Was Darren Aronofski ahead of his time when he proposed his dark Batman Year One film?

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Clips used in this episode:
The Bat Whispers (1930)
Batman (1943)
Batman & Robin (1949)
Batman (1963 TV Series)
Batman (1989)
Batman Returns (1992)
Batman: The Animated Series (1992)
Batman Forever (1995)
Batman & Robin (1997)
Nick Fury: Agent of Shield (1998)
Pi (1998)
Batman Beyond (1999)
Catwoman (2004)
Batman Begins (2005)
The Dark Knight (2008)
Batman Year One (2011)
The Lego Batman Movie (2017)
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016)
Harley Quinn (2019)
Middleditch and Schwartz (2020)
Batman & the Rise of Nerd Culture Glen Weldon Talks at Google
Darren Aronofski Batman Yahoo Interview
Frank Miller 1987 Interview
Holy Musical B@man!
Joel Schumacher apologizes for Batman and Robin
Music by Kevin MacLeod
"Discovery Hit"
"Jazz Brunch"
"Miami Nights"
"The Chamber"
"Devastation and Revenge"

Batman has been a major icon in the world of comic book heroes. Find out where he came from and how we got the Caped Crusader we know today.

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Clips used in this episode:
The Bat Whispers (1930)
Batman (1943)
Batman (1963 TV Series)
Batman (1989)
Batman Returns (1992)
Batman: The Animated Series (1992)
Batman Forever (1995)
Batman & Robin (1997)
Nick Fury: Agent of Shield (1998)
Pi (1998)
Batman Beyond (1999)
Catwoman (2004)
Batman Begins (2005)
The Dark Knight (2008)
Batman Year One (2011)
The Lego Batman Movie (2017)
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016)
Harley Quinn (2019)
Middleditch and Schwartz (2020)
Batman & the Rise of Nerd Culture Glen Weldon
Talks at Google Darren Aronofski Batman
Yahoo Interview Frank Miller 1987 Interview
Holy Musical B@man!
Joel Schumacher apologizes for Batman and Robin
Music by Kevin MacLeod
"Discovery Hit"
"Jazz Brunch"
"Miami Nights"
"The Chamber"
"Devastation and Revenge"

Is the curse of Atuk real? Should you never read the script just in case? Well we don't have the answers to that, but we can provide knowledgeable history about The Incomparable Atuk.

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Clips used in this show:
The Blues Brothers (1980)
Chris Farley as Shrek -- Lost footage found!
Chris Farley True Hollywood Story (1999)
Documentary Now! Kunuk Uncovered (2015)
Saturday Night Live! Season 18, Episode 19
Nanook of the North (1922)
Moonstruck (1987)
National Lampoon's Animal House (1978)
Late Night with David Letterman (Sam Kinison)
Uncle Buck (1989)
Three Dead Trolls in a Baggie "The Toronto Song"
Music by Kevin MacLeod
"Discovery Hit"
"Jazz Brunch"
"Miami Nights"

Rambo vs Aliens on a Train? Was this going to be the film to finally teach us the consequences of global warming?

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Clips used in this episode:
20 Million Miles to Earth (1957)
An American Werewolf in London (1981)
Batman (1989)
Blade Runner (1982)
Cutthroat Island (1995)
Dead Reckoning (1947)
Ghost Train H R Giger (Alain Margot)
It! The Terror From Beyond Space (1958)
Judge Dredd (1995)
Moon 44 (1990)
Species (1995)
The Thing From Another World (1951)
Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (1979 Theatrical Trailer)
Total Recall (1990)
Music by Kevin MacLeod
"Discovery Hit" "
Jazz Brunch"
"Miami Nights"

Are you ready for the exciting new adventures of Maximus? But didn't he die at the end of Gladiator? Yeah, you'll figuring that out.

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Clips used in this episode:
Gladiator (2000)
Ghosts... of the Civil Dead (1988)
Garfieldiator El-Cid
WTF-Nick Cave
The Score Auteur Nick Cave-Fandor (YouTube Channel)
What It's Like To Pitch A Movie Idea To Ridley Scott - Corey Mandell
Old School (2003)
Music by Kevin MacLeod
"Discovery Hit"
"Jazz Brunch"
"Miami Nights"

The animation of Richard Williams is one that has changed the history and process of animation in film, TV, and commercials. So what happened when he tried to created his greatest masterpiece of all time?

