This is the second part of the Batman: Breakdown discussion in which we deconstruct the story elements and discuss how said elements were constructed to make this feel like a real part of the Batman story. Discussed here are the later scenes and the climax. At the very end there is a special...

This is the first of a two part epic investigation into the making of Batman: Breakdown. There’s so much detail, so many hidden references and so much forethought behind the writing and production that this ended up needing two shows to contain it. I am joined by Daniel Floyd of Extra...

We come to it at last. The final review in the Gonzo Batman series. The epic conclusion to Christopher Nolan’s game-changing Dark Knight Trilogy. It’s definitely not as straightforward as film two in the series because many people hate this film already, and an equal amount adore...

The tenth of eleven Batman reviews for Gonzo Planet is part two of Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight Trilogy. Following the powerful set-up of Batman Begins, the production team pulled out all the stops to deliver an epic crime thriller in the style of Michael Mann’s Heat. This is a...

Finally we get to Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight Trilogy. After eight years away from cinema screens, and multiple stalled attempts at relaunching the franchise, Warner Bros knocked the Bat out of the park with the best film so far and arguably the most compelling and mature adaptation...

-By David Hartrick “Hello, my name’s Dave, I’ve been a Batman fan for over twenty years and…and…” “It’s okay, tell the group, we’re all friends here and this is what we do, we share and we rehabilitate each other Mr Hartrick.” “…and…and I don’t think Frank...

Two of the finest games focused on a comic book hero, Batman: Arkham Asylum and Arkham City are the subject of this week’s show. This is 50+ hours of content to cram into 123 minutes but my team of assembled guests are once again entirely dedicated to their art. They’re enormous...

This week we’re looking at three of the best Animated Batman Movies. 1. Year One (2011): The retold origin by Frank Miller, published in comic form in 1987. This film focuses on Bruce first donning the cape and cowl at the same time that Jim Gordon arrives at Gotham City PD and...

This week rather than looking at another Batman movie, I’ve turned my attention to my favourite of his many graphic novels. Hush was written in 2002 by Jeph Loeb and Jim Lee and is a mystery thriller featuring a massive cast of heroes and villains, manipulated from the shadows by a...

Click on the player down the bottom to hear Alex reading an audio version of this article. Let us know what you think of this style. -By David Hartrick Tricky thing to write, a love letter. If you go too emotional things start to feel contrived, too cold and there really seems little...

We’re back at the Bat! This week was going to be a pair of reviews of the 1995 film Batman Forever and the 1997 sequel; Batman & Robin, both directed by Joel Schumacher. What we found was that our problems with these films could not be separated and a great deal of the issues of the...

Batman: Mask of the Phantasm [1993] This is the fourth of the Batman shows. This time we’re taking a deep dive into the absolutely underrated box-office bomb, virtually unknown by the general public, but possibly best film about Batman until the Nolan films came along; Mask of the Phantasm....

Batman Returns [1992] This is the third of the Batman shows. This time we’re focusing on the popular, troubled, dark, flawed and twisted sequel to Burton’s 1989 smash hit. My guests this week are Neil Taylor of GameBurst and KDS 2.0 along with Sharon Shaw, Jerome McIntosh and Paul...