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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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Now displaying: November, 2020
Nov 30, 2020

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The ultimate combination of many themes and topics finally comes to the Bat-Jar: Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas. It's stop motion animation. It's a musical. It's both a Halloween movie and an A-Type Christmas movie. It's a piece of visual art. It's become a cult classic. But is it as great as it seems?

Music and audio from "Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas" is the property of Danny Elfman, Tim Burton, Denise DeNovi, Skellington Productions, and Touchtone Pictures.

The intro and outro music was created by Jeremy Eckert. We thank him for his generous support of this podcast.

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Nov 23, 2020

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Wonder Woman 1984 will receive a release in theatres and streaming on the same day? This and a handful of other news stories get us warmed up for putting the LEGO Star Wars Holiday Special under the microscope.

Is this Disney+ exclusive title as bad as the original holiday special? Does the "LEGO" style help elevate this property to greatness? Are we thinking about this too much? Join us for Life Day and find out!

Audio from "HAl-Con 2015- Kirby Morrow Q&A" is the property of the Hal-Con Convention.

Music and audio from "The LEGO Star Wars Holiday Special" is the property of Michael Kramer, Daniel Cavey, Atomic Cartoons, The LEGO Group, and Lucasfilm.

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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Nov 16, 2020

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AJ and BPR get caught up on some nerdy and geeky news covering the new season of The Mandalorian, the Snyder Cut, upcoming Marvel and DC movies, the WandaVision series, and the PlayStation 5 launch.

For today's episode, we dive into the concept of legacy characters in fiction. Why has there only every been one Asian Jon while there have been six Robins and a whole Spider-Verse of Spider-Men? What business and creative influences lead to the creation of new characters who inherit their mantle from an older character? 

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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Nov 9, 2020

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While BPR gets married, AJ is joined by returning special guest Professor F and first time special guest Knit Stitch to discuss the space movie "Apollo 13".

How does this movie based on a memoir based on real events portray the space race? Does it fall into the trap of many films inspired by true events by over-dramatizing the story? And why is Average Joe so disinterested in outer space?

Music and audio from "Apollo 13" is the property of James Horner, Brian Grazer, Imagine Entertainment, and Universal Pictures.

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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Nov 2, 2020

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To celebrate hitting the 200 episode milestone, we look back on the most popular and the least popular episodes of the Bat-Jar Podcast. That's right folks, we are doing a clip show! Listen in to hear some familiar voices and recall precious memories we've made over the last 200 episodes together. 

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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