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Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman (2003)

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Best Mark Hamill movies and performances:

1. The Empire Strikes Back - Irvin Kershner (1980)

2. Return of the Jedi - Richard Marquand (1983)

3. Batman: Mask of the Phantasm - Eric Radomski and Bruce Timm (1993)

4. The Batman/Superman Movie: World's Finest - Toshihiko Masuda (1997)

5. Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker - Curt Geda (2000)

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Retrospective Review - Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker

I have never been very big on the concept of Batman Beyond. For me, even as a kid, I always felt like Batman was darker and that an adult should be Batman. So there was always something a little off putting to me when Batman Beyond made a high school teenager into Batman. It felt like trying to make Batman into Spider-man. As a result, I never followed the show Batman Beyond very closely as a kid, I warmed up to the idea eventually and I enjoy it now but I still would have preferred if Terry was a college student, not a high school student. This movie I watched fairly late and I was shocked by how good it was. In all honesty, there is a decent argument that this is the darkest Batman movie ever made. Rewatching it now, there are still scenes that I found pretty disturbing.

Just by the subtitle of the film, you know that the big usp of the film is the return of the Joker. The concept is intriguing. One of my issues with Batman Beyond was always that they never really created villains that were nearly as memorable as ones in BTAS. Now, I get that BTAS had villains from the comics but characters like Freeze and Harley Quinn were brilliant new or reimagined characters. But Hamill's Joker is a classic and placing him in this new setting was fascinating. He's terrifying from his first appearance, where we see only his red eyes and then he kills off one of the Jokerz. His re-introduction to the public and Bruce's first interaction with him was awesome, as is Terry's first interaction with him. The film draws back on the connections between characters from The New Batman Adventures as Barbara and Tim end up being fairly pivotal characters in the narrative. The film acts to fill in some gaps as to what happened to Batman and the Joker between when we last saw them in TNBA and in JL/JLU and Batman Beyond. So this is a film that does reward the viewing I did for those shows as well.

In terms of story, there is not that much complexity to it. Joker is back in Gotham and causing mayhem. And he is using the Jokerz gang to rob telecommunications equipment to take over a satellite that can be used as a weapon. The real interest in the movie is about how Joker is back, because, as well learn in flashback, the Joker is actually dead. So its an interesting mystery as Terry and Bruce investigate the potential culprits. There are only two suspects in the investigation, one being Bruce's main competitor as the CEO of Wayne Industries, which is basically the red herring of the movie, and Tim Drake. The film's real highpoint is the backstory to Tim Drake and the flashback to that horrifying past event where Joker and Harley tortured and brainwashed Tim into becoming Joker jr. That's honestly a seriously disturbing portion of the movie and it just propels this movie so much higher. This is Joker at his most warped but it is also deeply tragic and poignant. The whole incident is the beginning of the breakup of the Bat family. Its a big part of why Bruce is so alone at this stage of his life and why he effectively fires Terry so he doesn't have the same fate that Tim did. But it is also an indictment of Bruce's decision to let someone as young as Tim be Robin. While Dick and Barbara were at least college students and older when they are operating as Robin/Nightwing and Batgirl respectively, Tim was a school kid who should never have been out alone. However, the way the death of Joker is portrayed is also a testament to how Bruce's teachings and Tim's innate connection to Bruce was stronger than any brainwashing that Joker to do, because even in that moment, he chose to kill Joker rather than hurt Batman. But even on top of that, the eventual reveal that Joker used genetic technology to take over Tim's body is also deeply disturbing and invasive. The transformation scene is genuinely creepy.

The film is a lot of fun apart from that. The animation is wonderful as are all the various action scenes. certainly the entire flashback sequence has a dark and creepy quality to it and the scenes where Batman fights the Joker in the current timeline are fluid and exciting. There are not much in terms of complaints. The whole corporate struggle aspect of the story is a little unnecessary but it is meant to give some context to the story. There are some convenient story development, like the genetic technology implant that nobody saw for 40 years, and the satellite which acts as a weapon. But it is still a damn interesting movie and I would say it boosted my interest in Batman Beyond considerably.

The voice acting is incredible. I mean, saying anymore about Conroy and Hamill is pointless. Conroy really seemed to enjoy old Bruce. Hamill is at the peak of his game as Joker. Angie Harmon brought her signature voice to older Barbara and Tara Strong was younger Barbara. Arleen Sorkin as Harley and an amusing cameo as Nana Harley is terrific as always. Dean Stockwell is solid as TIm Drake. Will Friedle is excellent as Terry. I can't reconcile that he's the same guy that voices Ron Stoppable in Kim Possible.

Anyways, Paul Dini, Bruce Timm, Curt Geda and everyone else behind this film did an excellent job. In terms of Batman animated movies, this ranks towards the top. I was also happy that it kind of gave a relatively happy ending to Bruce as he reconciles with Tim and Barbara. For me this ranks as an 8/10.

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A ★★★ review of Superman: Brainiac Attacks (2006)

Fun if flawed, Superman: Brainiac Attacks! suffers most by the ways it pales to it’s semi-progenitor, the beloved Superman: The Animated Ser

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TREKMATCH! # 208 - TNG's "The Child" vs 2016's Batman Unlimited: Mechs Vs. Mutants

BATMAN UNLIMITED: MECHS VS. MUTANTS

In this third and (thankfully) final feature-length commercial for the Batman Unlimited toys, Mr. Freeze and Penguin turn some villains into kaiju size monsters who terrorize Gotham. Luckily, Batman has a spare giant robot or two he can use to fight back, available now at your local Wal-Mart.

GRADE: F+

STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - "The Child"

A space light impregnates Troi without her consent so Worf is like "space abortion," but Troi decides to have the baby, which is born and grows into a seven year old in three days. I know it's Troi's choice but they had no idea of the intent of this creature, so Worf's idea should've at least been given a bit more consideration. Anyway, the kid dies and Troi is super sad but like she barely knew the kid? I mean tough break I guess but the whole scenario starts and ends in four days.

GRADE: F-

Victory to Batman, but Trek is up 105-103!

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Chase Me

Directed by Curt Geda Written by Paul Dini and Alan Burnett