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I must confess being a little confused.  It seems like every time I turn around Batman is being re-invented again.  There was Batman several years ago.  Then at some point he returned.  Then later he began.  And I think there were a couple of other variations in there.  Now we have a Dark Knight, and a recurring theme.

It seems Hollywood is always trying to throw some mysterious, dark, tormented, crime fighting, super-figure in our direction.  Is it just me, or does the current "Joker" look just like Brandon Lee's "The Crow"  from back in 1994?

Even good old Edward Scissorhands falls into the dark, goth, mystery movie character motif.

In fact, now that I think about it, every one of them reminds me of Trent Reznor form Nine Inch Nails!

In the end, none of this has a thing to do with whether or not the latest version of "Batman" is any good.  All I ask is they come up with something different in the casting.  It looks like the movie people have been hanging out in Industrial-Goth-Punk Rock clubs for the last fifteen years snapping pictures every time they need a "new" look for a character. 

The new look has gotten very old.  I can barely tell them all apart!