The Dark Knight - Batman 2008 and Beyond!

TX8633 · Post by **TX8633** » Thu Jul 10, 2008 7:56 am

For all of you that live in a Batcave, here is a thread devoted to all info related to the upcoming Batman movie... THE DARK KNIGHT, opening 7/18/08. Share if you care...

The HISTORY CHANNEL is premiering a show called "Batman Unmasked: The Psychology of the Dark Knight" on Wednesday evening, July 16th, 9pm et. This looks interesting!
The description is: "Delve into the world of Batman and the vigilante justice that he brought to the city of Gotham. Batman is a man who, after experiencing great tragedy, devotes his life to an ideal--but what happens when one man takes on the evil underworld alone? Examine why Batman is who he is--and explore how a boy scarred by tragedy becomes a symbol of hope to everyone else."

Set your DVRs! They also rerun it about a dozen times.

I am personally excited about the new batman flick. The second movie in a series is always the best! (ESB, X2, Wrath of Kahn, Hulk, etc..) It is always good to get all the character set-up out of the way in the first film and jump right into a story in the sequel! Anyone in Spgd seeing the midnight?

TX8633 · Post by **TX8633** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 6:10 pm

The show last night was okay... I'm really excited about tomorrow!
Anyone else heard that there is a new Batman flick coming to theaters near you or do you live in a bat-cave?

TK 3181 · Post by **TK 3181** » Fri Jul 18, 2008 9:25 am

THIS MOVIE IS INCREDIBLE! Do yourself a favor and RUN, don't walk, to a theater now.

TX8633 · Post by **TX8633** » Fri Jul 18, 2008 10:08 am

TK 3181 wrote:THIS MOVIE IS INCREDIBLE! Do yourself a favor and RUN, don't walk, to a theater now.

Brandon, did you go to a midnight show?

Crap! Grandma can't go today! I have to wait till Monday because I promised I'd see it with her. Is it good enough to see twice?

BTW: There is a buzz that Heath Ledger could be the first deceased actor to recieve a nomination for Oscar's Best Actor catagory... and win too!

darthslick · Post by **darthslick** » Fri Jul 18, 2008 2:34 pm

I went to the midnight showing last night and all I can say is that
Heath Ledger will be missed. What a waist of good talent. His Joker is the Joker I remember reading in comic books as a kid especially in Batman issues #426-429, A Death in the Family. That's the Joker I saw last night.

Still hat's of to Jack Nicholson as the Joker in Batman the movie of 1989. Heath took that character and put it on acid!!

TK1423 · Post by **TK1423** » Fri Jul 18, 2008 4:01 pm

LOL good one! LOL on acid, can not stop laughing!

darthslick · Post by **darthslick** » Fri Jul 18, 2008 10:24 pm

TK1423 wrote:LOL good one! LOL on acid, can not stop laughing!

That's what the Jokers about.. laughter.. and Heath pulled that off better than anyone else!!!

TX8633 · Post by **TX8633** » Mon Jul 21, 2008 9:58 am

The HISTORY CHANNEL is running a program
Monday, July 21, 9pm est... called BATMAN TECH

Batman Tech
Since his debut in DC Comics in 1939, Batman has dazzled readers with an amazing array of bat gadgets. Viewers will go deep inside the Batcave to examine these incredible tools--many of them inspired by amazing real-life military developments. Discover just how close they come to real-life technology.

Grandma' doesn't want to see Batman suddenly.
I guess I'll hit a matinee by myself tomorrow since all my friends went and saw it already.

TK1423 · Post by **TK1423** » Tue Jul 22, 2008 11:37 pm

Todd ~ i watched it, awesome! It was not as dark as everyone is saying but it is awesome! : )

i wish i could go with ya buddy ; )

TX8633 · Post by **TX8633** » Wed Jul 23, 2008 8:32 am

I finally saw it yesterday by myself... It was cute... and long! Right when you think that the plot line has been wrapped up... there is another good hour to go. I never got up for a smoke break so it must have been good.

The reason it was not dark... most of the sequences took place during the day. It was refreshing to see Batman/Bruce not being nocturnal like all of the other films.

I hope Heath gets an Oscar nomination. Although, I can't compare Jack, Ceaser, and Heath's preformance. They all did a good job. When you have such a strong character suck as the Joker, even PeeWee Herman would look good doing it.

I am looking forward to the sequels... It is a fun franchise to watch.

Darth Fox · Post by **Darth Fox** » Wed Jul 23, 2008 1:55 pm

BTW: There is a buzz that Heath Ledger could be the first deceased actor to recieve a nomination for Oscar's Best Actor catagory... and win too![/quote]

Didn't Peter Finch win in 1977 after he died for 1976's "Network"???

I guess Peter Finch received the nomination while he was alive, but died a little over a month before the Oscars.

Just checking...