Yeah, if the dude shows a pattern of such behavior it’ll be a lot tougher to forgive, but just this once I’ve no problem letting it slide.

I think The Dark Knight is a good choice for this very reason. It could be really ballsy and take a lot of chances without messing with the continuity of the universe that’s being created. I certainly like this idea more than I like the idea of the Justice League movie that barely escaped production last year.

Marvels slate sounds really really good. I like what they’re doing building background for an awesome Avenger’s movie, though I’m not too sure about some of the stuff I’ve heard regarding Iron Man 2.

Fox has needed help forever. Remember when they cut Singer’s production time in half for the first X-Men film, then jerked him around right before the third? Not cool Fox, not cool.

Bamboo Forest: I agree with what you are saying in principle, but I also think there is something to be accounted for time and place. They were on a big budget Hollywood movie set where that kind of language is not only tolerated, but acceptable and tirades by actors, producers, directors, and agents, are not uncommon. We just happened to hear that one. If I only enjoyed the work of those who behaved well on set, I’d probably have to watch a lot more Benji. Or Pixar.

But we’re not talking about perfection. We’re talking about not acting like a complete animal. And Bale did.

Hey, you don’t have to be perfect. But, the line must be drawn somewhere.

Snyder’s desire to do a Batman movie is another oddity, as The Dark Knight Returns comic features an old, retired Bruce Wayne, so it wouldn’t follow on from The Dark Knight movie.

Next to watch out for from Warner Bros is Watchmen of course, and there is movement on Green Lantern and The Flash, as well as the lesser-known comic Jonah Hex. I’ve reported all those on my blog for anyone who doesn’t know what they are all about!

There’s tons of other superhero stuff from other studios too – Iron Man 2, Thor, Captain Americ, Avengers, Wolverine, X-Men First Class. Enough to give a comic book fan a geekgasm. We just need 20th Century Fox to get its act together. They aren’t flavour of the month at the moment.

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Matthew: I only saw it once, but it was in Imax. The first non Imax Imax movie I ever saw. It gave Daisy motion sickness and she was seriously sick for the rest of the day. Terminator looks pretty cool. I just read about fifteen minutes ago that the Wachowskis might be directing Superman. That could be super duper cool.

Randi: That’s exactly how he wants it.

Melissa: I’d say it was hands down the best origin film ever, but the dark knight was so layered, and had to do so much more. Plus, it had to bring over the top comic book villains into flesh and blood and make them believable. Which it did amazingly well. Both are amazing, no doubt.

DavidB: Hi, David. Nice to meet you. I actually agree with what you’re saying about Bale, but in a movie so packed with depth, I didn’t mind the enigma. Even if it was from the main character (I actually thought Gotham was the main character of the flick). Nolan is handling a movie called Inception (his own screenplay) next. Then Batman 3, which will probably be his last. Zack Snyder (Watchmen) is in talks (I understand) to help an adaptation of Frank Millar’s, “The Dark Knight Returns,” one of my favorite geek books of all time. It’s a bit too cool to believe. Yes, Fox has a LOT to learn.

I also loved Batman Begins and The Dark Knight. But I think The Dark Knight is a little overrated and Bale is almost a total cipher in the film. We get to see very little of Batman/Bruce, it’s all about the Joker. The standout performances are Ledger, Freeman, Eckhart, Caine and Oldman. Gyllenhaal was also forgettable – her fate brought no emotion from me or from anyone I know; in that respect, the film failed to make her matter to the audience. I do think the film deserved Oscar nods for screenplay, picture and director though and it’s a bit of a slap in the face for Christopher Nolan to be ignored at the Oscars. There’s even talk he may now step down and that a new director could do the next Batman film.

The geeks have now moved on from Bale’s tirade. The current frenzy is over Wolverine, after producer Lauren Shuler Donner said it would be ‘way under two hours’ in length. 20th Century Fox has a bad habit of trimming its sci-fi movies too much and it looks like this will be no exception. Naughty Fox. They need a good year after last year’s avalanche of disasters at the box office. You’d think they would learn!

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I saw the Dark Knight three times. In theater (though not in iMax…dammit).

And I will certainly see the Terminator movie.

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