For those that haven’t seen Max Landis’ “The Death and Return of Superman”, you’re missing out on pure internet gold. The short film takes a whimsical, and drunken, look at one of the most important events in comic book history, The Death and Return of Superman (see above..doi). I can’t stress how much I loved this damn movie. To give you a bit of an idea, I watched it not once, but FOUR times over the weekend with various audiences. The sixteen minute short film does a brilliant job of retelling Superman’s tragic death at the hands of Doomsday (the ultimate baby). Back in the bizzaro 1990s any comic worth a shit was “poly-bagged”, so I remember rushing out to buy TWO copies of Superman #75, one to open and one to read (comics were once thought to increase in value). Like Max states in the intro, I didn’t even really like superman all that much. Let’s face it, the guy is a good looking illegal alien with unlimited power and an incredibly awesome day job at the Daily Planet. To me, being a Superman “fan” would be like be like worshiping a kid with a trust fund… There were many other heroes out there more worthy of adoration (like M.O.D.O.K). Fun Cameos include, Chris Hardwick, Elijah Wood, Mandy Moore, and Birdemic’s Whitney Moore (no relation). Do me a favor and watch this video, it’ll make you laugh. Oh, and get this, Max also wrote Chronicle which is kicking some serious butt right now in theaters..nice!
I have been a fan of Batman for an extremely long time. I vividly remember going to the comic shop where I grew up and purchasing Batman: Arkham Asylum. It was mind blowing, Batman was locked up in order to catch the killer Zsasz. They stage a cop’s murder and blame Batman, declaring him insane to land him in Arkham. What unfolds is an awesome detective story mixed with complete insanity. I was 14, maybe 15. I was officially in love with Batman.
The latest installment of Geek and Sundry’s Written by a Kid is perhaps my favorite episode yet. Yes, I enjoyed it even more than watching Joss Whedon lead the S.Q.A.T Team against a menacing monster.
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Jackie
Best 16 minutes ever!! Love all of the cameos!!
Ash
Glad you enjoyed it! We’ll discuss this tomorrow.
justin
it was funny, and that’s coming from a huge superman fan
Best 16 minutes ever!! Love all of the cameos!!
Glad you enjoyed it! We’ll discuss this tomorrow.
it was funny, and that’s coming from a huge superman fan