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The Bat-Jar Podcast

Welcome to the Bat-Jar Podcast, where nerd culture gets put under the microscope. Hosted by Average Joe and Beef Pork Ribs, this is your place to take a closer look at the culture built around comic books, television, movies, animation, and more!
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Oct 26, 2020

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To celebrate the fourth anniversary of the podcast, Beef Pork Ribs and Average Joe revisit an old episode topic for a new segment called "What Were We Thinking?" This time, we look back on the conversation from Episode #26, where we tried to define the differences between a nerd and a geek. Did we get it right? Have our opinions changed since then?

Fast Forward and Rewind sound effects used in this episode were created by TeenEditingSpace. Check out his channel on YouTube.

The intro and outro music was created by Cackles and Jeremy Eckert. We thank them for their generous support of this podcast.

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Oct 19, 2020

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Special guests Ben The Movie Buff and Michael Andrew join us this week to tackle the tricky subject of movies adapted from video games.

Super Mario Bros. Warcraft. Resident Evil. Angry Birds. Why have so many movies based on video games turned out so badly? Is it simply impossible to adapt immersive, interactive experiences into a movie? What do the most famous (or rather imfamous) video game movies have in common?

Music and audio from "Super Mario Bros." is the property of Alan Silvestri, Jake Eberts, Roland Joffe, Hollywood Pictures, Lightmotive, Allied Filmmakers, and Cinergi Pictures. 

Music and audio from "Free Guy" is the property of Christophe Beck, Ryan Reynolds, Greg Berlanti, Shawn Levy, Sarah Schechter, Adam Kolbrener, Maximum Effort, 21 Laps Entertainment, Berlanti Productions, 21 Laps Entertainment, TSG Entertainment, and Lit Entertainment Group.

The intro and outro music was created by Cackles and Jeremy Eckert. We thank them for their generous support of this podcast.

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Oct 12, 2020

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Special guest Michael Andrew stops by to help Average Joe process his very conflicted feelings about the television series "Titans". Does this gritty, violent take on some of AJ's favourite comic book characters do the characters justice? Are the issues fans have with this series legitimate criticisms or are they being source material purists? Is the series better with a week-to-week release schedule or with the option to binge-watch an entire season?

Music and audio from "Teen Titans" is the property of Kristopher Cater, Lolita Ritmanis, Michael McCuistion, Sander Schwartz, Glen Murakami, Bruce Timm, Linda M. Steiner, Warner Bros. Animation, and DC Comics.

Music and audio from "Titans (2018)" is the property of Clint Mansell, Kevin Kiner, Akiva Goldsman, Geoff Johns, Greg Bertlanti, Robert Oritz, Weed Road Pictures, Berlanti Productions, Warner Bros. Television, and DC Entertainment.

The intro and outro music was created by Cackles and Jeremy Eckert. We thank them for their generous support of this podcast.

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Oct 5, 2020

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Former co-host and special guest Doctor What returns to discuss a series neither Average Joe or Beef Pork Ribs is all that familiar with. What happens when you put hard sci-fi logic and storytelling elements from franchises such as Mobile Suit Gundam, Dune, Total Recall, Warhammer 40K, and Titan A.E in a blender? You get the novel series turned television series "The Expanse".

Skip over 55:12-1:01:42 of the episode if you want to avoid SPOILERS for Season 1 of The Expanse.

Music and audio from "The Expanse" is the property of Clinton Shorter, Mark Fergus, Hawk Ostby, Alcon Entertainment, Amazon Studios, Hivemind, and Just So.

The intro and outro music was created by Cackles and Jeremy Eckert. We thank them for their generous support of this podcast.

Check out our Facebook page at www.facebook.com/batjarpodcast. Invite your friends to like our page!

You can contact us at @thebatcookiejar on Twitter or you can send an e-mail to batjarpodcast@gmail.com.

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