I am not a humorless person who is a fan of Batman.
And to demostrate that I have a sense of humor, allow me to cut and paste the entire contents of a joke-of-the-day mailing list that I have been receiving for 4 years in my next several posts...
― Austin Still (Austin, Still), Tuesday, 21 June 2005 13:28 (eighteen years ago) link
x-post
― miccio (miccio), Tuesday, 21 June 2005 13:28 (eighteen years ago) link
He's the guy that Dr. Crane is defending in his first scene, and the one that Batman swoops on when they're all menacing Katie Holmes near the end.
― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Tuesday, 21 June 2005 13:29 (eighteen years ago) link
― Austin Still (Austin, Still), Tuesday, 21 June 2005 13:30 (eighteen years ago) link
― David R. (popshots75`), Tuesday, 21 June 2005 13:30 (eighteen years ago) link
― miccio (miccio), Tuesday, 21 June 2005 13:30 (eighteen years ago) link
― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Tuesday, 21 June 2005 13:32 (eighteen years ago) link
Dude, see it sober, and know when to stay down.
― David R. (popshots75`), Tuesday, 21 June 2005 13:36 (eighteen years ago) link
― Pete (Pete), Tuesday, 21 June 2005 13:37 (eighteen years ago) link
― David R. (popshots75`), Tuesday, 21 June 2005 13:41 (eighteen years ago) link
― David R. (popshots75`), Tuesday, 21 June 2005 13:43 (eighteen years ago) link
― miccio (miccio), Tuesday, 21 June 2005 13:46 (eighteen years ago) link
― The Ghost of The Moon (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 21 June 2005 13:47 (eighteen years ago) link
― miccio (miccio), Tuesday, 21 June 2005 13:50 (eighteen years ago) link
― miccio (miccio), Tuesday, 21 June 2005 13:51 (eighteen years ago) link
On and on the rain will fallLike tears from a star like tears from a starOn and on the rain will sayHow fragile we are how fragile we are
On and on the rain will fallLike tears from a star like tears from a starOn and on the rain will sayHow fragile we are how fragile we areHow fragile we are how fragile we are
― The Ghost of STING (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 21 June 2005 13:52 (eighteen years ago) link
― David R. (popshots75`), Tuesday, 21 June 2005 13:53 (eighteen years ago) link
;) ;) ;) ;) :P :P :P :P %) %) %) %)
― David R. (popshots75`), Tuesday, 21 June 2005 13:54 (eighteen years ago) link
http://photos.imageevent.com/batmanonfilm/bofimagesbofimages/batman_infrontofbatmobile.jpg
TurdTank, AWAY!
http://www.spidermedia.ru/comics2movie/b/batman/5-begins/pics/batmobile/batman2.jpg
― miccio (miccio), Tuesday, 21 June 2005 13:55 (eighteen years ago) link
Yeah, wtf, I said this at the time as well! I was 7.
Tom, have you seen the second part of that trilogy, Lust For A Vampire? The girl who plays Carmilla in it is so, so hot!
― BARMS, Tuesday, 21 June 2005 14:43 (eighteen years ago) link
― Jordan (Jordan), Tuesday, 21 June 2005 14:45 (eighteen years ago) link
― Tom (Groke), Tuesday, 21 June 2005 14:48 (eighteen years ago) link
The opinion of a half-awake drunk >>> the opinion of someone who doesn't like the Hunger.
― walter kranz (walterkranz), Tuesday, 21 June 2005 14:59 (eighteen years ago) link
― The Ghost of Dan Pot (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 21 June 2005 15:14 (eighteen years ago) link
And will there be a "delete Katie Holmes" option on the DVD? Seriously, whenever she was on screen it felt liked someone hooked up a 16-ton weight to the movie and threw it off a bridge.
Liam Neeson should play more bad guys.
― Elvis Telecom (Chris Barrus), Tuesday, 21 June 2005 15:15 (eighteen years ago) link
― Allyzay knows a little German (allyzay), Tuesday, 21 June 2005 15:17 (eighteen years ago) link
― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 21 June 2005 15:17 (eighteen years ago) link
ET OTM about Liam Neeson.
Dan OTM about backstory et al.
― Allyzay knows a little German (allyzay), Tuesday, 21 June 2005 15:20 (eighteen years ago) link
― Allyzay knows a little German (allyzay), Tuesday, 21 June 2005 15:22 (eighteen years ago) link
Well, yeah. Batman was a total riff on The Shadow & like-minded pulp characters. To wit:
"[Bob] Kane and [Bill] Finger got together and brainstormed the new character DC wanted. Kane suggested a pair of bat-style wings, which he'd doodled in sketchbooks for years. Finger proposed the wings be turned into a more practical, yet uniquely scalloped cape, then added a triangular motif to the costume, including triangular "fins" protruding from Batman's gloves, and pointy bat ears. In formulating the basic story line, the two drew upon favorite films (such as The Bat Whispers, in which a detective prowls the night as a killer wearing an ungainly bat-mask); novels (such as Johnston McCulley's All-Story Weekly, in which the rich playboy Zorro becomes an avenger by night, and the various books featuring Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes, who utilized deductive reasoning to solve crimes); and radio programs (such as The Shadow, in which wealthy playboy Lamont Cranston used his mastery of disguise to strike fear in the hearts of criminals)."
