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The Surprising Facts and Details You Can Find About During Their Fight in Batman VS Superman, The Real Reason that Ben Affleck’s Batman Hesitated in His Fight Against Superman to Finally Kill him with The Kryptonite Spear, How His Helmet Splited In Half, How Similar To Two-Face, Studying Superman’s Fighting Moves Much Like Bane was Studying Batman, telling Superman To “Breathe In” Like Scarecrow Said once To Batman, Having Deja Vu and A Flashback To His Parents Death, When You Finally Realized That Batman Is Becoming Like The Monsters He Vowed To Stop from Ever Hurting The Citizens Of Gotham City
Here’s a breakdown of why Ben Affleck stands out as the best Batman: 1. Redemption Arc Ben Affleck’s portrayal of Batman is unique because of the character’s redemption arc. His Bruce Wayne is older, seasoned, and jaded from years of fighting crime. Initially, he’s portrayed as someone who has lost faith in humanity, driven by anger and vengeance. However, over the course of his appearances, we see a transformation as he regains hope and belief in the good, especially after his encounter with Superman. This complex, layered portrayal adds a depth to Batman that we hadn’t seen before. Affleck plays the role of a flawed, but ultimately redeemable hero, making his Batman feel more human and relatable. 2. Action and Physicality Affleck’s Batman is the most physically imposing version to date. His fight scenes, especially in *Batman v Superman*, showcase a more brutal and efficient combat style. The warehouse fight scene is often hailed as one of the best Batman action sequences ever filmed, capturing the full extent of Batman’s martial prowess. Unlike previous portrayals, Affleck’s Batman uses a combination of power, strategy, and gadgets in his fights, making him feel like the true embodiment of a seasoned crimefighter who knows how to dominate his enemies. 3. Aesthetic and Suit Design The aesthetic of Ben Affleck’s Batman is directly inspired by the *The Dark Knight Returns* comic by Frank Miller, which many consider the definitive Batman story. His suit is bulkier, more tactical, and less armor-like than previous iterations, giving him a more comic-accurate and grounded look. The dark, brooding, and world-weary appearance of his Bruce Wayne further reinforces this. The gray and black color scheme, the short ears on the cowl, and the overall muscular look all combine to create the most visually striking and intimidating Batman on screen. 4. Balance of Bruce Wayne and Batman Affleck balances both sides of the character extremely well. His Bruce Wayne is convincingly weary and burdened by his role as Gotham’s protector, while his Batman is the embodiment of fear and justice. Affleck’s portrayal brings out the internal conflict between these two identities, showing us a Bruce Wayne who struggles to maintain his humanity while constantly being consumed by the Batman persona. 5. Emotional Weight Affleck’s Batman carries a lot of emotional baggage, from the loss of his parents to the death of Robin, which is subtly referenced. These traumas make him more hardened, and the conflict with Superman in *Batman v Superman* brings all this rage to the surface. Affleck's performance taps into these emotional layers, making his Batman feel more tortured and complex, something that resonates deeply with the character's core.
We need one without that hideous faded and unlit tip. EL wire with a solid core to keep it stiff would be SO much cooler(literally) and be able to be left on. It would have a nice tip like a real saber and be consistent. brightness and no "dead spot"
Incredible custom, one of the best I've ever seen. 1 tiny thought: Though she's an A Cup, it still might be worth taking some tweezers & maybe a little bit of torn-up cotton ball fluff to stuff under that white shirt. 😉
Oh my gosh, that first head sculpt looks like a 1950s mom on a propaganda poster....hmm actually if you could do that like a Fallout inspired thing might be cool. If you tried to go life like with it, eeeeeeeeh scary! (Talking about the one in 13:00) Looks really awesome, love those shoes!
Excellent custom Ripley figure! A sublime job with a lot of effort and enthusiasm. The head is sublime and unbeatable! The clothes; The white shirt, check the film several times and use tea leaves and dilute in several bottles, from more diluted and less dye to higher dye and concentration...as glazes. If you don't like how it looks you can wash it with plenty of water. The tea dye is useful for sweat stains, very diluted as glazes, more pronounced stains and dirt. And by the way, you can have a quiet tea waiting for it to dry, with a hot hair dryer from a distance and avoiding the heat to damage the fabric You can apply similar stains to the pants, apply and wash, apply and wash, until you get the desired effects, without buying expensive dyes, tea leaves that dye a lot. The skin color is perfect using makeup powders is a great idea until you get the perfect tone so that it resembles the hands and customized head. The head is the best I've seen with the hair tangled from walking with aliens and soldiers and looking for the girl Newt just before a facehugger attacked her and exactly as in the movie, the face is very subtly stained perhaps with charcoal that is used for sketches and gives it the touch of dirt, but very subtly with a brush or very fine painter's swabs, it's perfect 10/10. The boots are perfect, the Power Loader is huge and spectacular and it could use some touches according to the movie of chips, scratches and dirt and polished metal, but without saturating it too much. The straps with the grenades are very well done. You can see Ripley's clothes when they escape from the planet and arrive with Bishop to the mothership with Newt, before the Queen comes out of the landing gear and cuts the "synthetic" Bishop in two. There, in those scenes you can appreciate Ripley's shirt and pants in good light. I am a Star Wars collector, I am a customizer and with a very clinical eye for details. And I can say that the figure is 10/10. I have never seen a figure as perfect as Ripley from the 2nd movie Aliens: The Return, which I have seen perhaps 50-60 times, both the theatrical version and the extended version. Verdict 10/10 that with a few of the aforementioned touch-ups could become 12/10. Unbeatable. All you need to get is the Alien Queen at 1:6 and put together a great epic and iconic scene from the Cinema and Alien. For me the first 2 movies Alien: The Eighth Passenger and Aliens: The Return were and are the best and the best in action, obviously the 2nd by James Cameron, Aliens. And this figure is for that version. Just SUBLIME WORK!
I remember seeing this for sale back in 2008, was thinking "500 bucks is a lot of money, but that looks cool!" Hot Toys really should rerelease this with that artisan Ripley, they would sell out many more than their first run! Nice work on this, Justin!
THAT CUSTOM HEADSCULPT IS AWESOME!!! THIS alongside with the one from the first film are my number 1 action figure EVER! WE NEED A PROPER 2.0 OF BOTH FOR YESTERDAY!!!!!
This is beyond amazing. Rooted hair really makes such a huge difference and I can see it being almost a standard feature at some point. I wonder what the next frontier would be after that - articulated mouths?
Been in this game for awhile now, a long while... It's a pretty difficult to make me envious of something. This did it.... FIRE! Hope Hot Toys releases this with Diecast and Light treatments, and SOON! Updated Alien(s) with Silicon skin wouldn't hurt either... 🤔
Justin, you are so sneaky, you know this is coming down the Hot Toys assembly line. Notes: I would leave her clean looking, when in the power loader, it does the battle-damaged heavy lifting for the display. The shoes were 10/10 for customization.
26:41 WOW! That’s amazing! Honestly the best figure you’ve made! Great job! Another cool thing is when you put the two Ripley’s side by side the face’s actually looked different! Aliens Ripley looked older for some reason which works perfectly! Great job!
