Batman and Robin

How Can a Movie Series Bounce Back From “Franchise Fatigue”?

X-Men: Days of Future Past didn’t just have one of the biggest Memorial Day openings ever. The seventh X-Men movie also had the best opening since X-Men 3 in 2006, nabbing $110 million over four days. Does this mean that “franchise fatigue” is over? Or just that the right movie can overcome it? Industry watchers…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders May 27

What makes a movie “so bad it’s good,” instead of just bad?

Midnight movies. Guilty pleasures. Cult classics. We have lots of terms for films that are so bad, they’re good. But why do we really love terrible films, sometimes more than good movies? And why aren’t all bad movies wonderfully bad? January is the “guilty pleasure” paradise. Just in the past few weeks we’ve seen the…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders Jan 27

Amazingly Beautiful Advertisements for Gotham City’s Weird Companies

Weirdness permeates Gotham City, what with all the spooky architecture and homicidal maniacs around every corner. So it makes sense that advertisements for local businesses would be kind of trippy and off-balance. See for yourself, in concept art by Mary Locatell. Locatell created this artwork for Joel Schumacher’s Batman and Robin — but don’t hold…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders Dec 9

Honest Trailers takes on its easiest, greatest target: Batman & Robin

“Shooting fish in a barrel” is a phrase that has a negative connotation, implying that it’s too easy to shoot fish which are trapped in such a contained space. But what if the fish really have it coming? Find out as the Honest Trailers guys work their magic on the most anemic of opponents, Batman…

Movies Rob Bricken Jul 31

Batman and Robin‘s cast and crew sit down to eviscerate the world’s most hated Batman movie

Stop what you are doing and watch the most amazing Hollywood pile-on we’ve ever seen. Joel Schumacher, Chris O’Donnell and the rest of the cast and crew from Batman and Robin sit down to autopsy the worst Batman movie created, and they are brutally honest — emphasis on the “brutal.” Words like overhyped, rushed, and…

io9 Meredith Woerner Apr 9

Choose the 4 Worst Science Fiction Movies Ever: The Last Airbender Vs. Highlander II!

We’re down to the Elite Eight in our quest to find the worst science fiction movie ever made. Who will it be? Mac & Me or Catwoman? Battlefield Earth or Batman & Robin? The time to vote is now! You can find all the polls down below. As far as criteria for voting goes, we…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins and Meredith Woerner Mar 27

Without further ado, Mr. Freeze: The Musical, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger

Jon and Al Kaplan have regaled you in the past with the Predator and Conan the Barbarian musicals. Now gird your loins for their take on the former Governor of California in his prime, crooning “Batman, You Son Of A Bitch.” To be honest, I grew up thinking Batman and Robin was a musical (and…

Movies Cyriaque Lamar Mar 12

Read a preview of Batman and Robin, starring Bruce Wayne’s ninja assassin son!

One of the newer cast members in the Batman comics is Damian Wayne, Bruce Wayne and Talia al Ghul’s semi-sociopathic offspring. Since his birth, Damian has been trained in the art of murder by the League of Assassins. Damian’s mellowed considerably since taking up the mantle of Robin, but he’s still a pint-sized rebel. In…

Books & Comics Cyriaque Lamar Feb 1

The Top 10 Killer Body Mods – And We Mean Killer Literally

What’s the best part of being posthuman? Smiting your enemies with but a single touch, of course! Here are 10 mutants, cyborgs, and martial artists who are equipped to take down their nemeses using deadly limbs and epidermis. Killer Touch: Ken from Fist of The Northstar In this 1986 movie adaptation of the classic Japanese…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar May 5

Hellboy + Tequila + Aztec Vampires = One Helluva Miércoles

What do you get when you dump Hellboy in 1950s Mexico, team him up with three vampire-fighting luchadores, and douse this gang in tequila? You get Hellboy in Mexico (Or, a Drunken Blur), a comic ready-made for Cinco de Mayo. In this one-shot by Mike Mignola (story) and Richard Corben (pencils), Hellboy travels to Mexico…

Books & Comics Cyriaque Lamar May 4

The Top 10 Weirdest Songs From Superhero Movies

Mika’s single for Kick-Ass continues the cherished tradition of musicians penning (often absurd) songs for superhero flicks. Here are some of the best and/or worst songs from comic-book cinema. And no, that Nickelback song from Spider-Man ain’t on here. 10.) “Howard The Duck” by Thomas Dolby and Cherry Bomb (Howard The Duck; 1986) This song…

Movies Cyriaque Lamar Apr 26

The Weather Is Awesome Edition

It’s Batman, Buffy, and a tripped-out Peter Parker this week! Also, S.H.I.E.L.D. goes old-school, Jonathan Ross debuts his supernatural crime drama, and Wee Hughie meets some supes who aren’t total wankers. When the sun’s shining like this, we crave comics! (NOTE: The sun is shining rather resplendently on the Eastern Seaboard. I have no idea…

