Monthly Archives: September 2023

Episode 21: Justice League

Well, it had to happen eventually. This week on the podcast, I’m talking with movie and arts critic Robert Faires about Joss Whedon’s Justice League, the 2017 Frankenstein creation that merged Zack Snyder and Joss Whedon’s sensibilities to the satisfaction of no one.

The first act’s a little longer than usual, because we have so much to talk about: the parademon scratch-off game, terrorists with a vague agenda, fish with fomo, the fruit-kicking crime spree, and the blind spot that both Zack and Joss seem to have when it comes to the definition of “heroes”. Join us on this journey, as we try to make sense of it all.

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Episode 20: Batman & Robin

Well, we all knew it would happen eventually — if I kept on doing the podcast, I would inevitably end up discussing the unappreciated 1997 Ice Capades show, Batman & Robin. Fortunately, I found a great partner for the adventure: graphic designer, author and publisher Stuart Manning, who unironically loves this not-actually-worst movie, and was willing to dig into the good (Mr. Freeze) and the terrible (oh, lots of things) to figure out what makes this eccentric and toyetic film such a pleasantly bewildering experience.

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