After celebrating the 40th anniversary of Raiders of the Lost Ark last week, Pop Jedi returns to the realm of comic book movies to celebrate the recent anniversary of Batman Returns.
The 1992 sequel to the 1989 Batman film saw the return of director Tim Burton as well as Michael Keaton re-donning the cape and cowl. It also featured the addition of Danny DeVito as The Penguin, Michelle Pfeiffer as Selina Kyle/Catwoman and other great actors including Christopher Walken, Michael Gough, Pat Hingle, Michael Murphy, and Vincent Schiavelli.
Join Pop Jedi hosts Rob DiLauro, Di Marie, and JennaSayWhat as they cover some of the latest pop culture news, including Quentin Tarantino, Steven Spielberg, and Loki, as well as their discussion and celebration of another film anniversary!
After the phenomenon that was Tim Burton's "Batman", he came back to the franchise that with a story that was even darker, and introduced audiences to two more of Gotham's denizens, the forgotten and mutated Oswald Cobblepot and a fractured and subservient secretary named Selina Kyle, and as fans of the sequel know they would go on to be known as Penguin and Catwoman. The continuation was gothic horror, twisted, and gruesome, but despite the controversy and critical lashing, many felt it was superior to the first, and there are a few members of Pop Jedi who would praise it as masterful.
Next week, Pop Jedi returns to the realm of Marvel heroes and films with an episode dedicated to Black Widow!
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About Pop Jedi: Robert DiLauro, a horror genre veteran who's been battling it out online and in print for more than a decade, is branching out to share his love of all things outside of that specific genre and he's doing so through "Pop Jedi". The team discusses all things pop-culture including comics, film, horror, sci-fi, fantasy... you get the idea. A lot of the same topics that have brought you here to CBM, and can be found exclusively on CBM's official YouTube channel (YouTube.com/ComicBookMovie).
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About The Author:
ComicBookMovie.com and Best Little Sites was the brainchild of Nate and a friend way back in 2002. Nate initially focused on the back-end programming and front-end design, but now manages the company and its associated sites as well, with a LOT of help from some very talented contributors.
Nate has loved comics from a very young age and continues to read them on a regular basis thanks to subscriptions to various titles (both Marvel and DC). He also loves movies, as his wife and children will attest. He's not overly critical of movies, so his reviews should be taken with a grain of salt as he's much more interested in being entertained and escaping the "real" world for a couple of hours than finding every conceivable plot-hole and character flaw in a film.
Outside of his guilty "nerdy" pleasures, Nate enjoys spending time with his wife and three boys, CrossFit, playing guitar, coaching youth sports and MMA (he spent a couple of years in the cage as an NHB fighter, but is now MUCH too old).