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Clips used in this episode:
Thief and the Cobbler Recobbled Cut Mark IV
Arabian Knight (The Thief and the Cobbler) (1995)
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1966)
1989 Oscars Award Ceremony
Aladdin (1992)
The Simpsons "Krusty Gets Kancelled"
Casino Royale (1967)
Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol (1971)
Clapperboard: Making Nasrudin Fanta Commercial (1984)
Love Me Love Me Love Me (1962)
Monty Python's Flying Circus (1970)
Muqaddar Ka Sikandar (1978)
Nasrudin
Raggedy Ann & Andy A Musical Adventure (1977)
Return of the Pink Panther (1975)
The Thief Who Never Gave Up (1982)
Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)
Shrek (2001)
Siskel & Ebert - Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)
The Charge of the Light Brigade (1968)
The Little Island (1958) The Little Mermaid (1989)
The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976)
Walt Disney Introduces the Multiplane Camera
What's New Pussy Cat (1965)
Ziggy's Gift (1982)
Music by Kevin MacLeod
"Discovery Hit"
"Jazz Brunch"
"Miami Nights"
"Impending Boom"
"Magic Scout - Cottages"

The animation of Richard Williams is one that has changed the history and process of animation in film, TV, and commercials. So what happened when he tried to created his greatest masterpiece of all time?

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Clips used in this episode:
Thief and the Cobbler Recobbled Cut Mark IV
Arabian Knight (The Thief and the Cobbler) (1995)
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1966)
1989 Oscars Award Ceremony
Aladdin (1992)
The Simpsons "Krusty Gets Kancelled"
Casino Royale (1967)
Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol (1971)
Clapperboard: Making Nasrudin Fanta Commercial (1984)
Love Me Love Me Love Me (1962)
Monty Python's Flying Circus (1970)
Nasrudin
Raggedy Ann & Andy A Musical Adventure (1977)
Return of the Pink Panther (1975)
The Thief Who Never Gave Up (1982)
Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) Shrek (2001)
Siskel & Ebert - Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)
The Charge of the Light Brigade (1968)
The Little Island (1958)
The Little Mermaid (1989)
The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976)
Walt Disney Introduces the Multiplane Camera
What's New Pussy Cat (1965)
Ziggy's Gift (1982)
Music by Kevin MacLeod
"Discovery Hit" "
Jazz Brunch"
"Miami Nights"
"Impending Boom"
"Magic Scout - Cottages"

Jerry Lewis was a well established independent filmmaker, well before the term "independent filmmaker" was widely used in the film industry. Was he ready for this holocaust drama about a clown?

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Clips used in this episode:
The Caddy (1953)
The Bellboy (1960)
Jerry Lewis and Dean Martin Reunion 1976 MDA Telethon
Jerry Lewis interview with David Letterman (1982)
The Dick Cavett Show Starcrash (1979)
Howard Stern with Harry Shearer The Story of the Day the Clown Cried
Music by Kevin MacLeod
"Discovery Hit"
"Jazz Brunch"
"Miami Nights"

Back in the late 90s Dan Harmon (Community and Rick and Morty) and Rob Schrab nearly made the wild sitcom Heat Vision and Jack. Unfortunately only the pilot was made, directed by Ben Stiller and starring Jack Black and Owen Wilson.

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Clips used in the show:
Heat Vision and Jack (1999)
Monster House (2006)
Chad Vader Day Shift Manager - A Galaxy Not So Far Away S1 Ep1
Dan Harmon, Community - XOXO Festival (2012)
Music by Kevin MacLeod
"Discovery Hit"
"Jazz Brunch"
"Miami Nights”

The IT Crowd and Spaced were wildly popular in the UK, so the American version should be just as good right?

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Clips used in the show:
Spaced (American) (2008)
Asylum (1996) Spaced (1999)
Hot Fuzz special features (Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright on writing)
Episodes (2011)
Garth Marenghi's Darkplace (2004)
How I Met Your Mother (2005)
IT Crowd (2006)
IT Crowd (American) (2006)
NBC's interview with producer Ben Silverman
HitFlix interview with Paul Rudd Can't Hardly Wait (1998)
Six Pairs of Pants (1996)
Smash Mouth "All Star" Bill Nye the Science Guy (1993)
Music by Kevin MacLeod
"Discovery Hit"
"Jazz Brunch"
"Miami Nights"