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Why So Serious The Perfect Getaway November 30th, 2007

And the third of the seasonal Why So Serious challenges is upon us, as was to be expected given the flurry of activity this Friday.

The new site revolves around a perfect getaway, ultimately using the maps spread across the various Gotham Sites. www.whysoserious.com/theperfectgetaway (found via Page 4 of The Ha Ha Times)

Here are the plans:

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For discussion I recommend this thread.

More Developments elsewhere…

Other big events today include threatening phones calls made to people that submitted details to We are the Answer, ToasterDevil has kindly recorded this and placed it up on YouTube:

With a loose transcription from Hollywood Chicago:

“We heard about the message you left at the DA’s office. I know you have some big ideas about being a good citizen. No one likes a squeeler. You know nothing.They’re out there putting their lives on the line so you can sleep OK … and you’re laying in your bed. Let’s see what happens the next time you need someone in blue.

Think about who they are. Check document LC6551. You know where to look.”

We are the Answer also have a new email response:

Thank you for your information on suspicious activity regarding a police officer. Your information appears to possibly be very important in an open investigation regarding the officer(s) involved. It is impossible to disclose any specific information on the investigation, but be assured that the information you have provided is being handled with the utmost seriousness and confidentiality.

If you have any further information about criminal activity that the officer(s) have or will be engaging in, you are encouraged to use the tip-line form as an ongoing resource.

Please keep this email and the information you have provided us confidential. Your information is part of an ongoing police investigation and is therefore subject to all laws governing an investigation. Premature disclosure of information could compromise the investigation.

Again, thank you for your assistance. We rely on your help. Together, we are making Gotham City better, safer, stronger. Together, We Are the Answer.

So we will be able to turn someone else in soon. We just need a time and location…wait!

St. Swithuns and Betty’s House of Pies November 30th, 2007

These viral sites keep getting churned out by the dozen now, three more today.

First up is Betty’s House of Pies, www.bettyshouseofpies.com

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$8.00
Betty’s Classic Apple – Sliced apples with plenty of cinnamon Try it with ice cream; you won’t be sorry! Dutch-Apple – Betty’s classic apple filling baked with raisins, fresh cream, and topped with streusel crunch.”

The site contains an email address for reservations – reservations@bettyshouseofpies.com and a telephone number – 1866-237-6152. The house itself is based off Maloney Street in downtown Gotham, if you’re ever there and fancy popping in for a bite. The email reservation gives this response,

“We don’t take reservations from e-mail anymore because nobody ever checked and people just got mad.”

Next comes Saint Swithuns Catholic Church, www.saintswithunschurch.org,

“St. Swithuns is the oldest Catholic Church in Gotham. Built by Italian and Greek immigrants, it has fine examples of Old World stonemasonary, plasterwork, and carpentry. But this traditional setting is the foundation of a vibrant, service and community oriented ministry. “

This page has a records search located here. Entering the name Salvator Maroni works and brings up a marriage certificate which he was witness to. The bride in the certificate, Anna Marie Loverso, also brings up a certificate of Baptism:

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You can also find them at the corner of South Drive and Hatters Avenue, in Harrow, Gotham, or call them via 1866-237-6339:

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Thirdly, there is an internal affairs division of the Gotham Police Department, located at www.gpdiad.com:

“If the citizens of Gotham are to have the trust and confidence in the police, the Gotham Police Department must to foster a good relationship with its citizenry. This means someone must take the responsibility of policing the police.

Police officers face situations calling for immediate assessment and swift action, and must be free to exercise their best judgment and to initiate action in a reasonable, lawful, and impartial manner without fear of reprisal. At the same time, they must observe the rights of all people. Citizens must feel free to question police conduct which they feel is improper.”

Something else to take note of, on the Gotham USD website has updated and now mentions by name the man pictured in the Evidence Fault from the last Why So Serious challenge,

11/30
Congratulations go out to the following 30-year GUSD veterans:

[...]

Jake Karnassian: Mgr. Buildings an Grounds (on hiatus)

Dark Knight on Today Show November 30th, 2007

The Today Show recently had a Dark Knight segment featuring some new footage from the film including Bale in the new bat suit and some Harvey Dent podium scenes. There’s also a Christian Bale interview discussing the ins and outs of the new plot and the Batman character:

Via Hollywood Chicago

New Joker and Bale Images November 30th, 2007

Along with Empire, Wizard have a super hero themed issue which dons a glorious front cover picture of Heath Ledger as The Joker:

Click to em’biggen.

Joker on Wizard Cover

The Empire article itself also contains a new Batman picture of Bruce Wayne admiring the new bat-suit. For those interested in reading the article, but are unable to purchase a copy of the British publication, a typed out version can be found on SHH, Empire Article. This is an extract from the Empire interview with Chris Nolan:

“The way Batman Begins ended was intended not so much as sequel bait,” Nolan insists, “but to create a level of excitement at the end of the movie. Ultimately, the sequel happened because we got caught up in that process of imagining how you would see the Joker go through the prism of what we did in the first film.”

