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Jeff:
[discussing Heath Ledger's performance in The Dark Knight] A posthumous Oscar nom, don't you think?

Jim:
Yeah, I'm not sure.

Jeff:
What?

Jim:
No, it was good enough, but... I mean, I know he was nominated for Brokeback but that was a more subtle performance, you know?

Jeff:
You don't think he was subtle as the Joker?

Jim:
Well, he was more subtle than Jack Nicholson's.

Jeff:
Oh, well yeah! Poncing around in bloody art galleries to Prince. Ouch.

Jim:
I don't like that film anyway. The Prince songs are just the nail in the coffin. No, but what I mean is, it's a comic book movie.

Jeff:
You say that like it's a bad thing!

Jim:
No, I'm not saying it's a bad thing, I'm just saying that... you know...

Jeff:
I'll have you know some of my favorite films are comic book movies. Some of the greatest films are comic book movies!

Jim:
Like? I'm not arguing, I'm just wondering what...

Jeff:
V For Vendetta, X-Men 2, Spider-man 2...

Jim:
True. Yeah, but, you know, comic book movies are just one of those genres that the Academy doesn't recognize. You know, like action, or comedy, or fantasy, or... porn. Even when you've got brilliant directors like Jackson or Nolan at the helm.

Jeff:
You know, those themes are quite... I mean, they're quite all those genres, they're quite, thematically, they're quite... you know, similar.

Jim:
Fantasy, comedy and porn?

Jeff:
Yeah. Even if you have Jackson or Nolan at the helm.

Jim:
Even if you've got them. Er, have you noticed... wait, have they ever directed porn?

Jeff:
I don't think so. Did Peter Jackson do porn?

Jim:
No. I'd pay to see Peter Jackson porn, though. Not porn with him in it, you understand. I meant porn directed...

Jeff:
Yeah, yeah, Jim, I get it.

Jim:
Okay. [pause] Imagine the production values.

Jeff:
Phew! Could be distracting, though.

Jim:
Could be distracting, true.