Episode 151: BATMAN RETURNS (1992) Christmas Special with Logan Lafferty & Seth Zarate

Happy holidays and 𝙈𝙀𝙊𝙒, everyone! 🐈🦇🐧🎄 Batmaniacs Logan Lafferty and Seth Zarate step in the iron maiden and slide down to the cave for a festive episode on a Christmastime classic. By being an absolutely nutso movie about freaky people, BATMAN RETURNS is still probably the greatest example of what a superhero movie can really be. Underneath the neo-gothic aesthetic, there’s the sexy antics of the title weirdo and his new antiheroes. And underneath THAT, there’s a power struggle for the electric heart of Gotham. It’s bursting at the seams with so many weird bits and baubles that it’s astonishing it ever got made, let alone that it makes them all work so well. In this episode, we discuss the movie’s brash queerness, pick apart the ways it uses its aesthetic to highlight the class struggle at its heart, and compare this movie to the uneven cinematic tidal wave that superhero movies have become in the 29 years since its release. Find Logan at the following links: - https://twitter.com/mrleviathan - https://letterboxd.com/leviathan/ Find Seth online at - https://twitter.com/snzarate - https://letterboxd.com/snzarate/ Follow us on Twitter at https://twitter.com/trylovepodcast and email us at [email protected] to get in touch! Buy tickets and support the Trylon at https://www.trylon.org/. Theme: "Raindrops" by Huma-Huma/"No Smoking" PSA by John Waters. Outro music: I don’t wanna get sued so just use context clues and take your best guess. Timestamps 0:00 - Episode 151: BATMAN RETURNS (1992) and Noglove drink chat 3:17 - The episode actually starts 5:44 - The Patented Aaron Grossman Summary 7:29 - Logan’s thoughts & his lifelong love for the Caped Crusader 8:50 - Seth’s thoughts 10:57 - The indelible imagery of BATMAN RETURNS 12:16 - The whiplash of such zany comic elements 17:37 - A list of reasons this movie is absolutely insane 24:40 - Our favorite quotes & moments 32:16 - Satire & this movie in conversation with modern superhero cinema 37:54 - Is Michael Gough the best Alfred Pennyworth? 44:59 - Power & class politics in Tim Burton’s Gotham 52:30 - Michelle Pfeiffer’s Catwoman 56:58 - The downright artful composition of BATMAN RETURNS 1:04:29 - Final thoughts (penguin sea burials, treasure heists & more) 1:11:21 - Cody’s Noteys: Riddle Me This (Batman actor trivia)