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And to round out this 4 part series on geek movies of the year, the trailer to Batman Begins was just released this past week.

Batman Begins

Batman has always been my favorite superhero; mainly because he’s not really a superhero. He’s got no superpowers, just the dogged determination to make sure that he’s the absolute best at what he does. He’s also been interesting because of the iconic heroes (Superman, Batman, Spiderman) he’s the one with the loosest moral code. He’s clearly a good guy, but he sometimes acts pretty bad. He’s also damaged, but holds himself together enough to do the right things. All in all, very different from the idealized boy scout that is Superman.

I suppose I just like my heroes with a side of dark.

The famous Batman cowl The requisite falling from above scene
Rhas Al Ghul The Scarecrow

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Jason Griffey is the Director of Strategic Initiatives at NISO, where he works to identify new areas of the information ecosystem where standards expertise is useful and needed. Prior to joining NISO in 2019, Jason ran his own technology consulting company for libraries, has been both an Affiliate at metaLAB and a Fellow and Affiliate at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University, and was an academic librarian in roles ranging from reference and instruction to Head of IT at the University of TN at Chattanooga.

Jason has written extensively on technology and libraries, including multiple books and a series of full-periodical issues on technology topics, most recently AI & Machine Learning in Libraries and Library Spaces and Smart Buildings: Technology, Metrics, and Iterative Design from 2018. His newest book, co-authored with Jeffery Pomerantz, will be published by MIT Press in 2024.

He has spoken internationally on topics such as artificial intelligence & machine learning, the future of technology and libraries, decentralization and the Blockchain, privacy, copyright, and intellectual property. A full list of his publications and presentations can be found on his CV.
He is one of eight winners of the Knight Foundation News Challenge for Libraries for the Measure the Future project (http://measurethefuture.net), an open hardware project designed to provide actionable use metrics for library spaces. He is also the creator and director of The LibraryBox Project (http://librarybox.us), an open source portable digital file distribution system.

Jason can be stalked obsessively online, and spends his free time with his daughter Eliza, reading, obsessing over gadgets, and preparing for the inevitable zombie uprising.

3 replies on “Batman Begins”

I aggree, Batman isn’t some flying freak, he’s a paragon of discipline and determination.

It reminds me of a poster I got free from some Comic Mail-order company. I can’t remember the name of the hero but the tag line read something like “How does an ordinary man fight a bunch of Superheros? With a Big Gun”

Does anyone know who that was? I’d love to get another copy of that poster.

I have always been a big “Bat-Fan” and after the new movie was released it made me feel proud that my hero is Batman, the story and the reality brought to the movie just took my breath away.

Loyal Bat-Fan
-Estevan-

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