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Celebrating Zoolander Style It's been years since I saw Zoolander, but I vaguely recall a scene similar to the one below. Obviously someone else had a much more vivid recollection of the film and decided to have some fun with it.  Every time I look at the Joe Biden face I laugh. I don't know if it's the goofy-ass smile alone or the combination of that cheesy smile and the motion of the body. There is also a version based on The Dark Knight. It's not as funny as the Obama Fun Machine, but I offer it up because I love the move.  Labels: Batman, Fun, movies, Politics posted by Brendan | 11:27 AM | permanent link |
Figured It Out I thought something about this Presidential campaign between John McCain and Barack Obama seemed familiar. This little piece of artwork finally put the pieces together for me.  The 2008 Presidential campaign is an re-tread of an episode of the 1960's Batman TV show. Look, the campaign is even copying the debate. Can't way to see who shows up to play the Cesar Romero as Joker character to counter Obama/Batman and McCain/Penguin. Labels: Batman, Fun, Politics, TV posted by Brendan | 10:50 PM | permanent link |
Dark Knight Mashup I don't know if this video mash-up of the audio from The Dark Knight movie trailer with video from Toy Story 2 is new or old, but it's been making the rounds on the blogs I read lately. Not only is the mash solid, the result is damn funny. Watching this reminds me how much I enjoyed The Dark Knight and how eager I am to see it again. Labels: Animation, Batman, Fun, movies posted by Brendan | 4:34 PM | permanent link |
Batman and Iron Man What I found most funny about today's PVP is that I was think this very same thing the just other day.  Tony Stark/Iron Man is Bruce Wayne/Batman but without all the emotional baggage.Still think Batman's cooler though. Labels: Batman, Comics, iron man posted by Brendan | 11:26 PM | permanent link |
The Dark Knight Returns  Warner Brothers apparently believes that they have an Oscar-worthy movie in The Dark Knight. It's the only good explanation for their announcement that The Dark Knight will return in theaters this January - just in time for the height of the Academy Awards voting season and even after - considering that the movie will debut on DVD in December.I'll certainly be adding the DVD to my collection, but I might try and swing a return visit to the theater to see The Dark Knight in its wide screen glory. posted by Brendan | 4:52 PM | permanent link |
LEGO Batgirl Ian owns all of the LEGO Star Wars video games and he got LEGO Indiana Jones game this summer (my favorite to date). However, this fall LEGO Batman hits store shelves and I'm already thinking that we have to get this for our new Wii. If not for the huge gallery of characters the creators have crammed into the game, then at least for LEGO Batgirl.  How cool is that. LEGO Batgirl is the tops. Labels: Batman, DC, Indiana Jones, Star Wars posted by Brendan | 10:58 PM | permanent link |
Better Living with the B&J Supersquad "Feel my quad" What I love about these spots - yes, there are more - is how the guy playing Batman perfectly mocks Christian Bale's poor man's Dirty Harry gravely Batman voice from the movies. posted by Brendan | 9:30 AM | permanent link |
Batman: The Brave and The Bold Preview It's the weekend of Comic-Con in San Diego, so there is new comic related stuff all over the place. This preview of the Batman: The Brave and The Bold looks fantastic. The new series is set to debut on Cartoon Network this November. Batman: The Brave and The Bold is going to be Batman and another super-powered guest star each week in a story that is all about action, action, and more action. Looks like great fun to me. posted by Brendan | 9:00 PM | permanent link |
The Dark Knight  While I hadn’t planned on it originally – historically I’m not much of an opening weekend sort of movie watching guy – Friday I found myself sitting in our nearby theater with Heather to watch The Dark Knight.We realized that we had time to take in a movie before driving to Ohio where we would be picking up Ian, Emma, and Zoe after they had spent a full week at Heather’s parent’s house along with their 8 cousins. (Yes, Heather’s parents house and entertain 11 children, aged 4 through 12, all by themselves for six days straight. Voluntarily. Every year. ) Heather and I talked about seeing something other than The Dark Knight to avoid crowds and save some bucks, but in the end I think Heather couldn’t bring herself to deny me an opportunity to see a Batman flick in the theater. I’m glad she’s nice that way. I won’t bother you with a drawn out review