DC Animated Universe

[Mandi-chan]

I liked "The Mystery of the Batwoman" when it first came out (even though I hated seeing Bruce and that woman hooking up, since I'm fan of Barbara/Bruce), but I may not like it so much now.

I also noticed that sweet sale on amazon.com...but then I discovered something even better than that (If I were you, I wouldn't buy those individual sets if you haven't done so yet...):

Because on November 4th, 2008, Batman: The Complete Animated Series dvd set will be released (and amazon.com already has it listed for pre-order at $76.00)

http://www.dvdactive.com/news/releases/the-batman4.html

All I can say is...HELL YEAH (man, am I glad I decided to wait on getting the show on dvd...)

[ToTheNines]

Originally Posted by Mandi-chan

(If I were you, I wouldn't buy those individual sets if you haven't done so yet...)

I have, and I'm keeping them. Imagine trying to make that big set look good standing next to Batman Beyond and Justice League on my DCAU shelf.

[AquaParade]

Don't mean to clog up this thread, but i felt it was better then making a new one . Wondering how you guys felt about Vol.3 of The Batman animated series vs Vol.4...the Gotham Knights one. I'm picking one up this week and just wanted to get opinions. The only thing I've really heard about vol. 4 is just that Never Fear is good...anything else stand out that makes it worth buying? How about season three?

Oh and...The movie was amazing

[ToTheNines]

Originally Posted by Noob-Saibot

Don't mean to clog up this thread, but i felt it was better then making a new one . Wondering how you guys felt about Vol.3 of The Batman animated series vs Vol.4...the Gotham Knights one. I'm picking one up this week and just wanted to get opinions. The only thing I've really heard about vol. 4 is just that Never Fear is good...anything else stand out that makes it worth buying? How about season three?

Oh and...The movie was amazing

First off, we do have a DCAU thread.

But yeah, those are both great buys. Vol 3 has great episodes like "Shadow of the Bat", "Bane", "House and Garden", "Lock-up", and my favorite "A Bullet for Bullock"

I personally loved "Gotham Knights", mabey it's because I under-estimated it (because of the art revamp) but I watched the whole set in about 2 days when I first got it. Great episodes are: "Sins of the Father", "You Scratch My Back", "Growing Pains", "Over the Edge", "Old Wounds", "Mad Love", and "Judgement Day".

I don't recall dis-liking any episode and the only thing I can complain about is some poor re-casting choices... But the fact that Nightwing is in it makes up for it.

[Spike Spiegel]

Originally Posted by ToTheNines

First off, we do have a DCAU thread.

I don't recall dis-liking any episode and the only thing I can complain about is some poor re-casting choices... But the fact that Nightwing is in it makes up for it.

When I first saw it on TV, I remember not iliking the Joker's redesign, but the quality of the eps, in a way, outshone the previous seasons. They knew exactly what they were doing, and their goal was to make it edgier than ever (like the reference to The Dark Knight Returns in "Legends of the Dark Knight." And there was one ep which was a flashback where Robin (Dick) slugs Batman in the face.

TNBA was for Batman TAS what JLU was for Justice League. It took the mythology the show was built on and expanded it without satiring itself like so many shows end up doing.

And I rather liked Nightwing as well. I was saddened by his absnce in the later shows. He should have at least appeared in Batman Beyond somewhere. He would have been alive--Bruce, Tim, and Barbara all were. I bet he would been this laid back old guy that looked basically the same, probably keeping himself in pretty good shape like Bruce did, not ending up like Tim, with the potbelly and all.

[ToTheNines]

Can anyone confirm that season 2 of Justice League is better than the first? All the reviews on Amazon say so, but I'd like to see what you guys have to say.

[Spike Spiegel]

Season Two of JL is just as good as any season of JLU. Wait unitl you see "Wild Cards," "Starcrossed," and "Hereafter."

If you can, just buy it. I wish I could.

[The Terror of Death]

If you buy any season of JL make sure its JL season 2. IMO the order of best seasons are JL season 2> JLU season 2> JLU season 1> JL season 1. I dont think there was a single episode of Justice League season 2 I didnt like. Your doing yourself a disservice if you dont see it since it has some of the best episodes of a DCAU cartoon.

[ToTheNines]

Cool, I was worried that I was the only one who didn't really like season 1 too much.

[Spike Spiegel]

No, Season 1's stories were clunky. It sucked pretty hard, even to my ten or eleven year old mind at the time when I first saw the eps. On one of the DVDs, Timm and co. actually admitted that they were still finding their stride with the show during that season.

[Time Mistress]

Best Buy seems to be having a sale on all the DCU animated shows as part of a The Dark Knight sale or something. I just got Batman Beyond season 2 which is normally $40 for $13 last week. Now all I need are the Phantasm and Batwoman movies to complete my DCU animated DVD collection.

[ToTheNines]

Just got JL Season 2. I haven't watched all of it yet, but it's waaaaay better than season 1. In season 1 it was like they made every episode a 2-parter just for the hell of it, where in season 2 the stories fill out two episodes nicely.

[ToTheNines]

I've read in several places that Tim Drake was at superman's funeral. I watched that scene twice and didn't catch him, Robin or Alred at the actual funeral. Am I dumb?

[Jester]

In JL or SMTAS?

[ToTheNines]

Justice Leauge

[gobo]

Question: Does anyone know if the Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker/Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman Double Feature has the edited or uncut RotJ on it? Since it's both movies crammed onto one disc, I don't know what to expect. But, the case for my RotJ Uncut bugs me with the way it catches on everything and just looks out of place with the rest of the series. >_<

[ToTheNines]

Originally Posted by gobo

Question: Does anyone know if the Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker/Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman Double Feature has the edited or uncut RotJ on it? Since it's both movies crammed onto one disc, I don't know what to expect. But, the case for my RotJ Uncut bugs me with the way it catches on everything and just looks out of place with the rest of the series. >_<

It's the edited version, sorry.

I'm in my second time through the whole DCAU right now, really excited since I'm about to hit The New Batman Adventures.

[Drtooth]

I'd skip the double disk and track down the Uncut version, me self. Same goes with Mask of the Phantasm. It only had it in Full Frame (Sesame Street is now being filmed in widescreen- that kills the myth that full frame is "Family (or kid) Friendly" IMO). It shouldn't be too hard to find... you may have to pay more, but its usually worth it.

Plus I heard Mystery of the Batwoman was pretty uneven anyway....

[ToTheNines]

I just noticed something annoying: Two-Face should be able to figure out that Batman is Bruce.

In "Sins of the Father" Tim gives him crap, and then later he saves the day as Robin. So if he knows who Robin is, it wouldn't be long until he makes the connection.

[ToTheNines]

Finally got Mystery of the Batwoman, and considering that I only paid 6 bucks for it: I liked it.

The story wasn't bad (ending was lame tho), music was better than what I was expecting, Robin was funny and Alfred was hillarious.

I actually liked this new Robin voice, no Matt Valencia but he was good. Hated Banes new voice, hated Penguins new voice, and while it was nice to see Rupert Throne... he kinda just stood there fidgeting with playing cards.

It was a pretty pointless movie, added almost nothing to the canon, wasn't even touched by Dini or Timm, but it was still enjoyable.