Batmania

So I’ve watched Batman Begins a few more times now that I have it on DVD. The movie just does not cease to amaze me. If you are one of the unfortunate souls who have not seen it yet, you really have to. Your life depends on it. I know I’ve mentioned this work of art before on my blog but I really don’t remember what I said. So if I repeat myself…then I’ll be repeating myself.

Batman. Batman, Batman, Batman. What mere words could I attempt to transcribe that could possibly do the legend justice? Like I was telling a friend earlier today, if I was getting a doctorate in psychology, I would write my thesis on Bruce Wayne and his alter ego, Batman. Of course, that would mean I’d know what a thesis paper consists of, which I absolutely do not. In speaking about the movie, I would like to present to you a numbered list of the things that the movie got right, ranked in order of importance. Knowing full well that this entry would be completely one-sided without the opposing view, I will also include a list of the things it got wrong.

Things it got right:

1. Everything.

Things it got wrong:

1. Nothing.

Apparently, people think that if you don’t talk about a subject very often, it automatically means that you do not like it. Contrariwise, if you speak of something regularly, it seems to be the consensus that it is the only thing you love. Such is the case of my affinity for both Spider-Man and Batman. They have both been at the top of my list pretty much at the same level. I allow this to happen because in the DC universe, I favor Batman. Meanwhile, in the Marvel Universe, Spidey is my character of choice. So now, I’m telling people how much I like Batman, and they shudder in horror as if there has been a mandate requiring all the peoples of the world to only pledge allegiance to one (super)hero.

One thing I will gladly admit is that Batman seems to have repeatedly gotten the most gifted writers in the business who have treated the character with the utmost respect that it so rightfully deserves. And it deserves nothing but the best. There’s so much I could say about Batman that right now I’m having a really hard time deciding where to start. You just have to read the comics and graphic novels to understand the glee I am engrossed in every time I open up a new story.

Like in The Dark Knight Returns and The Dark Knight Strikes Again, where Bruce Wayne is really old and pretty much single-handedly gets the world back in order. Oh, and along the way manages to beat the crap out of Superman. Or in No Man’s Land, where Gotham City is nearly obliterated by an earthquake and officially severed from the rest of the country. Meanwhile, the place is overrun by territorial gang warfare led by the Arkham Asylum inmates. And of course, Batman is nowhere to be found. Or how about Bruce Wayne – Murderer? and Bruce Wayne – Fugitive; where Bruce is framed for murder and sent to prison where he essentially kills off Bruce Wayne and becomes only Batman, all the while ignoring his circle of friends. And let’s not forget Knightfall, where Bane frees all of the inmates at Arkham to test the limits of the Bat with the sole purpose of breaking him in order to take over Gotham…which he does. That is, until the mantle of the Bat is passed on to Azrael who goes completely crazy and starts killing everyone. The beauty of it all just never ends.

If anyone is interested in reading any incredible Batman stories I strongly suggest the following as great starters:

By: Frank Miller
Batman: Year One
The Dark Knight Returns
The Dark Knight Strikes Again

By: Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale
The Long Halloween
Haunted Knight
Dark Victory

Those are just a handful of the plethora of insanely well-written and drawn story arcs in the Batman saga. If anyone out there wants more recommendations, just ask, cause there are plenty more.


...half a million dollars will always be missed

Tyler Durden as President

Tyler Durden is a modern genius.
Ranking him among the top 5 most influential thinkers,
he would fall half a notch below Aristotle.
Right above St. Augustine.
His campaign slogan let people know
that the first rule of voting is:
You do NOT talk about voting.
Oddly enough, that's the second rule too.
So now he's the President.
The new laws have impacted everyone.
If you want your license you must pass a test
which requires you to let go of the steering wheel.
You do not pass until you crash
into a ditch.
The Near-Life-Experience Exam is what he calls it.
His Fight Congress makes all decisions
depending on the outcome of fights.
So when the Gentleman from California
and the Gentleman from Arkansas
split the room into two ideas
a bare-knuckle fight is commenced to solve the problem
peacefully.
All they have to remember is their 6th Amendment:
no shirts, no shoes.
President Durden hope to rule the nation
for several more decades.
He needs the time to make the world he sees a reality.
Where the advertising of crass materialism is dead
and we can return to the bare essentials of life.
In the world he sees, we are stalking elk around the ruins
of Rockefeller Center.
In the world he sees, we are free to do anything
only after we have lost everything



...this little monkey could be the damn dirty ape responsible for the fall of the human race

Quick Update

I realize i have not updated this blog for quite some time. For now, I give you the search entries that have led people to my blog since the last time i posted such a list:

- lady death full story comic
- what happened to male chivalry
- chatting abbreviation
- waiting in line to see ellen degeneres
- batman begins in china
- what happened to male chivalry
- smell-o-vision, tv chef
- smell-o-vision chef
- tv chef smell-o-vision
- tv chef that would like smell-o-vision
- sean connery soundbytes

update coming soon.



...nothing would be what it is because everything would be what it isn't

Get Lost

No, seriously. Go get it right now. Why are you still reading this? GO! Stop reading what I’m writing here, just do yourself a favor and purchase Season 1 of Lost on DVD. Your life depends on it. Trust me. It’s simply the single greatest show on television. J. J. Abrams is a creative genius. I can’t even contain myself. It’s impossible to stop watching this show. As a matter of fact, the only reason I’m posting right now is to kill time as I await my father to come out of the shower so we may resume the admiration of this modern work of art. Watching just one episode got him hooked on the show too. I don’t know what else to say about it. It’s not very often that I get this excited about TV shows. And forget actually purchasing it on DVD. I mean I tend to make it a point of buying movies. The only previous exception was Da Ali G Show…which was a gift. Yeah I got Season 2 after that myself, but still.

Allow me to try and put it in perspective. Perhaps those who know me are aware of how much I enjoy Stargate: SG-1 and always talk about it. Let it be known that I have never felt 100% sure of buying its seasons on DVD. But Lost…man, I just walked by the box set and I’d hear it calling me. I was able to fight the temptation for a week. Next time I went in there, it was too strong. It’s mine now. All mine. My…precioussssss…

So basically what I’m saying here is if you haven’t watched the show yet, start. And if you haven’t seen any of the first season...also...start. It truly is the one show to rule them all.

By the way if you checked this post yesterday it might be a little different now as i removed the star wars quiz thing...it was way too clunky. Basically all it said was that i'm Darth Vader. So what I really wanted to do was to reveal the answers to that poem i posted. Here they are:

Anchorman
Bill & Ted
Citizen Kane
Die Hard
Ed Wood
Finding Nemo
Godfather, The
Hellboy
Incredibles, The
Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back
Kill Bill
Lord of the Rings, The
Matrix, The
Notebook, The
Office Space
Pulp Fiction
Romeo & Juliet
Sixth Sense, The
Tommy Boy
Usual Suspects, The
Village, The
What's Eating Gilbert Grape
X2
Young Frankenstein
Zatoichi

Lost update: i finally finished the season last night and good lord was it great. For the first time in my life I almost missed class because of television. If it had happened, it would have been totally worth it.

...two people only hurt each other if they doubt the love they have for one another