of the movie when there are pages and pages of glowing reviews for The Dark Knight published all over the web. Close your eyes and throw a dart and you’re bound to hit one. Here is one of my favorites. Suffice it to say I loved the film. It possessed an intensity and maturity that I have never experienced from a movie based on superhero characters. The Dark Knight isn’t just a great superhero movie or extraordinary summer blockbuster; it’s just a flat out superb piece of film. I don’t know if I’m ready to vote it as the top film of all time, as some of the more enthusiastic visitors to the IMDB website have done, but I was extremely impressed by director Christopher Nolan’s ability to use the characters of Batman’s universe to explore universal themes of heroism, sacrifice, and justice in an intelligent and engaging manner. All the while still blowing things up every twenty minutes or so. A great film. I am so glad we went to see it Friday morning. Now I can’t wait to see it five more times. Labels: Batman, movies, Review posted by Brendan | 9:49 PM | permanent link |
I Knew That Song Had Lyrics! In case you were ever wondering what the lyrics to Danny Elfman's score from the Batman movie are, Andrew Goldenberg is here to help out. This guy is awesome. Apparently he has written lyrics to a bunch of other movie themes. posted by Brendan | 4:51 PM | permanent link |
Random Cool Things About a week ago Heather hinted to me that I seemed to be posting a lot about Batman. So I tried to ease up on Batman-themed posts for awhile. However, as the buzz for The Dark Knight hits a fever pitch in the coming week, I imagine I'm going to find all sorts of Batman related stuff I want to write about. So lets ease back into things by sandwiching some Batman stuff between some Star Wars stuff and see how that goes. (Maybe Heather won't notice) - - - -  Pottery Barn Kids might be doing the selling, but I know who the real target of the Star Wars vintage sheets that hit the market in a little over a week - me.Or rather, adults like me who still love Star Wars. On July 25 Pottery Barn Kids will begin offering Star Wars-themed bedding just like was offered when I was a kid. I never got a full set of Star Wars sheets - I only had a pillow case - but now I can finally realize my dream of having my whole bed done up in Star Wars linens. Not only will they be making the sheets in Twin bed sizes, but also in Full and Queen. Heather, we're buying them the day they hit the stores. - - - -  The Dark Knight doesn't open for another two weeks in England, as opposed to next Friday here in the States, so British movie mag Empire has fourteen days to countdown to the film. Hence their new feature debuting today: The Dark Knight FortnightIt's fourteen days of Batman stuff. It kicks-off today with the 10 Essential Batman Comics. (I've read all but one) Empire did a great job with their celebration of all things Indiana Jones in advance of the release of Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, I just didn't discover it until it was nearly over. I expect nothing less with their feature for Batman. Plus this time I'm getting in on the ground floor. - - - - This week Empire also takes a stab at listing the 50 greatest comic book characters. I haven't read them all, but I did jump to see their top five. As expected, they've end up with Superman and Batman in the #1 and #2 slots respectively. As it should be. But then Empire puts John Constantine, Hellblazer, in the #3 spot. What? Empire rounds out the top five with Wolverine at #4 and drop Spider-Man all the way to #5. Whether Spidey should come before or after Wolverine can be debated till sunrise. But Constantine at #3? That I don't understand. This is a character who started out as a supporting character in Swamp Thing, built up a strong cult following in a solo title, and managed to be turned into a movie starring Keanu Reeves, but in the pantheon of great superheroes I don't see how this guy deserves to even be in the top 30. Sure, he's an interesting character, but greater than Spider-Man? I don't think so. - - - - And let's finish it off with another Star Wars item This fall Hasbro is releasing a new version of the Millennium Falcon. Not only will the newly designed toy have more electronic lights and sounds and come with Han Solo and Chewbacca figures, the size of the ship will be 30% larger than the version every kid aged 7 - 17 back in 1980 so desperately wanted to find under the tree Christmas morning.  I want one.Labels: 80's, Batman, Comics, movies, Star Wars posted by Brendan | 10:28 PM | permanent link |
