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Geekstorians: The Dark Knight Didn’t Have To Exist | How Batman & Robin Accidentally Saved Batman
In Season 2 Episode 6 of Geekstorians, Dave digs into one of the strangest turnarounds in blockbuster history.
After Tim Burton redefined Batman for the big screen, Warner Bros. slowly pushed the franchise away from gothic weirdness and towards something brighter, louder, more commercial, and far more toy-friendly. The result was 1997’s Batman & Robin — a film so spectacularly misjudged it didn’t just flop, it effectively shut Batman down for years.
But that failure turned out to be the point.
This episode explores how the collapse of Batman & Robin gave Warner Bros. the one thing it didn’t…
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