I've seen every live action Batman movie there is, most of them in the theater when they were out. (except the 1966 one because I wasn't born and The Dark Knight, but I have them both on DVD) Batman Forever and Batman & Robin are what happened when, after two successful dark films, (as Batman should be) Warner Bros. decided to fire Tim Burton and hire Joel Schumacher to "lighten" the films. Batman Forever was OK, but Batman & Robin is just awful. Too many stupid one-liner jokes. Nolan was given what would have been Batman 5 had that series continued, but WB had him (thankfully) reboot the series and he decided to take Batman back to his roots as he was in the early comics, as opposed to following some of the later more "light" versions of the character. And, it worked. I really like his three Batman films. Though, my favorite version of Batman is actually the animated version they did in the '90s. That was a cool TV show. It was well written, especially for a kids' show. (more intelligent than Batman & Robin) Plus, the artwork is fantastic. I have little faith in Zack Snyder. 300 is a decent film and he did OK with Watchmen, but it's not that true to the comic, which I have. I have the Director's cut of the Watchmen, which is better. However, I hated Man of Steel. I didn't even finish that. I seriously doubt that anything born from that film will be good. So, that's my take on the off topic discussion.
The dock in Gnome 3 is actually an optional thing (a shell extension.) But, yes, some of them do have the "apps" thing on the dock. Others have it in the upper left of the screen.
As for Windows and phones, I can't say I've ever used a Windows phone. However, Windows 8, much like Unity and Gnome-Shell, has that thing just like on Android where you bring all of your apps up at once on the screen and scroll through to find the one you want. On a tablet or phone, that's fine, but it looks like crap on a 20-inch monitor. That's one reason I hated Gnome 3 for a long time, though there are actually at least some tweaks you can do with it to bring it back to a more "normal" looking interface with taskbars and a menu and whatnot. Gnome 3 actually has a lot of good extensions for Shell now that weren't there in the early days. Unity, not so much. In fact, Canonical seems bent on making it less customizable. (ironically, this discussion actually fits into that other thread we branched off of
) From what I've heard (because I won't touch it with a ten meter pole) Windows 10 has the option to either have a menu or the tablet-style junk. However, with 10, the interface is the least of its concerns, I think.
OK, back on topic here. I hope that PS2 emulator works out for you. I've never tried emulating the PS2 because I have one that works. But, I can see the attraction as I wouldn't want to go out and buy another one if it broke. Amazon actually still sells the Slim console new, but they're creeping back up in price as they're becoming more scarce. On a sour note, it's hard to believe that's considered a "retro" console now.
On the gaming side of things, I've been playing Age of Empires Gold tonight, thanks to Wine. It's been ages since I've played that, (see what I did there?
) so I've been having fun. It's interesting noting the differences between that one and AOE2.
