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John Ary On THE DARK KNIGHT RISES!!
John Ary here with my first reaction to The Dark Knight Rises...
While I didn't loathe it like Harry, I left the theater feeling ambivalent about it. I really wanted to like it, but there is a lot here you have to take with a grain of salt. Some of the scenes are fun (Bane's plane hijacking, Batman versus Bane in the sewer, Bruce Wayne playing cat and mouse with Selina Kyle early in the film), but the more I thought about the film while editing this video, the more I found myself knit-picking its flaws... and there are a lot of flaws. I would urge you to go into it with lowered expectations.
Tomorrow look for my spoilerific Top Ten Things to Hate About the Dark Knight Rises video here on AICN.
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July 19, 2012, 9:37 a.m. CST
It is time for a real comic book batman movie.
by Eric
July 19, 2012, 9:38 a.m. CST
Here's who will love this movie
by JorEl214
Casual comic book fans with some basic to moderate knowledge of the character/characters and then the bulk of the gen pop who loved TDK. The hardcore comic book fans will hate this movie or feel ambivalent about it.
July 19, 2012, 9:38 a.m. CST
The whole series needs a grain of salt
by bah
People call them "realistic". Apparently that's a very relative term. The China sequence would be unrealistic even in a Roger Moore Bond film.
July 19, 2012, 9:42 a.m. CST
They're only "realistic"
by JorEl214
because they don't feature villains like Man Bat, Killer Croc, Ra's doesn't have a Lazarus Pit. There's no mention of aliens in red capes or dudes who can tape into the Speed Force.
July 19, 2012, 9:42 a.m. CST
I heard Avengers was good, though.
by GoSensGo
July 19, 2012, 9:45 a.m. CST
John...did you wanna fuck the shit out of Catwoman while watching this?
by Dr. Francis B. Gross
July 19, 2012, 9:47 a.m. CST
by Jaymie69
July 19, 2012, 9:48 a.m. CST
Wow, Sad and depressing characters. emotionally heavy monologues. I guess you were hoping for another Avengers where a city getts destroyed and there are no civilian casualties and everyone is cracking one liners.
by Dion Mucciacito
July 19, 2012, 9:50 a.m. CST
Hahaha, I did love in Avengers how it was a movie of one liners.
by Randy
Very witty and fun ones, but it was a movie made of nothing but one guy trying to up the other guy with a better line. It was like the ultimate Superhero dick measuring contest.
July 19, 2012, 9:50 a.m. CST
Why would anyone want to fuck the shit out of anyone? That's disgusting.
by bah
July 19, 2012, 9:50 a.m. CST
Let me see if I understand this...
by Cornholio3000
You thought it would of been better if the movie made it clear early on if Gordon-Levitt takes over for Batman or not? So you prefer when movies telegraphs what is going to happen the entire time?
July 19, 2012, 9:52 a.m. CST
Things to Hate?
by SminkyPinky
Come on. Sure, things that are problematic (no, I haven't seen it yet), but hate's a fucking strong word used too often these days and part of what gives geeks a bad name.
July 19, 2012, 9:54 a.m. CST
by John Ary
No not at all. I liked how Nolan teased the fan boys with John Blake.
July 19, 2012, 9:54 a.m. CST
by John Ary
There are some giant leaps in logic that will leave you shaking your head.
July 19, 2012, 10:06 a.m. CST
by SminkyPinky
Fair enough. I hope to see it tomorrow. But I still can't get to grips with hate with a movie like this. It's a term I'll apply only to a really bad movie.
July 19, 2012, 10:10 a.m. CST
127 positive reviews on Rotten Tomatoes... and not one on AICN?
by American Mythos
It seems like this site had it out for the TDKR from the beginning. And Harry liked The Amazing Spider-Man, even trashing the Sam Raimi films to show his love for it -- and his original reviews for Raimi's Spider-Man films were GLOWING! I hate to be one of those guys, but it seems like quid pro quos drive much of the like/dislike ratio on AICN these days. Oh well, I still hae the coaxial section...
July 19, 2012, 10:11 a.m. CST
*Still have the coaxial section
by American Mythos
July 19, 2012, 10:12 a.m. CST
Nail in the superhero coffin?
by Dusty
When looking at all the superhero movies over the past ten years you would have to say these three Batman films are the most original. They just seem to strike a tone that is only briefly seen in other superhero films. This should outrage the Comi-conions, but we are in need of a break from the superhero genre. It's time to step back and look at the genre with fresh eyes. I realize this is wishful thinking as there are countless superhero films upcoming. Unfortunately, I bet we can expect some more of the same.
July 19, 2012, 10:15 a.m. CST
by John Ary
That's what's tough about it. It has some instances of brilliance teamed with flashes of stupidity. I would go into it more, but I don't want to spoil anything before opening day.
July 19, 2012, 10:27 a.m. CST
Aintitcool campaign against Nolan
by Lourdes Galan
Simply ridiculous.
July 19, 2012, 10:29 a.m. CST
by Jaymie69
July 19, 2012, 10:34 a.m. CST
by John Ary
I don't think I gave away anything that wasn't already revealed in the trailers. Bane wants to destroy Gotham city, old Batman gets beat up, there's a big fight at the end...
July 19, 2012, 10:38 a.m. CST
Boy the nolanites just refuse to accept any criticism that doesn't suck Nolan's dick
by rocky
July 19, 2012, 10:39 a.m. CST
I don't care about DKR. I just want to hear John Ary's silk tones washing through my brainbox
by Talkbacker with no name
and out of my cock
July 19, 2012, 10:40 a.m. CST
Can't wait for the kidd's review.
by Volllllume3
Hoping he tears Nolan a new asshole.
July 19, 2012, 10:42 a.m. CST
by Jaymie69
yes but why didnt you and all your buddies at aicn wait till the film is released. its a major fucking film to start throwing spoilers around.
July 19, 2012, 10:51 a.m. CST
Making a video thats called "10 things to hate about the Dark Knight rises" clearly shows what a fucking embarrassment this site has finally become. I mean, doing a video like that about a movie that is clearly shit... all right. But doing it with an almo
by MariusXe
back in the day, when merrick, moriarty and co. did still write reviews on a regular basis, this site was class (with a lot of f-bombs, maybe). Really. Now? Don't get me fucking started. Sorry to say, but I am finally of to hitfix and badass digest. And to John Ary: since we all can hear what your taste in music seems to be like, with your horrendous background auditoricide, I am not shocked to see you not getting what this movie is about. Its about taking the Batman legend to an ending and therefore taking it places where it will never ever be again. Thats what makes it unique.
July 19, 2012, 10:53 a.m. CST
with an almost universally praised movie, that hasn't even come out yet worldwide is sad.
by MariusXe
July 19, 2012, 10:54 a.m. CST
The New York Times didn't exactly give it a rave.
by cookylamoo
July 19, 2012, 10:55 a.m. CST
Fuckin' crybabys and their SPOILERS...WHAAAAA
by SkitZo
Don't read the fuckin' reviews then!
July 19, 2012, 10:59 a.m. CST
I miss Capone, and the old crew
by Lourdes Galan
This site is like Titanic, sinking, sinking, sinking
July 19, 2012, 11:01 a.m. CST
Man, Drew got off the sinking ship.
by Randy
July 19, 2012, 11:04 a.m. CST
Maybe some day this country can get back to film reviews....
by kells
...written by people with credentials and not by any fucking idiot with a keyboard and an opinion.
July 19, 2012, 11:15 a.m. CST
by John Ary
Agreed! Oh, wait...
