Legendary Legends of the Dark Knight
There’s a little video production company in L.A. called Bat in the Sun. You may be shocked to know that in addition to offering professional film services, they also make Batman-centric fan videos — but you probably aren’t. TR reader Nicole K. sent me this video which is just a montage of scenes of Bats, various members of the Bat-family, and a wide assortment of his rogue’s gallery, and it’s pretty phenomenal. And it’s worth noting that American Gladiators‘ Tanoai Reed stars as Bane, which is also kind of phenomenal, really. If you like it, check out their other shorts, too.
Oh, for those patiently awaiting the TR contest results, since there are 400+ entries, I’m going to need a little time. Actually, I wouldn’t expect results tomorrow, either. But what I think I’m going to do is assemble the best entries into actual tome of Nerd Law, with every entry selected effectively being an Honorable Mention — and then I’ll run that as a Daily List on Wednesday. Given the quality of the entries, I think it’ll end up being pretty damn awesome. Or at least hopefully worth the delay.
About The Author
Robert Bricken is one of the original co-founders of the site formerly known as Topless Robot, and its first editor-in-chief, serving from 2008-12. He brought the site to prominence with “nerd news, humor and self-loathing” as its motto, raising it from total internet obscurity to a readership in the millions, with help from his savage “FAQ” movie reviews and Fan Fiction Fridays. Under his tenure Topless Robot was covered by Gawker, Wired, Defamer, New York magazine, ABC News, and others, and his articles have been praised by Roger Ebert, Avengers actor Clark Gregg, comedian and The Daily Show correspondent John Hodgman, the stars of Mystery Science Theater 3000 and Rifftrax, and others. He is currently the managing editor of io9.com. Despite decades as both an amateur and professional nerd, he continues to be completely unprepared for either the zombie apocalypse or the robot uprising.