"Legends: Part 1" Episode: #1.16 - 21 April 2002:
Corey Burton= Dr. Blizzard (voice)
Jennifer Hale= Black Siren (voice)
Neil Patrick Harris= Ray Thompson (voice)
Jeffrey Jones= Sir Swami (voice)
William Katt= Green Guardsman (voice)
Udo Kier= The Music Master (voice)
Ted McGinley= Tom Turbine (voice)
Michael McKean= The Sportsman (voice)
David Naughton= The Streak (voice)
Stephen Root= Cat Man (voice)
Tom Sizemore= Metamorpho (voice)Patrick Duffy= Steve Trevor (voice)Michael Ironside= Darkseid (voice)Ron Perlman= Orion (voice)/Clayface IIRob Zombie= Ichthulhu (voice)Efrem Zimbalist Jr.= Alfred Pennyworth (voice)Brad Garrett= Lobo (voice)Kin Shriner= Green Arrow (voice)Edward Asner= Hephaestus (voice)/Granny GoodnessJason Hervey= Dove I/Don Hall (voice)*Fred Savage= Hawk I/Hank Hall (voice)*Wonder Years Powers...ACTIVATE!Jeremy Piven= The Elongated Man (voice)Tim Matheson= Max Lord (voice)Dennis Farina= Wildcat I/Ted Grant (voice)
Sorry about that.
― Huk-L, Thursday, 24 March 2005 18:05 (nineteen years ago) link
― Huk-L, Thursday, 24 March 2005 18:08 (nineteen years ago) link
― Tep (ktepi), Thursday, 24 March 2005 18:15 (nineteen years ago) link
― Huk-L, Thursday, 24 March 2005 18:17 (nineteen years ago) link
Oh shit that's Inara from Firefly (and according to Tep, possibly Joss's Wonder Woman)! Yeah, she's great.
― Jordan (Jordan), Thursday, 24 March 2005 18:20 (nineteen years ago) link
― Tep (ktepi), Thursday, 24 March 2005 18:27 (nineteen years ago) link
― Jordan (Jordan), Thursday, 24 March 2005 18:31 (nineteen years ago) link
My eyes went very big and round when I read this.
― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Thursday, 24 March 2005 21:01 (nineteen years ago) link
― j blount (papa la bas), Thursday, 24 March 2005 23:35 (nineteen years ago) link
― j blount (papa la bas), Thursday, 24 March 2005 23:39 (nineteen years ago) link
(Full potentially credibility-shredding disclosure: I've also started watching Kids Next Door because Lauren Tom and Cree Summer do voices on it and it's often ridiculously funny. There was a recent episode involving a training bra that was absolutely hysterical.)
― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Thursday, 24 March 2005 23:46 (nineteen years ago) link
― j blount (papa la bas), Thursday, 24 March 2005 23:47 (nineteen years ago) link
― j blount (papa la bas), Thursday, 24 March 2005 23:56 (nineteen years ago) link
Teen Titans is on tonight at 10 EST, if anyone -- like me -- was wondering, so they could check it out. Not sure when JLU is on, but Demonoid (thank you Andrew!) has seasons 1 and 2, and a few a la carte episodes.
― Tep (ktepi), Friday, 25 March 2005 00:47 (nineteen years ago) link
― j blount (papa la bas), Friday, 25 March 2005 03:21 (nineteen years ago) link
― Chuck Tatum (Chuck Tatum), Friday, 25 March 2005 07:39 (nineteen years ago) link
― Chuck Tatum (Chuck Tatum), Friday, 25 March 2005 07:46 (nineteen years ago) link
Pretty much; it's also an extended riff on her "even when surrounded by friends, I am alone" schtick.
― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Friday, 25 March 2005 21:11 (nineteen years ago) link
― Tep (ktepi), Saturday, 26 March 2005 14:28 (nineteen years ago) link
― The Ghost of Didn't You Write A Vampire Book? (Dan Perry), Saturday, 26 March 2005 17:15 (nineteen years ago) link
I got the first box set and it really is great, as good an introduction to what makes Batman great as you could ever have. The way they treat the Joker I think is particuarly laudable - he's clearly shown as comical, not just psychotic (i.e. you can laugh along with most of his antics), but at the same time he's still pretty fucking scary. A great balance between modern grim&gritty Batman and the character's older incarnation.
