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WTF? "Barman Returns" sounded so promising, and then everybody went off on this damned Batman tangent.

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New Zealand and Argentina, also too. I'm guessing NZ is the place where gay penguins go, at least on vacation. Much more liberal than, say South Africa or Argentina.

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Uh-oh... don't let the Xtards find out about this. Don't want to see them crank up all that pray-away-the-gay bullshit again.

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Nah ... <a href="http:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/0\/05\/Penguins_on_Gourdin_Island.jpg" target="_blank">teh gayz wear pastels</a>, just to be different.

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<i> ... the birds aren’t “actually gay” but “more like best friends ...</i>

I'm almost afraid to ask, but what, exactly, would distinguish "actually gay" pengins?

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Batman IS dark and grim. Besides, Burton's Batman was 40 years old and went around lighting bad guys on fire and trying to shoot the Joker with machine guns. Also, the whole Penguin-as-a-carny thing? WTF was that? And suddenly Catwoman has superpowers because the cats brought her back to life and now she knows kung fu because she fell out of a building? Entertaining movies that made no sense and had nothing to do with the source material. "Batman Begins" was a big budget "Batman Year One" and "The Dark Knight" was influenced by "The Long Halloween" and "Dark Victory." Nolan understands Batman.

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There IS no other Catwoman than Eartha Kitt!

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Marcus Bachmann, Minnesota Penguin?

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Where they could feast on the fingers of Newt Gingrich.

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I've always suspected Opus but Sparky (This Modern World) seems pretty hetero.

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Imma let you finnish, but "Batman Returns" was full of silly plot-holes and "The Dark Knight" was the best super-hero adaptation of all time.

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July 20th.

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I'm just glad that there is another person out there who shares my appreciation for Almodóvar movies.

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<a href="http:\/\/24.media.tumblr.com\/tumblr_lhhq6lgc7l1qfejy5o1_500.jpg" target="_blank">Hipster Catwoman.</a>

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dark knight was awesome but! i am getting utterly sick of christian bale and that ridiculous batman voice.

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<i>... [they] aren’t “actually gay” but “more like best friends, living cooperatively</i>

<blockquote> “What a good friend you have,” Agnes said. “Coming over with lunch and a message from your Daddy.” “Yes,” Edward replied. “Paul is my best friend.” “He helps take care of your father?” Diane was fishing for information. “My father has diabetes. He's had some surgery and doesn't see very well anymore.” “And Paul helps take care of him.” “Yes. Paul is my best friend.” </blockquote>

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