Liam and Cal return from last week's interview with Robin to celebrate the Man of Steel's return to the Big Screen with a #SuperFantasMonth celebration and a look back at Superman's first appearance in the television movie, later split into three parts for syndicated broadcast, known as "The Last Son of Krypton." The Good Brothers first reviewed this episode over seven years ago, so they're taking a look back and giving a thorough once over of each of the parts of this iconic launch of the DC An...
Jul 05, 2025•1 hr 29 min•Ep. 362
The Good Brothers wrap up a month of reviewing The New Batman Adventures with an interview with one of the stars of the series, that being the voice of the new Robin/Tim Drake, Mr. Mathew Valencia! The hosts chat everything from Mathew's start in Hollywood including some of his earliest roles, the process of being cast as the new Boy Wonder, what it was like to be in the recording booth with Kevin Conroy and Mark Hamill. and some insight into the recording process. Plus, we discuss some of Robin...
Jun 28, 2025•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 61
Cal & Liam are back with more The New Batman Adventures reviews continuing with the return of Arnold "The Ventriloquist" Whesker and Scarface in the episode "Double Talk." The hosts discuss a plot penned by Robert Goodman that sees Arnold struggling, by no fault of his own, to adjust to life without his Mob Boss personality. Along the way Cal & Liam discuss the compassion of Batman that flies in the face of the average anti-Batman redditor, a musical theme that evokes Arthur's emotional ...
Jun 21, 2025•1 hr 39 min•Ep. 361
It may be the kickoff to summer, but the Good Brothers are feeling a chill in the air as Mr. Freeze returns to Gotham post- SubZero to wreak havoc on anyone that has joy in Gotham City in the New Batman Adventures episode "Cold Comfort." The hosts discuss the decision to make Mr. Freeze into a "head in a jar," why Nora Fries may be the shallowest of all of the DCAU love interests, speculation on why the Mr. Freeze theme from Batman The Animated Series is absent from the episode and a fun theory ...
Jun 14, 2025•1 hr 35 min•Ep. 360
After a bit of a layoff, the Good Brothers are back to where it all started (or at least the continuation of it) with episode 2 of The New Batman Adventures/Batman The Animated Series episode "Sins of the Father" which introduces a new Robin into the fold with Tim Drake and offers the secrets of his past and how he came to be! Hear the hosts break down a fast paced episode, how they feel it compares to the comic-book counterpart, Tim being an amalgamation of two Robins in the DCAU, and an intere...
Jun 07, 2025•1 hr 42 min•Ep. 359
It's the final Saturday of the month and that means a trip through the multiverse of DC Animation, and the Good Brothers have landed in the fan-favorite world of the Teen Titans as they look at the season one episode "Deep Six" which features the guest starring Aqualad being forced to align with Beast Boy to take down the villainous Trident! Hear the hosts discuss a story written by one of the Teen Titans' founding fathers, visuals-a-plenty showcasing Beast Boy's powers, a voice cast that includ...
May 31, 2025•1 hr 21 min•Ep. 358
Cal and Liam return with the beginning of the end of their The Zeta Project coverage with the 5th to last double feature , this week with the episodes "Ro's Gift," which sees the return of a group of villains that debuted in Batman Beyond and "Lost and Found" which features the previously unseen origin stories of our lead protagonists. The hosts discuss a disappointing return of villains, how the episode was originally a Batman Beyond crossover and how the series continued to be hamstrung by a l...
May 24, 2025•1 hr 52 min•Ep. 357
When you've reached the end, you can't help but want to look back and that's just what Liam & Cal do this week as they take a second gander on the pod at the Batman Beyond season one episode "Golem." The hosts look back at their original scores and decide with the benefit of hindsight and nearly 8 years of reviews if they were too harsh or too lenient on the episode featuring the alliterative Willie Watt and his giant robot friend. The hosts discuss the dynamics lifted from classic 80s teen ...
May 17, 2025•1 hr 47 min•Ep. 356
The Good Brothers make their long-awaited/long-dreaded return to reviewing The Zeta Project with a double feature of season two episodes "Resume Mission" and "Hunt in the Hub." Without a future Dark Knight to pique interest, the hosts are forced to try and find things to appreciate from the skeletal foundation of decent revenge story from Zeta's evil synthoid counterpart and a second episode that feels more like a cheap Adobe Flash quest game come to animation. The hosts manage to talk all the n...
May 10, 2025•1 hr 20 min•Ep. 355
It's back to the future for the next several weeks as the Good brothers make their return to the DCAU with the penultimate episode of Batman Beyond which features a crossover from The Zeta Project in the episode "Countdown." When Zeta shows up to Gotham, hijinks ensue as the Mad Stan straps a bomb to an oblivious Zeta. The hosts discuss how this plot mirrors an earlier episode of Batman Beyond, expectations for the episode being set higher due to those given the writing credit and it being the o...
