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Is This Where & When The New DARK KNIGHT Trailer Will Emerge??
Merrick here...
We received an e-mail with this subject line: "New Dark Knight Trailer 3", and the following URL...
http://clowntravelagency.com
April Fool's joke?
Or, is this a legitimate & perfectly timed ploy to whip folks into a frenzy over whether or not a new trailer would actually premier on the most suspect of days?
The last time we were tipped off like this (about a DARK KNIGHT trailer), the info accurately pointed to the trailer's release at the date/time specified. So...we'll see how things work out this time around.
Get ready...
http://clowntravelagency.com
April Fool's joke?
Or, is this a legitimate & perfectly timed ploy to whip folks into a frenzy over whether or not a new trailer would actually premier on the most suspect of days?
The last time we were tipped off like this (about a DARK KNIGHT trailer), the info accurately pointed to the trailer's release at the date/time specified. So...we'll see how things work out this time around.
Get ready...
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Do it!
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Batman.......
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Did I mention this will be great?
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we just need the goddamn film!
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I waana see it wannaseeit wannaseeit wannaseeitwannaseeitwannaseeitwanaseeit
wanaseit wanseit wanit now.... Now now now now now now now now. -
It's too soon for the final trailer so I'm calling BS on this, unless it's something OTHER than a trailer.
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I've looked up the domain and it comes back from whois as being registered by godaddy.com to a company called Domains by Proxy, Inc. who do anonymous address registrations. Not looking any deeper than that, but it suggests subterfuge, so could well be genuine....
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Seriously, April Fools day for the sequel dealing with the Joker? Seems like it could be legit.
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Because I already know THE DARK KNIGHT won't disappoint.
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It's Heath Ledger's drug suitcase!
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AND I DO COCAINE!
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I can always go for another helping of a dark knight trailer.
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has not been as fun as the Joker virals (although it's pretty neat to have Aron Eckhart calling my house and campaigning about justice in Gotham), but it's still whetting my appetite for the new trailer.
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I will wait patiently.
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Not sure what time zone - probably Eastern. But that's when Dent's campaign site said he'd be giving a "public address" at Gotham City Hall.And it probably won't be the trailer. If the last few have been any indication, it will probably be a nationwide game to reveal the trailer.I love the viral marketing for this one. They're doing a good job of not only keeping interest up, but actually making the people who want to see it first really work for it and feel like a part of it.
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Save something for the movie!
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Due to the fact that something will apparently happen on that site tomorrow I have this feeling that we're all going to be "Rickrolled".
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It seems to me that an awful lot of people are already lauding this film, and the thing isn't even close to being released yet in theaters. You can't judge a movie by the trailers alone. I personally am reserving my judgment until I see it, although Ledger's Joker makeup looks terrible in the previews. Isn’t Joker’s skin supposed to be bleached white, not painted on? What became of adhering to the comic book source material? I want to like the Dark Knight, but I’m going to be cautiously optimistic until I actually see it.
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Paramount's not worried about any "backlash". They've got the # 1 film of the summer on their hands. Period. No amount of "trailer backlash" in the world will change that.
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Get over yourself. We're excited for a new Batman movie, and especially one done right, maintaining the SPIRIT of the comic. So what if his skin isn't bleached? I've only seen bits of Heath's Joker and I would take his over Nicholson's or Romero's any day of the week. Don't be such a party pooper.
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Leaf Hedger looks awful in this. Fucking hollywood...
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Shouls still be the centre of this film. I hope the Joker doesn't steal it. And i hope the 3rd trailer features more Harvey, less Joker.
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Fuck that shit. Seriously. Where is the tribute to Jeff Healey!!!???
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Why should an entire company suffer because some artist "accidentally" killed himself with a drugs overdose?
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I think it's time they started marketing this properly. I always thought they should just continue on. For Heath's sake. Just recently on the entertainment shows they were interviewing Christian Bale on some red carpet, and having to answer the Heath question looked like it might kill him. No one seems to know what to do still, but I think it's time we moved forward. We all love Heath but we can't have him back, so let's just enjoy his last completed film the way we were always meant to.
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you're a fucking idiot. WB should not release the movie?? explain to me exactly why. It's not like Ledger went on a killing spree and then offed himself.... and it's certainly not like WB is marketing the film as "HEATH LEDGER'S FINAL PERFORMANCE BEFORE HE GO DIE DIE". If anything they're being tasteful.
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Ummm, so what are they supposed to do? Call it a day and reshoot a different film? Sorry, but people die. If anything, they held up on using the Joker in ads and stuff. If it were my film I would be marketing the hell out of it..."See Heath Ledger's last full performance!"
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I'm assuming Ledger would want the best quality of film to be released, so let's go with that.
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"for Heath's sake"? He wasn't the goddamn second coming people. He was a mediocre actor who had a suspect accidental suicide. "move forward"? If you are so disabled now because Leaf Hedger died, then I have a few perscription drugs that will help you escape the harsh reality of living with out an actor.Jesus fucking Christ
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Don't be jealous just because no one will be sad when you die. It's unseemly.
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Your mom will be sad if something happens to me. I pay her the high price of $3 to be on the other end of a gloryhole.OWNED!
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Mar 31, 2008 12:22:02 PM CDT
Ledger's family said to go on with the viral marketing
by stinkyfingerz
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they said he was proud of this movie, so shouldn't we watch it the way it was supposed to be. What happened to Ledger wasn't a complete travesty like the Vic Morrow incident on The Twilight Zone Movie. Plus, his performance looks fucking fantastic.
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apparently texts were sent out to people from recruiting@rent-a-clown.com saying "Hey clown! Long time, no crime spree! Well, put on your floppy shoes and answer this question: are you ready to get to work? (ReplyY/N)
and if you reply Y, you'll get "Glad to see you're still alive and kicking. I'll be in touch before Poisson d'Avril."
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I am an Englisher, I don't suppose anyone here can tell me who the hell Roger Friedman is? I only ask because he has a peice on Foxnews.com that says aintitcool gave Tropic Thunder a tepid response, and as an avid reader of this site got the impression that the opposite was true. I have this real problem with bad jurnos and the more i look up this "critic" all he seems to do i lie about Tom Cruise. Turned him down in a bar perhaps?
Oh and if this whole Batman thing works out maybe we can all push for a Condorman reboot.
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two bit actor,just release the damn film already!
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Is it cynical to think this new trailer will hype the hell out of Heath Ledger to bring in the same crowd who suddenly became Brandon Lee fans after The Crow incident?
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Yes, enough. It was a terrible thing to happen but it's time to move on. No disrespect to Ledger or his family, but people die every day in the world and it's no less tragic. No one can blame anyone in this movie for wanting to carry on.
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I just read that article you were talking about. From what I can tell the guy's just some crappy journalist that's hating on cruise for the sake of hating on cruise. for one, he doesn't know what he's talking about with Valkyrie. And two, if he had read anything about aintitcool's reception to anything tropic-thunder-related, cruise has been celebrated as the cherry on top of the movie. another idiot from fox news - as if they didn't have enough already.
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You do realize a stuntman died on this movie as well, right? Did you want the movie to be shitcanned over that? Or did you only start caring when Heath died, because you knew who he was? If a movie were cancelled every time an actor or a stuntman or anyone involved with the production died, movies would be cancelled left and right. Plus, I can't imagine Heath not wanting people to see his final performance. Based on all reports, he put a lot of himself into the role of the Joker, and it would be the ultimate disservice for Warner Bros to pretend like it never happened. Warner Bros certainly isn't going to cancel the movie based on a few whiny assholes like you, who have no actual respect for the man who died, but simply want to stir up some shit. If you did respect Heath as a serious actor, you'd know that he would want his performance to be seen.
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Mar 31, 2008 1:12:04 PM CDT
I can't wait to see how Leno handles a reanimated Ledger.
by kid idioteque
Too soon?
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"...every time an actor or a stuntman or anyone involved with the production died, movies would be cancelled left and right." --- is that true? Maybe I have a shot making movies after all. I can't imagine a single one of my productions where more than half the cast and crew would leave alive. I guess I don't HAAAVE to set my teen sex comedy script in Burma, but I say it's about time to have my cake and eat it too.
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Fans whine and bitch when comic book film adaptations don't honor the source material, yet people are rallying behind this HORRIBLE appearance of the Joker in the Dark Knight. Joker's skin is supposed to be bleached. End of story.
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That this site followed every piece of news relating to the piece of shit, underwhelming Cloverfield viral campaign, while not having a clue about anything to do with this one, which is completely awesome.
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Fuck you "fans" BTW batman begins was a steaming turd!
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Go back to your celebrity magazines cuntfuck.
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You fail. If it lives up to the spirit and ideas and concepts without going somewhere where it doesn't then it's ok. I don't see how bleached skin and painted skin changes the fact The Joker is a psychopath. Batman 89 is waiting for you.
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Hilarious dude. But yeah. It's in bad taste for WB to release this for 16 years. Save it for Matilda till she turns 18.
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That is some weird shit dude!
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Sorry, Sithdan that everyone is excited about this. We are so sorry, that his skin isn't bleached. Ledger is a brilliant actor and no little plot detail is gonna change that fact or the quality of this movie, so go fuck yourself and suck on a lolipop dick in a corner when this movie comes out, as i will be at the movie theatre. Poser!
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You don't even know how they're going to handle the Joker's makeup/origin/or anything in this film yet. For all you know, LedgerJoker could be using toxic industrial paint for his face makeup that ends up bleaching him by the end of the film. The whole falling in the vat of acid thing comes from The Killing Joke, and in that book it is the Joker telling his own origin story, so its entirely subjective. He could be making the whole thing up. Besides, we've already seen that origin in Burton's version. I remember a Nolan quote where he said something to the effect of the Joker being an absolute in this film, and that we wouldn't be seeing an origin or an arc. Personally, the clips of Ledger as the Joker I have seen look phenomenal, so in my opinion complaining that his skin isn't bleached is about as banal as complaining about the organic web shooters in the first Spider-man. Why don't you worry about stuff like story, character, direction, performance, and the technical aspects instead? Oh wait, because that would leave you with nothing to complain about.
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Anybody who knows a single fucking thing about the character knows that the makeup and the look of the Joker is almost incidental and merely compliments the sheer insanity of the character, something Heath looks to be channeling in his portrayal. The aspect of the Joker that matters most is his insanity, mingled with his penchant for chaos, and how that is presented through the conduit of an actor. I can already discern that Heath has nailed the role in a way nobody else has even approached based on what I’ve seen and heard thus far. If a bit of bleached skin is the most important aspect of the Joker to you personally, go whack off to the ‘89 version of Batman since some of you know fuck all about the character anyway.
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Fucking great joke!
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You have shit taste so go watch some reality TV and leave the grown ups alone.
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Honestly, from the looks of it, my 6-year-old nephew could have done a better job finger painting the Joker's makeup in this movie. It looks like it's been literally just smeared on. The meticulous Joker makeup presented in Tim Burton's 1989 masterpiece featured not only the red lips and white skin, but the twisted grin as well. At least some effort went into the Joker's iconic appearance. Ledger looks like a disgruntled teenager who's pissed off at his parents for not letting him go to the ICP concert.
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You're an idiot.
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Part of the point is that it's smeared on. The Joker shouldn't be qualified to work at a cosmetics counter, he's a batshit crazy clown. The iconic appearance is intact, I see green hair, white skin, black eyes, a red smile, and a purple suit. But if I see Nolan I'll let him know your nephew is looking for work.
