Line #22 Recap/TheNostalgiaCriticS11E5


1	'''Release date:''' February 13, 2018
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3	'''Film:''' ''Film/BatmanForever''
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5	'''Tagline:''' WebVideo/TheLastAngryGeek joins the review of one of the strangest Batman movies made. Some have a soft spot for it, but is there really anything of worth?
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7	!We remembered these tropes so you don't have to:
8	* AffablyEvil: The Mocker (Jim) is presented as a supervillain who taints blockbuster movies with his questionable creative decisions, yet in person is just the nicest guy you've ever met.
9	* AlasPoorVillain: Red Lobster abruptly kills the Mocker just when the Critic and the Geek finally make peace with him.
10	* {{Blackface}}: Inverted. Malcolm dresses as a Two-Face {{expy}} with his entire face painted white.
11	* ChekhovsGunman: The Critic mentions a hypothetical lowlife getting his hands on a ComicBook/SpiderMan costume and calling himself "Red Lobster". Guess who kills the Mocker?
12	* {{Crossover}}: With Brian "WebVideo/TheLastAngryGeek" Heinz.
13	* HostilityOnTheSet: [[invoked]] The Critic and the Geek mock Creator/TommyLeeJones for saying "I do not sanction your buffoonery" to Creator/JimCarrey [[{{Hypocrite}} when he acts just as over-the-top as Carrey does]].
14	* LargeHam: Much attention is paid to how orgasmic the extras' expressions are.
15	* MsFanservice: As a parody of Dr. Chase Meridian, Tamara wears a low-cut cocktail dress and flirts aggressively.
16	* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: The Mocker dresses just like the Riddler, but his hair, voice and mannerisms are clearly based off ''Batman Forever's'' director Creator/JoelSchumacher.
17	* NowBuyTheMerchandise: The Critic and the Geek not-so-subtly urge the viewer to buy the ''Podcast/{{Rifftrax}}'' version of ''Batman Forever'', which like this episode, is also a collaboration between the Walker Brothers and Heinz.
18	* PunctuatedForEmphasis: The critics finding the most inopportune times to repeat, "I do not sanction your buffoonery" peaks with Two-Face dancing across the main floor of Wayne Manor to, "''I! Can't! Sanction! This! Buffoon-er-y!''"
19	* RecycledScript: While the review is obviously more analytical, some of the jokes are directly recycled from their Rifftrax which is promoted in the video itself.
20	* RunningGag: The name of Robin's alter ego, Dick Grayson, inspires dick jokes aplenty.
21	--> '''Doug!Batman''': ''(when Robin's vehicle is hit by Riddler's defenses)'' Oh no! My Dick!
22	* SoOkayItsAverage: [[InvokedTrope The Critic and the Geek]] concede that this film is not a flat-out trainwreck like ''Film/BatmanAndRobin'', but neither is it a very good film on its own, mainly because of its inconsistent tone and [[UncertainAudience uncertainty of who it intended its audience to be]].
23	* StalkerWithACrush: In contrast to Alfred referring to Dr. Meridian as "lovely and wise", a quick montage of clips of her pursuit of Bruce leave the Geek thinking she's "a creepier stalker than Nygma".
24	* VindicatedByHistory:
25	** The matter of criticizing Jim Carrey's scenery-chewing performance as the Riddler, portrayed in this movie as an obsessive nerd who latched on to the celebrity Bruce Wayne, then Two-Face, seems downright ''realistic'' (they claim, too subtle) since the excesses of "Internet culture and fanboys blew up". Clips are shown to support this.
26	** When the Riddler explains how his "Box" is giving him the secrets of everyone in Gotham City, the reviewers vocally struggle not to say that this was ahead of its time.
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