Justice League Unlimited: Initiation Review

While live action DC films and shows are very hit and miss there animated shows were nearly always hits. With them much like Marvel did in the nineties spawning there own animated around the same time as Marvel set up the Marvel Animated Universe with DC's being called the DC Animated Universe with the show that i'm going to talking to you all about today being an episode from the final entry into that universe and so then join me as I review the episode which sees the Justice League add a new member with the episode in question being called simply just "Initiation" enjoy.

The plot of this episode is when Green Arrow rejects another big to join the Justice League who are expanding taking in heroes from all over the world he , Green Lantern , Supergirl and Captain Atom are sent Asia where they must stop a nuclear-powered robot rampaging through the countryside. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual plot 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 plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty really good. This episodes plot to be fair was a fun plot as it showed us the Justice League from the point of view of a small time hero who just wants to look after the everyman with Green Arrow refusing to join them because while the other heroes are perfectly happy with fighting monsters in space he's more concerned with looking after the little people. However the episodes plot doesn't really follow up on that and instead drops that aspect of the episode when that is something that would have made the episode alot more interesting to watch but they instead drop that to focus on this robot ramping through Asia which in all fairness is a pretty epic way to start of this show but plot wise it's not that interesting as there's no conflict there but seeing Green Arrow having to struggle between doing what's right for the little guy for the time being and doing what's right for the little guy in the bigger picture would have made for a more interesting plot but to be fair this episodes plot was about as good as it was ever likely to be with the plot of this episode also being really rather entertaining and as well as being really rather engaging as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Starring in this episode is Kevin Conroy as Bruce Wayne / Batman and Phil LaMarr as John Stewart / Green Lantern. Also starring in this episode is Carl Lumbly as J'onn J'onzz / Martian Manhunter , George Newbern as Clark Kent / Superman , Kin Shriner as Ollie Queen / Green Arrow , Nicholle Tom as Kara Kent / Supergirl , George Eads as Nathaniel Adams / Captain Atom and Robber 2 , James Sie as General Kwan and The Scientist and Lex Lang as Robber 1 and A Soldier.

Now then interms 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 honesty really good. The fact that thus episode does have some really good acting in it is something that is not all that surprising as alot of this episodes actors are reprising their roles from various other DC animated shows and therefor would have a really good handle on how best to perform there character and those that aren't are still really good in there own right with them more then holding there own when it comes to acting with the more established stars. With the best actor in this episode being Kin Shriner as Ollie Queen / Green Arrow as while Kevin Conroy is still really good in this episode his role in the episode is basically just a cameo role and therefor he doesn't get a chance to show us what he can do as an actor whereas with Kin due to the fact that Ollie is the episodes main character he does get the chance to show us what he could do as an actor with him being able to pull of the more sarcastic and funny side of the character and the more dramatic and action side of the character and yet still make it feel like it's the same person with his own natural charisma really coming through in this episode. With the acting that's in this very episode really being helped by the fact that this episodes script is just so good that all this episodes actors have to do is just say the lines as they are written and a good performance will come out of them naturally which is something that really does help to raise the overall quality of the acting that's in this very episode.

Doing the animation for this episode is the legends and the really greats that are currently over at DR Movie. Now then interms 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 in all honesty really good. To be frank this episode animation was alot more better then what I thought that it would be as while DC is known for hitting out of the park with there animated projects they are using what was at the time an untried animation studio and superhero shows at that point in time didn't typically have good animation in them. Yet you can tell right from frame one that this not only this episode but this show as a whole has had some serious money put into it as it looks stunning with there being alot of details in the backgrounds and on the characters faces that help to make this episode feel more real and less cheap looking with even the scenes in the Asian countryside where most of the episode does take place looking really good and having colors that pop this is the type of animation that you get when you have people that care truly about what it is that there turning in and aren't just working on it to earn some fast money and it is something that does show unlike with the 1996 The Incredible Hulk cartoon where you could tell right away that the people working on that show didn't care enough to go that extra mile here tho you do see them go that extra mile by even giving background characters these really fluid movements which was something that the makers of this episode really didn't have to do and yet they did it anyway and it's that level of care that does help to make this episodes animation be really good. 