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Well Sithdan, there you go again. I don't think insane people are that careful about meticulous makeup, as they are insane, Noland just recognized this attribute. So yes he looks fucking crazy, but that is the point! You know what you have probably never read an entire Batman Comic book, as of right now you are just happy for the attention about your retarded remarks.
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Why do you like to defend mediocrity? His makeup is shit. Nothing will change my mind about that.
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...that would be creepy.
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If I was defending mediocrity then I'd probably be trying to defend you.
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Actions not appearance are what make the Joker. You know jack squat about the character evidently.
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that's the point, tard
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thanks for the constructive feeedback. You present a valid opinion and i respect your candor. Now go shove a pickle in your chocolate dungeon..
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"If I was defending mediocrity then I'd probably be trying to defend you." That was genius.
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"I'm not dead, Turkeys"
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This movie has had way too much "viral" marketing already (playing cards left on club floors, clever web sites); while it may be clever it's hardly innovative. The posters have been up for months now, the trailers as well. How much more low key viral marketing is necessary? Either put a real bat signal in every major metropolitan area and have someone drive around in a replica batmobile or stop with the half assed marketing and release the film early. just my 2 cents.
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...and for me to see it three times! And to buy a large popcorn with Junior Mints and a Diet Coke...
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I remember when Begins came out there was some news blurb about Christian Bale taking the Tumbler for a spin in (Toronto?), apparently some old man had a heart attack when he saw it. I googled this and couldn't find any evidence that it really happened so it's possible it was a dream I had after eating bad tacos.
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i have a vague memory of someone dying in an accident on the set of the Dark Knight. A construction worker or stunt guy or special effects guy. What about that guy?! He actually died making the movie! SHould WB not market or release the movie out of respect to him and his family?
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Just a feeling.
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I mean he talks with such a definitive tone. Methinks he saw the movie at the bottom of a bottle of whiskey or from a loss of oxygen as a result of being rammed into a pillow.
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The makeup looks like shit. Which is exactly how it's supposed to look, genius. As much as I love Nicholson's Joker, would a real life Joker have PERFECT white skin and ruby lips from acid burn? No. Nolan's trying to achieve realism, which I,, along with the majority of the world, very much appreciate. But, by all means, continue making a complete ass out of yourself by complaining about the makeup.
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'nuf said.
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And I wanna see what this is!
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If Ledger turned up on April Fools Day it would officially be the single greatest prank in history. Oh well. RIP man.
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And dont give it all away. This is coming from a huge Batman geek who wants to be surprised by the images I see!
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'nuf said.
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Technically I'm in the corner of the people who think Nolan's Joker design looks cool and that a superhero film doesn't have to be completely faithful to its source material (and sometimes shouldn't be) in order to be good. But in a TalkBack where people are arguing about what to do about a film that someone dies either making (crew members) or shortly after (Heath Ledger), calling Sithdan "an ass" for ranting about make-up seems a little absurd. I would have gone with froot loop, or perhaps wingnut. *** I also hope the irony of people accusing him of "judging the movie before it comes out" isn't lost on anybody else.
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I mean, everyone's gonna watch this film anyway, and I have a sinking feeling that the audience will triple since it's "Heath Ledger's last movie". So, if it is yet another trailer for Dark Knight, isn't a bit redundant? It's sort of like Bart Simpson with the Itchy & Scratchy ticket, except I'm old enough not to have my Dad ban me from watching the movie... (my mom says I'm cool! lol)
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Tim Burton's 1989 cough-sput-(spews drink in a violent burst)MASTERPIECE?? Ha-ha! YOU are the REAL Joker SithDan, you just slay me! MASTERPIECE? Dude, go directly to your nearest dictionary and look that word up then come back here and just TRY and show your face! Here's an even better idea:Once The Dark Knight comes out on DVD watch that first, then immediately after just TRY and watch Burton's Batman, I guarantee you'll never make it halfway through Burton's inferior mess.
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Is anyone there?
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Saw it in theaters when it first came out. It instantly became my favorite movie. I watched it again a couple of weeks ago and MAN,it has not aged well! Pretty to look at, GREAT score, Nicholson is fun but wwaayyy over the top, even for the Joker! So far Ledger is looking good.
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i get the feeling that if someone did watch The Dark Knight and then watched Burton's Batman, it would be kind of like watching The Empire Strikes Back and then the Phantom Menace. It would probably be ridiculous.
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Have you ever danced with the devil by the pale moonlight? http://tinyurl.com/yslcna
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Can't find the Batdance anywhere on Youtube but that's something Nolan wishes he had for TDK.
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Seriously."I just want to know, are we gonna try to love each other?"'Nuff said. Those earlier Batman films suffered under Burton's goth-camp and they went downhill from there. Thank goodness for the 180 degree turnaround via Nolan and Bale. It may not cater to everyone's favorite details (and quite frankly, there are too many to care), but at least they're striving for a legitimate weight with the character.
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BOOOOO!!!
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Mar 31, 2008 11:19:28 PM CDT
BEFORE BURTON CAME ALONG, ALL YOU HAD WAS ADAM WEST
by bringingsexyback
Let's keep it in perspective here. Would you prefer the Batusi over the Batdance?
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he seemed to care more about the villains. But Keaton played a great Batman, Bale pretty much plays him the same in the costume.
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Adam West Batman > Burton's BatmanThese are the Laws of the Batman Universe.
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It's 4-01 already.
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I understand it but it will never touch the raw hatred that MOVIEMACK inspired. Reading a Batman talkback without Mack's venom just isn't the same. Come back,mack.
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He was crap and Gough was a crap Alfred. Caine is okay but John Cleese is Alfred.
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But this hate for Burton's Batman is senseless given that back in 89, Batman must've been a joke outside the comic book world. Burton revamped Batman for the mainstream. It was Schumacher who killed Batman, though I have to admit watching Clooney talking to a weeping Schwartzeneggar is a great moment.
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Oh, the Mack is still around. He rides under the name, "I am Batman" now. How appropriate.
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Why the hate for this guy?
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Thanks Gaius ;)
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I need to sleep soon.
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Forgive me. It should have been more like Batman and Robin, since there's no way in reality a man could ever dress up like a bat. Gotcha. I never said that everything in the movie was completely realistic. My point was that it attempted a sense of realism. It's much easier to suspend disbelief watching Batman Begin than it is ANY other Batman movie. So it would be stupid to have a cleancut Joker with completely, perfectly bleached skin and ruby lips. And get the fuck out of my face with that "nigga please" bullshit.
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Flawed perspective. on stickers. driving me crazy!
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Mar 31, 2008 11:59:22 PM CDT
Sithdan doesn't molest cats, Docpazuzu on the otherhand
by quigonnjin&tonic
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Is that the TDK release date? I don't pay attention, I just go when the sign is up at the theater.
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It's on ibelieveinharveydent.com
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Almost everyone acknowledges that Schumacher's films were garbage, although some people still try and defend Batman Forever for some unknown reason. But there is a lot of contention over Burton's Batman films. I'm not a huge Burton fan. I think even with his best films he has a tendency to coast on art direction, and for those that like real movie magic with lots of pretty colors and big stylistic flourishes he's probably the cat's pajamas. For my money Ed Wood is his only truly great film, and it owes part of its success to the fact that he was able to reign in his stylistic excesses for once. But I digress, back to his Batman films. The original Batman film was good for it's day, and there's no doubt that it did a lot to repair the image of a silly Batman fostered by the Adam West incarnation. But for those that haven't seen it in a while, watch it again and try and remain objective. These are not the characters, and I can't imagine anyone arguing otherwise. Let's look at Batman first of all. Making Jack Napier the murderer of Wayne's parents isn't just a minor change that provides narrative cohesion, it completely alters who Batman is as a character. Batman's quest becomes about revenge, rather than justice. Batman Begins does it right: Joe Chill kills Wayne's parents, Joe Chill dies before Bruce can get revenge, Bruce must channel his issues into a general quest for justice. If the Joker kills the Waynes, then Batman's quest ends when Batman drops him off the top of that building. This is one of many instances in the Burton films where Batman kills people (he also drops a thug to his death and shields up in the Batmobile while he blows up a bunch of henchmen.) Michael Keaton plays Bruce Wayne as an aloof, awkward weirdo, nevermind that physically he looks nothing like the character should. Hanging upside down to sleep? Bruce Wayne doesn't think he's a bat. By the time we got to Batman Returns, Burton was clearly bored with the character and gave most of the screen time to the three primary villains. For those that complained about the action in Begins, I'll take shaky cam over Batman programming his batarang to take out a bunch of guys cartoon style, and only making big wide turns in the unweildy Batmobile because he grappling hooks to buildings with it. I'd rather see the Tumbler ripping around Gotham like a believable urban tank than Batman getting his Batplane shot down with a pistol. I was going to thoroughly go through the other characters as well to explain why they miss the mark, but I sense this post is already getting long. Burton made some enjoyable movies, but Nolan took the characters seriously, paid more respect to the source material and ended up making a far better film in the process. Sure, there are flaws, but I don't understand how people who champion Burton's version can look past the much more glaring flaws in his movies. Entertaining films? If I'm in the right mood and feeling nostalgic, yes. A proper depiction of Batman? Not by a long shot, now that one actually exists.
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Apr 01, 2008 12:24:01 AM CDT
DON'T SITHDAN ME BUT I THOUGHT MARS ATTACKS IS PRETTY GREAT
by bringingsexyback
I never got the Burton = Bay memo.
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I drank coffee for nothing?
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hahaha-anyways-I'm no "insider" type fella but I bet the whatever its gonna be wont be released till 8pm est. Go to bed if you're waiting for it. And also GwaiLo is completely correct.
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was really weak. I give you that. And I did like Batman and Robin. But really it was for Alicia Silverstone. Nipples on Batgirl!
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Apr 01, 2008 12:42:08 AM CDT
A real life Joker seems almost more plausible than a Batman...
by -=shin=-
John Wayne Gacy was dubbed the Killer Clown. Granted, he wasn't out killing in the clown suit, but it's disturbing enough to know that he liked to entertain children as 'Pogo The Clown' during the same period he was on his killing spree.
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Right on.
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...And I'm going to get shot for this, but I often get tired of Tim Burton's design style. After so many years of his movies in different genres, a lot of it still looks the same to me. I know there are exceptions, but I just don't see his palette change in the sense of exploring something different. At least Willy Wonka wasn't black and white with a bit of red.
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Apr 01, 2008 12:49:35 AM CDT
A BAT-THEMED MASKED CRUSADER IS MORE PLAUSIBLE THAN BUSH
by bringingsexyback
in a codpiece-stuffed flight suit declaring himself a hero. That's fo sho.
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Apr 01, 2008 12:54:06 AM CDT
HAS ANYTHING BEEN DISCUSSED ABOUT WHO PLAYS RIDDLER?
by bringingsexyback
Cuz that's got to be the next movie.
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...And I should point out I love Batman in just about any form.
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Hmmm Ledger died. Oh well... Let's just not release the movie with him in it that just cost us $200 million...
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Michelle is a great actress, and Catwoman was a showstealer in Batman Returns, but that was not the comic book Catwoman. Selina Kyle is a decadent, fun-loving Italian femme who likes to lounge around in expensive lingerie. She's not an insane blonde who began as a mousy secretary. And the whole nine-lives thing was retarded.
