Futility Belt: A Superhero Rewatch Podcast

Episode 25: Surge on a Wild-Berry Pop Tart (Batman and Robin, 1998)

Pat and Sarah wrap up season 2 with the one and only be-nippled Bats in Joel Schumacher's technicolor nightmare, BATMAN AND ROBIN (1997).   Topics covered: we're bad at audio, ice puns only, 9/11 baby!, "the good Batman", sexy plant juice, be-nippled and be-butted, Gotham be lookin' crazy, weird cuts, sloppy Spencer's mess, Sarah goes mad, shitty Katherine Hepburn, timely Met Gala references, our show concept is bad

Episode 24: John Leguizamo, Look Out! (Spawn, 1997)

Pat, Sarah, and a very special guest dive into the dark and stupid world of SPAWN (1997) in this week's ep.   Topics covered: Stan Lee dunks hard, time travel!, H-E-double-hockey-sticks, super powers + guns = dumb, it's always crimes, cliché-o-rama, chunky Juggalos, unintelligible Leguizamo, Sheen-aissance, handsome faces, unspecial effects, booby vamps, cops deserve semiautos, Satanic Panic?

Episode 23: Of Sparky and Lilly (Steel, 1997)

Is Sarah capable of starting an episode without saying "We're back"? Definitely not! But this week the duo is talking about STEEL (1997), starring the finest actor of our generation: Shaq.   Topics covered: the black Superman, Shaq the Renaissance Man, Judd Nelson's evil face, Sparky v. Lilly, Pat says NO NAPS, the world's slowest-ticking bomb, Hey! Deadwood!, PLL BABY, crime diversity, magic sledgehammer, finger touchin', when your best is pretty bad

Episode 22: Billy Zane's So Pretty (The Phantom, 1995)

Pat and Sarah watched THE PHANTOM (1995) which is GOOD, actually, despite whatever Pat says! Don't listen to him!   Topics covered: open to its pleasures, beefin' with HDTGM, Jeffery Boam baby!, always never trying to be cool, Destiny mythology, microscope murder, everything but the racism, cum-raderie, Titantic fun facts, as good as the Godfather, dog humor, is the Phantom a superhero?

Episode 21: More Facts about Flying Mammals (Batman Forever, 1995)

Pat and Sarah dive into the world of Joel Schumaker with BATMAN FOREVER (1995) and discuss which leaden action star takes the cake: Val Kilmer or Dolph Lundgren? Topics covered: Sno-caps, hidden motivation, horny Vicky Vale, fuck the Batmobile, The Shadow cinematic universe, notes on camp, the Joel Schumaker canon, facts about bats, visual gags, Tommy Lee Jones's beef, Hot Buns v. Kissy Lips, be-earringed boys