1967 Video: The Muppets

I saw this on Mark Evanier's excellent blog: a clip from an Ed Sullivan show (despite the "IBM Training Video" label the YouTube poster placed on it) featuring a proto-pre-Sesame-Street cookie monster, complete with teeth (!). Sometimes I forget just how funny the Muppets were.

Video: DOCTOR WHO/MUPPETS "Movin' Right Along"

A sweeping collection of DOCTOR WHO clips to the tune of "Movin' Right Along" from THE MUPPET MOVIE. A big hat tip to Andrew Farago for this!

"1979 - Hell of a year! China invades Vietnam. "The Muppet Movie" - love that film. Skylab falls to Earth, with a little help from me. Nearly took off my thumb."

Tour George Herriman's New Orleans

Big hat tip to Potrzebie!

Video: STAR TREK Anger Management

Via Laughing Squid with a Vulcan salute to Mark Anderson for the heads up!



One of the best mash ups I've seen.

Floppy Drive Organ

FunToTheHead shows off his "(d)iskette (O)rgan" playing Bach's Toccata and Fugue.



Here's FunToTheHead's description:

Test run of my (d)iskette (O)rgan doing Toccata & Fugue.

People have made floppy drives sing before, but this is my personal take on it.

Features two 3 1/2" drives and two 5 1/4" drives connected to a PIC18f14k50 microcontroller. It interfaces to any MIDI source via MIDI over USB. Straight MIDI would also be possible with an additional small circuit and some minor firmware changes. This initial version can respond to all 128 MIDI notes, and pitch bends +/- 2 semitones.

As it can produce only four simultaneous notes, and each drive has a different range and tonal characteristics, best results are obtained by arranging compositions by hand. However, it features two modes of operation: in one mode, MIDI channels 1 through 4 are played directly on floppy drives 1 through 4. In the other mode, all 16 MIDI channels are read, and notes are "intelligently" divvied out on a first-come, first-serve basis. "Note stealing" ensures that melody lines sound, but chords are often cut short. One or the other produces acceptable results for many unmodified MIDI files straight out of your favorite media player.

I apologize for the poor video quality. :)

Hat tip to Bob Flynn.

Batman Video: Jack Nicholson at Phillies-Cubs Baseball Game ( July 20th, 2009 )

Jack Nicholson was spotted sitting near home plate at the Phillies-Cubs game in a white NY Yankees cap. Fans gave him a pass because, well, he's Jack. The Phillie Phanatic came out on the field in a Batman costume and pretended to take on "The Joker"!

Video: Comic Book Artist DEAN TRIPPE Draws Black Canary & Batman Sketch

Dean Trippe is an extremely talented comic book artist, graphic designer, & cartoonist. He's also a friend of mine...well, on Facebook & MySpace anyway, ha ha. In this video you can watch him start with a blank sheet of paper, do some roughs, the pencils, then totally ink a complete sketch drawing of Black Canary & Batman. It's pretty interesting to watch! At least I think so & I hope you do too.

Batman's ADAM WEST Does Voice Over Acting For 2 TV Commercials

Here are 2 very interesting videos I came across recently. They're TV Commercials for the "Lending Tree" with a special guest voice, the actor Adam West...who we all know & love as Batman / Bruce Wayne from the 1966 TV series. Funny!

BATMAN: THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD DVD Volume 2 To Be Released Later This Year!

OK, we have already reported here at the Bat-Blog that BATMAN: THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD - VOLUME ONE Animated Cartoon TV Series will soon be released on DVD August 25th ( almost exactly 1 month from now ). Well, here is the cover art for VOLUME TWO that will come out on November 10th, I guess, just in time for Christmas. Now, both 1 & 2 will only have 4 episodes each. Looks like Warner Bros ( or maybe the Cartoon Network ) is trying to stretch out how they release these episodes. It seems logical to me that they might also release these later as a complete set titled "Season 1"...we'll see. This Vol # 2 will also feature the trailer for the PUBLIC ENEMIES: BATMAN/ SUPERMAN animated film that is set to be released around September 29th. Amazon has Volume 1 available for pre-order by clicking here:

Video: ALYAS BATMAN ES ROBIN Filipino Movie Trailer

A few days ago we posted a video clip that was a scene from the Batman Bootleg-Film Spoof ( Filipino Parody ) titled ALYAS: BATMAN ES ROBIN & people went crazy for it! So today I thought I would post the movie trailer for this wacky piece of unauthorized Batman History! It's a completely wacky-crazy movie from the Philippines that all serious Bat-Fans totally love!

