Tuesday afteroon I saw the latest Batman movie, The Dark Knight, at a local theater. Pre-movie, I scoped out the trailer to Christian Bale’s next no-doubt-blockbuster, the fourth Terminator movie (which means now there’ll be two too many). I also sat awkwardly through the trailer for the upcoming movie adaptation of Alan Moore’s Watchmen, directed by Zack Synder, who also directed the adaptation of Frank Miller’s 300. While it does seem like it might make interesting watching, I still think some comic stories are best left on page. Watchmen deconstructed the superhero comic genre, the movie isn’t going to do anything so bold. I can see it going over people’s heads, that is, even if they do it justice. But hell, who am I kidding? I’ll go see it. Sorry, Mr. Moore. Really, I am.
Batman
Jokers are Wild!
Can everyone please stop attacking Nicholson’s Joker just because there’s a new Joker in town? I know that Nicholson gets this reputation for “Jack playing Jack”, but anyone who’s ever picked up a Batman comic with the Joker in it in the past decade or so and has seen Nicholson’s performance should see that he was pretty dead on: a psychotic, sadistic, egotistical mass murderer with a flair for the theatrical. Will the late Heath Ledger’s performance in The Dark Knight surpass this?
Batman: Gotham Knight, a delicious appetizer
Any fan of Batman’s latest reincarnation following Batman Begins and the upcoming Dark Knight will want to check out the straight to DVD release of Batman: Gotham Knight.
Yet another great release from DC Comic’s animated movie release Gotham Knight takes a cue from the Animatrix and presents six short stories. Fortunately for use Gotham Knight doesn’t suffer from the grueling flaws in the Animatrix.
Gotham Knight’s six separate stories have been crafted by different writers and animators to give them each their own feel. While essentially unrelated there exist little connections in theme between each story so that they manage to flow together quite well.
Batman: Gotham Knight, Leaked
Even though it’s not set to hit shelves until July 8th a leaked version has found it’s way onto the internet.
While not the inevitable HD release, you can find a torrent here:
http://www.mininova.org/tor/1546391
or the direct download:
www.megaupload.com/?d=PFF4BP5O
Password: luelinks
If you do download please rent or pick up a copy on it’s release to help support future releases from DC!