Batman

  • Investigating Every Sequel Tease in The Batman

    15/03/2022
    ?    GOOD BYE The Batman ends with the simplest riddle of all. Of course this isn’t goodbye. The film explored Batman’s psychological and greater perspective shift from the embodiment of vengeance to hope, something Gotham needs more than ever, but this is clearly a single step on a much...

  • ‘The Batman Superman Movie: World’s Finest’ Remains DC’s Best TV Crossover

    25/01/2022
    Across film and television today, every superhero property is connected to another from its inception. Shared universes dominate and, I admit, it’s enjoyable to see a large storytelling tapestry weaved across multiple series and films. But this does have a downside, something that was made apparent to me when...

  • Harley Quinn’s Finest Hour (or 22 minutes)

    05/01/2021
    I’ve never really liked Harley Quinn. Growing up I was exposed to the character through different mediums, without the clear character progression that other older fans who were there for the birth of Harley in Batman: The Animated Series had. The video game Arkham Asylum was my introduction to...

  • Why The Court of Owls is the Perfect Basis for the Next Batman Arkham Game

    16/06/2020
    It’s been five years since the release of Batman: Arkham Knight and discussion of a new instalment in the franchise has been eerily quiet of late. While Rocksteady seems to have moved on from Batman and are producing a new mystery game, it’s likely that WB Games Montreal are...

  • Even More Made in Dreams, Pure Geek

    02/03/2020
    Ben explores what has been done with some geekier franchises in Dreams and if they can live up to their movie, game or comic counterparts. Explored are Dreams by R_KingDaddy, bluerabbit27, Mystical_Vortex_ and finally corleonehitman. Hit me up if you’ve any Dreams you want to share @nova_47 on twitter...

  • What’s Next After Joker?

    22/10/2019
    This article contains spoilers for Joker. After months of buzz, backlash, backlash to the backlash, and just general Internet chatter, Joker is finally in cinemas. It’s certainly a bold film and one I enjoyed greatly. Joaquin Phoenix stars as the eponymous clown prince of crime and he delivers a...

  • Tanked Up 182 – Finger licking good

    04/10/2019
    Ben and Aadil get together to discuss the visual novel recently released by KFC, ‘I Love You, Colonel Sanders! A Finger Lickin’ Good Dating Simulator’. This spurs on a conversation around Visual novels, games such as Hatoful Boyfriend, and the developer’s other titles. Ben then brings up Arkham Knight...

  • Why Batman Returns is a Great Movie but a Bad Batman Movie

    13/08/2019
    On the third of June earlier this year, Warner Bros released the Burton/Schumacher series of Batman films on 4K Ultra-HD Blu-ray, and, as an avid fan of this growing home entertainment format, I snatched them up. Not all of them of course, I’m not a crazy person. I bought...

  • My Hopes For Gotham’s Final Season

    27/11/2018
    After 88 episodes and 4 seasons I still don’t know if Gotham is a good show. It’s often poorly plotted, convoluted and tonally unbalanced and yet at times it feels totally self-aware of its own craziness and comes out the other side bearing gifts of genuine drama and comedy,...