Batman---The Dark Knight---as you've never seen him before

Youtube is a wonder. Yeah, there's a lot of trash and the commenters almost always use at least one expletive (even on kid videos)...but the good stuff available makes it all worthwhile.

I recently read an editorial by John Podhoretz where he opined that 'The Dark Knight' was just another superhero movies. Ok, his opinion. Fine. But regular superhero movies don't inspire as much fan-spoofing (admiring fan spoofing, I should add) as did this last Batman movie. Spoofs of the trailer are most common, though there are some recreated movie scenes as well.

Here are some of the best The Dark Knight spoofs on YouTube:

1. First, a kiddie-version of the trailer. This both genuinely funny and weird. Pure enjoyment.

Here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xy673zWHUOw&feature=related

2. Next, a lego-version of the trailer. Quite well-done indeed. Also a second version was made, and the link for that is in the feature box next to the video.

Here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=StWZDqqBfJo

3. And this is one of the BEST. A Toy Story version!

Here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7QFWBFIEuig

4. A pretty good spoof by high-school kids, with a slightly different twist on the trailer here and there.

Here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8sYBqhOEdRQ&feature=related

5. Perhaps funniest of all this Interrogation Scene re-do, in which Batman's breathy/raspy way of saying things leads to some confusion...

Here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2yv8aT0UFc&feature=related