I have lots of horribly delayed posts, but there’s been so much Bat-news, and we all know I’m batty for Bats, so I couldn’t resist.

In choosing the format of the post, I have gone for the path of least incoherence. Least does not mean that there isn’t a lot of squeaky prose and exclamation marks below.

BatfleckAnother thing which is not a secret ( Read more... )

This one is going to be complicated because Batman vs Superman is linked to 9 films by 8 people.

( Network diagram below )

Spoilers throughout.

The case for the prosecution:Batman vs Superman is a film that doesn't seem to know who at least 3 of it's characters are. When one of the three is your co-headliner, that's a problem. This is no diss on Henry Cavill, who is excellent whenever he gets to play Clark Kent, the big blue Boy Scout we know and love. But there ( Read more... )

Batman vs Superman was two, maybe two and a half good films, frankensteined into one that doesn't quite work.

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Where you can see what it's aiming for and it's failing miserably. As opposed to that other thing it does, where it fails miserably and you can't figure out what they're up to (the Clare Lynch debacle*). I'm not sure what's worse.

( The worst of it was, the wrestling was good, it was the everything else that had issues )

Not actually news to anyone, but a nice example of lies, damn lies and statistics - Business Insider - Here Are The Tricks That Fox News Uses To Manipulate Statistics On Its Graphics ( Read more... )

Finally saw Dark Knight Rises. I loved it. I also love you all for not spoiling me. Especially for that thing. Or the other thing. Or the other other thing.

I mean, I can see why lots of people I know didn't like it. It's a very Nolan film. ( Although (general spoilers for the rest of his films )