Feb 01, 2016 such is the case for harley quinn smith daughter of actor, filmmaker and fellow dc comics stan, kevin smith who sobbed after her father presented her with the bat used by margot robbies. The title is a reference to the william butler yeats poem the second coming. When daggett slowly turns toward the camera, the shadows really wrap around his face. Oct 23, 2009 paul dini is, for my money at least, the best writer writing batman today. Comic books in batman the kevin smithwalt flanagan trilogy. Some people wrote articles about paul dini and kevin smith s version of shadow of the bat sounds cool. West 2014 identifies an interview between kevin smith and paul dini who is a writer and producer, where he states the that the executives wanted shows with males.
I love your podcasts and listen to them whenever i can. Fat man beyond recast the simple podcast catchup service. Apr 08, 2016 weve known for some time that ben affleck has been working on a solo batman movie, and now, according to kevin smith, it seems hes getting some help from dc guru and chief creative officer. The series follows the lives of teenage superheroes and sidekicks who are members of a covert operation group, referred to simply as the team, that acts as a young counterpart to the famous adult team, the justice league. Id still love to see paul dini and kevin smith s idea of a gotham academy show they call it shadow of the bat. The animated series makingof documentary, the heart of batman. Deluxe treatment for deluxe books comics authority. The worlds finest comics archives, volume 1 by bob kane. You might find your next favorite creators in batmans longest case, with writer scott snyder and artists greg capullo and jonathan glapion, the kind of story you think of when you see batman as master detective.
Fox chairman kevin reilly said at a tca media event,the show will track bruce from a child around 12 years old until he puts on a cape in the finale. Umass amherst l associate professor l anthropology department. You can find links to the episodes online in the comments of one of the pages. Outsiders is the third season of the american animated superhero series young justice, developed by brandon vietti and greg weisman. In my quest to make my entertainment center setups automated, i wanted to automatically handle my torrents. A place to discuss the batman and all things batman related. Paul dini joined kevin smith for the first fatman beyond, originally called fatman on batman was released on june 1, 2012. The story focuses on one of the major points of the batman mythos,criminals are a superstitious cowardly lot. Deluxe treatment for deluxe books by keith dooley, january 8, 2014 whenever i hear announcements of new omnibi or absolute editions of particular graphic novels or storylines, my imagination naturally wanders to my wishlist of books that i want to see appear in my greedy hands. A comic where batman is too concerned with marijuana to worry about the evils of rock and roll. Batman animated by paul dini, chip kidd, paperback barnes. This particular title is a collection of seven short stories or minichapters of short stories.
With jason mewes, kevin smith, ben affleck, jeff anderson. Animationdc comics animated series, including tiny toon adventures, batman. The dark knight rises commentary by kevin smith the dark knight rises commentary kevin smith the dark knight rises commentary kevin smith the dark knight rises commentary the dark knight rises kevin smith the dark knight rises kevin smith commentary kevin smith hans zimmer scott batman bane alfred catwoman selina kyle gordon john blake robin. The series, which featured over a dozen characters from batman, would sadly be canceled before production started. In these tales from the knightfall epic, jean paul valley, the former azrael, has taken over as.
Writer kevin smith pulled out the stops for his teamup with jim lee and scott williams in manufacture for use, including. Sadly this story doesnt go beyond good, a humorous moment here and there does not deter from the inconsistent art and okay plot. He is best known as a producer and writer for several warner bros. Kevin also sat down for a series of commentary tracks entitled the dini dossiers on his favorite episodes of batman, the animated series btas, with writer paul dini. Noted director kevin altieri, it was the first show that akom laid out itself. Get it today with same day delivery, order pickup or drive up. Kevin smith explains why his batman 66 comic wont be like. The stories took place in batmans thencurrent continuity along with detective comics and batman, in contrast to batman.
If youve never listened to that episode of fatman on batman stop what you. Batman beyond is coming to bluray for the very first time on october 29, 2019. Fat man on batman podcast directory poor stuarts guide. Kevin smith and marc bernardin passionately discuss the latest in geek culture. Bernardin takes care to point out that there are no people of colour in gotham, to which smith gleefully points out the one or two people of that description that do pop up thus proving the earlier point. In the fat cave this week, harley quinn creator and legendary batbooster paul dini returns and accidentally creates the greatest nonbatman batman show. Collecting the 6issue miniseries from fanfavorite writer kevin smith. Paul dini is an american television producer of animated cartoons. Dec 15, 2014 this feature is not available right now. Sure it sounds campy, but with young bruce thats what it would have to be listen to it below if you have some time, its such a shame that.