July 19, 2012, 11:21 a.m. CST
Marvel/Avengers Screwed Up AICN...it really did.
by hoorayforeric
After The Avengers came out...this site geek-asmed all over their keyboards about it. Many people loved the movie, including me. But I also love Nolan's version of Batman and can take both. For others (like a lot of AICN writers and Harry)...Avengers took comic book movies on the highest level of geek-asm, to date. It was an exciting, funny, smart and warm. In the end, the bad guys got their butts kicked and the good guys won. Everything they dreamed of came to life in a huge awry of color and spendor. They didn't want it to ever end!! Then here comes this "Nolan" movie about a gloomy depressed Batman who in a funk because he misses his ex-love interest and a dark, serious tone with major plot twists and dramic storylining, more so than adventure. They didn't want that and still weren't ready for it after the Avengers. They were looking forward to "TDKR" but that sank more and more after experiencing the "Avengers". They finally found the holy grail of a perfect "Comic Book Movie" to the super duper comic book fanboy. "TDKR" and it's tone cannot hold up their attention and after the "Avengers", they're looking for some of "geek-asms" and they didn't get them.
July 19, 2012, 11:43 a.m. CST
Maybe it would work better if the fans had liked Rachel.
by cookylamoo
I mean, Bruce Wayne is pining for someone all the fans hated.
July 19, 2012, 11:45 a.m. CST
Actually the NY Times liked it
by corplhicks
Quite a favorable review. And they always use their snobby language but they liked it. Basically any movie they like 99.9% of the time is good and I agree. But when they reject a movie it may be good if it's geared towards us moviegeeks
July 19, 2012, 12:26 p.m. CST
How was the ACTION?
by Arch_Stanton
Something that I don't remember this site addressing about the last film was the near incomprehensibility of the major action scenes. Very tough to see who was doing what to whom. Nolan did a much better job, I thought, with the action in Inception, so I'm hoping we'll see that improvement hold over into this film, as well.
July 19, 2012, 12:39 p.m. CST
by Christian
My thoughts exactly! Most reviewers and talkbackers on this site can only digest ONE type of comic-book movie i.e movies where superpowered heroes fly around and use their superpower in a manly way to defeat evil supervillans/mutants (who laughs manically every now and then). The hero spouts one-liners and the villan is evil for evils sake, nothing more. In the end the hero prevails and everything is good (he gets the princess and half the kingdom and so on...). This is way Avengers got these guy in such a frenzy. IF, however, you try and tamper with that formula these guys will come after you with a knife or at least an angry review. Don't get me wrong, OTP superhero-movies CAN be fun in that "lets-leave-the-brain-at-the-door-and-relive-my-childhood" sorta way but you know whats also fun... variety.
July 19, 2012, 1:09 p.m. CST
Oh snap! The Nolanites are planning an AICN mutiny!!!
by Nerd Rage
Shiver me timbers, matey.
July 19, 2012, 1:12 p.m. CST
Uh ohs! The Nolanites are planning an AICN mutiny!!!
by Nerd Rage
Shiver me timbers, matey.
July 19, 2012, 1:38 p.m. CST
@John Ary
by Ryan Kinsel
People take Nolans realistic take on the Batman mythos, too literally. We still have to to be able to suspend disbelief in order to watch a Batman film don't we?... Bruce Wayne's vulnerability, i.e. training hard, looking fragile and still kicking ass, is a small part of a film that should have no bearing on your reveiw. I am starting a campaign to exile John Ary from AICN and expunge his contributions to the site for forever! ....Good day!
July 19, 2012, 1:42 p.m. CST
Keep up the videos!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
by Ld
This review was spot on what I was thinking. Exactly what I was thinking about the police vs henchmen scene. SPOILER ALERT: DON'T READ ANYMORE FROM THIS POINT. WARNING YOU. And the minute I saw Gordon Levitt, I said "Fuck. It's Robin."
July 19, 2012, 1:45 p.m. CST
by John Ary
I'm all for suspending disbelief when it comes to well made movies. This film is epic in scale and Nolan gives it a distinct style from the first two films. The logic is more comic book in nature. With that said, there are literally dozens of details throughout TDKR that demand you to suspend your disbelief. After awhile it becomes taxing.
July 19, 2012, 1:49 p.m. CST
by John Ary
I'm all for suspending disbelief when it comes to well made movies. This film is epic in scale and Nolan gives it a distinct style from the first two films. The logic is more comic book in nature. With that said, there are literally dozens of details throughout TDKR that demand you to suspend your disbelief. After awhile it becomes taxing.
July 19, 2012, 1:54 p.m. CST
by John Ary
Many thanks!
July 19, 2012, 1:59 p.m. CST
Very curious to see this movie
by Tim
The 2 reviews on this site so far (Harry's don't count for me anymore after the way he gushes about every piece of shit movie to come out in the past decade) are both similar. Both reviewers claim to like the movie, yet all they do is list problem after problem. Can't wait to see it tomorrow and judge for myself.
July 19, 2012, 2:08 p.m. CST
An AICN/Nolan conspiracy?!?!
by aTwenty7thLetter
Jesus Christ, listen to yourselves. Not everyone liked it. So what? I'm going to see it tomorrow night and then I'll make up my own damn mind about it. Honestly, though - if the films does wind up being a let down, just based on what I've seen from these uber-defensive fans leading up to its release, I wouldn't be at all surprised if a case of Phantom Menace-itis sets in and no one's ready to be objective about it until months or even years from now.
July 19, 2012, 2:23 p.m. CST
There's no conspiracy
by A_Banned_Apart
AICN doesn't have the power to make any sort of impact on Nolan or TDKR. It ain't 1999 anymore.
July 19, 2012, 2:57 p.m. CST
A very satisfying conclusion
by photoboy
The last time I was promised a satisfying conclusion it was with Mass Effect 3 and that was utter shite. Is TDKR's ending actually good or is this going to be another part 3 that lets me down (like Alien 3, Back to the Future 3, Superman 3, Spider-Man 3, etc, etc)?
July 19, 2012, 2:57 p.m. CST
As the Joker once remarked in his august wisdom.....
by cookylamoo
Never rub another man's rhubarb.
July 19, 2012, 3:09 p.m. CST
Forgot to say Ary's great.
by aTwenty7thLetter
Favorite reviewer on AICN. Looking forward to more videos.
July 19, 2012, 3:39 p.m. CST
Ha! aicn doesn't have TDKR in its sniper scope
by Steve Lamarre
Hell, didn't you see Harry in his latest video? The guy was fucking excited to see this movie. We all were/are.
July 19, 2012, 3:43 p.m. CST
Hahahah these reviews are hilarious
by Chadley BeBay
The movie is a masterpiece, but hey Ain't it Cool to hate on the greatest comic book movie of all time? Apparently.
July 19, 2012, 3:51 p.m. CST
So this Robin thing.....SPOILER
by TheSlapBetCommisioner
SPOILER SPOILER Does it not irk anyone that Nolan, awesome and talented as he no doubt is, has basically totally given the finger to Batman canon and his trilogy's source material? Why not call Blake, Grayson? Or at least acknowledge that Blake was a pseudonym given to him when he was adopted; his family name being Grayson, or Drake or SOMETHING other than...'yeah, so my name is Robin, and that will also by the way, be my Superhero name and guise!! Hoorah!' I get it, Robin's kinda gay or whatever, to some people anyway. It's kinda camp and silly, but why bother including the Easter egg if you think that way? If you do it, do it right, don't just disregard a critical part of the Bat mythos's history or your fans feelings on a character they might well hold dear. The thing that pisses me off is, we only get to see these films done every few years and when they fuck it up, that's it until the next inevitable reboot, prequel, sequel, retcon etc which can take nearly a decade to get through (Raimi's Spider-Man trilogy, Nolan's Batman etc). So treat the material right and stop being embarrassed of the source. That's what brought you to the dance. Also Jon Ary...these videos are really....vanilla. I think the consensus is, text is WAY better than video reviews. It's cool you're trying something different, but the videos are so bland dude. Liven them up at least or sound more passionate. At least Harry's show has that. You seem like a super nice guy, but just personally, would much rather read your comments than view them watered down.
