Stories by @nathanbates

The Brave and The Bold

You knew this was coming.

A K I R A

Set in a post-apocalyptic and futuristic "Neo-Tokyo", more than three decades after a mysterious explosion destroyed the city, the story centers on teenage biker gang leader Shotaro Kaneda, militant revolutionary Kei, a trio of espers, and Neo-Tokyo military leader Colonel Shikishima, who attempt to prevent Tetsuo Shima, Kaneda's mentally unbalanced childhood friend, from using his unstable and destructive telekinetic abilities to ravage the city and awaken a mysterious entity with powerful psychic abilities named "Akira".

Goncharov (2023)

The greatest mafia movie ever made.

Jim Jarmusch’s The Sandman (1992)

coarse, rough and irritating.

Reservoir Dogs

When a simple jewelry heist goes horribly wrong, the surviving criminals begin to suspect that one of them is a police informant.

A Mystery-Ran Machine

A young would-be sleuth tracks down the aging and reclusive Mr. Jones, a former teenage myth buster forced into retirement years ago by a tragedy, hoping to inspire him to journey along into one final, triumphant adventure… what actually ensues is a difficult and revealing journey back to the Spears Manor, the site of Jones and his former gang’s final, fatal case. Our young protagonist will discover that ghosts are very much real. They come in different forms and can wound us in ways from which we may never heal.

Blue Collar (2018)

When three workers try to steal from the local union, they instead discover corruption and decide to use this information for blackmail.

Hulk (2023)

The green monster of rage, greed, jealousy, and fear in all of us."

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (2020)

The sight is dismal and our affairs from England come too late. The ears are senseless that should give us hearing, to tell him his commandment is fulfilled…

Robert Eggers’ Frankenstein

What if instead of Dracula, Eggers made a Frankenstein movie?

The Big Break

An actor fancying himself a sleuth takes it upon himself to solve the mystery of a Hollywood screenwriter’s sudden disappearance, plunging down a rabbit hole of kidnapping, murder, infidelity, monopolization and subliminal messaging.

The Underground Man

A loner with bad sleeping habits searches for meaning while traversing the seedy nightlife of the city.

Actresses Who Could Play Poison Ivy in a Batman Sequel

Suggest actresses to portray everyone’s favorite mass murdering environmentalist in an upcoming sequel to The Batman (2022), Dr. Pamela Isley herself.

Paris, Texas (2022)

Travis Henderson, an aimless drifter who has been missing for four years, wanders out of the desert and must reconnect with society, himself, his life, and his family.

Daredevil: The Man Without Fear (2015)

What if… instead of becoming a Netflix series, Daredevil had gotten a cinematic comeback as part of the MCU?

Batman Begins - official alternative casting

Using only the actors actually considered for the movie, what would an ideal alternate cast for Batman Begins look like?

Blade Runner 2049: The Inevitable Gender Swapping

An artificial sad boy (girl) dreams of becoming a real human being (and a real hero.)

Blood Meridian

The novel tells the story of a teenaged runaway referred to only as "the kid" with the bulk of the text devoted to his experiences with the Glanton gang, a historical group of scalp hunters who massacred Indigenous Americans and others in the United States–Mexico borderlands from 1849 to 1850 for bounty, pleasure, and eventually out of nihilistic habit.

The Safdie Brothers’ The Batman

What if the acclaimed directing duo tackled the bat?

Robert Pattinson’s Batman Rogues Gallery

Matt Reeves I know you’re reading this. Steal these ideas.