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Post by Maidpool w/ Cleaning Action on Aug 2, 2008 18:09:44 GMT -5
I wasn't saying he'd be a pushover Joker. I was mainly saying that he wouldn't be able to do as much damage in Marvel New York city as he can in DC Gotham strictly because of the massive numbers of heroes.
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Post by Joker on Aug 2, 2008 18:20:43 GMT -5
I wasn't saying he'd be a pushover Joker. I was mainly saying that he wouldn't be able to do as much damage in Marvel New York city as he can in DC Gotham strictly because of the massive numbers of heroes. I always considered Gotham to be a Chicago type city anyway.
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Post by Smokey McTrees on Aug 2, 2008 18:22:34 GMT -5
My lord all you Marvel Zombies make me LOL at your crazy ideas regarding the Joker getting his ass handed to him. The Joker is also brilliant, as great of a mind as perhaps Reed Richards. He is also crazy, which can limit him due to his Bat obsession but also benefits him because he looks at everything a different way. In all of the crossovers I've read (Batman vs. Hulk, Batman vs. Spider-Man, yes even Batman vs. Punisher) I've seen how and why the Joker is a formidable foe.
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Post by Maidpool w/ Cleaning Action on Aug 2, 2008 18:32:28 GMT -5
I wasn't saying he'd be a pushover Joker. I was mainly saying that he wouldn't be able to do as much damage in Marvel New York city as he can in DC Gotham strictly because of the massive numbers of heroes. I always considered Gotham to be a Chicago type city anyway. That's fine, but this all started because someone told me Joker would make a mess out of Iron Man's hometown. Hence the New York part. My lord all you Marvel Zombies make me LOL at your crazy ideas regarding the Joker getting his ass handed to him. The Joker is also brilliant, as great of a mind as perhaps Reed Richards. He is also crazy, which can limit him due to his Bat obsession but also benefits him because he looks at everything a different way. In all of the crossovers I've read (Batman vs. Hulk, Batman vs. Spider-Man, yes even Batman vs. Punisher) I've seen how and why the Joker is a formidable foe. Punisher would have killed the Joker if Batman didn't stop him. That's my point. I've also stated that I wasn't talking about Joker in one on one scenerios. I was talking about Joker wouldn't be able to get away with doing such mass damage in Marvel's NY because there are to many heroes around. He'd still be formadible, just not mass damage inducing.
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Post by Joker on Aug 2, 2008 18:36:36 GMT -5
I always considered Gotham to be a Chicago type city anyway. That's fine, but this all started because someone told me Joker would make a mess out of Iron Man's hometown. Hence the New York part. My lord all you Marvel Zombies make me LOL at your crazy ideas regarding the Joker getting his ass handed to him. The Joker is also brilliant, as great of a mind as perhaps Reed Richards. He is also crazy, which can limit him due to his Bat obsession but also benefits him because he looks at everything a different way. In all of the crossovers I've read (Batman vs. Hulk, Batman vs. Spider-Man, yes even Batman vs. Punisher) I've seen how and why the Joker is a formidable foe. Punisher would have killed the Joker if Batman didn't stop him. That's my point. I've also stated that I wasn't talking about Joker in one on one scenerios. I was talking about Joker wouldn't be able to get away with doing such mass damage in Marvel's NY because there are to many heroes around. He'd still be formadible, just not mass damage inducing. Yeah they leave that sort of thing to Nitro.
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Post by Jiren on Aug 2, 2008 18:55:53 GMT -5
Was Micheal Jai White's death edited
It seems like a really awkward cut to me (Plus you can't really make out what he did to him).
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Post by The Line on Aug 2, 2008 18:56:21 GMT -5
Didn't see it posted here, but the Mummy 3 overtook the number 1 spot for Friday, beating TDK out by nearly 3 million. But TDK still raked in a respectable $12.6 million for Friday.
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Post by maxx420 on Aug 2, 2008 18:57:03 GMT -5
I also don't understand how people can't understand Batman Bale's voice. Have these people never met smokers or people who, you know, just whisper? I could hear him perfectly well (even though it sounded like a bad Hulk Hogan impression to me). I don't think Ledger really deserves an Oscar, though. Yeah he was better than Cesar Romero & pregnant Jack Nicholson (dancing to Prince music), but I think his performance was so over-hyped I was expecting more. I thought the guy that played Dent was much better.
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Post by Batman on Aug 2, 2008 19:12:22 GMT -5
I also don't understand how people can't understand Batman Bale's voice. Have these people never met smokers or people who, you know, just whisper? I could hear him perfectly well (even though it sounded like a bad Hulk Hogan impression to me). I don't think Ledger really deserves an Oscar, though. Yeah he was better than Cesar Romero & pregnant Jack Nicholson (dancing to Prince music), but I think his performance was so over-hyped I was expecting more. I thought the guy that played Dent was much better. People seem to be pretty split on whether Ledger or Eckhart did a better job... I wouldn't be surprised if they both got nominated but neither wins (split vote).
