The REAL Josh Anderson

If you haven't already, click here to see the latest trailer for "The Dark Knight". They certainly are capturing everything that is cool about Batman and his evil counterpart Joker. Any trailer that uses the classic imagery of Batman glaring over Gotham City from high atop a tower instantly has me hooked. Throw in some cool cape action, and I melt like a seventh grade school-girl at a Justin Timberlake concert.

Almost more importantly, Heath Ledger looks like he captured the true nature of Joker. Ominous, menacing, and just plain creepy. No more pudgy Jack dancing around in an art gallery. After all, Jack did nother more than played Jack with a little makup on in the first Batman movie (yeah, yeah, I know it wasn't hte "first" Batman movie, but you know what I am talking about).

Heath appears to be the maniacle killer that is our hero's foil. Every other villain in the comics serves as no more than a stand-in to occupy Batman's idle-time until Joker returns from some sentence, vacation, etc. I hope this isn't a one-and-done movie for Joker. Let's treat it like the comics, without each other, neither of them exist in their truest/coolest form.

They way I figure it, if Heath pulled off "Brokeback Mountain", Joker should be a breeze...

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Trailer debuts Sunday. Check back then for my impressions, if you care... :)

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My dream home theater. Enough said.



Here is the slideshow of all the pics if you want to skip reading the article.

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I don't neccesarily agree with all of the picks (especially #1), but I always enjoy lists like this one...

I mean seriously, how is the destruction of the first Death Star #1?

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Carrie Fisher's portrayal of Princess Leia topped a recent Maxim.com Hit List for Hottest Comic Book/Sci Fi Character. The poll conducted by the men's magazine in February, named Fisher above Gillian Anderson's "Dana Scully" character as well as The Matrix's Carrie Ann Moss (Trinity).

The list rounded out with Grace Park (Battlestar Galactica) in fourth, Lara Croft (Tomb Raider), fifth; Famke Janssen (X-Men), sixth; Jeri Ryan (Star Trek: Voyager), seventh; Aeon Flux, eighth; Jennifer Garner (Alias), ninth; and Natasha Henstridge (Species).

After a quick bubble-sort (sorry for the bad programming joke) in my databanks, I would rank the top 3 like this:
1. Princess Leia (duh again)
2. Jennifer Garner (Alias/DareDevil)
3. Trinity

You can keep the rest. I am happy with those three.

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A co-worker of mine and I placed a small wager last night on what Samuel L. Jackson (A.K.A. Jules) calls the "What?" kid in Pulp Fiction when he correctly answers the Quarter Pounder question. According to IMDB.com (see below), the kid's name is Brett, but I (having watched the movie waaaay too many times, just ask my wife), and everyone else who actually listened to the soundbite (again, see below) hear Brad.

From IMDB.com:
Jules: Do you know what they call a Quarter Pounder with cheese in France?
Brett: No.
Jules: Tell him, Vincent.
Vincent: Royale with cheese.
Jules: Royale with cheese. Do you know why they call it a Royale with cheese?
Brett: Because of the metric system?
Jules: Check out the big brain on Brett. You one smart motherfucker.

Actual soundbite from movie: click here

OK, so IMDB.com is pretty well respected and that seems like enough to win the bet, right? I say no. Take a listen to the actual clip from the movie. Having refused to pay off the bet based on the "script" as opposed to what I hear, I will give in if most people out there think I am wrong.

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