While Bruce Wayne (also Val Kilmer) was touring the electronics division of his successful Wayne Enterprises, he was detained by crackpot, nerdy researcher Edward Nygma (Jim Carrey) who was obsessed with brain waves - he had devised an elaborate, computerized invention that "beams any TV signal directly into the human brain.The beast was stirred from its slumber by the thrush opening a nut on a rock.Film Notables (Awards, Facts, etc.)A fantasy film from Warner Bros.(New Line) - the first of a three part trilogy of epicHobbitfilms, adapted from J.R.R.Tolkien""s beloved fantasy novel about Middle Earth, first published in 1937.It has inspired many other fantasy tales, including the author""s ownThe Lord of the Ringstrilogy.Guillermo del Toro was originally hired to direct, but dropped out, so Peter Jackson (producer and co-writer) took the job." Freddy responded as he laughed maniacally: "Tell ""em Freddy sent ya.One down, two to go." Kincaid grabbed his lower chest in agony as he awoke in his bedroom - and expired(# 1 death).In the next scene, Kristen was in her bedroom when she became startled, at the moment of Kincaid""s death, by a tinkling noise from her wind-chime mobile at her open window.Plot SynopsisThe psychological, B/W western opened with title credits above a distant view of two tiny figures riding on horseback over a ridge.Kara (defending herself with a fireplace poker) and Danny were both confronted by Myers, but escaped unharmed back to the boarding house - where they met up with Loomis and Tommy.