Friday, July 20, 2012       No one had ever seen anything like
it.                 Is this "branding" or self-marketing run
amok?          1. You're memory serves you correctly John, 'TDK'
was a veritable tour of the Chicago Loop and Lower Wacker Drive.
2. My 13 yr old nephew was watching Burton's Batman last month
and could not have been more bored. I may think that Nolan's
version, including the character portrayals, are superior to
Burton's, but I never could call Burton's Batman boring. The
generational footprint that we live in today is called Realism.
Suspension of disbelief has never been lower, if it does not
look, sound, and feel like everyday life, then it's fake, and
thus it's boring.      1. Hi Trent,        I enjoyed reading
your comments. Personally, I believe that Nolan has sacrificed
too much imagination with the focus on realism, but I understand
his approach, and I appreciate that his conceit is consistently
and artistically applied, even if it doesn't exactly fit my
preference.        I