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Apr 01, 2008 2:18:58 AM CDT
Is this the new travel agency started by the actor who played Ca
by bnitt
Just wondering....havent seen him in anything since and heard he needed a job.
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Killing people is not heroic. This is not what defines Batman as a hero.
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Aside from a brief period in the 40's, Batman has never killed the bad guys. He needs to have a moral code to walk that thin line as a vigilante. That's why he always rounds up the villains and brings them to Arkham, even though they'll inevitably get out and cause more havoc. Batman could have spared Gotham a lot of grief by doing exactly what he did in Batman 89, killing the Joker. But he doesn't, because that would make him no better than the freaks he brings to justice. This notion is the core of his character, to fuck with it is to completely change who he is.
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That and he fucked Vicky Vale. And You actually believed that he was Crazy as Bruce Wayne. Bats 89 ignored the comics and I say thank god! You all seem to forget how campy Bats was in the casual fans eye, and how much this film changed that.
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Spot on bro. Killing the bad guys would be the easy solution. It's because batman does that right thing in choosing the most difficult path that makes him a hero.
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Lets face it incarceration ain't all that bad these days. How's getting nabbed and sent too an insane asylum scary for a guy who rapes and murders. Batman is flawed in the comics.
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closeted homo who likes to play dress up caught me raping, killing, and stealing again....
but I'm nuts so it's off to the loony bin for me. I'll be back ahahahahaha. Yeah see thats why they keep committing new crimes cause batman's method doesn't work and it doesn't solve the problem. Killing is the only way no matter how poetic they make the other way sound. -
The comics may be flawed. they are comics after all. But that's not what were talking about. I was commenting on gotham_night's statement that batman killing the bad guys makes him a hero. It doesn't. He isn't a killer.
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The first two trailers were spectacular. The first trailer set the precedent for what a kick ass trailer should be minus any actual footage being shown. The second trailer was a great introduction to Ledger's portrayal of the Joker, though it was merely a hint of things to come. But it's been long overdue time for an all-encompassing trailer that actually involves EVERYONE more. For one thing, it doesn't seem like, aside from showing her on screen, Nolan has any confidence in Maggie Gyllenhaal's performance- hence the fact that no actual dialogue was uttered by her in the second trailer. Also, what's with the half-second glimpse of Eckhart as Dent? Almost 75% of the viral marketing for The Dark Knight has revolved around Dent's campaign to become the District Attorney for Gotham City, yet he was almost nowhere to be seen in the second trailer. The only significant dialogue uttered by ANYONE in the trailer aside from Ledger's Joker, Bale's Batman, and Caine's Alfred, was one brief line by Gary Oldman and Morgan Freeman as Commissioner Gordon and Lucius Fox respectively.
I hope the third trailer has a more all-encompassing feel to it for the sole reason that there are other characters in The Dark Knight aside from The Joker and Batman that need to be (and more than likely will be, knowing Nolan) fleshed out in the film.
Aside from the aforementioned gripes, the first two trailers were spectacular, the third one will probably be that much better, and the film will own 2008. Because nothing has come before it thus far that could light a candle to it, and NOTHING is going to be released in its wake that will even compare.
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I like that WB and Nolan only show what they want to show us. I think the movie will take us in a direction that we've not seen in the trailers. Chris Nolan has already stated that the Joker is not going to be the main protagonist in this movie. He is a powerfull element, but I can't help but feel that there is going to be so much more to this flick that Batman vs Joker. We already know that two-face only comes in at the end of the movie. So what's the deal? The trailers give us very littl in the way of plot detail, and I'm hoping that it stays that way.
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"opinion" for toffee...
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I shall be watching the watchmen. Really hyped about it. What do you think of what you've seen so far?
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Anyone that cites Tim Burton's 1989 "Batman" as a point of reference when discussing Batman's moral code is a complete moron. Why? Because Tim Burton openly admitted after making the movie that he wanted NOTHING to do with the comics/source material. The man is an overgrown goth-child who was obsessed with the dark nature of Batman and how he could utilize said nature to make a buck and relate to his own "tortured" childhood. Burton didn't care for the fact that JOE CHILL killed Bruce Wayne's parent's- NOT THE JOKER/Jack Napier (the idiotic real name that soooooooooo many people I know still associate with the Joker, though the comics never really ever gave him a full real name to begin with. *coughKILLINGJOKEcough*). Nor did he care to actually explore the Red Hood angle with the creation of the Joker. Instead he used Jack Palace to sell "Jack Napier" out to the cops, which was so inaccurate it still agitates the crap out of me to this day. Just a couple of the many outrageous inaccuracies that Burton didn't give a damn to avoid.
Burton's 1989 film was a popcorn flick and a visual feast at best, AT THE TIME. It had an absolutely beautiful soundtrack (Prince music aside). I liked it as a kid before I seriously started reading Batman, Detective Comics, and every other bat-associated title (i.e. Legends of the Dark Knight, Robin, and Nightwing). After I started paying attention to the aforementioned source material I realized just how badly Burton took a shit on what Batman truly stood for. Batman does not kill... PERIOD. Last I checked, the Joker's STILL ALIVE. Oswald Cobblepot/The Penguin is still alive and running his Iceberg lounge. Selina Kyle/Catwoman is spending her dear sweet time trying to get off the hell world in Salvation Run. The Riddler isn't in ARKHAM flapping straight-jacket wings, he's an honest detective. Two-Face is, well, back to being good old Two-Face. Heck he's been gone since the "One-Year Later" story for some time now. Poison Ivy is still retarded (not literally, she's just a terrible villain who no one should pay attention to). Bane is on the same hell planet in Salvation Run with Catwoman and needs to return to his state of awesomeness as was conveyed in and before Knightfall. And Mr. Freeze is there with them both I believe. Or in Gotham killing people because now that Nora's gone he's got nothing left.
The point of the above movie/comic references is that neither Burton nor Schumaker got it right. They didn't give a damn for the source material, hence the fact that they are not attached to the property that is Batman anymore. If Nolan sticks with the franchise until the end of the third film like he has planned to, this will be the first director in the history of the Batman movie franchise to actually stay for more than two films as well as make more than ONE successful film. And surprisingly enough, Nolan will have done so by being at least SOMEWHAT faithful to the source material which real Batman fans covet daily.
That's my two cents. The Dark Knight's going to own by the way. And to hell with Burton and Schumaker's versions of The Bat. They just wanted to make a quick buck. Cite them as a point of reference for anything Batman and prepare to have your ass handed to you. 'Nuff said.
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We make like the aspect of something, but as an artist we may need to change it around too enjoy it. Burton didn't make bats to make a buck. He could have made the same story sans the name batman. He did ti cause he saw something in the symbol, and he being a true artist took what he wanted from the symbol and made it his own. Instead of walking in the footprints of the source material. You people get more cynical as time passes. You have no idea how big that film was to us 13 and under's- back when it came out. It was the beginning of all this serious superhero film shit, and it was dark for it's day.
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The preview images, especially on Superherohype.com which shows Rorschach dealing with a cop that he set on fire (I believe), are very convincing. Well, aside from Ozymandias who looks like a complete ass, but that's because his nipple-suit takes me back to Schumacher's Batman and Robin and, well, that should be enough to make ANYONE cringe.
Watchmen could easily own 2009 after The Dark Knight owns 2008. It all depends on whether or not Zach Snyder decides to make another addition to the original storyline (like he did with 300 where he added the idiotic corrupt politician back at home just to give Lena Headey some more dialogue where NONE was needed to make 300 a more vagina-friendly film). Because screwing up V For Vendetta, From Hell, The League of Extraordinary Gentleman, and Swamp Thing was one thing, for the respective directors/writers of those film-adaptations. Watchmen is considered by many to be the holy grail of graphic novels. If Snyder muffs this one by adding some useless side story like he did in 300 or decides to go with his own personal interpretation, then the movie is doomed just like Alan Moore has more than likely ALREADY predicted since he believes that none of his works can be done justice. Sadly, Moore just might be right if Watchmen gets screwed up royally. Who knows...
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Apr 01, 2008 4:59:16 AM CDT
They keep comitting crimes on the streets because it's comics...
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I think that saying killing is the only way to handle the loons of Gotham because they keep escaping is ignoring the conventions of selling a monthly comic and telling stories within that framework. John Wayne Gacy, Ted Bundy, Charles Manson and their like didn't break out of prison on a monthly basis - and they were pretty twisted. The reason Joker, Riddler and those cats keep escaping is to tell stories. If we were telling the story more realistically, The Joker, just like other serial killers, would have been locked up so tight, and sedated so heavily, we'd never see him except on a sixty minutes special. That, or he'd *somehow* be found to be sane enough to go to trial and presumbly excuted after a hell of a long prison term. Either way, he wouldn't be on the streets again, so killing him to prevent his 'comic escapes' every month would be unnecessary. The writer is god in a comic and sort of fudges those details and we're meant to ignore them in favor of enjoying the story. To keep the stories flowing, the 'looney bin' has to be pathetic enough so there are villains for Batman to fight. --It would make sense for Bruce Wayne to build a state of the art prison/mental health facility, donate it to the city, and attract top staff with an extra stipend he would provide. --But that will never happen, because where would the bad guys (and stories) come from...?
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Sorry buddy, but we're not all cynics. I was 6 years old when Burton's film came out and I was left in awe. I saw the film numerous times in theaters and I even own it on dvd. Why I look back on it now and KNOW, not think, KNOW that Burton purposely shit on the source material is because he's been quoted as saying so himself. Look it up. Kevin Smith (a really bad ass actor/director) handed Burton's ass to him for that very reason if you didn't already know.
The entertainment value of the 1989 film still stands, I'll grant you THAT much. But as a long-time fan of Batman and the DCU in general, aside from simple mindless entertainment and a general appeal to depressed poser goth kids EVERYWHERE, Burton's '89 film is a plot-hole ridden, utter piece of crap that shit on the very memory of what Bill Finger and Bob Kane created.
"He saw something in the symbol." Yeah, I'm fairly certain that I know what Burton "saw" too. He saw his own depressed childhood/teen goth years when he sat in a corner brooding and decided that Batman would be his onscreen return to the good old days. Cynical my ass. It's the reason why, when people look back twenty years from now, they'll remember and praise Christopher Nolan's Batman Begins and it's subsequent sequels and won't have the foggiest memory as to the crap factories that Burton and Schumacher were responsible for. -
It's 3 in the morning and I'm about to go to bed so I'll make this brief, but hundreds of artists have given their interpretations of Batman without changing who he is. Just because Burton is a filmmaker and not a comic writer doesn't give him any special license to do what he wants with an established property. (Yes, I realize film adaptations need to differ from print to work, I am talking about core changes to character) Frank Miller's Batman will kick the everloving shit out of someone, but he won't kill them. Burton has admitted he didn't even bother to read any of the comics, which is a great disservice to the character. If he was really worth his salt as an artist he would be able to bring the same level of artistry to a faithful adaptation, rather than making pointless changes to satisfy his need to put his authorial stamp on the thing. This goes for Sam Hamm as well, who wrote the script.
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He's the one that wrote a Batman that doesn't have much to do with the comics. Burton deserves shit for not reading any of the comics and keeping the writer in check, but if anyone has read Hamm's Watchmen script it's easy to see that the guy has no respect for whatever he's adapting.
