Yesterday, I had one of those moments where I knew that I couldn't keep coasting through life. So, I made a list of things I needed to do and then a list of things I needed to do to accomplish those goals. So, as an experiment I am putting this list to the test as something called "The September Accords". I think it sounds fancy. So, basically you'll probably hear more from me for the next month.
Anywho, I read the script for Batman today. This is an unproduced script from 1984. The whole time I was reading it, all I could think about was which era would this fit (Burton, Schumaker, Nolan), because as the Joker said in Dark Knight "But I know the truth: there's no going back. You've changed things... forever." And that's the truth, once you've established a world, people will always compare it and if you change it too much, they won't believe it. Every movie has to be a product of their time, even if it's sci-fi, a period piece, or comic book movie. In this Batman, the Joker's sidekicks had jet-packs. Now this might have worked in Batman Returns, or any of the Schumaker's, but it wouldn't work now. People want everything nowadays grounded in some sort of reality, or at least people acknowledging that it's not comporting (i.e. Superman). Everything in the Nolan Batman movies at least seems like it might possibly happen. Also, this script has the introduction of Robin, which would never (I hope) enter the Nolan universe. The idea of a man adopting a boy to train to fight crime just seems like abuse at this point in time.
Well, there's the first of what I hope are many posts during the the month.
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