If Green Arrow is the main character of the episode then surely Kara has to be the second lead as she is the one that not only ends the episode but much like with Green Arrow is going on her first mission. Which was quite fun to see as we get to see her act like a kid her age might very well act as she does get excited not only when she is first told that she is going on the mission in the first place but also when they are in the jet waiting to depart and it's something that does make her character alot of fun to watch as she is still after all a kid albeit one that not only has superpowers but is also Superman's cousin and while the episode does explore the fact that this version of the character is quite angry and hot headed it also takes the time to show her acting as a referee when Captain Atom and Green Arrow start arguing and it's she that tells Green Lantern when Ollie has left the ship these are things that do make her out to be a really caring person at heart. This is also true for Ollie as the only reason why he didn't want to join the league in the first place is due to the fact that to him they don't care abut the little guy anymore and instead care more about fighting battles in space and while of course we the audience know that that's not true it is nice seeing Ollie openly call that out as alot of the heroes in league do have there own cities to protect and yet all of them are here in space waiting to go on a mission which is something that does prove his point as those heroes be there Superman or Batman or whoever could very easily go back to earth and only come up when there needed and yet alot of them openly choose to stay there and yet Ollie is painted as the one being in the wrong which in all fairness he kind of is but he's also in the right.

What was odd is that they never explain why the Asian country is hiding the fact that they built this giant robot. Which is something that they very easily could have done as the country does also hate all foreigners so why not say that the robot was built to keep foreigners out of the country and if called upon could be used to attack those that it deems to be a threat to its home country like for example the American army this would go someway into explaining why General Kwan didn't want the help of the Justice League and was trying to keep the robot a secret from even them by saying that the situation was undercontrol when it clearly wasn't its the small things in this episode that make these bigger moments all the more impactful which is why it's weird that the makers of this episode would leave out that small bit of information as without the country just comes across as hating people really for the sake of hating them. Something that does work for Green Arrow as it does play into Ollie's nature of being a bit of a playboy is the fact that the only reason that he's joining the league in the first place is the fact that he sees an attractive female suiting up which is something that not only feels true to his character but it does also serve as a good way to end the episode as it is this lighthearted moment but what kind of spoils it tho is the fact that Batman is there fully supporting the idea of Ollie joining just because he sees a pretty female as this doesn't feel true to how Batman or Bruce Wayne are as characters as Bruce was only playboy to act as a cover up for him being Batman as deep down he's a one woman man and heck he would want Ollie to join the league for the right reasons and not just because he sees someone he likes there is however a chance that Batman told Black Canary to get dressed there as a way to get Ollie to join the league tho as that is something that Batman would do.

The giant robot in this episode is the episodes main villain as it does go about attacking all of these people for literally no reason whatsoever. While the villain not really having an end goal in mind would be seen as being a bad thing given the fac that the villain is a man made robot and has pretty much only just come to life seeing everything as a threat it does make sense that it wouldn't have a plan as it wasn't created to become alive it was created to do this one job and that's it and yet when the robot does come alive and does start attacking everyone it does become to much for them to handle with even the members that the Justice League send to help having a tough time with it as they all either get beaten really badly by it or its radioactive heat proves to be to much for them to handle. To be frank here this robot is the perfect villain for these members of the league to have as it is something that does require all three of them to even get close to let alone hurt and kill which is something that does force our heroes to be better heroes and while this villain wouldn't be a match for Superman as he'd know to get it off the planet and to stick it with the rods himself for Kara it is a challenge as she's still a new hero and therefor she wouldn't know how best to defeat it let alone the fact that she's be able to stick it with the rods herself but in all fairness her not knowing that is something that does create some good drama as for all she knows the only one that could defeat this creature is Captain Atom and he gets beaten easily and while it would have made more sense for the makers of this episode to have Kara beat the monster having it be Ollie to do it does also make sense as the rods are drawn to look like arrows.

Now then this episode has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly twenty three minuets and forty five seconds. Which is pretty much the bogstandard running time for alot of animated shows like this one to have especially back in the mid to late two thousands and while this episode doesn't have to set up all that much due to it taking place in the same world as both Batman and Superman and the fact it is a direct sequel to Justice League it still does have to set up the main plot of the episode and who Ollie is as a character and why he didn't want to join the league in the first place and it wouldn't be able to do all of that and still tell a good plot with this episode having more then enough there interms of plot to really cover that amount of running time in the first place. With this episode not really using its running time all that wisely as the episode doesn't really take the time to fully develop its plot as the main plot of the episode that being the attack on the Asian country doesn't really get brought up until deep into the episodes first act and even then the episode doesn't really add much to the plot which does make the plot feel like an afterthought with the makers of this episode putting more thought and effort into telling us why Ollie didn't want to join the league in the first place then they did in giving this episodes plot some much needed plot development. This is something that is also true for the episodes character development as while you could make the case for all of the episodes either getting there development in future episodes or got it in past episodes there still did need to be some form of character development here in this episode and with this episode focusing on Ollie learning the league does care about the little guy it would have made sense as that after this mission he views the league differently and yet he doesn't as he didn't change as a character with the makers of this episode putting alot more thought and effort into making sure that we like Supergirl and then they did into giving the episodes characters some character development but I really will admit that this episode really does have same really good pacing to it tho.