May 03, 2025•1 hr 25 min•Ep. 354
The Good Brothers wrap up their Elseworld's Finest Month the right way, with a gargantuan team-up between the Dark Knight and the Man of Steel to battle Lex Luthor and an army of DC Comics villains in the DC Animated direct-to-video feature "Superman/Batman: Public Enemies." The hosts chat about the adaptation from the source material from writer Jeph Loeb and artist Ed McGuinness, necessary departures from the source and how the plot does nothing to disguise itself as anything but an old-fashio...
Apr 26, 2025•2 hr 8 min•Ep. 353
Up in the sky, it's a bird, it's a plane, it's the DCAU Review and they're here to celebrate Superman Day a day late with a continuance of Elseworld's Finest Month and a look at the Man of Steel's most recent iteration in animation , My Adventures with Superman. The hosts pick up where they left off last May with Part II of "Adventures of a Normal Man" and discuss a plot the leans heavily on dialogue and world building while separating itself from other animated versions of Superman. The hosts a...
Apr 19, 2025•1 hr 34 min•Ep. 352
The hosts are still in a celebratory mood after last week's 350th episode's character spotlight, and have gotten booked their travel through the multiverse once again to visit the Elseworlds of 2004's The Batman cartoon and an appearance of a rogue that was no stranger to the Batman The Animated Series. This week the hosts review Maxie Zeus' one and only appearance in an episode that focuses on the stunted working relationship between this universe's Batman and Batgirl, introduces a brand-new Ba...
Apr 12, 2025•1 hr 21 min•Ep. 351
The Good Brothers are back at home safe and sound after their annual excursion outside of DC Animation for April Fools' Day, and to celebrate their 350th episode of the podcast, the hosts are shining the old DCAU Character Spotlight on one of the Dark Knight's most formidable and recurring opponents, "The Demon's Head" Ra's al Ghul. Joining the hosts to look at Ra's' story arc, voice acting and some incredible behind the scenes moments is Batman The Animated Series director and friend of the sho...
Apr 05, 2025•1 hr 20 min•Ep. 350
We may be turning the calendar page, but the Good Brothers are still wearing their leftover St. Patrick's Day green as they take on the 4th annual DCAU Review April Fools' Day special, this time venturing out even further into the far reaches of the animated universes and landing on 2003's iteration of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles show and its' pilot episode "Things Change." Hear the hosts break down some of their personal memories of the show as well as the Turtles origins as characters and...
Mar 29, 2025•1 hr 32 min•Ep. 349
After 347 episodes it would be easy to assume there aren't many "firsts" left for the Good Brothers when it comes to the DCAU but leave it to an episode featuring real life NBA stars to help usher in some new infamy! This week, the hosts review "Hoop Squad" which features another of the many celebrity appearances on Static Shock but this time, the celebs are also superheroes? Join Liam and Cal on their journey of piecing together just why this episode may exist, why one of the guest stars has si...
Mar 22, 2025•1 hr 34 min•Ep. 348
The Good Brothers are back once again with another Static Shock review, this week with the season 4 caper that finds Static up against a scarlet speedster (but not THE Scarlet Speedster) in the episode "Now You See Him..." The hosts break down a plot the borrows some similar tech from a Batman The Animated Series episode with a bit of romance and Revenge of the Nerds thrown in, plus music that homages 80s alt-rock and 90s pop punk and a villain voiced by an actor typically found in a galaxy far,...
Mar 15, 2025•1 hr 23 min•Ep. 347
Cal & Liam continue their stay in Dakota for the month of March with another Static Shock review, this week with a look back at the episode "No Man's an Island," which finds itself tying up some season one and season two story arcs that had been left unresolved. Hear the hosts talk about how the "Previously on..." effectively pulls the rug on one of the episode's reveals, new powers for Hotstreak and a thorough rundown of all the Star Wars visual and musical homages. Plus the hosts chat abou...
Mar 08, 2025•1 hr 19 min•Ep. 346
A new month means the Good Brothers are moving on to another DCAU series, spending the next few weeks in Dakota and Static Shock. This week's episode is the sequel to one of the best Static episodes featuring the African superhero Anansi the Spider, in "Out of Africa." The hosts discuss the difficulties in following up an episode as great as "Static in Africa" with a sequel, the expanded rogues from African folklore and music that really drives home the native music for our guest star. Plus, the...
Mar 01, 2025•1 hr 15 min•Ep. 345
With one final Saturday in February, Liam and Cal are back to wrap up their second look at the series-defining crossover "World's Finest" with the third and final part. The hosts discuss both part three as well as how the episodes work as a whole presentation, why the Lois/Bruce storyline ends up working based solely on the resolution, whether the animation rebounds from last week's disappointment and an amusing visual homage to Tim Burton's original Batman film. Plus the hosts talk about the fi...
