originally published Nov 2, 2021
BATMAN BEGONE RETURNS for a spine-tingling, hair-raising Halloween Spooktacular edition all about BATMAN RETURNS, which is technically a Christmas movie but don't worry about that, just work with me here, okay? To make things even more bone-chilling, we summon our dear departed friend Valerie from beyond the grave, calling upon her ghostly form to help us digest this big old Halloween treat of a spooky Christmas-themed Batman movie. Yes, you heard right, Valerie has passed on and is a ghost, so that's why she sounds like that. That's how ghosts sound and there's nothing that could be done about it, but luckily it's on theme. You won't hear us make any mention of the fact that Valerie is a ghost or that she sounds weird though because it's rude to talk about that stuff in front of ghosts. Just enjoy the show, okay? HAPPY HALLOWEEN!
originally published Mar 26, 2021
BATMAN BEGONE is BACK for an epic crossover event with Vera Drew's HOT TOPICS podcast! Trevor and Vera gush about ZACK SNYDER'S JUSTICE LEAGUE for two and a half hours in the ONLY Snyder Cut podcast you need to hear!
originally published Dec 15, 2020
The final chapter of our six-part miniseries BATMAN BEGONE, setting the record straight on the one and only definitive critique of the Dark Knight Trilogy. As a tribute to Christopher Nolan, this episode starts to fall apart about halfway through and devolves into a complete mess!
Theme song blah blah intellectual dark wave etc
originally published Dec 1, 2020
Speak of the devil, and he shall appear! Just when you thought there couldn't possibly be a more terrifyingly twisted villain than the dreaded Joker, the masked madman known as Bane has arrived in Gotham to mesmerize us all with his confusing ideological gibberish. This guy is so damn nuts he makes the Joker look like freaking Scarecrow!
Why does every single cop in Gotham go underground at the same time? Why does Talia al Ghul wait so long to blow up the city? Who the hell is Bane anyway and what exactly is his whole deal?! You will NOT find the answers to any of these burning questions here or anywhere else. But at least we tried!
Our badass BATMAN BEGONE theme song is performed by INTELLECTUAL DARK WAVE, the #1 commie synthpop artist in the nation. You can find him on:
Bandcamp- https://intellectualdarkwave.bandcamp.com
Soundcloud- https://soundcloud.com/intellectualdarkwave
YouTube- https://www.youtube.com/intellectualdarkwave
Twitter- https://twitter.com/IntellectualDa8
originally released Nov 15, 2020
We're back again to talk more shit about THE DARK KNIGHT, a movie about how it's good to lie to people, because people are good but they're stupid and if they know the truth they might become bad, or something like that. It doesn't make a lot of sense.
Listen to Intellectual Dark Wave at https://intellectualdarkwave.bandcamp.com or https://youtube.com/intellectualdarkwave or probably any other music place you like. You can also follow him @IntellectualDa8 on Twitter.
originally published Nov 1, 2020
We're back, folks, and we're taking on the fourth best comic book movie of 2008! In part one of our analysis of THE DARK KNIGHT, we explore the warped mind of the scariest villain in all of movie history, in a heated debate that threatens to tear us apart! Have our fragile hearts been forever scarred by the sinister ways of the Clown Prince of Crime? Have his devilish tricks doomed us all? Find out, on another thrilling installment of BATMAN BEGONE!
Listen to Intellectual Dark Wave at https://intellectualdarkwave.bandcamp.com or https://youtube.com/intellectualdarkwave or probably any other music place you like. You can also follow him @IntellectualDa8 on Twitter.
originally released Oct 15, 2020
In this episode of BATMAN BEGONE, we get pedantic as hell about Batman Begins and pick apart all of its confusing, contradictory political and moral themes. We also address important questions such as:
-What the fuck is Rachel's problem?
-How is it possible for Christian Bale to suck so bad in this movie?
-Is it ever okay for a dude to beat up his own mom?
Stay tuned for our expert analysis of The Dark Knight, coming November 1st!
The Batman Begone theme was composed by our good friend, commie synthpop artist Intellectual Dark Wave! You can find more of his fine music at https://intellectualdarkwave.bandcamp.com and https://www.youtube.com/intellectualdarkwave or follow him @IntellectualDa8 on Twitter.
originally released Oct 1, 2020
Welcome to the premiere episode BATMAN BEGONE, our exclusive six-part miniseries in which we offer you the ultimate, definitive, objectively correct critical analysis of Christopher Nolan's Dark Knight Trilogy! In this episode, we set the stage with an overview of the trilogy and then try to identify as many positive things as we can about the 2005 film that started it all. In part two, coming October 15th, we'll take a take a closer look at Batman Begins and its many flaws and attempt to decide whether it's worth saving or if we should simply let it explode in a fiery train crash.
The Batman Begone theme was composed by our good friend, commie synthpop artist Intellectual Dark Wave! You can find more of his fine music at https://intellectualdarkwave.bandcamp.com and https://www.youtube.com/intellectualdarkwave or follow him @IntellectualDa8 on Twitter.
Originally released August 12, 2021. This was a Patreon bonus series Ted and Trevor briefly did about comic books, this episode in particular was about a manga and featured our Japan-loving friend PJ. And now it's free!
Also features an incredible theme song by Orphillius! Check out his music at https://orphillius.bandcamp.com
here it is, as promised. i'm sorry and/or you're welcome.
What's this? Can it be? A new episode of We Need to Talk About Kevin? In which we share our long-awaited takes on that He-Man cartoon that everyone stopped caring about several weeks ago? Featuring who else but our favorite bona fide children's entertainment aficionado Kurt Schiller??
