In deciding which is better…

…between THE AVENGERS and THE DARK KNIGHT RISES, one has to remember that while THE AVENGERS may be better than THE DARK KNIGHT RISES, THE DARK KNIGHT is a better movie than THE AVENGERS, and is still the greatest comic-to-screen adaptation ever made. So, Batman wins.

Nerds on the Rocks #65

‘Sounds and Sounds Edition’.

I host this weeks episode of Nerds on the Rocks as we talk about movie scores and soundtracks. Click the link to listen or subscribe to the show on itunes!

http://nerdsontherocks.com/nerds-rocks-65-sounds-sounds-edition

comicsalliance:

ComicsAlliance Reviews ‘The Dark Knight’ (2008), Part 4

Chris: Welcome back to Cinematic Batmanology and our extensive review of The Dark Knight, everyone! In our last installment (one, two, three), a whole lot of bad things happened to a whole lot of good people. Rachel Dawes has been killed, Batman’s faith in his mission has been shaken, Harvey Dent has been scarred in more ways than one, and we’ve all realized that a normal jail is nowhere near up to the task of containing the Joker.

David: Most importantly, the Batmobile has lost its wheel and the Joker got away, hey!

Andy: The death of Rachel closes a subplot that’s been lingering since the end of the first film, which is the nature of Bruce vs. Batman. As Katie Holmes, Rachel looked Bruce right in the face and said, “The man I fell in love with never came back.” At times in this film she wanted to believe that Bruce was still in there, but by letting Dent perpetrate his ruse, Bruce proved to Rachel that he is the Batman before anything else. Rachel made her call, as she explained in that devastating letter that Alfred cannot allow Bruce to read. Without Rachel as his anchor back to the real world and with Dent on the precipice of doom, Bruce seems pretty well locked in to his destiny as Batman.

Chris: That’s the magic of The Dark Knight: It lets you say things like “In the words of Katie Holmes…”

David: Perhaps most importantly about Rachel making her call is that she knew that whatever call SHE made, she’d never end up with Bruce. She’d always just see him for two hours a day, usually when he’s recovering from getting the crap beaten out of him.

Andy: It seemed so odd at first that Nolan would recast the Rachel Dawes role rather than simply create a new love interest, but when you look at Batman Begins and The Dark Knight as two chapters of the same book, it makes sense that they maintained her role. They had no choice; she served a crucial function in this Batman’s saga, beginning from childhood. Without her influence, he never would have set out on his quest.

Chris: She really was his only true connection to wanting to actually be Bruce Wayne, rather than just Batman. We’ve already seen in Begins that he’s willing to throw his family reputation under the bus in order to help people.

Andy: Did Batman unwittingly drive Harvey crazy by leaving the scarred coin by his bedside? Is this another of Batman’s blunders? It seems like kind of a dick move.

David: Maybe he just thought it was important to him. Bruce is not exactly emotionally mature. This is what little he thinks he can do. It’s not like he’s gonna wear a clown nose and go all Patch Adams.

Read much more at ComicsAlliance.

totalfilm:

40 Films That Need Comic-Book Sequels

7. Inception

The Film: The mindf**k film of 2010, following a futuristic team who plant ideas into peoples’ minds while they’re sleeping. Led to lots of head-scratching.

The Comic-Book Continuation: More dreamweavers who are hired by yet more nefarious no-gooders. With Dom Cobb out of action, we’re introduced to a new team of mind-benders who all have their own secret dreams to contend with.

Essential Element: To make it even more amazing than it already is, introduce a rival gang of dreamweavers who are constantly working to undo the jobs our lead team carry out.

[TO SEE THE OTHER 39 FILMS THAT NEED COMIC-BOOK SEQUELS, CLICK ON THE COMIC OR FOLLOW THIS LINK]

Or a video game…

New shiny issue of Empire. Best thing about it? It was FREE!

ianbrooks:

Pop Culture Foodstuffs by Foogos

Foogos takes everything you ever loved: Punisher! Skeletor! Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles! And combines them with food: the other things you love in life. Checks out more delicious logos on Foogos’ flickr.

Artist: website / facebook / twitter

(via: Geeks Are Sexy, Rampaged Reality)

totalfilm:

The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (2011)

Amazing poster art designed by Neil Kellerhouse.

(Source: the-awvengers)