Batman fans since it's both been a very long time since I last reviewed an episode of the classic Batman: The Animated Series and since it's also just a few short days until Christmas. I thought that now was oddly enough the right time to check out and then thus review a certain Christmas themed episode of the show and so then join me as I review what I think is the only Christmas themed episode of Batman: The Animated Series" with the episode in question being called simply just "Christmas With The Joker" enjoy.
The plot of this Christmas themed episode of the show is the The Joker has just escaped from Arkham Asylum and his kidnapped three people and so it's up to Batman And Robin to put a stop to The Joker's latest crime spree all on Christmas Eve before it's far to freaking late. Now then in terms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual plot of this episode in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual plot of this episode was just your bog standard Batman and Robin adventure story with nothing new thrown in or even added to it which for a Batman Christmas is something that oddly enough works well enough for this episode in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.
Starring in this episode is Kevin Conroy as Bruce Wayne / Batman and Donner and Robert Costanzo as Harvey Bullock and Blitzen. Also starring in this episode is Bob Hastings as James Gordon , Clive Revill as Alfred , Mark Hamill as The Joker , Mari Devon as Summer Gleeson and A Woman and Loren Lester as Dick Grayson / Robin. Now then I really did hate the hate that used got Alfred in this episode just doesn't that much like the character at all in my opinions anyways / at least.
Now then in terms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all freaking honesty really good. Which for Batman: The Animated Series isn't an entirely new concept to behold since this show always has had and always will have some really freaking good acting in it's episodes in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.
Doing the animation for this episode is the legends and the greats that are currently over at Akom Production CO.. Now then in terms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual animation that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual animation that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was perhaps the worst element of this episode simply because this animation wasn't up to the already high standards of all the previous episodes animations in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.
Now then one of the many things that I actually really did like about this episode in particular was it's use of dark comedy. Which is fitting since this version of the The Joker should be doing very darkly comedic things like his whole get up / suit for this episode is very much inspired by Mister Rogers with The Joker's own TV show being a very dark and very twisted version of Mister Roger's Nebourhood in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.
So now then I really did like that this episode was alot more lighter intone especially when compared to the other episodes of this show. Simply because this is episode is a Christmas special essentially and so nobody would even want to see a darkly serious episode of Batman: The Animated whilst there celebrating Christmas and so to have this episode be a little bit more lighter in tone was a really smart move on behalf of the makers of both this episode and of this very show in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.
Now then I thought that Batman being stuck on what to do next was a really good idea because very rarely do we get to actually see the so called world's greatest detective stuck to come up with either plan or an idea. It's just a shame that that idea felt so rushed which is of no fault of the makers of this show because they obviously have a very tight running time and so they have to hit the plot points very freaking quickly but an idea that's as good as this one is should have had a little more time given to it in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.
So now then this episode has / had a grand total running time of exactly twenty two minuets and twenty seconds. Which is in all honesty a bit of a tad bit short of running time simply because it means that this episode can't really fully develop it's storyline or it's ideas that well because it has to rush to get to the next plot point and so then if anything this episode in particular should have been at the very least two episodes long just so both it's storyline and it's ideas could have been developed alot more naturally then what they are in this episode in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.
Now then since this is an action show after all that means that there are some actual action scenes in this very episode and that means that I have ti actually talk about all of the actual action that's actually featured / presented to us in this very and well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual action that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty. Yes granted it wasn't the best action scenes that this series is known for but it was alot better then then what they all had any freaking right to be in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.
Overall this was a really enjoyable Christmas episode of a show that is well and truly freaking iconic and even tho this episode does have a few issues with it those exact same issues didn't effect my overall enjoyment of the episode tho in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Now i've talked about all of the good and as well as all of the bad things that are in this very episode in this very episode and as such that erns that this very freaking episode erns itself a grand freaking old score of exactly an 8.5 out of 10 from me.
Now then as for where I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review well then boys and girls and as well as ladies and gentlemen I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review from the official DC Animated Universe fandom wiki page and also from the official Batman: The Animated Series fandom wiki page. With my personally preferred website to use to get the images from the actual film that I personally used in this very review being the official Batman: The Animated Series fandom page simply because all of the images that are from this actual / very film and that I personally found that are currently up and on Batman: The Animated Series fandom wiki page are all fairly high in quality and as well as being fairly high definition.
