In this extended episode, first airing October 3, 2012, Bjorn and Bill leap into a spoiler-filled discussion of film twists and surprise endings, as well as providing an in-depth critical look at Christopher Nolan’s summer blockbuster The Dark Knight Rises.
Podcast Chapters
- Introduction (0:00)
- Muse of the Moment (3:04)
- Calendar Spotlight (12:01)
- The Dark Knight Rises (19:24)
- Community Question (49:32)
- Conclusion (1:05:52)
Show Notes
Below are links to external sites and/or supporting material referenced in this episode.
Introduction
- The Twilight Zone: “To Serve Man” (episode Wikipedia Page)
- The Usual Suspects (IMDb page)
- Fight Club (IMDb page)
- Spoiler (Wikipedia page)
- Moon Knight (Wikipedia page)
- The Dark Knight Rises (IMDb page)
- Signs (IMDb page)
- Day of the Triffids (IMDb page)
- Mars Attacks! (IMDb page)
- War of the Worlds (IMDb page)
- War of the Worlds (Wikipedia page)
- Independence Day (IMDb page)
- Doctor Who: “Blink” (episode Wikipedia page)
Muse of the Moment
- Scriptnotes podcast (official site)
- Scriptnotes podcast (iTunes podcast link)
- Deus ex machina (Wikipedia page)
- Alfred Hitchcock on Mastering Cinematic Tension (YouTube video link)
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer (IMDb page)
- Angel (IMDb page)
- The Wire (IMDb page)
- Angel Heart (IMDb page)
- A Song of Ice and Fire (Wikipedia page)
- Game of Thrones (IMDb page)
- Gone with the Wind (IMDb page)
- Clue (IMDb page)
- Columbo (IMDb page)
- Batman: The Animated Series (IMDb page)
- Fat Man on Batman (official site)
- Fat Man on Batman (iTunes podcast link)
- SMoviemakers (official site)
- SMoviemakers (iTunes podcast link)
- Batman: “The Joker’s Provokers” (episode IMDb page)
Calendar Spotlight
- iPhone 5 (official site)
- The Broken Continent (official site)
- Star Trek: “That Which Survives” (episode Wikipedia page)
- 48 Hour Music Video Project — Washington, DC (official page)
- Reel Independent Film Extravaganza (official page)
- Pogo (Wikipedia page)
- The Henchman’s War (official page)
- Havre de Grace Drama Guild (official page)
- 48 Hour Film Project: Baltimore (official page)
- Portal (Wikipedia page)
The Dark Knight Rises
- Digital IMAX(a.k.a. “The IMAX Experience” or “LieMAX”) (Wikipedia page section)
- Smithsonian Institution IMAX Theaters (official page)
- The Dark Knight Rises (IMDb page)
- The Dark Knight Rises (IMDb cast and crew page)
- Bane (Wikipedia page)
- Catwoman (Wikipedia page)
- Batman(comic series) (Wikipedia page)
- Detective Comics (Wikipedia page)
- Marvel Comics (Wikipedia page)
- DC Comics (Wikipedia page)
- The Dark Knight Returns (Wikipedia page)
- Sin City (Wikipedia page)
- Sin City (IMDb page)
- Vengeance of Bane (Wikipedia page section)
- Batman: Knightfall (Wikipedia page)
- Batman’s “Rogues’ Gallery” (Wikipedia page section)
- Azrael (Jean-Paul Valley) (Wikipedia page section)
- Batman: Knightfall(novelization) (Amazon.com page)
- Batman Begins(novelization) (Amazon.com page)
- The Dark Knight(novelization) (Amazon.com page)
- Ra’s al Ghul (Wikipedia page)
- The Abyss(novelization) (Amazon.com page)
- Dune (Wikipedia page)
- The Death and Life of Superman(novelization) (Amazon.com page)
- Batman: No Man’s Land (Wikipedia page)
- Batman: The Cult (Wikipedia page)
- Batman: Son of the Demon (Wikipedia page)
The Dark Knight Rises(continued)
- Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (IMDb page)
- Superman (Wikipedia page)
- Man of Steel (IMDb page)
- Superman (IMDb page)
- Batman & Robin (IMDb page)
- The Star Wars Holiday Special (Wikipedia page)
- Akira Kurosawa (IMDb page)
- John Ford (IMDb page)
- Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (IMDb page)
- Talia al Ghul (Wikipedia page)
- Robin (Wikipedia page)
- Iron Man (Wikipedia page)
- Carl Barks (Wikipedia page)
- Scrooge McDuck (Wikipedia page)
- The Forbes Fictional 15(the closest we found to a Batman/Scrooge McDuck crossover — though McDuck has been unceremoniously dismissed from the list this year after losing his fortune to Flintheart Glomgold)
- Spider-Man (Wikipedia page)
- The Dark Knight Rises(novelization) (Amazon.com page)
- The Riddler (Wikipedia page)
- The Penguin (Wikipedia page)
- Batman: The Movie (IMDb page)
- Lord of War (IMDb page)
- Winnie-the-Pooh (Wikipedia page)
- Justice League (IMDb page)
- The Avengers (IMDb page)
- RoboCop (IMDb page)
Community Question
- Kevin Finkelstein (IMDb page)
- Frozen Penguin Productions (IMDb page)
- The Usual Suspects (IMDb page)
- Francis Abbey (IMDb page)
- Ciscovaras Pictures
- The Sixth Sense (IMDb page)
- Primal Fear (IMDb page)
- Ron Newcomb (IMDb page)
- Opening Act Productions
- The Fellows Hip: Rise of the Gamers (official site)
- Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (IMDb page)
- Star Wars: Return of the Jedi (IMDb page)
- The Crying Game (IMDb page)
- Fight Club (IMDb page)
- Planet of the Apes (IMDb page)
- Planet of the Apes (2001) (IMDb page)
- Jurassic Park III (IMDb page)
- Angel Heart (IMDb page)
- Memento (IMDb page)
- The Prestige (IMDb page)
- Se7en (IMDb page)
- Blade Runner (IMDb page)
- Battlestar Galactica(2004 series) (IMDb page)
- Donnie Darko (IMDb page)
- Chinatown (IMDb page)
- The Ring (IMDb page)
- The Cabin in the Woods (IMDb page)
- 12 Monkeys (IMDb page)
- Psycho (IMDb page)
- The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (IMDb page)
- Citizen Kane (IMDb page)
- Raiders of the Lost Ark (IMDb page)
- No Way Out (IMDb page)
- Star Wars: The Phantom Menace (IMDb page)
Conclusion
- “At Last” (Tohubohu page)
Feedback
- iTunes Store podcast page (for ratings/comments)
Additional Credits