Feb 22, 2025•1 hr 50 min•Ep. 344
The Good Brothers are continuing to revisit the crossover that kicked off the DCAU with a look at the second part of The Batman/Superman Movie aka "World's Finest, Part 2." The hosts proceed through the second installment of this episode and discuss how breaking up a three-act story into three smaller parts dilutes some of the story telling, as well as how producing a 66-minute feature took its toll on the production crew. Liam & Cal also talk about what may have led to some of the most un-T...
Feb 15, 2025•1 hr 39 min•Ep. 343
Liam and Cal are back to their regular format this week taking a closer look at one of the defining and most memorable events in DCAU history with a re-review of Part I of "World's Finest." The Good Brothers look back at the kickoff to the DC Animated Universe and dive deeper than they did nearly 7 years and 323 episodes prior and discuss the thematic setup that mirrors a movie plot, and for good reason. They also talk about the animation by TMS and how it influenced the look of the episode, how...
Feb 08, 2025•1 hr 43 min•Ep. 342
Cal & Liam are kicking off a new month with a return to a format they first introduced last year where they recap a pair of DCAU characters and pit them against one another in a simulated contest to see who they believe would come out on top in their second edition of Meta-Brawl. This edition features the "Main Man" Lobo in a battle against John Henry Irons aka Steel. The hosts talk about the comic book origins of both characters before covering their DCAU story arcs, theme music, the voice ...
Feb 01, 2025•1 hr 32 min•Ep. 341
Cal & Liam take a brief detour with this bonus episode while continuing the Justice League Unlimited reviews for the month of January, wrapping up with a review of issue 38 of the tie-in comic which serves as a bit of a follow-up to last week's review. The hosts discuss a comedic love-triangle between Giganta, Flash and Linda Park written by Matt Wayne who also wrote "Flash and Substance." The hosts talk some of the homages to Archie and Betty & Veronica as well as whether or not the epi...
Jan 25, 2025•44 min•Ep. 60
Cal & Liam are once again back with another season three Justice League Unlimited review, this week tackling the Flash-centered episode "Flash and Substance." The hosts talk a bit about the 85th Anniversary of the Flash character in 2025, how this episode acts as a love letter to the Scarlet Speedster and his DCAU persona, why this episode has a meta commentary on gritty and light-hearted superhero stories and a ton of fun Flash lore and DCAU easter eggs. Plus a discussion on the all-star vo...
Jan 18, 2025•1 hr 36 min•Ep. 340
Liam and Cal are back at it again with their first review of 2025 and a return to Justice League Unlimited for the month of January. This week they continue on in Season Three of JLU with the episode "To Another Shore." On this episode, the hosts discuss the unique "embargo" that helped shape this episode into one that would alter the course of the remainder of the series, why character embargos are so confusing and what influenced the various limitations on JLU over the three seasons. The hosts...
Jan 11, 2025•1 hr 32 min
We interrupt the Toilet Bowl to bring you a special look at 2024 with the Good Brothers! The hosts are looking back at the year that was with a fun recap of all things DCAU and DCAU Review. The hosts talk about some of the milestones achieved by the podcast in 2024, the top-rated episode, their biggest disparity in scoring for one episode, and a historically low rating given to one very infamous episode of The Zeta Project. They also discuss the first series completion, guest stars and Elseworld...
Jan 04, 2025•1 hr 36 min•Ep. 338
The Good Brothers are taking their annual Christmas vacation to recharge for 2025, but in the meantime they're bringing you one last bonus episode for 2024 with a review of the Matt Reeves' Batman universe tie-in show , The Penguin. The hosts give their bird's eye (re)view of the 8-episode season, discussing Colin Ferrell's Oz Cobb character along with his incredible supporting cast. The hosts talk about the psychology of characters with sympathetic flaws and trauma but lacking in any redeeming ...
Dec 28, 2024•1 hr 29 min•Ep. 59
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from the Good Brothers! This week on the pod is not only perfect to celebrate the season, but kicks off the podcast's long-awaited foray into The New Batman Adventures with the adaptation of the Bruce Timm/Paul Dini classic "Holiday Knights." The hosts discuss how the adaptation differs from the source material, The Batman Adventures Holiday Special , how the music and voice actors combine to bring the comic book to life and why the missing act actually fits be...
Dec 21, 2024•1 hr 28 min•Ep. 337
Depending on your current location the weather outside may or may not be frightful, but a new episode of the DCAU Review is always delightful. This week the Good Brothers are discussing the second full-length feature film of the original Batman: The Animated Series run with the chilling title "Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero." The hosts discuss a bit of the history of the movie, how its' predecessor Mask of the Phantasm cast a large shadow, where the main crew had moved on and how the movie cam...
Dec 14, 2024•1 hr 53 min
