Manager wrap-up: I called her at 2:50
So you get to call it quits for the day, right.
Looks like civilization finally caught up with us.
Mal ,'Bushwhacked'
Natter 69: Practically names itself.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Laura - Apr 06, 2012 1:18:27 pm PDT #29853 of 30001
Our wings are not tired.
Amy - Apr 06, 2012 1:19:58 pm PDT #29854 of 30001
Because books.
I had no compelling argument other than it is always better to read the book first.
He should definitely read the book first (so should you!). And it's a quick one, because you can't put it down.
-t - Apr 06, 2012 1:28:58 pm PDT #29855 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I found Batman Returns disappointing and didn't bother with the rest of that iteration. I loved Burton's Batman when it came out, but Batman Begins might have replaced it in my affections (rather than supplementing and surpassing. I'm not sure which is more accurate, but I think one of those).
lisah - Apr 06, 2012 1:37:31 pm PDT #29856 of 30001
Punishingly Intricate
Laura, has your son read the Battle Royale novel or the graphic novels? I just saw the movie and have a question about the novel. It's In the novel, is there an explanation of how the Battle or whatever is supposed to deter teens from being bad if they don't know it's happening?
Laura - Apr 06, 2012 1:37:45 pm PDT #29857 of 30001
Our wings are not tired.
He should definitely read the book first
Now I can tell him that Amy said so! I'm thinking if I just leave them in his room they will get read. He can't resist.
Laura - Apr 06, 2012 1:39:43 pm PDT #29858 of 30001
Our wings are not tired.
lisah, I will check with him. He has gone to Tallahassee for the weekend so I'll send him a text. (gives me an excuse to see if he is still sober enough to text)
§ ita § - Apr 06, 2012 1:41:42 pm PDT #29859 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I'm not going to not see a movie with Batman in it. That's just how I'm wired. But after Batman Begins, my first reaction was "That-- that's my Batman." And Nolan has been so spot on that the story itself is less important than the fact that that's my Alfred, my Gordon, my everyone. But I do like the stories too. And the Burton work seems campier in reflection.
Jesse, I saw this [link] and thought of you.
Jesse - Apr 06, 2012 1:54:33 pm PDT #29860 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Of course you did.
-t - Apr 06, 2012 1:56:12 pm PDT #29861 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
It's funny to me that I had the same "That's my Batman" reaction when I'm not exactly steeped in Batman mythology. I read Dark Knight a million years ago but other than that I don't read the comics. I watched Adam West and Superfriends as a kid. And that's about it. So I don't know where that sureness that Nolan's Gotham is so right came from, but I've got it.
Burton deserves a lot of credit for making a blockbuster movie that took Batman at all seriously, though. That was huge at the time.
Liese S. - Apr 06, 2012 2:55:09 pm PDT #29862 of 30001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Ok, I'm finished, There's more to do in the kitchen, and stuff on the "could do" list, like putting away laundry and clearing the deck. But all the habitable spaces are sparkly and my office and bedroom will be shut off. After Easter, I'll tackle those spaces.
But right now I'm tired and I'm going to take advantage of my clean empty house for a little introvert time. I'm going to make tea and snuggle the dog and read my library Nook copy of William Gibson's Zero History.