July 19, 2012, 3:56 p.m. CST
by John Fasano
The film was pre-spoiled. They released so much footage, interviews, trailers, TV spots -- you guys DIDN't know Darth was Luke's father? That Indy was Shaia's dad? That Levitt becomes Robin? The Nolan-ites (you are now officially a religion, dudes) have to release their hate of apostates and Nolan Haters have to go with an open mind. But I have seen SO MUCH hate spewed towards people who criticize a whit of this film that I propose a new rule. It you want to post a comment -- you must show your REAL NAME. You wouldn't be so quick to call someone a "cunt" or make death threats if we knew who you really were. The negativity on this and other sites comes from Trolls who feel that there are no consequences to their words. I will start. My real name is Christopher Nolan. And my movie rocks. If you don't like the film, don't go. And then eat shit.
July 19, 2012, 4:02 p.m. CST
And what's with all the trilogies?
by John Fasano
LOTR was three books. Batman and the X-men went on for hundreds of issues over decades. Why try to wrap up the film in three? Mostly so you can say, "better come see this one because it's the last one" Even though Warners will start a new" trilogy" and continue to make Batman movies. That is lame.
July 19, 2012, 4:12 p.m. CST
Robin movie is in the pre-planning stages
by HornOrSilk
July 19, 2012, 4:53 p.m. CST
johnary are somekind of fucking idiot or wot!? When reving pictures that have not yet been released why give away plot, character details, battle formations, etc? Was it just to inform us your are one of the first who is in the know? That's why I ask, are
by AllThosePowers
July 19, 2012, 4:53 p.m. CST
johnary are somekind of fucking idiot or wot!? When reving pictures that have not yet been released why give away plot, character details, battle formations, etc? Was it just to inform us your are one of the first who is in the know? That's why I ask, are
by AllThosePowers
July 19, 2012, 4:55 p.m. CST
There aren't enough hateful comments
by Liquid Meddle
Don't all you weirdos focus your attack in one place, spread it around!
July 19, 2012, 4:55 p.m. CST
johnary are you somekind of fucking idiot or wot!? When reving pictures that have not yet been released why give away plot, character details, battle formations, etc? Was it just to inform us your are one of the first who is in the know?
by AllThosePowers
July 19, 2012, 4:55 p.m. CST
I'll check this out...
by HughHoyland
Like I did with the Dark Knight. I like Nolan as a director, though I wouldn't say I'm a fanatic. But he obviously is a very talented director and his movies usually entertain me. And this is all subjective anyway. while some fans might walk out and say they hate TDKR, I may think its the best movie I've seen in years. Heck, I love Prometheus so what do I know right?
July 19, 2012, 5:04 p.m. CST
Fuck "canon"
by Richard
Everyone wants something original, until they do something original with an existing character. Same bullshit as the amazing spiderman. Every fucking comic book character has like 12 different "continuities" anyways. This is just another one of them. Joseph Gordon-Levitt in a "robinson jonathan blake" as Nightwing movie? FUCK YEAH. Hell, just to piss off the fanboys, adapt a great batman story (hush would be awesome) into a story for this Robin/Nightwing. I think too much of Bruce's past was covered in Begins to really link Hush to him like in the comics (possible thouh, im sure) and Hush would mke a great doppleganger for either character, IMO. Hell, im sure that for the right price you could even keep some of the major characters around (oldman, freeman mainly) and basically keep it in the samecontinuity as Nolans films.
July 19, 2012, 5:06 p.m. CST
Batman should next be a TV series...
by ChickenStu
Each iconic villian building up a series arc. Robin should be bought in for a two season arc and then spun off into a Nightwing series... If it could run as long as Smallville did the possibilities are endless...
July 19, 2012, 5:23 p.m. CST
The Dark Knight was dark, depressing, anxiety ridden delight of a film, why are these critics so suprised about the tone of this TDKR?
by 77AD
I think every one has Avengers hangover.
July 19, 2012, 5:25 p.m. CST
It's called Avengers hangover, unicorns and rainbows.
by 77AD
July 19, 2012, 6:23 p.m. CST
PLEASE stop with the videos
by Krinkle
You're not cute, you're not adorable. And you're also ridiculous to praise TDK and knock TDKR. Their flaws and strengths are the same.
July 19, 2012, 6:24 p.m. CST
Also: FUCK THE SOURCE MATERIAL
by Krinkle
Movies > comic books
July 19, 2012, 6:53 p.m. CST
Shit dude, you always have mixed feeling about everything!!
by JarJar25
Gosh, please go away you fuck!!! Your reviews are shit, and they're always the same. "Oh, I saw this last night, and enjoyed it somewhat, but had some mixed feeling about it." Wasn't that the same about Prometheus, Brave, and most everything else. I really don't want someone like you reviewing films on this site, where you can't decide, if you like it or not. You come off as a whiny bitch that is afraid to offend people. Guess what, that is going to happen, no matter what you do. Your fucking problem is that don't have the balls to be a man and tell it like it is.
July 19, 2012, 7:36 p.m. CST
AICN isn't the only place this movie is not well liked: Badass Digest didn't like it very much either...
by TheBigFuckinLebowski
So stop it with your AICN conspiracy!...
July 19, 2012, 7:45 p.m. CST
I dont have a problem with changes as long as they respect and dont fundamentally alter the character. Give me a good story.
by grendel69
July 19, 2012, 9:34 p.m. CST
So since Nolan doesn't kiss the ass of AICN, AICN reviewers are setting up hate fests of Nolan's movies...
by maxcherry
this site just keeps getting more pathetic. The only reason to come to this site is for the talk backs.
July 19, 2012, 10:07 p.m. CST
Movies > comic books
by John Fasano
Not when the scripts are as bad as the Nolan films. The Dark Knight Returns and Kingdom Come are written way better than any Nolan film. Inception? Dreamscape overly explained. Someone has already pointed out that all three Nolan Batman films have the same structure. THAT's original. The tragedy is the studios buy these comic books because people love them, and then don't use the writers who made the comics great.
July 19, 2012, 10:11 p.m. CST
Shit dude, you always have mixed feeling about everything!!
by John Fasano
cause he's HUMAN, not a Nolan blowing Zealot. I have been watching movies in the theater and as a projectionist since 1964. I can find SOMETHING good in almost any piece of shit. There's a great shot in THE GIANT CLAW. One shot. The sword coming into the womb in the new CONAN was great! Even if the rest of the film wasn't. And BTW, BATMAN RETURNS is a pretty good fucking movie. In Burton and Batman's wheelhouse. So you guys only want reviewers that think the film is either a total masterpiece or a total pier of shit. Have you ALL gone to public school in the last twenty years?
July 19, 2012, 10:15 p.m. CST
I liked Batman Begins
by John Fasano
Because it was the closest thing we were going to get to YEAR ONE, which in itself was a re-imagining of Bat Man. Cool. Realistic. BUt you have to admit -- the fights blew. To many quick cuts -- trying to make it "more exciting" Well I like to see what my batman is doing when he's kicking ass. Neal Adams drew the fight -- you could linger on each panel. BB was all dark flurries of -- something. BUt I gave Nolan his head, and he redeemed himself with the weightier TDK -- also NOT batman, but a good film. Now I don't want to sit in a theater for three hours and be depressed. Sorry. Real unemployment for us Black Folks is nearly 20%. My house is worthless. I want to walk out of the theater HAPPIER than I went in. Blu Ray for CHristmas.
