Dragon Ball Z: Light of Hope

A very impressive fan film adaptation of "The History of Trunks" TV-Special that is part of the Dragon Ball Z cartoon series. You can read more about it here. Looking forward to the next installment.

Superman Classic & Superman Classic: Bizzaro

Fan film's by animator Robb Pratt.

Superman vs Thor

With the new Superman movie coming out in mid June, I thought it would be a good time to watch/re-watch some of the better fan films out there featuring the 'man of steel'.  To start things off, I present Superman vs Thor; episode 7 of Super Power Beat Down.




Super Power Beat Down

Batman Uses Apple Maps

Apple has been taking a beating over replacing Google Maps with it's own patch work version called Apple Maps.  It seems even the Dark Knight has been thrown off his game by his reliance on the program.

Batman Meets the Riddler

Ok, on the phone with tech support for about an hour.  Currently on hold so...time for one more from College Humor.

Batman Chooses His Voice

Tomorrow The Dark Knight Rises opens.  It is expected to be a very dark film, so I thought I would close out my series on Batman fan films with something on the light side.  From College Humor, here is Batman Chooses His Voice.

Batman & Superman: Worlds Finest

Only a few days away from The Dark Knight Rises, just enough time to squeeze in a couple more Batman fan films.  World's Finest is a fan film created in 2004 by Sandy Collora (see Batman: Dead End).  Like the fan film  Grayson, World's Finest is a trailer to a movie that does not exist.  This format works well for fan films, allowing directors with little to no budget to pay homage to the characters in the span of a few minutes.  The ambiguity of the trailer format leaves the viewer to use their imagination to fill in the gaps, which is something most comic book readers are used to.

Batman vs Wolverine

Eleven more days till the opening of The Dark Knight Rises and I'm continuing my count down with another fan film short with Batman vs Wolverine.  Lets see how the caped crusader stacks up against Weapon X this time.

Batman: Deliverance

No banjos here.  Just plenty of pretentious french style over substance, which isn't necessarily a bad thing, especially is small doses.

Batman: Seeds of Arkham

Seeds of Arkham is the 2011 sequel to Batman: City of Scars.  Bat in the Sun productions consistently puts out quality fan films and this is no exception.  It is non-stop action from beginning to end.  Two thumbs up in my opinion (yes I can vote twice, I have two thumbs).

The Knight Waltz

Here is a quick & dirty (pun intended) Batman fan film featuring Batman & Catwoman.  Created in 2010 by Chris Notarile, the video might be the best four minutes of your day.

Fan Film: Grayson

Ok, since Batman isn't even in this one, I guess it technically isn't a Batman fan film.  But it does take place in the D.C. universe and Batman's death is the central point of the plot so I think it is fair to include it.

Grayson is a 2004 fan film made by John Fiorella.  It is presented as a trailer to feature film but in actuality, there is no such film, and as far as I can tell, nor was there ever any intention to make such a film.  The plot, I believe, is meant to be foggy, leaving it up to the viewers imagination to fill in the gaps.  What is apparent though is that Batman has been murdered and his former side kick Dick Grayson (a now retired Robin) is unhappy with the investigation and is determined to solve the mystery surrounding his death and to bring the perpetrator(s) to justice.  Along the way he is confronted by various super villains and heroes in the D.C. universe.  An impressive effort given that it was produced with a budget of only $18,000.

Batman: City of Scars

City of Scars is a Batman fan film made in 2010 by Aaron & Sean Schoenke.  Though it is a little high in the cheese factor, it really quite impressive, especially when you consider that it had a budget of $27,000 and was shot in 21 days!

Batman: Dead End

With the opening of The Dark Knight Rises only a few weeks away, I thought it might be fun to look at some of the better Batman fan films that are out there.  My only criteria is that they have to be better than the feature film Batman & Robin, which leaves a lot of room in the badness department.

First on my list is Batman: Dead End, a fan film created by Sandy Collora which premiered in 2003.  Though it is almost 10 years old now, I think it is still one of the best fan films out there.  Also, if you haven't seen it before, the crossovers are surprising and fun.