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I think Batman rocks. He's cool, he's spooky, he's badass, he's nuts. That being said, given that he's this dark figure of vengence, he SHOULD go to the darkside in extremely hardcore ways -- he should kill, torture, maim, and all manner of other insanity. I know that he won't, but I think he should. Its the one thing that always bugged me about him. Oh, okay, that, and the fact that he hangs out with a 14 year old acrobat in green speedoes.
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fantastic news! and Dunst out too! Respect for Toby and Dunst, but they both look too goofy and bland for those roles. Hope they go the Batman Begins way of rebooting the franchise,getting rid of the silliness and soap opera elements.
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Joel Schumacher? I mean, if you wanna talk about the greatest arse-nuggets in the Batman canon, you can't go past Batman Forever and Batman and Robin...
Burton's films have aged, sure... but take a look at Jurassic Park or Waynes World... same story... things just look different after 15 or 20 years...
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first two great, third a bit pants but still good. 4,5,6,7,8,9,10... geeeze enough already!!!
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i see what you mean, brother, but it was just overdone and too sappy, like in a south american "telenovela".
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plea plea plea pleeeeeeeeeese! can the writers/film makers/big studios come up with some new ideas, instead of strap strap strapping and re making the old. ok saying that batman returns was good and I am looking forward to dark knight but come on chaps Jack Nicholson is the best joker and that is that. More like American Splendor please. ta.
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as subject :O)
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Let's just get to the movie. If it's not an improvement over BB, let's bring back Joel Schumacher. It couldn't be any worse.
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and still is. I loved it as a child. You've got to accept that the Adam West version of the caped crusader was made campy for kids, not comic book buffs. I loved the Burton films, but agree that it had weak spots. The first movie made a big deal of the Batplane rocketing up to the moon, but as soon as Joker sees it, he takes it out with one shot. Weak. Batman Begins / TDK are new incarnations for new times, and Nolan did a great job. If anyone is still offended by the TV show Batman, it's only because you're looking to be offended by it.
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Click On the Envelope!
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And the suitcase . . . HOLY SHIT THIS MOVIE WILL ROCK!!!!
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Ok now someone in the states go pick up those packages and report. We can't wait. Gogogo!
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How does I open it? Or did I completely misunderstand?
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Have a ball, spare, strike fast???
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according to Joblo, they have checked it with three sources and are positive. I think it's great news and look forward to a more fun and wisecracking Spidey.
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It's April fools day, dude. The article gets more preposterous as it goes on.
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(sigh)
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Click on the envelope documents
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yea!?!?
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Yeah, right. Check your calendars, everyone.
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they got me good...sorry bout that
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The Dark Knight would be NOTHING without Burton's 1989 Batman film. Sam Hamm crafted a compelling adaptation that reinvented the Dark Knight for the big screen. Before Burton and Hamm came around, the only Batman the general audience identified with was the campy incarnation from the 1960s. An ambiguously gay duo living together with their loyal butler. Burton's style of Batman is being emulated even today by Christian Bale. I personally had no problem with Batman Begins. But what really fucking annoys me is this bandwagon of fans who suddenly think the 1989 version betrayed the comics and should be deleted from our collective memories. The Dark Knight wouldn't even exist had it not been for Burton's film. At least not in its current form. Hell, I think the Dark Knight should have acknowledge Burton for his work as an inspiration.
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oh man, i want a bag of movie stuff! i'm in chicago but live nowhere near a bowling alley. plus, after the Aqua Teen fiasco in Boston, i wonder how movie promo people drop certain things in public, especially a bag of something.
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Ask for Jake's package... errrrr a package FOR Jake.
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Check out the site, packages are waiting in London, Paris, Hong Kong, and Sao Palo.
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I'm sure this is fun for some people. The rest of just wish they'd just post the damn trailer already.
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mean they've been collected?
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I went to the Bayswater address in London but someone had beaten me to it!!! 15 GODDAMN MINUTES!!! It was a bowling alley and the girl behind the counter said the prize was a bowling ball with 'Bobo' on it and a phone number. @!£$%!% IT!!
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I went to the Bayswater address in London but someone had beaten me to it!!! 15 GODDAMN MINUTES!!! It was a bowling alley and the girl behind the counter said the prize was a bowling ball with 'Bobo' on it and a phone number. @!£$%!% IT!!
Don't keep us in suspenders. What was the number? And how do you open the damned case?
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Maybe not until all the bowling balls have been collected.
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And nothing near me. Very sad. Who is Bobo?
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with locker numbers and combos? C'mon, post Atlanta! I have an "operative" there to pick it up.
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Right here: http://tinyurl.com/33x5r5 The clown is evil!
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I thinking this is the one in Glendale . . . Glendale Bowling Alleys 7148 Myrtle Ave Flushing, NY 11385-7260. I have no way of knowing or going. Hope this helps.
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It's a different alley, SkidMark.
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i can't click on anything on this Clown page
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The locations are bowling alleys. I got beat by a 5 minutes cause of f***ing traffic. It's a bowling ball of some kind according to the ladies working the desk.
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The Chicago location is 40 minutes away, not including morning traffic and construction!!!
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The only bowling alley in Kingston, MA according to the yellow pages is Alley Kat Lanes and Kingston Ten Pin. The website is http://www.alleykatlane.com/
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I would think the ones in bigger cities (Seattle, Vegas, Portland, San Fran, etc.) would be tougher to figure out. Although, how many bowling alleys are there in each city, really?
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...just release the trailer, ffs.
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where there was stuff on the computer for everyone to coincide with the other stuff. I remember the morse code Joker laugh last time that was good fun. Now instead we're all just waiting. I feel like calling my friend and driving from Milwaukee to Madison to await that one, but I'm not that hardcore.
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You're right. I could leave work if I really wanted to... but that would be a bit much.
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My final post on this incredibly viral topic... I have done the work for you. The only bowling alley listed in Chula Vista is:
Brunswick Premier Lanes
845 Lazo Court, Chula Vista, CA 91910
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Miami, Midlothian and Chicago stamped.
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Called GF in Paris from London and asked her to run over there.... stamp went up... called her again, she is 1 min from the place.
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to predict. We have to wait for the next round. Why can't they just post all of the addresses, FFS!
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in Portland, I'd go out looking for this shit, how are you supposed to know which one?
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charlotte is a major city!! we have bowling alleys!
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Who's got big titties?... I didn't bother to read your post...
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I'm going to check it out in 45 minutes....it's rightup the road....any idea what I'm looking for?
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...and Kangaroos.
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Go to a bowling alley. Fondle the girl behind the counter. Then report back to us, if you're not in the back seat of a police cruiser.
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Another "contest" this stuff is cool but only if you live in a big enough city that they do it there.
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what if its a guy?
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..ya want them to set these things up in Butthole, Idaho?
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have you refreshed the page, and does your envelope look closed or open with some papers sticking out?
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Tiny, bored-ass cities of the world unite!
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refresh the page.
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Maybe you need to update your flash plugin, or something.
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You do the same thing if it's a guy but you have to include the code phrase: "Are you smugglin' bowlin' balls or are you just happy to see me?", while doing so. sheesh...
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ill go to my local bowling alley and try anyway, hell if anything itll liven up the day.
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locker combos?
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thats what I thought,.. bowling alleys have shoe lockers????
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I need the code then before I go....how do we know when they will post them? is it random?
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to wear your smeared lipstick and "why so serious" t-shirt when you go. That way you'll be the number one pick for jail bitch when they throw you in. Good Luck!
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does that come up after someone claims the item?
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They seem to be revealing a new address every hour. So, since there are 28 cities, we can assume we wont see the trailer until 4am or later.
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give us your cell number and go down to the alley. As soon as they post the combo number one o' us fine gentlemen will shoot it to you...
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sorry, that's not going to happen.
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There are approximately 1046 bowling alleys in Phoenix.. CRIKEYS!!
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better get started, they'll be closing in a few hours
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Got this of the Superherohype forum.
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Kingston MASS here I come.....
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or NC or SC.....
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not really but I have heard that he's partial to AC/DC...
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After work. Poop.
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I tend to have to do that too after a looonnnngggg day at work. It's GREAT for my constitution...
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They are popping up as soon as someone claims it and calls the number on the ball. go to superherohype and check out the story.
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3 more just popped up.
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the whole page(or at least the suitcase and the list) seem to be getting grimier as more pop up
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Burton’s film isn’t the influential masterpiece you claim and it never was. Despite my personal affinity for most of Burton’s work, Batman is easily one of his weaker efforts, evidenced by his woefully inaccurate portrayal of Batman, Bruce Wayne and the Joker. Michael Keaton was a silly choice to play Wayne and Batman because the man lacks the physical dimensions and the emotional undertones to pull the character off properly. Batman isn’t a scrawny guy with a receding hairline and he never should have been portrayed as such, nor is he a James Bond wannabe, overly reliant on gadgets and body armor. As to the Joker, he isn’t a fat, aging actor hamming it up but rather a methodical and chilling psychopath who considers human misery to be the ultimate punch line. Burton did what he did and it was entertaining but it also willfully omitted almost everything that makes the Batman mythos so compelling. Truth be told, most people who were Batman fans (and I’m not referring to that ridiculous, homo-erotic Adam West crap) were disappointed with the liberties Burton took. With or without Burton’s films, it was inevitable that eventually a director who respected the mature nature of the source material would assume the reigns and make something vastly superior within the genre, which is what happened with Nolan and Batman Begins. You can continue to defend Burton’s decisions and his film but that stubbornness won’t make you right, just uninformed. I think people uninterested in the true Batman mythos, along with those who like easy-to-digest cinema, may find favor with Burton’s spin but for those of us who know the character, Nolan has crafted a much better and more accurate interpretation.
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I called the numbers on both of the balls I have to no avail. One number was disconnected and the other was answered by some bozo named Jaffie or jeffie or some such that had no clue at all. I wonder after all these years...have I claimed the wrong balls?...bummer...
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story up on Veidt.com says it may already be a done deal...
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all the postmarks are for April 1, except for Sao Paulo, which is postmarked April 4 2008.
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all the postmarks are for April 1, except for Sao Paulo, which is postmarked April 4 2008.
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A Blue and Purple Bowling ball with a Cellphone and A Joker calling card...
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how long till this stuff is up on ebay?
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omaha says 4/4 too
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Just got back from North Kansas CIty Bowl. There was one guy that beat a friend and I by about 45 seconds. At least he showed it to us, but he seemed in a hurry to get back to work. We got a cell phone photo, I'll post a link sometime this afternoon (I've got meetings for the next few hours)The ball is green and purple. It's in a relatively normal (but old) bowling ball bag.
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I just came to say that. Can't be a coincidence.
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and the combination:
Kelley's Hilltop Lanes
(402) 553-6411 1313 N 48th Ave
Omaha, NE
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Batman stems from a COMIC BOOK, not Dateline NBC. It's not supposed to be grounded in reality. It's fantasy escapism. If I wanted reality I would flip on my TV and watch events unfold on the evening news. I work in an austere office where employees reminisce about American Idol and their personal sex lives while stabbing one another in the back. That's also reality. Batman is a distraction from all of that. I don't want realism, I want escapism. I liked the Batwing, the over-the-top Joker, the Smilex gas and the outlandish plot to poison Gotham's cosmetic supply. I mean, it's fun, campy stuff. You people can bash me all you like, but that's just how I feel. Sure, I’ll go see the Dark Knight like most of the herd, but I’ll always have an affinity for Burton’s interpretation of Batman.
