Awesome Batman

Voice actor Troy Baker plays the Joker in Arkham Origins, but he’s also Bioshock’s Booker, The Last of Us’ Joel and FF XIII’s Snow – reads from Batman: The Killing Joke (script here). Skip to 2:10. Alan Moore is a mad genius.

A DMV officer gets for the ride of his life (and death). Animation Domination reminds us that Batman and his enemies are just different sides of the same coin. The same crazy and overly theatrical coin.

The Dad Knight returns. Blake Wilson – he even has the initials right! – aka BatDad posted another compilation of him fighting his kids’ bad habits and more. He even has his own version of Catwoman. Except his is just Cat.

Dave Ragan and Hobart Lundt of Warner Bros. dropped by Jay Leno’s Garage to showcase one of the Batmobiles made for Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight trilogy. They even let Leno drive it. It looks way better than it sounds though.

An excerpt of the bonus videos included in The Dark Knight Trilogy: Ultimate Collector’s Edition shows Christan Bale auditioning for Batman Begins. Apparently he’s wearing Val Kilmer’s Batsuit, but the Bat growl is his handiwork.

If you’re wondering why people keep saying “JEN!” online, then you’ve never seen BatDad in action. He doles out fatherly advice and jokes in Batman’s growl. This is probably how it must be to have Al Pacino as your dad.

UD Replicas counters its own Dark Knight motorcycle suit with this replica of Bane’s costume in The Dark Knight Rises. The jacket’s sleeves and collar are removable if you just want to rock the vest.

Hot Toys will soon release these awesome 1/6th scale collectible action figures based on the silly Batman TV series from the 60s. Both action figures have 30 points of articulation and a variety of extra hands and props.

(NSFW: Language) Comedian Pete Holmes milks the world’s reaction to Ben Affleck being cast as Batman for all its worth by replacing Affleck’s character in Good Will Hunting with his bizarro Batman Badman.

Ok, we know the graphics are better than any old 8-bit console, but we still enjoy CineFix’s retro gaming renditions of pop culture franchises. In this case, we get a pixelated version of Christopher Nolan’s best Batman flick.

Kernel Kurtz mashed up scenes from The Dark Knight Rises with audio from The Notebook, creating an unexpected romance between Bane Gosling and Bats McAdams. When Gotham is ashes, you have our permission to kiss.

YouTuber Mr88668866 used clips from various superhero movies and the trailer for DC Universe Online to create a fan trailer for a bank-breaking blockbuster movie. Black Widow and her pistols look even more pitiful here.

This very special edition is packed with extras: posters, photos, a schematic of the Batwing, an 80-page art book, playable Deathstroke, and two extra maps. But the pièce de résistance is the 13″ wide Joker statue with LED light effects.

With the return of the bland Henry Cavill as Superman and the potential disaster of Ben Affleck as Batman, perhaps the villain will be this movie’s savior. They should make an Iron Man vs. Lex Luthor movie instead.

Here’s Emperor Palpatine in the finale of Return of the Jedi using lines spoken by Mark Hamill as the Joker. Listen closely for the other guest voice. How freaky would it be if Palpatine was actually Luke from another time?

The latest trailer for Batman: Arkham Origins reveals the fifth of the eight assassins who are after the Dark Knight’s head. It’s Firefly, a pyromaniac equipped with a jetpack, a glider and of course a flamethrower.

Inspired by the swagger of the Australian criminals captured in these photos, Jason Mark rendered these digital paintings of what he imagines Batman’s rogues gallery might have looked like as gangsters of yesteryear.

We all know that Bruce Wayne is swimming in money, but being a costumed vigilante has to cost him a significant chunk of his riches. Movieclips comes up with a rough estimate of Batman’s bills. Good luck, Robin.

After hearing that they might fight each other in their upcoming movie, Supes and Bats get into a debate about who would win. The film should just be an extended version of this cartoon. Either that or an extremely short film.

(NSFW) “You don’t smile much, do ya?” Joker Rising is a full-length fan film about the origin of Batman’s arch nemesis, The Joker. You can watch a rough cut of the entire film on YouTube for a limited time.

One of the evil assassins on the trail of the Batman this time is Copperhead, a deadly, snakelike villainess who might just give Catwoman and Poison Ivy a run for their money. Oh, and she used to be a man.

(NSFW, Gore) The Merc with a Mouth goes head-to-head against the Dark Knight in Super Power Beat Down’s latest episode. Skip to 2:25 for the battle. Their production is top-notch, but we didn’t care for the Catwoman scenes.

Gotham mob lord Black Mask put a price on Bats’ head, and there are a lot of takers. Young Bruce Wayne has a long night ahead of him in Batman: Arkham Origins.We also get a brief look at the game’s new sleuthing mechanic.