It seems that the Nolan brothers have signed on to write and direct another installment of the Batman Franchise. With over a billion dollars in ticket sales and probably another billion in merchandise and DVD sales, this was a no-brainer for Warner Bros. Studios.

The bad news is that there ]]>

It seems that the Nolan brothers have signed on to write and direct another installment of the Batman Franchise. With over a billion dollars in ticket sales and probably another billion in merchandise and DVD sales, this was a no-brainer for Warner Bros. Studios.

The bad news is that there is still no word on when filming will begin or exactly what characters will grace the screen in the new film. Rumors have run rampant across the web as to which high profile actors or actresses will suit up for the much anticipated sequel to The Dark Knight — rumors about Angelina Jolie as Catwoman and Johnny Depp as the Riddler have turned out to just be fanatical speculation to this point.

The good news is that it will hit theaters before the end of 2012 and it’s going to be shot in IMAX. It’ll be hard to top the performance of the late Heath Ledger, but judging by the previous two films, it’s probably still going to be a great film that rakes in another billion dollars. The Bat Signal may as well just be a silhouette of a dollar sign hovering over Warner Bros. at this point.

Batman sets date [Variety]

Every guy wants to be a badass, but only a select few can. And it seems to be even harder to be a (believable) badass on film. Fortunately, Guyism has scoured the internet for video of the 20 most badass quotes from action films. You may not agree with ]]>

Every guy wants to be a badass, but only a select few can. And it seems to be even harder to be a (believable) badass on film. Fortunately, Guyism has scoured the internet for video of the 20 most badass quotes from action films. You may not agree with all of them, but we think most of you will agree that most of these lines are the balls of some of your favorite action films.

And just so you know, some of the videos are NSFW…so maybe turn your speaker monitors down at work and bask in the badass.

Honorable Mentions:

20 Scarface - Tony Montana

“Say hello to my lil’ friend!”

19 Con Air - Cyrus Grissom

“Ladies and Gentlemen, this is your captain speaking. I have the only gun on board. Welcome to Con Air.”

18 Escape from L.A. - Snake Plissken

“The name’s Plissken.”

17 Snatch - Bullet Tooth Tony

“Now…f**k off”

16 Like I even have to say it…

15 Die Hard - John McClane

“Yippe kay yay motherf#*^er”

First rule: Never invite German terrorists to your Christmas party. It should go without saying. That said, have you ever heard a guy go into a tense situation and utter this classic line? Chances are that you have or have done so yourself. It’s a quote that mixes being badass and being patriotic into one nonsensical swear. It says I will not go softly into that good night without blowing some stuff up and taking you with me. It made Bruce Willis into an action star and a movie badass for years to come.

14 Passenger 57 - John Cutter

“Always bet on black.”

You think there is a roulette dealer in the world who hasn’t heard this line on a daily basis? Do you think that every time Wesley Snipes wins in roulette, he pays taxes on those winnings. Chances are that the answer to both of those questions is “not likely.” Still, this film came out when Wesley Snipes was still one of the baddest, blackest movie stars on the planet. And it still holds water as one of the coolest lines uttered to a terrorist on film.

13 The Rock - John Mason

“Your ‘best’! Losers always whine about their best. Winners go home and f*** the prom queen.”

This quote encapsulates the real difference in winners and losers. Winners get the girl and losers release a chemical agent that will cause them to join the long list of people that “spit their guts out” in one of the most famous prison yards on the planet. Or possibly get shot to death by military terrorists. Or even get blown-up by a fleet of fighter jets. Oh, and if you fail, you’re also responsible for everyone in San Fransisco having their faces melt off. Your best? Sean Connery doesn’t want your best. Be a do-er, guy, or we’re all dead.

12 Dirty Harry - Harry Callahan

“Do I feel lucky…”

He was a cop that carried a .44 Magnum. It’s the most powerful handgun in the world. The man just destroyed an entire city block to stop a bank robbery. Clint Eastwood was already a straight badass and this line just sealed the deal. It should be put on his tombstone.

11 Predator - Blain

“I ain’t got time to bleed”

Hard to believe that a guy that once wore a feathered boa for a living could utter one of the hardest lines in action movie history. Even harder to believe that some 20 years later he’d be sitting in a governors mansion. Great line, the execution is so-so. Could have been better, but still could be a pretty awesome war cry for soldiers in battle. Obviously, spoiler alert, he gets his time to bleed later in the movie. But not a bad death for a self-proclaimed sexual Tyrannosaurus.

10 Pulp Fiction - Winston Wolfe

“So pretty please, with sugar on top, clean the f***ing car.”

