Standing in the dark, rainy shadows of a city alleyway, I spied the
Replicant Luke Hooft covertly transmitting a message to renegade
friends in alt.fan.blade-runner. Tracking...
>StainlessSteelRat wrote:
>> Sentinel wrote:
>>> I haven't been keeping up with movie releases, apart from the Iron
>>> Man & the Dark Knight trailers. Both look really yummy.
>>
>> I've never really been a huge fan of the Batman series.
>
>Well, this is a new series, technically. However, I'm in a minority of
>Batman fans who think Batman Begins was massively, massively over-rated
>and really quite underwhelming. In fact I kind of think it's ****... in
>a completely different way than Batman and Robin is ****, but still ****.
>
>There's a lot that it gets right that they've never got right in Batman
>before, but a lot they gstill get wrong or was done better in Burton's
>films. Aside from the Batman-ness of it, I just think in terms of
>film-craft it's really, really poor. The action is abyssmal, for one
>thing, and the entire film is poorly edited. I just don't enjoy actually
>*watching* the thing.
>
>Yet people go crazy for it for some reason.
I feel the need to answer. I am what might be termed a "partially big
fan" of Batman Begins. Let me explain. I really don't like the
"magical" introduction of powers to a superhero. Having just seen
"Superhero Movie", I can really laugh at how ridiculous it is to be
bitten by a genetically enhanced dragonfly and suddenly have superhero
powers (p.s. the film has lots of ***ual references, so be wary of
taking the young 'uns). Anyway, BB caught me up in the whole, "I am a
real guy and I'm gonna learn how to fight, I'm going to use technology
to enhance that, etc." Batman becomes real to me. Unlike the
previous comic-book versions. So, I love that, unconditionally.
Unfortunately, after he becomes Batman, the story goes a little
pear-shaped and kinda loses me, about which I am still rather upset as
despite my better judgment, I still had high expectations. Especially
with it being Christian Bale and all.
BUT, he has another chance to prove himself. This time though, (and
especially after having seen a large clip of the Joker), I am
reserving my expectations until I see it.
Netrunner
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