The Legacy of Joel Schumacher

The complicated matter of a talented director who released a movie fans didn’t like at just the wrong time.

Batman + Sweat = Batsweat

This post is inspired by a conversation with none other than @TheInsaneRobin. He insisted that my recent post about Sybok from Star Trek preventing Thanos’ mass murdering impulses in Avengers: Infinity War was the nerdiest I’ve ever written, so I want to try to pick up that vibe again. I mean, I’d offer that my […]

Science May Turn Joel Schumacher’s Batman & Robin into a Futuristic Masterpiece

Batman & Robin is a fairly-reviled Batman movie. Joel Schumacher was regarded as history’s greatest monster for some time after its creation (greater even than Nixon or Carter). To be honest, he bore the brunt of that criticism fairly well over the years. I can also say that, as a Batman fan, once I grew […]

The Batman Blogs: The Car

When you hear the name “Batman,” perhaps the first thing you think of before Gotham, The Joker or killing off Robin is the Batmobile. The one and only stock car of heroism. Superman may be able to fly, but he’s never had a rad car like the Batmobile. Much like the average male, Batman makes […]

The Batman Blogs: The City

And now we turn our eye on the most critical design element of any Batman story. Gotham City. If anything, the Gotham City you get is the biggest indicator of what you can expect from any iteration of Batman. Dark and Brooding Gotham begets Dark and Brooding Batman, Garish Gotham begets Campy Batman, Rea–World Gotham […]

The Batman Blogs: Batman vs. Batman vs. Batman vs. Batman

So here we are. For the first entry in our series, I decided to examine the different portrayals of The Caped Crusader. The Dark Knight. The evolution of the Batman character itself has been fascinating. As mentioned in the Introduction blog, Batman speaks to certain identity issues that my generation currently is experiencing. Batman’s gone […]

The Batman Blogs: Introduction

Not too long ago, I blogged about reboots. Naturally, Batman came up in the course of conversation; I’m pretty sure that the first time I heard the term “reboot” was in conjunction with Christopher Nolan’s reinvention of the character’s life on screen. Now, everyone knows how much I loved Batman Begins and even moreso The […]