Highly stylized, dark, and often gross, THE HEROIC TRIO is kind of a dark, inverted portrait of superhero movies that would come to dominate box offices in the 2000s. In this episode, we trace the impact of movies like THE HEROIC TRIO through the decades, from Tim Burton’s BATMAN (1989) to Sam Raimi’s DARKMAN (1990) and beyond. We also talk about the pissing kids and so much more!

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Theme: "Raindrops" by Huma-Huma/"No Smoking" PSA by John Waters. Outro music: "The Heroic Trio Theme" by Wai Lap Wu from the THE HEROIC TRIO soundtrack.

Timestamps

0:00 - Episode 227: THE HEROIC TRIO (1993)

0:45 - CanTalk

4:34 - Episode starts

6:18 - The Patented Aaron Grossman Summary

7:59 - Pissing kids, superhero cinema, Nobuhiko Obayashi, and redemption

15:11 - Johnnie To’s style and Raimi comparisons

23:43 - THE HEROIC TRIO as postmodern pop art

35:24 - The horrible finality of death

47:43 - Blood, whooshing, and tropes that rock in this movie

56:50 - The Junk Drawer

1:03:31 - Good Grief, Give Me a GIF!

1:08:27 - Cody’s Noteys: To-love (Johnnie To trivia)