We snag up two of my favorite Newfoundlanders, the great Doug Tilley of the vast Cinema Smorgasbord podcasting episode, and contributions from the lovely TJ Dobbin, who was so wonderful on the SIN CITY episode, as we go DEEP on the origins of the Caped Crusaders with BATMAN BEGINS.
We discuss how much of a not-sure thing a new, serious Batman film was in the post-Schumacher wilds, Liam Neeson's ridiculous haircut, the extent to which a family of billionaires can charitably be called "ethical", Cillian Murphy's sumptuous lips, my distaste for origin stories, my mom being rude to Adam West, and just what this film did to be called JoBlo Dot Com's Best Film of 2005.
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