mskfisher's Journal: Two things

1. Batman Begins. (no spoilers)

   As the credits rolled, I turned to the friend with whom I had seen the movie, and said "It's been a while since I had my butt kicked. It's good to be reminded every now and again."

   Michael Keaton had dark, brooding, and intellectual.
   Christian Bale has dark, brooding, intellectual, conflicted, and angry. One scene in particular made me think "Wow, this is just like I've seen him drawn..."

   (Note: One of the comments from a coworker is that the 1989 Batman was more developed and resigned to his dual identity, so he didn't require the conflicted, angry self-discovery... I still find it fun to watch the process, necessary or not. Also, it's been a while since I've watched the 1989 version (or Returns) so my memories aren't entirely fresh.)

   Also, I got suckered by a lot of the plot points. I didn't know who certain characters were, since many of my attempts to enter the Batman world were thwarted by crossovers and the passage of time from original publication. I ended up buying or reading graphic novels to sate my appetite instead (Dark Knight Returns, Batman: Year One, Kingdom Come, Arkham). The result of this is that I have general knowledge and appreciation, but any villain beyond Joker is mostly a mystery.

   The effects were awesome, and well-used - everything relating to a certain blue flower is just RAD. It was meaty and tactile, not ethereal and flaky like other CGI tends to be (yes, I'm looking at you, Episodes I and II).

   I really like the darker, Frank Miller-esque depiction of Batman and Gotham. Because of that, this movie was all I could've hoped for.

2. So I was writing down the powers of 2 up to 2^20. I looked at the numbers' progression, and saw a pattern - the length was increasing linearly, forming a straight line at the edge of the numbers. I realized that, since I was writing the numbers in base 10, I could use the length and slope to approximate log2(10).
   This made me grin.

   I'm not a nerd, I just play one on TV.
   Wait, no, yes I am, and I like it. :D