TV's Frink said:

When you say "lone dissenter," you of course mean "lone dissenter other than TV's Frink, who expressed his dissent earlier in the thread."

;-)

;-) Sorry. I gotta get out more.

And I agree with you. His death seemed to somehow elevate a lot of pre-viewing opinions, which I find particularly weird. Truthfully, the whole pre-release hype of viral sites, cos-play gatherings, etc seemed to have almost brain washed people into thinking the film was a masterpiece before they ever actually saw it.

There is a huge Batman-Nolanverse nerd here at work and the months leading up to Dark Knight release were very weird to witness first hand. My co-worker, other forums, blogs et al - it had a weird Emperor's New Clothes feel to it.