Monthly Archives: October 2023

Episode 23: Batman Begins

Every story has a beginning and an ending, and this week on the podcast, I am doing both. This is the podcast’s season finale: Christopher Nolan’s extremely silly superhero reboot Batman Begins!

It’s the story of an irresponsible young man who falls down a well and never really gets back up. He spends most of act 1 in an exploding ninja factory, then goes home and discovers that somebody’s been inventing Batman stuff the whole time he was away. Listen to the show and find out how it all comes out!

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Episode 22: X-Men: The Last Stand

This week on the podcast, author Laramie Dean joins me to talk about the 2006 mixed metaphor X-Men: The Last Stand! It’s the third effort in the X-Men film series, and it’s the story of what happens when the studio wants to make one movie, and the director and screenwriter want to make a different one.

As two plotlines collide, we ask the important questions: Why are powerful women always out of control? Can you actually tell the “Dark Phoenix” story in a movie? Is this a decent metaphor for queerness? and most importantly, What’s up with the kid who can change TV channels with his eyes?

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