Let’s get down to brass tacks gentleman (this may not be a pure action movie). He wasn’t there to make friends or conversation– he was there to get you out of a jam. A debonair coffee drinker and apparently a very fast driver– Winston Wolf encapsulated the man everyone wanted to know in a jam. He thinks fast talks fast and will take you out to breakfast after disposing of your dead body. Easily the coolest character in any Tarantino film; the Wolf made it clear he wasn’t there to ask politely, he was there to save your ass.

9 The Chronicles of Riddick - Riddick

“I’ll kill you with my teacup.”

It’s kinda hard to see Vin Diesel as a badass after he did that movie where he was a nanny, but at the time, Vin was an action star and this goes down as one most unique death scenes of all-time. Yeah, sure, I’m supposed to believe the blind Mr. Clean is gonna kill me with his teacup. And he did; striking fear into interplanetary bounty hunters and British grandmas, everywhere. If you saw a man killed with tin cup, you’d certainly fear what he could do with a gun.

8 Enter the Dragon - Lee

“Never take your eyes off of your opponent…even when you bow.”

It’s awesome because it’s the greatest martial artist of all-time literally smacking some sense into a kid. His delivery is pretty sick as well– a mix of sarcasm and wisdom and “I could kill you with your own tongue before you had a chance to swallow” cynicism. Don’t think, feeeeeeeeel. If you’re too busy concentrating on something, you’ll miss the whole picture. And if you bow, I’ll send your nasal cavity into so far into your brain that you’ll need to consult a neurologist to figure if you have a nose bleed or a brain aneurysm. Bruce Lee, FTW.

7 The Dark Knight - The Joker

“Ta Da…it’s, it’s gone.”

It’s done so quickly and so mercilessly that the psychopathic nature of the Joker just punches the viewer in the throat. It sets the scene, the character, and the tone of the movie in one quick line– and it’s almost uttered as a throwaway line. It’s just as jarring even when you know it’s coming. Ta-da, you’re a badass Heath Ledger, and this line will creep out future generations with both its ferocity and merciless charm.

6 Gladiator - Maximus Decimus Meridius

“Are you not entertained?”

Really? I fought huge crazy dudes, tigers, my family got killed, you put me in this coliseum and you’re pissed cause I kicked every ass that you pitted me against? This film had a ton of badass lines in it that could have gone here, but none echo like a man who has done all that everyone has asked and then throws his sword into the viewing box of the guy who was ruined his life’s work and was responsible for his death sentence. It’s like a middle finger to all those who enjoyed the hell out of your work, but never felt the need to appreciate it. It doesn’t get any more badass than that.

5 Army of Darkness - Ash

“This is my BOOMSTICK!”

Both badass and hysterical, this line is just perfectly delivered by the always amazing Bruce Campbell. It’s as close to the perfect mix of action and comedy that a person can come across in film thanks to director Sam Raimi (yup, the guy who did the Spiderman franchise). Although men sometimes have a tendency to over-use this line from time to time, if you are ever caught off-guard by a friend who delivers this line at the right time, well, it absolutely kills (slight pun intended). Good. Bad. I’m the guy with the gun.

4 Fight Club - Tyler Durden

“It’s only after we’ve lost everything that we’re free to do anything.”

The entire movie’s plot and philosophy in one succinct line of dialogue. Most will agree that Tyler Durden probably ranks very high on the badass-est movie characters of all-time list. He looks like you wanna look, f**ks like you wanna f**k, he is free in all the ways you aren’t. He wears sunglasses indoors (would be douchey in most other cases), make his own napalm and wants to help the world get out of credit card debt. While you may not agree with the lifestyle, you have to somewhat agree with the sentiment of the line. The people with nothing to lose have everything to gain. A tragic but nonetheless badass philosophy for a society of bar codes and plastic pushers.

3 Rambo: First Blood Part II - John Rambo

“I’m coming to get YOU!”

Nothing like a bit of whacked-out Vietnam Green Beret that’s armed to the teeth with machine guns and rocket launchers to make you sleep with one eye open for a few restless nights. I mean, only a little while earlier he outsmarted a police force and the National Guard by using guerrilla warfare deep in the woods of Washington and then had a massive nervous breakdown…and somehow, you let him out of prison, put him in the woods of Vietnam (armed like a crazy person), backstab him and for some reason think that was gonna be an idea that worked out for the best? He’s a badass! Of course he’s gonna get you! He could kill you with your shoelaces! These are the last words you want to hear out of this guy!

2 Pulp Fiction - Jules Winfield

“Say what again!”