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then they stamp it claimed after it's found
Get there now!
Bowl-A-Vard Lanes (608) 244-7246 2121 E Springs Dr, Madison, WI locker 144 comboi 39-45-R -
Harvey Dent was supposed to make a speech today at 3PM, but according to the I believe in Harvey Dent site he's already made it.
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http://bp2.blogger.com/_Z4-I2c8peEQ/R_JpWHJCXGI/AAAAAAAAW-c/4CA01LX-cpc/s1600-h/JOKER_PHONE.jpg
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everything listed is claimed. So keep refreshing if your in one of the cities not listed. the numbers are lockers! I asked the guy and he told me yes locker 144.
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Ooops, I need to read the fine print more carefully. What's supposed to happen at 3PM is a "meet Harvey Dent" thing and it's at the Gotham Community Center, the speech he gave today was at his HQ. So it still looks like something may happen at 3PM today, but at 3 PM in which timne zone? Isn't Gotham supposed to be on the East Coast?
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they knew what I was talking about...there was another kid there waiting.
we need to code
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Kingston Mass still hasn't listed an address locker number or combo
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but I don't know if I'll be able to slip out of work....
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that we'll see Nokia product placements in the movie, too
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the bowling balls must of cost them about a grand or so to pull together maybe more.
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if the balls were 100 bucks a pop plus 10 bucks shipping it cost them 3 grand too send them out. and 300 in shipping rates so lets say this whole shindig cost them at most 15 grand at at the least 4 grand
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whats the deal? I have a friend out there, says the its closed. almost turn down. practical joke?
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4 grand, plus the cost of the phones? What do those phones go for anyway?
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FREE with product placement in the film.
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Just post the trailer already
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Let's see, the dynamic between Wayne and his butler and Wayne and Gordon - nonexistant in Burton's world, yet very important in the comics, and reflected in Batman Begins.
And fantasy doesn't have to stray far from reality in order to be more effective. Nolan's world is just more believeable, and the city seems more alive and tangible. Burton's Gotham is typical of Burton; overdone, overdark, and more focused on asthetic than functionality. It became a distraction more than a setting for the story to take place in.
And then there is Keaton. Who doesn't like the Keaton? However, a 5'10" 150lb dude is hardly believeable as someone who routinely fights criminals bigger and stronger than he. And to be able to hold them over ledges? Not so. Bale brought a real strength and powerful look to go along with it to Batman. He truly seemed like the type that could kick your ass, and all 20 of your friends' asses at one time.
I don't see how anyone can say BB owes much to B89. Yes, B89 paved the way for comic book movies in general, but the movie in itself was pretty hollow and lifeless, like many Burton movies, and overly concerned with dark asthetic as opposed to relatively strong emotion and great characterization like in BB. -
I know free, but in general.
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1-281-487-7327 Phone number doesn't work. I tried to call it as soon as the address was posted so i could get someone there to open the locker. All i want is the phone number...
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Until the speech from Dent.
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People on the ground are finding out that the place closed last night. was bought out.
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http://toysrevil.blogspot.com/
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says some one from 42E picked the ball up two days ago
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the site states he already gave his speech... i missed something, i guess.
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Nerd involvement counts big time. Easily worth a few grand.
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she's bringing it to my office!!!!
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You owe her big-time, man. Congratulations!
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Mighty fine woman you've got there.
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Cmon someone from Aint it Cool HQ haul ass over there and bring it back!
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Yeah, I lucked out and the pick-up was just about 10 minutes from my office. I was in a hurry, because I was supposed to meet my wife for lunch. Priorities, y'know.
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Wheres my fucking trailer?
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...lucky bastard. My lady looked at me like a leper when she saw was I've been glued to for the past two hours. Yours is running geek errands for you.
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she said everyone was mad she wouldn't open it....she had my 6 month old son with her....
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baseball and football too!
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"MY WIFE GOT IT!!!!"
Great, now everyone is gonna get it.
(just kidding, sorry, couldn't resist. That's awesome)
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The same guy who got the chicago cake, got the chicago bowling ball.
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the Austin one better be our as well.
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I asked her if she could run down to get the one here, but she took it in the ass instead!!!!
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HOLY FECKING SHIT!!!! http://tinyurl.com/dnm7v
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That totally messed up my lunch and my day. Well played sir.
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Apr 01, 2008 2:52:43 PM CDT
thanks Rodo... Now I don't feel like snacking anymore.
by buckys_kick_ass_arm
that wasn't cool dude
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Sure, it's not the best trailer, but it was still fecking awesome! ;) You have to agree.
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I see you and your wife at least have something in common...
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I'm betting it's the same odds that the guy is not a virgin.
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FAP FAP FAP AUGHGHGHGHGHGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHptoooooooo0i
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http://tinyurl.com/2xc9cs
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I live in West Virginia, and am avoiding all trailers for this movie, but I think this is whole business is badass. Keep it up Jokers.
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That fucking bowling bag better have a gat in it!
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There is a character created especially for you, his name is the Punisher.
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The Crenshaw Mafia has a package waiting for you in Torrence.
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How do a bunch of bowling bags add up to a trailer? Are they going to release the trailer after all of the bags have been recovered or what?
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The nerd patrol is a force to be reckoned with when they are out on nerd missions.
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We'll have the trailer by 3. The joke is that it's the trailer for Big Stan.
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Very cogent understanding and explanation of true Batman mythos. I only disagree on one point. Keaton, while far from the physical ideal, did a very good job with the Bruce Wayne persona -albeit in a Keatonish way (meaning with just a tad too much self-awareness and humor). But Bale owns the character and his duality now.
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Just a guess but my suspicions are that the people who recover these are going to be invited to some sort of sneak peek/premiere this week/end where the trailer will be shown. It may even be a screening of the film itself. From what I understand the next trailer is Harvey Dent focused and that we will see our first glimpse of Two-Face. I hope to God that the action figure that was shown at the Toy Fair and was said to be either Deadshot or Deathstroke is not in reality what Two-Face will look like.
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I just had to look.
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My complaint with Keaton's Bruce Wayne in the first film was Clark Kent in disguise. The character performance was better in Returns I felt. As far as Bruce Wayne goes in the 80s/90s franchise I felt Clooney did the best performance of Wayne but was also in the worst of the film franchise.
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my wife really thinks she should win something.....I left the phone on to see if anyone will call
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what's the deal with the packages?!?!?
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was running thru the motions. He must've needed the money at the time. He's done this in other films also but when he truly acts he generally does a good job.
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is going to screw everyone anyways because it still hasn't been claimed and it was one of the first ones up.
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I said it wasn't the trailer, meaning no one should look. I had to look just to post that link and I'm now scarred for life. But was it worth it? Probably not.
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Michael Keaton, whether or not he was physically right for the part (he wasn't), didn't portray the character right. Or it wasn't written right, or directed right, or all three. At least to me, it's important that he be a playboy - like in Year One, like in Batman Begins - not all brooding, all the time. Also, him acting the hero in Vicki Vale's apartment was so ridiculous.Though at the same time, the screenplay for the 89 Batman has a totally different feel. It's grittier; pretty awesome really. And he doesn't say "I'm Batman", as dumb-sounding line unfortunately repeated in Begins. I think Batman 89 is a mixed bag, almost literally, as Burton's aesthetic and Hamm's script simply don't mesh a lot of the time. Batman Returns is much better in that sense - at least it is truly a Tim Burton film, though as a Batman film it's not really how I prefer to see the character. Which isn't to say it's not a legit take ... the thing about comic book adaptations is there are lots of ways you can go with it and still be true to the source (if not the essence of the character always).
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If I could, I would fly there right now to claim it, knowing my luck it will be already claimed when I get there.
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was heavily rewritten from Hamm's original script. It was set up much better (altho i didn't care for Wayne wearing the utility belt pretty much all the time) and was to lead into the "Dark Knight Returns" horse riding scene and eventually produce Robin's origin.
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...called "viral marketing". This consists of making people believe that they have "discovered" something "special" in order to "enhance" their "advertising experience". This is often accompanied by douchebags like myself pedantically explaining "viral marketing" using way too many "quotes".
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Apr 01, 2008 3:37:21 PM CDT
At what point does Nolan run out of good villians?
by the winged doucheman
Penguin and Bane maybe, but could Mr. Freeze, Riddler, or Poison Ivy be taken seriously in Nolan's Gotham? Maybe I just have a bad memory of them because Schumacher gayed them up so badly. How about Batzarro or Egghead from the TV show?
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To clarify: The script is quite different from the movie in tone, and at times in detail.
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of how close the 2 San Paulo locations are to one another?
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Agreed.
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I think the Riddler (total psycho) and Poison Ivy (deranged environmentalist) could definitely be molded into Nolan's universe. Not so sure about the Penguin, Bane or Mr. Freeze.
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Won't be long now.
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Could be a disgruntled zamboni driver. By this time McG will have taken over as helmer for the series.
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WTF??? Why is everyone hoping to get a look at two-face. That pic from the bar scene has been on google for weeks...??? http://tinyurl.com/23lexe
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Meatspin is not Batman.
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If they stuck to the Knightfall novel.
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That's what I am thinking. Or hopefully a trailer.
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nobody picks up the other Brazil bag? Do they not release the trailer or do they have mercy and pretend somebody finally showed?
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...you JUST about got me fired. Thanks for that.
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Google Maps puts the two Brazil locations about 20 km apart. Seems reasonable, right?
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bag, bowling ball, cell phone, joker card, phone charger, evidence bag, note to call
the message said..."Thanks for calling Rent-A-Clown, we nowknow who you are, goodbye
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It is my understanding that an early treatment/plot had Dent winning the trial that put gang boss Oswald Cobblepot, known for wearing only black and white clothing, behind bars. This was to be a spearhead for him being elected Gotham DA. Orinally I thought this may the character M. A. Hall was playing but that doesn't seem to be the case.
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Maybe you shouldn't be...uh...working??? LMAO
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his best movie unquestionably, and it didn't feature his gothic shit, nor danny elfman. a fitting tribute to one of the most underrated filmmakers of allt time. i love plan 9, truly wood's magnum opus.
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If that is indeed the case you'd think that whoever got the checked off item would at least be able to find someone to retrieve the other. Not familiar with the area tho.
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There is no movie, it's just a conspiracy... Man!
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was ANYTHING like your own Rodo then he would have 2 things in common with you, now wouldn't he. (no offense meant to Adrian)
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the scavenger hunt might not actually be for anything? And that it's just an April Fool's joke? rofl.
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Anyone in San Fran?
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Yeah, at least something like that. And then the joke would be on the "gotta have it" eBay crowd that pay mega bucks for the items the reciever's put up for auction...Hmmm...I think I know where that old bowling ball is...and purple and green spray paint ain't all that expensive...please excuse me for awhile...
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And then what?
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Riddler seems tailor made for the Nolan version of the Batman universe. The great thing about what Nolan is doing is that he can keep bringing back previous characters, he has established a rogues gallery that doesn't necessarily have to die at the end of each film. But yeah, Riddler, Penguin, Hugo Strange, Bane, Catwoman, Mr. Zsasz, etc. could all be handled pretty realistically. Which is more than enough villains to choose from for the third film, and more if they choose.
