'Batman Begins' commentary

We're cooking with gasoline now! 

This month, the Mash-up is taking a eight year leap forward in time, from the twisted genius that was the disasterpiece 'Batman and Robin', to a wholly different take on the Dark Knight, one that will be hugely influential to the entire superhero genre from this point on, giving any further Marvel films extremely big shoes to fill and instigating a huge problem for DC when they're now forced to reimagine Batman under Zack Snyder - all in the shadow of an interpretation that many would argue is definitive.

But does WHINECAST agree? Join us as we journey down to the underground car park of Gotham where all the smackheads live - do we live to tell the tale? There's only one way to find out!

'Batman Begins' Commentary

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'Goats in the Machine' tackle the Schumachers!

Sometimes you want analysis. And sometimes you want analysis from some drunkards.

Well, the latter is what you'll get here, as King Playas @RJBayley and Niall Hestletine from Goats in the Machine are driven to drink in their two part look at Joel Schumacher's ultimate prank, the unbeatable cinematic one-two punch of 'Batman Forever' and 'Batman and Robin'.

Follow us down the rabbit hole as the 'Goats' boys make every reasonable effort to Freeze Well!

'Batman Forver' Review

'Batman & Robin' Review

'Apparently Ranty' takes on Joel Schumacher!

Some people would say you'd have had more than your fill of a certain JOELY at this point, but, at WHINECAST, we think that's crazy talk - and so we're bringing you the latest contribution to the mash-up from @proroan of 'Apparently Ranty' in which he delivers a double punch analysis that would (allegedly) make even Matthew Fox proud.

Yes, it's time to get jolly with JOELY once again!

'Batman Forever' Review

'Batman & Robin' Review

‘Batman & Robin’ commentary

It’s the big one! The one we’ve waited for!

The hounds are baying at the door and the filthy peasant townspeople want their Batman back. Yes, we’ve had months making our way through the Mash-up, experienceing highs and lows, but we always knew this day would come, the day in which we’d be facing one of the most reviled films in cinema history. Less popular than ‘Birth of a Nation’ and certainly more morally compromised -it’s JOELY Schumacher’s second, and thankfully, final entry into the Bat-canon (or BATON as it’s known) - the frequently derided BATMAN & ROBIN!

But does the film truly deserve its reputation? Does it have any redeemable qualities? Is it the best onscreen depiction of The Bane? Does it allude to Batman raping Mr. Freeze, and should such an allusion be allowed within a children’s film?

These are all questions we’ll attempt to answer (along with what the hell we’re doing about the delay of BATMAN Vs SUPERMAN), so make yourself some tea, spoon the dog, pick at your belly button - ‘cos this will be a podcast to remember!

'Batman & Robin' Commentary

WARNING- This film may feature George Clooney treating Mr. Freeze to some ‘rough justice'

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'Batman Forever' commentary

Well, much like the inevitability of your own death, we all knew that this was coming. From the very start of the mash-up, we knew this day would descend upon us, somewhat like the Great Depression, the First World War or the Black Death.

Yes, it's January, so that can only mean one thing - it's time for us to get our rubber nipples good and oiled as we enter the neon-suffused world of JOELIE Schumacher. Old Timmy Burton has left for greener pastures and the franchise is getting itself a major facelift, with a new Batman, a new look and a marginally different tone.

Settle down, buckle up, and join us on a kaleidoscopic journey through the imagination of a mind that is to the The Dark Knight what Michael Gove is to an engaging education - punch it, Bishop!

'Batman Forever' Commentary

Goats in the Machine’ reviews ‘Batman’ and ‘Batman Returns’!

We’ve been drowning in bats over the christmas period and now, halfway into January, this torrent of winged rodent analysis shows NO sign of stopping. This time we have our frequent and much beloved collaborators from Goats in the Machine, @RJBayley and @niallheseltine, lending their unique brand of insight into the dank, macabre, morbid and suicidally sexy world of Tim Burton’s Gotham and they pull no punches!

Take your final swallow of Burton medicine, because the neon world of JOELIE is lurking just around the corner!

'Batman' Review

'Batman Returns' Review

'Batman Returns' commentary

Body parts in a sewer? Deformed man leering at young women? Sexy death wish suicide kisses?

Yes, nothing says Christmas like Timmy Burton's second and final entry in the Batman franchise - 'Batman Cum Back'. It's a film that's GOFFIK as all buggery, that's bleak, that's bizarrely humour ridden and one that seems to divide fans from being a classic to being a complete occupation of Gotham by the forces of Timmy B's fevered black dreams - So which is it?

There's only one way to find out and it's to listen to this here commentary and reflect that, no matter how bad your Christmas is going, Selena Kyle's is going worse.

'Batman Returns' Commentary

WARNING - This film may be Tim Burton's pure MEGA LOLZ!!!