Some of the episodes - the Clayface two parter, the Mr.Freeze one - are so unberably tragic. The show's obsessive "sometimes things happen that turn you into a MONSTER and believe me, you sure as hell won't be able to escape that" message is really something for a kid's tv show!
I used to ("used to") have the biggest crush on the animated Poison Ivy when I was a kid - Harley Quinn looks very cute when she's in civilian clothes, as well. Didn't they semi-officially lez up in the cartoon's comics? Perv perv.
One guy on the extras defines the show's visual style as "dark deco" - hits the nail on the head, I think. It's all gorgeous, tho just *occasionally* you notice a slight anime influence, it annoys me every time.
― Daniel_Rf (Daniel_Rf), Friday, 15 July 2005 10:00 (nineteen years ago) link
― dave k, Friday, 15 July 2005 14:28 (nineteen years ago) link
― jocelyn (Jocelyn), Friday, 15 July 2005 14:53 (nineteen years ago) link
― Jordan (Jordan), Friday, 15 July 2005 14:56 (nineteen years ago) link
― Huk-L (Huk-L), Friday, 15 July 2005 15:28 (nineteen years ago) link
Yeah, this is really key, and I'm glad that "Batman Begins" maintained this chronological ambiguity.
I hate Harley Quinn though and I am not looking forward to her appearance.
Oh, she's not *overwhelming* in it, so don't worry. It's a really great episode! The Joker is *really* scary in the first few scenes, and pretty funny after that. Also:
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At the end Batman laughs. Or, well, he seems to *try* to laugh - it comes out all abortion-like. It's crazy, and great.
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The Clayface two-parter is really a highlight of sorts, as is the Christmas Joker episode (which shows that BTAS isn't afraid to go all-out silly when it wants to.) I've a soft spot for "It's Never Too Late", tho - total homage to "Angels With Dirty Faces"!!
― Daniel_Rf (Daniel_Rf), Friday, 15 July 2005 16:41 (nineteen years ago) link
― Huk-L (Huk-L), Friday, 15 July 2005 17:19 (nineteen years ago) link
― Daniel_Rf (Daniel_Rf), Friday, 15 July 2005 17:50 (nineteen years ago) link
― dave k, Friday, 15 July 2005 19:06 (nineteen years ago) link
Weeeell, it starts with the Joker cheerfully decorating a christmas tree in Arkham while singing that ol' "jingle bells/Batman smells" thing; then next thing you know he's flying off into the air and you realise that the tree is a ROCKET! No explanation is given as to how, why, what, gah?
The whole episode pretty much maintains that vibe of absurdity/awesomeness.
― Daniel_Rf (Daniel_Rf), Saturday, 16 July 2005 09:54 (nineteen years ago) link
― latebloomer: lazy r people (latebloomer), Saturday, 16 July 2005 14:56 (nineteen years ago) link
I maintain Batman Beyond was a decent series despite the lame concept, if only for the hilarious Fantastic Four parody. The payoff to the ongoing backstory in "Return Of The Joker" was awesome.
"The Batman" is pure pish, though. I never asked for a version of Batman remodelled to resemble Jackie Chan Adventures, and I probably never will.
― Philip Alderman (Phil A), Sunday, 17 July 2005 01:09 (nineteen years ago) link
― Austin Still (Austin, Still), Sunday, 17 July 2005 01:32 (nineteen years ago) link
And not to come off all pervy, but um, I like Raven's look. Um. Legs.
― Leeeeeee (Leee), Monday, 18 July 2005 04:15 (nineteen years ago) link
― chi a, Monday, 18 July 2005 06:54 (nineteen years ago) link
― latebloomer: lazy r people (latebloomer), Monday, 18 July 2005 06:59 (nineteen years ago) link
The Joker waves good-bye to Charles Manson(!) as he flies out of Arkham.
― jocelyn (Jocelyn), Monday, 18 July 2005 12:16 (nineteen years ago) link
― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Monday, 18 July 2005 12:33 (nineteen years ago) link
― Huk-L (Huk-L), Monday, 18 July 2005 13:40 (nineteen years ago) link
― Leeeeeee (Leee), Monday, 18 July 2005 22:36 (nineteen years ago) link
― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Monday, 18 July 2005 23:50 (nineteen years ago) link
Reasons I will anticipate:
1. Dracula!1a. ...voiced by Peter Stormare!2. Joker!
Reasons to dread:
1. "The Batman."2. No Mark Hamill.
