originally published Nov 2, 2021 BATMAN BEGONE RETURNS for a spine-tingling, hair-raising Halloween Spooktacular edition all about BATMAN RETURNS, which is technically a Christmas movie but don't worry about that, just work with me here, okay? To make things even more bone-chilling, we summon our dear departed friend Valerie from beyond the grave, calling upon her ghostly form to help us digest this big old Halloween treat of a spooky Christmas-themed Batman movie. Yes, you heard right,...

originally published Mar 26, 2021 BATMAN BEGONE is BACK for an epic crossover event with Vera Drew's HOT TOPICS podcast! Trevor and Vera gush about ZACK SNYDER'S JUSTICE LEAGUE for two and a half hours in the ONLY Snyder Cut podcast you need to hear!

originally published Dec 15, 2020 The final chapter of our six-part miniseries BATMAN BEGONE, setting the record straight on the one and only definitive critique of the Dark Knight Trilogy. As a tribute to Christopher Nolan, this episode starts to fall apart about halfway through and devolves into a complete mess! Theme song blah blah intellectual dark wave etc

originally published Dec 1, 2020 Speak of the devil, and he shall appear! Just when you thought there couldn't possibly be a more terrifyingly twisted villain than the dreaded Joker, the masked madman known as Bane has arrived in Gotham to mesmerize us all with his confusing ideological gibberish. This guy is so damn nuts he makes the Joker look like freaking Scarecrow! Why does every single cop in Gotham go underground at the same time? Why does Talia al Ghul wait so long to blow up the...

originally released Nov 15, 2020 We're back again to talk more shit about THE DARK KNIGHT, a movie about how it's good to lie to people, because people are good but they're stupid and if they know the truth they might become bad, or something like that. It doesn't make a lot of sense. Listen to Intellectual Dark Wave at https://intellectualdarkwave.bandcamp.com or https://youtube.com/intellectualdarkwave or probably any other music place you like. You can also follow him @IntellectualDa8 on...

originally published Nov 1, 2020 We're back, folks, and we're taking on the fourth best comic book movie of 2008! In part one of our analysis of THE DARK KNIGHT, we explore the warped mind of the scariest villain in all of movie history, in a heated debate that threatens to tear us apart! Have our fragile hearts been forever scarred by the sinister ways of the Clown Prince of Crime? Have his devilish tricks doomed us all? Find out, on another thrilling installment of BATMAN BEGONE! Listen...

originally released Oct 15, 2020 In this episode of BATMAN BEGONE, we get pedantic as hell about Batman Begins and pick apart all of its confusing, contradictory political and moral themes. We also address important questions such as: -What the f**k is Rachel's problem? -How is it possible for Christian Bale to suck so bad in this movie? -Is it ever okay for a dude to beat up his own mom? Stay tuned for our expert analysis of The Dark Knight, coming November 1st! The Batman Begone theme...

originally released Oct 1, 2020 Welcome to the premiere episode BATMAN BEGONE, our exclusive six-part miniseries in which we offer you the ultimate, definitive, objectively correct critical analysis of Christopher Nolan's Dark Knight Trilogy! In this episode, we set the stage with an overview of the trilogy and then try to identify as many positive things as we can about the 2005 film that started it all. In part two, coming October 15th, we'll take a take a closer look at Batman Begins and...

Originally released August 12, 2021. This was a Patreon bonus series Ted and Trevor briefly did about comic books, this episode in particular was about a manga and featured our Japan-loving friend PJ. And now it's free! Also features an incredible theme song by Orphillius! Check out his music at https://orphillius.bandcamp.com

I always hated writing these things. You know what this is, I don't need to explain it. This was recorded in November, 2022.

here it is, as promised. i'm sorry and/or you're welcome.

What's this? Can it be? A new episode of We Need to Talk About Kevin? In which we share our long-awaited takes on that He-Man cartoon that everyone stopped caring about several weeks ago? Featuring who else but our favorite bona fide children's entertainment aficionado Kurt Schiller?? Yes, that's right, the wait is finally over. The official, definitive WNTTAK review of a cartoon that some people were mad about for a day or two and then completely forgot nearly two months ago, is here at...

Musician/writer Ryan Torgeson joins us to discuss a comic "co-written" by Kevin, which apparently means that Kevin pretty much didn't write it at all. It's very obvious that he had almost nothing to do with this one, and we all thought it was okay. Anyway, check out Ryan's stuff! His twitter: https://twitter.com/molecularlioneI His article for Blood Knife: https://bloodknife.com/cosmic-sexuality-stuart-gordon/ And his band, Paintwork: https://paintworkmusic.bandcamp.com/album/angles-planes

[CW: sexual assault] Jesus Christ. I don't even know where to begin with this one. This comic is very possibly the worst thing that Kevin Smith has ever done. A deeply sexist, cynical, ugly piece of exploitation. Kevin had an opportunity to make a Spider-Man comic, and instead of aiming for a fun and breezy little adventure, he had to go and make it all about rape. Just awful. What a nasty little man. We hate his f*****g guts. The name of the guy that Trevor couldn't remember is Bob...

