Grayson
August 19, 2007 | 4 Comments
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
Never Liked Wonder Woman Anyway…
February 4, 2007 | 5 Comments
Joss Whedon is officially no longer writing the script for the upcoming Wonder Woman movie.
Joss’ statement about parting ways:
We just saw different movies, and at the price range this kind of movie hangs in, that’s never gonna work. Non-sympatico. It happens all the time. I don’t think any of us expected it to this time, but it did. Everybody knows how long I was taking, what a struggle that script was, and though I felt good about what I was coming up with, it was never gonna be a simple slam-dunk.
I have to say, I love Joss, but I’m not a DC comics fan and especially uninterested in Wonder Woman. Don’t get me wrong, I love the female protagonist hero, I just think Wonder Woman is nearly as lame as Aquaman. Again though… if it’s DC, I only really care about Batman, Green Lantern, The Question, and Superman in the right doses. Admittedly… I usually enjoy the Justice League in general, but the individuals are less interesting. Back on topic though, I don’t think it matters who writes this movie, it has a high likelihood of being terrible.
Thanks to Jenny for the heads up on this.
Tags: batman, comics, dc, dc comics, green lantern, joss whedon, justice league, movie, script, superman, the question, Wonder Woman
Comic Book Art Mashups
August 2, 2006 | 1 Comment
Worth 1000 hosts regular photoshop contest challenges, each of which intrigues me for one reason or another. In the past they ran a couple contests called Superhero ModRen and Superhero ModRen 2 which challenged competitors to create images combining superheroes and fine art pieces.
The above image combines the nude female figure from William Adolphe Bouguereau’s “Cupid and Psyche” with Spider-Man to form what I think is absolutely brilliant. You’d almost think Spidey was painted right in there. Other images feature Superman, Wonder Woman, Batman, Doctor Octopus, Robin, Wolverine, and more!
Defintitely check out both galleries, you are sure to be entertained. If these happen to be your cup of tea, browse deeper into Worth 1000, many of the artists competing here blow me away with their creativity.
(On a side note, the above image and many that are linked, contain full frontal nudity, but I can’t imagine they are offensive or pornographic…)
Tags: art, batman, Bouguereau, cupid, Doctor Octopus, electric Beaugureau, female, image manipulation, modren, naked, nude, painting, photoshop, psyche, renaissance, Robin, spider-man, spiderman, superhero, superman, William Adolphe Bouguereau, Wonder Woman
Great New Emerging Blogs
May 24, 2006 | 23 Comments
Over the last few months a few friends and colleagues have started their own blogs. Since then each has put out some fantastic articles and I wanted to take an opportunity to summarize why these are great blogs and highlight my favorite three stories from each.
Ken’s TEK
Ken is my manager at Plymouth State University. His history of forward thinking in the higher education technology space has continued to keep PSU out in front of the University System of NH’s other schools as well as many other higher education institutions. Trust me, I’m not just saying this because he’s my boss, when Ken finally gets a full handle on blogging, we’ll look back on his stories as clear indicators on what is what with higher education technology.
Pomp, Circumstance and Gonfalons
In response to a perceived lack of grandeur during the 2004 Plymouth graduation Ken suggested addition of gonfalons which went over amazingly in 2005. They were again used successfully in 2006. He explains the significance of gonfalons in this article.
Google Trends - Veeerrrryyy Interesting
A great use case for another one of Google’s sweet tools.
SunGardHE Summit Snap Shots
Images from our hugely successful trip to Summit 2006.
Ken has a pile of other great articles on identity management, business intelligence, vodcasts, online education, and more.
Changing gears, this is Randy’s second run at OS. His first incarnation was pretty cool, but this new one blows that old one away. I just hope if this one goes away, all the content doesn’t go with it… again… Randy is a DC comic book loving geek through and through. Me being a Marvel guy, this gives me some great insight on how the lesser half of the comic world thinks.
Seremuppety
An amazingly hilarious parody of Joss Whedon’s Firefly/Serenity done with muppets.
Important Survival Information!
One of the …
Superman: A true Hero will fly again! and Superman’s New Look
Randy is far more excited about the new Superman movie than I am. I appreciate his level of enthusiasm, it is what has kept me paying attention to this movie.
Why is there nothing about Infinite Crisis on his blog yet?
Watersedge
Dan Bramer is the newest in this crowd, but shows great potential. Dan grasps new ideas quickly and is able to convert them into entertaining and insightful ways. Currently there is a lot of WebCT info that is finally being documented. I can’t wait to see what he does when he’s tasked with supporting Luminis and Oracle HTMLdb ongoing.
Tracking Flights in 3D with Google Earth
How flippin’ sweet is this?!? Google Earth is such an awesome application. I love when people take advantage of this application as a platform for additional functionality.
WebCT: The 6 day work week
Here’s Dan flexing his capable WebCT muscles. An insightful extract of previously unmined data.
Dan-a-thon: Disclaimer
An amusing defensive stance after being a key component of one of the most fun trips I’ve ever been on in my life. Dan drove our group through Disney at a break-neck pace, allowing us to see more than we would have expected on such a short trip.
I have to throw an honorable mention to his first story though, Ode to the ‘Construction Guy’, go read this it’s funny as hell.
So, that’s my summary. Check these blogs out and I hope you enjoy them half as much as I do. As for you three, if you’re reading this, keep up the good work.
Tags: blogging, blogs, business intelligence, comic books, comics, daniel bramer, firefly, gonfalon, gonfalons, Google Earth, higher education, identity management, jpss whedon, ken kochien, ken's tek, online education, optimal stupidity, randy szabadics, seremuppety, serenity, summit, sungard, sungardhe, superman, vodcasts, watersedge, webct
Superman Returns Poster
May 16, 2006 | 4 Comments
So, I like it.
As a whole I’m having a hard time getting overly excited about Superman Returns. The trailers seemed unimpressive and I’m fairly confused about where in the Superman movie history it takes place. I know it’s not standalone, but I can’t remember is it between 2 and 3, or 3 and 4? Does the fact that it does occur in the old timeline mean we will not spend half the movie reviewing the origin of Superman? If that’s true I’m glad, because we’ve all heard it a ton of times, yet the trailer seems to show aspects of it, so I’m confused.
An additional concern for me is that I’m a big Marvel guy. Primarily I read and enjoy Marvel heroes and don’t associate well with DC heroes. Though, Batman Begins was a seriously rocking movie. I guess when it comes to movies, my lack of familiarity with the characters actually allows me to enjoy them more. For instance, I think Sin City and V For Vendetta are the two greatest comic book movies ever made. I didn’t read either of those comics until after seeing the movies… I also think Hellboy was awesome and I’ve yet to get to reading that series.
Getting back to the point, I think the poster is very cool. Out of the blue I find myself excited about this movie. I’m surprised about this, but glad. Marketing has won me over.
Tags: comic book, comics, dc, hellboy, marvel, movies movie, sin city, superman, superman returns, v for vendetta