Episode 169 – Batman (1:21:29)

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It’s hard to believe it was over 30 years ago that this movie kicked off the comic book movie era once again (and nearly killed it a few sequels later). We are of course talking about Tim’ Burton’s Batman from 1989.

We bring back Shaheen, our man from Adelaide for this one as he is our go-to for all things Batman and DCEU.

Set the scene: the last time we see Batman and Joker on screen, it’s Adam West and Cesar Romero surfing with sharks that Fonzie later jumped over, anti-shark spray in the campy 60’s TV show. Then you’ve got the director of Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure making a film starring Mr. Mom as Batman, and one of the great actors of his generation dictating his own shooting schedule complete with top-billing.

To say people were concerned would be an understatement.

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Google Description for the film

Batman

Having witnessed his parents’ brutal murder as a child, millionaire philanthropist Bruce Wayne (Michael Keaton) fights crime in Gotham City disguised as Batman, a costumed hero who strikes fear into the hearts of villains. But when a deformed madman who calls himself “The Joker” (Jack Nicholson) seizes control of Gotham’s criminal underworld, Batman must face his most ruthless nemesis ever while protecting both his identity and his love interest, reporter Vicki Vale (Kim Basinger).


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Our guest is Shaheen the Anarcap.  He is a Rothbardian Ancap mechatronic engineering student living in Australia, though he was born in Iran. Interests include, but are not limited to, studying libertarian political philosophy, Austrian economics, and evolutionary psychology, playing basketball, golf and Crash Bandicoot.

He writes for Backwordz Music and Actual Anarchy.  He has been a guest on the show several times in the past, specializing in Batman and Bruce Willis movies.

Here are his previous appearances:

Episode 28 – The Dark Knight Part 1 (1:09:40)

https://www.actualanarchy.com/2017/07/02/episode-29-part-2-the-dark-knight-ancap-movie-review/

https://www.actualanarchy.com/2017/09/24/episode-42-the-dark-knight-rises-ancap-movie-review/

https://www.actualanarchy.com/2017/12/10/episode-54-die-hard-ancap-movie-review/

https://www.actualanarchy.com/2018/09/30/episode-96-the-dark-knight-returns-ancap-movie-review/

https://www.actualanarchy.com/2019/06/30/episode-135-batman-v-superman-ancap-movie-review/

Episode 138 – Justice League (1:29:16)

Episode 158 – The Killing Joke (1:12:58)

We will be sure to invite back again sometime in the near future perhaps to discuss further about bat-nips:

https://screenrant.com/batman-and-robin-reasons-why-masterpiece-terrible/

Show Notes:

More on Affleck as Batman:

https://collider.com/ben-affleck-the-batman-why-he-left/

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