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A 12 minute short depicting the origin of “The Bat-Man” and introducing his amazing skills and abilities… Bob Kane and Bill Finger drew on a lot of silent films to create Batman, and I’ve always wanted to give the story a try using silent film techniques. What with that whole copyright/waste of time thing, you’ll have to settle for this collage. Here are the original influences re-arranged to tell Bruce Wayne’s story and his crusade against crime. A bit of fun not intended for sale or commercial exploitation… what with the huge commercial value of silent films and everything.
Sources used:
THE BAT (1926)
THE MAN WHO LAUGHS (1928)
THE CABINET OF DOCTOR CALIGARI (1920)
Edison’s FRANKENSTEIN (1910)
THE WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ (1910)
Via Neatorama
Via Videosift, an animation of some Marvel heroes doing the sort of stuff that comic book heroes do.
I, for one, think this is way better than the last Spider-Man and Hulk movies.
Gambit is my favorite X-man. (Totally diggin’ the cajun ;) )
So you can imagine how psyched I am that he finally gets to be in a movie!
Taylor Kitsch (Friday Night Lights) has signed a three-picture deal to star as Gambit (aka Remy Lebeau) in the Gavin Hood-directed film, due out May 1, 2009.
Where does Boing Boing get off calling Lenore emo?
It was bad enough when they were calling everything either black or involving skulls goth, that was a bit excessive and usually inaccurate, but not overtly offensive, as I like goth, and think skulls are cool. Now, though, they are applying this whiny MTV hipster crap to things that don’t deserve such abuse (things, though not in themselves goth, definitely associated more with the goth subculture than the emo subculture if only for historical reasons).
I bet they aren’t even aware of any difference between the two things, and just think emo is the new hipster goth. Since I know someone will ask me what the difference is, here are some differences between the two cultures (note: this is the Cliff’s Notes version, for the bigger picture you’ll have to look into it yourself):
- Associated with emotional hardcore.
- Note in the image to the right the stereotypical emo look. Of particular interest is the hair that covers nearly half the face and one eye entirely and the too-tight clothing. Also popular are Buddy Holly style glasses, collared shirts, and sweaters.
- It’s “cool” to be depressed and suicidal.
- Things associated with the subculture are stereotypically whiny and often have something to do with being unappreciated and having your girlfriend dump you, removing your purpose for living.
- Associated primarily with gothic rock, but nowadays also with industrial music.
- Note in the image of Siouxsie to the right the classic goth look. Of particular interest is the black clothing, heavy use of eye makeup, backcombed hair, fishnet, and pointy boots.
- It’s “cool” to be sardonic and pretentious.
- Things associated with the subculture are stereotypically dark and often have something to do with horror or occult imagery.
Oh, yeah: my Roman Dirge can beat up your Cory Doctorow.
I just finished reading Marvel 1602, which Marty got me. Just as I was finishing it, at a point where “time reconfigures itself” an mp3 from the Donnie Darko score started playing on my computer. Wooo-eee-wooo!
Anyway, the stories are similar in a few cool ways (otherwise I wouldn’t have thought the score playing at that moment noteworthy). I kinda want to see what happens in the “tangent universe” after the end ofthe 1602 graphic novel, though I suppose there wouldn’t really be that much stuff left to keep the universe new or interesting as opposed to the more conventional Marvel ‘verse.
Yesterday I was dumb and biked about in the rain, predictably making my cold much worse. But, since I had already agreed to go to the house with happicow and to Ithacon with Marty, I went out and did stuff anyway.
First, I ran some errands at the Maul, buying some art supplies and household goods I probably didn’t really need. Then, I went by Marty’s place and we walked the half-block to the con.
The con itself wasn’t too bad - it was better than I expected and bigger than the one in Cortland last year, anyway. Of course, it had some of the rudest comic geeks I’ve seen at any con, which is saying quite a bit. First, some guy in a helmet called me “babe”, at which I nearly kicked his ass (well, maybe not, but another guy told him I was gonna). Second, some guy called me “useless” ‘cuz I haven’t seen The Corpse Bride yet (yeah, well, I didn’t know it came out already!). Then, as we were leaving, Dani (who I think will never recognize me, though I used to play games with her at game club [back when I went]) said I had nice hair, and the guy charging admission added “Nice!“. When I thanked them, he said “No, I meant all the comics you bought, that’s nice!” (I had bought 5 comics about zombies, a comic from a semi-local guy whom I felt sorry for, and the Fantastic Four music video DVD and music CD from a local artist [who overcharged quite a bit- $3 for one song on a music CD, and $6 for the music video on a DVD]). Bah!
After that, Marty and I went over to the house, where happicow decided he was finally going to hire a painter to finish staining the outside. Then we all went to Home Depot and spent a large pile of happicow’s monies. Then we parted ways, and happicow and I ate dinner, watched Full Metal Alchemist (disk 5 came today!), and I tried to sleep sitting up for several hours because that seemed to alleviate my symptoms.
Now I think it’s past time I go to sleep properly (i.e., in a bed, in my fuzzy warm flannel pink flamingo + trailer park xmas PJs!).