In 1993 my dad gave me three copies of Superman #75. Two of these were the “black bag” variant that contained assorted goodies and a variant cover all encased in a black poly bag with a bleeding Superman logo on the front. The third copy was the widely available basic newsstand version. In addition to the individual issues, he also gave me The Death of Superman trade paperback which contained the 11 comics detailing the entire Death of Superman storyline. Growing up, I was always been a fan of comic books but I hadn’t read them with any sort of regularity since I was in grade school so I was a bit surprised by this present but I was still grateful and excited nonetheless. Little did my dad know that his seemingly simple gift would send me down the long path to becoming a comic book geek.
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Posts Tagged “Gotham”Next Tuesday, the biggest blockbuster of the year will make it’s triumphant DVD debut. This film also happens to be a geek-friendly movie based on one of the coolest super heroes in history. If you haven’t figured it out by now, I’m talking about The Dark Knight. This is one DVD that will be making it’s way into my collection. I have a major gripe over the way that movie studios have been screwing people that buy DVDs over the past few years. When DVDs first started hitting the market, they were advertised as having super cool bonus features including deleted scenes, commentaries, trailers, bloopers, featuretes, etc. DVDs were a gold mine for the movie lover that enjoys useless information in documentary form. Those days are now gone, and I don’t even blame the introduction of Blu-Ray discs. I blame greedy movie stuidos that know that movie geeks will pay extra for this stuff. Tags: batman, blu ray discs, bonus, commentaries, dark knight, DVD, dvd releases, Gadgets, geeks, Gotham, greed, movie, poster art, sweetness, useless information The next Catwoman? From the Batman III, aka The Caped Crusader, casting rumors department: According to Telegraph.co.uk, Angelina Jolie may not be Christopher Nolan’s first choice to play Catwoman in the next installment of the Batman franchise. His first choice is none other than Cher. What? Really? Was Bea Arthur not available? Somebody is obviously very, very high.
I have no idea how the 62 year old drag queen idol is on the short list for this part. Catwoman personifies sexuality and athleticism. Apparently Angelina Jolie falls short in these categories when compared to Cher. Obviously Nolan is living in 1972 when Cher had mass commercial appeal. And wasn’t 62 years old. Oh right, they’re going for a “twilight years” effect. Tags: Angelina Jolie, batman, batman franchise, Bizarro, Bruce Wayne, caped crusader, Catwoman, Cher, Christian Bale, christopher nolan, cruel joke, Gotham, Kate Beckinsale, Michelle Pfeiffer Ever since I saw the ending of Batman Begins where we are shown a playing card with a joker on it, I have been highly anticipating this sequel in the Batman franchise. I am a huge fan of the Batman comics and have always thought that the Joker was one of the best villains. Now we have a movie that pits the madness of the Joker against the madness of the Batman. What’s not to get excited about? (Yes, I know that Tim Burton did the Batman vs. Joker thing back in 1989. I was excited for it back then too.)
The Dark Knight is probably the best movie based on a comic book that I have ever seen. There was so much that was good about it that what was bad is inconsequential. Here are a few of my thoughts on the movie. Warning! Minor spoilers ahead! Tags: Aaron Eckhardt, batman, batman begins, batman franchise, Bruce Wayne, Christian Bale, comics, dark knight, Gary Oldman, Gotham, harvey dent, Heath Ledger, Jim Gordon, Katie Holmes, killing joke, Maggie Gyllenhaal, movies, Rachel Dawes, Tim Burton, Tommy Lee Jones, TWO-FACE |
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