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Why do they always do trailers so far in advance that you'll forget them long before the movie arrives? This could wait until Thanksgiving for a December movie.
posted by MikeWarot at 8:52 PM on June 23, 2017


[Not a real movie]
posted by rikschell at 8:57 PM on June 23, 2017 [4 favorites]


I was hoping for more of a "Batman Simple".
posted by oneswellfoop at 8:58 PM on June 23, 2017 [1 favorite]


If it's not a real movie, they could have said "Coming July 4".... ;-)
posted by MikeWarot at 9:10 PM on June 23, 2017 [1 favorite]


This is the trailer for every Hollywood action movie coming out this year and every year for the rest of your life.
posted by bigZLiLk at 10:04 PM on June 23, 2017 [1 favorite]


rich playboy narcissist with violent secret life and obsessive tendencies

I never made the BATeMAN connection before.
posted by idiopath at 10:19 PM on June 23, 2017 [7 favorites]


I never made the BATeMAN connection before.

How could you not?
posted by Halloween Jack at 11:25 PM on June 23, 2017 [2 favorites]


I would honestly be on board for a superhero movie that's explicitly a metaphor for dealing with grief, deconstructing the power fantasy of the superhero that can solve things by punching.
posted by Merus at 12:04 AM on June 24, 2017 [3 favorites]


Clever idea worth a "Heh" brought through masterful execution to a "Holy fuck."
posted by Mike Smith at 12:19 AM on June 24, 2017 [5 favorites]


The song was a nice touch.
posted by penduluum at 5:34 AM on June 24, 2017


I would honestly be on board for a superhero movie that's explicitly a metaphor for dealing with grief, deconstructing the power fantasy of the superhero that can solve things by punching.

This Batman movie exists! It is the LEGO Batman movie.
posted by warriorqueen at 5:46 AM on June 24, 2017 [6 favorites]


I would honestly be on board for a superhero movie that's explicitly a metaphor for dealing with grief, deconstructing the power fantasy of the superhero that can solve things by punching.

There's also a wonderfully silly Japanese animated series that is literally this: ONE-PUNCH MAN. It reminds me a lot of The Tick, but with an interesting (if lightly explored) subtext about breaking out of loneliness and depression.
posted by Strange Interlude at 7:31 AM on June 24, 2017 [3 favorites]


The Lego Batman movie is indeed the best of the franchise.

Best theatrical release, definitely, but I still rank Mask of the Phantasm at #1 overall.
posted by nonasuch at 8:28 AM on June 24, 2017 [2 favorites]


Finally! My long awaited (and sadly imaginary) Arkham movie!
posted by butterstick at 9:25 AM on June 24, 2017


Mask of the Phantasm was the only one of the animated series movies that was released theatrically.
posted by kewb at 10:14 AM on June 24, 2017


Could use less characters and consistent colour grading.
posted by blue_beetle at 11:04 AM on June 24, 2017


I expect everything, including ALL the sinks, in fan mashups.
posted by Samizdata at 12:00 PM on June 24, 2017


Yeah I'm surprised Youtube user "themanbatman" doesn't provide their staff colourist with access to the original flat pictures of multiple Hollywood productions. Basic mashup stuff really
posted by Mike Smith at 12:42 PM on June 24, 2017 [1 favorite]


I would honestly be on board for a superhero movie that's explicitly a metaphor for dealing with grief

Check out Logan - that's pretty much what it is. An extended meditation on growing old with mistakes you can't fix.

Which was, like, startling, when Lego Batman had left theaters and I just picked Logan at random as another superhero movie to see for some escapism ...
posted by john hadron collider at 1:58 PM on June 24, 2017


I appear to have typed and then untyped the bit where I said I wanted it to be set inside someone's mind. Sort of like Birdman if the entire movie was about Birdman and not the failed actor trying to make a Broadway show work despite the machinations of unkind reviewer stereotypes.
posted by Merus at 1:42 AM on June 25, 2017


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