Listened to fatman on batman, and dug the pitch kevin smith and paul dini were batting around, so i doodled this. Written by grant morrison, penciled by tony daniel, and with covers by alex ross, the story pits the superhero batman against the black glove organization as they attempt to. Im pretty blank on most batman comics after knightfall, save and except the hush storyline. And just like batman, who was born out of a tragic mugging that killed his parents, dini also lived. The reasons for show cancellations described by dini. Jan 31, 2017 3 reasons kevin smith shouldnt direct the batman, according to kevin smith jan. Will relisten to that and edit this post to give a rundown on what that was, but its essentially young bruce investigating something sinister going on at. I really hope paul dini makes that a real thing because it needs to. Kevin smith making a judd apatow movie which, lets be honest, is making a kevin smith movie was supposed to be what catapulted his career, but instead ended up being just normal kevin smith business. Get bruce out of the damn living room for most of the episodes and actually do the shadow of the bat concept that kevin smith and paul dini came up with in that fatman on batman episode.
The writer paul dini was the producer and screen writer for batman. Batman beyond complete series limited edition bluray. At first, the cancellation only drew dismayed reactions from fans, but outrage grew online when paul dini, a writer and television producer for warner and d. Comics creator paul dini did a guest appearance on kevin smith s podcast fatman on batman podcast, and talked, in part, about the gender considerations of execs in new animationsuperhero kids. Manufacture for use, by kevin smith and jim lee the legend of knute brody by paul dini, dustin nguyen, derek fridolfs and john kalisz the batmans design by warren ellis and becky cloonan return to crime alley by denny oneil and steve epting. In december 20, kevin smith and paul dini had a conversation in an episode of smith s fat man on batman podcast addressing the 20 cancellation of tower prep created by dini, young justice, green lantern. The shadow of the bat 1968 07261968 mx adventure, horror, thriller 1h 30m user score. I loved your episode when you came up with the cw series shadow of the bat with paul dini. Noted producer bruce timm, i cant even watch that show. Kevin smith podcast interviews paul dini behind the.
The animated series, the new batmansuperman adventures, batman beyond and duck dodgers. Life kevin smith explains why his batman 66 comic wont be like batfleck smith and cowriter ralph garman talk about their comic batman 66 meets the green hornet, and just what ben afflecks. Paul dini revisits his traumatic past with dark night. Hes also called the show something of an operatic soap, similar to smallville. All this comes only weeks after an episode of noted writerdirector kevin smith s podcast. This is one of kevin s favorite books and it shows in his passion in the tracks. Art by bret blevins, bob smith, vince giarrano, john beatty, tom raney, joe staton and horacio ottolini. Justice league was an animated series produced for cartoon network from 20012004. Morrisons run on batman, paul dini, one of the major creative forces behind batman.
Paul dini explains why execs dont want girls watching. Who ben affleck is writing his batman movie with, according. Mad love and other stories ebook written by paul dini, bruce timm. The animated series and if you enjoyed those cartoons in the 90s you will also enjoy the same feel of short episodes in this book, though the illustrators did vary from story to story. You should really listen to the latest edition of fat man on batman with kevin smith and paul dini, writer on batman.
In a return to the characters pulpy roots where buying an issue would generally give you at least one story, dinis run is dominated by doneinone stories with the odd twoparter and then the fiveissue the heart of hush rounding it off. A spot for geeks and nerds to talk about comics, video games, movies, tv shows, internet culture, tech, music and more. The widening gyre is the title of a 6issue comic book limited series starring batman, released august 2009 through july 2010. Zack and miri make a porno is, at its heart, the story of the director making his very first movie, clerks. The dark knight battles crime in gotham city with occasional help from robin and batgirl. I know these wont be expensive unlike joker comics as theyd all be post 1990. Oct 18, 2005 with robert wuhl, michael keaton, jack nicholson, peter guber. The animated series fame and steven spielberg of movie blockbuster fame, freakazoid. Dini s interview revealed the horrifying truth behind the cancellation. The dark knight rises commentary by kevin smith by.
Hes my favourite batman villain after the joker, and im thinking of working on building a collection of bat books original comics preferably which feature him. With kevin conroy, loren lester, efrem zimbalist jr. Kevin smith and marc bernardin discuss all things in the geek entertainment spectrum. The comic bluntman and chronic is based on reallife stoners jay and silent bob, so when they get no profit from a bigscreen adaptation, they set out to wreck the movie. Paul dini and kevin smith, two heavyweights in the annals of geekdom, also collaborated on a proposed live action series in shadow of the bat featuring bruce wayne in a private school filled with familiar faces dini having already developed the series tower prep, essentially xmen meets the prisoner starring a teenage batmanlike character. Hey kevin, been watching you since i could masturbate. By the time batman and robin rolls around, were right back at batman 66, dutch tilts and bat shark repellant included. The animated series, and justice league, joins with j.
