L.A. Times Talks To Christopher Nolan About Inception, Batman 3, and... Superman!

If you're wondering about the status of the next Batman flick, or what's going on with Nolan's consultant role with the next Superman movie, this is a great read.

Batman Is Broke

Batman Garage Sale with Adam West from Adam West

Thanks to Funny Or Die

"Legends of the Superheroes" TV Special With Ed McMahon Roasts Super Heroes, And It Really Is "That Bad"

From the 70's comes this clip -- from an embarrassing train wreck of a tv show hosted by Ed McMahon -- called "Legends of the Superheroes." Adam West and Burt Ward reprise their roles as the caped crusaders, and they're joined by Aquaman, Shazam, and others -- all in an effort to honor a fictional character who goes by the unholy name of "Ghetto Man." This show was -- and still is -- so terrible and so humiliating you will not believe your eyes.

How far we have come, not only with regard to the live-action depiction of super heroes in general, but also with regard to how we no longer laugh at the "Hey, look! A black guy!" stereotype.

For the love of god. Please. Help us all.

This Trailer Is a Trip: "Dark Knight: A Toy Story"

Someone had a heck of a lot of time on their hands but man, they did a kick-ass thing. They did an editing job on Toy Story and Toy Story 2, and what they ended up with is pretty impressive.

Thanks, Eric!

Batman Bitchslap!

Batman DVD Boxed Set Makes Me Take A Look Back At Batman & Robin, The Worst Superhero Movie Ever Made

If you have ever had a doubt... if you have ever asked yourself whether or not Joel Schumacher's Batman & Robin (1997) is the worst superhero-related thing ever put to film... ever... all you have to do is click play on this clip, and you will never have to ask again:

I can't blame you for not wanting to watch ten minutes of that... I can't blame you. But I wanted to make a point.

Don't ever think Daredevil was the worst superhero movie ever made. Don't ever think the Fantastic Four movies were the worst (including Roger Corman's version.) Don't ever think Elektra, or even Catwoman, was the worst. Don't ever think Underdog was the worst. No. There is one movie that could raise all of those to Oscar-winning-performance levels. Batman & Robin.

It would seem that after making a pretty decent Batman Forever, director Joel "Oh-Hi-I'm-Gonna-Open-My-Butt-Cheeks-Now-And-
Take-A-Big-Dump-On-This" Schumacher could not have screwed it up more if someone had a gun to his head. Bad acting, terrible dialog, stupifyingly dumb action sequences, constant zooms on asses and crotches, a fat-faced Alicia Silverstone, and even blatant toy sales pitches. Don't believe me on that last one? Fast forward to 8:09 and listen to Poison Ivy tell Batman about her action figure. For god's sake, do it!!

And ya know... if you're gay, fine, I have no problem with that. If you're a gay filmmaker, I say no worries. But come on. Schumacher ran amok with homosexual overtones in this movie. It was as if someone gave him a license to shoot gay rays! This was not the Batman & Robin that I knew. No, this was more like... more like... Buttman & Rubbin'!

How much do I hate Batman & Robin? Let me put it this way. If I were forced to choose whether to watch Batman & Robin one more time, or call these guys and pay them to do a live show in my living room on a Saturday night in front of all my friends with a camera running...

...I would pick the live show. THAT'S how much I hate Batman & Robin.

Critics destroyed it, and fans wanted to wring Schumacher's neck. Even many of the actors were incredibly embarrassed once the movie was released. Batman himself, George Clooney, jokingly denied being in the movie! At one point Clooney was quoted as saying, "Joel Schumacher told me we never made another Batman film because Batman was gay."

And now, more recently, after being subjected to years of venomous hatred for this awful piece of work (and rightfully so), Schumacher apologizes:


Well, guess what? As of yesterday, if you have sixty bucks laying around, you can buy Batman & Robin, and the entire boxed set of pre-Nolan films! Batman: The Motion Picture Anthology 1989-1997 on regular DVD or Blu-ray, includes Batman (not gay), Batman Returns (not gay, but it had a really dumb sequence where Batman pulled a "wicka-wicka" DJ move... no one talks about this but he really did it), Batman Forever (a little tiny bit gay), and Batman & Robin (gay with extra gay sauce).

Just sayin'.

A Very Strange Adam West Batman Meets Jerry Lawler

Okay, let's see here. Hmm. Oh hell, let's just let BoinBoing.net do the talkin':

"When Adam West appeared on a Memphis TV station to promote a local car show in 1977, he arrived slurring his speech and wearing what can only be described as "homeless Bat-chic." Jerry "The Evil King of Memphis" Lawler then stopped by, prompting West to inexplicably lecture him on superhero sartorialism and traffic safety..."

In any event, here's the tattered video clip:



Thanks to Boingboing.net