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    Image of Jesse Astle Jesse Astle
    12/15/09

    In reply to "This Is Batman, Not Jonathan Swift"
    It's sad that we're seeing less and less animation of this quality on TV. Maybe its just the channels I get, but the majority of stuff I see is crap comedy and anime. The only that I seem to be able to enjoy is, ironically, Batman: Brave and the Bold. But as good as that show is, I would say that its no where near as good as the original animated series.
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    Bootknife-Jackson promoted this comment Jesse Astle was starred Jesse Astle was unstarred
    Image of Bootknife-Jackson Bootknife-Jackson
    12/15/09

    @Jesse Astle: there's a big thing about animation needing to be educational these dyas. it's an actual rule, or guideline imposed upon the shows as i understand. i'm sure someone here who is more knowledgeable than i, can enlighten us all on this...
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    Image of Tomb: R.O.A.C.H. Tomb: R.O.A.C.H.
    12/15/09

    In reply to Your 5-Year-Old Knows More About Doctor Who Than Catherine Tate
    Nise cheesy effects <3 And I like prawns.. They are nice..
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    Edited by Tomb: R.O.A.C.H. at 12/15/09 4:09 PM Tomb: R.O.A.C.H. was starred Tomb: R.O.A.C.H. was unstarred
    Image of Tomb: R.O.A.C.H. Tomb: R.O.A.C.H.
    12/15/09

    In reply to The Ghost Of Henchman #24 Reveals All About The Afterlife
    The world is filled with souless monster blobs.
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    Image of MargaretMoony MargaretMoony
    12/15/09

    In reply to Teen Wolf Series Casts The Lost Jonas Brother
    Dude, Tyler Hoechlin looks like he's in his 20's not his teens. It's weirding me out.
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    Image of BloggyMcBlogBlog BloggyMcBlogBlog
    12/15/09

    In reply to "This Is Batman, Not Jonathan Swift"
    The most interesting part for me was in Mr. Freeze's bio is that he was a cyrogenics huckster instead of an actual scientist who tragically lost his wife.
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    Image of YoungWilliam YoungWilliam
    12/15/09

    @BloggyMcBlogBlog: That's a thing that struck me as well. I've always been really impressed at how this incarnation of Batman made Mr. Freeze into a pretty understandable character (instead of a homicidal goof in a costume), so I was surprised when it gave that simplistic of an idea.

    Glad they changed it!
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    omgwtflolbbqbye promoted this comment YoungWilliam was starred YoungWilliam was unstarred
    Image of omgwtflolbbqbye omgwtflolbbqbye
    12/15/09

    @BloggyMcBlogBlog: I'm more surprised that Montoya is supposed to be a widower.
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    Image of Purple Dave Purple Dave
    12/16/09

    @YoungWilliam:
    Oh, it was more than that. Heart of Ice was the very first time that Mr. Freeze was taken seriously by the audience as a top-notch Batman villain. Before that, he was always at best a B-grade villain, and then only on every third Tuesday of the month. Now he's managed to achieve immortality in the form of a LEGO minifig, all thanks to B:TAS.
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    Image of Mad as a Hatter Mad as a Hatter
    12/15/09

    In reply to "This Is Batman, Not Jonathan Swift"
    that's where i got the name "Mad as a Hatter" from the Mad Hatter episode title! ballerrrrr
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    omgwtflolbbqbye promoted this comment Mad as a Hatter was starred Mad as a Hatter was unstarred
    Image of hdgotham hdgotham
    12/15/09

    In reply to "This Is Batman, Not Jonathan Swift"
    Excerpt from the text -
    "We will do no stories about Batman’s origin...that’s been done to death in the comics"
    Truer words were never spoken. If I have to open one more Batman book and read about Crime Alley...
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    omgwtflolbbqbye promoted this comment hdgotham was starred hdgotham was unstarred
    Image of Jim El Jim El
    12/15/09

    @hdgotham: Technically they shat all over that rule in the Mask of the Phantasm film, but also, that movie ruled, so kudos for that.
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    omgwtflolbbqbye promoted this comment Jim El was starred Jim El was unstarred
    Image of Cory Gross Cory Gross
    12/15/09

    @Jim El: But note that it was in their one, big feature film and that was pretty much it. I think that's allowed ^_^
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    Image of Jim El Jim El
    12/15/09

    @Cory Gross: Hence the kudos :) IMHO it's the 2nd best Batfilm after DK
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    Image of Purple Dave Purple Dave
    12/16/09

    @Cory Gross:
    They dabbled in that part of his life in regular episodes, but they never really went full-out with the "how" of it that I can recall.
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    Image of Brian St. Claire Brian St. Claire
    12/15/09

    In reply to "This Is Batman, Not Jonathan Swift"
    Holy butter on toast - This is completely and utterly awesome.
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    omgwtflolbbqbye promoted this comment Brian St. Claire was starred Brian St. Claire was unstarred
    Image of hdgotham hdgotham
    12/15/09

    In reply to "This Is Batman, Not Jonathan Swift"
    An afternoon? Now I've lost like five days 'cause I have to go home and watch the whole run of the show.
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    omgwtflolbbqbye promoted this comment hdgotham was starred hdgotham was unstarred
    Image of omgwtflolbbqbye omgwtflolbbqbye
    12/15/09

    In reply to "This Is Batman, Not Jonathan Swift"
    :O

    Wow.

