The Dark Knight.

Christopher Nolan’s redefinition of comic book movies did not stop with Batman Begins, so when the studio asked him to continue the series, he, David Goyer and Jonathan Nolan began mining Batman comics such as The Long Halloween and The Killing Joke for inspiration and continue to elevate the genre.

In this 100th episode of The 602 Club host Matthew Rushing welcomes John Mills and Tristan Riddell to talk about The Dark Knight. We discuss raising the stakes, contemporary themes, the truth, the joker, new Bat toys and our ratings.

Chapters Made it to 100 (00:02:23) Raising the Stakes (00:06:17) Escalation (00:16:48) Contemporary Themes (00:21:36) Rules Vs. No Rules (00:24:59) All the Same (00:27:13) The Empire Strikes Back of the Series (00:35:23) The Truth (00:38:41) The Way the World Works and Personal Responsibility (00:52:07) The Joker (00:56:56) A New Rachel (01:04:03) New Bat Toys (01:05:33) Talking Like Batman (01:17:54) Ratings (01:20:24)

Host Matthew Rushing

Guests John Mills Tristan Riddell

Production Matthew Rushing (Editor and Producer) C Bryan Jones (Executive Producer) Charlene Schmidt (Executive Producer) Matthew Rushing (Executive Producer) Richard Marquez (Production Manager) Norman C. Lao (Associate Producer) Ken Tripp (Associate Producer) Davis Grayson (Associate Producer)