Jul 272012
 

When you make a master opus and when you get recognized for it in your lifetime, then you should consider yourself lucky. In the world of film and television, such fame can come too late but recently more talents actors, directors, and writers have been get notoriety before their peak is over, and one such individual is Christopher Nolan. His only problem? His master opus is pushed between two other movies.

With everyone going to see The Dark Knight Rises this weekend, reviews have been muddled. Some people love it, others hated it, overwhelmed or underwhelmed, excited or bored. In my last article, I said a large number of viewers would take the movie as an experience on the whole, and not just the individual bits and parts like critics, but then that wasn’t 100% percent accurate. So was it good? Bad? Great? Terrible? Let’s take a look at the Caped Crusader’s latest feature.

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Jul 262012
 

There’s obviously been a lot of buzz about Batman in the last week thanks to the premier of The Dark Knight Rises, the final film in Christopher Nolan’s acclaimed trilogy. While many fans are discussing the present and future of Batman, I felt I’d take a look into his past with the collection Batman: Haunted Knight from the team of Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale. Years ago, I read their collaborations on The Long Halloween and Dark Victory, but never read their earlier work together. Thus, today I felt I’d take a look at this piece of early 90s Batman lore.

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Jul 192012
 

Gotham City Imposters is a weird game. It’s a Team Fortress 2 like game parading around with the Batman license…except there’s no sign of Batman in this game. This game is anything but dark and gritty; in fact, it’s quite the opposite with cheap humor as the driving force. Do these things make it bad per se? Not necessarily.

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Jul 182012
 

“Kamehameha” is a series of post where we examine various action scenes from movies, anime, and cartoons, to name a few. It’s name comes from one of the most famous special moves in Dragon Ball Z. We chose a DBZ reference because it’s the definition of an action show…minus the drawn out stare down filler.

Quick “Kamehameha.” Part of my “Batman Extravaganza.” Just two moar days until The Dark Knight Rises! Anyways, today we’ll look at Terry McGinnis aka Batman Beyond take on the Joker. Long story short, in Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker, the Joker returns using nanotech on Tim Drake’s body. Then, they fight.

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Jul 112012
 

“Kamehameha” is a series of post where we examine various action scenes from movies, anime, and cartoons, to name a few. It’s name comes from one of the most famous special moves in Dragon Ball Z. We chose a DBZ reference because it’s the definition of an action show…minus the drawn out stare down filler.

Today’s “Kamehameha” will be looking at a scene from the Batman: The Brave and the Bold episode “Battle of the Superheroes!” After talking about armored batsuits and Brave and the Bold in my last “Batman Extravaganza” post, I remembered this episode. Superman turns temporarily evil due to red kryptonite in this episode. In order to fight Superman, Batman dons some heavy armor. Take a look at the full fight below:

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Jul 092012
 

Judge here to continue his “Batman Extravaganza.”  My apologies for the lack of posts the past two weeks. It’s time to get back into business. I’ll admit, this post will be kind of random with no real analysis. Just showing some cool shit.

Batman, if you haven’t been able to tell with this whole special series I’m doing, is my favorite DC superhero. He’s kind of like the Iron Man of the DC universe. However, their are two glaring differences. The first difference between Tony Stark and Bruce Waynes is their personalities. The second is that Tony walks around in super tech armor, while Bruce just has a normal suit. I’ve always contended that if Bruce were to walk around in high tech armor, it would make him less interesting (not saying Iron Man is not interesting). Yet there are a few cases where breaking out some sick armor is oh so right.

Take issues #8 (April 2012) and #9 (May 2012) of Batman Vol. 2. Both were part of the special “Night of the Owls” arc. Here we see Bruce don a Hulk Buster like armor to battle the amped up Talons. And boy were those panels interesting to read.  Continue reading »

Jun 242012
 

As part of my “Batman Extravaganza,” here’s some funny Batman: Arkham City videos. This game rocks. Enjoy.

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Jun 222012
 

Judge: Welcome to the latest edition of “Objection!” It’s been a while, and this one is coming out a day late due to me being extremely tired yesterday (and pondering about the NBA Finals). Today Silverwolf and I will be talking about which summer comic movie will be the most “successful. This is also part of my “Batman Extravaganza.” Let’s begin. As you should know, The Avengers has released to critical acclaim and huge fan support. And it’s already grossed 1.4 billion dollars. I don’t know if the The Dark Knight Rises can match it.

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Jun 192012
 

I realize I’m late to the party as Harley Quinn’s Revenge has been out for three weeks now. But seeing as Batman: Arkham City (review) is one of my favorite games, I feel obligated to review it. Also, some of you may remember I was doing a little series of posts back in November called “Judge’s Batman Extravaganza.” Basically, after getting hooked on Arkham City, I went and watched all the live-action movies and a majority of the animated shows; I was on a Batman binge. I had meant to finish it up by the end of November, then forgot, then partially revived it in December with a post about LEGO Batman 2 (which is awesome by the way), the forgot again. I figured it would be a good time to revive it now to commemorate the release of the awesome LEGO Batman 2, which will be the final post in this series. Expect that sometime next week–hopefully. For now, here’s a review of Harley Quinn’s Revenge.  Continue reading »

May 022012
 

For those that don’t know, the Second Wave of DC’s New 52 premiered today with a few titles including Worlds’ Finest (featuring Huntress and Powergirl), G.I. Combat (involving soldiers fighting dinosaurs), Dial H (about an average Joe using a mystical item to become a hero), and Earth 2 (a series about the parallel world of the normal DC Earth). These new titles, along with Ravagers and Batman, Inc., are replacing the six series that DC is phasing out including Hawk and Dove, Men of War, Mr. Terrific, OMAC, Blackhawks, and Static Shock. I’ve talked a lot about the New 52 in the past and am currently following several series, so I thought it prudent to give these new titles a look. Of the four out this week, Earth 2 #1 appealed to me most: who wouldn’t want to read about a world where Batman, Superman, and Wonder Woman are heroes but don’t hold back on villains? How did this first issue hold out and how do things look for DC’s newest line of comics?

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