24 July 2012
Christian Bale is Batman.
The guy is one of my favorite actors. Nobody else goes to the lengths he does in order to embody a role. Yeah, maybe he displays a temper from time to time, but so do I.
Take a look at The Machinist. He lost a lot of weight for that role, only to turn around and bulk up in order to play Bruce Wayne in Batman Begins. And there's that Oscar-winning role in The Fighter.
Now, with The Dark Knight Rises, he's completed the first great super hero trilogy. One of the themes running through the movie is how small acts of kindness can inspire people to a lifetime of heroics. Anybody can be Batman, you don't need multi-million-dollar gadgets to be a hero.
It's so fitting, then, that Christian came to Aurora, Colorado, today to visit victims of the idiot (the perpetrator will receive no sympathy from me) who shot up a movie theatre during a midnight premiere of The Dark Knight Rises only four days ago.
A "Bale Out Aurora" online campaign drew a lot of attention. No telling if that was the actual catalyst, particularly given the expedience with which Christian came to Aurora. It doesn't really matter, though. What Christian's done is fulfilled in real life the message of his latest movie. Under the radar, outside the studio system, on his own accord.
Yep. In his own way, Christian Bale is Batman.
8 July 2012
Mike and Ikes are one of the top imports into the People's Republic of Mattopia. The delicious assortments of sweets rank right up there with Guinness.
Imagine, then, the huge shockwave rattling through the PRM when the latest shipment contained defaced packages.
Half of the boxes have Mike's named scribbled out by what looks to be a Sharpee fine point marker. The other half has Ike's named scribbled out in a similar fashion.
Has some sort of rift emerged between the two confectionary icons? An intrepid investigation by The Mattopia Times looked into the matter and found out that, yes, there is a sugar spat going on between the two. Mike thinks Ike spends too much time in the graffiti arts and Ike thinks Mike spends too much time with his music.
One can only hope they get over it for the good of all civilization.
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