**SPOILER ALERT**

Not that the Oscars have any credibility (TDK deserved a nom in 2008), but honestly TDKR didn't deserve a nom this year. I'm not that familiar with the class of films they chose, so maybe it's real weak, I dunno.

But just based on the merits of TDKR itself, I don't think it deserves a nom. It's the weakest of the three Nolan Batman's, which is even more glaring because it was the film to follow TDK (the best), and even if TDKR had been the only film in the franchise, there's missing attributes to the story that are obvious, plus I agree with what most critics are saying as the ending "wasn't very good".

And I agree with that as well. It's actually a good film up to that point, but I don't really still understand what Nolan was going for in the ending. It seemed like he just gave up on the film at the end. The fly The Bat off into the ocean with the bomb was weak sauce and incredibly cliched for a franchise of this caliber and a director who basically re-invented the comic book film, and he choses a throwback Superman concept to lock out the film which... uhh... ok.

I thought the part of keeping Bruce alive kept the fans appeased, but the critics have majorly complained of it as being gutless. Nolan basically teased killing off Batman at the end of the film, which was a huge statement that literally within seconds he reversed because of the assfuck nerdgasm that would ensue by the thought.

I think his statement was with Robin that "Batman will live on with other men, but Bruce Wayne is retired and happy", so Batman is not dead. Batman is immortal. Batman is an idea. Almost like Jesus.

I don't know, I just felt anti-climatic when I saw the film's ending originally in a theater.

I have a question for all of the fans of Black Gives Way To Blue:

I never gave the album a listen, but you guys seem to really love it. I have a chance to grab it on vinyl for $16, still sealed this week. So... should I?

My favorite 'Chains records are Tripod, followed by Dirt if that gives you any ideas on my taste.

For me it's not that there's anything really wrong with "The Seeker" itself....

It's just indicative of how things are....

The other covers were more enjoyable because Axl made his own by doing them in his own style (eg the Amazing Sailing cover in 2006)...but this one is pretty standard, there's no axl moment, no gnr adaption....pretty much just filler in the set.

Meanwhile...when was the last time you heard Yesterdays live? There's a ton of GNR stuff that you could break out before doing a cover where you have nothing to add to the original...