July 19, 2012, 10:22 p.m. CST
and grosses...
by John Fasano
are illusory. TDK was left in the theaters by WB for 33 weeks. $533 million in 33 weeks. Avengers made its $612 Million in 11 weeks. WB left TDK in the theaters for almost 3/4 of a year to suck up every dollar you would have spent on Magic the gathering cards. Expect a big weekend. They are, after all, ordering you to see this movie - commanding you to. Suck up all the hype you want. I remember when my cousin saw SUPERMAN RETURNS. He LOVED the Donner Superman -- saw it on TV as a kid, had every fucking action figure, bank, Tonner Fashion doll -- even had them play the Superman theme as he walked down the aisle at his wedding -- and when SUPERMAN RETURNS came out, he saw it the first day and said it was great. Well, we all know it wasn't great -- and here's the difference between him and the Nolanites. After he watched it again, he admitted: He WANTED it to be great. But it wasn't. Will those who kneel before the cock of Nolan actually come back here and post if they are not happy with the film? Let's see.
July 19, 2012, 11:03 p.m. CST
RE: AICN reviewers are setting up hate fests of Nolan's movies...
by aTwenty7thLetter
This is such a dumb fucking argument. Harry LOVED The Dark Knight - and Batman Begins. So did John. But I guess they just decided to turn on Nolan on a whim. And did you even read Capone's review? It's not a "hate fest". He's on the fence about it. How insecure do you have to be to flip out this hard over someone else's opinion? No agenda. No conspiracy. Just another opinion. You butthurt Nolanites are everything that's wrong with the internet.
July 19, 2012, 11:35 p.m. CST
Anen, brother!
by Bucky
July 20, 2012, 4:37 a.m. CST
14 people dead at movie theater in Colorado.
by TheRaidKickedYourAss
RIP innocent bystanders. :(
July 20, 2012, 6:21 a.m. CST
Might be Nolans worst flick yet
by Andy
But still.. entertaining.
July 20, 2012, 8:12 a.m. CST
Top 10 things to hate?
by Sigmar25
July 20, 2012, 8:13 a.m. CST
That is the most retarded review title ever.
by Sigmar25
July 20, 2012, 8:17 a.m. CST
Just saw it tonight...
by Ryan
It's awesome. Go here for a real review: http://batstud.blogspot.com/ Meanwhile, dude, were you paying attention at all when you were watching this or were you like texting or something because you missed everything and it was right there. Retarded.
July 20, 2012, 1:26 p.m. CST
The internet is truly Fucking up the future of Movies.
by trumovielover
With all the Spoilers/ Continuous bashing of movies LONG before they are even released/ Speculation of what filmmakers are going to do. Constant nickpicking of films. We can no longer enjoy a filmmakers final product. It is harder now for a filmmaker to bring us a classic piece of film without people bashing their product before anyone has seen it. Let filmmakers make there films in peace. Enjoy films for what they truly do. Being able to sit in a theater and be catapulted away into their world and escape the everyday stresses of our lives. Thank filmmakers for providing us with these great escapisms. I have for over 35 years. And they will keep on making them and entertaining even though Assholes keep bashing them.
July 20, 2012, 4:01 p.m. CST
American Mythos: :It seems like this site had it out for the TDKR from the beginning"
by Big Dumb Ape
>> QUOTE (continued): "...And Harry liked The Amazing Spider-Man, even trashing the Sam Raimi films to show his love for it -- and his original reviews for Raimi's Spider-Man films were GLOWING." I have to agree with American Mythos. It's almost laughable how easily you can now tell which movies AICN almost seems -- pardon my bluntness -- "on the take" for. Where one movie gets univeral love...another gets universal condemnation. Plus, Mythos' example of the Spidey films is spot on. Go back and read Harry's old reviews... read his current review... and it's night and day how he flipped on things, and is even overtly walking things back. Now, I could understand someone changing their opinion over time... I could accept an evolution of sorts... but lately the reviews here have not only been all over the map and pretty fucking schitzo. "This is 100% cool! This is 100% not, even though it's the exact same thing!" However, the far more telling thing -- worthy of a Mr. Spock raised eyebrow -- is how it always seems to happen in a pack mentality now. Case in point, this current batch of reviews where suddenly all of the AICN reviewers want to dump on DARK KNIGHT -- which would be okay if the movie was actually bad, but it certainly seems to be an odd "pack mentality" given that reviews in the rest of the world are pretty fucking glowing. Gee, I guess not enough freebies showed up from Warner Bros. this month!
July 20, 2012, 4:37 p.m. CST
Great movie ....no fucking Man of Steel trailer!!!
by KJC75
I was impressed with "The Dark Knight Rises", it was a good send off for this interpretation of Batman. I'm looking forward to a different take on the character, again, in the near future. Now about that "Man of Steel" trailer that was supposed to have been attached...thank you to my piece of shit theater that decided to omit trailers altogether in favor of as many showings of the movie as possible....Fuck you!!!!
July 21, 2012, 10:56 a.m. CST
The Nolanites are crazy.
by TheMark
Look, this movie is NOWHERE near the quality of the previous two films. It really just isn't. It smacks of a guy who didn't want to even make this movie and I think the quality suffered because of it. It's tough to make a passionate movie when you don't care, right? I totally agreed with their negative reviews--I personally didn't enjoy the movie and we actually had a large portion of our midnight screening audience leave in the middle of the movie during a particularly lame reveal late in the film.
July 21, 2012, 9:28 p.m. CST
... *shakes head*
by seanpb
The movie has some leaps in logic and flaws, but every review on AICN seems to have entirely missed the point of, if not the movie, the series. If it wasn't Harry mistaking the intention of the villain, Alfred, Bruce etc its someone missing the point about something else entirely. For 'professional' film commentators its embarrassing. John here talks about Bruce becoming Batman again, like nothing has happened, and performing like he's the Batman of old. No, he's not. He's nowhere near the Batman we saw at the end of Begins and during The Dark Knight; he is nowhere near the 'batman of old'. And thats the point: time has taken its toll on Bruce. Him coming out of retirement is arrogance mixed with enthusiasm. He has been champing at the bit to get the suit back on and out there and has completely underestimated his foe and overestimated his abilities. Themark: a large number of people left in the MIDDLE of the movie during a lame reveal LATE in the film? Why don't you lie some more; fabricate more mistruth to support your contention.
July 22, 2012, 8:26 p.m. CST
It is time for a real comic book batman movie. by claxdog
by GoFuckYourself
How about we make movies with the mentality of an 11 year old to make comic book fans happy! How about NOT! I like what Nolan did and could give a fuck what some geeky asshole who read a 9 part, sub-series, alternate universe version of comic story-line. READ YOUR FUCKING BOOKS and let someone creative make a movie with THEIR vision in mind. Do YOU go to a restaurant and tell them how to make THEIR food? No- well unless you are reading comics all day and going to the drive-thru... Grow up, or GO FUCK YOURSELF!
July 27, 2012, 4:07 p.m. CST
maybe John should stop talking during the movie and pay attention
by Martin
His top 10 list of problems only showed he wasn't paying attention to the movie. Bruce did not leave the prison and heal his back in a matter of days...it was months. Catwomen is hot and can fight...this isn't Schindlers List so leave the brain at the door. Alfred left...it made sense if you've watch and paid attention to all three movies. Lamest batman ever..would prefer Clooney???WTF...make up your mind...first to complain catwomen was not believable.because she wasn't real enough and then complain because Bruce Wayne acted human...The Bane plane scene...please see Schindler's List comment..That would be like watching casino Royale and complaining about the sky high fight scene on the crane...when in reality all Bond had to do was wait for the fucker to come down. If only this site would have spent this much time picking apart the Avengers (which I liked) for it's holes in logic.. DC be warned..Man Of Steel will get ripped apart here..well before it's seen
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Self-Service Rate Versus per Minute Cost14 Jul, 2011 in IVR Technology
Self-Service Rate Versus per Minute Cost
Operational cost of an IVR, such as per minute charges for a hosted solution, are much less important than its self-service rate (i.e. the percentage of IVR calls that complete a key transaction without operator assistance.) Note that this is quite apart from the crucial customer satisfaction benefits offered by a more effective IVR.
