Who knew the famous Batman/Penguin debate from the 1960’s TV series Batman had startling similarities with John McCain’s campaign? Specifically, McCain’s putrid attempts at character assassination. You know, that whole ‘Who is the real Barack Obama?’ deal.
I guess this makes Barack Obama Batman….
In case you couldn’t tell, my excitement for The Dark Knight is not cable of being measured. (Don’t believe me, then feel these nipples.) I bought my midnight tickets three weeks ago. Rebecca and I will be there with bells on. (Rebecca and I will not actually be wearing bells.)
In addition to being a true patriot, Senator Patrick Leahy (D, Vermont) is also a fellow Batman fan. He did some voice work on Batman: The Animated Series and had a cameo in Joel Schumacher’s campy craptacular, Batman and Robin.
Well, Leahy has a cameo in The Dark Knight too — he’s visible in the full trailer that came out a few months ago. But he’s not just some random extra in the background, he has a small speaking part and gets to interact with Heath Ledger’s Joker. Let me just say, Leahy is one tough cookie. This is a guy who has tangled with clowns before, including one of the biggest jokes in American history: Alberto Gonzales.
If you can’t wait another two weeks, you can check out Senator Leahy in action now.
There’s a new official clip from The Dark Knight featuring Aaron Eckhart over at Why So Serious? It might contain minor spoilers.
Warning: This trailer contains what appear to be spoilers. Watch at your own risk.
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The next leg of The Dark Knight viral marketing campaign has begun. It will culminate with the premiere of the new, official theatrical trailer — not a teaser trailer but a full-fledged trailer designed to wet our appetites. In twelve cities today, including Boston, a scavenger hunt of sorts will lead to a theatre in each city where the trailer will premiere. It shouldn’t be long before the trailer makes it online.
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As Jon Stewart noted on The Daily Show last night, all of Jack Nicholson’s psychopathic characters love Hillary Clinton. Apparently so does Jack Nicholson, the real person. What follows is not a parody. It’s a legitimate video created by Jack Nicholson and Rob Reiner. It’s also interesting to note that Jack Nicholson rarely gives interviews. Yet for some reason, he’s given two to MTV News this year…
Earlier, I posted some thoughts regarding the appearance of John McCain and Mike Huckabee, in particular this unflattering picture. For some reason it really got me thinking outside the box. As a result, all sorts of satirical ideas popped into my head. I began to amend said post when it started to become something entirely different. I wasn’t just thinking outside the box, I dove right inside to find a prize.
WARNING: The following is chockfull of morons, Mormons, oxymorons, and hell, maybe even oxy-Mormons. Know that when I use a term such as “left” when referring to slanted Republicans, I use it in the most righteous since of the word. At the same time, remember that an ironic phrase like “moderate republican” is merely an anagram for “a truce imponderable.” Suspend all logic or turn back now.
I ganked the above image from TPM because, well, as George W. Bush has shown us over the last seven years, politicians can look goofy.
McCain looks like a Batman villain work-in-progress (the Maverick, mayhaps?) And Huckleberry, as I like to call him, looks, ironically, like one of them flamboyant gays I keep reading about. Someone should warn him about the slippery slope to bestiality. Yikes.
I guess it’s a good thing Americans aren’t superficial and could care less about physical appearance.
What would the trailer for The Dark Knight look like with footage from 1966’s Batman: The Movie starring Adam West and Caesar Romero?
You can now watch and download the new teaser trailer for The Dark Knight. It’s beautiful.
Also, enjoy these sweet new promotional images.
What’s with the mask?
The Joker’s Cell
Why so serious?
Joker’s Wild
Darth Wayne
Another day, another viral marketing frenzy for The Dark Knight. This time the reward was a teaser poster made by The Joker himself. It’s pretty rad.
Warner Bros. has also released the first sneak peak of the movie - the opening scene, shot in Imax format, that introduces The Joker. It will be playing before I am Legend on Imax screens only. I might have to shell out some dough just to go czech it out.
Well, Warner Bros. is at it again with a slew of new viral marketing sites for The Dark Knight. These might be the best yet.First, there is a website devoted to exposing police corruption and then the official websites of the Gotham City Police Department and Gotham National Bank.
But the best has to be the official website of The Gotham Times and the hilarious parody site, The HaHaHa Times, made by The Joker’s and his cohorts. If you have the time, read through the edited headlines from the latter. Good fodder.
There’s also an IMAX featurette with interviews and footage.There are rumors of a teaser trailer with actual footage coming out before Christmas.The Dark Knight opens July 18, 2008.
I don’t watch MTV nor am I a regular visitor to their website. (Actually, this is probably the first time I’ve ever been on mtv.com.) But I simply can’t resist a rare interview with Jack Nicholson, the coolest person in the history of existence, especially one that includes his thoughts on another actor playing The Joker, a role that Jack says is “a part I always thought I should play.”
After months of inactivity, Warner Bros. stepped up its viral marketing campaign for The Dark Knight today with a multi-city scavenger hunt. The reward was another image of The Joker and another viral marketing mission for tomorrow.
Warner Bros. has already proven that they know how to go about viral marketing. Well, today, they truly outdid themselves with a synchronized scavenger hunt that fed clues to fanboys (and fangirls) at Comic Con in San Diego that were then relayed to people on the interweb who used said clues to gain deep access to the newest viral site for “The Dark Knight.”
It started with a timer and a set of coordinates that pointed to Comic Con at 10:00 PST this morning. From there came a phone number to call, which had as ominous recording that led to the first of nine passphrases. For every piece of the puzzle deciphered, another would pop up. The end result was merely the official teaser trailer, which was already leaked last night, via a crappy bootleg.
The teaser trailer is just that - a teaser. There are no images from the film, just voice-overs of Christian Bale, Michael Caine, and a very creepy-sounding Heath Ledger (though some have speculated that it could be Aaron Eckhart.) It works though. It teases you worst than a virgin on prom night. The official hi-res version of the trailer loads ridiculously slow but thankfully a friendlier version has popped up on YouTube.
Variety confirmed this morning a rumor that has been circling online for a few days now: Katie Holmes is out and Maggie Gyllenhaal is in as Rachel Dawes in Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight. Personally I think this is fantastic. Holmes was the weakest link in Batman Begins. Having met her in real life (she once came into Restaurant L) I can honestly say that Maggie is damn adorable.
It was already announced many, many months ago that Heath Ledger will be playing The Joker. Recently word came out that Aaron Eckhart will be playing Gothom district attorney Harvey Dent. This can only mean one thing people: that Eckhart will play Two-Face in the third Batman film. Two-Face is my all-time favorite Batman villain. Batman Forever really dropped the ball on Two-Face. Tommy Lee Jones wasn’t a bad choice, per se, but he could only do so much with a lackluster script and an even lackluster director. Plus he had to stand in the shadow of Jim Carrey’s scene-stealing Riddler. Hopefully Nolan won’t pull and a Burton and will stay on to direct the third film.
