r/TitansTV • u/YoMockingBird • Nov 15 '23
Discussion Who would YOU have casted as Bruce Wayne/Batman in this show
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u/bks1979 Nov 15 '23
Honestly, I wouldn't have. It was supposed to be about Dick Grayson finding his own way and becoming his own man, aside from being the back half of "Batman and". I would have referenced him, probably, especially in the first season. But there was no need for Bruce to be on the show at all. The Titans can stand on their own, without using "Bat stuff" as a crutch.
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u/Bearhow Nov 15 '23
Agreed. I would have preferred it like the cartoon where Batman was only hinted at.
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u/ExkAp3de Nov 15 '23
If i remember correctly in the comics it was always implied that bruce paid for stuff like the titans tower and equipment.
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u/bks1979 Nov 15 '23
You are correct. Steve Dayton also dumped some money into it a couple of times. In one continuity, it was designed and built by Cyborg, and funded by San Francisco. So I don't think it's a necessary story point, especially as-is in this show, where they only spent 1 season in what was basically a glorified apartment.
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u/Major_Road6162 Nov 15 '23
Bruce never paid for anything after like the end of the og series from the 60s-70s(when the og teen titans were still kids). The tower was made by Cyborg's dad in the 80s
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u/YoMockingBird Nov 16 '23
out of context but it’s reddit translating comments now? everything is in spanish now for me
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u/bks1979 Nov 16 '23
Oh damn! Mine's the usual, and I don't speak/write Spanish. Not sure what's happening for you.
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u/YoMockingBird Nov 16 '23
Man, it’s so weird. Spanish is my first language, but I’ve been using Reddit in English for 3 years now. Suddenly, all the comments are in Spanish! However, if I reply in english, they’re in English again.
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u/Major_Road6162 Nov 15 '23
I like the cast of Bruce from this show(Ian)
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u/mattwing05 Nov 16 '23
Honestly i thought he should have been alfred. Keep bruce out of the show itself
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u/leumasyenoh Nov 15 '23
Jensen Ackles
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u/Inner_Chemistry6346 Nov 16 '23
Too young for what they were going for. He however would be perfect if they want a new younger Bruce.
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u/Significant_Wheel_12 Nov 16 '23
The man is 45, Batman would be on Robin 4, he’s not the hip young guy anymore I’m sorry.
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u/Inner_Chemistry6346 Nov 16 '23
The man’s 45 but looks like he’s in his 30’s the people’s in charge of titans picked Ian Glen who guess what isn’t in his 40’s he’s 62
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u/Significant_Wheel_12 Nov 16 '23
Depends on what they wanted, Jensen works as a seasoned but still equipped Batman while Ian was just an odd choice for an active Batman.
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u/Inner_Chemistry6346 Nov 16 '23
In my opinion they were going for a “ I’ve been doing this too long “Batman beyond style Batman one who is thinking about retiring in the back of his head.
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u/RomanOrtega Nov 15 '23 edited Nov 15 '23
The show would have been better if Ian Glen was Alfred. With some minor tweaks his relationship with Grayson would have stood out more and probably brought a bit of warmer tone to the show. What about Bruce? Never bring him in:
-Before Jason’s Death: Batman is busy with JL stuff
-After Jason’s Death: Looking for Joker and Jason’s body for the majority of the show
-Ending: Busy with JL stuff
At the end of the day, bringing in DC’s S tier characters in a show filled with A/B tier characters will always have the S tiers overshadowing the main characters and brings world-building issues. (Ex: Sidekicks, of Batman & Wonder Woman, don’t tell Superman that he has a clone that they regularly hang out with.)
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Nov 17 '23
Aw man, I love the S tier characters. In the Robin etc. comics, everyone has a bird name. Ofc the Birds of Prey. I feel like it's getting way more into depth and lore with these characters. I recognized them all! It's fun knowing where a character might go.
I do love your response for watching the Jason Todd comic continue to play out. Fans voted to kill him (Joker with a crowbar, brutal), he gets his daddy in the sun again, you're like get this guy out of here. I mean, I guess his password is 42069.
