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The Dark Knight's Viral Websites Featuring Heath Ledger as the Joker Still Up
Before Heath Ledger's death last week, I was very much looking forward to this summer's The Dark Knight, the sequel to Batman Begins, which I loved. But now, the teaser trailers for the film just make me feel sad and wistful. The images of Ledger in his perfectly-cast glory as the iconic villain the Joker, no doubt a talent-filled effort, are heartbreaking.
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Facebook Measures How Happy We Are
Apparently this is a real metric: Facebook recently announced it would begin to track our gross national happiness via status messages. The social networking company worked with a team of social psychologists to come up with lists of positive words ("yay," "happy," and "awesome," for example) and negative words ("sad," "doubt," "tragic.")
It then published an index of how we are collectively feeling day-to-day. Turns out we're happiest on national holidays like Thanksgiving and Christmas, and social holidays like Halloween.
Batman: Arkham Asylum Holds You Over Until the Next Movie
Who knows when the next installment of the Batman film series will come out? You'll be inclined to not care (as much) after seeing this trailer for new video game Batman: Arkham Asylum, where Batman looks like the villain in the realm of criminals.
Voicing Joker is Mark Hamill (that's Luke to you, geeks), giving a different feel from Heath Ledger's portrayal — but it's nearly as chilling.
Oscar Worthy Gadgets: The Dark Knight's Cell Phone Capers
One of my favorite films of last year, The Dark Knight unquestionably shines with the performance of Heath Ledger as the Joker, nominated for Best Supporting Actor. The film's up for a slew of other nominations that I'm really interested in because of their technical slants, like Best Cinematography, Film Editing, Sound, Sound Editing, and Visual Effects.
That's not just why the Batman sequel was a geek's dream; it featured the Nokia Tube as Lucius Fox's cell, and a couple pivotal scenes centered around cell phone communication as a plot device.
Daily Tech: A UK Company Shows Off the E7, An Electric Taxi
- Although London's taxi licensing division has given the new E7 the thumbs down, it is certainly an environmentally friendly car, offering 100 miles on a single charge. — Engadget
- Co-stars of Heath Ledger from the movie Batman: The Dark Knight Returns told the Today Show that Heath's iPod had become a symbol of him as his friends would pass it around to each other, download the tunes, then share it with someone else. — Valleywag
- Governments are cracking down on Google Maps, by making them take down images for various security reasons.
The Week in Geek
This week was somewhat of a rollercoaster — we got a little riled up over The Human Car, Heath Ledger, and some creepy gadgets. Big sigh. Is it the weekend already?
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