Mar 6, 2019
In this week we sit down with filmmaker Neil Macdonald to talk all about the Burton-Schumacherverse Batman films!
Join us in our deep dive of all four of these Batman modern classics... three classics....two?...You decide!
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Meet Neil Macdonald
(1:53) What Neil does
(4:15) Film school
(5:50) Describing Neil's asthetic
(11:00) Neil's career path
(14:10) Neil's comic history
(16:50) Memories of the Burton-Schumacherverse
(21:50) The Superman movie that almost was
(23:55) The 1989 Batman film
The Burton-Schumacherverse
(29:59) Worst/cheapest special effect in Batman & Robin, Robin being trapped in Ivy's vines.
(34:41) Confirming that the only good one is the first one?
(39:46) Bane. Explain.
(48:03) Recasting a villain, adding villains, adding members of the Bat-family, casting Batman.
(59:27) Continuing the universe after Batman & Robin.
(1:03:20) What should have been carried over from the films to the comics?
(1:13:29) What story arcs did the films draw from?
(1:20:30) Which one is the guilty pleasure?
(1:27:41) Which actor gave the best villain performance?
(1:34:05) Why is Batman Forever named Batman Forever?
(1:40:48) What unique to the movies worked and what didn't?
(1:44:02) Casting Harley Quinn.
(1:48:13) Reimagining the Burtonverse to fit the Evil Alfred narrative.
(1:52:36) Was Tim Burton's Batman "killing" an issue for fans?
Dial Doc
(1:59:29) The Projectionist
(2:01:05) The Willow Man
(2:01:55) The Key Grip
Characters, Places, Things
**All links reference the character 's Burtonverse appearance unless otherwise noted**
Bane (Bane) (Nolanverse)
Batman (Burtonverse) (Nolanverse)
Catwoman (Burtonverse)
Harvey Dent (Burtonverse) (Nolanverse)
Joker (Burtonverse) (Nolanverse)
Man-Bat (PreFlashpoint) (Rebirth)
Scarecrow (Nolanverse)
Solomon Grundy (PreFlashpoint) (Rebirth)
Recommended Reading & Viewing
People
Joel Schumacher (Wiki)
Kevin Smith (Twitter) (Instagram)
Neil Macdonald (Website) (Twitter) (Instagram)
Tim Burton (Wiki)