A friend of mine did point out that if Scientology took the Pepsi Challenge with any other major religion, it's not that wacko - so the bread becomes the corpse of Jesus halfway down your throat, hmm? And he lived in a whale? I see. And what's all this about mixing different types of cloth? And he's a blue elephant?

Batman = hot. I liked the movie a LOT, although I think they could have done without one of the parts -- there was just a lot going on. Honestly? I would have loved a movie that ended with him putting on the suit for the first time, and no big villian part. Which is not to say I didn't love it, I just wanted more of everything! Except Katie Holmes. It looked fantastic, I loved Michael Caine and Morgan Freeman, and all the Bat-stuff, and etc., etc.

The theater, OTOH, was full of jackholes -- they let us in to the theater nearly an hour ahead, and there was this group of I swear to god twenty people coordinating seats throughout the theater the ENTIRE TIME before the movie started. There was also a couple who came in twenty minutes before show time and LEFT because they couldn't find two good seats together. @@ I also enjoyed the crew of boys sitting up front who yelled, "Batman's a BITCH!" when Katie Holmes slapped him in the car.

Finally, I want to go to ninja school now.

Finally, I want to go to ninja school now.

Who doesn't?

Jesse: the world's first cowgirl ninja.

So was I the only one who went Liam Neeson is Ra's Al Ghul? WTF? I thought Ra's was actually Asian?

Cause again, might be an "I don't know the comics" thing. But it truly boggled me for about two minutes.

I kinda' liked the new Batmobile before I saw the movie, but now I want one of my own.

Woudln't be the first time people accuse me of owning a tank, though.

I just hope the Batmobile model and Batsuit are still at the Toys R Us by the time I actually make it down there. That shit was so hot.

Ailleann, no, I did that too. It boggled me for the rest of the movie, actually, until my friend explained that Ken Watanabe was only a figurehead pretending to be Ra's Al Ghul (who is Egyptian, not Chinese). I was confused because I thought the "dual identity" comment was about some sort of magic, and we'd seen Ra's and Ducard in the same place at the same time. But now it makes sense.

That's made up for this movie, though, right? (Dorkiest part of the evening last night: Discussing what in the movie was "real" and what wasn't.)

I think so, Jesse, but I'll let the experts give the details. Because I remember earlier, people had mentioned Henri Ducard as a specific character all his own.