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ladymercury_10 ([personal profile] ladymercury_10) wrote2012-08-03 12:21 am
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na na na na na na na na na BATMAN

So I FINALLY saw The Dark Knight Rises.


It's late and I'm sleepy, so I don't have much in the way of coherent thoughts...maybe I'll post again tomorrow if I think of anything else.   The short version of the story is that, short of the dubious science surrounding the nuclear explosion (Guys, you also have to worry about THE CLOUD--has no one heard of radiation poisoning?), I have all the happy feelings about this movie.  Well-acted, smart, and thoughtful, with lots of great supporting characters.  Anne Hathaway was fabulous as Selina/Catwoman.  I love that she got to be sexy and sassy, but that wasn't the full scope of her character--she was also brave, conflicted, classy, and she could pretty much kill you with her bare hands.  Michael Caine was great, as always.  And Joseph Gordon-Leavitt can be in every movie as far as I'm concerned.  I was really impressed with how he handled Blake, which was a more mature and less playful role than either Tom in (500) Days of Summer or Arthur in Inception, which are the characters I associate with him the most.  Plus, he's adorable.  There is no reason why we need a Robin (Nightwing?) sequel, but if he stars in one I will probably start hopping around my room with excitement.  I also really liked the who's-the-heir-to-Ra's al Ghul bait and switch.  


Does anyone want to show me where the Batman fandom on LJ is hanging out?  Icons, fic, vids, meta, what have you.  I would especially like Selina-, Miranda-, or Blake-centric fic if it exists.  And if you posted in the past two weeks and want to link me, I would love to see your reaction posts.

[identity profile] ladymercury-10.livejournal.com 2012-08-03 06:48 am (UTC)(link)
That is amazing. It's fanart, right?

I was thinking Nightwing might be a better way to go than straight-up Robin. Red and Green and tights is a little too flashy for the Nolan films. :P

[identity profile] heureviolet.livejournal.com 2012-08-03 06:55 am (UTC)(link)
SADLY.

Nightwing would not be bad at all. IDK THOUGH, I loved Nightwing's Robin!years. They could do like a trilogy, right?

Okay, wishful thinking. BUT STILL. DC totally needs to step up their movie franchise; all they really had was the Chris Nolan Batman movies and those are over and done with now. Man of Steel does not look super promising so far either :(

[identity profile] ladymercury-10.livejournal.com 2012-08-03 07:13 am (UTC)(link)
Nightwing would totally be better than another Superman movie. But then, I never really care about Superman. If they made a Catwoman movie, that would also be fun. Or Batwoman. I am partial to the new Batwoman, to the extent that I read comics (which I do pretty rarely).

[identity profile] heureviolet.livejournal.com 2012-08-03 07:16 am (UTC)(link)
Wait, were you the one I was having a Batman vs. Superman conversation with before? I have way too many superhero conversations these days; I can no longer remember...

Dude, Batwoman would be AWESOME. I would love a Babs/Oracle movie, but I doubt they'll ever go there since she's still a supporting character in the DCU. I think Wonder Woman might be a possibility, though... (Catwoman would also definitely be neat).

[identity profile] ladymercury-10.livejournal.com 2012-08-03 07:53 am (UTC)(link)
I don't think it was me. I think Batman is way cooler than Superman, though, for what it's worth. :P

Ooh, Oracle! I never read any Birds of Prey, but everything I've heard about her is fantastic. :D

[identity profile] heureviolet.livejournal.com 2012-08-03 07:54 am (UTC)(link)
I'm actually sort of meh on both; Batman is way too ~serious~ and Superman is too much of a boy scout! I like WW, Hawkwoman, and The Flash infinitely more, I think...

She's my favourite gal from the DCU, pretty much :)

[identity profile] ladymercury-10.livejournal.com 2012-08-03 08:02 am (UTC)(link)
Do you like Marvel Comics at all? The only Marvel hero I particularly care about is Spider-Man, but I am very fond of him as he was my first superhero. :D

[identity profile] heureviolet.livejournal.com 2012-08-03 08:04 am (UTC)(link)
I do! Spider-man is my favourite Marvel hero, but I've been a X-Men fan since way back, and the Avengers have definitely captured my imagination of late~ ♥ Did you watch TASM with Andrew Garfield?

[identity profile] ladymercury-10.livejournal.com 2012-08-03 08:09 am (UTC)(link)
I did! It was adorable! Uh, I may, uh, be working on TASM fanfiction, because I'm that kind of a dork. :P

[identity profile] heureviolet.livejournal.com 2012-08-03 08:12 am (UTC)(link)
Yaaay, you'll post it, right? ♥___♥

[identity profile] ladymercury-10.livejournal.com 2012-08-03 08:27 am (UTC)(link)
If I ever finish it! I've been posting as I go because it's a meme fill, but I think I've gotten it out of order and I have to figure out how to fix it....

Also, I had a brain fart earlier, Jason Todd was the Robin who died, wasn't he? Not Tim Drake. >_

[identity profile] heureviolet.livejournal.com 2012-08-03 08:33 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, that was Jaston Todd - he got "killed" by the Joker, then decided to go on a bit of a rampage as Red Hood and basically bite Batman's head off for not taking revenge...

I thought for a second you meant that Tim Drake had died too and was like OMG SPOILERS at first (because I don't think I got that far), ha ha... I'm glad you meant Jason Todd instead, though.

[identity profile] ladymercury-10.livejournal.com 2012-08-03 05:00 pm (UTC)(link)
Haha, accidental fake spoilers. :P