount of camp and as long as they do I'll just have to keep watching it I guess. Very curious to know who's going to be Ra's but so far they have mostly nailed casting of villains so I'm not really worried. Am I the only one who actively would not want Liam Neeson? The man is a brilliant actor, but when you have the same character in 2 different live-action continuities I consider it a terrible idea to have both versions played by the same actor. The 'realities' are separate and I think it's extremely important to underline that for audiences.
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Scyantific posted:Yukio (the red-haired chick who could see into the future). Oh cool, I liked her.
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BreakAtmo posted:Am I the only one who actively would not want Liam Neeson? The man is a brilliant actor, but when you have the same character in 2 different live-action continuities I consider it a terrible idea to have both versions played by the same actor. The 'realities' are separate and I think it's extremely important to underline that for audiences. Not just you. Then again I'm holding out for an Oded Fehr dream-cast (even though he already voiced Ra's in Young Justice) Error 404 posted:Oh cool, I liked her. Yeah, a lot of people found her to be the cool non-Wolverine person.
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My dream casting is Alexander Siddig, but he's locked up for GoT this year.
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BreakAtmo posted:Am I the only one who actively would not want Liam Neeson? The man is a brilliant actor, but when you have the same character in 2 different live-action continuities I consider it a terrible idea to have both versions played by the same actor. The 'realities' are separate and I think it's extremely important to underline that for audiences. It doesn't really matter because the Nolan Batman universe is closed now.
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Aphrodite posted:It doesn't really matter because the Nolan Batman universe is closed now. I think you're missing my point. I'm saying it would be confusing to more casual audiences. Of course nerds like us grasp the concept of alternate continuities and “No, this is a different Ra's al Ghul" easily, but most people? Not so much, and you really need to make that as clear as you can - and using a totally different actor is a great start.
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BreakAtmo posted:I think you're missing my point. I'm saying it would be confusing to more casual audiences. Of course nerds like us grasp the concept of alternate continuities and “No, this is a different Ra's al Ghul" easily, but most people? Not so much, and you really need to make that as clear as you can - and using a totally different actor is a great start. No, that's what I meant. There won't be anymore Nolan Batman movies and so presumably no more Neeson as Ra's in movies. It's not going to happen anyway, but if it did I don't think that would be an issue. Only if they were happening simultaneously. The audience isn't that dumb.
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BreakAtmo posted:I think you're missing my point. I'm saying it would be confusing to more casual audiences. Of course nerds like us grasp the concept of alternate continuities and “No, this is a different Ra's al Ghul" easily, but most people? Not so much, and you really need to make that as clear as you can - and using a totally different actor is a great start. You've got it backwards. The only people who care if actor A is playing character B in movie C and tv show D are turbonerds and can be safely ignored. The whole idea that a casual viewer cares enough to identify the discontinuities that result from Neeson's Ra's appearing in both Nolan's films and Arrow is laughable. Really though, I just want to see Amell show up in a Justice League film because he's earned it, and as such find the whole "but think of the canon" argument to be dumb and petulant.
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BreakAtmo posted:I think you're missing my point. I'm saying it would be confusing to more casual audiences. Of course nerds like us grasp the concept of alternate continuities and “No, this is a different Ra's al Ghul" easily, but most people? Not so much, and you really need to make that as clear as you can - and using a totally different actor is a great start. They're not ever going to have Batman on the show so who cares?
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I would not want Neeson for Ra's. I liked him for Begins, but the whole point of him was that he was some sort of Ra's compromise, which is pretty emblematic of a lot of adaptations at the time, like "Oh well the real Ra's is too fantastical and comic-booky to put in our super serious gritty movie about a vigilante bat ninja, so you get this white guy in a suit instead and it's a twist." Arrow sees your adaptation compromise and it laughs*. Arrow will give us Ra's Al Ghul in his full, fantastical, comic book supervillain glory. *not really since it has also compromised on a lot other characters but hey
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He was still a white english guy in BTAS, wasn't he?
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...No? He spoke with an English accent but that's A) Supervillainy 101, and B) not an indicator of ethnicity.
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BrianWilly posted:...No? C: You get a chance to have David loving Warner voice your villian you take it.
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I always liked to think of it as Ra's being so old that his specific ethnicity no longer exists. He checks his census forms "Vaguely Foreign."
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Bad Moon posted:C: You get a chance to have David loving Warner voice your villian you take it. This is pretty much always the correct answer.
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jscolon2.0 posted:My dream casting is Alexander Siddig, but he's locked up for GoT this year. Wasn't he already the art thief who put bomb collars on peeps?
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jscolon2.0 posted:My dream casting is Alexander Siddig, but he's locked up for GoT this year. drat, why do you have to both inspire and crush a dream at the same time?
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greatn posted:Wasn't he already the art thief who put bomb collars on peeps? That was James Callis.
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bunnyofdoom posted:That was James Callis. Who would win in a fight?
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Speaking of mediocre Rhas Al Ghul's, the voice actor in the Arkham game series really fails to hit the mark. David Warner is a high watermark, but Rhas needs gravitas and PRESENCE above all else. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUr8Ab0BT0Y
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jscolon2.0 posted:My dream casting is Alexander Siddig, but he's locked up for GoT this year. He would be goddamn amazing as Ra's
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zoux posted:Season 2 is on Netflix on 9/14, so tell your friends. That is an awesome birthday present for me!
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Since this thread kind of functions as a de facto Flash thread as well, Dominic Purcell will be playing Heat Wave in episode four. Hopefully a future episode will feature him and Captain Cold staging a breakout from a prison with Clock King the new Count Vertigo.
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Deadpool posted:Since this thread kind of functions as a de facto Flash thread as well, Dominic Purcell will be playing Heat Wave in episode four. Hopefully a future episode will feature him and Captain Cold staging a breakout from a prison with Clock King the new Count Vertigo. Well, to clarify, he apparently appears in episode four, but in ten, will team up with Captain Cold.
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The Question IRL posted:Well they've taken Abruzzie for Count Vertigo II and Wentworth Miller for Captain Cold. Boom, I called this! I am so happy at this news!
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adhuin posted:Looks like DC is doing comics about Arrow the TV-series: ARROW: SEASON 2.5. That was Sebastian's group.
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Deadpool posted:Since this thread kind of functions as a de facto Flash thread as well, Dominic Purcell will be playing Heat Wave in episode four. Hopefully a future episode will feature him and Captain Cold staging a breakout from a prison with Clock King the new Count Vertigo. If only a mod would OK a Flash thread with me as OP.
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jscolon2.0 posted:If only a mod would OK a Flash thread with me as OP. Two weeks before the show starts. Get to the stickied claim thread and claim it so nobody else will make it if you want it.
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Astro Nut posted:Well, to clarify, he apparently appears in episode four, but in ten, will team up with Captain Cold. This just makes me want Fire and Ice to have a show. Superhero buddy-cops!
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Luminous Obscurity posted:This just makes me want Fire and Ice to have a show. Superhero buddy-cops! 
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There is a moment in this trailer that makes me a fangirl https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=450362095101828&saved
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sbaldrick posted:There is a moment in this trailer that makes me a fangirl Still more than a month to wait, damnit. Starting to get hyped now.
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Looks like Amell just mentioned on Facebook that Matt Nable will be playing one Ra's Al Ghul. I like that he's just so glib about casting announcements and bypassing normal channels.
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Disappointed that they didn't go with Fehr for the role, but they've done a spectacular job with their villains so far, so they obviously think Nable is capable of pulling it off. Still pretty stoked about Ra's though, no matter who's playing him.
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