. 2003-05-01
San Diego Comicon, San Diego, CA
Set 1
BATMAN: DEAD END
by Eric Campos
2003, Un-rated, 8 Minutes,
It was an instant hit when it screened at the San Diego Comic-Con this past weekend and it's had Batfans all across the net pissing themselves silly over what Kevin Smith has called "Possibly the truest, best Batman movie ever made" and what has brought Alex Ross to cry, "Batman the way I've always wanted to see him." "Batman: Dead End" is an independently produced short by Volkswagen and "Got Milk?" commercial director Sandy Collora. And the question is does "Dead End" live up to all of the geek hype?
It's geek eye candy for sure, but what we have here is more of a director?s reel piece for Sandy Collora, rather than an actual film. It's a commercial made by Sandy Collora to sell Sandy Collora and comic book fans are buying.
After a bulkier Bruce Wayne suits up in his old school gray and black comic book get-up, he finds the Joker, recently escaped from Arkham Asylum, looking very much like Perry Farrell in a straight jacket, white face paint and green hair, creeping about a dark alley. A brief brawl ensues before the two legendary enemies exchange your basic cheesy, but fun, comic book dialogue. The two actors actually sell the whole idea that Batman and the Joker are about to get into each other's asses. But then?
An Alien (yes, the one created by H.R. Giger for Ridley Scott's "Alien") drops in from out of nowhere, chews on the Joker a little bit, and then turns his attention on Batman?
But then the Predator shows up, dispatches the Alien with his handy laser and then takes on Batman himself.
by Eric Campos
2003, Un-rated, 8 Minutes,
It was an instant hit when it screened at the San Diego Comic-Con this past weekend and it's had Batfans all across the net pissing themselves silly over what Kevin Smith has called "Possibly the truest, best Batman movie ever made" and what has brought Alex Ross to cry, "Batman the way I've always wanted to see him." "Batman: Dead End" is an independently produced short by Volkswagen and "Got Milk?" commercial director Sandy Collora. And the question is does "Dead End" live up to all of the geek hype?
It's geek eye candy for sure, but what we have here is more of a director?s reel piece for Sandy Collora, rather than an actual film. It's a commercial made by Sandy Collora to sell Sandy Collora and comic book fans are buying.
After a bulkier Bruce Wayne suits up in his old school gray and black comic book get-up, he finds the Joker, recently escaped from Arkham Asylum, looking very much like Perry Farrell in a straight jacket, white face paint and green hair, creeping about a dark alley. A brief brawl ensues before the two legendary enemies exchange your basic cheesy, but fun, comic book dialogue. The two actors actually sell the whole idea that Batman and the Joker are about to get into each other's asses. But then?
An Alien (yes, the one created by H.R. Giger for Ridley Scott's "Alien") drops in from out of nowhere, chews on the Joker a little bit, and then turns his attention on Batman?
But then the Predator shows up, dispatches the Alien with his handy laser and then takes on Batman himself.
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Fri Mar 19 2004 12:09:13 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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