Debunking Humor...

[JMartJr]

He later did, yes.

From time to time I remind him that he only has one more Oscar than I have, just to keep him humble...

 

[deirdre]

Whoops, there's synchronicity again. I was just thinking about penguins (seriously) in the moments before I read your post. And no, I don't go around thinking about penguins all the time...

i was watching Batman Returns with danny devito as the penguin earlier today. (it was horrible, not a recommended watch!)

 

[JMartJr]

i was watching Batman Returns with danny devito as the penguin earlier today. (it was horrible, not a recommended watch!)

When I saw it in the theaters on its first run, I thought it was an amazing film. Based on a more recent re-watching, I incline more to your point of view.

 

[deirdre]

When I saw it in the theaters on its first run, I thought it was an amazing film

that's how i remembered it too. i was very very wrong lol.

maybe when people don't understand the concept of memory distorting over the years, we can suggest they rewatch this movie!

 

[John J.]

March of the Penguins vs. Batman. That'd be some film.

I'll start work on it as soon as I finish my script about a ruthless lawman enforcing forestry regulations to protect endangered wildflowers,
Judge Dredd vs. Bambi's Mom.

 

[Mendel]

what NASA really isn't telling us

 

[Gary C]

Speaking of Aliens in Cars ...

 

[JMartJr]

Some of y'all are pretty good at "image stabiization" in various threads here -- but this guy has you beat!


Source: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/OZzltvah670?feature=share

 

[NorCal Dave]

When I saw it in the theaters on its first run, I thought it was an amazing film. Based on a more recent re-watching, I incline more to your point of view.

Really? I must admit, I haven't seen it in years, but I always found, at least the first 2, Tim Burton takes enjoyable. Yes, they're a bit goofy, but it's Tim Burton, the guy behind the comical movies PeeWee's Big Adventure and Beetlejuice, doing a film(s) about a comic book character.

Micheal Keaton, even though being the titular character, took a back seat to Jack Nicholson in the first and then to Danny Devito, Christopher Walken and Michelle Pfifer in Batman Returns, because Batman is part of the story, not THE story. Remember, that for most of us at the time, Batman was the overly campy Adam West TV series, which often included numerous cameos and guest stars (sorta guest stars at the TV level at least). Burton pays homage to this with an ensemble cast of known stars all tangled together.

Like in Peewee's Big Adventure, Burton walks the line between comical and seriousness. Peewee is a ridiculous man-child, but Rubens always plays him straight. Likewise, in Batman Returns things like penguins with rocket launchers are silly, but it's all played in a serious tone. Just like a comic book. Serious and silly at the same time. And by silly I don't mean the overly meta way modern films, especially comic based ones, engage in, where the characters and we the audience is all in on the joke. We saw the penguins as silly, Batman didn't, because he lives in a comic book world, not ours. As opposed to modern films where we all go to a comic book world where all know it's just a comic book world, including the characters.

The Dark Knight was entertaining but as they more modern film progressed in their evermore dark and nihilistic spiral where the Joker wasn't just the embodiment of all evil, he was nearly unstoppable, I stopped caring. While I grew up a Marvel comics kid, the Burton Batman films made me reconsider. The Nolan films just left me depressed.

Sorry to ramble.