...or to paraphrase Chris Hedges, "Ticking Time Bomb Narratives Are the Force that Gives Our Life Meaning".
The Dark Knight takes a few pages from Jack Bauer. "I don't have a lot of time..."cue torture, illegal surrveillance, etc.
http://www.slate.com/id/2195864/
http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2007/02/19/070219fa_fact_mayer
Am I the only person who thinks Heath Ledger's Joker sounds like Al Franken and acts like Crispin Glover? No I'm not.
http://www.minnesotaindependent.com/view/gratuitous-heath
"WHY SO SERIOUS?"