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If Nolan decides to take time off will Bale, Freeman, Caine, et al follow suit? Will this be a move to allow a different Batman for the Justice League film that won't star Brandon Routh or Christian Bale?

Or would this mean giving Schumacher another chance?

Stop it, you're scaring me.

What a lame way to kill off two villains, an actor's suicide and an interview.

Antoine Doinel wrote:Digital Bits is rumoring a December 9th DVD release date, with no less than four different versions to choose from.

Just to clarify, it's four different releases. Not four different cuts of the movie.

A bare-bones DVD, a two-disk DVD. A Blu-Ray, and a special edition Blu-ray with trinkets.

With the vast shadow this has cast over popular culture this year, does this really need to be rereleased in order to be remembered?

Not really, but I'm sure Warner won't mind the extra cash the film will bring in especially during the usually dismal early winter box office months.

For the DVD and BluRay artwork, Warner has gone with worst poster concepts. That said, the Joker-fied film descriptions are a nice touch. And yes, the BD is coming with the the "live" feature so nerds everywhere can watch the film and do Heath Ledger impersonations in real time.

New *cough* trailer.

Does anyone else think this is extremely overrated? It was ok, but #3 on IMDb's top 250, come on.

diceman89 wrote:Does anyone else think this is extremely overrated? It was ok, but #3 on IMDb's top 250, come on.

Can we add an FAQ item about how the IMDb's top 250 shouldn't be taken seriously by anyone?

diceman89 wrote:Does anyone else think this is extremely overrated? It was ok, but #3 on IMDb's top 250, come on.

Just to clarify, TDK is now #4 on imdb. Not that that matters.

The highest praise I can give it is that it's probably the best action film of it's kind since the first Die Hard. Anything more than that is slightly ludicrous.

flyonthewall2983 wrote:The highest praise I can give it is that it's probably the best action film of it's kind since the first Die Hard. Anything more than that is slightly ludicrous.

For me, Die Hard pales in comparison to Aliens and T2. But I don't think there's a point in comparing The Dark Knight to other films, no matter how great it is. If anything, I think the challenge is for Nolan to try to top it with a third, if he chooses to. Right now he's away working on a script but we'll see. For me, I'm curious if he'll break chronology - not like Memento - but in some fashion...

exte wrote:For me, Die Hard pales in comparison to Aliens and T2. But I don't think there's a point in comparing The Dark Knight to other films, no matter how great it is. If anything, I think the challenge is for Nolan to try to top it with a third, if he chooses to. Right now he's away working on a script but we'll see. For me, I'm curious if he'll break chronology - not like Memento - but in some fashion...

I probably should have been more specific in my original comment. Aliens & T2 are essentially Sci-Fi films. The kinds of action films I'm referring to are the big action-crime films (I exclude Michael Mann's films from this genre, because though he has done some spectacular action sequences, his films are more crime drama than action), a la what Bruckheimer usually puts out.

Aliens & T2 are essentially Sci-Fi films.

Actually, if we're to talk essentials, both movies are action adventure films. Look at their essential structures: descent-into-enemy-territory and chase-movie, respectively.

I don't know, they are both on this fairly definitive list.

Mr_sausage wrote:

Aliens & T2 are essentially Sci-Fi films.

Actually, if we're to talk essentials, both movies are action adventure films. Look at their essential structures: descent-into-enemy-territory and chase-movie, respectively.

6 of one, half a dozen of the other. You're right, but there is still enough science fiction in both of those films for my opinion to hold any water.

flyonthewall2983 wrote:there is still enough science fiction in both of those films for my opinion to hold any water.

Well I was being pedantic over your use of the word "essentially". But there is no reason why they cannot be both, nor why the terms should be mutually exclusive. Next we'll be arguing over why Alien couldn't possibly be a horror movie, or something.

Mr_sausage wrote:

Aliens & T2 are essentially Sci-Fi films.

Actually, if we're to talk essentials, both movies are action adventure films. Look at their essential structures: descent-into-enemy-territory and chase-movie, respectively.

Maybe I'm missing the joke but to be sure, isn't T2 both? Going to Pescadero and then Cyberdyne where all the police and swat show up?

exte wrote:

Mr_sausage wrote:

Aliens & T2 are essentially Sci-Fi films.

Actually, if we're to talk essentials, both movies are action adventure films. Look at their essential structures: descent-into-enemy-territory and chase-movie, respectively.

Maybe I'm missing the joke but to be sure, isn't T2 both? Going to Pescadero and then Cyberdyne where all the police and swat show up?

You could argue it, I think, although I see those more as plot points that reinforce the narrative structure I adumbrated, rather than being themselves the structure. Both are points that allow the T2 to resume the chase--indeed, allow the narrative to resume its thrust--after being unble to find his targets for a while.

So I went to this "TDK" sound showcase at the Egyptian in Hollywood, and they had Hans Zimmer talking about his process along with the music editor and mixer. Zimmer carried the night with his intelligence and delicate humor. There was a Q&A at the end: a woman got up and said she thought the movie wasn't as good as the music, and wanted to know how Zimmer feels about hearing that. Zimmer responded as graciously as possible, trying his best to pay homage to Nolan's script. I thought it was funny, especially with the uncomfortable tension during this interaction. Half of the crowd was industry geeks and the rest, mostly, "TDK" zealots, so it was hilarious to have this woman speak her mind.

Here's something else: Zimmer reminisced his first real gig, Nic Roeg's "Eureka." He told us how he nervously approached the great filmmaker asking him what kind of score he would like. Roeg paused dramatically, then responded, "The sound of Earth being raped, my dear boy!" Ha ha...

Speaking of which, in December there will be a 2-disc edition of the soundtrack according to Amazon.

Nolan talks about his favorite scene from the film.