Dude, what is wrong with Batman???
Batman Begins...well...begins...June 15th and I can't wait. I've been a huge Batman fan since I was little and had decided that I was going to be either Batman or Indiana Jones when I grew up. I figured that both were valid career options.
(That would be a hell of an interview process..."I see your parents weren't murdered. I'm sorry, we're really looking for someone with experience." or "How are you with a bullwhip?" I did have the hat though.)
I was so excited for the first Batman movie. Tim Burton AND Batman...too good to be true. I'm a big Burton fan as well. Ed Wood is one of my all time favorites. I thought that, while there were some differences and Alfred couldn't wait to walk Vicki Vale into the Batcave (which they at least joked about in the second movie), it was a pretty good translation. Then it went all downhill from there. The Schumaker debacles making me long for the more "serious" days of Adam West and the Batusi.
It looks like Chris Nolan gets it, though. I've even heard that the Bat-suit doesn't make an appearance for the first 45 minutes. Like Spiderman did before it, it will have a slow buildup to the moment he dons the cowl for the first time. I like that. The cast is amazing and all things are pointing to it being one of the better comic book movies. I hope it's up there with Spidey, X-Men and Sin City. Here's hoping.
Everyone seems to have gotten a kick out of that "Joker's Boner" post I did a few weeks ago and my friend Rich sent me this little tidbit. I guess when you've been around for over 60 years, there are moments you aren't proud of. This would be one of them:
Hey, at least it wasn't Robin over his knee.
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