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Thursday, July 17, 2008 12:00 AM

"The Dark Knight"

The most anticipated movie of the summer has arrived -- and Heath Ledger's Joker is nothing to laugh at.

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Wednesday, July 16, 2008 06:01 PM

C'mon you arthouse purists

The original Bat-Man killed himself in an insane asylum. Then they brought him back with a new plotline.

Wednesday, July 16, 2008 05:46 PM

@BoyKyote

Well, I am a giant dork...

Wednesday, July 16, 2008 05:45 PM

Please...

It's Alfred, not "Arthur". And Bob Kane was hardly the sole creator of Batman. Bill Finger was responsible for much of the mythos, including contributing heavily to the Joker.

Wednesday, July 16, 2008 05:43 PM

@edgore

Aw, you beat me to it. :(

Wednesday, July 16, 2008 05:42 PM

Arthur?

Try Alfred.

Wednesday, July 16, 2008 05:42 PM

Um...

Batman's Butler, player by Michael Caine is Alfred, not Arthur...

Wednesday, July 16, 2008 05:39 PM

OMG!

Zacharak takes a snarky view of the "most anticipated movie of the summer"! Film at 11!

Wednesday, July 16, 2008 05:38 PM

Oh, I don't know...

...as I thought the last Batman movie was a bore.

I'm tired of really talented directors making brilliant movies only to end up pigeonholed into making one dumb comic book movie after another.

Nolan - The Prestige, Memento, Insomnia

Sam Raimi - A Simple Plan

The Wachowski Brothers - Bound

And so on. It's hard to believe that "Speed Racer" came from the same people who made "Bound."

Enough with the franchises already.

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