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Most people reading this are probably really into Batman, and some may be really into Halloween, but I beg you: please do not do this to your dog.

In actual news: MTV talked to Willem Dafoe recently, and he said he was approached about playing Batman in the 1989 film that eventually starred Michael Keaton. That would've been... different.

And I don't normally link to such things, but apparently someone is making a pornographic movie that parodies the Adam West Batman TV series. The very adult website Fleshbot has a preview. It is nsfw, xxx, inappropriate for minors, etc. Don't click here if you're somewhere where genitals appearing on your screen will get you fired, expelled, dumped, divorced, excommunicated, shunned, or a negative consequence that I haven't anticipated.

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Above, a pretty funny College Humor video (Update: which I now realize isn't displaying right, so watch it here). And more importantly, Cillian Murphy (Scarecrow) is working with Christopher Nolan on Inception, and tells MTV:

"I hope they make a third one," he told MTV News. "I think 'The Dark Knight' was one of the greatest films."

Just because he's hopeful, however, doesn't mean that Nolan has shared his intentions on the "Inception" set.

"We don’t talk about those things," Murphy explained "It's out of my control."

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• A commenter pointed to this page which has the above image and a URL that claims to be part of viral marketing for Batman 3. It says its located at www.sharethemystery.com (at last check a yet-to-be-activated URL -- since I can't verify that it's not full of malware, I'm not going to link to it, proceed at your own risk). Anyway, The Dark Knight viral marketing like whysoserious.com was registered by proxy to keep production/marketing company names off of them, while this site is registered to some guy in New Jersey, so I say there's no chance it's legit.


• MTV's Splash Page says they are making a sequel to the Superman/Batman movie that came out on DVD/BluRay recently. I thought it was ok, but would rather see them do something else, even if not Batman-related. The New Frontier is the best of those they've done so far, and I think they should try something more along those lines again. More than just big name characters and big action sequences, try something that's got a little more meat to the story.


• And this comic today at amazingsuperpowers.com made me chuckle. Move your mouse to the area around the top right corner of the comic to reveal a question mark, which you can click for a bonus panel.

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Topless Robot counts down the 6 best and worst vehicles in comics with two Batman-related entries.

The Joker Blogs is a fan video series about the Joker in Arkham Asylum after The Dark Knight. He doesn't have the voice quite right, but the guy who plays the Joker otherwise does an uncanny impression of Heath Ledger's Joker.