Batman carries on beginning in ... The Dark Knight

it's sam raimi's thing. unless it's both their things? besuited superhero directors?

For gods sake never let Brian dePalma direct a superhero movie (or did he and did I mercifully forget)?

what makes you say that? (I don't think he has)

Actually Phantom of the Paradise kinda counts, sorta, and that's a good film. That gets him off the hook. (I've been rereading The Devil's Candy and remembering why he annoys me most of the time.)

great book!

Oh, FANTASTIC book, no question. First read it a couple of years after the events and now at a distance so much of it feels simultaneously just-yesterday and from a weird alien world.

Phantom is good I just wish the music was better. which is odd considering all the other great sdtk work Paul Williams did.

cool poster

shakey?

hahahahahahahahaha

Eckhart speaks a bit (some spoilerish stuff in the story, be warned):

"That's right, people don't really know yet," actor Aaron Eckhart said with grin. "I can tell you that, basically, when you look at Two-Face, you should get sick to your stomach. Being the guy under all that, well, that was a lot of fun for me. It's like you would feel if you met someone whose face had pretty much been ripped off or burned off with acid. I can't talk about it beyond that because I don't want to give away too much of the plans by Chris."

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In the comic books, the wounds come from a splash of acid thrown at the attorney by a gangster on the witness stand, but there are hints that in this film it might be the Joker who is responsible for the scars.

Eckhart won't discuss that, but he did say that the wounds are structurally deeper than in the comics: "There are fans on the Internet who have done artist's versions of what they think it will look like, and I can tell you this: They're thinking small; Chris is going way farther than people think."

isn't there meant to be a new trailer online today?

This is the new trailer, I think.

I don't know. Still looks good. But The Joker looks less sinister and imposing in this one. Maybe it's unfair to compare it to the first trailer.

SOLID. Can't wait.

ima see this but not gonna be able to get past the andy dick thing

I would love to own a little flat in Gotham City. With fire insurance.

ima see this but not gonna be able to get past the andy dick thing

-- and what, Sunday, 4 May 2008 14:01 (4 hours ago) Link

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joker sounds like andy dick

oh ok.

i'm kinda slow

andy dick as the joker would have been kind of terrifying.

I'm not sure if I like these new Batman character designs. In the first movie we had pumpkin-head Batman, and now there's the greasy-haired Juggalo Joker.

I certainly prefer the dandy Joker.

greasy-haired Juggalo Joker.

lol

He's been giving head to some Juggalette, too, given how scattershot its application is.

Sending Heath out in style, at least:

http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.cinematical.com/media/2008/05/joker-banner-(2).jpg

This is easily the blockbuster I'm most excited about this year.

http://bp1.blogger.com/_f3SZ5Tu916o/SD7Ip-yWWiI/AAAAAAAAGkQ/7Gul94nClqM/s1600/the-dark-knight-got-milk.jpg

Kinda like Andy Dick, but without the over-the-top feyness.

I am SO excited for this movie. So.

Yeah, it's really still the only one I'm all opening-night-must-see about over the next couple of months.

I will see this. Also, I had no idea Gotham City is supposed to be in New Jersey.

I think it's supposed to be further south on the Eastern Seaboard in the comics.

is tony starks in this?

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/2a/Gothamlicencesmall.jpg

I'm not an uber comics geek, but weird. I guess it makes sense these days... New Jersey is more "New York City" than New York right now.

not really feeling this like everybody else

fav joker is mark hamill tho so wtf do i know

http://mob45.photobucket.com/albums/f89/Rabbit-man/MaskOfThePhantasm.jpg

animated series was great, easily best screen batman

mask of the phantasm d-_-b

from the Jeffrey Wells blog:

A non-USA exhibition source told me this evening that The Dark Knight's running time has been confirmed at 152 minutes.

HE reader Mgmax has explained the evolution in two lines: "In the 1950s and early '60s we had long, self-important movies about Jesus. In the 21st Century we have long, self-important movies about Batman."

"And Jesus stayed three days within the Batcave..."

fuck mgmax, the trailer for this looked incredible

also batman > jesus

I'll be missing this AND you'll be in hell; everybody wins!

http://www.challops.com/images/1.gif

true story: my friend K. is in this, and snuck off set with Gary Oldman to go waterskiing, but a change in shooting plans necessitated Nolan send a helicopter after, to drag them back for a walk-through shot. they arrived on set in their swimsuits, and to punish them Nolan insisted they costume-change in front of everybody. according to K., he has never been more humbled by the shape and girth of an old guy's... equipment.

can anyone link to the actual theatrical trailer? the one i saw wasnt this one - http://www.firstshowing.net/2007/12/17/the-dark-knight-full-theatrical-trailer-debuts/

btw has anyone commented on nolan getting all meta w/ the posters/trailers yet WHY SO SERIOUS

latest one i think

http://youtube.com/watch?v=Q8PPh-C9pRU

http://www.apple.com/trailers/wb/thedarkknight/

yeah those are its

so many incredible shots just in the trailers alone, i dont really get how anyone could watch those & not be hyped for this

i like eckhart's line towards the end of trailer #3. it's total FORESHADOWING bullshit but it's good.