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Somebody in Portland cheated!
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If it took you this long to come to that conclusion then the reguritation had nothing to do with the viewing of the film.
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will I click on one of those tiny URL's, my trust has been betrayed by AIC TBers
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How so?
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Was the end of Begins.
[p]"I'm not going to kill you...but I don't have to save you."[/p]
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http://www.slashfilm.com/2008/04/01/dark-knight-viral-clown-travel-agencys-bowling-ball-scavenger-hunt/#comment-256726
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I disagree. Two words: Shark repellent.
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I don't know why that link wasn't working, but the comment on there was:
BringtheRain Says:
April 1st, 2008 at 2:20 pm
Update from Portland -
My wife went to a bowling alley that we thought would be likely for the contest. The clerk said she couldn’t help her with the scavenger hunt — then quickly went to the bathroom.
My wife sat in front of the lockers until the contest uploaded the Portland address.
At about 2:03, the Web site uploaded, and she was indeed at the right alley.
But the locker was already empty. There is no way anyone else emptied that locker between when she got there and when the Web site uploaded — it was already gone. -
was in the first season of the Animated Series. It was a two-parter aptly titled "Two-Face." Definitely the best episode of the Animated Series. It really captures the duality of Dent's personality. It's available on DVD, I believe.
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or now former employee.. Well so what, everything will be be over soon.
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there are "spaces" which appear as "%20" (no quotation marks) which have to be deleted then the link works fine. So...someone stole from the Joker, eh...hilarious
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Your link was right, you just have to delete the spaces in them that AICN TB software automatically puts into it so that people don't "break" talks backs with one huge 50000 letter word.
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I just wanted to add that Zsasz was already in Batman Begins if you want to talk about tying in future movies
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I wonder how the Pasadena item was retrived as there were numerous reports that the bowling alley was shutdown as recently as last night and no one could gain entrance.
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The writer makes a good case for the superiority of Burton's film:
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Right when it went to Superman scale with the save-the-whole-city-at-once nonsense. It was much more satisfying to me when it was smaller scale, as Batman should be.Sucks they can't bring the Joker back, like EVER. He's by far the best Bat-villain, and at least from the previews, this version looks compelling.
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And noir-style Batman in general should check out Batman: Broken City. It's a 5-issue arc done by the guys who write/draw 100 Bullets. Genius.
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That guy lost me as soon as he asserted that Bruce Wayne hanging upside down - THE lamest moment in the entire movie - resonated with him more than anything in Begins.
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I'm getting the feeling though that they'll all be told to wait for some lame phone call or email though.Props to whoever said that this would be done at 3:00pm. It's 2:45, west coast time and looks to be all wrapped up soon. I'd love a promo pic of the Joker flipping the bird with the caption: "April fools!" Or a Nicholson Joker pic! ROFL!
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Zsasz was actually in Batman Begins, btw. Crane has him transferred to his psych ward, and he escapes in the narrows. I think Scarface would actually make a great Nolan villain, since he's a very psychological character. The Jeph Loeb version of Catwoman would also be awesome, although I never really counted her as a true villain.
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Why can't they bring the Joker back? I realize that Ledger's passing may constitute a "firm" passing of the character from the franchise to some but that has never stopped companies like Warner's before and I have doubt that it will slow them in this instance. Besides rumor has it that the Joker will become more of his "truer" self due to an incident toward the ending of the film so change could be Nolanristically explained if that is indeed the case.
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was a guy on the SHH boards. he bribed a maintenance guy, then moments later somebody else from the boards got there and was pissed
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what in tarnation is this madness? is there a trailer or not? people running around picking up bowling balls and cell phones? what the frack is going on?
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That guy lost me as soon as he asserted that Batman should be a rapist. Well, different strokes for different folks I guess. :(
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So stupid (but thanks for posting--definitely sparks good debate). The author thinks Katie Holmes is the best part of Batman Begins!??!!!??!
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"I don't think I saw anything in Batman Begins that resonated as deeply for me as that scene in the original of Vicki Vale waking up and seeing her lover Bruce Wayne hanging upside down on his chin-up bars... like a bat." OH he was hanging upside down like a BAAAT. I GET IT!!! Thanks for pointing that out! The scene was so fucking subtle that I never would have made that parallel by myself!
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I realize Zsasz was in Begins, but as he was basically a cameo he could definitely be used as a more full fleshed villain in the future. The article that deathbird posted is well written, but I get the sense it is written by someone whose only exposure to Batman beyond the films is the Dark Knight Returns. Which is one of my favorite graphic novels and clearly an inspiration for Burton's version, but it is a pretty radical take on the character. The author seems to think Batman has more thematic substance when he kills, rapes, and sleeps hanging upside down, and to me that shows a pretty blatant misunderstanding of the character. If he prefers that version then fair enough, but he goes as far as to say that this portrayal is "definitive" when in reality is is wildly divergent.
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I would like to see recurring villains but in a movie sense it seems unpractical. I mean, perhaps as a side character or a cameo it'd work but I don't think warner brothers would allow for 2 comic book movies not connected by story arc to fight the same villain.
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an image of an 18 wheeler (trailer) with the words "The Dark Knight" and the release date emblazened upon it. Oh the humanity...
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when the clown prince of crime was just a two bit mafia henchman who liked to dance to Prince songs. Oh wait, that was also the crap Batman '89.
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All the combos are up as well!
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8 alleys in vegas I hav people at 6
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When Alfred brought Bruce milk and cookies in the bat cave. Oh wait...
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Get your act together. We're waiting.
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The locker numbers and combos are up though.
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red rock lanes is covered
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Batman and Robin use helicopter (or airplane doors) as surfboards...wait...that was just a bad dream right?
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Salt Lake City. Unless a big fanboy sends all his wives out at once.
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when Vicki Vale, Lt. Eckhart, and Alexander Knox were in it. Oh wait, that was the crap Batman '89.
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in the banner ad. Its James Dean.
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when Harvey Dent was black.Oh wait, that was the crap Batman '89.
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when 'A Tim Burton Film' appeared in the opening credits. Oh wait...
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Crane/Scarecrow is listed as a character in TDK, so he will be in two movies. Maybe the Joker kills him early in the film, like Dooku in ROTS.
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Multiple wives ftw.
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WAKE UP!!!
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Apr 01, 2008 5:12:04 PM CDT
Feel free to thank me for getting the one in Pasadena, TX.
by thebearovingian
Seriously, worship me profusely.
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What's up with this?
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Gone. There were like 10 guys there.
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He just uses his shark repelent
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Taking forever to load!
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You broke the site
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loading....
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BRING IT!
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THE ANTICIPATION IS UNBEARABLE.
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I think I'm dying! Save me Jesus!
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http://tinyurl.com/2693pz
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all items are accountedfor...please keep your seats in the upright position and be aware of the no smoking signs...thank you for flying flight 401 out of Gotham...
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when Alfred let Vicki Vale waltz right into the batcave as Bruce sat at the monitors.
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loading...Damn you, Chris Nolan's viral henchmen!
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If there is nothing on here and it had all of us in awe all day!
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http://batman.wiki bruce.com/Clowntravelagency.com
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...when they used ANIMATION the first time you see Batman. Oh wait... (this game could go on forever!)
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The Joker had a parade set to the funky music of Prince...no that was crap Batman '89 also.
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The Joker shot down the Batplane with a handgun. Oh wait, that was Batman '89 also.
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...what's wrong with you?!
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wonder if somebody tried to cheat on that one?
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The actor who played Mr. Freeze was credited in the credits before the actor who played Batman... Oh, wait. That was Batman & Robin, my bad.
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Finally
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Thats where I am at
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acmesecuritysystems.com/delos
put in your information -
go to www.acmesecuritysytems.com/delos
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Just sitting there...wtf?
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'Cause I aint doing that
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www (dot)acmesecuritysystems(dot)com/delos Apparently the password is:needle.
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if you can get it to load that is...
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Aaaaaaaaaarrrrgh!!
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I typed this.
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load, dammit!
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geek overload
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Suck my balls Acme Security!
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You had the best one -- the shark repellent! That movie is hilariously bad... on purpose too! Imagine!
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At GIJoe.com. Go there and stay away from the damn Acme Security site. Y'all are clogging the server with your falseness.
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Apr 01, 2008 5:31:15 PM CDT
now instead of server too busy i'm getting server not found
by murricane
well fuck, i pretty much waited in awe all day for nothing?
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And gotham knight, quit it. You screw up the game when you actually try to post reasons that Begins jumped the shark.
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Ras al Ghul being his mentor - yeah the Joker thing is worse, but the Ras al Ghul thiAND they had to have the actual killer in the movie too. I know it's "From the comic book" but Joe Chill or whatever his name is is better as a faceless stand-in ... Batman is taking revenge against all criminals partially cause he never could get revenge on the guy who actually did it.
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but my voicemail took it! now i can't get back on...arrgg
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But I've been excited all day none the less. Cocktease.
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anyone else call the number on the home page?
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It just would be kind of awkward, with Ledger being dead, especially if he gives the amazing performance people are saying he did.
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i was gonna leave a message, but i didnt see a point.
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He beat the reflective lenses of Spider-Man by almost 20 years. I wish they'd quit with the Bat-Eye-Holes
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fucking nerds
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has anyone actually got to the acme page yet with this mass exodus of people to one website?
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Felatio?
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Next time, spend less money on bowling balls and more on bandwidth.
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Call could not be executed twice and about 20 Server is too busy.
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told them I had their bowling ball and was awiting further instruction....
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I keep getting "Call Could Not Be Connected."
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and reporting anything suspicious. No trailer for 2 weeks.Lets's get back to why Batman '89, er.. Begins jumped the shark.
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I'll still see the movie, but I'll buy a ticket for something else and sneak over. TAKE THAT, WARNERS!!!!
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It would have been great if the reward for going to the location stated on the website was some dude dressed in a rented clown costume (not the Joker costume, just, like, some generic clown costume) smacks you in the face with a fish, and says "Congratulations! You're a fucking nerd!" and then drives away in his clown car.
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For the record, I went to the bowling alley in CV - I only live a few minutes from it as it turns out. And the guy who searched online for any CV bowling alleys was right: Apparently, that was the ONLY one in town.
Anyway, there was a group of ner-- I mean people there, and they told me someone had already gotten it. So if the dude who got the ball just didn't call the number (or knowing Chula Vistans, probably just used it to call Tijuana instead,) is the one who may have mucked up the Travel Agency screen. -
what did your phone call tell you to do?
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call could not be executed
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we could all have dial up
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awesome. i love how i've been sitting on this talkback all day waiting for heath ledger to rise from the grave or some shit.
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Apr 01, 2008 5:47:47 PM CDT
Christian Bale chopped off my boner with a bat shaped throwing s
by bombadils_bane10
OUCH!!!
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That was good. You and gotham night have me 'bout to piss my pants right now laughing. The fish smack would've been great if it ended with: "April fools!"
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"service unavailable"
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Jack got caught fucking Mick Jagger's 2nd wife...wait...
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http://tinyurl.com/2dnyny
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They're Batman.
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when it had Vicki Vale be a lame Lois Lane newspaper love interest rip-off. (vv/ll) Oh wait, that was the crap Batman '89.
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if you haven't gotten your call turn the ringer to "vibrate", like a "joy buzzer"...
