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Artist :Steve Oedekerk
Aspect Ratio :1.33:1
Attribute :Color, Dolby Digital 5.1 Re, Soundtrack English, Standard screen
Format :DVD
General Subject :Feature Film Comedy
Language :英语，法语，德语和西班牙语( 字幕为 英语与德语)

Rating :NR
Region Code :1
Release Date :7/9/2002
Run Time :28 min
ISBN:9786307062545

$25

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The Film

Steve Oedekerk originally brought youThumb Warsand now his courageous team bring youBat Thumb. This film as you can guess parodies the movie classic Batman.


Bat Thumb is a mix of CGI and “live Action” in which many, many thumbs are used to portray the characters from the film, albeit with different names such asVicky NailandWuse Bane. The villain is played byNo Face– a thumb with no eyes or mouth. After No Face robs a bank, Wuse is called on the flashing red Bat phone by the commissioner. Rushing to the Bat Burrow, Bat Thumb gets into his black and shiny crime fightingThumb Mobileand rushes toGaathumbto get on the case.

Along the way however he encounters a kid who believes he is Bat Thumb’s side kick –Blue Jay(in his home made hilarious costume). Bat Thumb has no idea who this kid is so he flies away (yes, Bat Thumb can fly). Blue Jay is not to be outdone however, and he boards his sister’s bike and chases after the caped crusader. One short sob story (with tears) later from Blue Jay, and Bat Thumb has a partner. The dynamic duo race to No Face’s old hideout and confront him however he is prepared. His goons attack the pair, but Bat Thumb manages to fight them off (while Blue Jay runs around screaming). Unfortunately Evil wins out this time and a well placed net captures the pair.

In typical Batman fashion the pair cannot just die; a fiendishly complicated trap must be set making the pairs death take longer, and also giving them time to escape. No Face sets off the machine which will eventually drop his evil formula onto the dynamic duos faces, removing their faces altogether. Luckily, prepared as ever (I am sure you all remember the Bat Shark Repellent from the original Batman film!) Bat Thumb reaches to his utility belt and gets.. wait for it… hisThumb Sabre, which is a light sabre with a bat shape on the end. The pair race to the city where the final confrontation takes place as No Face starts to deploy his evil formula onto the unsuspecting crowds!


This is obviously a comedy show and there are a lot of jokes in it however, they don’t really come quick enough for me. It’s not that I didn’t laugh at it, but a lot of it was pretty lame. A few of the scenes from the Michael Keaton film are mimicked and are done well, including the dark face with the light across the eyes shot and the end shot with Batman, sorry Bat Thumb on a building looking at the Bat sign in the sky. Parts of the script are quite clever and for such a small production some of the CGI is quite impressive indeed. However, a lot of the humour present is dare I say it, too American. Other countries do laugh at different things and find different sorts of humour to their taste, and that is why only parts of this film are funny.

Video
Presented in its original aspect ratio of 1.33:1, Bat Thumb looks rather good to be honest. It’s certainly no epic presentation, but the colours are vibrant and there are very few if any artefacts present on the film. Blacks are quite dark and there is very little low level noise.

Audio
Dolby Digital 2.0 all the way here with the main soundtrack presented in English, French, German and Spanish. A couple of nice sound effects (for instance when Blue Jay reveals his wings for the first time) make this an average soundtrack. Vocals are clear, however at times they do sound a little close to the viewer. I think the best way to explain it would be to say they have tried to make Bat Thumb's voice deeper and quieter to give him a sense of calm control as in the films.


Extras
Let me just mention the menus – they are all animated which is great and totally unexpected for such a small production, which impressed me. First up is aBehind the Scenesfeaturette which is supposed to be a humorous look at the “actors” as they prepare for, and work in their roles. This lasts a minute and was about sixty seconds too long for me. TheDeleted Scenesare next which feature Wuse’s drunk butler and some people in a crowd. Again the one minute running time was painful. Following this are theCast Interviewswhich are more “funny” shorts which feature interviews with Wuse, Bat Thumb, one of the thugs, Blue Jay and a cop. This was one of the longest four minutes I have ever had to sit through. I didn’t even smile once. If you buy this, don’t watch that part.

TheBat Thumb teasertrailer was quite good as it pokes fun at other Hollywood teasers. It’s not funny, but I liked it’s style. TheBat Thumb cartoon traileris a violent mix of colours and pictures played with “funky” music. I am not sure what point it serves, but someone obviously spent a long time making it. TheStoryboardssection is ninety seconds worth of slideshow featuring the story of Bat Thumb, hand drawn. Fascinating! Before we get to the trailers, the final extra is aFeature Length Commentarywith the likes of director David Merrell, Mike Deprez (director of photography), Frank Kowal (set director) and the production designer Jorg Dubin. Its four guys chatting about their production but basically they are messing about and it’s more of the same funnyness. I couldn’t listen to all of it. The final extras are trailers forThumb Wars, Thumbtanic, The Blair Thumb, FrakenthumbandThe Godthumb. Reviews of some of these will be following this in the coming weeks.


Overall
Not as good as Thumb Wars, but with a couple of good moments. This short feature film is not something I would ask you to buy or even rent. There may be a decent selection of extra features, but most of them made me cry out in pain. Perhaps I am getting too old for this, or I’m not drunk enough.

手版戏院之蝙蝠侠

现在，一班动画界生力军寂静勃起，他们没有英俊的面貌，也没有像样的身段，全因它们是一只只大拇指，而且它们演的部部全是荷里活大片！

手版戏院电影在1999年已经开始推出，《铁达尼号》（Thumbtanic）、《星球大战》（Thumb Wars）、《蝙蝠侠》（Bat Thumb）、《殒命习作》（The Blair Thumb）、《科学怪人》（Frankenthumb）等作品均由鬼才编剧史提芬.奥狄奇（Steve Oadekerk）炮制，他重新创造出《神探飞机头》、《肥佬教授》等典范脚色，而这一次他就“弃人取指”，用生动淘气的拇指兵团担纲上演。故事方面的素材全是根据同名电影改编而成，虽然每集只要不到三非常钟的片长，但故事变节、人物抽象都被他描画得非常杰出，片中一幕幕典范场面非常引人爆笑。
　　手版戏院最大的特征便是影片中全部的脚色并非真人上演，局部全是人的大拇指来承担，只是经过差别的化装而拟人化了。手版剧的拍摄并非像所设想的这么简略，首先使用一种称为“Pencil And Paper”二维图像处置体系将故事变节的场面制成故事阐明图板，但是制造职员再竭尽所能制造出人物运动轨迹以及武器的分解镜头，末了导演用镜头拍摄下来，再使用电脑CGI合成技能制成，制成末了的画面。

拇指教父史提芬.奥狄奇。史提芬.奥狄奇以其杰出的编导才气驰名于荷里活，比年已经淡出电影圈，由拍电影转业制造动画。除了《爆酱武林》、《圣诞老人VS雪人》及《占美中子》等捧腹大笑作品之外，比年更秘密练兵，调集一班“拇指兵团”，加上电脑软件帮忙，1998年创作了他的第一部手版剧《铁达尼号》（Thumbtanic）获得很不错的反映。在其后的几年连续创作了《星球大战》（Thumb Wars）、《蝙蝠侠》（Bat Thumb）、《殒命习作》（The Blair Thumb）、《科学怪人》（Frankenthumb）等五部作品，VCD更一度在美国掀起抢购热潮。