Category Archives: Television
Bat Man of Shanghai Proves that Batman Works in Any Setting
Did you ever imagine Batman as a vigilante in early 20th century China? Well somebody did!
That delightful bit of insanity comes from the DC Nation animation block because…I have no idea. Somebody with the power to make cartoons thought of it, made it and aired it. I don’t think it has anything to do with anything. But wasn’t it still pretty awesome?
Doctor Who Makes Time Travel Fun Again
The Ponds continues with Part 2 released today. Seems like these are just going to be nifty, stand alone vignettes about The Doctor, Amy and Rory. Well if they’re all as clever as this one, I’ll keep posting them. In Pond Life: Part 2, the Doctor goes to meet up with Amy and Rory in the middle of an important mission…only to mess up a little on the time travel! Oopsie!
Just Darth Maul Being a Badass
The next season of Star Wars: The Clone Wars is coming up soon, and even though I don’t watch it, I love me some Darth Maul. I love Darth Maul so much that I even bought and read one of the novels about him. And I absolutely read that Dark Horse comic book series that was released around the time of Episode 1. So seeing more Darth Maul compels me to post about The Clone Wars.
Also, Darth Maul vs. Palpatine is extremely badass.
Pond Life: Part 1
So I guess in the lead-up to Doctor Who season 7 – which debuts this weekend – the BBC is producing some webisodes about Amy and Rory Pond, the Doctor’s companions. Could be neat…though this first one is basically just the Doctor doing an awkwardly bad voiceover of some of his adventures…the Ponds only show up for a moment at the very end…
Oh well, enjoy!
The Doctor laying down some backup vocals? I dunno…that seemed…oddly placed. Though that would be an interesting culture to drop the Doctor into.
Ma-Ti Never Got Enough Respect
All the others got to control some kind of element, but with the power of Heart, Ma-Ti could control people and animals. That’s more badass than people give it credit for. At least these guys recognize the awesomeness of Ma-Ti and the Planeteers! It’s a live action fan-made trailer for modern day Captain Planet movie. And it is a thing of brilliance.
How cool was that? Those people at Altermotion Media Entertainment did one hell of a job. Even the Captain Planet costume looked awesome, and I’m sure that was hard to pull off.
I used to watch Captain Planet all the time, and I liked it when I was a kid. I thought the characters were cool, the concept was pretty fun, and I didn’t care about all the preachiness about cleaning up the environment. I just liked the superheroics. Captain Planet and the Planeteers is ripe for a grittier kind of reboot. Take it seriously, give it the strength and intelligence of modern day cartoons. It could be a hit!
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