Episode 715: An Open World Video Game where the Main Character Refuses to Do the Quest

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Matthew Belinkie, Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, and Matthew Wrather answer the OTI-signal and take on The Batman, Matt Reeves’s unrelentingly grim installment in the franchise, starring Robert Pattinson as the caped crusader. We discuss this film’s distinctive tone, it’s monochromatic character, its villain and his plan, the “fourth act,” which is either superfluous or crucial, and play a few rounds of armchair director, offering alternative plot or character twists to the film.

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Episode 715: An Open World Video Game where the Main Character Refuses to Do the Quest originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]