{"id":2163,"date":"2021-05-10T16:46:21","date_gmt":"2021-05-10T16:46:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/joeviglione.com\/?p=2163"},"modified":"2021-05-10T17:28:15","modified_gmt":"2021-05-10T17:28:15","slug":"monday-may-10-2021-a-collection-of-thoughts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/joeviglione.com\/?p=2163","title":{"rendered":"Monday May 10, 2021 A collection of thoughts…"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

“If men believe in fallible computers, it should be easy for them to believe in an infallible Spiritual system, call it God, Christ, Subconcious or whatever” <\/strong> Joe Viglione 12:46 pm May 10, 2021<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Joe Viglione’s Original Hotline to the Underground, …since the 1970s<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Batman 2021<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

THE BATMAN Trailer (2022)<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
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Thirty-two million, eight hundred fifty eight thousand, five hundred and fifteen views on this particular YouTube video \/ preview \/ trailer …the ” First trailer for The Batman starring Robert Pattinson” https:\/\/youtu.be\/-FZ-pPFAjYY<\/a> begs the question <\/strong>– could DC screw up their franchises, in concert with Warner Brothers, any more than they already have? <\/strong> First, Robert Pattison looks more like Robin than Batman, but ANYTHING would be better then Ben Affleck, God help us and save us. Political castings are so passe’ – and boring. People love the familiar, and Christian Bale rescued the franchise from the abysmal castings of Michael Keaton (fine as Vulture in Marvel, horrible as Batman courtesy of DBPS (Director Bi-polar syndrome) Tim Burton. George Clooney was clueless, Val Kilmer put the stake in the bat’s heart and killed the franchise. IF the film company had any decorum Adam West would have been the Batman for the first Burton film. Yes, Burton made money for the company (not so much for Dark Shadows though, did he?) and that being said, the biggest mistake after the stale television show which needed reinvention into a serious Batman series, the original Batman movie from the 1960s should have been serious. As serious as Planet of the Apes or Star Wars. Then there’s the earlier two serials, starting with 1943 (see below) and 1949’s Batman and Robin. The Batman was never treated properly until Christopher Nolan’s trilogy – Batman Begins, The Dark Knight and The Dark Knight Rises. Even that tremendous turn of events (Batman Begins 373.6 in 2005; the Dark Knight 1.005 billion 2008; The Dark Knight Rises (2012) 1.081 billion https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Batman_in_film#The_Dark_Knight_Trilogy_(2005%E2%80%932012) <\/a> the poor villains of the first and the third made the films more difficult, though vastly superior to every other Batman entry. Heath Ledger seconded by Christian Bale performances saved the day, but one must have superior scripts to work alongside superior acting. Christian Bale was necessary for this role…an older Batman and Robin could save the day, but no matter how much money Pattison makes it is still going to be an “alternate universe” Batman. One of the most famous figures in film and comics has still not yet has his day. Christian Bale can return and make things right. Rob Pattison? Kind of like an alternate universe Joker that Joaquin Phoenix gave us, not coming anywhere near Heath Ledger’s brilliance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Where the 1943 Batman debut had a certain charm and a supremely despicable villain in J. Carroll Naish, this sequel misfires six years after the first 15 chapter serial and doesn’t hold up as well as the original on DVD. The plot is a good one and despite some fine work by the B movie cast – Lyle Talbot as Commissioner Gordon (he of Chick Carter, Detective fame) and Robert Lowery as the Batman (horror fans take note, Lowery was in The Mummy’s Ghost and Revenge Of The Zombies ) director Spencer Gordon Bennet just can’t seem to put it all together. Where the first film had the caped crusader and his boy wonder helping the police surreptitiously, they are fully cooperating with the Commissioner here, in his office and at his beck and call. The biggest problem is that their nemesis, The Wizard, is not as diabolical as a future Marvel Comics character of the same name (the leader of The Fantastic Four’s powerful enemy, The Frightful Four), especially in light of the fact that The Joker was already an established villain in the comic book series and, had he been the antagonist instead of the Wizard, there would have been the opportunity for some fun elements absent in this outing. Actor Leonard Penn (also from producer Sam Katzman’s aforementioned 1946 Chick Carter, Detective flick) just doesn’t put any malice into his Wizard character, none of the relish needed to seep through the secretive wardrobe. Eric Wilton, as butler Alfred, gets to play Batman in a deception created by the dynamic duo, which gives him a footnote in movie trivia history, one could say. There are lots of mind games between The Wizard and Batman, a plot device that wears pretty thin, but there are also plenty of amusing electronic gadgets at The Wizard’s disposal and a pretty cool Bat Cave to boot. On home video or DVD the chapters get tedious where the previous entry from 1943 could hold one’s attention and, despite the addition of a sub-plot where The Wizard also becomes The Invisible Man, this quickie really feels like it was made to entertain in short bursts at a movie theater in the late 40s. Some critics liked Robert Lowery better than his predecessor, Lewis Wilson, in the dual roles of Bruce Wayne and Batman, however the actors from both serials do a fine job and get into the character better than Michael Keaton, Val Kilmer and George Clooney ever could in their attempts to play the superhero. It is actually quite sad that producer Katzman and director Bennet didn’t realize the iconic figure they were dealing with because with a little extra effort the assembled cast and this decent script idea could have made for a very entertaining movie. It’s too bad Michael G. Wilson, son of the original Batman, Lewis Wilson, and co-producer of Quantum of Solace, didn’t watch this serial prior to the 2008 James Bond entry because the glaring error of not having a masterful villain is why both Quantum and this Batman And Robin have less sustain. The Dark Knight worked so well because Heath Ledger’s Joker was every bit the equal of Christian Bale’s Batman. ~ Joe Viglione, Rovi\u00a0Click To More information.\u00a0<\/a> <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Ian Hunter When I\u2019m President<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

