Campy tv aside, Batman and dour tend to go together like milk and cookies. You could have people around the Bat experiencing the exhilaration, but I'd argue that the scenes in BB where Gordon was in the Batmobile brought a bit of that. I suppose there could have been more. I'd need to watch it again and think about it a bit.
Spike: At least give me Wesley's office since he's gone. Angel: He's not gone. He's on a leave of absence. Spike: Yeah, right. Boo-hoo. Thought he killed his bloody father. Try staking your mother when she's coming on to you! Harmony: Well…that explains a lot.
'Destiny'
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Calli - Jun 29, 2005 5:57:36 am PDT #4855 of 10002
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Vonnie K - Jun 29, 2005 5:59:22 am PDT #4856 of 10002
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
Does Stephanie Zacharek have a bug up her butt?
Hmmm. I usually like her reviews, even when I don't agree with them. (Her writing strikes me as very... fannish at times, in both the good and the bad way.) Didn't read her Bats review since I wasn't particularly keen on having my mellows harshed, but I'll go read this one since I'm fairly indifferent to WotW.
I may still go see WotW, because sometimes, I like things to go BOOM.
Signed, pointed and laughed, but still had a pretty good time watching The Day After Tomorrow.
Jim - Jun 29, 2005 5:59:50 am PDT #4857 of 10002
Ficht nicht mit Der Raketemensch!
I don't want Batman to have fun. I want Jim to have fun. And I didn't have fun often enough.
tommyrot - Jun 29, 2005 6:04:28 am PDT #4858 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I may still go see WotW, because sometimes, I like things to go BOOM.
Me too. I love a good disaster flick, and by "good" I mean "lots of disaster."
Signed, pointed and laughed, but still had a pretty good time watching The Day After Tomorrow.
Vonnie K is me. Although I suspected that after our Shark!man crapfest.
Polter-Cow - Jun 29, 2005 6:08:22 am PDT #4859 of 10002
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I don't want Batman to have fun. I want Jim to have fun. And I didn't have fun often enough.
Didn't you read Calli's post? Jim drove the Batmobile! Whee!!
Me too. I love a good disaster flick, and by "good" I mean "lots of disaster."
tommyrot is I.
Nutty - Jun 29, 2005 6:08:26 am PDT #4860 of 10002
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
I want Jim to have fun. And I didn't have fun often enough.
Jim! Where were you yesterday, when I drowned in a sea of "Well, I liked it; what's wrong with you??"
I'd argue that both XMen and both Spiderman films managed it near-perfectly
I can't say I agree on the skill level of blending whizbang with serious -- I found both Spider-man films deficient on the serious, and the blending was a bit awkward in all four films, and maybe I should add a category for fact-checking, because that is always a distraction -- but yes, those four movies are examples of the attempt to blend/balance I am talking about.
Nicklas - Jun 29, 2005 6:11:00 am PDT #4861 of 10002
"Either it's murder, or this library has a very strict overdue policy."
Last time Batman had fun in the cinema, he rode on Bat-skates and fooled around with Uma Thurman -- so unless I'm is drunk, a batman that has fun and I are pretty much incompatible.
Steph L. - Jun 29, 2005 6:16:33 am PDT #4862 of 10002
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Batman doesn't have fun.
That's why he needs a Robin. For real.
§ ita § - Jun 29, 2005 6:27:34 am PDT #4863 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
"Well, I liked it; what's wrong with you??"
Who said that?
I don't want Batman to have fun. I want Jim to have fun.
I wonder where that distinction lies. Like you, I don't expect Batman to have fun. It's not Batman. I, however, was exhilarated for much of the movie.
bon bon - Jun 29, 2005 6:28:11 am PDT #4864 of 10002
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
Well, what's going to be exhilirating, then?