Try and think of another actor that could deliver this line with the terrifying passion that Sam Jackson did. What? Oh, I’m sorry, did I break your concentration. It’s difficult to do. Sam Jackson destroyed this scene and all because the ballistic ferocity of this line. Sam Jackson has always and will always be a first ballot hall-of-fame badass and at the induction ceremony they’ll only need to play the previous clip. Done. Sam, you’re in; I’d shake your hand but I’m kinda scared of you. You can have my Big Kahuna burger, just don’t hurt me.

1 Tombstone – Doc Holliday

“I’m your Huckleberry.”

No other actor could deliver this line with such stoic creepiness better than the eccentric Val Kilmer. Why is this on the list? Go up to the next person you see and say the line– most people will immediately know what your talking about. Say the word “Tombstone” and people will say pizza or “I’m your Huckleberry.” Say “Val Kilmer” and people will say “Huckleberry” or the worst Batman. It’s the line that made the movie. Doesn’t get more badass than that.

I know that some of you will disagree with the above quotes, so leave your favorites that we may have missed in the comments section. We want to know what you guys think is badass. Remember, these are for action movies. We’ll have other film genres a little down the line…

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Via Space Avalanche comes this take on Batman’s newest adventures.

This is more timely than it might seem since The Dark Knight is currently showing on HBO. And by showing on HBO, I mean it appears that this is the only movie currently ]]>

Via Space Avalanche comes this take on Batman’s newest adventures.

This is more timely than it might seem since The Dark Knight is currently showing on HBO. And by showing on HBO, I mean it appears that this is the only movie currently being shown on HBO. I think I’ve seen snippets of it 10 times in the past week. It’s great because I can’t resist seeing someone with clown make-up getting punched in the face. Which is why they don’t allow me into McDoanld’s any more. Apparently slapping a guy in Ronald McDonald make-up is equivalent to kicking over a statue of Buddha in a temple in some people’s eyes.

The hottest orgy with animal attacks

This cat is like the Joker in The Dark Knight…he just wants to upset the natural order of things

funnyinteresting -Girls break down the guys they’d least want to f -Cookies = big boobs? -

The hottest orgy with animal attacks

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The town of Batman, Turkey has recently announced plans to sue Warner Brothers movie studio over use of the name Batman. A WB spokesperson was asked for a comment about the situation and this is what he had to say…

I came across this photo from I-Am-Bored and instantly was brought back to my childhood irrational fears of clowns. This post is a public service for you if you’re thinking about being any type of clown for Halloween. We all hate clowns, to some extent, and you ]]>

I came across this photo from I-Am-Bored and instantly was brought back to my childhood irrational fears of clowns. This post is a public service for you if you’re thinking about being any type of clown for Halloween. We all hate clowns, to some extent, and you have these 7 fellows to thank.

via Gigglesugar

Ronald McDonald
Famous for: Giving to sick kids and clogging their arteries simultaneously

Sure, he’s designed to lure kids into loving the McDonald’s brand, but Ronald McDonald is a creep, plain and simple…there are hours of footage from commercials to back it up. For example, his TV debut:

He can cure all the sick little kids he wants, but it’ll never make up for the 10 he undoubtedly tortured for days on end in his dark basement. Sure, the smell of fries was welcome at first, but that quickly evaporates when you find a crazed clown mounting you like a steed while demanding that you say “I’m the Hamburglar and I need punishment for my crimes.”

The Joker
Famous for: Criminal activities, Fighting against the rampant outbreak of seriousness

He’s been an urban terrorist (The Dark Knight), an evil prankster (Batman cartoons), a former gangster (Batman…the first one), and an incompetent homosexual (Cesar Romero, as seen below, in the original Batman series). Clearly any of these would strike fear into your heart.

The reasons you’d find The Joker terrifying is pretty simple. He’ll make some snappy little remark, possibly shoot you in the face with a flower, chuckle, and probably kill you. But at least he’d look like he’s having fun doing it, if that’s any consolation.

Slightly unrelated, but I think the best way to write Heath Ledger/The Joker out of the new series of Batman movies would have been a note saying “The Joker died on the way back to his home planet”.

John Wayne Gacy
Famous for: Entertaining dozens of local kids in Illinois with his exciting clown performances, Killing them

John Wayne Gacy lived for two things: Murdering young boys and balloon animals. You can probably guess which one of those led to his downfall. And yes, in spite of the dangers involved of a balloon animal lifestyle, it was the young boys.

It’s a shame, because he seems so well-adjusted in the interview above. And by well-adjusted, I mean well-adjusted to his zeal for being a complete creep who refuses to admit to the fact that he killed a bunch of people. He does seem fairly well spoken though which is good because you don’t simply become a serial killer dressed like a clown by using poor grammar and broken English.

