31 July 2008

Where I Went on My Summer Vacation, part 2

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The Falkirk Wheel is a rotating boat lift that connects the Union and Forth & Clyde Canals in southern Scotland, which are separated by...
30 July 2008

The Evolution of Pop Culture Icons

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I missed this back in March, but I want to link to Greg Hatcher's image-rich essay on the twists and turns of latterday sequels to The ...
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29 July 2008

Wrong Answer in Spiderwick Movie

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While traveling last month, I saw the film adaptation of The Spiderwick Chronicles on an airplane. Not the best place to see any movie, to...
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28 July 2008

Lucius Fox: In the Know

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Yesterday I discussed how The Dark Knight uses the character of Alfred Pennyworth differently from how he first appeared in the Batman com...
27 July 2008

Alfred Pennyworth: Replacing Robin since 1986

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I find myself in the midst of a little series of Dark Knight postings, yet it's time for the weekly Robin . Oh, what to do? I'll di...
26 July 2008

Renee Montoya and Anna Ramirez

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There's a character in the Batman mythos named Renee Montoya . She was created as a Gotham City police officer for the animated cartoon...
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Bagram Source of False Obama Rumor

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A while back, I noted how Snopes.com's rumors collected on the internet about the Democratic Presidential candidates far exceeded those...
25 July 2008

Poetry Friday: The Original Dark Knights

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Marc Tyler Nobleman, author of the recent Boys of Steel , wrote about his disappointment that the new movie The Dark Knight didn’t credit ...
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24 July 2008

Why So Serious?

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In today's Boston Globe , Ty Burr writes : On Sunday I went to a memorial service in Mount Auburn Cemetery for the sister of a family fr...
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23 July 2008

Blogger Tags Can’t Exceed 200 Characters?

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Some of my tags are on the long side (a habit I picked up from Fuse #8 and Read Roger ). And some of my postings have a lot of tags that ar...