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Post by Maidpool w/ Cleaning Action on Aug 2, 2008 19:17:50 GMT -5
Didn't see it posted here, but the Mummy 3 overtook the number 1 spot for Friday, beating TDK out by nearly 3 million. But TDK still raked in a respectable $12.6 million for Friday. Talk is that TDK may still win the weekend though, as the bad reveiws and word of mouth for The Mummy may make it a frontloaded movie. So TDK may get a better Saturday rise and a better Sunday hold. We'll see.
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Post by Parrish on Aug 2, 2008 19:20:20 GMT -5
If Dark Knight can still rake in over 30 this weekend that would still be good
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Post by maxx420 on Aug 2, 2008 19:23:36 GMT -5
I could hear him perfectly well (even though it sounded like a bad Hulk Hogan impression to me). I don't think Ledger really deserves an Oscar, though. Yeah he was better than Cesar Romero & pregnant Jack Nicholson (dancing to Prince music), but I think his performance was so over-hyped I was expecting more. I thought the guy that played Dent was much better. People seem to be pretty split on whether Ledger or Eckhart did a better job... I wouldn't be surprised if they both got nominated but neither wins (split vote). Well, there's no doubt that Ledger was fantastic, but Eckhart just really blew me away. It's unfortunate for Christian Bale that this movie was so loaded with talent that he didn't get an opportunity to shine. Between Gary Oldman, Heath Ledger, Michael Caine, Aaron Eckhart & Morgan Freeman he was just acted off the screen. (Not to say the last film had lousy actors or anything, but Oldman, Caine, Freeman, Liam Neeson & Cillian Murphy didn't outshine Bale in "...Begins")
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Post by Batman on Aug 2, 2008 19:26:49 GMT -5
People seem to be pretty split on whether Ledger or Eckhart did a better job... I wouldn't be surprised if they both got nominated but neither wins (split vote). Well, there's no doubt that Ledger was fantastic, but Eckhart just really blew me away. It's unfortunate for Christian Bale that this movie was so loaded with talent that he didn't get an opportunity to shine. Between Gary Oldman, Heath Ledger, Michael Caine, Aaron Eckhart & Morgan Freeman he was just acted off the screen. (Not to say the last film had lousy actors or anything, but Oldman, Caine, Freeman, Liam Neeson & Cillian Murphy didn't outshine Bale in "...Begins") I think Bale delivered a PERFECT performance in Begins... While he was still great in Dark Knight, he couldn't possibly do as well as he did the first time.
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Post by maxx420 on Aug 2, 2008 19:33:14 GMT -5
Well, there's no doubt that Ledger was fantastic, but Eckhart just really blew me away. It's unfortunate for Christian Bale that this movie was so loaded with talent that he didn't get an opportunity to shine. Between Gary Oldman, Heath Ledger, Michael Caine, Aaron Eckhart & Morgan Freeman he was just acted off the screen. (Not to say the last film had lousy actors or anything, but Oldman, Caine, Freeman, Liam Neeson & Cillian Murphy didn't outshine Bale in "...Begins") I think Bale delivered a PERFECT performance in Begins... While he was still great in Dark Knight, he couldn't possibly do as well as he did the first time. There's no denying that either. With the exception of Katie Holmes, all the big players in both movies have been fantastic. This film seemed to be more about the other players in Batman's world than Batman himself. I hope this doesn't lead to a trend of the villains becoming the centrepiece (as in Tim Burton & Joel Schumacher's Bat-films).
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Post by Maidpool w/ Cleaning Action on Aug 2, 2008 19:52:15 GMT -5
If Dark Knight can still rake in over 30 this weekend that would still be good It's looking like my 42m estimate from a page or two back is going to be real close.
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Post by Seth Drakin of Monster Crap on Aug 2, 2008 20:00:30 GMT -5
The dark knight is now #12 overall.....beating out Jurassic Park.
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Post by Mother on Aug 2, 2008 21:37:01 GMT -5
It's amazing that people would be stupid enough to see The Mummy 3...don't they remember how ridiculously dumb the 2nd one was? Kudos to the Scorpion King movie too...that sucked ass. In fact the first Mummy wasn't that great either...I remember seeing it on DVD within a couple months of it coming out.
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Post by Jiren on Aug 2, 2008 21:39:09 GMT -5
I enjoyed The Mummy but "Returns" Sucked & "King" was OK,
I'm not looking forward to III though, Kung Fu Yetis..............please
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Post by lotus on Aug 2, 2008 22:25:00 GMT -5
I saw The third Mummy movie. Not as good as the first two which I did enjoy, scorpion king? not so much.
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Post by Silent Brad on Aug 2, 2008 22:27:52 GMT -5
Was Micheal Jai White's death edited It seems like a really awkward cut to me (Plus you can't really make out what he did to him). Yeah, thats one of few things that bugs me about the film. The best I can come up with is that Joker slit his throat. No way you'd die from getting your faced slashed like that.
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