Metacritic Taunts Me.

Something Ebert said miffed me. In his review of The Dark Knight, he said this:

"Batman" isn't a comic book anymore. Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight is a haunted film that leaps beyond its origins and becomes an engrossing tragedy.It creates characters we come to care about. That's because of the performances, because of the direction, because of the writing, and because of the superlative technical quality of the entire production.
- Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

You're wrong Ebert! "Comic books" have been like The Dark Knight for a long time now. How can Nolan's film "leap beyond its origins" when The Dark Knight is the best comic book movie to emulate its source material, it's mythos, on screen?

As much as I hate to admit it, it seems that despite movies like The Dark Knight, people still think that comic books "can't be that good."

Of course, the existence of superdickery.com proves me wrong. But that's like using Homo Erectus to point out the faults of Homo Sapiens.

All in all, I can't blame Ebert. It's his opinion after all - half the world knows Adam Wests's Batman, and the Superfriends, and the other half knows The Dark Knight Returns, The Long Halloween, and The Killing Joke.

The Avatar Weekend.

The torrents have been fruitful. Only a few more hours, and two more episodes to go. I had to choose between the Avatar: The Legend of Aang Finale (and an afternoon with the family) or an afternoon screening of afternoon screening of The Dark Knight.

Sorry Ledger, baby saliva always win.

A "Dante" for men?

Bad ass witch bitch! (With hair-dragons, guns, gun-heels, and most importantly, glasses!)

Most important part of her character design? No uber-fun-bags. Nice to see a female character in a Japanese "action" game to have normal-sized boobies. At last, those other Japanese pervs with other odd fetishes get representation.

Check it: Bayonetta

Robin you queen!

I'm a bit sad that Sony Online Entertainment is going to be responsible for DC Universe Online. SOE doesn't really have a reputable track record when it comes to MMOs, and since the Marvel/Microsoft foray into MMOs didn't really push through, this is our last chance at playing super hero in an online world other than City of Heroes.

So far it seems to follow the established MMO formula, only this time, the DCU characters are NPCs that are a little bit more active in the world, instead of just being there to dole out missions and award XP.

For example, reports on the 'tubes say that running around Gotham and causing general mayhem isn't considered wise. You might have to end up aggro-ing the Batman - something that isn't a generally wise idea.

I hope that if the gameworld is as reactive as the proponents of the game claims it is, they include ways for one to get recruited by the likes of Slade. Better yet, they should include "training" maps for those unlucky few who find green glowing power rings or odd blue scarab beetles. Wishful thinking? Probably... it's SOE afterall.

Why I now love TED

"When you start looking for something you tend to find it. This wouldn't be like Simon Newcomb, the great astronomer, who wrote a mathematical proof that heavier than air flight was impossible and published it a day before the Wright brothers took off. I'm talking about people who found a pattern in nature and wrote several scientific articles and got it accepted by a large part of the scientific community before it was generally agreed that there was no such pattern, it was all just selective perception."
- Robert Anton Wilson

MTGMINTCARD.COM: Sell your MTG Cards to Hong Kong!

If you're a bit out of the loop when it comes to the local common trading routes of Magic: the Gathering in your area, I might have the solution to your problem. I was browsing for things-that-shouldn't-be-there on a global auction site, when I ran into this seller: MTGMINTCARD.com.

Apparently they have a service wherein they will buy from you the cards that you have and send the equivalent dollars to your PayPal account. The condition is that they have to get the cards you shipped to them in 10 business days. Where are they located you ask? It depends on your address, or so the site says, but from where I'm located, they say they I have to send the cards to Hong Kong.

They even have a handy form, complete with prices, a drop down list, several check boxes, etc. for easy invoice creation.

Personally, this is something worth considering, or at least investigating. I'll try selling a few dollar rares first just to test the waters - it may be a scam after all. If it isn't though, then all I have to say is this: booyah!

The anime reference isn't so exciting.

The Jap... er, "Empire of the Rising Sun" gets tech that you pretty much expected they would get. Let's make a list

• A Valkyrie - check
  
• A Gundam - check
  
• A Gatchaman plane - check
  
• An aquatic tank/siege-vehicle from Voltron (the vehicles) - check
  

Wow. That was pretty umn, derivative.

They better get include the damned classics. Like a Zero fighter, and the legendary Battleship Yamato.