1) Johnny Depp is playing Tonto in an upcoming Lone Ranger remake. This is apparently not a joke.

"But why do you want Tonto the Indian?"2) Where exactly did Gotham Cable News get the capital to start a 24-hour cable news station? (America doesn't have government-sponsored TV in the same model as, say, the BBC.) One gathers that the major ( Read more... )

There is a Batman anonymous kinkfic request thread gathering prompts and fic (apparently this is called a "meme" because nobody knows what the word "meme" means anymore). I think I'm kind of doing it wrong because I'm just fascinated by reading through the requests and seeing what sort of things people think are too weird to ask fandom for without ( Read more... )

( Things about Casablanca and also additionally about, um, Batman )

( again with The Dark Knight )

Me:  "So, do you think Heath Ledger's going to get a posthumous Oscar?"

My younger brother:  "...I would be surprised if they nominated anyone else.  I mean."