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aside from the origin in asia. michael caine as alfred should just FUCK OFF. Michael Gough was the best Alfred there ever was. and that whole part of bale gagging/vomitting to show how scared he is, i dont need to see that sick shit, save it for jackass part 3 not a superhero movie.
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wasn't worth all the hubbub though.. what are these nutjobs thinking? having your customers go through a major pain in the ass to view a trailer for your movie doesn't seem like good marketing to me. I actually find it annoying and quite a turn off to seeing the film
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I'm guessing this only for those that got the phones today.
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lies, you didn't see the trailer.
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When they cut the scene of batman fighting Bob the henchman from the final edit of the film. Oh wait that was crappy batman '89 and the batman cards I collected as a child had pictures of them fighting. As a kid I was like "what the fuck? Why does he drop the knife and run away in the movie?"
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but my brother answered with "hello?" first and it ended. -_-;;
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when it had Carl Grissom played by Jack Palance.Oh wait, that was the crap Batman '89.
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I've gotten to the phone thing twice now, how are you entering your phone number? I entered it with the dash and it said could not execute, then with the whole number area code and all as one number. I want a phone call!!
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To have all of us assholes sitting here for hours with our thumbs up our asses while they close down the servers and laugh 'till they piss themselves.
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first i did one long number (5555555555) then i did 555-555-5555. both could not execute.
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I shit you not. The call will come in before the page loads saying "AUTHORIZING". I took a screen grab of the authorization screen, will post soon.
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when they even had a character called Bob the Goon and lines like: "And Bob remember.. you-uh- are my number one, ah-guy!".Oh wait, that was the crap Batman '89.
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I got a call, finally, from a 000-000-0000, I said needle, I go back to my browser, and all I have is this image.
http://acmesecuritysystems.com/delos/images/waiting.jpg
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"phones are busy, please try again later"
fuck you WB -
make sure you check the "nomexistant" selection as the country for the "555" area code. That may have been the problem.
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JIM GORDOM JUST CALLED ME AND LOGGED MY IP!!!
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i got a murder boner.
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with Commissioner Gordon saying I was either on his side or the Jokers, or something like that, and that they have my name and details.
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Apr 01, 2008 6:13:43 PM CDT
I'm a new police recruit or a douchebag criminal
by the winged doucheman
According to the commish. Either way they have my info.
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I hope I get some sort of email, that was rather lame. Gotham Police calls you, says you're either going to jail or you're their new recruit. And then if that doesn't spoil your hopes of something cool, it ends with "Oh... Have A Great Day!" Better get something cool in my email soon or I'll be pretty pissed.
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From Jim Gordon. Basically, you're being used by Gotham PD, as they can now pin some kind of charges on you, given your obvious involvement with the criminal element. "They'll be in touch".
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It's a call from Gordon. Pretty bad ass, apparently I'm his newest recruit. Bad ass.
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First off it was a woman saying Hello and then it was a man's voice saying it was Jim Gordon "Not the voice you were expecting" and he said that they have my name, number (can;'t remember if he said email) and computer id and "In short, we have you" and that I mught either be prosecuted for aid a dangerous criminal or I would have to work for them. Then he said they'd be in touch
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they're going to turn on our webcams just to watch us wet ourselves.
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A crummy phone call? I know it's April Fools and all, but I figured it would be something more.
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Or just an old man?
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Cuz it didn't much sound like him to me. But basically, as everyone can see, he tells you that "we have you," and that you're going to jail for engaging in a criminal enterprise, or you're working for him. It was...eerily lame? I don't know, we'll see if the web page "authorizes" me.
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there are numbers that pop up. I don't know what they mean.
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I wonder if they'll charge me as Im in the UK?, maybe thats the joke your phone bill! or maybe they give our details to terrorists?
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When I picked up, I said NEEDLE! A few seconds later, a woman spoke. "This is Acme Security Systems. Please wait while we prepare voice authentication." Then I said NEEDLE again. Then Jim fucking Gordon came on the phone saying "We have your name, we have your phone number, we have your IP." At this point, I was giggling hysterically. He continued saying something about whether you're a criminal or not, but they'll be in touch. Oh, and HAVE A NICE DAY!
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Harvey Bullock dammit!!!!???
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Actually, no... Falconi>Grissom.1. Wilkinson is a far better actor than Palance. 2. He's meaner and more realistic as a mob boss. 3. Falconi is from the comics, Grissom isn't.
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The relectant drunken hero to Martin Lawrence's...Martin Lawrence.
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Arthur Fonzarelli water-ski-jumped over those sharks... oh wait, that was Happy Days.
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It turned out Cloverfield sucked. But it made a mint, so, I guess I suck.
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not. Shitty bandwiths. Maybe they have just one callmachine or something as stupid.
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dont you just love wasting time.
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Joker defaces a museum to the tune of a Prince song..oh wait that was Batman '89
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when everyone started talking about jumping the shark. best part of the trailer are the rivers of flowing chocolate that the children are playing in
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Apr 01, 2008 6:30:15 PM CDT
Our customers ended up paying for this circle jerk of my time
by the winged doucheman
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There was a phone number you could call and it said that you were now being tracked by some kind of theocratic morality militia and would be going to jail for thought-crime. Totally corny, but kinda fun in a comic book-y over the top pop-Orwell way.
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Is when Tracy Morgan plays a rip-off of Professor X. No wait that was some movie no one saw.
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he said this talk back jumped the shark.
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What did all the fags at superherohype uncover? A phone call? Gay.
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peopel started complaining that this talkback jumped the shark when people started talking about jumping the shark!
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I'm still considering those numbers at the end to be a clue. to what I have no idea.
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Apr 01, 2008 6:34:26 PM CDT
It's past midnight in the UK, so will a mobile phone number work
by william landis
My parents will be mightily perplexed if a voice actor pretending to be Gary Oldman pretending to be a fictional Police Commissioner rings up the house at this hour. Oh, I wish I knew how to work these interwebs... I want a purple-and-green bowling ball dammit!
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somebody decided to actually make it. This monumental decision took less then 5 minutes to make. Ironically, writing the script took even less time. It was shot in a weekend. Nobody saw it. Every 10 year old in the world will know it by heart when it comes out on dvd in two weeks.
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I just wanted a fucking taste Warner Bros. A little taste of new shit.
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Keep in mind, of course, that you can also head to the regular Acme Security Systems homepage (the URL you've already hit, minus the "delos"), and call their toll-free number. You can leave a message there, but who knows what, if anything will come of it...
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rofl
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Is Acme Security System's best customer
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We were thinking it'd be the joker. Gordon got us.
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AshesOfDonnie pointed out that people started complaining that this talkback jumped the shark when people started talking about jumping the shark!
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I actually jumped that fuckin' shark! YEAH!!! GEDD DOO DAH CHAHHPPAH!!! DOO EED NOW!!! ID NOD A DUMOR!!! ID NOD A DUMOR AD ALL!!! etc.
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...my head just blew up reading your post.
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Viral Marketing sucks when you already know the ending. Viral Marketing worked for Cloverfield becaue we had no idea what it was. Viral Marketing doesn't work for TDK because we know what it is and we want it now.
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he asked "Why So Serious?"
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seeing this recent trend towards viral marketing that has infected hollywood, one must ask, who is to blame for all this shit?
well i think the answer is clear, it's laserpants. that cock sucker is behind this whole thing, you mark my words people. noone and i mean noone walks around with a name like laserpants who isn't up to some shit. this is his doing. -
It used lame and ultimately pointless viral marketing. Oh wait, that was TDK..
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Laserpants said it in arnold scwartz.
I actually jumped that fuckin' shark! YEAH!!! Get Too The Choppper!!! Do It Now!!! It's not a Tumor!!! It's not a Tumor at all!!! etc. -
try entering your phone number with dashes, instead of without. Assuming you didn't do that the first time. 'cause the first time I didn't put any dashes, and I got that, and the second time I put 'em in, and I got the call (which is amusing, not really worth the wait, though). Alternatively, just keep trying, and it'll probably go through eventually.
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Not 1 or 2 or 3..
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What else were you going to do with your day? Watch Star Trek?
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why the fuck do you think there are so many posts?
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i didn't use dashes and i got the call. took me four or five tries though.
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Well... then ignore me.
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I don't watch Star Trek but I did loose valuable internet porn time.
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because when he was physically able, Harry jumped the shark. i know it's hard to believe, that a man as rotund as Harry could jump a shark, but he did it. somehow this act makes the large amount of posts his fault.
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While the commish was talking. That woman who "verified me" sounded hot. I'd like to Needle HER. HAYOH!
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Those flashing numbers (156.05 156.10 156.27 156.35) don't seem to be a clue. They're crimes. If the Gotham City Penal Code follows NY State law, that's Unauthorized use of a computer, Computer trespass, Computer tampering in the first degree, and Criminal possession of computer related material respectively. (http://ypdcrime.com/penal.law/article156.htm)
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All that anticipation for a prerecorded phone call. Everyone knows the movie is coming out and we're all excited about it. Warner should have just put that advertising money either into the movie itself, or uinto sending everyone a free poster or something. Stupid.
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And said now I've got your info on my database mothafucka! Allright. I'm gonna see what else is going on. Out.
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though I wonder if we might get an email down the road from this...hmmm
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wow. good catch.
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i want that press kit!
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Does this acmesecurity thing ever finish authorizing???
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http://tinyurl.com/2alj56
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best thing i've ever seen in my life....trailer looks fantastic, can't wait
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"Kick Batman in the Nards"
"Batman doesn't have nards!"
-Kick to nards-
"Batman's got nards!" -
I think this is for a movie preview because I saw a local address in the background once I clicked the letter and its a popular movie theatre.
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OOOOeeeeOOOOeeeeeOOOOOeeeeOOOO
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you heard it here first folks, i'll sign autographs when you are baffled by my future telling abilities
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when the city of Boston came to a red-alert standstill because of a viral marketing campaign for ATHF.
And I said I wouldn't post in this talkback again... by the way, it's april fool's, did anyone have the bowling balls to put someone else's phone number in there? -
they got Michael Caine to play Alfred.
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Here's a video of us discovering the bowling ball in Salt Lake City, UT:
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is the call from Gordon the last of the April Fool's shenanigans, or is there anymore out there that people have found?
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"video removed by user."
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I know you NorthAmericans (since I'm an American too, I live in Chile and this IS America, damn it! lol) are used to this kinda stuff... but something like this rarely works outside of your little world.
So when this time I actually GOT the fuckin call, I just freaked out lol this is the first time (I think) something like this includes my country, and it was fuckin awesome, even if it lead up to almost nothing... but the fact that it worked at least promises more things to come.
So... good job, viral mktg deparment!!! thanks from Chile!!!
(yeah, I know this sounded incredibly third-world-ish, but at least I hope my english ain't that bad =P) -
I wrote down the numbers to check out...but thanks! So an April Fools after all...or the new trailer hits at midnight or something?
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Adama shaved off his mustache... oh... wait...
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when they put that guy from Arliss in it.
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when they put B-Rabbit's mom in it as a Lois Lane wannabe. Oh wait, that was the crap Batman '89.
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when they put Lando Calrissian in it as a black Harvey Dent.Oh wait, that was the crap Batman '89.
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when they put Beetlejuice/Mr. Mom in as Batman.Oh wait, that was the crap Batman '89.