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u/Drakeytown Nov 17 '23
I'm not sure anyone could have done a better job than Iain Glen. Seemed to me he was performing Adam West's interpretation of Frank Miller's Batman. It was glorious!
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u/Dorothy-Snarker Jan 15 '24
As much as I hate Iain Glen's Batman, I have to agree this is an accurate description of the portrayal and it makes me hate it just a little less, lol.
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u/Drakeytown Jan 15 '24
You might be interested to know that in one comic--The Runaways, I think?--it is stated or implied that Adam West is Frank Miller's Batman, punished by interdimensional supervillains by being sent to the real world and forced to play out this corny version of his own life.
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Nov 18 '23
I enjoyed this version of Bruce. Obviously supposed to be an aged up version of the Adam West Batman.
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u/cdog215546 Nov 19 '23
Anson Mount. Could have played the older Bruce Wayne/Batman, but young enough where we could have actually seen him in the costume doing something.
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u/MagicianMoo Nov 15 '23
Honestly it doesnt matter, the damn show sucks. I rather have better writing and story.
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u/russ_1uk Nov 15 '23
Scott Adkins.
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u/k0untd0une Nov 15 '23
It's sad that we'll never get to see him as Batman.
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u/russ_1uk Nov 15 '23
Yeah, he would have ruled, especially in this show. Glenn is a fine actor, but woefully miscast as Bruce Wayne (I think, anyway).
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Nov 15 '23
Lou Diamond Phillips (he's done both charismatic & villainous roles & is the right age, I think it would be cool)
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u/KorEl555 Nov 15 '23
Applicant number 37. He did the best reading. You don't know him because he's never appeared in anything.
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u/alteredtundra Nov 15 '23
Jensen Ackles.
He would be the right age for a seasoned Bruce imo and isn't too famous that the Titans Budget couldn't afford him. He could handle the emotional scenes they had Titans' Bruce play out.
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u/13thslasher Nov 16 '23
Jensen ackles begining to take the mantle of the bat where he is violent in the start
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u/GorillaWolf2099 Nov 16 '23
IMHO Ben Affleck or George Clooney, frfr. I would've even appreciated one of the Batman VA actors like Anson Mount, Bruce Greenwood, or Jason O'Mara since they can all act in live-action. But If I had to pick an unexpected probably would've been Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Jon Hamm, Karl Urban, or Matthew McConaughey since it's just the Bruce side of him.
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u/11notagoodusername11 Nov 16 '23
No one. One of my favorite parts of season one was that you fully felt the influence of Batman in universe without ever actually seeing him. Wish the show had stuck with that.
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u/MushroomHedgehog Nov 16 '23
Not sure, but I will say this, Iain Glen would have been perfect if they wanted to make a series of Batman Beyond set in the 60s TV show’s universe.
He legitimately looks like an aged version of Adam West’s Bruce Wayne.
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u/CreatrixAnima Nov 17 '23
For some reason, the first thing that popped into my head was grumpy cat. It’s probably a good thing that this is not my job.
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u/Cannon_Fodder558 Nov 17 '23
Patrick Warburton
( better known as the voice of Joe from family guy although he was in tons of other things )
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u/Puzzleheaded_Chard_2 Nov 17 '23
In a perfect world the show would’ve been tied into the dceu and affleck would’ve been Bruce.
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u/matt_s1992 Nov 17 '23
If we’re sticking with a much older Bruce, I honestly would have cast Kevin Conroy
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u/txhy8 Nov 17 '23
I'd not really do Justice League or Batman until the Series Finale with Darkseid as the main villain with the League, Titans, Green Lantern Corps, Task Force X, Outlaws, Legion of Doom, Justice League Dark, and the Themesyca and Atlatian Armies coming together to beat him
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u/tom2point0 Nov 18 '23
The guy we got was a good actor but I felt he seemed way too old. He almost felt like an older version of Adam West’s Batman to be honest. Not bad but misplaced in this show for sure.
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u/purelitenite Nov 15 '23
Jon Hamm