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

1. Introduction (0:00)
2. Muse of the Moment (3:04)
3. Calendar Spotlight (12:01)
4. The Dark Knight Rises (19:24)
5. Community Question (49:32)
6. 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)

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Additional Credits

• Music by Kevin MacLeod