To illustrate the difference in savings I'll compare a typical scenario across three different IVR types: touch tone, simple speech IVR, and intelligent, natural speech IVR.
Assumptions: 100,000 calls per month. Average call length is 3 minutes. Fully loaded operator cost is $0.80 per active phone minute (from research showing an average per call cost in the United States of $4.80 for a 6 minute call). Note that for this simple example additional factors such as transfer costs, savings from up-sells, save-the -sale, and 'screen pops' have not been taken into account (see my blog entry on ROI).
|Touch-Tone IVR
|Simple Speech IVR
|Intelligent Speech IVR
|Self-Service Rate
|Per Minute Cost
|7 cents
|12 cents
|17 cents
|IVR Cost (monthly)
|$ 2,100
|$ 7,200
|$ 20,400
|Agent Savings (monthly)
|$ 24,000
|$ 48,000
|$ 96,000
|Net Savings (annual)
|$ 262,800
|$ 489,600
|$ 907,200
Because IVR cost is only a small fraction of the cost of a live agent, increasing self-service rate has a much bigger impact than lowering per-minute cost. In the striking example below, even with a 42% higher per-minute cost, a self-service rate just 5 percent higher yields better overall cost savings.
|Simple Speech IVR
|Intelligent Speech IVR
|Self-Service Rate
|Per Minute Cost
|12 cents
|17 cents
|IVR Cost (monthly)
|$ 7,200
|$ 12,750
|Agent Savings (monthly)
|$ 48,000
|$ 60,000
|Net Savings (annual)
|$ 489,600
|$ 567,000
There are many IVR applications where a speech IVR can more than double completion rates compared to a touch-tone IVR. An intelligent speech IVR using natural language that is well designed and tuned can even do much better. We have examples of Smart Call Agents providing completion rates 5, 10, or even 15 times better than conventional IVRs.
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Editorial: Could Assassin's Creed Work as a Movie?
While there hasn't been any new news regarding this project since last year, if you recall, Ubisoft made a deal with Sony Pictures in order to start a film franchise revolving around Assassin's Creed. This editorial speculates writers and directors for such a project: mainly David Fincher (Girl with the Dragon Tattoo) and Gary Ross (The Hunger Games) as directors, and Gavin O'Connor (Warrior) and Steve Kloves (the Harry Potter series) as writers.
But what do you think? Are these strong selections for an Assassin's Creed movie? Or do you have someone better in mind? Sound off below, or in our Ask, and let us know!
First Impression of the Assassin's Creed III Demo
Gameplay Video:
It takes place during the Battle of Bunker Hill. You mission is to assassinate British General Pitcairn. It begins by walking through a group of American soldiers being pumped up by what seems to be a high ranking officer. Connor walks through them and walks into the battlefield with hundreds of soldiers firing at each other. Connor can only advance between rounds of firing. Connor sneaks by the soldiers and traverses through trees and rock climbs and fights off a few enemies with some awesome dual wielding combos and flanks the enemies and enters the British encampment. Connor goes running into the camp and perform a continuous assassination on Pitcairn which means he will kill 2-3 people between him and the target but he'll never stop moving between killing those guys (hatchet to the back of the head of one guy and push him away, then hidden blade the next guy and roll forward off the kill and then kill the general a la typical AC).
GT wasn't lying about the animation system. Imagine Uncharted in an open world game. He'll slide, swing, jump under/over branches, run across branches like the trailer, free scale cliffs by putting his hands in the cracks, react to explosions, change his posture according to where he's standing like near a wall and even between branches/trunks. Combat is really fluid and dual wield is awesome. You really get the seem that Connor is a hunter and one with his environment. The trees don't look too prebaked (you can kinda tell where you can begin) and do resemble real life trees in the sense that its never really a straight shot and doesn't look like jump a little to the left and then a little to the right. You'll jump on a 45 degree log and run up to another and swing to another and land between a trees trunk (V shaped trunk) and then jump to another branch and run up that branch so you can then free climb a cliff.
This was taken from a blogger over at GameSpot, so you may want to take it with a grain of salt. However, everything described fits the stills that we are seeing, so I think this is legit.
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Lean proteins are the basis for several of the latest quick-fix diets, including the Dukan diet and the hCG diet. So what are the best bets for lean protein? Registered Dietitian Molly Kimball puts it in perspective.
Molly LOVES boiled crawfish and shrimp. You can eat 9 ounces of crawfish or 200 calories or 6 ounces of shrimp.
Molly LIKES lean pork, chicken and beef, but you don't get as much for 200 calories. You can eat 5 ounces of roasted pork tenderloin, 4.2 ounces of roasted chicken breast or 4 ounces of braised flank steak.
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I started writing this article under a simple premise, to explain how our favorite tuners go about making chips and how these chips allow even our stock Euros to make added power. That's about the only simple thing you'll see in this article. I'll warn you now, this article might require a couple of reads and it will only skim the surface of aftermarket chip tuning. Most of the information here will be fairly general as every car, engine management system and tuner is significantly different. Hopefully you can at least have a better understanding of what chip tuners need to do to develop a product and how they go about modifying your stock ECU to create more power. I interviewed some prominent tuners from different sides of the industry, such as Dinan, GIAC and Powerchip, to gain an understanding of what they do and how it pertains to their market. I also tested Powerchip's software on an E39 M5 to see exactly how they go about their tuning. This article can't explain all fundamental concepts, but will hopefully point you in the direction of asking the right questions.
As many of you will point out off the bat, the term "chip tuning" is now more or less obsolete and a misnomer. The days of manually pulling and replacing EPROM chips from a factory electronic control unit (ECU) are long over. Chances are, a "chip" for your modern Euro is nothing more than a software upgrade that's reflashed onto your ECU's memory via the onboard diagnostic (OBD-II) port. This is sometimes referred to as serial programming and is actually the same thing that dealers do when you get your car serviced. Many times, just like with video games, there are patches or software updates that manufacturers send out to their dealers to ensure the vehicles are operating optimally. Serial flashing is the reason it takes a lot less time to get your car chipped nowadays than it did for your Mk II Jetta.
Modern ECUs
Carmakers go to suppliers such as Bosch, Seimens, Motorola and Magneti Marelli for engine management systems (EMS). These are complete electronics packages including the engine and transmission control units and any additional modules. The primary part of these EMS systems is the electronic brain, called the ECU or DME (Digital Motor Electronics for BMW/Porsche cars). All the vehicle's sensors required to run the engine, transmission, diagnostics, ABS, traction control, airbags and even security are also supplied with the integrated system. Between the car manufacturer and supplier, each system is custom designed and the software calibrated for each vehicle. Model year differences and sometimes option levels might also require different software calibrations and setup. As an example, one model year of the 3 Series might use an intake air temperature (IAT) sensor in the intake manifold while other model years use an integrated mass air flow (MAF) and IAT sensor. This means the ECU software and engine management algorithm would be different. There are myriad ECU configurations out there; some differences are even based on where the car is sold. European and U.S. market ECUs are very different since the two markets have different emissions regulations and fuel grades. That's why we can't use chips available from European tuners such as Alpina or AC Schnitzer.
