What is up with Tim Burton's Commissioner Gordon?

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What is up with Tim Burton's Commissioner Gordon?
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+ Pelador	Jan 17 2018, 12:56 AM Post #1
Crazy Awesome Legend Posts: 25,663 Group: Legend Member #4,634 Joined: December 12, 2009 Gender Not Specified Country None Favourite Anime HunterxHunter What Browser do you use? Firefox Favourite Manga Dragonball	If you've seen the first four Batman films then you may be aware that commissioner Gordon is played by an old fat guy. (Pat Hingle). Now I think the casting in most of these films is pretty spot on. Even Schwarzenegger as Mr Freeze. But why did they pick such an old guy to play Gordon? He's meant to be bad a***.
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Darker	Jan 17 2018, 03:12 PM Post #2
The Lord of the Dark Posts: 15,358 Group: Member Member #11,968 Joined: January 7, 2015 Gender Male Country Spain	Because he's generally depicted as being a really old and worn down police veteran, especially in the 80s and anything before that.
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Southern Gothic	Feb 17 2018, 12:28 AM Post #3
Dilly Dilly Posts: 1,248 Group: Donator Member #12,015 Joined: January 23, 2015 Gender Male Country United States Favourite Anime Dragon Ball GT, Wicked City, Akira Favourite Manga Jaco the Galactic Patrolman	He pulled a little bit from pre-Frank Miller Jim Gordon. A bit more of the path they went with in Justice League. Like Darker mentioned, he's just more of a generic 80's cop than the Gordon depicted in later works, or even Gotham.



PopcornShower	Apr 22 2018, 03:10 AM Post #4
Posts: 52 Group: Member Member #14,301 Joined: March 25, 2018	Keep in mind A. Tim Burton doesn't read comics his frame of reference was the 60s tv series. People accuse the Schumacher movies of being 90s updates to the 60s show but the Burton films are also basically remakes of the Adam West series under the Burton lense. B. The bad a** one good cop interpretation came from Frank Miller's Year One so it was still relatively new. Something interesting is evidently there was suppose to be a scene where you found out in Burton's Batman that Gordon was the cop that comforted a young Bruce Wayne after his parents died. This scene of course got used in Batman Begins



Darker	Apr 23 2018, 03:39 AM Post #5
The Lord of the Dark Posts: 15,358 Group: Member Member #11,968 Joined: January 7, 2015 Gender Male Country Spain	PopcornShower Apr 22 2018, 03:10 AM Tim Burton doesn't read comics his frame of reference was the 60s tv series. You'll be surprised to know that Burton DOES actually read the comics, or used to at least. Actually, you shouldn't be surprised, the acid tank origin came from Killing Joke and it was implemented into the movie.
	Piccolo: Just how many people have you sacrificed?! Cell: Sacrifice? Hmph, rubbish! On the contrary, it is an honor to become a fraction of my power.


PopcornShower	Apr 23 2018, 09:48 PM Post #6
Posts: 52 Group: Member Member #14,301 Joined: March 25, 2018	Tim Burton has freely admitted he doesn't read comics. He read Killing Joke but that was more an exception than anything. Anyways the whole Joker was some dude who fell into chemicals angle predates Killing Joke. Killing Joke just went into to the idea of him being a failed comedian with a pregnant wife and the idea that Joker makes up different origins (something The Dark Knight ran with, not Burton's Batman) Edited by PopcornShower, Apr 23 2018, 09:49 PM.



Darker	Apr 24 2018, 06:01 AM Post #7
The Lord of the Dark Posts: 15,358 Group: Member Member #11,968 Joined: January 7, 2015 Gender Male Country Spain	I've never seen him admitting that. Also, call the 'dude who fell into chemicals' by the right name, Red Hood. Which wasn't thought to be Joker 'til the Killing Joke made the two the same character. They both fell into a tank of chemicals and turned into the Joker, in the Killing Joke and the movie.
	Piccolo: Just how many people have you sacrificed?! Cell: Sacrifice? Hmph, rubbish! On the contrary, it is an honor to become a fraction of my power.


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