The character also appeared in the 1966 film batman, which was a feature film adaptation of the 1960s batman tv series. The shadow of the bat 1968 the movie database tmdb. Kevin smith and paul dini s idea for shadow of the bat has to be the closest thing to a perfect idea of a bat series. Since its premiere in september 1992, mar 10, 2015 batman. As well this book has the classic issue lifedeath featuring barry windsorsmith on art. Get the best deals on dc batman modern age comics 1992now when you shop the largest online selection at. And that, for all its nowapparent flaws, was a great superman show, a great take on. Oct 30, 2018 batman the complete animated series blu ray is a highdefinition bluray release of all 109 episodes of batman. Back in the 90s, when i was much younger, i loved lois and clark. It followed the adventures of the newly formed justice league, which included superman, batman, wonder woman, green lantern, the flash, jonn jonzz, and hawkgirl. Three times a week, marc bernardin and kevin smith talk about all the daily news in movie make believe, terrific tv and anything that squeaks in geek. D45 season 4 episode 12 kevin smith guest host, j j abrams, mark hamill, jason lee, stan lee duration.
Created by bob kane and bill finger, the character first starred in two serial films in the 1940s. Dc give us a really good batman tv show instead of another. Paul dini has spent his career writing about batman in both television and comic book form. Paul dini, the emmy awardwinning writer and producer of batman. The 1990s batman commentaries you need to hear sequart. Within the podcast, they go over and discuss many of the animated incarnations of the dark knight himself, such including the recent series, beware the batman. The gender representation issue upon further reading has much to do with intent. The series was initially planned as 12 issues, with a long. Costumed as a bat to prey on the fears of criminals, and utilizing a hightech arsenal, he became the legendary batman. Chip kidd and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. West 2014 identifies an interview between kevin smith and paul dini who is a writer and producer, where he states the that the executives wanted shows with males int he foreground and females in the background.
After starting a project to reread grant morrisons yearslong run on batman click here for part one, and click here for part two, i decided to also reread some of the other batman comics of that era. Paul dini was born on august 7, 1957 in new york city, new york, usa as paul mcclaran dini. Kevin smith s fatman on batman episode 51 with paul dini, shadow of the bat brings up a new tv series concept of young bruce wayne at the bludhaven academy. Anyone doubting that would do well to check out his run on detective comics. New gotham tv show may have some kevin smith paul dini. Kevin smith is on board with that bat symbol theory.
Home video justice league secret origins dvd, justice league justice on trial dvd, justice league the brave and the bold dvd, justice. Moving deeper into animation, kevin also sat down for a series of commentary tracks entitled the dini dossiers on his favorite episodes of batman, the animated series btas, with writer paul dini. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read batman. My idea also came before i heard the wonderful podcast between kevin smith and paul dini talk about their sowonderfulithurts shadow of the bat idea, about bruce wayne in boarding school. Shadow of the bat was a comic book series featuring batman, published by dc comics. Purposeful gender inequality admitted by cartoon executives. The fictional superhero batman, who appears in american comic books published by dc comics, has appeared in various films since his inception. Williams iii, the acclaimed artist of the eisner awardwinning series promethea, and others for this allnew collection of mystery stories that will test the skills of the worlds greatest detective. Examples of automatic handling of finished downloads scripts. Sep 17, 20 kevin smith commentary for batman 1989 posted on september 17, 20 by digi to switch it up slightly, im uploading a full commentary which kevin smith recorded along with a guest reporter and released it through his podcast.
Kevin smith hints fox swiped his batman idea for gotham tv. Paul dini, the career and the dark night full show. If youre having trouble watching this video on the screenwave player, you can view it on youtube here. The animated series, claiming that the network executives did not want girls watching the programs because they dont buy toys, and. Sep 07, 2010 kevin smith every week hosts a podcast where he talks with people that have worked on batman booksfilms and tv shows so you would think he would be perfect for writing a great story with the character. Common knowledge places gotham city, new jersey, usa. I am digging deep into some old batman continuity, friends. The animated series, the new batmansuperman adventures, batman beyond, and duck dodgers.
Snyders batman has been towards the top of a ton of peoples lists for a while before i did last. Rereading batman the animated series paul dinis run. Kev smith and paul dini came up with a bludhaven academy idea a good while back before gotham tv show was fully developed about having a younger bruce wayne go to a prep school and solve crimes. From emmy awardwinningproducer paul dini and acclaimed designer chip kidd comes batman animated, the behind the scenes story of the hit show that revolutionized television animation and brought a stunning new look to the legendary caped crusader. Naturally, between the avengers debut date and tod. Legends of the dark knight, which focused on batmans early years. A few days ago, kevin smith had paul dini producer and writer for batman.
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