Grayson
August 19, 2007
Note, I recommend the High Res 60MB version of this if you are at all interested beyond the first 30 seconds. The YouTube version is here for the lazy and/or bandwidth challenged
A fan written script about a post Batman era Dick Grayson led to the creation of this trailer. The trailer is a bit long and pretty much tells the overall scope of the story. Batman is gone, but villains rise up again in his absence. Grayson re-dons the guise of Robin to fight crime in Gotham City once more. Cameo appearances come from Wonder Woman, Superman, Green Lantern, Batgirl and more.
In watching the trailer it’s obviously amateur in it’s portrayal of nearly the whole of the story in a fully linear manner. Trailers need to make you want to find out what happens and get excited about potential, I feel like I know way too much after watching this, but of course this can be forgiven as it seems unlikely this film will ever be produced in it’s entirety anyway… I didn’t read the script, so I’d hope it’s development is a touch more mature. I want to want more from this, but don’t…
I can partially understand the appeal of this as a popular internet phenomenon, it is good in a generally poor area of fan created action/adventure films.
Tags: action, adventure, Batgirl, batman, comic books, comics, dick grayson, fan film, film, gotham city, grayson, green lantern, joker, script, superman, trailer, video, Wonder Woman
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I’ll check the video in a second, but I just wanted to say that it’s good to have you back and blogging again.
Leaving aside that some of the acting is slightly over the top, it’s a pretty good trailer. The script is also fairly good. My major gripes are: a) It uses too many characters, giving most of them not much time to establish themselves, which means the script really only works for fans. b) It’s remarkably reminiscent of Return of the Dark Knight, and in some ways of Watchmen (although that isn’t about the JLA).
Still, it seems to establish Robin as a real character, which in my opinion hasn’t happened very much so far - though I don’t know all Batman/Robin/Nightwing material, of course. My impression of Robin has always been more of a character that just exists to give Batman a counterpoint and something to reflect on.
If you do a search, these guys do ALOT of these style of things. Search for “Batman: Dead End” which has him facing Aliens and the Predator, or the Batman and Superman movie. These trailers are made by a small group in Florida i believe, and they have no intention of actually making the movies. They do these trailers for the sole purpose of having fun, and appealing to fans.
This one is new to me and looks fantastic. Though not as good Dead End
Thanks Lonnie! Of late I’ve felt as if my actual readership has been low, so in turn I’ve had a hard time keeping the passion to find and write content. Comments like yours help me to feel connected, thanks.
I have a new look and feel for the site brewing, I hope that will get me excited again too.