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Everything you needed to know......well, maybe not EVERYTHING

Racists Totally Freak Out

Another day, another racist freak-out over non-white superheroes. But unlike the hilariously dishonest racism we saw when the Council of Conservative Citizens called for a boycott of Marvel's Thor movie on account of a mythical Norse god's depiction as a black man, a recent round of conservative attacks on Nightrunner -- DC's Muslim Batman of Paris -- are prejudicial in a more insidious way. While the CCC put forth a laughably tenuous justification for their outrage, it was with respect to one specific character in one specific context. The argument against Nightrunner, led by conservative blogger Warner Todd Huston, is based on the bigoted belief that a Muslim superhero is by definition an exercise in deceitful political correctness, and that Muslims are natively evil.

READ MORE HERE  

Volvo C30 superhero TV ad

The superhero in this commercial looks strangely familiar.....?

Batman vs the Death Star

Here's a nice little mashup of the  first burton Batman film and Star wars!! gotta love fanboys!

Batman Onstar Movie

This guy did a good job of this, he combines all 6 Onstar Batman commercials that aired in 2001 to make a movie trailer for a nonexistent film.

Harley Quinn Presents: Santa Baby

Don't you just love it when the villians get in the Xmas spirit??

Another actor hospitalized after Spider-Man accident

TheStar Another actor hospitalized after Spider-Man accident

The $65 million musical produced by Toronto’s Michael Cohl suffered yet another set-back on Monday night, when a 31 year-old actor identified as Christopher Tierney fell 30 feet to the stage during a climactic flying sequence.




Firefighters were called to the Foxwoods Theatre in New York City at 10:45 p.m. Monday in response to an emergency call. Audience photos showed a man, later identified as Tierney, wearing a neck brace as he was wheeled out on a gurney.

Bad Santa

check out TY TEMPLETON's  space for a run down on

The Top 7 Homicidal Santa Comics

 

DC Comics Secret Origins

I did blog about this before (HERE) but now there is better video trailer. Just in time for Christmas...
Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics, a feature length documentary exploring the history, creators and characters of DC Comics. Look for this great sounding DVD in stores on November 9, 2010.

Superheroes’ Home Cities

As if the fictional worlds from comic books and sci-fi flicks weren’t already on most geek’s destination wish lists, Justin Van Genderen’s new travel posters show off pulp cities like Gotham and Metropolis.
“If superheroes really existed in this world we might see a poster like these in some old travel agency, all tattered hanging on the wall,” Van Genderen said in an e-mail interview with Wired.com
The homes of Batman, Superman and the rest all get the retro-pop treatment in Van Genderen’s five new images, which were inspired by minimalist propaganda posters and old Art Deco travel prints. The style has become a trademark of the Chicago freelance artist.

Read and SEE more here.

Star Wars Cookie Cutters

Wondering what to get that geeky baker in your life? Well look no futher, thanks to Williams-Sonoma (and George Lucas, too, I'm sure) you can get Star Wars cookie cutters. Order now before the Empire destoys them all.
It also comes with a detailed guide on how to decorate them.

Arkham City!!! Freakin' Awesome

The Villain of the game, as revealed in the elaborate teaser below, is Hugo Strange. A mad scientist who became obsessed with Batman, Strange is one of the earlier comic book Batman villains and there has been much speculation that he could make a big-screen appearance in 2012's The Dark Knight Rises.

Tia Carrere coming to Calgary!!!

Actress, Grammy-winning recording artist & producer is coming to the Calgary Comic & Entertainment Expo 2011

She will be joining other stars like William Shatner, Mike Mignola, and George A. Romero.

 

 

Hot Chicks in Batman Shirts

Yes...
you read that right.
Hot Chicks is Batman Shirts is the name of a website dedicated to....well......Hot Chicks is Batman Shirts!!!

No Eckhart -- AND Two Face -- In THE DARK KNIGHT RISES

BATMAN-ON-FILM.COM - Official: No Eckhart -- AND Two Face -- In THE DARK KNIGHT RISES (12.3.10)

Despite the fact that Harvey Dent -- AND Two Face -- died at the end of THE DARK KNIGHT, many folks continued thinking and hoping that the character would return in BATMAN

3.
It ain't.
Per the man himself -- actor

Aaron Eckhart -- neither he or Dent will be in THE DARK KNIGHT RISES. Here's what he told MTV... 

"Chris and I had a meeting, on the beach, just the two of us. I said, 'Chris, a lot of people are asking me if I'm in the next BATMAN. And Chris said, 'Yes?' I said, 'Am I?' He looked at me and he said, 'No.' We found ourselves alone on the beach together on a stormy day and he delivered the news to me and I was heartbroken. I was heartbroken. But Chris has his reasons and my life must go on."

AND...... the "word on the street" has pre-production for THE DARK KNIGHT RISES beginning in March of 2011. Filming is said to begin two months later in May. 


Thanks to JETT over at BATMAN-ON-FILM.COM for keeping us updated on all the latest and greatest.

DC Universe™ Online - Gotham City

Take a tour of Gotham City, with the lastest DC universe on-line game.

TheStar ‘Spider-Man’ Broadway preview stopped five times

TheStar ‘Spider-Man’ Broadway preview stopped five times

Spider-Man flew over the skies of New York City on Sunday night . . . sort of.
The $65-million Broadway musical, Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, being produced by Toronto's Michael Cohl, had its long-awaited, much-postponed first preview at the Foxwoods Theatre, only to have it stopped five times due to technical difficulties.
Normally, the show is expected to run 2½ hours, but Sunday’s performance started 25 minutes late and took 3½ hours due to all the problems that ensued.

Batman - Javier Olivares

A great little Fan Film....possibly a film school project? Very good....but seems to be cut off abruptly.

SHATNER @ CCEE

 

The one and only William Shatner is the 2011 Calgary Expo Sci-Fi guest of honor! Best known as Captain James T. Kirk from the original Star Trek series. Mr. Shatner will be appearing on Saturday only!




Also appearing,  Mike Mignola of HELLBOY fame