The code
Reading raw code from an ECU's memory is like looking at your genetic code. You can read it in terms of its different base components like thiamine, cytosine, adenine and guanine, but to the untrained eye the individual values, much less a whole string, have no meaning. Deciphering this vast amount of data usually requires a trained eye and computer assistance. In the ECU, code is usually stored as 8-,16- or sometimes 32-bit instructions in hexadecimal format. Hexadecimal is a base-16 numbering system, meaning in addition to values running from 0-9 as in our (base 10) numbering system, it goes from 0-9 and then A-F. For example, the next value up from 00009 is 0000A. To non-computer geeks, reading hex code is like looking at some Matrix-like code string.
These values are unitless and can correspond to anything from your spark timing to your VIN number. For example, if you knew that a certain value corresponds to spark timing at a given load and rpm, an increase in that value could advance the spark timing by a set amount. Some management systems would advance it a degree per unit increase, others might advance it a fraction of a degree. It's all relative and easier to look at in terms of percentage changed. So an 8% change in a fueling parameter will yield an 8% change in how much fuel you inject. (I say could because some ECUs use a reverse convention where an increase in a value actually means a decrease in the output.) This is where tuners have to learn by trial and error.
Luckily, ECU designers are nice enough to group all the values for a fuel map or ignition map together into a table. A table is a matrix of values that an ECU references at a given load and rpm to figure out how much spark or fuel to deliver, sort of like a train schedule. This makes it easier for chip tuners to read data once they've figure out where each table begins and ends in the sea of code. Each discrete reference value in the table is called a cell or address. So when the car is at x rpm and y load (based on manifold pressure or air flow), it looks up the cell at x and y. If the load and speed do not fall exactly on a cell's coordinates, the ECU will calculate the appropriate value by triangulating from the values of the surrounding cells. Tuners often reverse engineer code by looking at what cells an ECU accesses during specific modes of operation. It could take up to two weeks just to map out the code and find addresses of interest for a given ECU.
Preventing hacks
The OEMs go to great lengths to ensure the integrity of their data and to guard their ECU code from people like us. This is mainly to prevent false warranty claims and also because legislation requires the ECUs to have security features to keep the cars emissions compliant. Older ECUs might use proprietary chips not readily available, or single flash chips that cannot be overwritten. Newer ECUs (now that they use flash memory) use software, chip and hardware encryptions and check sums. Tuners not only need to decrypt the code, but also disassemble it correctly so they can reasonably access its functionalities. Ironically, chip tuners also encrypt their code from to keep it from each other and, more importantly from the dealers. It's like a game of spy versus spy, where the undetected spy comes out the winner.
Power tuning and development
Chip tuners will take a whole spectrum of approaches to retuning your car for additional power. It has a lot to do with the type of car, level of modification, familiarity with the code and the market the tuner is trying to target. They are like artists with different philosophies, tools, approaches and abilities. The fact that they've cracked the factory ECU code means they are at least all already very competent at what they do.
I teamed up with Powerchip, an Australian tuning company, to see how they went about developing software for a stock E39 M5. Powerchip is a conservative tuning company that caters to many stock or moderately modified European platforms. Their emphasis is not necessarily on peak power, but drivability. In the case of the M5, Powerchip focuses on six primary modifications to the stock program: removal of the speed limiter, increasing the rev limiter, advancing part throttle and full throttle spark timing and rescaling of the e-throttle map for crisper response and leaning out the air/fuel at wide open throttle for added power. (For a turbocharged car, tuners will also modify the boost map for more significantly power gains, though over-aggressive turbo tuning will force the compressor to operate outside its optimal efficiency range.)
Changing the rev limit and removing the speed limiter is a simple matter of altering the values at a certain address that the ECU accesses. For the speed limiter, Powerchip just replaces the stock value at that address with something unattainable by the car. The real tuning (i.e. running the car) happens for the ignition and the wide open throttle (WOT) fuel tuning.


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The questions that flow from each of these lead to what the disciples asked of Jesus: "Lord, teach us to pray." (Luke 11:1)
With this issue, Interpreter and The Upper Room launch a yearlong project including articles in the print and digital magazines, webinars and conversation and other content on the "Teach Us to Pray" website, www.umc.org/pray, that will launch in mid-January.
It's a natural collaboration. Our Upper Room colleagues and Interpreter have both had requests – from you – for more information to help you grow spiritually and as spiritual leaders. In coming issues, we plan to look at:
We'll introduce each general topic in the print magazine and explore it further with additional articles in the digital edition (available free to print subscribers), on websites and in webinar conversations.
As we explore different prayer practices, we will learn what's meaningful, what is challenging, even what, perhaps, isn't worth the effort. We will also have ways to share our experiences with the power of prayer.
We begin with a sense of expectation asking, "Lord, teach us to pray."
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Which tablet would you recommend for a relatively tech savvy granny. She has a laptop and can do email, browsing, skype etc on the laptop but wants a tablet and ereader.
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ability to download amazon kindle app (definately kindle, not an equivelant)
Web browsing
a reasonable selection of apps which appeal to the older generation
One of her friends has a kindle fire HD and she liked the look of that but others have suggested the samsung galaxy tab 2.
A few on UKC have said good things about the nexus 7 as well.
Which of the above (or different altogether) would you recommend, bearing in mind that all of the above can be had for around the same price and she doesn't want to spend Ł400 on an ipad.
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MINOT, N.D. (AP) -- The Ward County Sheriff's Department is investigating several building shootings over the past week and a half.
Lt. Larry Hubbard says three residential homes and one shop building have been hit with bullets fired from a handgun. Two bullets were shot into bedrooms at night.
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Banana Caramel Custard
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Amount per serving
- Calories: 294
- Calories from fat: 16%
- Fat: 5.2g
- Saturated fat: 2.1g
- Monounsaturated fat: 1.8g
- Polyunsaturated fat: 0.5g
- Protein: 7.2g
- Carbohydrate: 54.8g
- Fiber: 0.5g
- Cholesterol: 154mg
- Iron: 0.6mg
- Sodium: 85mg
- Calcium: 118mg
- 1 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup water
- Cooking spray
- 2 cups 2% low-fat milk
- 6 tablespoons sugar
- 1/2 cup mashed ripe banana
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- 4 large eggs, lightly beaten
- Mint sprigs (optional)
- Preheat oven to 350°.
- Combine 1 cup sugar and water in a small heavy saucepan over medium-high heat; cook until sugar dissolves. Continue cooking an additional 12 minutes or until golden. Immediately pour into 6 (6-ounce) ramekins or custard cups coated with cooking spray, tipping quickly until sugar coats bottoms of ramekins; set aside.
- Heat milk over medium-high heat in a heavy saucepan to 180° or until tiny bubbles form around edge (do not boil). Remove from heat.
- Combine remaining ingredients in a medium bowl; stir well. Gradually add hot milk, stirring with a whisk until blended.
- Divide banana mixture evenly among ramekins. Place ramekins in a 13 x 9-inch baking pan; add hot water to baking pan to a depth of 1 inch. Bake at 350° for 50 minutes or until set. Remove from pan; let cool. Cover and refrigerate 8 hours.
- Loosen edges of custards with a knife or rubber spatula. Invert ramekins onto dessert plates; garnish with mint springs, if desired.
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- DIETARY CONSIDERATION: Low Sodium, Gluten-Free
- COOKING METHOD: Food Processor
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04/04/2013 7:30 pm
She started in the mountains, moved through the Piedmont, and now hits the coast. From Raleigh to the Outer Banks, she's got you covered. Georgann Eubanks brings us the latest Literary Trails of Eastern North Carolina: A Guidebook on Thursday, April 4, at 7:30 p.m. "Bravo to the North Carolina Arts Council for these guidebooks, which encourage both natives and visitors to explore our state's rich literary landscape." - Ron Rash (Serena, The Cove, Nothing Gold Can Stay). Also, acclaimed poet Lenard Moore, featured in the book, will read two poems.
