My Top 10 Favorite Batman Beyond Episodes
Added 2024-11-18 18:16:50 +0000 UTC
Comments
Surprised you didn’t do a top 10 on The New Batman Adventures
ShockwaveFPS Studios
2024-12-29 07:17:13 +0000 UTCNow from what I read TNBA and Batman and Mr. Freeze Subzero (which Warner Brothers requested be a movie the DCAU team make to tie into Batman and Robin though Batman and Robin was so horrid Subzero was delayed an entire year to wipe off some of the stink from that film) were created around the same time and that though "Cold Comfort" was made to air later (even though it technically aired first) the team behind that ep only got some notes about what happened in Subzero and hadn't seen the movie so were more backed into a corner as to how to approach doing Mr. Freeze as a villain. Who yeah is great in BTAS but the reason he was only in... like two episodes is because there is very little you can do with that character and that motivation without it becoming forced and hackneyed and thankfully yeah the Batman Beyond team rectified that with a much better ending for the character. I think I like the Harley Quinn episode "Thawing Hearts" as a better ending for Freeze as Victor literally being fine dying and sacrificng himself for Nora so she can get a chance at live really works (I know some people aren't cool with what was done with Nora later in the show but I still liked it) but it is still a good ending for the character. As for other great Batman Beyond episodes I'll go over some of my other favorites. Some you listed like "Meltdown" and "Out Of The Past" are good but I also really dug... "Dead Man's Hand" (I actually really like Batman Beyond's take on the Royal Flush Gang who I first saw in a Superfriends episode so was glad this show had their own take on them and honestly I do like the Terry/10 Dynamic which is different then Batman/Catwoman as it's based on more family pressure then Mel just being bad on her own and works as it's own tragic sort of lovers story) "Sneak Peak" (This is a really cool idea of this reporter using this holo/camoflaogue tech not to commit or cause crimes but rather get the biggest scoop and before it winds up eating away at him the big dilemnia being the idea he finds out who Batman is as the scene of Terry pleading with him to at least keep Bruce's secret or trying to tell his family the truth are really interesting and do make you think for a second the secret will be dropped which I very much appreciate). "The Eggbaby" (People are split on this as this is a really sort of silly episode I can see if you don't like comedy not being a fan of but you know the more I think about it the more I'm cool with it. If only for the scene of Terry asking Bruce to look after his Eggbaby while he's on patrol and Bruce just glaring at him like that is worth the idea of this one alone to me). "King's Ransom" (Again love the take on the Royal Flush gang and seeing a unique attempt at a power struggle within the crew leading to their down fall. Plus the "They had an ace in the hole" "yeah I did too" referring to the two different Ace characters is easily one of my favorite jokes in the entire series). "Unmaked" (I think you referenced in your Amazing Spider man review back in the day that yeah Peter Parker unmasking to unfreak out the kid he was saving was kind of stolen from this episode. Which I feel does the concept better as it explores the idea of WHY you don't really do this as yeah it would make not only the secret identity more exposed but make the kid himself a target but makes sense for a younger more inexperienced Terry to have done so framing this as one of his earliest adventures works well). I do hope now that you've done BTAS and now Beyond the next top 10 you do is for Justice League/Justice League Unlimited as sure you have a good list for that series.
Neo Ultra Mike
2024-11-18 23:56:18 +0000 UTC
