Batman 2: Second Chapter of I Am Gotham

Jason Book and I discuss issue 2 of Batman (DC Comics), by Tom King and David Finch. This is part two of the "I Am Gotham" storyline in the Rebirth era of Batman.

Although this issue wasn't quite as awesome as issue 1, it is still a solid contribution to the new story and it gives some further information about Gotham and Gotham Girl while raising questions about Amanda Waller and Hugo Strange. The art was solid although not perfect.

JLU Scene-by-Scene: Batman v Superman Scenes 32 and 33

This episode of the Justice League Universe podcast focuses on Scenes 32 and 33 of Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, which are quick scenes where Perry looks for Clark at the Daily Planet and Lois gives the bullet over to Secretary Swanwick.

• Where is Clark Kent?
• "Goes back to Kansas, I suppose"
• Perry White
• Lois entrusts Swanwick
• What's the deal with Lex's special bullet?
• Responding to listener comments and questions (White Portuguese, Extended Cut, DC News, Musical link)

Thanks to Alessandro Maniscalco

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JLU Scene-by-Scene: Batman v Superman Extended Cut

This episode of the Justice League Universe podcast contains our analysis of the Extended Cut of Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice.

• Overall reactions to the Extended Cut of BvS
• The African incident
• Lois's investigation
• Clark's investigation
• The Capitol tragedy
• Other extra tidbits
• What would our personal cut of the movie be?

Thanks to Alessandro Maniscalco

Man of Steel Answers, Suicide Squadcast, DCU_Club subreddit


By the way, one thing I forgot to mention in the episode is that it is frustrating to see people who are saying plot holes have been corrected by the Extended Cut (e.g., Africa, Capitol, Lex). But if some additional footage “corrects” the plot hole, it was not actually a plot hole in the first place, it was just something that wasn’t explicitly shown and that was there to be inferred or filled in by the audience. A plot hole is a logical inconsistency in events or a character acting in an illogical manner, NOT an event that is complicated or confusing or a character acting based on implicit motivations. The extended cut did take some things that were implied or left unexplained and show you more fully what was happening, but that doesn’t not mean they were illogical to begin with, in fact, it means just the opposite -- if they were actually illogical or impossible, there is not little bit of extra footage that could be inserted to remedy, and certainly not footage that already existed rather than some contrived footage created after the fact that would be needed to try to remedy an ACTUAL plot hole. What the extended cut offered was more clarity for people who couldn’t follow the theatrical cut, and for those who were confused or maybe only watched the theatrical cut once, it may have seemed like magically the “plot holes” were being filled in when they could have been filled in all along by the audience members.

JLU Scene-by-Scene: Batman v Superman Scenes 30 and 31

This episode of the Justice League Universe podcast focuses on Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice Scene 30, Clark receiving the photos at the Daily Planet, and Scene 31, Bruce and Alfred's "absolute certainty" conversation.

• Clark receives photographs at the Daily Planet
• Clark's rising tension with Batman
• Bruce tells Alfred about the Kryptonite
• Bruce's 1% doctrine
• Acting performances and editing
• Questions about god

Thanks to Alessandro Maniscalco

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http://kingofthesevenseas.tumblr.com/post/144192862947

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JLU Scene-by-Scene: Batman v Superman Scenes 28 and 29

This episode of the Justice League Universe podcast focuses on Scenes 28 and 29 of Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, with Scene 28, by our measure, including the entire Knightmare sequence and Scene 29 the appearance by the Flash in the batcave. (By the way, we refer to it as the Knightmare sequence because of the Knightmare Batman toy, not because it is a nightmare or dream.)

• Decryption
• Responding to criticism of the Knightmare scene
• Knightmare Batman costume
• Desert setting and Apokolips
• Connections to various comic books
• Batman oner
• Tyrannical Superman
• The Flash's visit from the future

Thanks to Alessandro Maniscalco

Man of Steel Answers, Suicide Squadcast, DCU_Club


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Top 5 Stories from the New 52 Era

Jason Book and I share our list of the top five story arcs from the New 52 era of DC Comics.

Here's a quick look at the list (we go in reverse order in the video):

1. Batman (Volume 1) - The Court of Owls
2. Action Comics (Volumes 1-3) - Grant Morrison's run
3. Wonder Woman (Volume 1) - Blood
4. Prez (Volume 1) - Corndog in Chief
5. Justice League (Volume 3) - Throne of Atlantis, crossover with Aquaman (Volume 3)

JLU Scene-by-Scene: Batman v Superman Scene 27

This episode of the Justice League Universe podcast focuses on Bruce and Diana's meeting at the museum near the sword of Alexander.

• Diana as an antiquities dealer
• Gordian Knots
• Diana's defeat of Bruce in the verbal repartee
• No, Diana was not trying to destroy the digital photograph
• Bruce and Diana's character development
• BONUS: Responses to more critics of BvS (starting around 13:40)

Thanks to Alessandro Maniscalco

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Sam's critique of Rotten Tomatoes "Freshness"

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