Underplayed Gems

Batman: Death in the Family (2020)

Batman: Death in the Family poster
Original title
DC Showcase - Batman: Death in the Family
Directed by
Brandon Vietti
Genre
drama film, fantasy film, action film, horror film, war film, science fiction film
Country
United States
Runtime
31 min
Rated
R
Rating
7.1 of 10 from 479 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
The 3D catalogue: film cases on wooden shelves, with the cat sitting at the counter next to its greeting.

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

The viewer explores alternate versions of a famous story where Robin Jason Todd is killed by the Joker. The interactive format lets you choose different paths that lead to different outcomes for the characters. It is a direct follow-up to an earlier film that dealt with the same event.

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What happens

Batman: Death in the Family (or DC Showcase: Batman: Death in the Family) is a 2020 American adult animated interactive superhero film that explores alternate outcomes of the 1988 comics storyline "A Death in the Family", in which Jason Todd, the second character to bear the mantle of Batman's sidekick Robin, was murdered by the Joker. Produced, written, and directed by Brandon Vietti, the voice cast includes Bruce Greenwood, Vincent Martella, and John DiMaggio. It is a spiritual successor to Batman: Under the Red Hood (2010), and was released on Blu-ray on October 13, 2020. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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