Call me when you want to start taking things a little more seriously. *

[bending_sickle]

I figure I might as well say a few words about The Dark Knight, which I watched back when I was still in Leiden. First off, I haven't watched Batman Begins and I know zip about the comics or cartoons. The last Batman I watched was the one with Jim Carrey. So you can say I'm a noob at this fandom. That said, I liked this film a lot: it was fun, entertaining and with good character depth.

Some points:

1) Every time the Joker was on screen, I'd scrutinize and stare and still not recognize Heath (oh Heath). That's how awesome this performance was. This .gif is the only bit where I could be convinced the man beneath the makeup and hair is Heath Ledger.

2) Dude, Batman's stupid if he doesn't even consider the possibility of the Joker switching Rachel and Harvey's locations in the telling.

3) My suspension of disbelief died every time I say Two-Face. No way he's walkin' and talkin' with that kind of damage.

4) My favorite bit? Nurse!Joker's speech on chaos and car-chasin'.

5) Every time the Mayor was on-screen, you'd hear a little "Richaaard!" squee from me.

6) I really had to look hard to notice the scars on the Joker. If he'd ever asked me if I was looking at his scars, I could honestly say, "What scars? I was checking out the make-up." (Speaking of, that is one resistant lipstick the Joker wears.)

7) The cop who gave the Joker a phone call is a moron. That is all.

8) Michael Caine was awesome, but I didn't see the point of Morgan Freeman (besides the general aura of awesome, of course).

9) I'm all confused over the bomb-ladden boat thing. Did they have the switch to their own boat or to the other people's boat? Should I cheer or smackabitch over the criminal throwing the switch out the window? What happened?

As for Kung Fu Panda, I loved it, even though I'm upset over Tai Lung's story, near-redemption and off-screen demise. Also, the over-bite. What was up with that?!?

Food Meme via apiphile: In response to Andrew Wheeler's food blog, here are fifty things you might have eaten or drunk, from surprisetruck.

1. Won Tun.
2. Fish and chips wrapped in a newspaper.
3. Free sample of drinking yoghurt (from a supermarket. Double points if from a train station)
4. Crisps of an untraditional flavour (please specify). Ham. Ketchup. Curry. Yes, these are untraditional and EVIL
5. Vegetarian Lasagne. - Preseident's Choice with 5 cheeses. ♥
6. Cold Pizza the next morning.
7. Scrumped apples (other fruit may be considered). - "Scrumped"? *wiktionaries* Appled apples?
8. Six doughnuts as purchased at a pier or fairground (sharing not allowed). - I had 3 Krispy Kremes in a row one study night with Josie. Good times.
9. A Kitkat.
10. Pickled onion direct from the jar. - ♥
11. Piccalili the colour of no known natural yellow. - "Piccalili"?
12. A Mivvi or a FAB. - ???
13. Dandelion & Burdock. - ??? What is it with the UK?
14. Malted Milk biscuits.
15. Chocolate intended for cooking.
16. Rhubarb. - Inna pie. The crust was good, but I could do without the rhubarb.
17. Fried bread or a dip in the fat. - Croutons, croutons! Crunchy friends in a liquid broth!
18. Over-ripe bananas. - A sad banana :(
19. Not quite thawed Black Forest Gateau from the freezer. Not-quite-thawed blueberry cheesecake. President's Choice, how I miss you.
20. Something deep fried that is not usually deep fried.
21. A punnet of Strawberries. - Ok, now you're making words up. Punnet = box, damnit.
22. Special Brew.
23. Petits Fours out of a packet.
24. Cabbage.
25. A full English Breakfast with at least five of the following: bacon, sausage, egg, potato, beans, mushrooms, tomatoes. - The sausage was fat and flour rolled into an abomination, but the rest was delicious.
26. Black pudding.
27. Baked potatoes cooked in a bonfire.
28. Dry roasted peanuts.
29. Wine from a box.
30. KFC Zinger.
31. Grapes in hospital. - As opposed to just...grapes?
32. Corona limeade.
33. Colcannon. - ???
34. Welsh Rarebit.
35. Butterscotch Angel Delight or Instant Whip.
36. Horlicks. - ???
37. Balti Pie. - ???
38. Balti (double points if in Birmingham)
39. Shared a table naan. - *covets*
40. Scratchings.
41. Brains Faggots. - ???
42. Candy floss. - aka Cotton Candy :)
43. Cornish ice cream.
44. Stovies. ???
45. Tinned roe.
46. Corned Beef.
47. Freddo. - ??? Ice-cold Frodo?
48. Tea after it has gone cold. apiphile adds: (WORK OF SATAN)
49. Golden Nuggets.
50. Doner kebab, processed meat version, with all the trimmings, after 11pm.