We recorded this like a week ago and I already barely remember what the comic was about. I know there were multiple cunnilingus scenes but that's about it. I'm pretty sure we all agreed that it wasn't as bad as the other Kevin comics we've read but still pretty bad. Trevor's old pal PJ joins us on this one to lend share of his vast Green Arrow expertise. PJ is on Twitter at https://twitter.com/proctorjsemhaus. He says he doesn't want followers, but you can reach him there if you need to...

It's Comic Book Month on We Need to Talk About Kevin! We've assigned ourselves the grim task of reading all of Kevin Smith's nauseatingly bad runs on superhero comics. To kick things off, we're discussing Kevin's first embarrassing foray into the comics medium with our friend, returning guest Chris Woodward! It's called DAREDEVIL: GUARDIAN DEVIL and I'm not even going to try to describe in pithy terms how s****y it is. I'm getting mad all over again just thinking about it now. It sucks so...

I forget how to write these episode descriptions. Look, Jesse Farrar aka Bronze Hammer, the author of that classic tweet about the wriggling jam, is on our podcast, to talk about a stupid Die Hard movie that Kevin is in! And it's a pretty good episode I think! I'm very tired.

In 2005, at the height of Kevin Smith's devastating power, he hijacked a Canadian cultural institution and used it to live out a twisted personal fantasy in which he effortlessly seduces a girl he used to watch on TV in the 80s, and also befriends a bunch of children in the process. This is the kind of shit they let Kevin get away with up in Canada. No wonder he's so obsessed with that place! Of course we had to bring in our Canadian friend Abdul Malik, host of the Off Court Podcast and...

Happy Valerientines Day! Just in time for the holiday, Valerie is joining our polycule to help us deliver a double dose of romance for all the lovers out there. On part one of this deluxe double episode, we have an intimate chat about the charming Jason Mewes/Paris Hilton romcom BOTTOMS UP. And on part two, now available exclusively on Patreon, we get up close and personal with the titillating details of Kevin Smith's storybook marriage. Sign up now at [edit: patreon.com/oddpodd] for double...

As BENUARY draws to a close, we take on the seminal Kevin-adjacent horror classic PHANTOMS, with a little help from genre fiction experts Karlo and Pete from Podside Picnic! Is Affleck truly "the bomb" in Phantoms, or is the only "bomb" here this damn movie (in the sense that it performed very poorly with critics and audiences alike!)?! Here's all those links we promised you: https://patreon.com/wnttak [edit:...

Fellow Affleck appreciator Ev from Dumb Bitch Media is back for BENUARY! With Ev's help, we compare Young Ben to Current Ben, debate the merits of Smart Guys vs. Dumb Guys, and discuss the finer points of Bostonian culture. And yes, unfortunately, we also talk about Kevin. Links for more great Ev content: https://soundcloud.com/user-519142174 https://www.patreon.com/dumbbitchmedia https://twitter.com/milfnokids https://twitter.com/dumbbitchmedia

Welcome to the season premiere of We Need to Talk About Kevin! It's a new year, which means it's also a new month, and that's a month that we call BENUARY, a special monthlong celebration of the great Ben Affleck. On our first free BENUARY episode, we've brought in our friend Evan MacDonald from the great movie podcast Kino Lefter to talk about Ben's starring role in DAREDEVIL, which also features a very forgettable cameo from Kevin Smith! To hear more in-depth discussion of Ben Affleck's...

Bonus episode: Originally a Patreon exclusive released on December 13, 2020, now unlocked for the first time! Well here you go, I did it. I listened to SModcast and it was really boring and s****y like I expected. Not sure if anyone will actually want to hear this, but here's the proof in case you don't believe me. I'm a man of my word! Happy holidays. -trev

Merry Christmas, assholes! We went and did a big old podcast crossover with the hosts of Parents Just Don't Understand, returning guest Kurt Schiller and newcomer Chris Woodward! That's right, there's five of us on this damn thing, and we all have different opinions about the stupid ass Grinch cartoon, which we argue about a lot! We do this because we love you! Also Kevin Smith's friend helped direct the Grinch movie or whatever, so that's why we're talking about it on here, okay? Go listen...