Darren Michaels/Columbia Pictures, Stephen Vaughan/DC ComicsBatman, meet your new foe: The Hollywood Foreign Press.
The Dark Knight, which had been picking all the right endorsements in the run-up to the Oscars, failed to win over Golden Globe voters, earning just one nomination.
Or, as many as Pineapple Express. (More on that surprise contender in a bit.)
As expected, The Dark Knight's Heath Ledger was nominated posthumously in the supporting actor category for his acclaimed turn as the Joker.
As not expected, The Dark Knight didn't figure in anywhere else, not in the Best Drama race, not in the Best Director race.
If it could be argued the superhero blockbuster didn't translate to members of the Foreign Press, then how to explain James Franco's acting nomination for the all-American stoner hit, Pineapple Express?
Maybe the Riddler counted the ballots?