THE BATMAN: Matt Reeves Explains Why Bruce Wayne Doesn't Disguise His Voice; Venom Theory Debunked

THE BATMAN: Matt Reeves Explains Why Bruce Wayne Doesn't Disguise His Voice; Venom Theory Debunked

The Batman director Matt Reeves has explained why this version of the Dark Knight doesn't have a hard to understand "Bat-Voice," while a popular theory about Bruce Wayne using Venom has been debunked...

By JoshWilding - Apr 21, 2022 05:04 AM EST
Filed Under: The Batman
Source: Screen Rant

The Batman has been hailed as one of the Dark Knight's greatest big screen adventures, and filmmaker Matt Reeves definitely made some welcome changes to the character's portrayal. 

For starters, we finally got to see Batman demonstrate why he's often been hailed as the World's Greatest Detective, while it was also refreshing for Robert Pattinson to not use a typical "Bat-voice." We've seen actors head down that route with mixed results over the years, but in The Batman's Director's Commentary, Reeves explained why this Bruce Wayne really doesn't sound that different. 

"I knew I didn’t wanna do a Batman that had been done previously, that had the growl that we’d seen," he revealed. "Because I knew that in this version, if you’re gonna do a detective story, Batman is gonna have a lot of dialogue scenes. Which, when you actually look at all the movies, Bruce may have a lot of long dialogue scenes but Batman’s dialogue scenes, he has dialogue but it’s controlled."

"This, by literally the necessity of solving this crime, was going to require him to have to have long dialogue scenes in that suit and some are very emotional. If he was growling, we wouldn’t be able to connect to him emotionally. There was a real exploration to figure out how to make that work."

That makes perfect sense, but one popular theory about The Batman's final battle has now been debunked. In the recently released The Art of The Batman book, it's confirmed that the green liquid the Caped Crusader injects himself with was simple adrenaline. Fans had become convinced it could be Venom given the way Bruce "Hulks Out," but we clearly won't be seeing Bane in this world quite yet.

Batman carrying a vial of adrenaline for when he's pushed to his limits is a clever way to drive home that he is just a normal man, and heading down the Venom route might be a tad far-fetched. Grounding this Gotham City in reality was clearly a priority for Reeves, so those more fantastical elements of the Dark Knight's world are unlikely to be too much of a priority for the filmmaker.

The Batman is now streaming on HBO Max.
 

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ChimiFnChangas
ChimiFnChangas - 4/21/2022, 5:51 AM
Ahh yes. The famous ‘green adrenaline’….

Himura
Himura - 4/21/2022, 6:25 AM
@ChimiFnChangas - It literally says "epinephrine" on it. You can see the name when he injects himself with it.
Fares
Fares - 4/21/2022, 6:29 AM
@ChimiFnChangas - it's odd that further convincing is required. But the vial could be made of green-tinted translucent material.
KWilly
KWilly - 4/21/2022, 6:30 AM
@ChimiFnChangas - It's Mountain Dew
ChimiFnChangas
ChimiFnChangas - 4/21/2022, 7:10 AM
@Fares - not that odd. I still haven’t seen the movie.
@Himura - I’ll be sure to keep an eye out for it when I get around to watching it.
ChimiFnChangas
ChimiFnChangas - 4/21/2022, 7:11 AM
@KWilly - or it’s Shrek’s piss!
Origame
Origame - 4/21/2022, 7:47 AM
@ChimiFnChangas - considering how fast Matt reeves was to not only confirm joker but explain the details of him, why would you doubt the official description as being adrenaline?
ChimiFnChangas
ChimiFnChangas - 4/21/2022, 8:01 AM
@Origame - like I said above, I haven’t seen the movie. I was merely reacting to the description of the green liquid as ‘adrenaline’, because adrenaline isn’t green.
newhire13
newhire13 - 4/21/2022, 8:51 AM
@ChimiFnChangas - The type he uses is. Fact is you can’t expect complete realism in these things. They needed something to stand out visually so they went with green.
Origame
Origame - 4/21/2022, 8:54 AM
@ChimiFnChangas - ...but why would you doubt it? They said it's not.

Plus having him inject a clear liquid would confuse people since it looks like water. And in universe it would make sense to color it so batman can easily identify it when he's in a situation he'd need it.
Demigods
Demigods - 4/21/2022, 9:20 AM
@KWilly -
"I'm all hopped up on Mountain Dew! Imma come at you like a spider monkey"
-The Batman
The1st
The1st - 4/21/2022, 2:06 PM
@Fares -

Nah, it's probably not that.
Fares
Fares - 4/21/2022, 3:15 PM
@The1st - Oh no, Bruce is going to turn into an Adult Mutant Ninja Human!
kazuma
kazuma - 4/21/2022, 6:41 PM
@Origame - Or he could've just injnected himself with something and that's it. The vial didn't need a colour to it at all. It could've just been an injection.

