It's here.... "THE GREATEST FAN FILM OF ALL TIME"

[larryfilmmaker]

Ladies and gentlemen... after a year and a half and over 1,300 hours of animation with voicework from over 6 states and even Canada... we bring you "The Greatest Fan Film of All Time"...

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x7pw7l_the-greatest-fan-film-of-all-time_shortfilms

 

[The IronMan]

Great job!Quite a piece of work

 

[muertevilla]

Honestly... That was one of the greatest things I have ever seen. The Punisher's gift to Stan Lee is great!!

 

[Spider-Fan]

If only I were a voice actor. This was all kinds of awesome

 

[larryfilmmaker]

The natural "beefs" with the film that people will have (too long, "this guy can't beat that guy") were things that we KNEW would be complaints, but we pushed on anyway because it's OUR film and it's the story WE wanted to tell. I love input, whether it's positive or negative, but I've reached a point where it doesn't effect me personally at all. Not to be cheesy but I'm so proud of my guys right now that I can't put it into words.

 

[larryfilmmaker]

nothing like being moved to the "fan films" section where nobody will see it.

 

[Spider-Fan]

nothing like being moved to the "fan films" section where nobody will see it.

Actually, this is where I saw it. But, I have a fan fic in here. That probably helped.

But seriously man, you did a phenominal job on that. What kind of equipment did you use for the voice recordings?

 

[NickyTea]

Well, it is a fanfilm, so this is where it belongs. And I think it's an odd title...being the best of something that is generally known for it's poor quality? lol

Action is a very hard thing to do, and aside from a few shot-to-shot pacing issues, I really enjoyed watching this.
The only thing that took me out of it was the use of pretty typical music from other franchises (Matrix, Pirates of the Caribbean, etc)

Great work.

 

[larryfilmmaker]

we recorded sound in like five different states and even in Canada so there was no one set recording technique

 

[WormyT]

Ladies and gentlemen... after a year and a half and over 1,300 hours of animation with voicework from over 6 states and even Canada... we bring you "The Greatest Fan Film of All Time"...

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x7pw7l_the-greatest-fan-film-of-all-time_shortfilms

Thats amazing!! Really well done. I love the art style. Kind of Family guyesque. Great camera angles music etc.

wT

 

[.Rorschach.]

Just saw your fan trailer of Thundercats WormyT....amazing!Great work on this animation larryfilmmaker

 

[larryfilmmaker]

WORMYT, you made that Thundercats trailer? Nice job. The dudes at Filmthreat slapped it up for you.

 

[bored]

This is finally out!

 

[Kevin]

Go Stan lee! Go Cher! Omg, that was Epic! I hate you so much, that was so good.

 

[bored]

So was this just the biggest labor of love or what?

 

[larryfilmmaker]

Yeah, sort of. I knew I was getting too old (in my opinion) to keep doing "fan films" but that I honestly thought I could and should do one that would leave people talking forever. I wanted to do the things that I knew would never happen in an official movie, whether they were epic or humorous. I didn't want to have to kiss fans' asses like most comics/movies do. Every time their fav. character gets beat up by a character they don't like, the writers leave some cheesy "out" or excuse... a "well, he would have won if THIS had happened" sort of cop out. I hate that. I love Cyclops but Thor's hammer would crush him. I love Grayson but Flash would destroy him in the blink of an eye. Doesn't make the characters any less interesting, cool, or fun. This was our FINAL "fan film" so I wanted to go out with a bang.

And lastly... I gave it a title that I knew would create a bias against our project because I HATE when people say something is good just because they're bias. If people went in WANTING to hate it and loved it by the end, we knew we had a genuinely good film. Plus, we're cocky as hell. :0)

 

[larryfilmmaker]

let us know what you thought of the film by writing a mini-review (BE HONEST!) and giving us 1-5 stars right here:

http://www.batmanfanfilms.com/films/?fanfilm=1

 

[larryfilmmaker]

we're working on some awesome new stuff now but Jacob Drake isn't involved. He's doing his own thing for the time being and we'll come back together after most likely.

 

[thejon93]

Although I do believe that it's a blistering arrogant statement to call your own work "THE GREATEST ... OF ALL-TIME", I do believe that this is undoubtably the greatest fan-film ever made. It's easy to tell that you guys put your utmost effort into making this an extremely-intelligent gem of online-media. I congratulate you and your mates for the truly-terrific work.