DC on iTunes  Look whose on iTunes now - the heroes of the DC Universe.iTunes is now selling episodes of Batman: The Animated Series, Superman: The Animated Series, Super Friends, Batman Beyond, Aquaman, The Fleischer Studio Superman cartoons, and the live-action The Adventures of Superman TV show starring George Reeves. I already own three of those five series (Batman: TAS, Superman: TAS, and The Fleischer Superman toons) and owe some of the Super Friends stuff. So I won't be dropping any money there. However, I enjoyed Batman Beyond when it originally aired, so I wouldn't mind watching another episode or two of that series. Plus, I'm interested in sampling some of the Aquaman series; just to see what it is like. posted by Brendan | 8:10 AM | permanent link |
Baman Piderman I don't know what it is or why they did it, but it sure is funny. Labels: Animation, Batman, oddities posted by Brendan | 9:02 PM | permanent link |
The Dark Knight International Trailer Love it. posted by Brendan | 9:25 AM | permanent link |
The Dark Knight Movie Stills Photos from The Dark Knight are flying onto the web this week. You can find them everywhere - if you are looking for them. My favorite from the new bunch that popped up today - Harvey Dent, James Gordon, and Batman  Good stuff. posted by Brendan | 9:52 PM | permanent link | First The Dark Knight Review  The first official review of The Dark Knight has hit the streets. Peter Travers of Rolling Stone weighs in on the movie I am most excited about seeing.In a nutshell – Travers loves the film. His closing paragraph says it all: “No fair giving away the mysteries of The Dark Knight. It’s enough to marvel at the way Nolan — a world-class filmmaker, be it Memento, Insomnia or The Prestige — brings pop escapism whisper-close to enduring art. It’s enough to watch Bale chillingly render Batman as a lost warrior, evoking Al Pacino in The Godfather II in his delusion and desolation. It’s enough to see Ledger conjure up the anarchy of the Sex Pistols and A Clockwork Orange as he creates a Joker for the ages. Go ahead, bitch about the movie being too long, at two and a half hours, for short attention spans (it is), too somber for the Hulk crowd (it is), too smart for its own good (it isn’t). The haunting and visionary Dark Knight soars on the wings of untamed imagination. It’s full of surprises you don’t see coming. And just try to get it out of your dreams”I can’t wait. posted by Brendan | 9:30 PM | permanent link |
Batman Notices Everything One of the things that I think is so great about Batman - he notices everything  [via] Labels: Batman, Comics, DC, oddities posted by Brendan | 1:38 PM | permanent link |
Batman Drinks Milk You knew one of this summer's superhero film stars would show up in the ubiquitous "Got Milk?" ad campaign.  The milk people aren't just running a photo of Batman with his milk mustache, they built a whole website for him.posted by Brendan | 9:46 PM | permanent link |
The Dark Knight Website Re-Launches The only new “stuff” that the site supplies are some wallpapers, icons, and a screensaver. All the video and images have been released before. Still, the re-launched website for The Dark Knight is pretty to look at and fun to play with.  posted by Brendan | 8:36 PM | permanent link |
Old Superheroes Italian illustrator Donald Soffritti imagines what superheroes will look like when they get older. Lots of fun ones to look at. Of course, I'm supplying an aged Batman and Robin.  Funny stuff.Labels: Batman, Comics, Illustration posted by Brendan | 1:25 PM | permanent link |
Batman vs. Iron Man Before their movies battle out in the theaters, they face off here. posted by Brendan | 8:33 AM | permanent link |
New Trailer Time The two summer movies I am most looking forward to both released new trailers this weekend. Neither trailer disappoint. The Dark Knight:  The new The Dark Knight trailer has very little Batman actually in it. We get a little Bats at the beginning and at the end, but mostly the trailer features Bruce Wayne, Joker, and Harvey Dent. While it still doesn't give me many clues to the actual narrative story that is going to play out, this new trailer does show that The Dark Knight is going to be more than just Batman and Joker tearin' it up in downtown Gotham - which is what I got from the first full trailer. Dark, moody, and character driven - I think it's going to be another fantastic Batman film from Christopher Nolan. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull:  The new Indiana Jones trailer dispenses with the nostalgic look back that the first trailer opened with, cutting right to selling the story of the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. Indiana's voice over provides some background into the legend of the Crystal Skull, effectively setting up the McGuffin for this flick. As with the early Indiana Jones movies, the McGuffin drive the main story but is really only interested in getting the movie from point A to point B. It's everything happening around that main story that makes an Indiana Jones movie so much fun. From the look of this trailer, the fourth Indy flick shouldn't be any different. Labels: Batman, Indiana Jones, movies posted by Brendan | 6:53 PM | permanent link |