Is it Venom? Probably not. And if the Director says so then it's not. It's just very weird to have Batman inject himself with a glowing green liquid and it NOT be Venom. They should've seen this confusion coming.
Origame
Origame - 4/21/2022, 8:07 PM
@kazuma - it's amazing what some people can get confused by. Especially when it's in the heat of the moment. And since they're making it clear now it's just epinephrine then what does it matter?
kazuma
kazuma - 4/21/2022, 8:17 PM
@Origame - Nothing matters ever so why even say that? People watching the movie saw a glowing green vial and thought it was venom. That's it. Case closed. NExt caller
Origame
Origame - 4/21/2022, 9:43 PM
@kazuma - ...and they addressed that confusion. Jesus, all of this was over some guy still calling doubt on this even though the film makers clarified what it was.

Also, it's not even glowing.
JonC
JonC - 4/22/2022, 2:05 PM
@ChimiFnChangas - It was liquid kryptonite... whatever kills superman... only makes batman stronger.
The1st
The1st - 4/22/2022, 4:09 PM
@Fares - Not a bad way to go, that TMNT team up was good.
ChimiFnChangas
ChimiFnChangas - 4/22/2022, 6:55 PM
@Origame - some guy? SOME GUY!? We spent such a lovey night together and now I’m just “some guy”???
Origame
Origame - 4/22/2022, 7:32 PM
@ChimiFnChangas - hey!

I gave you the money!
ChimiFnChangas
ChimiFnChangas - 4/22/2022, 10:29 PM
@Origame - ok that’s fair. That money will go a long way towards medical school.
UnderBelly
UnderBelly - 4/21/2022, 5:56 AM


I didn't mind Affleck's distorted voice though. Bale's is laughable at this point. Even doing it when he's talking to himself. Haha. One of the only weak points in that trilogy.
The1st
The1st - 4/21/2022, 2:08 PM
@UnderBelly - It's apparently very hard to due a Bruce voice and then a distinct Batman voice live action. Why you wouldn't just do it Conroy style...I guess that requires Mr. Conroy.
UnderBelly
UnderBelly - 4/21/2022, 2:25 PM
@The1st - I suspect doing it as a voice over compared to actually embodying the role is quite a difference.
WWEsucks
WWEsucks - 4/21/2022, 3:11 PM
@The1st - I always liked Val Kilmer's Bruce / Batman voice. 😊👌
teefurtree
teefurtree - 4/21/2022, 4:12 PM
@The1st - I do think Pattison embodied the tone of the Conroy style Batman voice much better than some other iterations. It's measured, cool, and clear, yet still intimidating. Batman seems in perfect control of all of his actions, including his voice.

The only thing it's missing to me is the deep, commanding baritone of Conroy and other voice/game actors (Bruce Greenwood, Jason O'Mara, Roger Craig Smith). (To that point, there are certainly others than Conroy who can "do" Conroy.) Anyway, that this aspect is missing is nothing Pattinson can help, and for me he did a perfect job with the voice he has.
manofillintent1
manofillintent1 - 4/21/2022, 5:59 AM
I loved how Batman was in almost every scene in costume, he looked great just standing there, probably the best on screen bat suit too though the cowl could have been better
UnderBelly
UnderBelly - 4/21/2022, 6:11 AM
@manofillintent1 - Yeah that aspect was cool.

Disagree on it being the best suit... but with a better cowl, tapered gauntlets and losing the collar, it defintily would have been the best.

It's the most believable suit though, when thinking the character made it himself.
manofillintent1
manofillintent1 - 4/21/2022, 6:21 AM
@UnderBelly - I think the reason I’m more partial to it is because it’s not just a jet black suit and kinda reminds me of the Arkham Asylum game suit
tylerzero
tylerzero - 4/21/2022, 6:43 AM
@manofillintent1 -

"I loved how Batman was in almost every scene in costume"

FYI, Batman NOT in costume is no longer Batman...he's Bruce Wayne.

IcePyke
IcePyke - 4/21/2022, 6:06 AM
Forthas
Forthas - 4/21/2022, 6:09 AM
Batman using his own voice is stupid! If he has to have meaningful dialogue, why not have the dialogue while he is Bruce Wayne? That would have made for a more fleshed out relationship with Alfred, or a Lucious Fox, or someone who might have known his identity. Plus when he was NOT having dialogue, then why not use a different voice.


Using Adrenaline? Why not use steroids while he is at it?
DTor91
DTor91 - 4/21/2022, 6:17 AM
@Forthas - Jesus what don’t you complain about…
Forthas
Forthas - 4/21/2022, 6:23 AM
@DTor91 - I complain about bad creative decisions!
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