The Dark Knight Rises (2012)

About this episode

The episode explores the controversial film The Dark Knight Rises with guest Erik Barnes.

Welcome to another episode of #NolanClub! In celebration of the 14th Anniversary of The Dark Knight Rises, Geek History Lesson is exploring the most controversial of Christopher Nolan's Batman trilogy - The Dark Knight Rises! Writer and comedian, Erik Barnes (Some More News, Monstors), joins Jason and Ashley for an exploration of Christopher Nolan’s last Batman movie, an soft adaptation of Batman: No Man's Land, and the first on-screen live action Nightwing!? Listen now to find out—you merely adopted the pod, we were born to it! Follow Erik W. Barnes on BlueSky ► https://bsky.app/profile/erikwbarnes.bsky.social For more exclusive bonus podcasts like our Justice League Review show, our Teen Titans Podcast, and our GHL Exclusive Discord, join the Geek History Lesson Patreon ► https://www.patreon.com/Jawiin GHL RECOMMENDED READING from this episode► https://www.geekhistorylesson.com/recommendedreading FOLLOW GHL► Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/geekhistorylesson Threads: https://www.threads.net/@geekhistorylesson Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/geekhistorylesson Get Your GHL Pin: https://geekhistorylesson.etsy.com You can follow Ashley at…

People in this episode

Hosts: Jason Inman, Ashley Victoria Robinson

Guest: Erik Barnes

Topics covered

• Christopher Nolan
• Batman trilogy
• The Dark Knight Rises
• film analysis
• superhero movies

Keywords

• The Dark Knight Rises
• Christopher Nolan
• Batman
• Erik Barnes
• film discussion
• superhero
• NolanClub

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Geek History Lesson, Some More News, Monstors

Books & works: The Dark Knight Rises, Batman: No Man's Land

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