New The Dark Knight Poster The Dark Knight viral marketing game marches on, and though I am trying to participate in this second phase, I just can’t find the time. For the most part I’m still playing a spectator. None the less, developments in the game point to the imminent release of something in 3 days (speculation is a new movie trailer).  But in the meantime the game has revealed a new movie poster that I think is quite awesome.  posted by Brendan | 9:06 PM | permanent link |
Batman Gotham Knight Trailer So much coolness. posted by Brendan | 2:30 PM | permanent link |
Rediscovering Breyfogle One of the benefits of not buying any new monthly comics is that it frees me up to spend time re-visiting my comic collection. I started buying/reading/collecting comics regularly in 1991, in the aftermath of Tim Burton's Batman movie blockbuster, the debut of the Flash television show, and reading a copy of Frank Miller's Batman: The Dark Knight Returns that my brother inexplicably brought home on day. I stopped my regular visits to the comic shop this past January. That's seventeen years of continual comic book buying spanning dozens of different titles. Not an extraordinary feat by no means, but it does provide me with plenty to read through.  I've started my trip back through my collection by going to the very earliest Batman comics that I own. I have some older comics from the 60's and 70's, and few from the 80's which I've read over the last few months, but I am just now getting to the issues of Detective Comics and Batman that I was buying December/January of my senior year of high school. This means I'm re-discovering how much I enjoyed the artwork of Jim Aparo and Norm Breyfogle on the Batman titles.Yesterday I finished reading Batman #464, the final part of a three part story title "Spirit Of The Beast" by Alan Grant and Norm Breyfogle. Grant and Breyfogle were a hugely popular creative team on Batman in the late 1908's to mid 1990s. They started out on ‘Tec, moved to Batman, and eventually launched a new Batman title, Shadow of the Bat, before going to separate projects. "Spirit Of The Beast" showcases Grant's propensity for creating interesting characters, his use of mythology/philosophy/mysticism in his storylines, and a Batman character who is driven but still mentally balanced. What starts out as a routine investigation into a robbery/murder quickly takes Batman out of Gotham and into the desert outside of Las Vegas. On the trail of stolen American Indian shaman artifacts, he finds an ancient blind shaman named Black Wolf and the dog that helps him. Eventually Batman is wrapped up in an Indian conflict hundreds of years old and which threatens to kill dozens of innocent people in the present.  The story moves quickly and efficiently, with just the right mix of action, detective work, character moments, and comedy relief. On paper the "Spirit Of The Beast" is simply a solid, Batman tale from start to finish. That I appreciate every time. What makes the story more than just a good story is Norm Breyfogle's dynamic pencils.Breyfogle always brought buckets of energy to his work on Batman. There are no stilted staging of scenes or lackluster layouts. A Breyfogle page is a page in motion. Even when it's just a shot of Batman with arm raised commanding some ne'er-do-wells to give up, the page crackles with excitement. His Batman can be demonic looking at time, but in a stylized way that still retains his humanity. And Breyfogle's art certainly doesn't demonize the character. On the contrary, I think Breyfogle's depiction gets at the essence of why Bruce Wayne chose the Bat as inspiration for his costume – to strike fear into the cowardly lot of criminals he would fight against every night. When appropriate for the story, Breyfogle draws the Batman how the criminals probably see him – as threatening force of vengeance. A demonic deliverer of justice. I had forgotten that reading a comic drawn by Norm Breyfogle means never being bored. Now that I'm back at the beginning of my comic collection, I'm a little more excited about moving forward through time with the books. There is plenty more Breyfogle to be found and I'm anxious to read those issues again. Labels: Batman, Comics, Review posted by Brendan | 4:44 PM | permanent link |
