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CharlieRock:
A famous Golden Age superheroine kicks Nazi butt in this fan made trailer:

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(this movie has been removed by user - DCM Staff)

SuperScrounge:
Ugh, that was bad.*

When I think of the Golden Age WW I think of the fun, light-hearted character who was a response to all the violent pulp inspired heroes, not the current grimdark, mass murdering WW who appears in comics today.

* Personal reaction, not a commentary on the production values or stunt work/acting, which seemed fine for what the creators were going for.

CharlieRock:
They have taken it down from Youtube, but if you Google "Wonder Woman Kicks Nazi Butt" (which, apparently is the name of this short) you can find the clone copies. As SuperScrounge points out it is very grim, and dark. While on the other hand they managed to make it seemingly look like an actual trailer to a Hollywood movie.

Here is an interesting thought that someone here might know the answer to:
If someone has a copyright character, like say Wonder Woman or Miss Marvel (nee Captain Marvel) and a fan made short film comes out. Can the copyright owner then use that fan made film for promotion of that character?

John C:
No, more like nobody is really legitimately allowed to distribute or exploit the work, at least not without permission.  Copyright always goes to the author unless it's explicitly reassigned.  If the work infringes another, that means two owners need to clear it.

That's why you'll sometimes hear about creators asking fans specifically not to send them ideas; if they use something similar, it can be argued they infringed on the fan's submission, even though it was (presumably) legitimately given freely.

CharlieRock:
Okay, my thinking was more along the lines of say DC/Marvel snatching up a fan film and then going "Hey, this actually looks cool guys. Let's publish it ourselves." (There is a rather well done fan made Lobo movie that I keep wishing would get added as a special feature to some DVD set)

And how did Star Wars get away with maintaining copyrights in light of so many fan made films when WB/Disney feel compelled to stomp out these things? Presumably Disney will crush these films as well once they realise the extent and variety out there.

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