Legends of the Douche Knight
So this video… it’s got one joke, Batman being a jerk. It’s got Justin Long as a nebbish Robin. It has what is possibly the worst Batman performance of all time. But that performance is performed by Sam Rockwell, which makes it the best worst Batman performance of all time. Seriously, I could watch Sam Rockwell be a huge Bat-cock forever, which is possibly good, as this comedy short is apparently just a prelude to a larger one, to be titled “Robin Big Speed Date,” for some kind of comedy anthology movie. Sam Rockwell: Even when he’s bad, he’s totally fucking awesome. Frankly, now all I can think about is how much more awesome the entirety of all Batman media would be if Robin’s name were actually “Cockblock Jr.” (Via Comics Alliance)
About The Author
Robert Bricken is one of the original co-founders of the site formerly known as Topless Robot, and its first editor-in-chief, serving from 2008-12. He brought the site to prominence with “nerd news, humor and self-loathing” as its motto, raising it from total internet obscurity to a readership in the millions, with help from his savage “FAQ” movie reviews and Fan Fiction Fridays. Under his tenure Topless Robot was covered by Gawker, Wired, Defamer, New York magazine, ABC News, and others, and his articles have been praised by Roger Ebert, Avengers actor Clark Gregg, comedian and The Daily Show correspondent John Hodgman, the stars of Mystery Science Theater 3000 and Rifftrax, and others. He is currently the managing editor of io9.com. Despite decades as both an amateur and professional nerd, he continues to be completely unprepared for either the zombie apocalypse or the robot uprising.