Dark Knight Returns

It's nice not having the comp in the living room.
Feels peaceful when I get home without the visible humming of the machine :)

But it also means I don't get to use the comp until daddy buys a laptop.
Or when this room's unoccupied.
Like now.
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Watched The Dark Knight for the second time at Olie's house (played guitar hero too, but that's besdie the point).
Loved it loved it loved it.
Ok I don't love it for superhero's sake, but I love it for all the uber cool parallels we can draw between the movie and our world from the Christian point of view.

"Because some men aren't looking for anything logical, like money. They can't be bought, bullied, reasoned or negotiated with. Some men just want to watch the world burn."
Alfred was describing the Joker.
Sounded alot like Satan to me.


"Why's he running, Dad?"
"Because we have to chase him."
"He didn't do anything wrong."
"Because he's the hero Gotham deserves, but not the one it needs right now. So we'll hunt him because he can take it. Because he's not our hero. He's a silent guardian, a watchful protector. A dark knight."
Sounds alot like Jesus.


[the Joker has rigged two ferries to explode, one filled with prison inmates, one with ordinary people, giving each ferry a detonator and telling them that one has to blow up the other, or he'll blow up both of them. One of the prisoners approaches the Warden, who is holding the detonator]
"You don't want to die, but you don't know how to take a life. Give it to me; these men would kill you, and take it anyway. Give it to me. You can tell 'em I took it by force. Give it to me, and I'll do what you shoulda did ten minutes ago."
[Scared, the Warden hands over the detonator. The Tattooed Prisoner looks at it, then throws it out the window]

"We really should stop fighting, we'll miss the fireworks!"
"There aren't going to be any fireworks!"
"And here... we... go!"
[Silence. Nothing happens. Confused, Joker turns to look at the clock, which shows that it's past midnight and neither of the ferries have blown the other up]
"What were you hoping to prove? That, deep down, everyone's as ugly as you? You're *alone*! "

Batman stopped Joker from blowing up the ferries, but he couldn't stop the people on the ferries from blowing one another up.


"Sometimes, the truth isn't enough. People need to have their faith rewarded."
"The night is darkest just before the dawn. And I promise you, the dawn is coming."