So now then as this is an action show that really does mean that I have to actually talk about the actual action 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 action that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty really good. Look no matter the show or movie it will always be cool as heck seeing one or more heroes using there powers to take down a common foe and it's the same thing here as we do get to see Green Arrow , Green Lantern , Supergirl and Captain Atom all use there powers and it just so cool to see with it even making this episodes alot more exciting as we are seeing the heroes do the things that that are known for. With the best action scene in the whole entire episode being the scene where Green Arrow , Supergirl and Captain Atom attack the robot head on as the characters have to get these rods into the robots centre chest but given that the robot is nuclear the only one that the team things could do it is Captain Atom with him giving it his all but the monster uses its gun and ribs a hole and his suit causing Captain Atom to be severely wounded which angers Kara who then proceeds to try and hit it only for the robot to wipe the floor with her Olly tho sees that the rods look like his arrows and decides to fire them at him which for a while doesn't work that is until Ollie get the high ground on the monster finally hitting it in it's centre plate switching it off with Kara then coming back in to to knock it's head off. That is such a good action scene as it shows what it is that these three heroes do best as well as showing how all three of them have different approaches to the same problem with Captain Atom doing things by the book , Kara preferring to beat it up until it doesn't move and Ollie looking to think of an alternative method which given the fact that the villain is driven by nuclear power was the right option to go with with the rest of the episodes action being just as good as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Overall this was such a fun episode with it being easy to see why alot of people not only like this show was when it was first airing but still do like to it to this very day with the episode itself doing a good job of setting up Ollie as a character and just being a good episode to watch in general in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Now then i've talked about all of the good and as well all of the bad things that are in this very episode in this very review and as such that really does mean that this episode really does earn itself a grand old score of exactly a 7 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 ad gentlemen I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review from Amazon . Co . Uk and Google Images. With my personally preferred website to use to get the images from this very episode that I used in this very post being the really great Google Images really simply just due to the fact that really alot of if not really all of the images that are all really from this very episode with alot of them really being really better quality then what you'd really think of and all of the images are really of course up and really on Google Images really are also really all fairly high in quality and as well as them all being really fairly freaking high in definition.

Superman: The Animated Series: A Little Piece Of Home Review

When people think of classic nineties DC shows they usually think of Batman: The Animated Series and rightfully so as that show both was and still is really good. Yet people seem to forget about the face that DC had another animated show on at the same time as Batman with the show in question also featuring ironically enough another classic DC Comics character and it's an episode of that show that i'm going to be talking to you all about today and so then join me as I review the episode that introduces Kryptonite into the DCAU canon with the episode in question being called simply just "A Little Piece Of Home" enjoy.

The plot of this episode is Superman stops two low level thief's from robbing Lex's museum he finds that he gets weak around one object something which Lex also sees with Superman having to do anything he can to get the object away from Lex for good. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episodes well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty not that bad. The episodes plot was a decent enough plot for this show as this show was never as good as Batman: TAS was interms of its plots but at the same time tho the plot did feel weak almost as if it wasn't strong enough to support an entire episode of a show. Heck this is something that you very easily could see being the plot of one of the 1940's Superman cartoons as it would have worked alot more better in that format but as the plot for a full twenty two minuet episode it's not that good with th plot at times being forgettable almost as if you have to force yourself to remember what the plot of the episode is meant to be in the first place as while the episode does indeed focus alot on the plot and does make it feel as fleshed out as they could have done the plot itself is one that could have been alot more better even more when you take into account that they are introducing a key part of the Superman mythos with the plot of this episode not really being really rather entertaining and nor is it really rather engaging either in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Starring in this episode is Tim Daly as Clark Kent / Superman , Dana Delany as Lois Lane and Clancy Brown as Lex Luthor. Also starring in this episode is John Rubinstein as Professor Peterson , John Garry as Hanes , Brad Garrett as Bibbo and 'Neato' Coralli , Tom Wilson as Joey , Scott Valentine as Sam Coralli , Lisa Edelstein as Mercy Graves , Victor Brandt as Professor Hamilton , voice acting legend Tress MacNeille as The Tour Guide , The Old Woman and The Waitress and Yuji Okumoto as The Security Guard.

Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episodes 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 honesty not that bad. The fact that this episode does gave some really good acting in it is something that isn't all that shocking as alot of the DCAU shows are known for having some really good acting in them with his mainly due to the fact that this episode does have some really good actors in it with them all giving us some really good performances in the episode be it from Tal Daly being pitch perfect as Superman to Clancy Brown being really creepy as Lex Luthor bottom line being that this episodes acting is of a really high quality. With the best actor in this whole entire episode being Clancy Brown as Lex Luthor as he is just so creepy and so evil sounding as this truly despicable character that you do end up really loving his performance and heck he pretty much is THE voice of the character as he is just so good in this episode with him making every single line be as evil as it possibly could be even when he's out in public and trying to come across as being a good guy he still sounds evil. With the acting that's in this very episode really being helped by the fact that this episodes script is just so good that all this episodes actors have to do is just say the lines as they are written and a good performance will come out pf them naturally which is something that really does help to raise the overall quality of the acting that's in this very episode.

Doing the animation for this episode is the legends and the greats that are currently over at TMS-Kyokuichi Corporation. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual animation that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episodes 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 in all honesty not that bad. It really is hard to judge this episodes animation as outside of a few shots with both a piece of paper and the Kryptonite there's not really all that much that stands in this episode from an animation perspective there's no unique looking camera shots and the episode doesn't do anything cool with it's characters are backgrounds. Whilst yes this granted this is something that could also be the case or any episode of Batman: TAS as well but there for the more weaker animated episodes they usually had a stronger plot to make up for it whereas here pairing a weaker plotted episode with weaker animation just makes the whole episode look very kid friendly and not in a fun way and while that is something that was always going to be the case as it afterall a show about Superman there still needed to be some level of thought and love put into making the episodes animation look better and while the animation in this episode isn't half bad heck it's also more better then the animation in alot of other kids shows from the time it does feel like that it' lacking that extra special something with the characters not having any fluid movements to them outside of one single shot in an action scene and there isn't alot of detail put into any of the episodes backgrounds when this is something that Batman: TAS almost went out of it's way to do.

As was stated at the very start of this review this is the episode that does introduce Kryptonite to the wider DCAU. With this being something that does kind of complete the whole set up for the show moving forward as obviously the first three episodes were all about telling the origin of Superman and his first fight with Lex Luthor with the episode four not really adding in any of the Superman lore to the show which is something that does make this episode feel ore like it should have been the fourth episode as then it would have carried on the theme of adding in something from the mythos of Superman and fully completing setting up things for the show rather than having a break in doing that in episode four. Altho with this being said it really doesn't matter where this episode falls in the series running order as outside of the set up of Kryptonite there's nothing in this episode that plays a major part in the show itself with this episode to be frank here feeling more like it was a filler episode that was just there to fill out the series order as the episode itself just isn't that good and isn't that fun as the more plot driven episodes of the show are, the idea of the Lex being obsessed with getting Kryptonite and using it to in his own way control Superman is a god idea and the episode does do a good enough job of explaining just what it is to the none Superman fan that you do end up kind of forgiving the fact that not alot of stuff actually happens in this episode yet at the same time tho one can't help but feel like that this episode is missing something or that if this episodes plot was instead apart of a much larger arc that it would have been alot more better.

While the episode does only stick to showing us the effects of Green Kryptonite on Superman which is understandable as that's the most common color. It still would have been nice if at the end when we see the diggers looking for more of te stuff that instead of seeing a blank colored piece of Kryptonite that we saw something like Red Kryptonite or Black Kryptonite as while the none fan will get what these colors mean and fully understand why there dangerous to Superman the fans of the character will understand both of those things and a show like this was always going to attract both the new fan and the hardcore fan and while yes it is always a fine line between balancing what the old fan would love and what the new fan needs Superman is such a popular character in the first place that you can get away with having more deep cut things from the Superman lore and out them into one episode of this show. Therefor you could have had more then one colored version of Kryptonite show up in an episode and both groups of fans will fully understand what it means if it's just the basic danger and it would have given the next episode that it appears in whatever episode that may be a good hook as now we know that Lex has people actively looking for more of the stuff and while there is nothing wrong with just having the one coloured Kryptonite as again the new fan won' always understand what the different colors will do to Superman and therefor sticking to the more well known green was a smart move on the part of the makers of this episode it still would have been fun to see what they would have done if they had more then the one color show up in this episode no matter how briefly it is and it would have given the new fan more of s reason to feel concerned for Superman the next time that they see it.

