Saturday, December 1, 2007

When Joker Met Roker

That Joker, he's such a tease. More and more tidbits about The Dark Knight are popping up here and there on the 'net, such as this latest shot of our boy Heath Ledger as the crown prince of crime (or is that grime?) himself. His greasy mug (complete with sadistic smirk) also graced the cover of the latest issue of Empire magazine.

And Warners continues their online onslaught with a couple of new viral websites for you hardcore Batman affcionados to dissect in search of the latest minutiae, including home pages for the fictional Gotham Times and District Attorney Harvey Dent (a.k.a. Two-Face), among others.

On the other hand, in the midst of all this cool fanboy bait comes this recent Today Show visit to the film's Chicago set, wherein a totally clueless Al Roker fumbles through interviews with Christian Bale, Aaron Eckhart and Christopher Nolan. They even go so far as to dig up the old Batman TV theme and an unofficial shot of Ledger's Joker, and end the whole mess with Roker's trio of co-hostesses drooling over Bale (not that there's anything wrong with that, but ladies ... show some professionalism). It just goes to show how vacuous and pointless the network morning shows have become.

Links via MTV.com, EmpireOnline.com, TheGothamTimes.com, WeAreTheAnswer.org, Cinematical.com, YouTube.com and QuickStopEntertainment.com.

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