Pennywise
Famous for: Being really really creepy in the book/TV movie It, Poor dental hygiene

If Pennywise were a real guy just hanging out in a clown suit and killing people, that’d be terrifying enough. But the fact that Pennywise is a shape-shifting manifestation of evil that likes to kill kids, well, that’s just a cherry on top.

It really says something about the horror you can inflict on someone if you can appear in someone’s head, throw some blood balloons, hump a rail and yell some crap and they run away in abject terror. It also really allows you to just kick back and enjoy being a disembodied evil spirit. It’s so easy to get caught up in all your work that you forget to really enjoy what you do. Not a problem for old Pennywise.

The clown in this clip
Famous for: Being in this clip

From this year’s Superbowl ads…

It’s pretty simple, if you’re a clown and you’re hanging out in a baby’s room with just the baby, you might want to reevaluate your place in life. I don’t care HOW MUCH that baby made off of E-Trade, there are some gigs you just can’t book, clowny.

In related news, where’s that E-Trade baby now? Sure, you can blame his disappearance on the recession. Or maybe he just bought one clown too many.

Jack
Famous for: Avant garde commercials, Fattening regions of the country

Yes, you may get thrown off by his Mr. Met head, but Jack from Jack in the Box is indeed a clown. And there’s something about being a clown selling artery clogging food that makes you infinitely more likely to be weird. A stunning revelation, I’m sure.

Yes, that’s Jack in a commercial with RuPaul. I bet you didn’t know that clowns and trannies have so much in common, but there’s so much that they share. Clowns wear a lot of makeup, trannies wear a lot of makeup. Clowns often perform at events, trannies often perform illicit acts for gentlemen of questionable characters. Clowns fold up balloon animals, trannies fold their genitals up so they don’t bulge out. See? Not so different.

Sweet Tooth
Famous for: Starring in the Twisted Metal series, Being able to roast marshmallows on the go

The Twisted Metal series was really popular for a while and Sweet Tooth was one of the mainstays of the game. With good reason. After all, how could you have a dark, dystopic car game without a homicidal clown with a flaming skull?

Sure, he doesn’t seem like he wants to really integrate himself into society, but he should give it a chance. Walking around shirtless with a flaming skull isn’t going to help people not suspect you of the dozens of murders you committed. But maybe if you had a nice Brooks Brothers suit that really complemented the flames and brought out the color of his eyes, he’d be able to find himself a nice fat woman, a midlevel accounting job, and a savings account. Just because you’re born different doesn’t mean you have to stay that way.

Honorable Mentions to These Clowns for Making Me Cry at Some Point in My Life
Bozo the Clown (Any clown who made clowns famous to an entire generation deserves your disdain)
Homey the Clown (His slapjack and surly attitude make him less than desirable for kids’ parties)
The Clown from Spawn (Not a very nice fellow)
That Evil Krusty Doll in The Simpsons’ Treehouse of Horror III (Krusty’s just down on his luck and an addict…this toy clown had no redeeming qualities)
That toy clown who killed the kid in Poltergeist (Yeah, that made me really want a clown doll alright)
My grandmother’s friend who had red hair and wore a lot of makeup (One time, I saw her and ran away and cried. That probably made her feel good. Also, I was 23.)

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Now I see what all the buzz was about. Heath Ledger and Christian Bale should definitely be up for Oscars.

Hot damn! Call us a geek, but the best shots of The Dark Knight’s premiere in NYC are the ones of the Batmobile and Batpod! YOU’RE A GEEK.

The entire world is abuzz over the opening of the new Batman film The Dark Knight. The buzz, in large part, is due to the performance of Heath Ledger as Batman supervillain The Joker and his “absolutely magnetic” performance. As people line up tonight at midnight across ]]>

The entire world is abuzz over the opening of the new Batman film The Dark Knight. The buzz, in large part, is due to the performance of Heath Ledger as Batman supervillain The Joker and his “absolutely magnetic” performance. As people line up tonight at midnight across the country to watch the film, I wonder…which villains from Batman lore will be least likely to follow up Ledger in the next film? Let’s go with six since, hey, this is the sixth Batman movie. Logic!

Globe
Real Name: Hammond Carter
Most Likely to: Inappropriately touch an equator; Eat a hoagie

This villain made his debut in a comic earlier this year. You’d think that, in the year 2008, comics would have grown up a bit and been emboldened by new ideas over time, but you’d be sadly mistaken. According to his Wiki, Globe “plots crimes by latitude, longitude, time zones and the shape of landmasses.” Not going to lie, I’d totally embrace a movie with Globe, if only to find a bunch of Batman-loving nerds go there with high hopes, only to be met with a three-hour film largely chronicling the finer points of cartography.