Batman: The Brave and the Bold I think it’s safe to say that you just can’t keep DC characters from having animated TV shows. No sooner does The Batman and Legion of Super Heroes close shop then Cartoon Network announces that Batman: The Brave and the Bold will be joining their Friday night lineup. The new series, whose guest stars include Green Arrow, Blue Beetle, Green Lantern, Aquaman, and many others, will be “equal doses of comedy and high stakes” according to CN. Episodes will be thirty minutes long.  I'm looking forward to it. posted by Brendan | 10:12 PM | permanent link |
Jim Gordon Caught Me As I mentioned the other day, I'm really having fun with this The Dark Knight marketing campaign / game even if I can't full participate.  The big event today was finding out what the Clown Travel Agency site had in store for us. Turns out that this morning a clue could be found by clicking on the manila folder on the site, which then took you to a list of cities around the world. Slowly the throughout the day, an address and an additional clue would pop-up in each city. The first person to get to that location in each city could claim the prize - a bowling ball with a phone number etched into the side and a cell phone to call that number. For those guys, the game will become even more involved, I'm sure.There was no time for me to try for the clues during the workday, but this evening I checked back into the Clown Travel Agency site to see how things turned out. Apparently after all prizes had been claimed in all cities, the site opened up to another clue. We were given a password and directed to the Acme Security Systems website, at a sub-directory called "delos".  Once there I entered my name, email, and cell phone number. Almost immediately my phone started ringing. Upon answering I was greeted with an automated message requesting the voice password. When I delivered it, the screen on my computer changed and Lt. Jim Gordon lets me know that I've been caught. I can either play along with the Gotham PD ('cause they've got all my info now), or I can face a pile of charges (which are flashing on my screen). In either case, he will be in touch with me later.Fun stuff. My participation in the Joker scavenger hunts has been limited, but I feel like I am in the thick of things with the Harvey Dent campaign and now this GCPD turn to the game. With only a little over two months to go before the release of The Dark Knight, I imagine things will start moving pretty fast. posted by Brendan | 10:33 PM | permanent link |
Clown Travel Agency The Dark Knight viral marketing campaign / online game had some new developments over the weekend. There has been some changes to the I Believe in Harvey Dent site (plus I received a phone call from Mr. Dent denying accusations brought against him), some changes to some minor sites, and the launching of this new site: Clown Travel Agency Between the little note on the Clown Travel Agency site and reports of phone calls that certain people have received from the Joker, it looks like the next big stage of this game gets going this Tuesday - April Fool's Day.  I don't have the time to track down every clue and fully participate in the games, but I still love this marketing campaign that has been cooked up for The Dark Knight. Can't wait to see what plays out next. posted by Brendan | 10:16 PM | permanent link |
My Very Own Bat-Suit  They're selling the Batman suit Michael Keaton wore in Batman Returns.I think if I hunt through enough couch cushions I might be able to scare up the $60,000 to $80,000 the auction house expects the costume to go for. If not, then I’d settle for an Oswald Cobblepot Mayoral Campaign poster, also from Batman Returns, which is expected to net about $800. posted by Brendan | 10:27 PM | permanent link | Harvey Dent Decides to Run for D.A. I know it's cheesy marketing - but I'm having fun with it. posted by Brendan | 9:45 PM | permanent link |
Batman: The Killing Joke - Remastered DC Comics recently released a new Special Edition of Alan Moore’s and Brian Bolland’s influential Batman: The Killing Joke. Considered one of the finest superhero-starring comic stories ever told and probably the most emotionally powerful Batman story ever written, it is also one of my all-time favorite books of any kind. Obviously I already own a copy and hadn’t given the re-lease much thought. Until, that is, I saw some scans PopCultureShock provided showing the difference between the original artwork and the re-colored artwork Brian Bolland supplied for the Special Edition.
