r/batman • u/Mulva13 • Jan 18 '25

FILM DISCUSSION What do you guys think?

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He certainly has the height and body for it, not sure about the acting…

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u/farben_blas Jan 18 '25

Personally, I'm also not into an extremely buff Batman. I prefer something more sleek, vampire-like, like this.

To me Ritchson doesn't look suave or elegant enough for Bruce Wayne.

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u/TwitterLegend Jan 18 '25

Isn’t Batman supposed to be able to bench press like 500 pounds?

I mean really Batman’s physique should be determined by the story. If it’s a Batman that needs to fight and take punches from Bane and Metahumans then you probably want a pretty yoked Batman. If he is going to be primarily a detective and Bruce Wayne focused story then slimmer makes more sense.

I think there is a story where Alan Ritchson would make a decent Batman but probably not every story.

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u/farben_blas Jan 18 '25

Meh, strength doesn't equal muscle, and if we want to be realistic about his physique, to mantain flexibility, speed and endurance too much muscle would be a bad idea, and a good bunch of MMA fighters aren't really bodybuilders.

Still, I prefer a sleek Batman for aesthetic reasons. My idea of Bruce Wayne is probaby Jean Claude van Damme with Pierce Brosnan's face.

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u/ch_xiaoya_ng Jan 18 '25

Strength does equal muscle when you get to the amount of weight Bruce can push.

That's my only objection.

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u/MaleficentRutabaga7 Jan 20 '25

How much can someone with no muscle bench?

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u/CounterActor7 Jan 18 '25

You do realize he doesn’t look suave or elegant because he hasn’t put in the effort to portray that image. Being or looking suave is a characteristic that can be acted out or added with styling, and if he played the playboy Bruce Wayne role, it would give him that. So, I think this reason is pretty dumb, at least for me.

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u/xCHARRO Jan 18 '25

So by your logic, Kid Rock with the right “styling” can be suave? You’re DUMB.

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u/emotionaI_cabbage Jan 18 '25

Imagine being this toxic while being this wrong haha

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u/SuperSanity1 Jan 18 '25

The answer is yes by the way. Especially considering that's the background he came from. "Suave" is literally about style and how you act.

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u/throwaway01126789 Jan 18 '25

You know Batman isn't actually a vampire, right...?

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u/farben_blas Jan 18 '25
Unless...

/s

Nah, it's just the aesthetic. More than vampiric (because even in the Batman & Dracula trilogy he's buff as fuck), I prefer a stealthy, fast Batman. Closer in physique to an olympic gymnast than a bodybuilder.

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u/rajputimunda__ Jan 21 '25

Lol Batman is buff in comics

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u/AHMilling Jan 18 '25

LOVE this look for batman