The Dark Knight Rises is an upcoming superhero film directed by Christopher Nolan, who co-wrote the screenplay with his brother Jonathan Nolan and the story with David S. Goyer. Based on the DC Comics character Batman, the film is the third installment in Nolan’s Batman film series, and is a sequel to Batman Begins (2005) and The Dark Knight (2008). The Dark Knight Rises is intended to be the conclusion of the series. Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Gary Oldman, and Morgan Freeman reprise their roles from Batman Begins and The Dark Knight. The film takes place eight years after the events of The Dark Knight and introduces the characters of Selina Kyle and Bane—portrayed by Anne Hathaway and Tom Hardy, respectively—two villains from the Batman mythology.
With the release of “Men in Black 3,” The Guardiantakes a look at the folklore surrounding UFO sightings, specifically, the tales of black-clad men who were rumored to show up in the wake of such sightings to talk to witnesses and, one assumes, to cover up all those awesome secrets.
Sadly, there really aren’t that many good UFO sightings any more. I remember watching the old “In Search Of” show on a UHF station out of Springfield, Mass. in the 1970s. The details have long escaped me, but I vividly recall host Leonard Nimoy talking about the Air Force’s “Project Blue Book“ and the Roswell incident.
Here’s the nut graf from The Guardian’s story:
In 1953, Albert K Bender, the editor of a UFO publication called Space Review, announced that he’d found the solution to the flying saucer mystery but had been forbidden to print it. He warned others working in the field to be cautious, and then stopped publishing. Later he said that three men wearing dark suits had told him to write no more about UFOs, and he’d obeyed them because he’d been “scared to death”.
Thereafter, other people who’d been present at putative UFO encounters also reported approaches from black-suited figures who tried to enforce their silence. These characters resorted to psychological pressure when necessary and, if that failed, to physical harm. Some of the people who were approached assumed that their callers were representatives of a secret government agency, like the one featured in Men in Black 3. Sometimes, however, there were indications that the troubling visitants might themselves be aliens.
Something about them was often not quite right. They walked with an odd limp, spoke in monotone or were deathly pallid. Their brand-new limousine was actually a long discontinued model. They failed to recognise common objects like ball-point pens. Their dark glasses appeared to hide unnaturally glowing eyes. Of course, we should treat with caution the accounts of people who claimed to have recently seen a flying saucer. They’re bound to have been in a somewhat excitable state.
So yesterday, you may recall, I posted some new promo photos of the big-screen adaptation of Victor Hugo’s classic tale. Today, the teaser trailer for the Hugh Jackman-starring film makes its bow. Amanda Seyfried and Russell Crowe also star. Tom Hooper directs.
I honestly cannot believe that Hollywood has been reduced to making movies based on board games. I haven’t seen the movie, but from the trailer it’s not clear to me if it has anything to do with the game “Battleship” besides the license and the fact that it has battleships in it. I’d say this is the clearest sign yet that they’re running out of ideas.
So, what other board or pen-and-paper guessing games could get the Hollywood treatment? I’m thinking “Parcheesi” myself. Although they could also do an adaptation of “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge” and say it’s a “Hangman” movie. The posters almost make themselves:
The Cineaste's Lament. 