Books & Comics Cyriaque Lamar Apr 6

40+ Examples Of How Big-Screen Superhero Costumes Fail

When superhero/supervillain costumes succeed on the big screen, it’s a miracle. But it’s also rare. The movie superhero outfits are a multiverse of fail, and here are 40-odd examples of total costume catastrophe. Brace yourself, this won’t be pretty. https://gizmodo.com/comic-book-costumes-that-actually-look-good-in-movies-5488873 As terrible and shabby as these examples are, I have a feeling we’ve only scratched…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Mar 26

Science Fiction’s Greatest Love Potions And Devotion Rays

Are you facing the prospect of being alone on Valentine’s Day? It’s not too late to make someone fall in love with you. Science fiction’s full of handy ways to make someone swoon into your arms, and here’s a list. Love potions are a common theme in fiction generally. You can brew up a draught…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Feb 12

The Truth About Pirate Batman

To everyone who got excited over the prospect of seeing a time-traveling Bruce Wayne dressed up like Johnny Depp’s Cap’n Jack Sparrow in next year’s Batman: The Return of Bruce Wayne series: We’re sorry… but it’s not going to happen. Return (and Batman and Robin) writer Grant Morrison broke the sad news during an interview…

Books & Comics Graeme McMillan Dec 26

Akiva Goldsman (Sorta) Admits Batman And Robin Was Terrible, But He’s Making More DC Movies

Akiva Goldsman finally admitted it: Batman And Robin was not his finest hour. But superhero buffs it was the most important movie in superhero history, and Goldsman is planning a slew of new movies about DC’s heroes. In an interesting interview with the LA Times, screenwriter/producer Goldsman seems reluctant to trash his 1997 film, which…

Movies Meredith Woerner Oct 19

The Real Reason Marlon Wayans Passed On Playing Robin

We talked superheroes with the all-new “real American heroes,” Marlon Wayans and Channing Tatum, and found out the real reason Marlon wasn’t cast as Joel Schumacher’s Robin — and why he couldn’t pull off the “motorcycle in the rain” scene. You guys had great chemistry in the film. Were there any funny moments we didn’t…

io9 Meredith Woerner Aug 4

Why Are Movie Threequels Always So Terrible?

Movie sequels that don’t suck are rare creatures — like flying unicorns — but they do exist. But it’s almost impossible to find an example of a third movie in a series that didn’t self-immolate. Why is that? After yesterday’s list of sequels that don’t suck — and I still cling to RoboCop 2, although…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Jul 7

Grant Morrison Tells All About Batman and Robin

With the second issue of DC Comics’ Batman and Robin released today, we asked writer Grant Morrison why we need a new Batman, how sane Bruce Wayne really was, and whether Batman is actually sci-fi or not after all. There’s something iconic about the title “Batman and Robin” (as well as the idea of Batman…

io9 Graeme McMillan Jul 1

Batman Is Reborn…With A Vengeance

Bruce Wayne is dead (or is he?), but the Batman franchise is back in full swing after three months of the meandering Battle for the Cowl. But with seven different Bat-related titles released in June alone, which are the must-reads? It’s a bold new Batman status quo, with a whole new lineup of crimefighters behind…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins Jun 27

How Can a Movie Series Bounce Back From “Franchise Fatigue”?

What makes a movie “so bad it’s good,” instead of just bad?

Amazingly Beautiful Advertisements for Gotham City’s Weird Companies

Honest Trailers takes on its easiest, greatest target: Batman & Robin

Batman and Robin‘s cast and crew sit down to eviscerate the world’s most hated Batman movie

Choose the 4 Worst Science Fiction Movies Ever: The Last Airbender Vs. Highlander II!

Without further ado, Mr. Freeze: The Musical, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger

Read a preview of Batman and Robin, starring Bruce Wayne’s ninja assassin son!

The Top 10 Killer Body Mods – And We Mean Killer Literally

Hellboy + Tequila + Aztec Vampires = One Helluva Miércoles

The Top 10 Weirdest Songs From Superhero Movies

The Weather Is Awesome Edition

40+ Examples Of How Big-Screen Superhero Costumes Fail

Science Fiction’s Greatest Love Potions And Devotion Rays

The Truth About Pirate Batman

Akiva Goldsman (Sorta) Admits Batman And Robin Was Terrible, But He’s Making More DC Movies

The Real Reason Marlon Wayans Passed On Playing Robin

Why Are Movie Threequels Always So Terrible?

Grant Morrison Tells All About Batman and Robin

Batman Is Reborn…With A Vengeance

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