Great White Shark
Real Name: Warren White (how convenient!)
Most Likely to: Make Richard Dreyfuss crap himself

Great White Shark’s origin story is so amazing, I’m not even going to rewrite it. Here’s the gist:

White is sentenced to Arkham Asylum indefinitely instead of prison. There, he suffers great indignities as the new inmate, or “fish.” His first cellmate is Death Rattle, a cult leader and mass murderer who plans to turn him into a human sacrifice. Early in his stay, Killer Croc slices a set of “gills” into White’s neck with his claws, claiming the “fish” needs a set. Realizing his mistake in pleading insanity, White bribes his psychiatrist, Dr. Anne Carver, into having him transferred to a minimum security prison in exchange for $20 million. However, Dr. Carver is revealed to have been killed and replaced some months before by the villainess Jane Doe. Her boss, Dr. Jeremiah Arkham, orders all of Dr. Carver’s papers filed by Jane Doe be destroyed, including the paperwork that would lead to White’s transfer. Dr. Arkham’s decision is heavily motivated by the loss of his own pension due to White’s corrupt business practices.

To survive the harassment and violence in Arkham, White allies himself with Two-Face, becoming his “coin boy,” but the relationship quickly ends when Death Rattle threatens him and Two-Face does nothing to help.

During a prison riot caused by the escape of a cadre of demons trapped underneath Arkham ED NOTE: Well, what other things do demons have to do other than cause prison riots, I suppose, White is assaulted and locked in Mr. Freeze’s subzero cell by Jane Doe. His injuries, the result of horrific frostbite, leave White deformed: his skin turns a pale white and his nose, lips, hair, and several of his fingers fall off. These deformities, along with his set of “gills,” leave him resembling a real great white shark.

So basically this guy was a white collar criminal who got bitched out by approximately 700 people and abandoned by everyone he aligned himself with. Batman probably wouldn’t even have to hit this guy. He could probably take a nap and Great White Shark would just die of loneliness or something.

Magpie
Real Name: Margaret Pye
Most Likely To: Own many cats; Die alone

Magpie is infamous for her desire to steal rare jewels named after birds and replace them with booby-trapped replicas. That’s a bit niched, no? I’m all for making it seem like you’re doing something, but you can’t call yourself a criminal and have that be your only crime. Even if you’re amazing at it, you’re affecting like five people on Earth. If Batman were the Supreme Court and all of these villains were cases, Magpie wouldn’t even be reviewed for selection. If Batman saw her doing her “crimes”, all while looking like an extra from a low-budget 80s hair band’s music video, he’d probably shrug his shoulders and go get a pizza.

Calendar Man
Real Name: Julian Day
Most Likely To: Commit a crime based on emulating a woman’s menstrual cycle

Calendar Man is widely considered one of the most worthless villains in any form, ever. IGN named him the Worst Batman Villain ever. Fans and even the characters in the comic books called him a douchebag, a joke, or both. He was so bad that when the writers of the Batman cartoon wanted to use anything remotely similar to his gimmick (that being he committed crimes based on the calendar, i.e. if it was Summer or Wednesday or Flag Day, I guess), they had to turn him into a hot chick with big boobs to make the modus operandi remotely interesting. Simply put, Calendar Man is an ASS.

Film Freak
Real Name: Burt Weston
Most Likely To: Imitate art imitating life

Film Freak is an actor who played villains in many films. Then he couldn’t act any more, so he decided to undertake crimes from movies. Unfortunately, he didn’t seem to have rented “Two Girls One Cup” at any point before his untimely demise at the hands of roided-up monster villain Bane.

The Calculator
Real Name: Noah Kuttler (I swear, given everyone else’s names, I would have thought his name would be Cal Quelator…sigh)
Most Likely To: Receive wedgies from every member of the Justice League

What strikes fear into the citizens of Gotham? Math, apparently. According to his Wiki, Calculator’s creation stemmed from the high-tech new device of 1976, the pocket calculator. He’s apparently like a supergenius or whatever, but I can’t help but feel as though Batman could just hold up a nude woman to Calculator and he’d be confused, aroused, and paralyzed by fear. Which probably makes him even more relatable to all the people who’ll begin the countdown to the next Batman movie after seeing The Dark Knight.

[Many thanks to Comic Vine for the majority of the images and info]

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Since I posted two short videos today, not allowing you to maximize your screw-off time at work the way you’re used to, here’s a new trailer for The Dark Knight that’ll help you wile away some more precious minutes of productivity. Bonus! It’s an extended clip!