Sun, Jun 8, 2014
Even though you failed the quiz, we're still going to let you watch the tenth entry in the Batman serial, Batman's Last Chance. In this episode, the Joker escapes from Arkham. Well, that's not one hundred percent true. There is no Joker. But Arkham finally makes an appearance. Well, kind of. There's a building called Markham. It's not an asylum. It's just a building. But for this series, we will classify that as a high point. And while this episode is lacking in iconic Gotham landmarks, it does have both Horse Art AND a Dog Statue, which you have to admit, are way cooler than Kite Man. Guys in hats run in hallways. The Wizard fiddles with knobs. The narrator finds hilarious ways to pronounce the word ruse. All this and more in the thrilling tenth installment Batman's Last Chance. *Bear with us, we've written ten of these. By number 13 these descriptions are just going to be ALL WORK AND NO PLAY MAKE GABE A DULL BOY.
Mon, Jun 23, 2014
If you've been watching the Batman serials up to this point, you know to expect disappointment with regard to the actions described in the title actually appearing in the serial. For example, Robin's Wild Ride did not contain a Robin partaking in a wild ride. Robin did not meet The Wizard in Robin Meets The Wizard; he was instead knocked unconscious from behind by The Wizard. One can only imagine that an episode called Robin Takes Oxygen Into His Lungs Then Expels it as Carbon Dioxide would involve the boy wonder standing around, cheeks bulging as he steadfastly refuses to draw a breath, only to eventually buckle onto the ground unconscious, hopefully dead.
Mon, Aug 11, 2014
After the shocking, pulse-pounding ending of Episode 11: Robin's Ruse (rhymes with caboose), many Batman fans were left wondering how will they top that?. Will there be an episode where Batman debates between a name brand and store brand pancake mix? Will Gabe be forced to wait in line at the DMV for an additional two minutes when he forgets to take a number upon initially entering the DMV? Will Vicki Vale become briefly concerned when the check engine light in her car momentarily flickers?
Thu, Sep 4, 2014
As the latest episode of the Batman serial begins, Robin is speeding along in an...armored car? Hm, that actually sounds kind of cool... And it contains a remote control device called The Neutralizer? Intriguing, what's it do? Disables The Wizard's invisibility device!? Wow!. And in order to stop him, The Wizard's henchmen start dropping bombs out of a custom built plane!?. Holy cow. This must be the most exciting episoHAHAHAHAHAHAH you poor, deluded fool.
Thu, Nov 20, 2014
So when we learned that ACI had made another At Your Fingertips short about Clay, we were hopeful. After all, clay has a long history of being shaped into objects of actual artistic value, not to mention things that could potentially be useful. Perhaps the problem with the first three films in the series were their choice of materials, and not the that the people at ACI were subsisting on mercury fumes and Windex during their manic shorts making binges? This is of course a faulty assumption. The problem was not the materials. It was the ACI people. So hop on board, because your favorite shorts-making lunatics have 16 millimeters of pure crazy to mainline into your eyeballs. Roll up a big ball of homemade clay, gnaw off a bite or two (because you know that they were doing that), and form it into one of the various abominations depicted on screen. Because you can't spell "The company that made these was likely shut down by the feds after parents complained that their children couldn't sleep because they were plagued by dreams of fancy headdress-wearing cylinders tunneling into their brains" without ACI.