i havent heard this for like 10 years+, thank you for uploading

Ralph is right about literally everything. It's so nice to hear it laid out beautifully.

I've been looking for this for years, thank you so much for uploading this!

Oh man, this is a classic. I've listened to it a bunch of times before, so I'm glad it's back up somewhere.

OH MY GOD IVE BEEN LOOKING FOR THIS FOR YEARS THANK YOU SO MUCH!!

“i’m not goin… ah fuck it im goin” 😂

Thank you. I couldn't find this for years. Its so great.

I used to watch this one in particular almost every night years and years ago when it was on KZfaq, thanks so much for bringing it back.

My hero. I heard this when it was released & I've revisited it every few months for years now. Nothing brings my heart joy more than "Don't worry about it Batman, I got it over here OHHHHHH!"

I’ve met Kevin. He is a wonderful great man

Doing the lord’s work uploading these classics

I’m going to download this and store it away so I can listen to it whenever I want. I’ve wanted to re-live it many times over the past 10-odd years.

Thank you for posting these!

Man, i wish kevin and ralph would turn their podcast into just talking like this and drop every tired recurring bit on babble on. I loved this conversation.

I've tried to find this again on and off for fucking years!!! Hell yea

Ralph is right Bruce becomes Batman because his parents were killed in front of him….he takes eight years off for a girl that wasn’t his girlfriend great movie but wow

I have been looking for this.....for years...

Dark Knight Rises was ruined by the twist. All other problems with the movie could have been looked past if not for the godawful twist which derailed the main villain COMPLETELY and replaced him with a character that was only in the movie a little bit and then dies in the most dull manner possible (they actually both die that way, as being shot by the bat bike is also extremely anticlimactic, maybe not as bad as just dying after crashing a car though…). I didn’t like the big gap in time with him not being Batman either. I know they wanted to do a Dark Knight Returns story, but it just felt jarring and isn’t at all what I wanted after The Dark Knight ended.

So glad to see this on KZfaq again!!!

Former Hollywood Babble Brother Ralph. They don't do it anymore.

16:13 "Onetime I took pills Bruce...a lot of them!" 😅

And this is why Kevin should bring back Fatman on Batman and rename the other show SmodNews or something like that but bring back the true Fatman show even though kev isnt Fatman anymore.

The animated movie, Batman Gotham Knight is supposed to bridge the gap between BB and TDK. So there is time and action between the two movies.

One of my faves! I got into Kevin in late 2012 when I moved countries. This stuff kept me laughing in a stressful time!

I remember listening to this back in 2012 good times

Goat upload.

i always got the feeling Nolan (Chris) wasn't totally invested in this one, probably just wanted to get it out of the way, maybe wanted to leave it on the dark knight which ended kind of open ended much like older batman films, not really setting up a sequel the way that batman begins did

25:25-26:15 😂😂😂

Batman should have taken an 8 year break after Bane broke him. It really was bizarre writing.

I always okay with this movie tbh but wasn't till I felt I hit rock bottom emotionally, mentally and heck even physically. Despite the flaws and of course script rewrites which caused it to have flaws...I liked this movie probably even love it and especially the trilogy.

I live 10 miles north of the World Trade Center and I could smell it up here

Thank you i appreciate it.🎉

Thank you for this, been trying to find it for years. This ep made me fall in love with long form content 👍🏿

Joseph Gordon Levitt shouldve played Terry Mcguiness instead of pseudo Robin.

1:04:08 sums up TDKR’s problems perfectly

@2:52 ...yes it does Ralph. Yes it does 😢

Never connected with BANE easiest villain to beat if you can take out his mask/venom. Yes; the character is an obvious challenge and has a fun mythos which is undeniable but he was still never one of Bat’s rogues I dug personally. Always know eventually somehow whether due to Bats or a cohort of the dark knights BANE’s mask will be negated, guess that’s why expectations were subverted at the finale and Selina just shoots BANE point blank which I’d argue neuters the character making the ferocity he achieved a “punchline” (pun intended) for Selina and her gifted Bat pod in the 3rd act nothing more. Easily stoppable opponent and Selina proved it.

I love this episode. I laugh so hard with this

I look at Batman begins and dark knight as one movie cut in half (like kill bill 1 &2 ) and it’s a masterpiece……and then there’s dark knight rises ….black sheep

Bats taking the fall for Dent was NOT a plot hole. Every cop living except Gordon is corrupt. Dent was hinted at having dirt in his past. If he doesn't die the hero, the gangs would all be freed in 3 months. You can maybe say Joker did it, but Joker never tells the public one single lie other than the "how I got my scars" bit. I think a bigger plot hole is the idea that Joker went quiet for 8 years. I know its because of Ledger, but the real Joker would not ALLOW Batman to take 8 years off. He'd be blowing up an elementary school every day until Batman appeared

Bookmark 26:49

The 8 year thing was based on Batman retiring for 10 years in The Dark Knight Returns. Dunno why Smith didn't tell him that

I was hoping that Joesph Gordon Levitt was the kid in the Narrows from Begins.

_I FAilED YoU, I FAilED YouR SoN, I FAilED EvERYonE_

Batman stopped being batman because there wasn't any crime happening in Gotham. Dent Act put an end to major crimes. There's even a line regarding this when Gordon says something to Blake when he informs him of senator missing. And as soon as Bane is there in stock market Batman comes right away. So the point that he stopped being Batman because Rachel died has no value. He became recluse because of that. Stopped going out even as Bruce Wayne. But for fighting crime he instantly puts up the suit even when he isn't fully fit.

Comedy gold

To be true to the character, at the end he needs to kill Bruce Wayne and be the Batman full time. Bruce Wayne is the mask. Batman is his true character.

The name Catwoman was never used in BATMAN RETURNS either.

The guy saying nothing happened between movies forgot about the scene in Dark Knight where Ramirez asks why Batman hasn't shown up yet. Gordon's response was "hopefully, he's busy!"

Horrible take. I wonder if he feels the same now after seeing how bad The Batman was.

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