Update 2 - G.I. Joe: The Rise Of Cobra

As you remember this first mention in a year ago on this blog called “G.I. Joe countdown for Zartan” which regards on the release of movie and now this is the finale update of this a much awaited movie of 2009.

G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra is an upcoming live action film adaptation from the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero toy franchise, which will be released on August 7, 2009. The film is directed by Stephen Sommers who also a director for the “The Mummy: Return”, produced by Lorenzo di Bonaventura and written by Stuart Beattie based on a 1998 screenplay by John Paul Kay. G.I. Joe features an ensemble cast based on the various characters of the franchise. Filming took place in Downey, California and Prague's Barrandov Studios.

The movie was set ten years in the futre and an origin story that will focus in the rise of the Cobra Organization. Stephen Sommers said, "For people who know nothing about it, it'll make sense. And to people who love this stuff, it'll show where they all came from." The film focuses on Duke (Channing Tatum) and Ripcord's (Marlon Wayans) induction into the G.I. Joe Team, providing the audience's point-of-view. Locations include the Arctic, Paris, Moscow, Washington, D.C., Australia and the Sahara. The G.I. Joe Team is based in the Pit, while it was indicated Cobra Island will appear.

Please watch-out for the upcoming post for the main character of of this movie... See you at your favorite movie theater!

Main Cast;

G.I. JOE

• Channing Tatum (Conrad Hauser / Duke) - The lead soldier
• Dennis Quaid (General Clayton Abernathy / Hawk) - The team leader
• Rachel Nichols (Shana M. O'Hara / Scarlett) - She graduated college at age twelve and became the team's intelligence expert.
• Ray Park (Snake-Eyes) - A mute ninja
• Marlon Wayans (Wallace Weems / Ripcord) - He has a crush on Scarlett, which she is oblivious to, and he does not realize she is in a relationship with Snake-Eyes.
• Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje (Lamont A. Morris / Heavy Duty) - An ordnance expert
• Saïd Taghmaoui (Abel Shaz / Breaker) - He is the team's communications specialist and hacker.
• Karolína Kurková (Courtney A. Kreiger / Cover Girl) - Hawk's aide-de-camp
• Brendan Fraser (Gung-Ho)

COBRA

• Christopher Eccleston (James McCullen Destro XXIV / Destro) - A weapons designer and founder of the Military Armament Research Syndicate (MARS) and the main villain for the early part of the film.
• Joseph Gordon-Levitt (The Doctor / Cobra Commander) - USA Today reported Cobra Commander is a multiple role.
• Sienna Miller (Baroness Anastasia DeCobray / The Baroness) - A spy
• Lee Byung-hun (Thomas Arashikage / Storm Shadow) - Snake-Eyes' rival, both were close members of the Arashikage ninja clan.
• Arnold Vosloo (Zartan) - An expert in makeup and disguises serving Destro.

Son Goku | Dragonball Movie Trailer 2008 (REAL)

"All They Need Is Seven and The Universe Is Theirs"

Son Goku is the primary fictional superhero character in the Dragon Ball Universe which is also known to his TV series as Dragon Ball Z and created by Akira Toriyama. The character was introduced as an odd, monkey tailed boy who practices martial arts and possesses an extraordinary human powers as Super Saiyan. This is usually recognized by his uniquely styled hair and only changes it when he turns into Super Saiyan which his hair stands upright and turns blond. Following on the series, Son Goku has been married to Bulma and had two children named Son Gohan and Son Goten. The two children have also extraordinary powers which are inherit to their father as Super Saiyan.

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Update: Dragon Ball Z will have an upcoming movie which to be release in our favorite movie theater on April 3, 2009. The movie will be an American Adaptation that been distributed by 20^th century Fox and produced by Stephen Chow and James Wong at the same time as director of this said movie. Check the list of the complete main characters of the much awaited movie of the year 2009.

