Running again!

So, how do you spend your lunch hours? Quick pint? Food? Sounds good to me, but lately I've begun using the hour, and the free gym work provides, to get a bit of exercise in!

For the last few weeks, I've been banging in a quick 5km, which let's face it is more than I was doing anyway, not hard to do more than 0! Oh and when I say quick, I'm fully aware than just under 26 minutes isn't quick, I don't mean it like that, was a bit disappointed with yesterdays 5.85km in 30 minutes though.

This year I have 3 events planned:

• Swansea 10k
• Cardiff Half Marathon (21.2km)
• Aberdare 'Demon' Run (8km, but apparently over some nasty terrain)

So as you can imagine running my 5km repeatedly is woefully inadequate, but it's a start, bit of weight may come off so I won't look quite so much like a blimp in a Batman hoodie!

Maybe Val should join me!

Sorry, have to reuse it, love that pic!

Batman! (Part 2)

And so I go on, and on, and on....


Following me covering the 60's, 80's and first 90's film in part 1 (which can be found http://andrewdrisc.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/batman-part-1.html <--- there) let's move on and cover the rest of the 90s!


Batman Forever: No Michael Keaton? This isn't a good start is it? As I said previously Keaton is my favourite, so you should have worked out I see this as a negative. So who took over...

Val Kilmer... looking good Val!!


The villains were a very mixed bag, in the shit corner we had two-face, Tommy Lee Jones, giving one of the most over the top and uncomfortable performances of his career. In previous instalments Harvey Dent had been played by Billy Dee Williams, but they paid him off to cast a bigger name (Calrissian is a pretty big name), I think they should have left him do it.


In the awesome corner Jim Carrey as the Riddler, giving one of the most over the top and somehow just right performances of his career. To a point it's maybe a little true he was just essentially playing himself dressed as the Riddler, but it worked in the generally over the top setting Joel Schumacher had chosen to take the franchise.

The plot is further 'out there'than the previous too films, which plays into Carrey well, but doesn't sit well with Tommy at all. Val Kilmer is... ok, and obviously not as... porky... as above and then film introduces Robin (Dick Grayson version)! Rule of thumb with many things, Robin spoils them and he doesn't go well here, but he goes a damn site better than in the next film.


Overall, it's a step down from the first 2 'modern' films, but it's still fun to watch, I'd have rather they stuck to the dark Batman films, kept Keaton and Burton, but key ho. It could get worse.


And it did...


Batman and Robin: What the mother fuck is this shit?


Who thought this was a good idea? Who was at the script writers/casting meeting and OK'd the ideas:

• Arnie plays Mr Freeze and delivers 80% of his dialogue via the medium of cheesy pun.

• George Clooney is Batman??!?!?!?

• Robin worked so well, let's make him even more moody and annoying, and wait, let's introduce Batgirl as well... that'll alloy Alicia Silverstone to give possibly the worst performance by anyone... in anything... ever. But not the normal Batgirl/Oracle, well change the name and back story a bit so it fits better.

• Bane? We'll just turn him into a almost mute moron who just follows an overacting Uma Thurman, who's making Tommy Lee Jones effort look like an oscar winner, round like a puppy. Let's be thankful The Dark Knight Rises hasn't taken that approach to one of the best recently created DC villains.

• A Bat Credit Card?? Yeah I love product placement, it really enhances my viewing experience... 

It's like people only do these things because they can get paid. And that's just really sad. 

• A Robin signal?????

Look at them, what the fuck is that supposed to be, and what's Robin wearing? Why do the men have nipples but not the woman? Who designed this shite?

I made myself sit through this as part of watching Batman to prepare for Batman. My tweets during were more like a cry for help.

The film killed the Batman franchise in this form, it took the best part of a decade and a reboot to save it. But luckily that reboot was pretty damn good, but I wanna go bed now so I'll do them tomorrow.