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Tsuzuki learns from Watari about both blood tests.
Tsuzuki made it back to Ju-Oh-Cho quickly. He went straight to Watari's lab. His friend waited for him with a smile.
"What do you have for me?" Tsuzuki asked.
"Which do you want first?" Watari asked.
"The Todai blood sample," Tsuzuki whispered.
"Good choice," his friend said. Watari pulled up the data on his computer.
"You gave me an interesting find!" he bragged. "Take a look." Tsuzuki did so. He gave the screen a puzzled look.
"What... is that?" he asked.
"Ah!" Watari said. "A virus." Tsuzuki blinked.
"Huh?" he asked.
"Someone at Todai is injecting the students with a virus," Watari said.
"What does it do?" the other Shinigami asked.
Watari pulled up more data. "This virus attaches to the brain, seeks out the id, and takes over it."
"The id?" Tsuzuki asked. "Isn't that basic instinct or something?"
Tsuzuki went quiet. "If that happens..."
"Yeah," his pal said. Both men didn't say a word. Their faces looked pale. Watari turned to Tsuzuki.
"Want the other results?" he asked. The other Shinigami nodded.
"Yes," he said. "Keep looking into that virus."
"Right," Watari said. He picked up Daisuke's blood test results.
"These were to test for seir potential," Watari explained. "I took the liberty of hacking into the Kobe clinic database to get a full understanding of what I was looking at."
"And?" Tsuzuki asked. Watari handed him the folder. The other Shinigami read over the results.
"Okay," he said. "What am I looking at?"
"Look at the third, fourth, seventh and tenth markers," Watari said. His friend complied. His eyes widened in shock.
"This is..." he said. Watari nodded.
"Yes," he said. "Anna's father was a match for him to pass on the mother to Anna. But he's not the only one." Tsuzuki looked at his scientist friend.
"He wasn't?" he asked. "Who else?"
"Yasuo and Kirika," Watari replied. Tsuzuki pondered this for a moment.
"Well Kirika's dead," he said. He turned to Watari.
"Why couldn't Yasuo produce a match?" he asked.
"Because he had a son, not a daughter," Watari said. Tsuzuki nodded.
"Would explain why dad and son didn't get allow," he said. They both remembered the Eda-Kimoto curse. Tsuzuki bit his lower lip. He was marrying into a headache that kept growing with new information.
"Thank you," he said.
"Anything else?" Watari asked. Tsuzuki shook his head.
"No," he said. "I'll let Hisoka know what you found." He turned to leave.
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Soon after this weekend's LDS General Conference, church President Thomas S. Monson will be jetting off to Germany, a country that has played a pivotal role in his life and faith.
In the mid-1970s, Monson, then an LDS apostle, worked behind-the-scenes with government officials in what was then East Germany to build a Mormon temple in that country. That dream came to fruition in 1983, when Monson prayed at the groundbreaking for a temple in Freiberg. It was dedicated in 1985.
Now Monson is returning to the place and a people he knew so well.
From Oct. 13 to 20, the 85-year-old Monson, considered a "prophet, seer and revelator" by the Mormon faithful, will speak in four German cities — Hamburg, Berlin, Munich and Frankfurt.
It seems, however, that the trip was only planned in late September, according to a German member.
"The rooms they have rented for those meetings are big, but they are far too small for receiving members from four stakes at a time, so limited-entry tickets are distributed to the stakes," writes Volker Molthan, second counselor in the Pforzheim branch of the Stuttgart LDS Stake, at the edge of the Black Forest, in an email. My branch has received only 11 tickets (for 40 members who would have liked to go)."
Because of the short notice, Molthan writes, LDS officials in Germany "could not rent any larger facilities."
The fact that there is a full week between Monson's meetings in Berlin and Munich has generated lots of speculation among German Latter-day Saints.
"Normally, authorities will stay maybe one or two days and leave for other activities right away," Molthan writes. "So people are guessing, what really is the president of the church doing for a whole week in Germany between those weekend meetings?"
Some speculate, he says, that this is likely to be the last time Monson will be in Germany, and the Mormon prophet wants to bid them "auf Wiedersehen."
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Today, the crossword question is "*The fibre of the gomuti palm". First we find similar definitions for *The fibre of the gomuti palm, Next we will look for a few extra hints for "*The fibre of the gomuti palm". Finally, using all gathered information, we will solve , slangily crossword definition and get the final answer.
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The Arenga pinnata is a feather palm from Asia that also has the common name Sugar Palm and Gomuti Palm. The sap of the palm is harvested to make sugar. The bark is dark and fibrous, and is called "doh". Doh is used to make cordage.
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o.e.. today I was wearing tights and a long shirt so my butt wasn't showing so why was he looking at my legs.. he's my boyfriends friend.. I was walking his way and he was walking my way and I would glance at him a couple of times and see him look down but when he see's me look at him he quickly looks away.. O.o
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AUDIO: Ross Cooper and Charley the Bartender
Thursday, February 9th, 2012
Thursdays are all about Party on the Patio, and if you didn't get a chance to here these guys live, you are in for a treat my friend.
Ladies, let me first say Ross Cooper is as adorable as he is talented. If you don't have plans tonight, you should come to Ozona and see him. He's a local musician from A&M and his sound is a mix of blues, rock, and country alternative. It's like everything I love fused into one person. Yeah the podcast is long, but totally worth taking a listen to.
And listen to Charley make this week's drink of the week. Thankfully he's a better bartender than historian.
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As I sit by my dear old Mama,
Remembering years gone by,
I see her laughing eyes.
Bright as the stars,
Now they are clouded over,
no longer sharing with me.
Her voice once loud and loving,
now quiet as can be.
Hands that once were busy,
now lay stiff and still.
A hug taken for granted ,
never more to be.
I will remember yesterday,
and Mama for our family.
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Pope Benedict XVI
Pope Benedict XVI, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger of Germany, waves from a balcony at St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican after being elected by the conclave of cardinals in Vatican City on April 19. (Getty Images/Mario Tama)
Full coverage of the selection of Cardinal Ratzinger as the successor to Pope John Paul II.
May 20, 2005
Cardinal says new policy led to Loyola boycott
When several Catholic bishops argued last year that they had a responsibility to deny Holy Communion to politicians who support abortion rights, Baltimore's Cardinal William H. Keeler was not among them. He instead offered that taking the sacrament was a personal matter, saying, "We don't need bishops to get into the act."
May 15, 2005
Sainthood for Pope John Paul II: the fast track or the slow road?
In his more than 26 years as pope, John Paul II made saints out of 484 men and women, more than all his predecessors combined. Along the way, he created 1,338 blesseds - individuals who were deemed responsible for at least one miracle.
May 14, 2005
Pope picks American to oversee doctrine
Pope Benedict XVI selected yesterday a San Francisco bishop with a reputation as a conservative theologian to take over his former job - one of the most powerful in the Catholic hierarchy and instrumental in shaping the direction of the church.
May 8, 2005
Pontiff takes his seat as bishop of Rome
ROME - Pope Benedict XVI completed the formal takeover of papal power yesterday by assuming his important role as bishop of Rome, ascending to the marble throne of one of Christianity's oldest churches.
May 2, 2005
Conclave's prayerfulness, wonder evoked in homily
Although only Roman Catholic cardinals participated in the secret conclave that elected the new pope, Cardinal William H. Keeler said he felt the prayers of multitudes.
April 26, 2005
Greeting pilgrims, Pope Benedict XVI shows a lighter side
VATICAN CITY - He kissed babies, blessed people in wheelchairs and joked that he felt like a guillotine was falling on him when he realized that he might be elected pope.