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On September 3rd 2012 I reviewed the wonderful title track of this album, and seventeen days later Mr. Hunter is scheduled to be on my TV show, Visual Radio Live, 8:00 PM carried on cable access TV  We\u2019re going to explore his album in depth, but right now, here are my immediate thoughts. Read more Ian Hunter reviews on ClubBohemia.club <\/a>https:\/\/clubbohemianews.blogspot.com\/2021\/05\/ian-hunter-strings-attached-by-joe.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cComfortable (Flyin\u2019 Scotsman)\u201d has a roller coaster \u201cBrown Sugar\u201d \nride resplendent in that classic style familiar to Mott The Hoople fans \naround the globe.  The Rolling Stones may have been exiled on Main \nStreet back in the 1970s but as Ian Hunter crafts album after album with\n solid songwriting his musical essays are expanding the original vision \nwhile simultaneously migrating from label to label.   1995\u2019s Dirty \nLaundry was on Cleveland International, 1997\u2019s Artful Dodger on the \nOutofTime imprint, 2000\u2019s Rant on Fuel 2000, the live DVD Just Another \nNight on MVD (2004)the beautiful Strings Attached on Sanctuary (2005),  \nShrunken Heads on YepRoc (2007),   Live In London \u2013 a cd release of some\n of Just Another Night on The Great American Music Company (2007), Man \nOverboard on New West (2009) and now, three years later, When I\u2019m \nPresident on Slimstyle Records (2012). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you\u2019re counting that\u2019s nine labels in 17 years, an amazing feat in\n an era when hit radio is controlled by corporations spoon-feeding \nnonsense to the masses.  We can thank Congressman Ed Markey (located \nright down the street from my home where I write this) and the usually \nreliable Bill Clinton for the disarray. The Telecommunications Act of \n1996 didn\u2019t work out the way Markey and Clinton figured it would, and \nthe radio industry as we knew it no longer exists.  Nor does the record \nbusiness, two components of alleged \u201cfree enterprise\u201d that have exacted \neven more hardship on creative artists and their fans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And perhaps that\u2019s the submliminal message that \u201cWhen I\u2019m President\u201d, the song, sends out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This album rocks with authority, picks up and delivers, and has some \nunique surprises. \u201cTa Shunka Witco (Crazy Horse)\u201d is not an ode to an \nold Neil Young band, nor is it Paul Revere & The Raiders\u2019 \u201cIndian \nReservation.\u201d  \u201cTa Shunka Witco (Crazy Horse)\u201d quotes the film Galaxy \nQuest\u2019s battle cry \u201cNever Surrender\u201d (well, their rant was actually \n\u201cNever give up! Never surrender!\u201d).   It\u2019s a slow, dreamy, eerie \nstylistic change for Hunter, and it is brilliant.   Where 2009\u2019s Man \nOverboard had its moments the CD When I\u2019m President chugs along with the\n inspiration we want\u2026and expect\u2026from this rock icon.  \u201cWhat For\u201d could \nhave been an out-take from Brain Capers or Mad Shadows, vintage Hunter \nin great voice and a charging Rant band that is relentless in its \nexecution.  \u201cBlack Tears\u201d is another abrupt change of pace, everything \nfalling into a groove with stylish lyrics and splashy sounds from the \nvery efficient and very spontaneous band, Ian churning out the passion \nin a way the rock-star-wannabe 20somethings of today have yet to \nprovide\u2026 or experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cJust The Way You Look Tonight\u201d   is not a cover of the classic Frank\n Sinatra tune (\u201cThe Way You Look Tonight\u201d, no \u201cjust\u201d in the title), nor a\n take-off on former (early, early) almost Deep Purple musician\u2019s \u201cThe \nWay I Feel Tonight\u201d (made famous by the Bay City Rollers), it\u2019s a fun \nstomp that has magical instrumentation and an eloquent expression from \nthe veteran frontman.   The entire album works, \u201cWild Bunch\u201d deserving \nspecial mention, and while Man Overboard had an extraordinary few \nmoments (\u201cArms & Legs\u201d), this album has Ian Hunter being Ian Hunter,\n a great leap forward, a welcome return to what the fans love about this\n icon.   He\u2019s got our vote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ian Hunter, When I\u2019m President \u2013 Track Listing 1. Comfortable (Flyin\u2019\n Scotsman 2. Fatally Flawed 3. When I\u2019m President 4. What For 5. Black \nTears 6. Saint 7. Just The Way You Look Tonight 8. Wild Bunch 9. Ta \nShunka Witco (Crazy Horse) 10. I Don\u2019t Know What You Want 11. Life<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Joe Viglione is the Chief Film \nCritic at TMRZoo.com. He was a film critic for Al Aronowitz\u2019s The \nBlacklisted Journal, has written thousands of reviews and biographies \nfor AllMovie.com, Allmusic.com and produces and hosts Visual Radio. \nVisual Radio is a fifteen year old variety show on cable TV which has \ninterviewed John Lennon\u2019s Uncle Charlie, Margaret Cho, Ray Manzarek, \nJohn Densmore, Felix Cavaliere, Marty Balin, Bill Press and hundreds of \nother personalities.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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