Dark Knight

What, you thought I wasn't going to post a spoof of the film with the biggest opening weekend in the history of cinema? Wrong! This one's decent, though. It features the ridiculous intro to The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air as it would've been sung by Heath Ledger's already iconic Joker. (Love the cartwheels and cheesy dancing.) So what do you bet that Halloween's gonna be overrun with this costume?

When I headed back to the theaters this weekend to see Iron Man a second time, I noticed something about the oh, 30 minutes of previews that ran before the feature. There's an excellent, spine-tingly new trailer for The Dark Knight which, if I already weren't completely anxious to see that film, I certainly would be now. While it's heartbreaking to see Heath up there onscreen as The Joker, it's also totally mesmerizing. That movie is just going to be so good.

However. We also got a new full-length trailer for Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull and I'm not trying to be a downer here, but I was shocked by how lackluster it was. There's no real tension and little excitement. Not even Cate Blanchett seems to be able to light up the screen with any passion. The signature music is fun, but that's about it. I'm not so precious about the previous Indiana Jones movies that I needed Spielberg, Lucas and Co. to "not screw this up." Mostly I just want it to be a good movie in general. The trailer has me a little worried.

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I'm sensing a trend here. More and more people are makin' their own versions of blockbusters. We saw the low-budget Star Wars. Now we have a DIY Dark Knight — before it's even come out yet! (No offense guys, this is great, but I don't think the studios have anything to worry about.)

• Cinematical explains how to get to this new Joker (Heath Ledger) and Rachel Dawes (Maggie Gyllenhaal) photo from The Dark Knight by following a bunch of clues from a phone number and website.
• Televisionary interviews "Pushing Daisies" creator Bryan Fuller.
• A lot of blogs are posting homages to Ingmar Bergman this week, but I really like this post on Popwatch.
• Rolling Stone offers a funny list of 15 songs that make you say "who?!"
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• How ridiculous is the Rush Hour 3 billboard? BestWeekEver counts the ways.
• TV Squad somehow got to read the start of the "Dead Like Me" movie script.
• PrettyMuchAmazing gives a solid "Eh!" to James Blunt's new song.
• Give Me My Remote gives me a reason to look forward to "Moonlight": Star Alex O'Loughlin looks like a cross between Jon Stewart and Patrick Dempsey.
• The Music Slut explains M. Ward's somewhat confusing beef with Mastercard.

Due to "scheduling conflicts," Katie Holmes is unable to reprise her role as Batman's love interest in The Dark Knight, the sequel to Batman Begins. Instead, Maggie Gyllenhaal will most likely step in to play D.A. Rachel Dawes.

Darling of the independent movie scene, she seems like a slightly bizarre pick for this blockbuster role. Still weirder, however, will be watching handsome Heath Ledger play The Joker.

What do you think about this news? Does Maggie with her big, goofy grin seem like a good pick to play Batman's lady?

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