Dark Knight partial review kicks off the movie as I don't want to spoil it for those who either A. are living under a rock, or B. can't afford/find time to go. I liked it. I think it helped cement the new direction in the franchise and hopefully they will keep Bale (minus the guttural batman voice) for future movies. Typecasting be damned he is good and so are the other regulars.

Now there is one burr in my bonnet on this movie, comparisons. Heath vs Jack vs Cesar, Christian vs Michael vs Val vs George vs Adam...yadda yadda, though I'm surprised the battle of the Alfred's hasn't come up yet between Michael Caine and Michael Gough.

Still two of the best actors in my mind to play the Joker and the Batman keep getting left out, those being Mark Hamill as the joker and Kevin Conroy as the batman. You didn't know they did those roles? Check out The Animated Series Credits, there are a lot of surprises in it. I ended up chuckling about long time voice actor Frank Welker and then going to a break.

After the break things wound down a bit. I start by talking about an Ulmen Family Reunion out in Oregon my dad thinks I should goto. While I admit it would be interesting there are many problems. getting there and back, lodgings, money, already having a family I just can't leave...you get the idea. If mom and dad went as well, I could probably find a way to convince myself even on such short notice (its the 15-17 of august with this beign the fifth). We'll see...

then I talk about the new DVD and Blu Ray release of Lonesome Dove which I consider to be one of the best movies ever made. Again a lot of stars in it and while in some cases that spells doom for a project, this one soared with it.

Last up is what I'm guessing is an urban legend. apparently at the time Kurt Angle was a heel in the WWE, an actual Olympic event used his music and the crowd started chanting "You Suck" in the manner wrestling fans had been doing for a while. I can't find anything on the net mentioning it (though honestly looking up Olympic at this point is rather pointless), but that could mean I just haven't found it.

Tony Bacala-Blaster vs Soundwave (LL Cool J Mix)
WWE-Kurt Angle (Medal)