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All-Star Batman and Robin, The Boy Wonder #11 The response to the series by writer Frank Miller and artist Jim Lee has been all over the spectrum from insipid crap to inspired genius. I read the first four issues or so before dropping the book because of budget reasons and a desire to own it collected together anyway. From what few issues I did read, I’m inclined to believe the latter opinion of the title. The first nine issues will be published in a hardbound collection this June and I can’t wait to pick it up. Here is the cover artwork for issue #11, also slated for a June release. I think it looks fantastic.  Good times. posted by Brendan | 10:50 PM | permanent link |
Batman: Gotham Knights DVD Artwork I know it’s just DVD cover artwork, nothing to get excited about . . . but I still can’t help myself.  I plan on picking up the regular 1-disc DVD. From what I’ve read the 2-disc edition doesn’t really offer anything I need to own. posted by Brendan | 10:22 PM | permanent link |
I Believe In Harvey Dent  A couple of weeks ago, when the I Believe in Harvey Dent website became more than just a picture of Aaron Eckhart, I submitted my email address and cell phone number to receive notification on future updates for the site. I knew from reading elsewhere that the second half of Warner Brother’s viral marketing campaign to stump for The Dark Knight was going to surround the character Harvey Dent, just like how the first part was all about the Joker, and I was hoping to play along more this time.Then last weekend I received a phone call from Harvey Dent telling me that he is considering a run for Gotham City District Attorney. A visit to the I Believe in Harvey Dent website revealed a new site, fashioned after a campaign website of sorts. There was info on the candidate, items to download, and a request to upload video or photos of people showing their support for Harvey. Also, there was mention of Dentmobile appearances around the country, but no dates were set.  This morning I found an email from the Harvey Dent campaign office telling me that the Dentmobiles were mobilizing. A check of the of the site revealed that schedules had been published and that it showed that one of the cities the campaign van would be in today was Chicago – at 8am, 11am, and 4pm there would be a series of rallies for Harvey Dent. The 4pm event would be happening right outside my office.Some reports I read of the earlier rallies were not encouraging. Apparently the Chicago Police Department did not care for these sort of publicity / marketing stunts. None the less, around 3:50 I headed out to the street to see what was going on. Out in front of the Citibank Center, which houses a METRA commuter train station, there were about 20 people gathered around three guys in “I Believe in Harvey Dent” t-shirts. They were handing out bumper stickers and buttons, and getting people to sign petitions encouraging Harvey Dent to run for office. After a brief warning from the “campaign worker” with the bullhorn about how the Chicago cops had given them a hard time earlier in the day, we started into some chants of “We believe in Harvey Dent!” and “Take back Gotham!”  It was all kinda cheesy. I felt a little silly. But it was also fun. We were getting a mix of confused stares and smiling faces. Plus, there was a bunch of people videotaping and photographing us, including some of the “campaign workers.” Eventually one of the Citibank Center security officers came over and asked who was in charge. Our response: “Harvey Dent!”He asked us to move off the street because we were blocking taxis and commuters trying to get into the building for early trains, so we started marching east up Madison back towards the building my office is in. I ducked back in when we got close. It was fun for a while, but I can only chant enthusiastically for a make-believe candidate for Gotham City for so long. Still, I had some fun. They weren’t giving out free shirts like they were at the earlier rallies, but I got some free swag. I’ve been looking for my photo up on the I Believe In Harvey Dent website, but nothing is there yet. In the meantime I will turn my eyes to the newly launched Gotham Election Board website which promises online voter registration in the near future. After all, I want to make sure I get my chance to vote for Harvey Dent. posted by Brendan | 10:24 PM | permanent link |
