STEPHEN BYRNE'S ANIMATED SHORT SETS OUT TO PREDICT THE ENDING OF BATMAN V SUPERMAN: DAWN OF JUSTICE (2016)

The gloves are off and its hero against hero in the upcoming Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016), and of course we all have our favourite as to who will win the fight. Personally it's a no-brainer but Superman has all the strength he needs to defeat Batman but if anyone had ever read a comic or watched an animated movie where the two are pitted up against each other then you would know that in the end it is Batman who almost always wins.

We know Hollywood can spin a good story and I'm throwing any assumptions and any ideas regarding the outcome out the window. Stephen Byrne has made this animated short to show us or perhaps give us an idea on the outcome of this ginormous superhero battle, watch it below and see if you agree....

 

STEPHEN BYRNE'S BATMAN V SUPERMAN ANIMATED SHORT

 

 

 

JUSTICE LEAGUE: GODS AND MONSTERS (2015) .... A JUSTICE LEAGUE LIKE YOU'VE NEVER SEEN BEFORE!

JUSTICE LEAGUE: GODS AND MONSTERS REVIEW

I won't lie to when I tell you that I wasn't at all impressed with this movie, in fact I downright hated hit. The movie did nothing for me except show me some warped out version of the greatest superheroes in the world, kind of like they made a mistake with this movie. Now you might be as dishearted by this as I was but I must tell you that I was really impressed the second time around.

Not only do we get to see an alternate version of the Justice League, namely Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman but the storyline shows us a world where, as the title expresses, leaves us wondering whether our favourite heroes are gods or monsters and perhaps both.

New origin stories, an intriguing change from what we've been used to like Kal-el being Zod's son and then being sent to Earth and being raised by Mexican migrants or Batman being an actual vampire and not the Bruce Wayne we're all used to. Each story, including Wonder woman's story, are filled with emotion, love and pain and we see how these heroes are twisted into what the movie portrays them as. There is good inside them but the Justice League come across as nothing more than a bunch of government hired thugs who have no issue killing people at their leisure.

Any fans of the Justice might need to watch this as it gives you a view into a world that could've been had things turned out differently. The story is honest and filled with betrayal and heartbreak thus moulding each of the characters into harder, more violent version of the ones we've all come to know and love. Definitely worth a look.

Justice League: Gods and Monsters is a 2015 direct-to-video animated superhero film featuring the DC Comics superhero team the Justice League and is part of the DC Universe Animated Original Movies. It was released as a digital download on July 21, 2015 and released on DVD and Blu-ray on July 28, 2015.

JUSTICE LEAGUE GODS AND MONSTERS SYNOPSIS
In an alternate universe, the Justice League is a brutal force that maintains order on Earth. This universe has its own versions of Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman:

• This universe's version of Superman is Hernan Guerra. He is the son of General Zod who was rocketed to Earth as a child and raised by a family of honorable and hardworking Mexican migrant farmers. Having to go through the troubles that illegal immigrants have in the United States leads him to become short tempered and withdrawn from humanity.

• Batman is Dr. Kirk Langstrom, a scientist who has inadvertently transformed himself into a form of pseudo-vampire in an attempt to cure his cancer, feeding on criminals to satisfy his hunger after his hunger begins to eat away at his humanity.

• Wonder Woman is Bekka, a New God and the widow of Darkseid's son Orion who fled Apokolips for Earth using a mother box-sword after the New God Highfather killed her husband.^[1][2]

The Justice League's unaccountability is ultimately challenged by the world's governments following the suspicious deaths of renowned scientists,^[3] including Victor Fries being found drained of blood in the Arctic, Ray Palmer's car crushed with a woman's bootprint in the door, and Silas Stone burned alive by heat vision along with his son Victor Stone.

As all suspicion falls on the Justice League, President Amanda Waller asks that they co-operate with the Government's investigation. Wonder Woman speaks to Steve Trevor to learn what the Government knows while Superman invites Lois Lane to the Justice League's HQ, where he tells her of his goals to try to help humanity, and also reveals how little he knows about Krypton or his heritage.

Batman investigates himself and discovers an email on Silas' computer, that was sent to a number of scientists including Will Magnus, Batman's college roommate who helped his transformation. Batman asks Magnus about "Project FairPlay," which involved all the scientists under Lex Luthor's employ, but Magnus tells him nothing. Later Batman locates all the remaining scientists discussing the threat over their heads, when they are attacked by the assassins, who travel via Boom Tube. Despite the other League members intervening, the assassins slaughter the remaining scientists and 'Boom' out, with Magnus the sole survivor.

The Justice League take Magnus to their HQ to recover while Superman flies into orbit to a satellite, where Luthor now resides. Luthor reveals that "Project FairPlay" is a weapons program to destroy the League if necessary, while also revealing that he retained all the remaining information on Krypton from Superman's shuttle, and tells him the truth about Zod. Luthor tells Superman that Waller has the original files, and as Superman leaves, an assassin booms in and the satellite explodes. As Superman looks on in shock, Trevor shows satellite footage of the explosion to Waller, and she retaliates with "Project FairPlay" which consists of troops and vehicles armed with weapons powered by red sunlight radiation.

