The Ultimate Showdown

If you have not seen this flash movie yet, I am telling you to watch it right after you read this!

http://www.flashportal.com/movies/The_Ultimate_Showdown.html

"The Ultimate Showdown" by Neil Cicierega is hilarious. It begins with Batman picking a fight with Godzilla. Then Shaq, Aaron Carter (???), Optimus Prime, Abe Lincoln, Indiana Jones, Jackie Chan, a Care Bear stare, and a mess of others do battle between one another. I won't spoil the ending for you but the climax involves Chuck Norris against an army consisting of both versions of Gandolf (Grey and White), the Black Knight from Monty Python, Robocop, Terminator, Lopan (Big Trouble in Little China), Spock, Captain Kirk, Darth Vader, Doc Ock, Bill & Ted, the Power Rangers and a slew of others.

Ever since I got broadband internet at home I have discovered all sorts of different flash animated shorts. There are a lot of crappy ones out there, but there is also a lot of great stuff being done by really talented individuals. One of the best is Matt Gardner, a guy who has produced a lot of comedic X-Men cartoons, all of which can be found at newgrounds.com.

It seems that if you are a talented artist who is looking for a break then one of the best ways to do it is to create something and put it on the internet. I don't know how many people have become a success this way, but at least you get to create without having to be used by a corporate entity. Well I doubt that is actually true and I would bet that someone is milking these guys for some money, because the world today seems to favor the rich and the powerful while everyone else is left in the cold (with energy prices going up and up who can pay their heating bills???).

Enjoy these cartoons, even the crappy ones are better than the poorly produced Japanese shit that the networks are importing.