From: lukas.mariman@REMOVETHISdommel.be   
      
   Alfie [UK] wrote:   
   > On Fri, 25 Jan 2008 11:15:14 +0100, "Sentinel"   
   >  wrote:   
   >   
   >> StainlessSteelRat wrote:   
   >>> Sentinel wrote:   
   >>>> No matter how the next Batman turns out (and for the record I did   
   >>>> like Batman Begins a lot) I will get it no matter what.   
   >>>   
   >>> There's an open mind! ;-)   
   >>   
   >> I plan to go around saying "no matter what" a lot in the next weeks.   
   >>   
   > I've not seen Batman Begins, let alone planning to see this next   
   > movie. What's with Hollywood trying to re-imagine existing franchises   
   > ?   
   >   
   > That said, never a big fan of Ledger; Knights Tale was crap, Brokeback   
   > was over-hyped crap, and Patriot was crap. Not seen him in much else   
   > that I remember him being in.   
   >   
   > Shame if he took his own life, or OD'd on whatever cocktail of   
   > anti-depressants he was on, but why the public outcry/mourning?   
      
   I tend to agree with Netrunner (so I won't call him racist on this one...   
   yet).   
      
   You could do a lot worse than check it out. It wasn't to everyone's liking,   
   but I thought it was rather good.   
      
   I was a big fan of the Tim Burton movies; the Joel Schumacher stuff however   
   was way too campy, and almost seemed to sink the franchise forever (pun   
   intended).   
      
   "Batman Begins" is in that respect a total reboot, starting over, going back   
   to the roots, and not just some standard Hollywood remake. No parody, no   
   tongue-in-cheek campiness, but instead a story that takes its origins   
   serious.   
      
   As for why they keep churning out Batman movies and series? Well, Batman is   
   a modern icon. You don't just give up on an icon.   
      
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