Yes, that's right, the wait is finally over. The official, definitive WNTTAK review of a cartoon that some people were mad about for a day or two and then completely forgot nearly two months ago, is here at last! And it's a good episode, because Kurt is on it!
Should I link to all of Kurt's stuff? You guys know Kurt, Blood Knife. Parents Just Don't Understand. Loving husband and father and an all-around superb guy! It's Kurt!!
Musician/writer Ryan Torgeson joins us to discuss a comic "co-written" by Kevin, which apparently means that Kevin pretty much didn't write it at all. It's very obvious that he had almost nothing to do with this one, and we all thought it was okay. Anyway, check out Ryan's stuff!
His twitter: https://twitter.com/molecularlioneI
His article for Blood Knife: https://bloodknife.com/cosmic-sexuality-stuart-gordon/
And his band, Paintwork: https://paintworkmusic.bandcamp.com/album/angles-planes
[CW: sexual assault]
Jesus Christ. I don't even know where to begin with this one. This comic is very possibly the worst thing that Kevin Smith has ever done. A deeply sexist, cynical, ugly piece of exploitation. Kevin had an opportunity to make a Spider-Man comic, and instead of aiming for a fun and breezy little adventure, he had to go and make it all about rape. Just awful. What a nasty little man. We hate his fucking guts.
The name of the guy that Trevor couldn't remember is Bob Hawk.
Niel's links:
https://twitter.com/fuckinalpamare
https://spalltalk.blogspot.com
#KevAnon
We recorded this like a week ago and I already barely remember what the comic was about. I know there were multiple cunnilingus scenes but that's about it. I'm pretty sure we all agreed that it wasn't as bad as the other Kevin comics we've read but still pretty bad. Trevor's old pal PJ joins us on this one to lend share of his vast Green Arrow expertise.
PJ is on Twitter at https://twitter.com/proctorjsemhaus. He says he doesn't want followers, but you can reach him there if you need to contact him for some reason.
It's Comic Book Month on We Need to Talk About Kevin! We've assigned ourselves the grim task of reading all of Kevin Smith's nauseatingly bad runs on superhero comics. To kick things off, we're discussing Kevin's first embarrassing foray into the comics medium with our friend, returning guest Chris Woodward! It's called DAREDEVIL: GUARDIAN DEVIL and I'm not even going to try to describe in pithy terms how shitty it is. I'm getting mad all over again just thinking about it now. It sucks so much!
Chris is the co-host of the children's media podcast Parents Just Don't Understand, which you can find at https://soundcloud.com/parentspodcast/ or on your podcast-listening app! He's written fine articles for Blood Knife such as this one: https://bloodknife.com/saint-maud-review/ and you can follow him on Twitter at https://twitter.com/cww_0
I forget how to write these episode descriptions. Look, Jesse Farrar aka Bronze Hammer, the author of that classic tweet about the wriggling jam, is on our podcast, to talk about a stupid Die Hard movie that Kevin is in! And it's a pretty good episode I think! I'm very tired.
Happy Valerientines Day! Just in time for the holiday, Valerie is joining our polycule to help us deliver a double dose of romance for all the lovers out there. On part one of this deluxe double episode, we have an intimate chat about the charming Jason Mewes/Paris Hilton romcom BOTTOMS UP. And on part two, now available exclusively on Patreon, we get up close and personal with the titillating details of Kevin Smith's storybook marriage. Sign up now at [edit: patreon.com/oddpodd] for double the steamy Valerientines content.
See Valerie's definitive rankings of the films of Robert Zemeckis at https://letterboxd.com/stealingvalerie/list/z-mode/ and follow https://twitter.com/myrnaacula for updates on her upcoming sketch show!
As BENUARY draws to a close, we take on the seminal Kevin-adjacent horror classic PHANTOMS, with a little help from genre fiction experts Karlo and Pete from Podside Picnic! Is Affleck truly "the bomb" in Phantoms, or is the only "bomb" here this damn movie (in the sense that it performed very poorly with critics and audiences alike!)?!
Here's all those links we promised you:
https://patreon.com/wnttak [edit: patreon.com/oddpodd]
https://teespring.com/stores/wnttak-trash-merch
https://patreon.com/PodsidePicnic
https://twitter.com/PodsidePete
https://twitter.com/trevorcumbo
https://twitter.com/wnttakpod [edit: twitter.com/the_odd_podd]
Oh, and Trevor has a new article out on Blood Knife, so check that out too: https://bloodknife.com/in-defense-of-watto
Fellow Affleck appreciator Ev from Dumb Bitch Media is back for BENUARY! With Ev's help, we compare Young Ben to Current Ben, debate the merits of Smart Guys vs. Dumb Guys, and discuss the finer points of Bostonian culture. And yes, unfortunately, we also talk about Kevin.
Links for more great Ev content:
https://soundcloud.com/user-519142174
https://www.patreon.com/dumbbitchmedia
Welcome to the season premiere of We Need to Talk About Kevin! It's a new year, which means it's also a new month, and that's a month that we call BENUARY, a special monthlong celebration of the great Ben Affleck. On our first free BENUARY episode, we've brought in our friend Evan MacDonald from the great movie podcast Kino Lefter to talk about Ben's starring role in DAREDEVIL, which also features a very forgettable cameo from Kevin Smith!
To hear more in-depth discussion of Ben Affleck's acting career all BENUARY long, subscribe to our premium feed at [edit: BENUARY is now available at patreon.com/oddpodd]
Check out our new merch store at https://teespring.com/stores/wnttak-trash-merch
And don't forget to listen to Kino Lefter and support them at https://www.patreon.com/kinolefter