Superheroes Meet Classical Art Photoshop jockies take a turn at blending superheroes into classical pieces of art. It’s mostly Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, and Spider-Man, but some other characters show up as well. My two favorites:   Labels: Batman, Comics, DC, Illustration posted by Brendan | 9:45 PM | permanent link |
Saturday Morning Cartoon Viewing There are two hours of cartoons I'd like to watch tomorrow morning. But with everything Heather has got planned for this upcoming weekend I'm not sure how feasible my idea of watching a hour of the new Spider-Man cartoon followed by the hour-long The Batman series finale will actually be. Starting at 10am on KidsWB we get back-to-back episodes of the new show The Spectacular Spider-Man. I've watched a short preview, read some reviews, and have checked out some of the art. It looks like it might be a fun series to watch. Spider-Man always seems to translate to animation well. I've yet to see anyone really screw it up.  Then at 11am the series finale of The Batman is airing on KidsWB. After five seasons WB is closing up shop on The Batman with an extra long episode that guest-stars most of the Justice League.  I've gotten to watch episodes of The Batman sporadically over the course of its run, and have always enjoyed the fresh take on the character. I'd love to see how the creative team wraps things up. posted by Brendan | 12:51 PM | permanent link |
Batcave Home Theater Oooooh. I want one.   It was designed and built by a company called Elite Home Theater Seating. Labels: Batman posted by Brendan | 9:49 PM | permanent link |
Batman: Gotham Knight I know I've been posting a lot of video lately, but there has just been so much interesting stuff out there that I can't help it. Today it's the first look at this summer's direct-to-DVD animated film, Batman: Gotham Knight. The film is an anthology of 6 Batman short films, each story scripted by a different American writer and animated by a different Japanese Anime director. The over-arching storyline connecting the six shorts will tie the events of Batman Begins to the sequel hitting big screens this summer, The Dark Knight. Looks good. I plan on picking that DVD up. posted by Brendan | 12:23 PM | permanent link |
I Want One My own Batphone.  It was created by RedHotPhones, a company that sells nothing but red phones. posted by Brendan | 4:41 PM | permanent link |
Law & Order: Gotham City I used to watch Law & Order, but tired of it many years ago. Heather still enjoys the show and watches it frequently. If Dick Wolf ever got around to producing the below, I might give the L&O franchise another try.  [via]Labels: Batman posted by Brendan | 3:48 PM | permanent link |
Review: Bane of the Demon Batman: Bane of the Demon is a four-issue mini-series originally published in 1998. The series was written with usual bombast style by Chuck Dixon and illustrated by one of my favorite Batman pencilers, Graham Nolan.  Now the only time Batman shows up is on the cover to the fourth issue, but because the story stars two of Batman’s biggest foes: Ra’s al Ghul and Bane, Bat’s get’s his name in the title. No problem. Ra’s is my favorite Batman villain to read about, and in the hands of the men who created the character, Bane can be interesting as well.Quick Batman comic book history lesson: back in the mid-to-late 1990’s, the Batman books jumped from one big event story to another. It started with "Knighfall", where the villain, Bane, broke Batman's back, and led up to "No Man's Land", which chronicled Gotham City being sealed off by the Federal government only to have the city re-opened on January 1, 2000. Two of the event stories that occured during that time were called "Contagion", which had Gotham City being over-run by a horrific plague, and "Legacy", which featured Ra’s al Ghul’s attempt to wipe out the majority of the world’s population. Bane of the Demon served to tie together some minor storylines between events in Contagion and Legacy. Problem was that the "Contagion" and "Legacy" storylines played out in 1996. Bane of the Demon wasn’t published until 1998. (Don’t know what happened in the editor’s office to create that publishing gaff. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
