Batman: Arkham Asylum, Please be good (Or why I love The Chronicles of Riddick)

Have you seen this yet?

My goodness. You cant deny the fact that, from what little we have seen so far, Batman: Arkham Asylum is looking HOT! Check out that Joker! Very evil. Very awesome. (Although all Jokers now pale in comparison to Heath ledger's amazing interpretation. RIP.) Batman is also looking dark and gritty, as he should be. Did anyone notice the screen of a holding cell with the question marks scribbled on the walls? The Riddler to appear maybe?

It looks to be drawing some heavy visual influence from The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay. A sign of gameplay to come also? Who knows. Its waaaaay to early to tell. If you haven't played it (shame on you if you have not) Riddick blended FPS, third person action and stealth elements into a VERY shiny package for the Xbox and PC. I'm serious when I say shiny. Bump mapped to the nines! I loved that game, it was one of my faves from the last generation. So I for one would not complain if we were given a next gen re-skinned Batman'd version.

SO why I am I getting myself ready for disappointment? Am I becoming the pessimist I always said I would never become? Or am I just shielding myself from heartbreak?

Eidos, please hold me and tell me everything is going to be alright...........

Mr Metal

The new Joker and why we should all be terrified.

Photo taken from Filmdrunk

Spotted this new pic of Heath Ledger's Joker from the upcoming Batman flick. All I can say is that this has reaffirmed my concerns about this new version of the classic Batman villain.

Batman Begins was a great movie, a fantastic effort that grabbed the retarded embarrassing George Clooney Batman out of the air and firmly planted them into reality, in the same way that Frank Miller did in Batman: Year one. Which is still one of my favorite comics by the way, if you haven't read it, git it.

What these two versions of Batman did is attempt to rationalise all of Batman's stupid shit. For example: Bat-a-rang grapple hook is now hardcore mountain climbing gear. Batmobile is now an experimental military vehicle. Why is he so tough? Ninjas got him high and beat the shit out of him. It all makes sense.

So if I liked all the things that Batman Begins did, why am I so afraid of the new Joker?

In comic book land, a clown who regularly kills people and laughs his ass off about it, is kind of played out. Homicidal clown=cough. Now try and put a real world Begins/Year one spin on it. Oh sweet mother of gumdrops, you have some serious fucking horror on your hands.

You can't make a real-life Joker without making him fucking terrifying. Tyler punching that blonde kid in the face terrifying.

Mark my words, you will not like this Joker, in the same way you liked the Jack Nicholson Joker.

-Brother N-