Actually, I believe that in comics canon, Alfred was MI-6.
I wear the cheese. It does not wear me.
Cheese Man ,'Chosen'
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Sean K - Jan 09, 2009 2:46:13 pm PST #9462 of 10000
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Jessica - Jan 09, 2009 2:49:00 pm PST #9463 of 10000
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
9 (original animated short). It's about ten minutes long.
§ ita § - Jan 09, 2009 5:23:35 pm PST #9464 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I also seem to recall mention that the fire f/x in LotR was supposed to be noteworthy.
dcp - Jan 09, 2009 5:26:23 pm PST #9465 of 10000
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
I thought the Balrog was excellent, the Eye not so much.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jan 09, 2009 5:28:22 pm PST #9466 of 10000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
It did crack me up at the end when its tower was collapsing and it started shifting around everywhere. "Whuh-oh! Who pushed the down button?"
§ ita § - Jan 09, 2009 5:30:54 pm PST #9467 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I didn't like the design of the eye enough that the execution was lost on me.
Steph L. - Jan 09, 2009 5:42:36 pm PST #9468 of 10000
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
Also, in any other situation, everybody would be talking about how Gary Oldman's performance was so amazing, and he was just fully absolutely Jim Gordon. But Ledger overshadowed everything else.
I remember being blown away by Gary Oldman in Batman Begins, particularly because, when I first heard the casting, I was appalled. But he's so totally Jim Gordon that it's a little freaky. (Like J.K. Simmons as J. Jonah Jameson in the Spider-Man movies.)
I've said before that I think that Batman Begins is as much Jim Gordon's movie as it is Bruce Wayne's movie.
As for TDK, I'm one of the few viewers who thought that Ledger was *good,* certainly, and really made the role his own, but I didn't think he overshadowed the rest of the movie/actors. I don't know why.
Steph L. - Jan 09, 2009 5:47:10 pm PST #9469 of 10000
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
Unrelatedly, we have to go see Bride Wars Sunday. (The Boy is on a kick of taking his [many] nieces and nephews to the movies, and Sunday's outing involves the oldest of the bunch, his 24-year-old and 18-year-old nieces. So they picked Bride Wars.)
I had never heard of it, and we spent about half an hour last night speculating on whether it would involve kickboxing, krav maga, a Darth Vader bride, exploding bouquets, and (my favorite) a Veil of Death.
Then I looked up a synopsis. No Veil of Death. I'm very sad.
t edit Oh Lord. It has a 12% on Rotten Tomatoes. It's going to make me go all fist of death, isn't it?
Laga - Jan 09, 2009 6:15:38 pm PST #9470 of 10000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
well it's got Anne Hathaway and Kate Hudson in it so at least there will be pretty.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jan 09, 2009 6:20:26 pm PST #9471 of 10000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Yeah, with them in it I imagine it's a very well-acted insipidly clichéd storyline.