The Dark Knight Trilogy

So we are back to our year-long theme, the eras of Batman, with what is simply my favorite era of Batman, the Christopher Nolan era.

Now, with these Nolan movies, and more specifically, The Dark Knight, so many podcasts, including ours, have talked about these movies ad nauseum.

We even did a 15th anniversary episode on The Dark Knight already.

We did a three-hour Nolan movie rankings episode.

So today, I'm not going to say we are closing the book on the Nolan films on this podcast.

And then after that, the real fun begins.

Just like the other Errors of Batman episodes we've been doing, we do have a rankings topic today.

So we will be ranking the best Nolan Batman action sequences from the Dark Knight trilogy.

Alan Silvestri of Back to the Future and Avengers theme fame.

Dark Knight Trilogy, Interstellar, No Time to Die, Blade Runner 2049, Dune.

All the Kung Fu Panda movies.

Okay.

Well, we're mentioning it now.

Put it on the board for Inception.

round eight best director slash which movie was directed better this should be interesting inception is directed by christopher nolan we know him from memento insomnia the prestige dark knight trilogy dunkirk interstellar your favorite tenant and oppenheimer he's also a very successful producer with the superman slash man of steel movies what do you think of christopher nolan's direction in inception

I mentioned that I recently rewatched Dunkirk, and I thought it was really great.

Joker, one.

The Batman, Dark Knight Trilogy.

No one's going to agree.

I think Watchmen is fantastic.

It looks like just something unique to Gotham City and a time and a place, I guess.

I think that there is really a market out there for that kind of just to... coin of phrase, I guess, that not Dark Knight.

Because since 89, Batman, whenever he's shown as dark and brooding, he had the Dark Knight trilogy.

And why not go towards maybe a campier Batman that looks like he's having fun? Yes, he's still battling the villains, but it doesn't always have to be brooding.

Because they have definitely done that.

It eclipses the MCU in terms of the best of the MCU, this is way better.

Right? But you have to sacrifice the Dark Knight trilogy in order to get it.

That gets erased from existence.

I think yes.

Yep.

Well, it is decided then.

Sorry, Dark Knight Trilogy, you're done.

Let's see.

My, my 12-year-old watched all three movies this weekend.

Wait, The Dark Knight Trilogy?

Mm-hmm, yeah.

You're...

Freeman, of course, known for his artistry, talent, range, persona, and of course, that voice.

An actor and storyteller who has iconic roles in films across decades, like Seven, Driving Miss Daisy, The Shawshank Redemption, Million Dollar Baby, Gone Baby Gone, and The Dark Knight Trilogy, where he elevated Lucius Fox to Batman's moral conscious, addressing issues like digital surveillance, so relevant right now, and brought his signature gravitas to a whole nother generation of moviegoers.

You think that your client, one of the wealthiest, most powerful men in the world, is secretly a vigilante who spends his nights beating criminals to a pulp with his bare hands? And your plan is to blackmail this person? That kid's long gone, and this old man is all that's left.

I can live with that.

And this celebrates the debut by DC Comics to Batman by Matt Fractions and Scott Snyder.

And it says TNT to to air Dark Knight Trilogy by Christopher Nolan.

Now that's, it said that when my research that on Saturday, September 19th, TNT is going to air the Dark Knight Trilogy.

Interesting.

It is.