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I begin to feel quite bad for supporters of Lupin III, who keep getting the film heads-up and then losing. This week it's to the newly re-requested Batman Returns, which I haven't seen since its original theatrical run. Wasn't a huge fan then, and I've since become friendly with its screenwriter (who is among us—I do like Heathers, man!), so this is potentially a bit of a minefield. But I'm quite curious to see how I'll respond now, especially given how comparatively insane the film plays in memory relative to the MCU assembly line. Probably won't bother to revisit the '89 film first—been ages since I've seen that, too, but I still know it pretty well as it was in heavy rotation at the video store I worked for ca. 1990-1991.
Happy Thanksgiving, lads and lasses. As ever, I'm enormously thankful for all of you.