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when they put Melvin Udall in it as a fat mid 50's pervet old uncle version of the Joker, and gave him top billing.Oh wait, that was the crap Batman '89.
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when they had Batman stand still why thugs shot him square in the chest
Oh wait, that was the crap Batman '89 -
I just watched the most um, visceral film that I've ever seen. It's Burton's Sweeney Todd, and I won't give anything away to any of you. I know you like to go into a movie all tabula rosa and shit. Just know this: this movie had the single most graphic and cruel scene of murder that i've ever seen. The art direction and costuming are great. I can give a fuck about a musical, but the Deppster (as he prefers I call him) is just swell in this one, and that wierd boney chick from all those british period dramas was good as well, although the breast count in this one is zero. What the fuck, Lady? Your shit don't stink? Show us the goodies, you heartless bitch.
fuckin' bitches, Man. -
they put him in a suit where he couldn't move his fucking neck. Oh, wait. That was every fucking Batman movie ever made.
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when you couldnt understand what the shit was going on in those fights. Oh wait, Batman 89 had good fights that shat all over Boredom Begins.
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http://youtube.com/watch?v=X0UJaprpxrk if you don't believe me.
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BraneRobot no one is going to stop a movie just because you have an irrational fear of death. What do you think they should do "o he is dead lets make it like he never existed because people might know that people die".
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Hmmm... where should I begin?
Tim Burton's '89 Batman jumped the shark when: THE JOKER (excuse me for the INACCURACY, JACK NAPIER) killed Thomas and Martha Wayne; The Joker was given a real name- Jack Napier; Jack Palance was cast in an important role; Alexander Knox made his idiotic "long lens" joke; Alexander Knox made his idiotic "Bruce Vain" joke at Wayne Manor; Alexander Knox actually tried to get on record what Batman was making after taxes with the GCPD; there was no mention of The Red Hood; Batman/Bruce Wayne wasn't even so much as granted a decent origin sequence (was there one in the film? Last I checked, I DOUBT IT); Batman KILLED the Joker; Harvey Dent was played by a black actor; Commissioner Gordon was played by a FAT guy who DIDN'T wear glasses; Batman needed to be rescued by VICKI VALE from being unmasked by a couple of lowly thugs... need I go on? -
The voice at the end, the one that wished me a Great Day... it didn't sound like Gordon. I could sweat it sounded way more like the Joker's.
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Last I checked, the fight sequences in Batman Begins actually looked realistic whereas the ones in Burton's crap-factory looked like utter garbage. "Boredom Begins?" What, a film that actually grants Batman/Bruce Wayne an outstanding origin is boring? I've heard it before from other short-attention-span, action extravaganza/blockbuster worshipping nimrods who don't know a great film when they see one. Get bent.
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With Two faces on it. Given to him ages ago by his father. We all have two faces. Some aren't as easy too hide.
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Frank Miller darkened Bats before anyone else. When you say the source material isn't getting respect- Just what age and source material are you referring too. Sad to see you guy slam each other over a fucking movie! One guy make his brother read all the comics book the other guy picks up a script and likes enough of what he reads to shot the film. come On man... Tell it like it is. Burton didn't read a comic book and go "Oh wow man... I gotta make that into a movie!" He read a script... You fans sound really lost in your own brand of bullshit. TDK already homages 89's Joker Vs Batman in alley scene..
I hope Nolan get the next one done soon, cause I still hope to see Clint Eastwood as a much older "I don't give a fuck" batman of the future! Millers comic is too campy in The Dark Knight Returns but if they can somehow rework it. I think it would be a great film. It has to be a whole new reinvent. Worlds different from Nolan's offering.. -
And I was fairly close (only 3 miles away when the address was posted), but there were plenty of people when I got there, and someone had already gotten it. BUT, the guy who did get it was really gracious and sent me some pictures from the movie that he procured that haven't been released yet, they're fucking amazing and I wish I could show them to you but like I said, they're unreleased and I don't want to get sued! AHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAAH! Actually, I'm still sad I didn't get it... sniffle.
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...and all we got was a phone message? Release the damn trailer...
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Now, if you go back to the list, they ask you to log into ACME security systems. You're instructed to give your phone number and there's a password you're told to give, but my FUCKING PHONE IS NOT WORKING!!! ARGGH!! Could someone log into ACME, get the call, and tell me what I'm missing, please? The password is needle.
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I need this trailer like a blue-balled man needs a whore.
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Gordon? That's it? Where is our third trailer?
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There should have been a tribute line in Batman 89 where the Joker says, "But the DA is a n**ger!" LOL. I'm not racist...just laughing at all the "Harvey was black!!!" comments.
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"I don't give a fuck if I shit my pants. Nurse! Nurse!"
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But it's not a trailer, at least so far as I can see. You can click on a little space on the manila envelope.
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Holy shit! I live in Latin America too and I tried a couple of times. Then just gave up thinking it was for USA only! I should've trust the wonder that is TDK marketing!! Fuck Im so jealous heh
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Way to come ridiculously late to the party....:)
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Apr 02, 2008 9:01:30 AM CDT
As someone who likes Batman comics, while not giving a shit abou
by david cloverfield
I prefer Burton's Batman, but TDK may convince me otherwise. Great online campaign too.
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i gave it a try, and got the call on my cell here in South Africa! nice to see someone accepts that there are people outside of the USA and let us participate for a change!! smart message, go for it!
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does anyone know if the circled words mean or add up to anything?
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that no one from this site has posted anything about the Clown Travel Agency website from the Dark Knight viral campaign that they teased us with the other day. You can find all the details at this site. http://tinyurl.com/yslcna
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Batman was already a “dark” character. Miller did bring a certain maturity to the medium and channeled that maturity specifically through the character but Batman was always a relatively dark and moody hero. As to the supposed homage to ’89 Batman in TDK, how do you figure? That scene looks and plays nothing like Burton’s Batman, where Bats actually tries to gun down and even launches missiles at the Joker. The scene shown from TDK is a much different scenario, with the Joker using a realistic weapon and possessing a suicidal disposition, taunting Batman to run him over while Batman shows restraint by neither hitting him with the cycle nor using its weapons. I guess, superficially, I can see the comparison but to call it an homage seems like a stretch, unless you’re asserting that Burton’s film was the first in history to ever include such a scene. Even if Nolan loosely adapted the scene as a nod to Burton, I hardly see how that would, in and of itself, validate everything else that was wrong with Burton’s film.
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Go work on your trash site and leave the rest of us alone.
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It's not butter.
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Heath Ledger is dead?
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suck so much ass. YOu guys are gonna be so fucking OWNED when Prince Caspian rules Summmer 08!
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This is crazy! I found this through a buddy whose a huge fan. Dial (443) 910-1030 and ask for Andre. He is British and very funny and will tell you what to do to find the next clue.
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burton cast a young johnny depp in the role of the joker. holy cow.
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I sincerely hope that was an attempt, however feeble, at being funny and ironic.
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....knows nothing. But I found this which could be a new viral site to add to the list. http://tinyurl.com/23lexe
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I sincerly hope that was an attempt be an ass. It worked, you fucking pickle sniffer!
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if terrence howard is in this, im gonna cry,....HE's in EVERYTHING now!@
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What's his deal? He said something to me with numbers, then then call dropped. I tried to go back and call and it was disconnected. Anyone know the numbers? Fucking Warner Bro!
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check out the link over at dark horizons
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Fucking keyboard. anyway when will AICN post the new pics?
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Don't forget to drink your ovaltine!
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I just wish I had remembered to go online before work yesterday. I would have liked to get a bowlingball. That would have been cool.
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http://www.lyricis.fr/cinema-dvd-serie/batman-the-dark-knight-photos-exclusives-du-joker/
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sorry, i copy pasted the link, but it added a space in the word knight. remove that space so the link will work.
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Is a friend of "Biff" who is now getting crank called all the time because of this post.
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If the link still doesn't work, just go to www.comicbookmovie.com. Joker in a dress with a machinegun (shudder).
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What are the number's that he gives at the voicemail? I raeched it one and it is a date i think
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Nolan is obviously aware of the criticisms of the fighting in Batman Begins. That is why they have revamped the action for TDK, Nolan has sited Michael Mann as his biggest influence for the action scenes in TDK.
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Apr 02, 2008 3:37:00 PM CDT
wow, I can't believe someone leaked the special pictures i got
by iamnicksaicnsn
I'm so surprised... coughnotcough. Jeez, but seriously, what an ass, I mean, we got these pics out of kindness.
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just a pistol of some sort with a silencer and an extended clip.
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15,83,12, and more to follow tonight. Does that mean anything?
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15,83,12, and more to follow tonight. Does that mean anything?
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i keep getting a busy signal. has anyone else gotten through?
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That's the numbers i got. I have no idea what it means...
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can also be found here. http://tinyurl.com/yslcna -Fuck you, Warners.
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in the hospital bed behind the Joker?
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The Joker in a nurse's uniform! Fantastic!
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yeah, i think so. so far pics are true to some of the spoilers i read.
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you honestly think they gave them out of kindness thinking you would keep them to yourself?
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Where's the trailer? So this is kinda like Snakes on the mutha fuck'n Plane marketing.
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And I do mean off.
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It wasn't a Warners guy who sent us the pictures, it was just a regular joe-schmoe, the guy who got to the bowling ball first. He sent us the pictures since he felt bad for beating us to it.
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Apr 02, 2008 8:49:06 PM CDT
I FOR ONE AM GLAD THAT I AM NOT SEEING A TON OF INDY 4 FOOTAGE
by proman1984
don't want the movie ruined for me by th emarketing. These people know the movie will be by far the biggest one this year so they don't need to advertize too much.
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Probably in a Moore or Miller version if he was...
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Apr 03, 2008 12:47:57 AM CDT
Stop your bitching until the movie comes out, jeez some people..
by quigonnjin&tonic
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no the fights sucked ass, stop defending shit. i said the origin in asia was good, the rest of it stunk, only without the namecalling. here's how i picture the conversation went
DP: pull back, the framing is shit!
director:but i want to be IN the action
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This has gone far enough. I'm am going to keep posting in every talkback about why most of you are ridiculous. First, rent "A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints". Second, he CARRIED Transformers and Disturbia. Disturbia made $80 mil domestically. Think about that. Substitute anyone in that role and it is unwatchable. Finally, he has one second of dialogue in that spot and you can tell it's good. So stop, it's desperate.
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Because he's dressed as a fucking nurse. That's why the blonde hair/WIG. Pay attention man. He's got a bloody dress on.
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He said he was late picking up his boyfri, er, "ward" -- aptly named Dick -- from school. He then started to giggle about his tiny green speedoes and Nambla. Then he started crying. I recommended therapy. He told me "I AM THE NIGHT!" and hung up.
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Him say -- "GED DOO DAH CHAHHPPAH!!! DO EED NOW!!! IDS NOD A DUMOR!!! IDS NOD A DUMOR AD ALL!!!!"
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THE CALL IS COMING FROM INSIDE THE HOUSE!!! OH NOES!!!!
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He apologized for his awful Batman movies and said he would like to suck Nolan's cock, but was broke at the moment and couldn't afford to pay Nolan to let him. He thought he might be able to scrape together some cash to eat a bowl of Nolan's poop, however. He then put on pancake clown makeup ala Robert Smith of The Cure and acted like a goth retard to really gratingly awful Danny Elfman score.
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