 

[larryfilmmaker]

Although I do believe that it's a blistering arrogant statement to call your own work "THE GREATEST ... OF ALL-TIME", I do believe that this is undoubtably the greatest fan-film ever made. It's easy to tell that you guys put your utmost effort into making this an extremely-intelligent gem of online-media. I congratulate you and your mates for the truly-terrific work.

Thank you very much... and there was a method behind our arrogance. Fanboys are the most bias people on the planet. They love or hate things without even having seen them.

If we could have them hating us before watching and liking us after, we knew we'd done a good job.

 

[thejon93]

Thank you very much... and there was a method behind our arrogance. Fanboys are the most bias people on the planet. They love or hate things without even having seen them.

If we could have them hating us before watching and liking us after, we knew we'd done a good job.

Well, either way, a congratulations to yourself and the whole team behind it; because that was the best user-created video I've ever seen in my life, and probably will ever see in my life.

So, "THE GREATEST FAN FILM OF ALL-TIME"?... Quite possibly

 

[larryfilmmaker]

A NEW REVIEW FROM FANCINEMATODAY:

“We’ve created Batman’s Gonna Get Shot in the Face and Nintendo: Oldschool Revolution, and they’ve both racked up millions of views,” Larry Longstreth told me. “We’re proud of them, but we also realize that we have got to move beyond the realm of fan films if we want to grow. So, we’re saying goodbye with our arrogantly titled animation, The Greatest Fan Film of All Time.”
Any movie with a name like that, even as a joke, probably has a strike against it. Throw in that it’s a homemade, 45-minute, flash-animated flick, and that creates even less enthusiasm. Guess what? The Greatest Fan Film of All Time is a helluva lot of fun to watch.

The plot is simple: Millions of superheroes gather in Metropolis to celebrate Stan Lee’s birthday, bad guys show up, chaos ensues, and good triumphs over evil. Along the way, there are so many appearances by various heroes across the fandom realm, that I’ll be honest: I didn’t know who a few of them were.

It doesn’t matter: Even if you have only the most basic knowledge of comics, you’re in for a treat. There are some priceless moments, like Superman “helping” Stan kick some ass, Venom eating Spider-Man’s skull, and a great—great—conversation between superteam leaders, talking shop about how every team has The Guy, the one who perpetually undermines their authority (cue Wolverine’s entrance).
The battle between the Hulk and Superman is a riot—probably the best part of the flick. It brought back memories of Scott McCloud’s classic 1980s one-shot comic, Destroy (the 3D version is especially worth tracking down). For those who love gross-out humor, let’s just say it’s no fun being The Atom. And Comic Book Guy? Best. Fan Film Cameo. Ever.

Despite all the yuks, however, there are moments when the movie shifts moods. The flick starts out with baby Superman’s departure from Krypton, which is depicted with a melancholy that Richard Donner never managed to achieve. Later, too, when the bad guys have all but won, the tone is genuinely grim—not an easy thing to achieve in a fan film.
The movie was animated and directed by Jacob Drake, and written and edited by Longstreth; in total, they spent 18 months making the film, logging more than 1,300 hours of animating in the process. Voice work was recorded across six states and Canada, with assists from both fan film veterans like Aaron Schoenke and Paul Molnar (Patient J) who supplied the voices of Scarecrow and Joker respectively, and a bona fide rock star in the form of Raine Maida, lead singer of Our Lady Peace.
Is it the Greatest Fan Film of All Time? You’ll have to decide that for yourself—and you’ll have a great time along the way.

 

[larryfilmmaker]

A recent interview about the cartoon: http://madangelfilms.com/interviews/25-the-buck/222-interviews-by-buckwith-larry-longstreth.html

 

[kguillou]

Dude, that was freakin awesome! I LOVED the power rangers/voltron thing near the end. lol

 

[Vapor]

Congratulations for a fantastic peice of work. I have greatly enjoyed watching this several times now. The battle is great and there are some genuine funny moments in there. The ammount of cameos is great too, it even has Powdered Toast Man and Artie, the strongest man in the world

But I was wondering if you've had any feedback or heard of any comments from comic insiders, especially by Stan Lee? I think it would be great if Stan Lee had seen and loved it.