Batman has taken on Predator and, with assistance from Superman, both Aliens and Predator. Yet somehow he's never faced the Terminator -- until now, that is.

In this tense short conceived by Tony Guerrero and animated by Mitchell Hammond, we're reintroduced to Bruce Wayne, 30 years after Skynet's nuclear blasts, as he tries to make his way across the wasteland of the United States "to join forces with the man determined to neutralize the electronic menace -- John Conner."

Batman Vs. The Terminator feels very much like The Dark Knight Returns meets Akira meets Heavy Metal. And at a little less than five minutes long, it's far too short.

(via Jason Copland)