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   Luke Hooft to Lukas Mariman   
   Re: [OT] Batman - Gotham Knight   
   29 Jun 08 20:17:17   
   
   From: blank@nothing.com   
      
   Lukas Mariman wrote:   
   > "Luke Hooft"  schreef in bericht   
   > news:48662f46$0$19026$5a62ac22@per-qv1-newsreader-01.iinet.net.au...   
   >> Lukas Mariman wrote:   
   >>> For those of you who saw (and liked) "The Animatrix" DVD, a similar   
   >>> project recently was released.   
   >>>   
   >>> Namely, it's "Batman: Gotham Knight" which is, like Animatrix, a   
   >>> collection of animated short movies based on, or inspired by if you will,   
   >>> Batman, often taking elements from the recent "Batman Begins" movie.   
   >>>   
   >>> The stories are pretty good, and the animation overall is pretty good.   
   >> Yup... peg-legged, hook-handed types might be able to get a hold of it   
   >> right now if they look hard enough. I'm just abaout to watch it myself.   
   >>   
   >> And it's got a 2 week theatrical run in Australia too, so I'll probably   
   >> check it out there too. That was how I was originally going to see it for   
   >> the first time (gor the blu-ray on order too), but now that I found out   
   >> it's available by less legitimate means I can't help myself. Hopefully   
   >> it's good enough that I'll want to see it again on a big screen.   
   >   
   > Well, enjoy! (No matter how you see it.   
   >   
   > Having seen it now, I will get me the DVD sooner or later.   
   >   
   > BTW, at least one of the episodes seemed to have been done by the guys who   
   > did GITSSAC. And another one seems to have been made by the guys who did the   
   > Cyber City Oedo 808/Monster CityNinja Scroll/Vampire Hunter D Bloodlust etc   
   > series.   
   >   
   > Overall, good stuff to check out.   
      
   Yeah. I really enjoyed it. A lot more than Batman Begins. The shorts get   
   everything right that that movie got wrong - mostly concerning the look   
   of everything and the style of the action.   
      
   LH   
      
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