Well, I see that there is a trailer out there for the forthcoming Dark Knight Returns movie. This is probably old news to most fans, but I don't keep up as well as I used to.
I was expecting a bit more, but I guess it's still early. I wonder how much of Frank Miller's original story will actually make it into the movie?
Heath Ledger as the Joker is an interesting choice. I like that better than Jack Nicholson - upon repeated viewings, that bit got tiresome pretty fast.
I also wonder if I'll see an influx of Batman articles in the papers concerning the transformation of the character from 60s camp to 70s grim and gritty? I also wonder if these articles will all also fail to mention that Frank Robbins did as much as Denny O'Neil to create that transformation? In fact, since Neal Adams did the art for both, maybe he is really the one we should thank.
And of course, about 75 percent of the articles will have something like "Bam! Pow! Wham!" in the headlines and article text, because - well, that never gets old, does it?
Then there's the chatter about the greatest Batman comics (see earlier post on this topic) ever, something which seems to happen around the time of any movie release, but moreso when it concerns Batman.
Oh well - bring it on. I look forward to what will be written by folks who only pay attention when there is a movie coming out.
I guess I should also actually get the DVD and watch Batman Begins, shouldn't I?
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