Saw Dark Knight yesterday. Impressive. They certainly took "moral ambiguity" and ran with it. A couple of things annoyed me, though. The Joker was almost supernaturally chaotic, and Dent would have died of infection with those injuries, and he would have been incoherent with the pain. I don't care how crazy somebody is.
Angel's lame. His hair goes straight up, and he's bloody stupid!
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Connie Neil - Dec 15, 2008 6:57:30 am PST #9004 of 10000
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erikaj - Dec 15, 2008 11:50:16 am PST #9005 of 10000
Always Anti-fascist!
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§ ita § - Dec 15, 2008 11:55:57 am PST #9006 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
It's comics. His gizmos wouldn't work in the real world either. I found it emotionally effective enough that my belief was easily enough suspended for the pragmatics.
erikaj - Dec 15, 2008 12:04:20 pm PST #9007 of 10000
Always Anti-fascist!
Well, I suppose. I still think I liked Iron Man a little better(NOT because it felt more real) but TDK was good, too. Poor HL.
Atropa - Dec 15, 2008 12:33:06 pm PST #9008 of 10000
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
There is no God. Stephen Norrington (the director who was responsible for The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen), is going to re-make The Crow. "Norrington has a new take on the antihero, telling the trade mag, "Whereas Proyas' original was gloriously gothic and stylized, the new movie will be realistic, hard-edged and mysterious, almost documentary-style." "
Connie Neil - Dec 15, 2008 12:34:01 pm PST #9009 of 10000
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Dark Knight was closer to reality than Batman, so I wasn't able to do the "comic book movie" handwave. And I sure had a lot of problems with reality in Batman that needed that handwave. The reality was good, it felt like real people with real moral crises. Then they throw in the stuff that needs a handwave, and I have to downshift the acceptance levels, and it messes with the really cool stuff they had going.
juliana - Dec 15, 2008 12:34:35 pm PST #9010 of 10000
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
Stephen Norrington (the director who was responsible for The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen), is going to re-make The Crow.
AUGH. AUGH. AUUUUUGH.
Atropa - Dec 15, 2008 12:38:50 pm PST #9011 of 10000
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
I KNOW, JULIANA. I KNOW.
Pete just said that the one upside is that right before the new version is released, the original will almost certainly be released on Blu-Ray. I said that wasn't enough of a silver lining to justify this.
Polter-Cow - Dec 15, 2008 12:44:24 pm PST #9012 of 10000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
"Whereas Proyas' original was gloriously gothic and stylized, the new movie will be realistic, hard-edged and mysterious, almost documentary-style." "
But...that's not how you should do The Crow ! It's supposed to be gloriously Gothic and stylized! Leave it alone!
juliana - Dec 15, 2008 12:53:03 pm PST #9013 of 10000
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
I said that wasn't enough of a silver lining to justify this.
I don't think anything could justify this. AUGH. AAAAAAUUUGH.
pets shiny Crow DVD, whispers "It's okay, baby."