Yeah - it's said that Stan Lee wanted the universe to be in his hometown of New York where the artists can look out thier windows and draw the landscape. Marvel was always grounded in "reality" (Hulk, X-Men, Spiderman) while DC was always more "cosmic" (Green Lanter, Batman, Superman, WonderWoman, Flash) - IMHO.

I saw TDK on Saturday at the Americana and enjoyed the film quite a bit, though it was far from the masterpiece the critics have made it out to be, or, perhaps, my expectations were just too high. Either way, the film is a bit too flawed for me to claim it the best for all times, as some reviews have done. Some of the acting was pretty shaky (especially, Maggie Gyllenhaal and Anthony Michael Hall, who had the most meaningless role in the film) and a few of the good ones were given practically nothing to do (poor, Michael Caine!). I enjoyed seeing Dr. Jonathan Crane, even if it was brief, William Fichtner as the seriously pissed off Bank Manager was terrific, and Eric Roberts was as good as he has been in anything since Runaway Train. The story was a little convoluted but I dug the ride, though I think the film could have easily ended after the big-rig chase through Chicago, I mean, Gotham City and it would have been just as satisfying.

Um, has Christian Bale let Batmas go to his head? The actor was arrested for assault.


Ugh, but it was an assault on his mother and sister. Boo, Hiss. Bad Hero.

that makes my heart sad. :(

On a different note, Dark Knight will become part of my DVD collection. For some, that is a given. For me, it's huge. I only own about 20 DVDs, several of which were gifts and several replacing some VHS.

However, it was verbal assault, not physical. So far it sounds a bit like estranged family members crashed his big moment with their hands out and things got heated.

They went home and then told police he threatened them. Apparently Britain's definitions of criminal assault are a bit different than here.

..and you just assume the accusation has merit?

Merit enough to post as a tidbit in a meaningless message board thread? um, yes.

What are you callin' meaningless??? This board is my LIFE!!! :p

On edit-

forget it-

I deleted my other reply. I was wrong.

But I'll still say at the time it sounded like it was actual assault.