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Is there such thing as "canon" in the DC universe and does it even matter. Most people see TDKR as the only true Batman story, I think, the rest were all made up...

I was always of the opinion that most fans think the Killng Joke is a masterpiece, something I will never understand. The same type of fans usually think Kingdom Come is a masterpiece also, I just don't understand them. I can appreciate the art but I don't want to read.

I am only speaking of my own opinion, formed at that time in the 80's.

When I first read the Killing Joke I had no conception of the long wait or the context of how the media were treating comics (I ony read comics at that age, not lifestyle magazines) , I first knew of it when I saw it released on the shelves, new. The only Moore stuff I'd read at that time was 2000AD stories, Swamp Thing and Watchmen, I hadn't read any Miller stuff or much Batman at all.

I never even knew there was a Moore backlash in the 80's, I thought that was in the mid 90's?

So my only context for it was other Moore stories which it seriously falls short of, I knew it then when I read it first and I know it now. I never read it all the way through anymore because it just bores me.

Lovely artwork but a terribly thin and unsatisfying story, especially at a time when Moore was a godsend and can do no wrong. It's his weakest work of the 80's and was also one of the most high profile, it's more of an essay type thing than a good Batman/Joker tale. Even his Clayface story he did for Batman works better. Pity cos the art really is lovely. It just needs a few more story elements to live up to the art.

and the latest episode is excellently bleak, which always brings out the best in Lost.

and the latest episode is excellently bleak, which always brings out the best in Lost.

Dredd- I'm enjoying quite a lot.

Dead signal- not really bothered with this now since we've got another reality twist story again which was telegraphed from the first ep.

what the hell has that got to do with this interview?

...with a former Scientologist who just left a year ago. He gave them over $1,000,000 during the course of his membership. His story and the telling of it is passionate and inspiring. He gives us a unique insight into how anyone can believe in the alien Xenu and LRH.

Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNUjMz9-W2I" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNUjMz9-W2I

***Yup, the fact that virtually every animal in The Hobbit can (and does) talk might be a bit of problem for people looking forward to more of the 'grittier' feel of LotR. ***

He's not looking to make a grittier film like LOTR except towards the end and into the second film.

***Bah - "At the Mountains of Madness" not happening anytime soon then? See he's a Clark Ashton Smith fan - Lets have a "Tales from Zothique", Del Toro! ***

He could never get "At the mountains..." made because no one would give him money to do it. At least after "the Hobbit" he'll be able to make anything he wants, like Jackson making Kong, unfotunate as that was.

An interview with Del Toro about the Hobbit:

Link: http://www.theonering.net/torwp/2008/04/25/28747-guillermo-del-toro-chats-with-torn-about-the-hobbit-films/#more-28747" target="_blank">http://www.theonering.net/torwp/2008/04/25/28747-guillermo-del-toro-chats-with-torn-about-the-hobbit-films/#more-28747

The Silmarillion is far too episodic to ever be a film, the stories are too disjointed, it would only work as a TV series.

***they could do a movie of 'the silmarillion' ***

I seriously doubt it.



***So where's Peter Jackson and isn't he directing, eh?***

because he doesn't want to, he's already spent a decade of his life producing Lord of the Rings.



***I hope he makes King Kong 2, The Son of Kong.***

I hope he doesn't, Kong is a borefest.

How about...."Sauron Strikes Back".

How about just, "There & back again".