Superman and Wonder Woman face the army at their door as Batman stays inside the HQ where he activates the League's force field with the idea being that once Magnus recovers, he can clear the League. Suddenly, Batman is attacked by Platinum of the Metal Men who Magnus had disguised as his wife. With Batman restrained by Tin, Platinum revives Magnus with Nanites. He is then revealed to be the true villain of the story. The assassins are in fact the remaining Metal Men who appear with a weapon. Magnus tells Batman that he intends to use a Nanite bomb to brainwash humanity into working as a collective. We also learn that Magnus' madness stems from when he accidentally killed his wife. She and Kirk had a strong emotional bond which caused her to relentlessly push Will to help cure Kirk as they both gave him the serum which turned him into Batman. He struck her one night, and she struck her head on a table and died. Magnus replaced her with Platinum and joined "Project FairPlay" soon after, intending to use its resources to bring humanity together in a collective mind as he feels that his actions prove that humanity does not deserve to continue if even a rational man like himself could do that to his own wife.

As Magnus prepares his weapon, Lex Luthor suddenly teleports into the middle of the battle outside and tells everyone that he has discovered Magnus' plan. Inside, Batman seizes an opportunity to drop the forcefield and the Justice League do battle with Magnus and the Metal Men. Eventually, they succeed and Magnus commits suicide by disintegrating himself with nanites.

A week later, the Justice League have been cleared and the world views them differently. Bekka decides to leave the Justice League to face her past along with Lex Luthor who wants to explore other realities. Upon leaving, Lex Luthor gives Superman all the data on Krypton and tells him to be a 'real hero'. The film ends with Superman and Batman deciding to work through the data immediately to help humanity.

JUSTICE LEAGUE GODS AND MONSTERS TRAILER

SON OF BATMAN .... DEATHSTROKE, LEAGUE OF ASSASSINS AND ENOUGH JAW-DROPPING ACTION FOR ANY FAN!

SON OF BATMAN REVIEW
Fans of the Batman universe will totally love this one as we get an animated movie filled with Batman mythology and characters.

Considering the movie has the League of Assassins, a new Robin, Nightwing and a badass villain in the form of Deathstroke, who could ask for more??? And as the title suggests Batman has a son!

Thanks to Deathstroke and the near destruction of the League of Assassins, Talia needs to get her son, Damian, to safety and that means finally introducing him to his father, who is none other than our hero himself, Batman who never even knew he had a son.

The two start an uneasy relationship with Damian bent on getting revenge for his grandfather's murder. Eventually after a lovely scene with Nightwing, this new team decide to take on Deathstroke and stop his evil plan of global domination as the reason for the attack on the League of Assassins is revealed.

The movie is truly fun and enjoyable and as I said before, any Batman fan will be entirely enthralled with it. It provides a good storyline, fluid animation and a bad guy who will stop at nothing to ensure his plans are fulfilled. There's revenge and enough fight scenes to keep you glued to your screen.

The movie casts Jason O' Mara as Batman with Stuart Allen as Damian, Thomas Gibson as Deathstroke and Sean Maher as Nightwing. It is directed by Ethan Spaulding and produced by James Tucker.

Son of Batman is a direct-to-video animated superhero film which is part of the DC Universe Animated Original Movies. It is an adaptation of Grant Morrison and Andy Kubert's 2006 Batman and Son storyline. The film was released as a digital download on April 22, 2014, and was released on home media May 6

SON OF BATMAN SYNOPSIS
At the headquarters of the League of Assassins, Ra's al Ghul grooms Damian Wayne (son of his daughter, Talia, and Batman) to succeed him as head of the league. The league is attacked by a group of assassins led by Slade Wilson, Ra's al Ghul's initial choice for successor before Ra's met Batman. Feeling betrayed, Slade decided to seize power. During the battle Ra's is fatally burned in a missile strike explosion, dying inches away from reaching the Lazarus Pit. Although Damian stabs Slade in the eye, Slade escapes, vowing vengeance. Talia takes Damian to Gotham City to protect him with his father's help.

In Gotham City, Batman confronts Killer Croc, who is stealing mutagenic chemicals and steroids to enhance himself, to the point were he grew a reptilious tail. Before Batman can be eaten by Croc when subdued during their fight, Talia electrocutes Croc from behind. She tells Batman about her father's death and leaves their son in his care, though Damian believes that he can take care of him self and does not need Batman. Although Damian wants to avenge Ra's al Ghul by killing Slade, Batman objects. Slade, now calling himself Deathstroke, captures Dr. Kirk Langstrom, who was working with Croc to enhance him in return for the mutagenics he stole and also had worked with Ra's, promising a formula for his soldiers. Slade threatens Langstrom's family to force him to recreate the Man-Bat formula for him and his soldiers. Damian bypasses Wayne Towers security to speak to Bruce, telling him about Slade's contact, Ubu, who was part of the raid on the League's headquarters and is stationed in Gotham. Although Damian wants to avenge Ra's al Ghul by killing Slade, Bruce objects to Damian wanting to kill. Talia is captured by Deathstroke when she and some remaining League members attack his compound.

