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61I hope Heath Ledger is enjoying his virgins.
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62lemur68 wrote:I hope Heath Ledger is enjoying his virgins.
You can have gay sex in Heaven?
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63Rick Reuben wrote:I asked a question. The allusions to 9/11 look very strong to me in the Dark Knight poster. The poster even includes the superheated metal dripping down the building, caused by the thermate used to cut the beams and girders. It's hard to miss the similarity between the bat-shaped hole and the 757-shaped hole. I personally find the chance that the studio missed the significance of the images to be about zero.ginandtacos.com wrote:He's not joking.
If ginandtacos wasn't a vendetta-driven nut, he'd be able to figure out that my post was an on-topic contribution to this thread.
maybe batman crashed the batwing into the building.
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64We re seeing a lot of Allusions to 9/11 in movies at the moment. I saw plenty in Cloverfield (including the poster) and The Happening. For some reason, the filmmakers love to do it, and thankfully although it is still a touchy subject, studios havent chosen to censor this.
I think they seem to be actively encouraging it, as if its '9/11 sells' now instead of 'Sex sells'.
Incidentally, both of the films i mentioned above were awful.
I think they seem to be actively encouraging it, as if its '9/11 sells' now instead of 'Sex sells'.
Incidentally, both of the films i mentioned above were awful.
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65I don't think these are really allusions we keep seeing, especially in Cloverfield. Isn't it more the fact that September 11th showed how a huge horrible disaster in a city would go down, and more informed directors are using that to create a more valid, realistic disaster movie?
I'm so tired of September 11th.
I'm so tired of September 11th.
I've seen the bridges burning in the night.
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66I remember the line "do you think this is another terrorist attack?" in both movies
Seconded.
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I'm so tired of September 11th.
Seconded.
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67I'm looking forward to all the "OMG 911 911 911!" posts and articles in the media when Watchmen comes out.
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68Rick Reuben wrote:I asked a question. The allusions to 9/11 look very strong to me in the Dark Knight poster. The poster even includes the superheated metal dripping down the building, caused by the thermate used to cut the beams and girders. It's hard to miss the similarity between the bat-shaped hole and the 757-shaped hole. I personally find the chance that the studio missed the significance of the images to be about zero.ginandtacos.com wrote:He's not joking.
If ginandtacos wasn't a vendetta-driven nut, he'd be able to figure out that my post was an on-topic contribution to this thread.
The end-of-empire mood is definitely prevalent in the first Nolan film (didn't any of you pay attention to Liam Neeson's character?), so I think it would be foolish to ignore some very clear allusions to 9/11 in the DK marketing. From what I understand, there's even a FISA-esque controversy in The Dark Knight.
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69Nolan has said in interviews that there are a lot of running themes in the film amounting to the notion that an authoritative presence such as Batman incites the presence of madness in the form of the Joker. These themes apparently aren't subtle towards the Iraq occupation.
Not buying the poster allusion though.
Not buying the poster allusion though.
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70MWilke wrote:Nolan has said in interviews that there are a lot of running themes in the film amounting to the notion that an authoritative presence such as Batman incites the presence of madness in the form of the Joker. These themes apparently aren't subtle towards the Iraq occupation.
Makes sense if you consider Commissioner Gordon's "what about escalation?" lines at the end of Batman Begins.
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