Stories by @nathanbates
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Dark Shadows (2022)
The last Tim Burton movie I really enjoyed.
David Lynch’s The Addams Family (1991)
Apparently Scott Rudin considered Lynch to direct the 1991 movie. Cast accordingly.
Stardust (2022)
The Kingsmen movies have ruined Matthew Vaughn.
Burton-verse: Year One
For years, Bruce Wayne attempted to fill the void he felt inside by throwing increasingly lavish parties at his cavernous estate. Lately, he’s opted to sneak out into the city, roaming the dangerous streets where his parents were killed in front of him as a child. On one such “excursion”, Wayne mistakingly takes violent action against what he thought was a mugger harassing a family of three. Left beaten and confused but exhilarated, Wayne makes a vow to his deceased father that very same night. He will funnel his exceptional intellect and wealth towards the betterment of his decaying city. He will learn to strike fear into the hearts of the superstitious and cowardly alike. He will become a terrible figure to stalk evildoers preying on the innocent by night. He will become… THE BAT.
The Brave and The Bold
You knew this was coming.
A K I R A
Set in a post-apocalyptic and futuristic "Neo-Tokyo", more than three decades after a mysterious explosion destroyed the city, the story centers on teenage biker gang leader Shotaro Kaneda, militant revolutionary Kei, a trio of espers, and Neo-Tokyo military leader Colonel Shikishima, who attempt to prevent Tetsuo Shima, Kaneda's mentally unbalanced childhood friend, from using his unstable and destructive telekinetic abilities to ravage the city and awaken a mysterious entity with powerful psychic abilities named "Akira".
Goncharov (2023)
The greatest mafia movie ever made.
Jim Jarmusch’s The Sandman (1992)
coarse, rough and irritating.
Reservoir Dogs
When a simple jewelry heist goes horribly wrong, the surviving criminals begin to suspect that one of them is a police informant.
A Mystery-Ran Machine
A young would-be sleuth tracks down the aging and reclusive Mr. Jones, a former teenage myth buster forced into retirement years ago by a tragedy, hoping to inspire him to journey along into one final, triumphant adventure… what actually ensues is a difficult and revealing journey back to the Spears Manor, the site of Jones and his former gang’s final, fatal case. Our young protagonist will discover that ghosts are very much real. They come in different forms and can wound us in ways from which we may never heal.
Blue Collar (2018)
When three workers try to steal from the local union, they instead discover corruption and decide to use this information for blackmail.
Hulk (2023)
The green monster of rage, greed, jealousy, and fear in all of us."
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (2020)
The sight is dismal and our affairs from England come too late. The ears are senseless that should give us hearing, to tell him his commandment is fulfilled…
Robert Eggers’ Frankenstein
What if instead of Dracula, Eggers made a Frankenstein movie?
The Big Break
An actor fancying himself a sleuth takes it upon himself to solve the mystery of a Hollywood screenwriter’s sudden disappearance, plunging down a rabbit hole of kidnapping, murder, infidelity, monopolization and subliminal messaging.
The Underground Man
A loner with bad sleeping habits searches for meaning while traversing the seedy nightlife of the city.
Actresses Who Could Play Poison Ivy in a Batman Sequel
Suggest actresses to portray everyone’s favorite mass murdering environmentalist in an upcoming sequel to The Batman (2022), Dr. Pamela Isley herself.
Paris, Texas (2022)
Travis Henderson, an aimless drifter who has been missing for four years, wanders out of the desert and must reconnect with society, himself, his life, and his family.
Daredevil: The Man Without Fear (2015)
What if… instead of becoming a Netflix series, Daredevil had gotten a cinematic comeback as part of the MCU?
Blade Runner 2049: The Inevitable Gender Swapping
An artificial sad boy (girl) dreams of becoming a real human being (and a real hero.)