Links of the Day:
irisbleufic's TDK Fanfic: The Arkham Sessions series and Escape Artist
batman_lulz's Fanvid: Joker: Come on a my house. (Swingin' fun.) and Fanvid: Hit Joker With Your Rhythm Stick (Hee!)
Spill's Animated TDK Review


* The Joker, TDK

Comments

[bending-sickle.livejournal.com]

Buggrit, I spoke too fast: you're one time zone behind. Still, it's sort of the same, and therefore: yays!

I'll be expecting a squeeful post tomorrow, then :) Do share what you think of the film.

[capn-mactastic.livejournal.com]

I hate to say it but I was a bit like 'meh'. It was good and entertaining and stuff, I dunno, maybe all the fandom hype made me expect something life-altering?

[bending-sickle.livejournal.com]

But...but...were there any not!meh moments? Any squee at all? (Although I agree on the lack of life!alering hype.)

[capn-mactastic.livejournal.com]

Green and purple argyle socks FTW?

I dunno, it was entertaining but I wasn't like OMGAWESOME!

Also I came away with more of a Joker/Two Face hankering than a Joker/Batman hankering (I will LOL at anyone who accuses me of going for the pretty, because it has to be Two Face rather than Harvey!)

I may just be pissed because Two Face was always my favourite Batman villain (actually he level pegs with Catwoman), but even then I'm just kind of "awww" rather than D:

I should probably keep this opinion quiet in public, shouldn't I?

[bending-sickle.livejournal.com]

Also I came away with more of a Joker/Two Face hankering

Hankering is hankered...or something. Just clicky ;) (http://community.livejournal.com/batman_lulz/18102.html)

As for public opinion on villains, I can't help you there, knowing near-to-nothing of the fandom. In TDK though, Two-Face's complete defiance of medical science kinda threw a massive smokescreen on any aww or awesome he may have.

[capn-mactastic.livejournal.com]

Opinion wise I meant the 'meh' thing more than the Two Face thing... It's midnight my writing comprehenshun she is not so good :(

Yeah the face was a touch overdone methinks, I was wondering why his eye wasn't burnt as well, or just plain falling out of the socket... And he wouldn't have been able to talk and the painkillers necessary for even walking around (unless there was some mention of nerve damage that I just missed completely)... The burns weren't as bad in previous incarnations, it was a lot of cosmetic scarring and the rest was psychological damage...

[bending-sickle.livejournal.com]

Yeah, might want to treat lightly declaring TDK a "meh" in some circles then. (Or hang out at The DarkKnightSucks.Com (http://thedarkknightsucks.com/).)

Aaaand I'm off, because it's 1 am over here and sleep is good. *hugs*

[capn-mactastic.livejournal.com]

Yeah it seems to have some scary fanpeoples D:

Sleep sounds like a good idea, I should probably go myself. Night! *hugs*

[capn-mactastic.livejournal.com]

Also much approval for pic, thankee :D

[bending-sickle.livejournal.com]

\o/ I was reading your previous comment and thinking, "But what about the hawtness? Not a word on that :("

[capn-mactastic.livejournal.com]

lol, I opened up the link in new window, and then wrote my answer, and then was like "wot's this window here? ooOOOOooooooOOO!!!"

And then the last time I tried to edit you beat me to it so I thought "feck it! new comment!"

And I need sleep now.