This needs to be made by a real studio, right now.
For those of you who aren’t familiar with Y: The Last Man, I’ll give you a synopsis:
A mysterious plague has wiped out every human male on the planet, except for one. How does the hero cope as the last of his kind, in a world ruled by women? It’s smart, well-written, genuinely funny at times, and now it has its own fan-film.
I love Robin, but man that guy takes a lot of flak. But what if the Burt Ward Robin of the 1960s was in the Dark Knight Rises?
The above video was by the sketch comedy troupe Paulilu Mixtape, and it’s pretty darn funny. Poor Robin. He’s never going to live down Burt Ward.
I hope to write up an essay on why I think Robin would fit nicely in the Nolanverse. But then I’ve been planning this essay for years and have never started it. So how will I get it down within the two weeks we have until Dark Knight Rises? I have no idea…but keep your fingers crossed!
I saw Moonrise Kingdom over the weekend, and it was an amazing film! Definitely one of director Wes Anderson’s best. I would normally do a full movie review, but I’m not scholarly enough in the filmography arts to properly review something as deep as Moonrise Kingdom. Plus I’m trying to keep my blog more in the geeky pop culture realm. But suffice to say, Moonrise Kingdom was an awesome film and you should all go see it. The movie is sweet, adorable, and whimsical in that special Wes Anderson way. If you’ve seen his films, you know what I mean. If you haven’t, what are you waiting for?
Best non-Avengers movie of the year!
There’s a special kind of happy melancholy in Anderson’s films. A sadness that doesn’t seem sad. A happiness that doesn’t seem all that happy. The humor is deadpan, but wonderful. And the characters, while not larger than life, inhabit a special world all to their own. There’s a magic in Wes Anderson’s filmmaking that is uniquely his own.
And Moonrise Kingdom has all of this. It’s the story of two young kids who fall into the 12-year-old equivalent of love, while living on a serene island off the coast of New England in the mid-1960s. And since both of them are outsiders and ‘troubled youths’, they decide to run away together – to the other side of the island. Meanwhile, the various grown-ups in their lives – as well as the coolest scout troop ever – must organize a search effort, while at the same time try to understand why these kids felt they need to run away.
I cannot recommend this movie enough. I wish more people in the world wanted to go see Moonrise Kingdom than Madagascar 3D.
In place of a full review, I’ve decided to share my favorite Wes Anderson movie parodies from across the Internet. I’ve collected these from different humor websites from different places, each of them wonderfully made and each of them really touching into that Wes Anderson style. I hope you enjoy!
Wes Anderson’s God of War
Wes Anderson’s The Amazing Spider-Man
Wes Anderson’s The Fantastic Mr. Star Fox
And again, please go see Moonrise Kingdom! If I didn’t love The Avengers so much, this would easily be the best film of the year so far.
A cute, kind of grungy little tribute animation to the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. These characters are open to so many interpretations, and this little video by Malcolm Sutherland is just delightful.
Oh creative people on the Internet, you never cease to amaze me. By Dan Schreiner!
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