Grayson

No, not a belated biopic of the late entertainer Larry 'Shut that door' Grayson, but a highly impressive, fan made mock trailer featuring Dick Grayson aka Robin, long serving side kick of the legendary Batman.

Super hero fans will quite rightly drool over this six minute short which features an array of favourite characters including Superman, Wonder Woman, Cat Woman, the Joker, Bat Girl, The Riddler and even briefly The Penguin and The Green Lantern.

Despite its short running time, this extremely stylish effort still manages to beat the hell out of any full length super hero themed flicks to appear on cinema screens as of late and is absolutely essential viewing for lovers of comic book adaptations.

I've had the pleasure of watching this on the big screen (after putting it on DVD and borrowing an abandoned auditorium), and John's got a sharp sense of what makes a great action film. It doesn't hurt that the casting's well-done, either.

Batman Begins is probably going to be a good flick in the Frank Miller vein, but Fiorella manages to build on the original comic book mythos without condescending or becoming inaccessible to the general public -- a tight rope to walk. But then, as the man in Dick Grayson's shoes, he's probably used to walking them. Whether or not you see this fan film, pay attention to the name John Fiorella.

Grayson is the greatest trailer for a movie that will never see the light of day. An incredible storyline that we'll probably never see.

This story deserves to be picked up by Alex Ross or Frank Miller or somebody and turned into a full fledged graphic novel.

Frankly, in retrospect, the first Batman movies are terrible. Even the first one wasn't really all that well done if you really think about it. They wasted Jack Nicholson in a throw away role. Batman could have been played by anybody and they just went downhill from there until Batman Begins.

Lets' face it. The Superman and Batman series did a lot to bring comic book movies up to the place where they are today but they don't age well

This trailer is better than most movies you'll see.

DC...get smart... make this film or at least put this story on the page!!!!

John F.'s Grayson qualifies as the coolest, most badass, rockin' sockin' Batman fan film ever! If you thought Batman: Dead End was cool, you ain't seen nothing' yet!

Now THIS is the kind of fresh new concept those tools at Warner Brothers should be using for their next Batman film! Smart, fun, exciting, original.

John F.'s concept is miles ahead of anything all of the Batman films have done.

The film is a trailer for an upcoming Batman movie. It's a killer concept some smart WB exec should have made into a feature length movie! I hope to see more of this writer/director/stars films in the foreseeable future! Grayson 4 ever!

This is what a real superhero movie should look like and feel like! Even tough this is a fanfilm of sorts. The attention to detail, character and action is undeniably real. Although this is a limited resources production, it puts to shame big budgeted, star-casted, hyped productions "other" superhero related movies. Here the main and supporting characters act and look like they are real life people. Finally, a Superman that actually looks "super" and look like the real thing! No flashy rubber-casted , ripped costumes to hide scrawny physiques for over paid actors that don't deliver. I just wish that some sensible Warner Bros. exec gives the OK to produce a full length adaptation of this jewel. I don't care if it goes to theaters or straight to DVD, I would never get tired of watching it. Just the plot itself is worth my hard earned dough for this. Hope the "bigwigs" at Marvel & DC productions take a look and see what a real well produced superhero movie should look. No more "Batman & Robin" fiasco, or Hulk, Daredevil, etc. Learn from these small time directors and learn that there shouldn't be any reason to "reinvent" the hero for the movie, just to have it "bomb" in theaters. Fiorello!...We need more directors like you!!