Comments on: The Dark Knight Deserves a Jousting Lance to the Throat

By: ashmeriel

ashmeriel — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 11:08:35 +0000

REAL FAN — I got your back. As a lifelong Batman fan, I agree with you. The last season of the Animated Series hit every single note you needed to get Batman’s universe. Some of the best story telling was done in that medium. The problem is The Dark Knight is for bandwagon chumps who have climbed off one wagon, and jumped on ours; and since Hollywood is about appealing to the lowest common denominator — hello, they don’t give a flying turnip about you and me, the guys who will come and see this movie no matter what. What they want is to sucker in all these wannabe soulless parasites who are so empty they move to one mythology to the other without batting an eye and blindly take in whatever is handed them because they want an awe-inspiring experience even if it means perverting and showing little respect for the mythology you and I hold dear. These are Meta-Vampires, walking, brainless, buffoons, who will suck the life and all the joy out of our mythologies, and cause confusion. They are the ones who want to cut off Sherlock Holme’s hawknose; and remove Zorro’s mask; and make Tarzan an effeminate monkey, just to satisfy their curiosity, and if you stop and try to reason with them and explain why their visions and versions are wrong, they will vomit out a stream of mindless, soulless, witless diarrhea, lacking any logic whatsoever. SO, in many ways, our crusade is pointless no matter how much we love our characters because money is bigger than you or I. HOWEVER, eventually Hollywood will see The Dark Knight for the tired, monotonal derivative, formulaic hack job that it is, and after beating “the formula” to death, will be forced to re-evaluate the Batman franchise once again. And in that moment the studio execs might realize what you and I have been saying all along, and then maybe, just maybe, we will see a Batman film that is true to what we have loved for all these years. In the end, you’re right. That wasn’t the Joker. That was a Joke. Batman wasn’t Batman — he was Robocop. But to try to beat sense into these meatheads is pointless. They wouldn’t know Dick Sprang from Neal Adams if you pointed out the subtleties. And see that’s the problem, most of the execs, except for Michael Uslan, are not even Batman fans! They are like water cooler Football Coaches — they don’t have any idea how to run the game, they just sit and marvel at the work of others. You could dumb the most incoherent Batman rendering in front of their eyes, and they would wet themselves like Ren and Stimpy, because they couldn’t create art if Picasso peed art into their ears. And yet for some marvelous reason, these intellectual gadflys actually have a say in shaping a movie that will be seen by millions. UCH! ECH! Gag me with a spoonful of maggots! What is the world coming to?

By: Steve-O

Steve-O — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 21:28:45 +0000

JUST ADMIT THAT YOU LOVE THE COCK TOM HOOSEMAN!!! NOBODY TAKES YOU SERIOUSLY WHEN YOU CANT EVNE SPELL THE ACTRESSES NAME RIGHT!!!!!

By: AlexM

AlexM — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 14:09:44 +0000

Your blog is interesting!

Keep up the good work!

By: Alex

Alex — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 01:56:33 +0000

I found your site on technorati and read a few of your other posts. Keep up the good work. I just added your RSS feed to my Google News Reader. Looking forward to reading more from you down the road!

By: Earlofthercs

Earlofthercs — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 06:12:25 +0000

Tom, I think the guy over at the dark knight sucks thinks you actually think the dark knight sucks.

By: Conrad

Conrad — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 22:12:14 +0000

I love watching people rise to your bait Tom. Anyone who takes such extensive, verbose and violent reviews seriously needs their funny bone checked. Keep on going Tom, you give us all entertainment we desperately need in this world.

By: Uhh...what?

Uhh...what? — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 16:48:17 +0000

As much as I agree with you on The Dark Knight sucking (and disagree with you on Brokeback and Memento, and am confused by your attacking of Mamma Mia and Sex & the City – how could one go into either film expecting anything more than you were given?), I have to say I agree 100% with the misspelled Jackel. Your grammar blows, man. It makes it hard to take some of this stuff seriously, as funny as it is. F-.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 06:18:26 +0000

Who would’ve thought they would have had enough talent and vision to concoct a Batman like this? It’s not perfect, and you’re entitled to your opinion, but your attack of pretty much every character/actor (including Maggie G) proves you’ve got a bug up your ass about this shit. Name one other director besides James Cameron that could’ve done something as unique as this and with as much brains. Compared to what? Spider-Man movies? Fantastic Four? Piss off.

By: Commissioner Gordon

Commissioner Gordon — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 14:54:20 +0000

Everyone loves this movie, including most critics. It is making record box office. Ledger will most likely receive a Best Supporting Actor Oscar nomination.

The problem here isn’t the movie. It is you. You are welcome to your own opinion, but your arguments against the film are sophomoric and ill-reasoned to the point of being laughably bad.

By: Jamel L.R.

Jamel L.R. — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 02:44:58 +0000

Heath Ledger’s performance was only compelling the first time around due to the suspense created around the audience’s curiousity in determining how far his character would go onscreen.
The replay value drops dramatically during the next subsequent viewing[s].
This movie is not for children and most adults.
But if you absolutely must watch this movie, see it in IMAX.
It really makes a huge difference in terms of the quality of presentation.
Anything less will be a discredit to the greatness of
the intial “Dark Knight” movie watching experience.
I pray for peace, clarity, love, and grace to the surviving members of the Ledger family.