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Buffista Movies 4: Straight to Video
A place to talk about movies--old and new, good and bad, high art and high cheese. It's the place to place your kittens on the award winners, gossip about upcoming fims and discuss DVD releases and extras. Spoiler policy: White font all plot-related discussion until a movie's been in wide release two weeks, and keep the major HSQ in white font until two weeks after the video/DVD release.
§ ita § - Jun 14, 2005 4:24:35 pm PDT #4083 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Polter-Cow - Jun 14, 2005 4:28:10 pm PDT #4084 of 10002
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I'm not sure what the hell is going on in there, but it looks kinda cool.
Steph L. - Jun 14, 2005 4:31:28 pm PDT #4085 of 10002
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Ra's Al Ghul is the one man to ever figure out that Bruce Wayne was Batman.
Bane? Does Knightfall not count as canon? I'm kind of out of the loop.
Also, Tim? For some reason I thought he figured it out, too, though that may be merely hearsay.
Timmy definitely did, freaky little stalker that he is. I don't know if Tim figuring out that Bruce = the Bat happened before Ra's did.
And Knightfall is canon, you betcha.
Ailleann - Jun 14, 2005 5:37:16 pm PDT #4086 of 10002
vanguard of the socialist Hollywood liberal homosexualist agenda
::so not wanting to spoil anything::
Kathy A - Jun 14, 2005 5:41:44 pm PDT #4087 of 10002
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Roger Ebert gave Batman Begins four stars in a very spoiler-filled review that I won't post a link to (I'm highly disappointed about his lack of spoiler warning, especially since I knew nothing about the storyline before reading it). He ended it thus:
I said this is the Batman movie I've been waiting for; more correctly, this is the movie I did not realize I was waiting for, because I didn't realize that more emphasis on story and character and less emphasis on high-tech action was just what was needed. The movie works dramatically in addition to being an entertainment. There's something to it.
Steph L. - Jun 14, 2005 5:44:04 pm PDT #4088 of 10002
I look more rad than Lutheranism
I didn't realize that more emphasis on story and character and less emphasis on high-tech action was just what was needed.
Dear Mr. Ebert,
DUH.
Lovens,
Teppy
Ailleann - Jun 14, 2005 5:46:10 pm PDT #4089 of 10002
vanguard of the socialist Hollywood liberal homosexualist agenda
more emphasis on story and character
Only the most Daddy Issues! Ahoy! superhero EVAR, and we're surprised that adding character emphasis helps?
eta: My first x-post! And with Teppy/Steph! Whee!
Sean K - Jun 14, 2005 6:08:27 pm PDT #4090 of 10002
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
I forgot about Tim Drake figuring out Bruce's identity. Ra's definitely happened first. It actually happened fairly early in the Bat timeline.
Did Bane figure it out? I don't remember. It's been a while since I read Knightfall.
Steph L. - Jun 14, 2005 6:14:11 pm PDT #4091 of 10002
I look more rad than Lutheranism
I forgot about Tim Drake figuring out Bruce's identity.
Heh. Sometimes Timmy is more Bat than Batman is. He needs his own movie.
Gris - Jun 14, 2005 6:58:26 pm PDT #4092 of 10002
Hey. New board.
Did Bane figure it out?
He did. In two very different situations, depending on whether you like the comic version (which I assume is the actual conon) or the novelization. I gotta say, I love, love, love the novelization of KnightFall, much preferring it to the comics, though they're pretty different in plot.
And... topic... umm... I like Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants a lot. Also, any NYCistas that want to see Batman on IMAX this weekend should email me so we can do that.