Deep in the heart of Percolated Media’s DC/Batman retrospective lies this look at The Lego Batman Movie, a movie that coming in Garrett was still at a loss as to why they were reviewing it. That answer and others are given in this dive into Lego’s attempt to kind of lighten things up, as the DARKNESS that came with Zack Snyder’s handling of the DCEU universe was still going full swing.

With The Lego Movie being a huge success in 2014, they set forth on their attempt to capitalize with a full movie about what was looked at as its main highlight – their portrayal of Batman. With Will Arnett back voicing the Caped Crusader and Zach Galifinakis here as his arch nemesis(or is he?) the Joker, they seemed to have the formula in place to make an entertaining night at the movies for Adam and his children. But was it?

Listen in as Garrett joins who he sometimes considers his greatest enemies Adam and Matt as they review The Lego Batman Movie, and try to figure out if it is a successful diversion or a further dive into a lot of the mediocrity they’ve been reviewing as of late.

It would seem to be a match made in heaven, wouldn’t it? A film about a team of no gooders united in gritty form, and the talent of David Ayer, the writer of the Oscar winning Training Day. Little did Ayer know, his film Suicide Squad would be used as a catalyst to try and pay off some Batman V Superman bills.

After Batman V Superman did not make what Warner Bros were expecting, they grasped onto what they deemed to be their last ditch effort to earn Marvel Films type respect. The trailer attached to that film which garnered a ton of positive buzz was that of Suicide Squad. So Warner Bros hired the editors of that trailer to recut what they saw was an unending feeling of dread that seemed to follow DC films ever since the success of Christopher Nolan’s Batman trilogy.

Listen in as Garrett, Matt, and Adam reveal what came of that edit, and if Suicide Squad, featuring the first theatrical appearance of popular DC Comics character Harley Quinn, is worth more than its reputation would seem to allow.

And don’t forget to keep checking in, as all of this leads up to a Three Men And A Retrospective Podcast review of Matt Reeves’s new film The Batman!

For as long as Batman fans could remember, they had all been clamoring for an adaptation of Alan Moore’s famed graphic novel The Killing Joke. With everyone from Tim Burton to Christopher Nolan citing it as inspiration for their motion pictures, it would only seem plausible for Warner Brothers to pounce and get the adaptation rolling. Even both Mark Hamill and Kevin Conroy said they would come out of their voice over retirements to do it. But over two decades following the release of Batman Mask of the Phantasm, the Moore adaptation seemed like it was a lost opportunity…

After a much needed three week break into Predator territory, The Three Men And A Retrospective podcast is taking quite a jump this week. Batman V Superman Dawn of Justice was released a full twelve years and four in universe films after the film that was the basis of our previous DC review, Catwoman. Why did we take this approach?

That is one of the many questions they answer in this full in depth episode of the Three Men and a Retrospective Podcast. The other questions asked involve a lot of what went into this extremely polarizing Zach Snyder directed film. But if we were to answer everything that went into the making of the 2016 superhero film, it would take two podcasts. Which is why we are reviewing it AGAIN from Superman’s perspective next year.

But for now, listen in as the guys take a look at BvS from Batman’s point of view, and judge how each character we have followed in this seemingly non ending dive into the Batman Universe.