The Dark Knight (SPOILERS)

[BathTub]

There can be only one?

[Hebs]

Soo excited for this movie - even if there is a Rachael Dawes.... 

[gbeenie]

Soo excited for this movie - even if there is a Rachael Dawes.... 

At least they've traded up on the Rachael Daweses...

[Tripe]

Yep, from a Trabant to a Yugo 

[Hebs]

Yep, from a Trabant to a Yugo 

Bahaha - nicely put.   



I think Bean would make a lovely Batman romantic interest...

[Tripe]

You girls and your slash fiction

[Hebs]

You girls and your slash fiction

Not to condescend, but even the inference makes me wince.  >.<

[Tripe]

Hey you were the one who mentioned the romantic interest

[bratpop]

Is Gyllenhaal really below Scientologist on the creepitometer? I think not.

[eclipt1c]

Shhhh...this is not the first five minutes of Dark Knight.

[GregMcduck]

You're right, it's not.

[eclipt1c]

Dammit they took it down.

Anyways, it'll probably be the same case with the trailer, it should keep getting reposted.

[esoobaC .T bocaJ]

HI, I'm becoming obsessed with posting quotes... so here's another

Director Christopher Nolan claims that, while the Joker is the most high-profile new character featured in "The Dark Knight," the movie actually belongs to District Attorney Harvey Dent. [via IGN]

Speaking to Los Angeles Times, Nolan said, "Harvey Dent is a tragic figure, and his story is the backbone of this film." Dent, who is a handsom and politically ambitious district attorney ends up scarred and turns into Two-Face, who is believed to be the main villain in the third installment.

"The Joker, he sort of cuts through (The Dark Knight)," Nolan explained. "He's got no story arc, he's just a force of nature tearing through. Heath [Ledger] has given an amazing performance in the role, it's really extraordinary. It's a dark and complex story, and the villains are dark and complex as well."

The Times also confirms rumors that made the rounds online last year that Cillian Murphy will reprise his role from "Batman Begins" as The Scarecrow in "The Dark Knight."

[RoninFox]

This won't be the first time Joker will be depicted as "a force of nature" so to speak, which is another thing that gives me hope about the movie.  One of the reasons Joker has endured as a character so long is that he's a perfect foil to Batman, the complete chaos next to Batman, who strives to create order in his life.

Yeah, I'm one of those geeks that read too much into things.

[RoninFox]

This won't be the first time Joker will be depicted as "a force of nature" so to speak, which is another thing that gives me hope about the movie.  One of the reasons Joker has endured as a character so long is that he's a perfect foil to Batman, the complete chaos next to Batman, who strives to create order in his life.

Yeah, I'm one of those geeks that read too much into things.

I'm leading discussion sections of classical myth this semester, and yesterday I used the Batman mythos as an example to show students how various theories of myth interpretation work.  It's fairly fruitful.

Awesome.  I still remember a friend of mine in my high school mythology class almost snapping in the middle of reading the Odyssey.  "Odysseus sucks!  He just kills or boinks everything he comes across, and when he gets back home, he doesn't even stay there, he just reclaims his throne and wife because he doesn't want someone else touching his stuff!  Give me Spiderman, damnit!"