St. Finn Parish

One of my new favorite alt-country bands The Pine Box Boys performing The Wedding Gown

and

Another of my fave dark alt-country bands The Handsome Family performing Arlene

Charlie MOTHER FUCKING Feathers!

My fantasy wife!

Blackguard! She's mine and mine alone.

You both can get bent she's my old lady!

 

I was trying to stay out of this - since it's not nice to mock the afflicted - but you are all terribly deluded young boys.

 

How Rosario & I will laugh about this when next we meet.

Don't ever underestimate the powers of the dillusional!

I'm loving the Rosario talk! My fantasy wife!

 

And I'm more than she she'd take the role if ask given that she's a huge comic geek herself.

Blackguard! She's mine and mine alone.

You both can get bent she's my old lady!

If you are posting on this forum and you haven't read this Graphic, than Christian, Jay and I get to come to your home and beat your ass with a sap!

 

Damn! Sadly I read it!

Cheeky bastard!

If you are posting on this forum and you haven't read this Graphic, than Christian, Jay and I get to come to your home and beat your ass with a sap!

How many licks does it take to get to the center of a tootsie roll pop?

One of my friends is a US Marine, and he's neither unsympathetic nor an arsehole. It's possible he's a monster, but if so, he's done a great job of disguising himself as a stand-up guy.

Don't get me wrong I didn't quite mean that as the blanket statement that it came out as. However it has been my experience that most active-duty Marines, and hell even Army soldiers to a degree, have even the slightest bit of inhuman callousness about them. I don't mean that as a slight simply an observation. Like I said in my original post, when your whole occupation is to kill, and let's face it no matter what your actual military job is you are a killer, you have to find ways to deal with it. I have found that most of the Marines I have met did so through a lot of bravado. I don't at all see anything wrong with it either, because when it comes right down to it most of those Marines would also jump in front of a bullet for my civie ass. And Inca my brother is an Army man, hoo-ya, and he is also a bit of an arogant ass, but he also has seen headless bodies lying by the side of the road, children lit up by shrapnel from an I.E.D, and has killed his fair share of people. So that being the case he and all those Marines have earned the right to be cocky, arrogant prigs if they wanna be.

Anyone been watching Generation Kill?

 

The two episodes that have aired have been great - first US TV worth following since BSG wrapped its latest season, I think. My only complaint so far is that the Marines (almost down to a man) are so thoroughly unsympathetic that it creates a little bit of a disconnect between the characters and the viewer (me, at any rate). I think there's just two or three guys that I root for out of their whole company! Anyway, its still a great show with some cracking David Simon/Ed Burns dialogue.

Abhi I love this show it is my new favorite bit of TV. The Marines for the most part are spot on in the portayal. Marines are just that unsympathetic. Their whole job is to kill period point blank end of story. That being the case you kind of have to turn yourself into a monster or at the least a huge asshole in order to do the job, but there are a few that are still great dynamic characters in the mix. I also love the fact that it hasn't tried to make a political statement one way or the other, it seems to be simply presenting the lives of a company of soldiers in war. You the viewer are the one who is supposed to apply your own views to the piece. Still think my favorite line has got to be

High-Larious sir.

I am a fan to some degree of Franks work on Batman. It's obvious that Miller's work was an influence on the Nolans' work, but so is Allen Moore, Jeoph Johns, and Grant Morrison, as well as many others. If you have any doubts then listen to the interview with Jonathan Nolan that I posted earlier.

Pooks you are an absolute vision in pink.

