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GUEST COLUMN: "Welcome to the Cold Zone"

Posted: June 1, 2014 in Batman, Batman & Robin, Guest Column, Joel Schumacher, JR, Mr. Freeze
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*NOTE*: To keep up with demand, I am institituing a new feature of this blog: guest columns! The following was written by friend and contributer J.R. Shartzer. Enjoy!

Batman & Robin was the first movie that offended me.

Kids think that everything is AWESOME. If it’s loud and shiny, kids will buy it. That’s what I attribute the success of those Transformers movies to. Anyway, I remember exiting the movie theater in June of 1997. I was eleven, about to turn twelve, and the stupidest thing was eating at me. See, I will accept that Batgirl is not Barbara Gordon and is Alfred’s niece. I will accept that Batman has a personalized credit card. I will even accept that Bane is a mindless goon. But there was one quick moment that stuck with me. (more…)

Batman And Robin (1997 film)

Posted: May 17, 2014 in Bane, Batgirl, Batman, DC, Mr. Freeze, Poison Ivy, Robin
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If Superman was the Alpha of comic book movies, Batman & Robin was very nearly the Omega. It was an expensive, garish, day-glo nightmare of a film.
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