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Main Characters:

• Justin Chatwin – Goku
• James Marsters – Lord Piccolo
• Jamie Chung – Chi Chi
• Emmy Rossum – Bulma
• Chow Yun-Fat – Master Roshi
• Joon Park – Yamcha
• Eriko Tamura – Mai
• Texas Battle – Carey Fuller
• Luis Arrieta – Weaver
• Randall Duk Kim – Grandpa Gohan
• Christopher Sabat – Shenron
• Ernie Hudson – Master Mutaito
• Shavon Kirksey – Emi

Robocop Movie Trailer in 1987

"Serve the public trust. Protect the innocent. Uphold the law"

Robocop is originally an action film that been premiered on movie theater in July 17, 1987 underwritten by Edward Neumeier and Michael Miner. It was been action superhero which is “part man, part machine” which is covered by high steel suit cop. The film was set on Detroit, Michigan that focused on the future law enforcement who is brutally murdered and subsequently re-created as super-human cyborg haunted by submerged memories.

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Update: In the interview done on MTV News the producers said “Robocop Reboot Won’t Pick up Where Last Flick Left Off”, which according to Producer Brad Fischer and co-producer Mike Medavoy this action superhero has aiming to be release in 2010 under the direction of Darren Aronofsky. Anyway, as to whether Peter Weller (the star of "Robocop") would make an appearance, Medavoy would only say that it was "the director's choice."

X-Men Origins: Wolverine

X-men origin: Wolverine is another much awaited movie of Hugh Jackman and said it will be shown in our favorite movie theater on May 1, 2009. Based on this teaser video that I’ve watched it has also new marvel characters we can watch and the most I like is this superhero characters, “Gambit and Weapon 11” (although I’m not much sure if Gambit is one of character that I saw on the trailer). One more thing, the movie was more on the origin of Logan as a soldier into how he became Wolverine and a part of it is between the villains, Sabrettooth and other marvel characters. This movie will definitely sure big block buster for the year of 2009 by Hugh Jackman and other talented actors including Liev Schreiber, Danny Huston, and Ryan Reynolds.

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HANCOCK - Will Smith

“There are heroes... there are superheroes... and then there's Hancock not your average superhero”

Hancock is the new upcoming superhero which been originally written by Vince Gilligan and Vincent Ngo and it was been first portrayed by Will Smith in the movie. His character is an alcoholic superhero that despised by the public but when he saves the life of PR executive Ray Embrey he started to rehabilitate and starts also to having an affair with Ray’s wife Mary. Hancock is more on embittered do-gooder whose lifestyle is more akin to a rock star than a role model, and who has grown as disillusioned with his once-admiring public as they have of him.

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It been went to our favorite movie theater on July 2, 2008 as PG-13 by the Motion Picture Association of America and it was directed by Peter Berg. The story is very unique from the usual superheroes where it starts as already a good guy not unlike on this movie it started to hate the character by everyone before it accepted to be their crime buster neighborhood. I hope the writers made continue to create a story regarding on this character because for sure it will be hit to all superheroes fanatics as like me.

NEW INCREDIBLE HULK TRAILER!

"The madder Hulk gets, The Hulk stronger"

The Incredible Hulk is one of the Marvel comic’s superhero characters that first appeared in comic books during May 1962 created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby. Hulk is most often depicted green and one of the famous characters in the marvel superhero list. The journey starts when a Physicist Dr. Robert Bruce Banner caught in the blast of a gamma bomb he created which transformed him into Hulk, a raging giant monster.

His power and abilities possesses the potential of limitless physical strength which also depended on his emotional state particularly to his anger. Therefore, the madder he is, “the stronger he can be” and his durability, healing, and endurance increase in relation to his temper. As Bruce Banner (and the Merged/Professor Hulk), he is consider as one of the greatest minds on Earth. He has developed expertise in the fields of biology, chemistry, engineering, and physiology, and holds a Ph.D. in nuclear physics. He holds "a mind so brilliant that can’t be measure on any known intelligence test".

In The Science of Superheroes, Lois Grest and Robert Weinberg examined Hulk’s powers, explaining the scientific flaws in them. Most notably, they point out the level of gamma radiation that Banner’s that exposed to at the initial blast would induce radiation sickness and kill him, or if not, create significant cancer risks for Banner. The authors note that hard radiation strips cells of their ability to function, and does not turn a person into a raging green hero. They go on to offer up an alternate origin, in which a Hulk might be created by biological experimentation with adrenal glands and GFP.

Update: Watch out the upcoming movie of "The Incredible Hulk" on June 13, 2008 at your favorite movie theater.