Against Batman's orders, Damian leaves the Batcave and, after a chase and a long fight, defeats Ubu, who he located by accessing the Bat-Computer. Before Damian can kill him, Nightwing arrives, mistakes him for a criminal and subdues him before bringing him back to the Batcave. Batman berates Damian for his recklessness, willingness to kill and exposing their operation, has him don the mantle of Robin to teach him discipline. Searching for a lead on Langstrom's location, goes to Arkham to interrogate rabid Killer Croc, who supplied the mutagens to Langstrom in exchange for his enhancements and is currently going through drastic, agonizing withdrawal symptoms that cause him to shed his scales and tail. Since others are too afraid of him to medicate him without being harmed, Batman promises Croc help for information. Batman follows Croc's lead about the formula's mutagen to Langstrom's apartment, where he finds a throwing star that he takes evidence of Deathstroke's involvement. Before he leaves, he goes throughout the building and finds a storage room filled with caged bats, with one larger cage being empty and broken open from inside. Batman then finds a rabid gorilla with bat like mutations, one of Langstrom's unstable subjects, and it attacks him until it dies from its mutations. A drone aircraft sent by Deathstroke then flies past and crashes on the building, destroying it, though Batman evades the explosion. Commissioner Gordon warns them about an abandoned stadium believed to house Deathstroke's men.

At the stadium, Batman and Damian question Langstrom but are attacked when Damian becomes violent. Before they successfully escape, they fight off a swarm of Man-Bats. In the cave, Langstrom reveals Deathstroke's plan to create superhuman, flight-capable assassins. While Nightwing works with Langstrom on an antidote, Batman and Damian rescue his family. Batman guesses that Talia has been abducted when he finds evidence of torture in an empty cell, which he keeps from Damian to not set him off. They find and rescue Langstrom's family, but Batman is unaware that Deathstroke challenged Damian to a fight in exchange for Talia's life through a video device he gave Langstrom's daughter in exchange for sparing them. Both Langstrom's daughter and Deathstroke's video tell him not involve Batman in the their fight.

Nightwing learns that Deathstroke is operating in an oil rig off the Scottish coast, and when Batman is distracted, Damian goes to the rig. He finds Deathstroke and Talia in an underwater base with a swarm of Man-Bats and another Lazarus Pit, whose fluid Deathstroke intends to sell. Damian pulls a gun on Deathstroke, who holds one against Talia's head until Damian drops his gun. Deathstroke fires at him, but Talia is hit instead after she jumps in the path of Deathstroke's gunfire. As Deathstroke corners Damian, Batman appears and the Man-Bats attack. Batman wards them off with sonar-emitting batarangs, and Deathstroke flees after losing to Batman in a brief fistfight.

Batman heals Talia in Lazarus Pit, while Nightwing and Langstrom reach the oil rig and cure the Man-Bats. Damian defeats Deathstroke, refusing to kill him because he is his father's son. The elevator from the rig to the underwater base is destroyed when the Man Bats, overwhelmed by the sonar devices, overcrowd the the glass elevator shaft, flooding the base. Batman, Talia and Damian escape, but Deathstroke is left behind. Batman believes that Damian should stay with him and remain Robin, while Talia still wishes to recreate the League with Batman, who would rather disband the League, and Damian at her side. She decides to let him care for their son, and leaves with the League of Assassins though she still says she will return for him.

As the credits roll, a slideshow of the fight between Damian and Nightwing is played between credits.

SON OF BATMAN TRAILER

JUSTICE LEAGUE: THRONE OF ATLANTIS (2015) ... The Justice League Shakespearian Tragedy!

JUSTICE LEAGUE THRONE OF ATLANTIS REVIEW
Justice League: Throne of Atlantis is a direct-to-video animated superhero film which is part of the DC Universe Animated Original Movies. The film is inspired by the Throne of Atlantis story arc written by Geoff Johns and serves as a sequel to 2014's Justice League: War.
 

MOVIE REVIEW: BATMAN: ASSAULT ON ARKHAM (2014) .... Jam Packed With Non-Stop ACTION!!!

MOVIE REVIEW
Let me say this before I go any further.... this movie is definitely not for the little ones! Now that I've made that clear, the rest of us can get ready for pure animated bliss as we get to see a movie more from the villains perspective than from our favourite superhero Batman.

MOVIE REVIEW: BATMAN: THE DARK KNIGHT RETURNS (2012)

REVIEW
I waited for the house to calm down and become silent and couldn't wait to watch this movie. Not knowing what to expect, I must say I was pleasantly surprised and I don't mean that in any bad way at all.