    As a lifelong fan(atic/boy) of this show, which pretty much shaped the way I perceive Batman, this is pretty amazing.

    Now I know what all those people felt like when Charleton Heston came down that mountain with the 10 Commandments.
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    Edited by omgwtflolbbqbye at 12/15/09 1:31 PM omgwtflolbbqbye was starred omgwtflolbbqbye was unstarred
    Image of Im_your_Huckleberry Im_your_Huckleberry
    12/15/09

    @omgwtflolbbqbye: I second everything you said. When I think of Batman I don't think of the comics, Live action T.V. or movie versions, I think of BTAS. Bruce Timm's artwork and Kevin Conroy's voice is the definite Batman version to me, imho. Also, Mark Hamill's voice as the Joker is spot on, that really catches the sadistic nature that is supposed to be the Joker
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    Image of DumbledoreCalrissian DumbledoreCalrissian
    12/15/09

    @Im_your_Huckleberry: I absolutely and completely agree.
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    Image of Cory Gross Cory Gross
    12/15/09

    @Im_your_Huckleberry: M'yep... to me, the animated series is THE Batman. Other versions are alright to varying degrees, but this is the purest essence.
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    Image of Batmanuel Batmanuel
    12/15/09

    @Im_your_Huckleberry: I totally agree, and would add that Timm, Conroy, and Hamill are what really made the Arkham Asylum game rise above the normal superhero game.
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    omgwtflolbbqbye promoted this comment Batmanuel was starred Batmanuel was unstarred
    Image of Im_your_Huckleberry Im_your_Huckleberry
    12/15/09

    @Batmanuel: @Cory Gross: @DumbledoreCalrissian: Yeah guys, this version of Batman can never get enough kudos! :)
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    Image of Yellowphant Yellowphant
    12/15/09

    @Cory Gross: You said it.

    I feel the same way about the X-Men cartoon. I never really got into the X-Men comics, and don't even get me started on the movies. Tweenage Rogue with Wolverine Daddy issues? Please. The cartoons left that kind of stuff to Jubilee.
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    Image of Dresan Dresan
    12/15/09

    @Yellowphant: Ahh Jubilee, so misunderstood...
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    Image of Purple Dave Purple Dave
    12/16/09

    @Dresan: She was just trying to find her very own Batman to go with her costume...
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    Purple Dave was starred Purple Dave was unstarred
    Image of Dresan Dresan
    12/16/09

    @Purple Dave: Those shades were the physical manifestation of the eighties.
    So very eXtreme.
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    Image of Purple Dave Purple Dave
    12/17/09

    @Dresan:
    *sigh* Frank Miller once said that Jubilee's costume was the coolest Robin costume he'd ever seen (green shorts/shoes/sunglasses, red shirt, yellow "cape"), which is why he stole it back for Robin in The Dark Knight Returns.
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    Purple Dave was starred Purple Dave was unstarred
    Image of Possums Possums
    12/15/09

    In reply to "This Is Batman, Not Jonathan Swift"
    Batman: The Animated Series was definitely my favorite cartoon and these days I find myself usually unable to change channels away from it if I come across an episode.
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    omgwtflolbbqbye promoted this comment Possums was starred Possums was unstarred
    Image of PhilR8 PhilR8
    12/15/09

    In reply to "This Is Batman, Not Jonathan Swift"
    Time to test the PDF capabilities of this Kindle that I just received. At 153 pages, this is exactly the sort of thing I want to use the Kindle for.
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    omgwtflolbbqbye promoted this comment PhilR8 was starred PhilR8 was unstarred
    Image of jbq jbq
    12/15/09

    In reply to "This Is Batman, Not Jonathan Swift"
    Awesome! Must resist clicking link! Do not have time now! Aaaaaaarghhh...
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    Image of Nefilim Nefilim
    12/15/09

    In reply to "This Is Batman, Not Jonathan Swift"
    I actually downloaded the entire series, took about a whole week and 20 gigs of space but it was well worth it. Should have backed them up to disk tho before the drive decided to crash....
    so thanks for this, it should be a nice addition to the random book collection i am starting.
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    Edited by Nefilim at 12/15/09 1:07 PM Nefilim was starred Nefilim was unstarred
    Image of Brain.wav Brain.wav
    12/15/09

    @Nefilim: Not to be a nag, but you know what would have likely been faster, and not lost in your drive crash?
    This: [www.amazon.com] ,
    this: [www.amazon.com],
    this: [www.amazon.com] ,
    And this: [www.amazon.com]

    Just sayin'.
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    omgwtflolbbqbye promoted this comment Edited by Brain.wav at 12/15/09 1:08 PM Brain.wav was starred Brain.wav was unstarred
    Image of omgwtflolbbqbye omgwtflolbbqbye
    12/15/09

    @Brain.wav: Or even better...