Hellboy 2: The Golden Army - Movie

"I am devil one which is here to protect"

Hellboy was a fictitious dark horse comic’s superhero character which created by Mike Mignola and appeared first on San Diego Comic-Con release comic’s number 2 during 1993. The creature born in the final months of World War II by Grigori Rasputin on Tarmagant Island which is a small isle on Scotland. As an adult, he became a primary agent on Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense (BPRD) which also who raised to him. He was been with his fellow agents Kate Corrigan (Professor), Abe Sapien (Amphibian Humanoid), Liz Sherman (Pyrokinetic), Roger (A large homuculus), Johann Krauss (Kept in containment suit), and Sgt. Ben Daimo (A special ops man). They are all a good character that fights against dark forces who battling range of enemies from Nazis to Baba Yaga.

The power and abilities of Hellboy was really amazing where his superhuman abilities would seem to be stemming from his demonic nature which is never been explicitly described on the comics. The character is much stronger and significantly more physical to an ordinary human being which makes an idea of being fireproof on the movie. Although, he can also be damage like an ordinary living things or an ordinary human but he had a possessed healing factor which allow himself to recover in an early incredible rate. In addition to his ability and powers he also carries a variety of items such as holy relics, horseshoes, herbs in his utility belt, variety grenades, and demolition tools that use in some criminal cases and when fighting the supernatural beast.

You can watch here the full trailer of the upcoming movie of “Hellboy II: The Golden Army “ which will be shown on July 11, 2008 at your any favorite movie theater. The official website: www.hellboymovie.com

G.I. Joe Countdown for Zartan

"I can be anyone, anywhere. You will never know that you are talking to me, unless I wish it."

Zartan which an anagram of Tarzan, is one of the main villain characters in the animated series called, G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero Comic by Hasbro. This character is a mercenary who often worked directly for Cobra Commander which on his stated file card he suffered from Paranoid Schizophrenia and Multiple Personality Disorder.

The character has the ability to alter his skin color at will to blend in with his environment. He is also a master of make-up and disguise, a ventriloquist, a linguist which can understand and dialects over 20 languages, an acrobatic-contortionist and a practitioner of several mystic martial arts. Very little is known of his background and origins, but most security agencies agree that he must have had European military academy training which been probably at St. Cyr.

Update on up coming movie:

On the upcoming movie of Joe vs. Cobra that will be hit on big screen in the year 2009 summer which will be directed by Stephen Sommers. These are the first reveal character image of the movie.

Snake Eyes
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The GI Joe Ninja Commando known for his silent ways will be played by Ray Park.

Scarlett
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Scarlett, armed with her deadly crossbow, will be played by Rachel Nichols.

Venom Tribute

"The greatest threat to humanity and for spiderman"

Venom or the Venom Symbiote is one of the fictional characters in Marvel Universe and this creature is a sentient alien with a liquid-like form. To bond for its survival this alien needs a host which is human and return this creature will give enhanced powers but in effect this symbiote would form a super villain. The first host of this creature that merge into host was Spider-man suits but suddenly rejected then merge to Eddie Brock which become one of the arc-enemy (Watch the last movie of Spider-man 3). Venom is one of the greatest threats to humanity alongside with Magneto, Doctor Doom, and Red Skull which is according to S.H.I.E.L.D.

The origin of this creature was ultimately born to a rare of extraterrestrial parasites which lived by possessing into bodies of the other life forms. The parasites would endow their victims with enhanced physical powers, at the cost of fatally draining them of adrenaline. According to The Planet of the Symbiotes storyline, this alien symbiote was deemed insane by its own race after it was discovered that it desired to commit to its host rather than use it up. The symbiote was then imprisoned on battle world to ensure it didn't pollute the species' gene pool.

Darkwing Duck: The Original Theme

"Drake Mallard, average citizen by day and St. Canard's resident superhero by night"

Darkwing Duck was an American animated TV series which produced by The Walt Disney Company. It featured an eponymous superhero anthropomorphic duck behind on his true identity, Drake Mallard (voiced by Jim Cummings). The costume of this superhero features the gas gun, and flashy introductions are all direct references to pulp heroes such as the Crimson Avenger, The Shadow, and The Green Hornet.

The premise of this series was on fictional city of St. Canard, Darkwing’s rogue gallery, and the relative darkness of Darkwing as it compared to other Disney character such as Batman, Zorro, and The Shadow influences. The character of this series was also appeared occasionally in the series bonkers and earlier Gosalyn appeared in the series Raw Toonage. The series and Ducktales are directly connected by two characters crossing over into the world of Darkwing Duck. The first is Launch pad, Darkwing's sidekick, who is a longtime staple of DuckTales, and GizmoDuck, an armored hero who became a popular part of the DuckTales cast during the series' run.