So a new trailer for Avatar: The Legend of Korra launched this week at the San Diego Comicon and it looks pretty amazing.
The Avatar franchise (shut up James Cameron) is probably one of my favourite animated series in recent years. With the second season of the second series being released in September on Nickelodeon, now seems like a good time to explain why I like it so much.
Whenever you hear people talking about Batman these days, the majority will know him as a sour, determined man with an industrial-grade scowl - that image was popularised by Frank Miller's The Dark Knight Returns.
An animated adaptation of the 1986 comic book story arc was released in two parts, the first late in 2012 and the second at the start of 2013.
Being only vaguely familiar with the source material, The Dark Knight Returns was a shockingly grim look at the Batman world, but nevertheless an enjoyable one.
The year is 20Unspecified and Batman hasn't been seen for 10 years. Things have gone straight to hell in Gotham City without the Caped Crusader to keep crime under control.
Bruce Wayne (SPOILER, BRUCE WAYNE IS BATMAN) is now 55 and attempting to live his life without being Batman, ostensibly by finding a "good death." Not a particularly bright outlook from the get-go, really.
It's refreshing to see one of Batman's origin stories told not entirely from the perspective of the eponymous hero.
Batman: Year One was released in 2011and follows a storyline that has been around in DC comics for a long time - the first year the Dark Knight donned the mantle and started fighting crime.
Those familiar with Christopher Nolan's Batman Begins will see more than a few similarities between the two films, albeit Year One has a dramatically reduced runtime.