April 25, 2005
'Pray for me,' pope asks the faithful
VATICAN CITY - Sunshine glinting off his golden vestments, Pope Benedict XVI summoned centuries of Catholic tradition yesterday, then asked hundreds of thousands of people gathered in St. Peter's Square to join him as he sets out on a new papacy.
April 25, 2005
Mass appeal in Tridentine tradition
Kim Keller wanted her nine children to experience as many different Masses as possible and took them to services in English and in Spanish at churches throughout the Baltimore region. "We thought it was important they experience different cultures," she said.
April 22, 2005
Pope gives freewheeling Munich excuse to celebrate
MUNICH, Germany - Here where Joseph Ratzinger once presided as archbishop and later cardinal, people say his elevation to Pope Benedict XVI is a cause for celebration.
April 21, 2005
Pope to focus work on youth, more reforms
VATICAN CITY - Pope Benedict XVI outlined an agenda yesterday that he described as being based on the legacy of his predecessor, saying he wanted to strengthen and unify Christianity throughout the world even as he seeks dialogue with leaders of other religions.
April 21, 2005
Pope, U.S. cardinal discuss abuse scandal
With his papacy just minutes old and the faithful in St. Peter's Square still unaware of his selection, Pope Benedict XVI greeted Chicago Cardinal Francis George in English and told him he was focused on the issue that has engrossed the church's American leadership for three years - sexual abuse by priests.
April 21, 2005
Surge of pride meets diminishing relevance
TRAUNSTEIN, Germany - Here in the foothills of the Bavarian alps, Pope Benedict XVI was born, began to train for the priesthood, deserted the Nazi army and began his university teaching career. This is where, as Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, he returned every year to walk, rest and reflect.
April 21, 2005
Pope plans first news conference
VATICAN CITY - Pope Benedict XVI, following the example of his predecessors, will hold a news conference Saturday morning, his first since being named the 265th leader of the Roman Catholic Church.
April 21, 2005
Pope predicted 'short reign' in remarks just after election
VATICAN CITY - Pope Benedict XVI predicted a "short reign" in comments to cardinals just after his election, and his brother said yesterday that he was worried about the stress the job would put on the 78-year-old pontiff.
April 21, 2005
The pope's books are selling out
NEW YORK - Demand for books by the new pope, the former Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, has quickly surpassed supply, with many of his works selling out.
April 20, 2005
Ratzinger to lead church
Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, a German theologian known as a strict traditionalist, was elected pope yesterday, taking the name Benedict XVI and describing himself to a cheering crowd in St. Peter's Square as "a simple, humble worker in the vineyard of the Lord."
April 20, 2005
Former professor led Vatican office that enforces doctrine of faith
As soon as his name was read from a balcony of St. Peter's Basilica, Joseph Ratzinger was being considered a transitional pope because of his age - at 78, the oldest pontiff elected to lead the Roman Catholic Church in nearly three centuries.
April 20, 2005
American Catholics
Faithful in U.S. unlikely to see altered message from the Vatican
He was Pope John Paul II's right-hand man, a sort of vice president to the pontiff who led the church for a quarter-century.
April 20, 2005
Now is time to stop eulogizing, start asking hard questions
With the election of a new pope yesterday, the networks once again interrupted regular programming to join the all-news cable channels for continuous live coverage from the Vatican. Instantly, tens of millions of screens in homes and offices around the world were filled with iconic images of the Vatican and pictures from St. Peter's Square of crowds cheering, clapping and waving flags in celebration of the news.
April 20, 2005
Global Reaction
Leaders around the world welcome pope
LONDON - From Notre Dame in Paris to the Basilica of Guadalupe in Mexico City, cathedral bells tolled and prayers were offered yesterday to celebrate the election of Pope Benedict XVI.
April 20, 2005
In The Community
A wide range of reactions to new pope
When the Rev. Denis J. Sweeney heard the news, he tore down the halls of St. Mary's Catholic school in Annapolis, high-fiving students and encouraging them to shout, "Three cheers for the new pope."
April 20, 2005
In The Pews
Local congregations are pleased with choice
The bells rang for 45 minutes at St. Alphonsus Church after the election of a new pope yesterday. A deacon had interrupted the midday mass to whisper into the ear of a priest that a successor to Pope John Paul II had been selected - a prominent conservative cardinal.
April 20, 2005
The Name
Clues for papacy's future may be found in past Benedicts
It was 1914, and the world was at war, the last time a pope took the name Benedict.
April 20, 2005
Pope quotes
In his own words
April 18, 2005
Cardinals to break with some traditions at conclave today
VATICAN CITY -- History towers over the 115 Roman Catholic cardinals who will gather today to begin selecting a new pope, but some of the church's ancient traditions are shifting beneath their feet.
April 17, 2005
Ancient, secretive task awaits at conclave
VATICAN CITY - Tomorrow, 115 cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church will sequester themselves in the Vatican's Sistine Chapel for the beginning of the faith's most private and perhaps most important ritual, the election of a new pope.
April 17, 2005
Papal speculation keeps oddsmakers busy
CASTELNUOVO DI PORTO, Italy - A book of numbers at his side, a pendulum in his pocket and his wife upstairs plotting astrological charts, Fabrizio Shamir predicts that the next pope will come from South America.
April 17, 2005
By Gady A. Epstein
Sun Journal: China poses a problem for next pope
BEIJING - Catholics who want to attend Mass in China's capital can visit the government-sanctioned South Cathedral without fear of harassment.
April 16, 2005
Oaths by staff ensure conclave's secrecy
VATICAN CITY - They sat quietly on hard wooden pews, nuns in simple habits, clergymen in red-sashed cassocks, chauffeurs in sober suits, all waiting their turn to solemnly swear to keep the secrets of the papal conclave.
April 15, 2005
How will Internet bear on the papal conclave?
The cardinals won't be toting laptops when they assemble Monday in the Sistine Chapel to pick a new pope, but the information highway constructed since the last papal conclave in 1978 could steer them in new ways.
April 12, 2005
With papal conclave pending, tourists, media look for news
VATICAN CITY - The man from Minnesota stood off to the side of St. Peter's Square and scrolled through the pictures on his digital camera with pride. He'd captured the dome of the basilica, the papal apartments, maybe the chimney of the Sistine Chapel - all the gems that a Vatican-watching tourist requires.
April 11, 2005
Cardinals keep silence on next pontiff
VATICAN CITY -- Pilgrims gazed forlornly at the third-floor window where Pope John Paul II traditionally appeared Sundays, and cardinals held to their vow of public silence ahead of next week's secret vote on a successor.
April 10, 2005
Vatican moves to quiet speculation on next pope, John Paul's canonization
VATICAN CITY - After a papal funeral that spread images of Catholicism throughout the world, Vatican officials imposed an information blackout yesterday to allow the cardinals who will choose a new pope to enter "an intense period of silence and prayer."
April 6, 2005
U.S. cardinals see many hurdles for next pope
VATICAN CITY - The next pope will need to address an accelerating loss of religious faith in the West, a growing gap between the rich and poor and the lack of trust between Roman Catholics and Muslims, three American cardinals said yesterday.
April 5, 2005
The Church
U.S. cardinal sees next pope staying course
VATICAN CITY - One of the most senior U.S. members of the Vatican hierarchy said yesterday that American Catholics would be best served by a new pope as committed to strict interpretation of doctrine as was Pope John Paul II, even if that approach alienated many of the country's 67 million faithful.
April 4, 2005
The challenges that lie ahead
The next pope will inherit a church facing serious challenges, such as the polarization between liberals and conservatives, competition with evangelical Protestants, the secularization of Western Europe and the clergy's steadily declining ranks.


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