― David R. (popshots75`), Tuesday, 21 June 2005 15:24 (eighteen years ago) link
Still waiting on this list, as it applies to me.
the thing I'm reacting to here is the idea that if you only watch part of something in an altered state, your opinion on it is just as valid as someone who watched the entire thing sober.
Incidentally, I consider watching it in IMAX to be tantamount to an unplesant altered state. That's why I'm still willing to hold out "final" judgement on, if nothing else, the "coherence" of the action sequences, until I see it in a realistic format. (Though I'm guessing the overall emo dourness of the film is probably just as overbearing in 35mm.)
(xx-post d'oh, beaten to the emo-labelling punch!)
― Eric H: not a troll, with one exception (Eric H.), Tuesday, 21 June 2005 15:35 (eighteen years ago) link
― walter kranz (walterkranz), Tuesday, 21 June 2005 16:32 (eighteen years ago) link
The guy sitting behind me kept snickering at the dialogue. Being an action film I didn't really expect much in that category but he was right to laugh.
― Thermo Thinwall (Thermo Thinwall), Tuesday, 21 June 2005 16:38 (eighteen years ago) link
YAY
― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 21 June 2005 17:11 (eighteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 21 June 2005 17:28 (eighteen years ago) link
― walter kranz (walterkranz), Tuesday, 21 June 2005 17:46 (eighteen years ago) link
It was okay, but certainly no great shakes. Like Spider-Man, it was too concerned with setting up the backstory for sequels so that the Arkham plot was rushed and unsatisfying. If the entire movie had been the setup, I think I would have been happier (obv. this would never sell as a blockbuster action movie).
Way too thick on the Will to Power speechifying from Neeson at the beginning, and Holmes last "man I loved" speech was ridiculous and unbelievable given the amount of screen-time they shared. Basically read as a Spider-Man 2 'time to win over the girl's heart this time' play, or else an excuse to insert a new starlet/love interest for Batman Begins Again.
Bale's 'deep/gruff' superhero voice was mega-lame.
― milozauckerman (miloaukerman), Tuesday, 21 June 2005 22:56 (eighteen years ago) link
― milozauckerman (miloaukerman), Tuesday, 21 June 2005 22:57 (eighteen years ago) link
― Shakey Mo Collier, Tuesday, 21 June 2005 22:59 (eighteen years ago) link
― Jeff-PTTL (Jeff), Tuesday, 21 June 2005 23:00 (eighteen years ago) link
― Pete Scholtes, Tuesday, 21 June 2005 23:55 (eighteen years ago) link
GTH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
― CUT MY LIFE INTO PIZZAS ^_^ (Adrian Langston), Wednesday, 22 June 2005 00:57 (eighteen years ago) link
― CUT MY LIFE INTO PIZZAS ^_^ (Adrian Langston), Wednesday, 22 June 2005 01:18 (eighteen years ago) link
What was the point of Caine's speech right at the end of Holmes' hallucination sequence, "it can't be one man's revenge" etc. only to forget about all of that and everyone gets along happily everafter even though Batman shows no sign of changing?
― milozauckerman (miloaukerman), Wednesday, 22 June 2005 01:22 (eighteen years ago) link
― CUT MY LIFE INTO PIZZAS ^_^ (Adrian Langston), Wednesday, 22 June 2005 01:43 (eighteen years ago) link
― walter kranz (walterkranz), Wednesday, 22 June 2005 01:51 (eighteen years ago) link
― Allyzay knows a little German (allyzay), Wednesday, 22 June 2005 12:30 (eighteen years ago) link
If you'll remember, people only got freakout vibes from people whom they identified as menacing. Katie was protecting the kid, ergo he didn't freak out at her. Also, the kid was using Batman as a calming mantra; his unwavering hope and faith in his hero helped him counteract/deal with the worst effects of the hallucinogen.
Why did she suddenly start sobering up in the car (at least becoming semi-mobile), only to fall back to near-death when they arrived in the cave?
She initially fell completely out at the shock to her system. Her body started to acclimate to the drug, leading her to become more coherent and mobile, but her hallucinations were getting worse and worse thanks to the harrowing car chase, leading her brain to finally overpanic and shut down. (Also, have you never seen knocked on their ass by an initial rush, followed by wandering around semi-coherent in some altered state? Because that's basically what happened to her.)
― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 22 June 2005 15:12 (eighteen years ago) link
― Shakey Mo Collier, Wednesday, 22 June 2005 15:25 (eighteen years ago) link