The Dark Knight Rises...

I've seen the poster online for a while now, I've seen the "leaked" and then official teaser trailer for The Dark Knight Rises but as good and as excited as I was seeing it on the computer screen, I got some serious goose bumps when the WB/Legendary Pictures logo appeared on the screen before Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2 last night. Even on a small screen at the Pearlridge West theaters, I got excited. I loved the last line too..."The Epic Conclusion To The Dark Knight Legend". Can't wait for next summer...

As excited as I was to see that, I sometimes think that there were bigger thrills for these movies back in the day...before the internet. No Duh! but I remember back in 1988 reading about a Batman movie that was going to be made for the summer of '89. The only thing we knew was that Michael Keaton was gonna play Batman and it was gonna be a serious "dark" movie. With Keaton playing Batman, I think a lot of people were thinking it was gonna be like Adam West's '66 series (that I love).

I don't remember what movie it was but I remember that there was a real excitement of seeing the trailer for Batman. Nothing to spoil it, no previous knowledge of what to expect going in, just sitting there in awe seeing the Dark Knight on the big screen for the first time. Not to say I still don't get a kick out of seeing the new Batman trailers on the big screen today, just that I usually know what to expect going in.

Batmobile, thermos and brushes...

Not really on any particular hunt yesterday at Pearlridge. I came across these three items.

I found the classic '66 Batmobile ornament over at Hallmark. It was the last one they had so I decided I better pick it up now. Kinda early for Christmas stuff but a nice find. They also had a Batman figure ornament but they had a bunch of those left so I figured I could pick it up a little later.

Next at Longs, I ran across three different designed Batman toothbrushes. I have a little Batman toothbrush collection going...then again, I have a Batman collection of a bunch of things too.

Finally, while at Toys R Us I found a Batman thermos...a different one that I got earlier this year. The previous one had Batman leaping into action and the Batsignal on it. This one has the Batsignal on both sides of the thermos. It matches the smaller food container I found last week.

I figure I'm going to try keeping up with this thing again.