Batman Opens June 23, 1989

20 years ago this weekend Tim Burton’s Batman opened in theaters.  I would have been 14, almost 15 then.  I remember going to the movies with my younger brother, he was probably 10 at the time.  Next, to Superman which I only saw on cable at that point, this was my first superhero movie that I got to witness on the big screen.  At this point I was a huge Batman fan and comic book reader.  My favorites were G.I. Joe ( which I may have dropped by this point) and of course Batman. I remember being extremely excited to go to see this movie, I would bought the novelization, the soundtrack and made it point to soak up anything related to movie that  I could, music videos, interviews, the TOPPS movie cards which I have a compete run of and still have to this day,  and articles to say the least.  I even had the Batman t-shirt that everyone else in the world was wearing that summer. Actually, I had two.    I remember a pillow case my brother had, that my mom just found and packed in with some stuff for my kids.                  

                                                                                              

Of course this was  pre-internet and movie trailers were only something you could see at the movies, I don’t think I even saw the trailer before going to see this movie.  My only knowledge of the film was ads in the in the comics, posters and the rest of the media onslaught that Warner Bros forced upon us that summer.  It was the summer of Batman, and this  probably the first movie that my parents let me take my brother to without supervision.  Luckily, this movie ran for a while that summer because I remember not being able to go see it opening weekend because I was in Canada on a Boy Scout trip.  I do remember going to see it during the day for a matinee, the theater was pretty empty if I recall correctly.  But, I remember walking out in awe, and awe that I had not experienced since seeing Return of the Jedi a few years earlier.

I still have spot in my heart for this movie I think I will re-watch it tonight in celebration of its 20 year anniversary.  1989′s Batman….AWESOME.

 

 

Sribblenauts

Coming later this year is a new game for the Nintendo DS called Scribblenauts. I heard Jeff Cannata talking about this game onTWIT (this week in tech) with Leo Laporte.  This game sounds like it is going to be the next major game for the DS.  The premise seems to be very simple: 

From scribblenauts.com:

The premise is simple: The player uses the touch-screen to help their character, Maxwell, acquire the star in each level by solving a series of puzzles. The twist is, in order to solve each puzzle the players use the notepad to write down objects that are used to reach the goal.

This game is all about experimentation, imagination and endless replay value. Think of any person, place or thing, write it down, and watch it come alive! Write Anything, Solve Everything!

Here is a video from teh folks over at nintendodorks.com from E3 of them actually playing the game.  They have titled this God vs the Krakken.

Adam Savage talks about the Dodo Bird and the Matelese Falcon