Protoman Version 2.5

It was a novel first, actually.

Aye, then again one could say the main selling point is the moral of the story. "Do.Not.Fuck.With.Puppies."

And, really, who doesn't like a good gore-filled rampages by naked chicks in helmets in the morning? Cleans out the bowel system well I've found.

I'll echo GoGo's love for the Pillows, first time I heard them was years back when at a Con I stumbled upon a anime that had just come out in Japan called "Furi Curi", and as they say, the rest is history. Whenever I pop in one of their tunes images of that show instantly flood back into my mind, and I honestly think they are as much apart of it as any thing else in it. Admittedly, that resulted in a strange moment when I tried to read the manga form of FLCL. But yeah, the Pillows are epic. X is another good one, Rusty Nail I especially have a soft spot for, and there's a bunch more I could ramble off but most have already said them.

Deep Space Nine was better.

Well, pretty much every body and their brother called it, the second one will more than likely be via the other guy on the bridge's P.O.V. Hopefully they give us some thing new with this one, I'm guessing one of the characters manages to survive with the camera (possibly via the army's help) & runs into whatsherface (the one that survived from the first) to further tie it all in. Since as Mikel said, rarely JJ do any thing without a purpose in mind when he charts it out. With that in mind there is probably more than just a "she was the lucky survivor role" mentalty working behind it when it was written. Like many others I loved the movie, it really was some thing special and that's why I feel so conflicted with more installments. On the one hand, like most good pieces of work it has left me wanting more and on the other, I don't want my enjoyment of it to be tainted by shitty sequels. Guess I'll just have to have faith in their ability to not screw it up for the time being. Though that other movie sounds absolutely blah.

Jack Black actually wouldn't be that bad for the Yajirobe(sp?) role.

I see, I misunderstood, thought you meant getting his powers back which they've been building up to all season too.

Spoiler: Click here to view Um...what episode were YOU watching? They did the "End of Volume 2" thing and then came back from ad break to reveal Volume 3 (entitled "Villians"). Where Sylar injects himself in a alley way (looking like a junk head) with ALL of the blood and starts to heal completely all the wounds he got. Then he goes on to get a tin can to shoot across the alley way and into his hand, says "I'm back" and we fade into a "To be continued".

Yeeeeah...sorry but this sucks, the ending Rose and Who had was a great bit of TV history & provided even more depth to the already well developed character. Now this just screams of them going the "American" way about it and adding on a potential happy ending for the two love birds. If not and it's to build to some thing else (like they get split up again), unless done correctly than that's even worse reason to bring the Rose character back so soon.

I've been into them for a while and I can safely say it is near laughable to compare MSI to NIN, they are nothing alike. KMFDM is more on the spot, considering that is one of their influences and they've toured with them & are buddies with them and have had them remix twice one of their songs. I enjoy them, but I wouldn't call them epic or even state they are any where near the label of one of the greatest bands ever or any thing. I've noticed recently a lot more "scene" kids have been getting into them which is a shame as it'll no doubt overhype them. But, eh, least they'll get a good(/better) pay check from it at least.

Are they even still doing the rest of the Narnia movies? I've not heard any thing about that in ages.

Ah, gotta love the "OMG~1!11! SOLD OUT!111" musical elitist fans.

Like others have said, I grew up watching the Wizard of Oz and this has me pretty excited for the possible outcome. Sure it could fizzle out like a lot of potential franchises have, or, it could become a huge success. I'm hoping that middle ground found is some thing similar to a solid PG-13 at the very least as a PG would almost be not worth doing. Since the original Wizard of Oz movie is so burned into the minds of our society, doing some thing similar would never compare. But, doing some thing completely different (like the darker spin Todd wants) could give you the room of not having to worry about "living up to the old one". Plus, from what I gather from this little bit of info and the books all being short stories, I think they are going the Sin City route. Put a handful of them in each movie and maybe help five or six of them to get every story on the silver screen and milk the franchise. Only problem I see with that is some Oz fans will be pissed if this flops before they see their favorites of the stories. Ah well, either way I'm looking forward to it.

MSI and Linkin Park were the only things that made me half tempted to attend this tour really. Pretty much every other band on it that I'm aware of I'm completely indifferent towards to an alarming degree. And what are you two talking about a backlash between MSI and LP? Eh? I feel like I missed some thing here.

I took a sigh of relief when I read that a while back, simply because the only time the Penguin's made much sense (or use) was when he was a weapons dealer to the other baddies. Sure there have been a few exceptions to that, but the character doesn't translate well to other media forms of Batman (as seen in every series done of Batman and Batman Returns). He is one of the few remaining elements of campy style that still remains in the Batman universe to this day. Much like Robin, if I never see him in another movie it'll be too soon for my taste.

Ew, SMG? Really? If so, I think that would be the first casting in this movie I actually dislike and don't think fits the bill at all. She could prove me wrong, but I've been far from impressed with her acting in any thing I've seen her in.

Personally, on the topic of Harley, I'd save her introduction until the third movie of this new Batman franchise. It would be great to see foreshadowing with her reviewing Joker and talking with him as apart of his court trial. Eventually leading to either him ending up at the asylum where she works (and the two get even closer after inkling of some thing in the third movie) or she is the one that helps him escape during the trial. Either way, it would help keep the Joker character fresh if he's in it for the long haul (which he thankfully looks like he is) and would be brilliant to see the Joker/Harley relationship on the big screen.

Agreed, Ledger has been in loads of other stuff that has shown his acting range. Honestly, some people need to get over Brokeback Mountain, the rest of the world has. And as much as I enjoyed Jack's portrayal, I have to agree that I have a feeling Ledger will out do the performance. Simply because he won't be trying to compete with Jack's manner by the sounds of it, but rather going the other route with the character. (While Jack at times played the Joker dark, he was a much more cartoony and slap-stick version of the character. Where as Ledger's version appears to be a much more darker and demented Joker than ever seen on the big screen.)

Also, who is to say that it is the Riddler in this movie? It may very well just be Edward Nygma pre-transformation (sort to speak), much like Harvey's cameo in DK. Which if that is the case, it will make me enjoy Nolan's Batman franchise all the more than I already did. (Planting the seeds for not one, but two villians as well as one returning briefly and obviously the arrival of the Joker.) I swear, I at times think Nolan must have sold his soul or some thing to get what looks like possibly the best comic book movie franchise (in terms of cast and writing) ever seen so far. At this rate, he could easily dethrone the two many believe to be the best so far (Spiderman and X-Men).

I could've sworn at one point that was apart of their plan to (to at least reference him once or twice every movie). Which I personally loved too as he is one third of my favorite trio of Batman villians (Joker, Two-Face, and Scarecrow). Though, unfortunately, it looks like that plan has been derailed. Sucks, it would've made the movies all the more richer to have Scarecrow and Joker constantly popping up as reoccuring characters each movie (at least in form of cameos or at most as the actual main villian).