A third installment is absolutely necessary. I realize that it is an almost impossible endeavor to follow up this film, but the end itself leaves it wide open for a third installment. I mean if you look at it the film ends much like Godfather II and Empire, a down ending. I mean the triumvirate of Bats, Gordo, and Harv has been broken, Batman has returned even more-so to fugitive status, and Gotham now is facing the possibility of a criminal thermo-nuclear meltdown. I mean all of the pins are setup for a final chapter that brings everything to a triumphant conclusion. However on the note of where would they go from here, here's my opinion; I don't think that Chris Nolan has completely considered the possibility of using Penguin. I think he is too hung up on the Tim Burton take on the character and less on the comic book take, ie. an overweight, bird obsessed, elitist, crime-lord. So if he were to use that take on the character he fits perfectly into Nolan's hyper-realistic vision of Gotham. Also there's always the possibility of the Riddler. He too is a fascinating character that if done correctly, and not by Jim Carey in a Joel Schumacher drag show, can be very compelling. I also could see Catwoman being a nice addition, and it is obvious that the work of Jeph Loeb and Frank Miller have been a huge influence on the Nolan brothers. She too would fit in quite well to the hyper-realistic take on the Bat-mythos. So I think there are still fertile fields that the Nolans can plow for a final chapter.

Also I would have to Disagree with you Abhi, on the note about the screenplay. Only in that I think more of Jonathan Nolan's knowledge of Batman's history is what really formed the foundation for that stellar script. Listen to this interview with Jon and you will see what I am talking about. CSW Mag interview with Jon Nolan.

I'm not sure it's the five-star extravaganza reviews have been building hopes for but, as with all Nolan films in my opinion, I thought it was a four and a half star film that gets extra points for trying to do something different. I thought it was really an ensemble film about Gotham - not that Christian Bale gets a short shrift or anything, just that the story really works as an interwoven ensemble piece! All the actors and characters had their moment that the film could not have done without but then it all tied together for an ending that not only made sure this was a Batman film but also really moved the world and story of the Nolan franchise on...and to something I think most people will love.

 

 

 

(also this is the first time in years that the audience was silent - laughter and gasps aside - throughout the film. I didn't want to go an axe-frenzy like I usually do! Even the poor guy near us with the nasty cold actually waited for explosions to come on before he blew his nose. Bless 'im)

On your first point I totally agree. It felt like an Altman film about Gotham City itself. I love the fact that he can have a perfect balance between making Batman the center of the story, and yet not the focus, if that makes any sense.

And on the second that was something I noticed more on the second time I saw it. The only offenders had to be sitting right next to me, though they only made two comments the whole film. It's weird I really think that this is one of those movies that will go down in the American film lexicon like Star Wars, The Exorcist, The Godfather, and Sixth Sense so on. One that is a shared experience and not just a popular summer film.

"I like your new costume." "I like hugging ya in the new costume." LOL

Here's what you do Wolvy just start a pyramid scheme involving black market organ donation and diet pills. Than with all your revenue start a commune conveniently located just outside the nearest major city, and then train your devotees for killing and paramilitary operations. It will be sweet, or I'm just high.

Ah Mark as Ozymandius. I love the idea so lets roll on it STH as the Watchmen. So who else is who? I wanna be the big fake alien teleported to Times Square. By the way Mark congrats.

Look at Ozymandias, how can someone looking that girly NOT be a villain?

Prettiest man I ever I saw.

I was missing and now I am crazy. How's everything going ya'll?

Has anyone seen the fan-made spoof of the trailer?

 

 

Or Bay's Batman Dark Knight script? ;)

 

http://my.spill.com/profiles/blog/show?id=...ogPost%3A355506

HA HA HA HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!Michael Bay Batman!

Holy crap that trailer looks awesome. I cannot wait to see that. It's funny my soon to be ex and I went to see TDK together and she saw that with me on the bigscreen. Now Watchmen is the only superhero comic I have ever managed to get her into, and when it was done she looked at me and said, "So in March you wanna go on a date?".

I guess I'm the only one is of the opinion that Batman's growl should be feral. I love the fact that there is such a drastic differance.

I just saw it a second time. Holy shit this thing is something else man. WOW!

I'm ending a seven year relationship via trial seperation, and am hoping that after the seperation we can get back together. So how's everybody else doing? HA!

Actually Akhira I tried to make my post as spoiler free as possible.