    [www.amazon.com]

    I bought it last year as a b-day present for myself.
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    Image of Thanatos Thanatos
    12/15/09

    @Brain.wav: What annoys me about the DVDs is the episodes are not in order.
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    Purple Dave promoted this comment Thanatos was starred Thanatos was unstarred
    Image of Brain.wav Brain.wav
    12/15/09

    @omgwtflolbbqbye: Out of print, and seperate volumes are a bit cheaper.
    @Thanatos: Didn't realize that... that is annoying.
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    Brain.wav was starred Brain.wav was unstarred
    Image of omgwtflolbbqbye omgwtflolbbqbye
    12/15/09

    @Brain.wav: Oh wow, so it is out of print.

    That's really weird considering it was released only last year.

    Now I'm even happier that I got it (when it was only $75 to boot)!
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    Edited by omgwtflolbbqbye at 12/15/09 1:50 PM omgwtflolbbqbye was starred omgwtflolbbqbye was unstarred
    Image of TnOdyssey001 TnOdyssey001
    12/15/09

    @omgwtflolbbqbye: Eww, that's pretty sad. You should pay for good things that deserved to be supported. The above comment has the same boxed set that I got at an FYE for $75 on sale. Delete the pirated junk and go get it!
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    omgwtflolbbqbye promoted this comment TnOdyssey001 was starred TnOdyssey001 was unstarred
    Image of omgwtflolbbqbye omgwtflolbbqbye
    12/15/09

    @TnOdyssey001: But I did buy it, that's why I posted about it...
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    Edited by omgwtflolbbqbye at 12/15/09 2:37 PM omgwtflolbbqbye was starred omgwtflolbbqbye was unstarred
    Image of Purple Dave Purple Dave
    12/16/09

    @omgwtflolbbqbye:
    The extra stuff is nice, but I had broken hinge pins in both of my inner cases. Due to how everything was assembled, I was able to swap flaps around until they were all properly mounted, but dropping those cases a few times could end all of that. So, for now, I'm sticking to my original box sets.
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    Image of Purple Dave Purple Dave
    12/16/09

    @Thanatos:
    Out of _what_ order? There are three. The first order was the production order, but that was determined solely by when each episode was started, not by any sort of continuity. Then there was the broadcast order, which was determined solely by the order in which each episode made it back to the production team from the horde of animation studios that they were farming stuff out to. Neither of these orders really work for proper viewing, as both result in most of the 2-parters being split up. In fact, the broadcast order started with The Cat & The Claw Pt1, and had _five_more_episodes_ (including On Leather Wings, which should have been the official series premiere) before they got around to finishing TC&TC.

    Now, the DVDs take the production order as the base order, but marry up all the broken 2-parters so they'll flow properly. The only thing that's not fixed is how Tim Drake appears as Robin in the first episode of Volume 4, and then _becomes_ Robin for the first time in the very next episode. As far as I'm concerned, it's the best viewing order you're going to find.
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    Purple Dave was starred Purple Dave was unstarred
    Image of Purple Dave Purple Dave
    12/16/09

    @omgwtflolbbqbye:
    It, like the recent S:TAS Complete Series box set and Justice League Complete Series box set, was a limited edition run. I'm guessing it came pretty close to selling out in the first week of release. At the very least, none of the local stores seemed to have B:TAS:CS in stock more than a day or two tops.
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    Image of antpwny antpwny
    12/16/09

    @Purple Dave: Really? I saw it at like 5 Targets in my local area. Then one day I bought it for my girlfriend cause she wanted it so badly haha.
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    Purple Dave promoted this comment antpwny was starred antpwny was unstarred
    Image of Purple Dave Purple Dave
    12/17/09

    @antpwny:
    You clearly don't live anywhere near me. Let me guess, the first volumes of both Animaniacs and Pinky & The Brain also didn't sell out within hours where you live? I searched everywhere local, but didn't find P&TB.1 until two days after it was released, and Animaniacs.1 the day after.
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    Purple Dave was starred Purple Dave was unstarred
    Image of antpwny antpwny
    12/17/09

    @Purple Dave: Can't find Animaniacs/P&TB sadly. But I'm in SoCal.
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    Image of BrendCh06 BrendCh06
    12/15/09

    In reply to "This Is Batman, Not Jonathan Swift"
    I find it extremely cool that the same guy has been voicing batman for nearly 18 years now.

    I think Kevin Conroy's voice is what a lot of us hear when we think of Batman- along with the look of the animated series. Thanks for the link!
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    Image of Smeagol92055 Smeagol92055
    12/15/09

    @BrendCh06: I love watching Batman: The Brave & The Bold and hearing Dedric Bader's performances as Batman; you can tell he's a fan of Kevin Conroy's style, even though he camps it up for his own performances; for the first few episodes, I was convinced that it was Kevin Conroy before I actually read the credits.

    Bader's performance is sort of a cross between Kevin Conroy's Batman and Rex-Kwan-Do.
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    Image of BrendCh06 BrendCh06
    12/15/09

    @Smeagol92055: Sounds cool, I haven't given the Brave & the Bold a chance yet, though I'm eager to. I'll make sure to keep my ears open when I do.
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