Category Archives: Batman
6 Best and 6 Worst Male Superhero Halloween Costumes
We are living in a golden age of dressing up as a superhero for Halloween. The success of the superhero film industry has made them the #1 choice for any Halloween party-goer or trick-or-treater. Heck, The Dark Knight alone had to have raised the Joker costume quotient by 2,000%! And I would hope to see a ton of Avengers costumes this year.
Exactly right
I did a List of Six last year about the best and worst female superhero costumes, and it’s been a pretty popular list this fall. So I decided to revisit the idea and do a list of the best and worst male superhero costumes. Being the nerd that I am, the list is based on two things: costume quality and accuracy. This isn’t about the most popular costumes. The girls’ list was also judged on sluttiness, but that doesn’t seem to be a problem for men. Superheroes should be an obvious Halloween costume, because the heroes are wearing costumes themselves. So one would think that designing a Halloween costume should involve just recreating the superhero’s costume as accurately as possible.
Apparently not. But sometimes they get it right. All of these costumes were found online available for sale.
Who Needs a Live Action Justice League Movie
When we can have one made out of LEGOs instead!
Despite the mouthful title of LEGO Batman The Movie: DC Heroes Unite, this is going to be a full length LEGO Batman movie, based off the recent video game (which I sadly have not played). It’s going to star Batman and Robin teaming up with the entire Justice League to take on the Joker and Lex Luthor!
So why even bother with a live action Justice League movie? There’s no way it’ll be as good as this. Heck, why bother with traditional animation anymore? All future superhero movies should be made out of Lego.
We’re living in a golden age of superheroes
The Dark Knight Returns Returns in Part 2
If you want more proof that Peter Weller is a terrible Batman, here’s a trailer for Part 2 of Batman: The Dark Knight Returns:
I was moderately OK with Part 1, as you can see in my review. The worst part of the film was Peter Weller as Batman. You can hear it in the first lines of that trailer. His voice is so flat and emotionless. Batman is better than that.
Well Part 2 promises to include Superman and the Joker, though Superman still just looks like normal, everyday Bruce Timm Superman, another drawback of these animated adaptations. Frank Miller had such a unique style to his art for the original comics. I wish they’d tried to replicate that look for these. Oh well, what can you do? At least Ben Linus is voicing the Joker. That should be fun.
Also, we’ve now learned at NYC Comic-Con that the next two cartoons will be Superman: Unbound, based on Geoff Johns’ recent Brainiac reboot story, and Justice League: Flashpoint, based on the alternate reality tale that brought us into the New 52. Which makes me wonder if all future DVDs after that will be based on New 52 stories. That might be cool.
Batman vs. Bronies!
My love for Batman and my love for My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic are well documented on this blog. But what happens when the Dark Knight turns his attention on this potentially insidious pop culture clique?
That was awesome, and so incredibly well drawn! That is some quality animation right there. The cartoon was made by James Lee Animation, who I’m going to have to keep an eye on for future gems!
Review: Batman: The Dark Knight Returns Part 1
Another faithful animated comic book adaptation has arrived, and I continue to be only mildly impressed by what the DC animators have cranked out. I’ve mentioned this in the last few reviews of these animated DVDs, but nobody seems to be trying very hard. Batman: The Dark Knight Returns Part 1 is very ordinary. The animation style is the same as they’ve always used. The voice actors are mediocre at best, with a few clunkers. The adaptation is almost faithful to the word, and the few minor changes don’t really add anything new or interesting to the show. This DVD is basically just the same people cranking out the same product they’ve always been.
But that’s not to say we shouldn’t be eternally grateful that we now have a fully animated adaptation of The Dark Knight Returns, one of the greatest Batman stories ever written.
Movie rating: 4/5: Good.
Don’t let my nitpicking keep you away from a good adaptation of the classic Frank Miller comic. The animation is top notch, the action is very good and, like I said, the cartoon is an almost exact replication of the comic. And considering that comic book fans tend not to like change, that’s probably for the best. Could you imagine the firestorm if DC Animation had rewritten parts of this story? Sometimes minor changes to the story works, like with the Watchmen movie, but sometimes it could be terrible, like all other planned adaptations of Watchmen.
That The Dark Knight Returns has been stretched into two films is unfortunate, but for the best, considering the lengthy tale. Once both parts are out, I’m hoping it’s a better experience overall. But Part 1 has its own stories, so we’re not lacking for content by only getting the first half of the comic on film.
Though we are missing out on what could have been a powerful artistic interpretation. Anyone who has read the original comic knows that The Dark Knight Returns has a very unique and hectic art style. It’s a little jarring and confusing at first, but quickly grows on you in the reading. The animation in the new DVD is the same kind of animation DC has been cranking out since Batman: The Animated Series nearly 20 years ago, which is a shame. While it’s solid animation and looks great, it loses that unique, emotional feel that came from the original art.
Same with the voice acting. Peter Weller is a terrible Batman. The producers may have been super excited to get Robocop to do the voice, but he stinks. Weller’s performance is flat and emotionless, in a story that calls for Batman to be full of rage and power. It’s a complete failure.
Was Kevin Conroy busy that week and couldn’t do the voice? Join me after the jump for more.
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