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The Ghost of Tom Riddle
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"YOU GONNA BE THE WORM-FACE!"

"Tits all over you, I mean it's all over for you.  I know we've been breast-best friends."

"Tits all over you, I mean it's all over for you.  I know we've been breast-best friends."

"I left a piece of chewed gum on your pillow."

"I left a piece of chewed gum on your pillow."

"Manos the Hands of Fate" was filmed on location in a vacant lot.

"Manos the Hands of Fate" was filmed on location in a vacant lot.

Chunk Ironchest.

Chunk Ironchest.

God, she's annoying.

God, she's annoying.

If we're not permitted to compare previous incarnations of these characters with Nolan's interpretation, then it ceases to be the Batman canon and becomes something completely different like the destruction and then re-building of the franchise to fit Nolan's philosophy, political ideology and so on.  It would be

If we're not permitted to compare previous incarnations of these characters with Nolan's interpretation, then it ceases to be the Batman canon and becomes something completely different like the destruction and then re-building of the franchise to fit Nolan's philosophy, political ideology and so on.  It would be

Maybe for you, the Joker is "existential evil", but again (as with Bane) this is not the traditional characterization of the Joker.  To put it simply, the Joker finds things funny (murder, mutilation, etc) that aren't really funny.  If you want to get dark, you could always consult Frank Miller's interpretation -

Maybe for you, the Joker is "existential evil", but again (as with Bane) this is not the traditional characterization of the Joker.  To put it simply, the Joker finds things funny (murder, mutilation, etc) that aren't really funny.  If you want to get dark, you could always consult Frank Miller's interpretation -

Because Bane is not the kind of villian to make a political or philosophical point with his particular brand of anti-social behavior.  Bane is essentially a thug.  That's the way he's always been portrayed (comics, TV, ugh…Schumacher) but for Nolan, it doesn't matter.  He'll simply rewrite the character (as with the

Because Bane is not the kind of villian to make a political or philosophical point with his particular brand of anti-social behavior.  Bane is essentially a thug.  That's the way he's always been portrayed (comics, TV, ugh…Schumacher) but for Nolan, it doesn't matter.  He'll simply rewrite the character (as with the

The problem (and this I've noted from most of his work) is that Nolan doesn't understand villians, or to a grander extent, villainy.  His idea of  The Bad Guy is to introduce a character in the backwash of a chaotic scene and then to spend an hour developing that character so that he/she will commit crimes to either

The problem (and this I've noted from most of his work) is that Nolan doesn't understand villians, or to a grander extent, villainy.  His idea of  The Bad Guy is to introduce a character in the backwash of a chaotic scene and then to spend an hour developing that character so that he/she will commit crimes to either

I thought Doctor Who already did this one.  You know, with the kitty-cat people?