THE QUESTION

THE QUESTION ? (A Three Part Series) - Fans of the Blue Beetle were saddened when the B-List superhero was bumped off in the the events surrounding the Infinite Crisis, but don't count Mr. Kord out just yet..Director Chris Notarile offers us an alternative to the untimely demise of Ted Kord with the release of these three Fan Film shorts. In The Question? superhero/supersleuth The Question (aka Vic Sage) becomes particularly fascinated with Kord's murder when all of his facts point to a massive cover-up. The Question theorizes's that Kord's multi-universe counterpart took over his body the moment he was killed by Maxwell Lord when the universe folded over into ours, in essence, bringing him back from the dead. Since Lord, head of Checkmate, is linked to Kord's murder The Question manages to find the location of Checkmate's New York Headquarters and plans his rescue mission complete with an all new approach to getting the job done, influenced by none other than Mr. Rorschach (From The Watchmen-for all of you Un-Fanly Fanboys). Armed with new weapons and tactics will the Question be able to free Kord before it's too late? you know my stee-lo people, i never give away endings, it makes it more fun to watch in my opinion... For all of you die-hard Beetle Fans out there this film offers a pleasant alternative to the lame card Kord was dealt in the real DC Universe. If You understand the wackiness that is DC's Multi-Verse, Notarile's storyline is actually quite plausible. Being a Blue Beetle fan Myself I think i'll go with Mr. Notarile's storyline instead ,sorry DC! Brandon Slagle stars as The Question in the film and looks like he jumped right off the printed page, or straight from your televison, with a voice and vocabulary likened to Jeffrey Combs portrayl in Justce League Unlimited. With the help of some simple makeup magic Slagle's face is rendered faceless, and his image complete. What impressed me most of all about this film was the research and wit in Notarile's script, making us believe the unbelieveable. Notarile also offers a newer, more agressive side of the character in this film which i think suits him quite well, and it also serves as a nice parallel to his super-nerdy side. It kind of goes without saying but SURPRISE SURPRISE! The film also offers an appearance by The Blue Beetle. Notarile dons the old blue on blue spandex once again for this short, and once again does a bang-up job as everyone's favorite wisecracking masked guy, next to that other dude over at Marvel of course. Not much action in the film, except for the second installment of the series, but what's featured is well done. All in all i liked this film very much. Intelligent writing, accurate character portrayl, and just plain "guts" always equal a well done Fan Film, and with this film Notarile has done just that. In closing, i'm a bit embarrassed to toot my own horn *blush* but i actually make a cameo appearance in the film as a Checkmate Agent, I'm the dude in shades in case you blinked. I also had the unique oppurtunity to do some assistant camera work on the film, which was a unique, and all around cool experience. Thanks for that Chris, and thanks for this film! To see the Question series please visit Blinky's official website HERE.