― Leeeeeeeee (Leee), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 05:42 (nineteen years ago) link
― J.D. (Justyn Dillingham), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 06:25 (nineteen years ago) link
― Daniel_Rf (Daniel_Rf), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 08:54 (nineteen years ago) link
― Huk-L (Huk-L), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 13:55 (nineteen years ago) link
― iodine (iodine), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 15:18 (nineteen years ago) link
― Jordan (Jordan), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 15:19 (nineteen years ago) link
http://img105.exs.cx/img105/8022/serious.jpg
― Daniel_Rf (Daniel_Rf), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 15:41 (nineteen years ago) link
― Huk-L (Huk-L), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 20:13 (nineteen years ago) link
― jocelyn (Jocelyn), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 20:24 (nineteen years ago) link
i'm not watching it but i've heard that _those_ guys are complaining about the penguin's look
as always, i find those folks absolutely hilarious. "what if the penguin was marlene dietrich but dummy thicc" makes me feel seen as a lesbian.
― Kate (rushomancy), Tuesday, 6 August 2024 13:34 (two months ago) link
You're right about the animation and backgrounds - I hadn't really noticed, maybe because a lot of streaming TV animation often has a flat, stiff look, and I don't go in with high expectations (so if the animation and visuals are good, then that's a bonus).
They seem to be avoiding the tragic villain route they used with some of the B:TAS villains, which is fine by me - that feels a bit overused by now
"Those" guys are complaining about lots of things, as they always do; I'm glad I never got into the Youtuber thing, though I do seem to need constant reminders to avoid reply sections on Twitter posts...
― Duane Barry, Tuesday, 6 August 2024 23:51 (two months ago) link
Finished the season, and it's mostly OK. I kept expecting the animation to be done on the cheap but it's surprisingly solid, but the writing is missing some juice. A few episodes have nice, zingy dialogue (the Catwoman one), though. What's patroclus weird is that it has one foot in BTAS references (the voices of Bruce and Alfred being very clearly modeled on their BTAS counterparts) while consciously diverging from old school canon.
― Élisabeth Vigée Lebron (Leee), Wednesday, 14 August 2024 20:19 (two months ago) link
It seems like a show for teenagers... from the 90s. All the references to US culture from the 1920s to 1950s - that stuff was still "live" in the culture when I was growing up in the eighties and nineties - b&w movies and old reruns were on the TV all the time. I'm curious what kids watching it today would make of it. There were very few good cartoons for teenagers when I was growing up - now it seems like 90% of new art is for 13-year-olds.
― Chuck_Tatum, Wednesday, 14 August 2024 21:03 (two months ago) link
Overall I really like Caped Crusader so far. Feels like the mix of set design inspiration from the 90s with remixed characters is a good formula. Harleen Q's episode was a high point for me and Onomatopoeia was fun and I loved lady Penguin. While I didn't dislike the episodes, I'm not really a fan of supernatural stuff in Batman so could've done without the classist ghost and vampire girl ones.
Batman turns out to be one of the least interesting characters, though I find that's often the case whatever medium we're in.
Interesting that this and X-Men 97 came out so near each other.
― salsa shark, Friday, 30 August 2024 21:07 (two months ago) link
have i linked the italian b:tas theme song here
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThxsDFTG06E
the story is that when cartoons came to italy they decided that rather than use the international theme songs they'd write their own theme songs with lyrics and made them all eurodance bangers
sometimes that works - "what is my destiny dragon ball" is in the same league as the japanese theme (that's the original dragonball, not cha-la head-cha-la) - but with x-men not so much, and with batman... i mean it just doesn't have the same feel as the elfman music.
― Kate (rushomancy), Friday, 30 August 2024 22:07 (two months ago) link
ok correction"what's my destiny dragon ball" is indeed the theme to dragon ball z, which i think was called "what's my destiny dragon ball" in italy? anyway seriously this fucking thing holds it's own against cha-la head-cha-la which i mean
that's _impressive_
i mean cha-la head-cha-la is, uh, _eurodance adjacent_ so it's not surprising that italy can bring it with its own version but still.
― Kate (rushomancy), Friday, 30 August 2024 22:13 (two months ago) link