A clever mashup from CollegeHumor.com suggests Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight—the hotly anticipated, second chapter of his radical re-envisioning of the Batman franchise for Warner Bros.—might be less of a radical re-envisioning than we might have been led to believe. Frankly, they could prove the entire thing was lifted frame-by-frame from an NYU film school thesis project, we wouldn't be any less excited about it. Dark Knight! Whooo! Movie of the summer! The side-by-side "trailers" are after the jump:

Batman vs The Dark Knight Trailer [College Humor]

5:35 PM on Mon Apr 28 2008
By Seth
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Dr. Spaceman, Esq. at 07:41 PM on 04/28/08
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Scene a faire?
Senator Boomdog at 08:27 PM on 04/28/08
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Connectedness Index: 84

They're also both blatant ripoffs of a comic book in which a man dressed like a bat chases around a guy in white facepaint.
Dimo at 08:59 PM on 04/28/08
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Dude, It's just like Darkside of the Moon and The wizard of Oz. I gotta stop getting high.
botmo at 08:59 PM on 04/28/08
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To make sure no one makes the mistake, this is not the original Batman trailer. The original Batman trailer is from 1989 yet this green card has web addresses on it. There was no world wide web in 1989, www didn't exist until 1990/91 let alone companies making websites. Plus here is the original Batman trailer: [www.movie-list.net] Trailer editing has changed a lot in the last 19 years. Its a nice edit of the orginal movie to look like a modern trailer but that's all.
Monsieur.Mind at 10:45 PM on 04/28/08
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So, wait a minute, I'm confused... Michael Keaton, Morgan Freeman, and Michael Caine were in a movie together?
CakeAndDeath at 11:11 PM on 04/28/08
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Ripoff? I care not. Joker will make me shit my pants regardless.
regisgoat at 05:11 AM on 04/29/08
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Well, that's proof positive, but It's hopeless, isn't it. I still have to be there for it, first day front row center. Same thing with James Bond. I KNOW it's crap. But it's like trying to be a Christian Scientist convincing yourself that you don't have malaria. Every two or three years, the new attack comes and the shivering starts.
ron2112 at 06:16 AM on 04/29/08
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No one believes the upper frame is an actual Tim Burton Batman trailer, right? We all know that's just a selection of clips meant to emulate the Dark Knight trailer, right? Okay, just making sure.
TurdBlossom at 08:26 AM on 04/29/08
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They had me at "Why so serious?"
Benovite at 08:47 AM on 04/29/08
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Batshit: The Movie
Victor Ward at 09:14 AM on 04/29/08
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I don't care how creative it is, as long as Christian Bale's face is invoved.
Benovite at 09:16 AM on 04/29/08
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Don't worry, he still doesn't make any attempts to disturb his beautiful face with any show of emotions.
gedimin at 11:59 AM on 04/29/08
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Pure homage. It would be useless to suggest otherwise. I like it, good homage, nicely done sir *pat *pat
mr hotpants at 03:00 PM on 04/29/08
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More importantly, Christian Bale is shirtless throughout the movie, correct?
meism at 05:14 PM on 04/29/08
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Right. Who needs facial expression when you've got flesh-colored nipples.