What do Michael Keaton and Timothy Dalton have in common?

JimmyBond0129JimmyBond0129 United States Posts: 263MI6 Agent
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Michael Keaton was brought in to be Batman for one film and Timothy Dalton was brought in to be James Bond for three films but they both ended up doing two films each and after two outings they've had enough. They handed in their resignation papers before the producers could even get them to agree to a third film. And after that they left the roles that made them famous and they never looked back.
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  • Dmitri MishkinDmitri Mishkin Kansas CityPosts: 334MI6 Agent
    Both were some of my favorites to play the characters they did. I wasn't impressed with Val Kilmer or George Clooney as Batman, it seems it took Christian Bale to get back to the more dark adaptation of the man behind the mask. I think Kilmer tried to carry on like Keaton but he really seemed like a drag next to the happy go lucky Robin.
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  • JimmyBond0129JimmyBond0129 United States Posts: 263MI6 Agent
    Dmitri Mishkin wrote:
    Both were some of my favorites to play the characters they did. I wasn't impressed with Val Kilmer or George Clooney as Batman, it seems it took Christian Bale to get back to the more dark adaptation of the man behind the mask. I think Kilmer tried to carry on like Keaton but he really seemed like a drag next to the happy go lucky Robin.

    You know I think Timothy Dalton, like Roger Moore was trying to make the role his own because he didn't want anybody to say that Dalton was the new Sean Connery. Maybe if Val Kilmer had tried to make the Batman role his own, he would've done a better job.
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  • 007007 ClassifiedPosts: 372MI6 Agent
    I'd like to see Frank Miller's Batman happen... maybe one day...
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  • HardyboyHardyboy Posts: 5,912Chief of Staff
    They also have these things in common: vanishing hairlines and providing voices of toys in Toy Story 3.
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  • Mr MartiniMr Martini That nice house in the sky.Posts: 2,709MI6 Agent
    Hardyboy wrote:
    They also have these things in common: vanishing hairlines and providing voices of toys in Toy Story 3.


    Didn't know this. I was hoping they'd save TD for the voice of Finn McMissle a British Sports Car/Secret Agent for Cars 2. Oh well, maybe Sir Roger or another Bond actor can take the roll. Maybe TD can still do both. After all John Ratzenberger has appeared in ever single Pixar movie so far.
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  • 007007 ClassifiedPosts: 372MI6 Agent
    Mr Martini wrote:
    Hardyboy wrote:
    They also have these things in common: vanishing hairlines and providing voices of toys in Toy Story 3.


    Didn't know this. I was hoping they'd save TD for the voice of Finn McMissle a British Sports Car/Secret Agent for Cars 2. Oh well, maybe Sir Roger or another Bond actor can take the roll. Maybe TD can still do both. After all John Ratzenberger has appeared in ever single Pixar movie so far.

    I know this is old but...
    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8248735.stm

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  • JimmyBond0129JimmyBond0129 United States Posts: 263MI6 Agent
    Let's talk about Michael Keaton's two Batman movies and Timothy Dalton's two Bond films. Opinions vary but for the most part the general consensus is Batman circa 1989 and The Living Daylights are better than Batman Returns and Licence to Kill because I guess there's just something the directors did the first time around that they couldn't duplicate in the follow-up.
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  • Mr MartiniMr Martini That nice house in the sky.Posts: 2,709MI6 Agent
    JimmyBond0129 wrote:
    Let's talk about Michael Keaton's two Batman movies and Timothy Dalton's two Bond films. Opinions vary but for the most part the general consensus is Batman circa 1989 and The Living Daylights are better than Batman Returns and Licence to Kill because I guess there's just something the directors did the first time around that they couldn't duplicate in the follow-up.


    I'm in the minority, I like License To Kill way more then The Living Daylights.
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  • JimmyBond0129JimmyBond0129 United States Posts: 263MI6 Agent
    Mr Martini wrote:
    I'm in the minority, I like License To Kill way more then The Living Daylights.

    But do you like Batman Returns more than you like Batman (1989)?
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  • AlexAlex The Eastern SeaboardPosts: 2,694MI6 Agent
    Mr Martini wrote:
    I'm in the minority, I like License To Kill way more then The Living Daylights.
    Just caught LTK on G4 and enjoyed it immensely. So I'd have to agree. Lately, I find myself prefering it over TLD.

    Anyhoo, someone said Batman made Keaton famous, maybe, but he was already an A list actor with a string of popular comedy roles under his belt before he started whispering in a hoarse voice ... "I'm Batman!"
  • stjimmy456stjimmy456 Manchester, EnglandPosts: 75MI6 Agent
    Mr Martini wrote:
    JimmyBond0129 wrote:
    Let's talk about Michael Keaton's two Batman movies and Timothy Dalton's two Bond films. Opinions vary but for the most part the general consensus is Batman circa 1989 and The Living Daylights are better than Batman Returns and Licence to Kill because I guess there's just something the directors did the first time around that they couldn't duplicate in the follow-up.


    I'm in the minority, I like License To Kill way more then The Living Daylights.

    Preferences aside, that's one of the things I like most about Dalton's two films: they're both extremely different Bond outings. Up until the cello escape in TLD, that film has the feel of a cold war thriller, then it escalates into fun (but often silly) action, which culminates in an Indiana Jones-like assault on the Russian airbase.

    LTK still stands as one of the most unique Bond films, agreed, and where TLD has re-watchability value based on fun and action, LTK does on acting and story.

    Sadly they both have terribly dated endings, involving wooing girls with wolf-whistles and balcony-based diving. :#
  • hegottheboothegottheboot USAPosts: 327MI6 Agent
    TLD and Returns for me.
  • DangerMouseDangerMouse Benfleet, EssexPosts: 235MI6 Agent
    JimmyBond0129 wrote:
    Both ended up doing two films each and after two outings they've had enough. They handed in their resignation papers before the producers could even get them to agree to a third film.

    From what I could gather, Keaton left the Batman film series because he wasn't happy with the new direction it was taking. It's a shame because I would have loved to have seen him do one more flick for he's my definitive incarnation of the character. Shame Dalton didn't get to do one more Bond as well. But, from a bittersweet perspective, maybe it's for the best that he didn't, especially after I read the original screenplay for his third film.
  • JohnNintendoNerdJohnNintendoNerd Lake Elmo, MinnesotaPosts: 48MI6 Agent
    Mr Martini wrote:
    Didn't know this. I was hoping they'd save TD for the voice of Finn McMissle a British Sports Car/Secret Agent for Cars 2. Oh well, maybe Sir Roger or another Bond actor can take the roll. Maybe TD can still do both. After all John Ratzenberger has appeared in ever single Pixar movie so far.

    I saw a documentary trailer of Cars 2 at the Carmike theater in Oakdale Minnesota on Monday and apparently the guy who played Alfred Pennyworth (Michael Caine) is the British Sports Car/Secret Agent.
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  • KittlemeierKittlemeier U.S.Posts: 432MI6 Agent
    Neither should ever play Batman. :))
  • JohnNintendoNerdJohnNintendoNerd Lake Elmo, MinnesotaPosts: 48MI6 Agent
    Kittlemeier wrote:
    Neither should ever play Batman. :))

    What are you talking about?
    "Your orders were to shoot that sniper!"

    "Stuff my orders! I only kill professionals. That woman didn't know one end of a rifle from the other. Go ahead, tell M. what you want. If he fires me, I'll thank him for it."
  • KittlemeierKittlemeier U.S.Posts: 432MI6 Agent
    Not sure if you're sarcastic or serious.

    Answered the question, "What do Michael Keaton and Timothy Dalton have in common?"
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