And how is the Joker seen through that prism? “Indescribable, really, Not to sound evasive – it actually is quite difficult to explain, but all I can really say is Heath’s not doing any particular thing, he’s inhabiting the character in very much the way I’d hoped from a psychological perspective. He really created something that I think is going to be quite terrifying.”

TDK Batsuit

Gotham Victims Advocate Foundation November 28th, 2007

Yet another Batman viral site has been discovered, this time it is the GVAFoundation, or Gotham Victims Advocate Foundation, which can be found at this address: www.gvafoundation.org

In other news, Empire finished revealing the Joker (officially this time). They also removed the click-able links to the very high resolution segments, much to my dismay. If anyone has managed to grab a high resolution version of that Joker grin I would be most happy to see it, as I am sure others will be too!

Fresh Sam Raimi Interview November 28th, 2007

Comic Book Resource have been talking with Sam Raimi. I have extracted the Spiderman 4 parts of the interview for you here, though I recommend reading the full article as it gives an interesting insight into the thoughts and processes behind Raimi himself.

Do you have any inclination yet towards whether you’d like to produce or direct the next Spider-Man movie, or is too early to call?

Sam: I think that’s going to be up to Sony Pictures, and I think that it’s too early for them to say, actually. But currently I’m working on… well, not now, but as soon as the writers strike’s over… I’m going to begin working with a writer on the screenplay.

Is it important to you that the story follows on from the first three? I mean, how important is internal continuity to you? Can you go Evil Dead-style and change details a little bit, maybe change the story up a little bit?

Sam: If I was writing it I would have a very strong opinion about that, but we’re hiring a writer to come up with his own take. Sony was willing to go either way, we’ll just have to wait and see what the writer comes up with. I think anything’s possible, though.

I mean, there’s been so many different versions, it doesn’t have to follow the movies that we’ve made. I’d very much like to see Tobey Maguire as Spider-Man, so I have a personal interest in that, but certainly anything’s possible. Spider-Man’s such a big character in the comic books that he could endure a lot of different interpretations. You could start over or you could start with a different aspect of the story than I’ve focused on in the pictures I’ve made, we’ll just have to wait and see what the writer comes up with.

Do you think the story will still be interesting if Spider-Man moves on and gets married? Because within the world of comics, a lot of writers complain that once he got married the stories weren’t as interesting, and the movies seem to be heading towards that. As someone who’s a married man and has a family, what do you think of this idea that he can’t be interesting once he’s married?

Sam: He’s most powerful to me as an adolescent. The thing that Stan Lee created that was so special was that he was a very young character, and he’s a kid trying to deal with these fantastic powers. The idea of being married counters that a little bit. It’s a place of accepted responsibility versus being on the road to learning responsibility. It’s associated with adulthood versus being the ultimate kid who’s a superhero. So it’s not that you couldn’t tell a good story with a married Spider-Man, but my favorite Spider-Man is the unmarried one.

Why So Serious Mausoleum November 27th, 2007

EDIT: Looking for the “It’s all part of the plan” safe codes? Check our coverage here: “It’s all part of the plan – Why So Serious

EDIT 2: Now a new site has been revealed, http://www.gothamusd.net/ – The Gotham Unified School District

EDIT: OPENED…

It’s a vault! Why So Serious has a second secret stage discovered in the personality profile… http://www.whysoserious.com/mausoleum/ Thanks to Hollywood Chicago for the heads up!

The secret itself was found by looking at the letters in the various levels you could achieve on the profiler, it was found that taking one letter from each could spell mausoleum and hence generate the next fascinating URL.

This is the email that was sent out:

If you’ve finished my quiz, then it’s time for the next step in the interview process, something to test your aptitude. Spaces count:

* Eighth
* Sixth
* Eighth
* Ninth
* Ninth
* Second
* Fourth
* Second
* Third

The text on the note reads:

” You surely know how to put a smile on a guys face ! Now your task is simple.

Your job is to find a way into the evidence vault.

Our fine friends in blue have collected something that surely dosn’t belong to them.”

UPDATE:From the bloodied letters you can get the anagram, “TIME FOR TAFFY” – referring to The Gotham Times, Johnny “Taffyface” Linata died at 7:38am. There is a clock without any viewable hands to the left of the safe.

UPDATE: There seems to be a new security related Gotham website, http://acmesecuritysystems.com/

“ACME Business Security provides reliable security systems for businesses throughout Gotham City. We provide a range of services, from passive alarm to constant video surveillance.

We specialize in warehouse and commercial real estate security with flexible plans—allowing you security when you need it, for as long as you need it.”

There is also yet another Gotham City based website, this time its Gotham Cabs at http://www.gothamcab.com/

Mike Newell Video Interview November 27th, 2007

As promised…

Via Reelz

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