Lex in this episode was a really good villain as we do see him outsmart Superman alot of the time which is something that is true to his character. As Lex should always be the smartest person in the room and therefor showing him outwit and outsmart Superman does work really nicely as does the fact that while we don't get to see what he does to people who don't do as he says it's pretty obvious due to ruthless Marcy is that anyone who betrays him is in for some serious pain as that how far he thinks in advance that he thinks and while he doesn't really have a plan as he doesn't know that Kryptonite hurts Superman until a few minuets into the episode this is something that could be forgiven due to the fact that it hadn't been introduced until this episode. The thing that does let hm down tho is the fact that he gives up far to easily whereas Lex would have a plan in place just incase Superman and Lois where able to find away for Superman to fight to the giant robot dinosaur and heck Lex would have been able to work out that incasing it in led would prevent or at the very least slow down the effects that it has on Superman as he does have alot of the best scientists working for him and yet the fact that he doesn't just makes him look dumb as both Lois and Superman didn't even need to ask if that was the case they were just straight up told it and while this was of course done to get that piece of information to us the audience in context of the show it does nothing for Lex as a character, while alright fair enough there was no way for the makers of this show to get that piece of information across without making either Lois and Superman or Lex look really bad and in this regard making Lex look bad does make sense as he is the villain but in saying this his is the villain the person we are meant to be routing against and if e got to see Superman work it out during the final fight then it would have made Superman look all the more stronger as a character.

Now then this episode has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly twenty one minuets and thirty one seconds. This is pretty much the bogstandard running time for this show and while the episode does feel like it needed to be that long this is an episode really could have been a five minuet short film as when you boil the episode down to what it really needs that running time then becomes more of a burden as we didn't need the scene in the diner near the start of the episode as the episodes opening fight with Superman already hit home that it was these rocks that were causing him to fall ill and therefor to hit that point home just felt pointless and we didn't need alot of the fight with the bad guys in the sky either as nothing all that interesting happens during that portion of the episode this is despite the fact that this episode really does have the right amount of plot there to cover that amount of running time in the first place. This episode also really doesn't use it's running time all that well as the episode doesn't take the time to fully develop its plot this is something that it very easily could have done just by giving us scenes with the scientists explaining the effects on Superman as while we do see Superman fall ill every single time he is around the rock it still would have made sense in universe to have it be explained why he does that and we could have had scenes that add to the plot with the makers of this episode being more focused on making Lex look and sound creepy then they were in giving us a well developed plot. This is something that does also effect the episodes character development as none of the episodes characters het any kind of character development in this episode and whilst this is something that does make alot of sense as not only is a kids TV show but it's also very early on in the shows run and therefor it doesn't make sense for the characters to get any kind of character development but it still would have been nice if the groundwork was layed for them to get character development somewhere down the line with the makers of this episode being more focused on hitting the same plot point then they were in giving the characters some character development but I really will admit that this episode really does have some really good pacing to it tho.

So now then as this is an action show that really does mean that I have to actually talk about the actual action 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 action that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty really good. It's fair to say that the action in this episode is the best part of the episode as that's when the episode not only gets interesting but also fun to watch as we get to see Superman trying to outwit not only Lex but the people that he hires to help to him take down Superman in some fun and creative ways with it being during the fight scene in the sky where the animation gets fluid with Superman breaking out of the ropes which looked really good so good infact that its used in the shows opening intro. With the best action scene in the whole entire episode being the final fight as we get see Superman and Lois fight a giant robot dinosaur being controlled by Lex Luthor which is a really fun scene as they are trapped in the room with Kryptonite and therefor a more weakened Superman has to try and defeat this seemingly unbeatable foe which is something that does add tension to the scene and it makes the part where Lois uses her paper basketball skills to throw into one the lead lined pots with it only being then that Superman is able to defeat Lex with the whole scene being a really good action scene and while yes it is also a really tame action scene but given just how tame the episode is it's also something that does fit in really well with the episode with the rest of the episodes action also being really good as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Overall this is an episode that is fully hard to judge as while it is a very tame episode given the fact that Superman is more light hearted then Batman is it does make sense that his animated series or an episode of that animated series also be more tame then anything that Batman: TAS did in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Now then i've talked about all of the good and a swell as all of the bad things that are in this very episode in this very review and as such that really does mean that this very episode really does earn itself a grand old score of exactly a 7 out of 10 from me.

Now then as for where I personally got all of the im ages 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 Amazon . Co . Uk and Google Images. With my personally preferred website to use to get the images from this very episode that I used in this very post being the really great Google Images really simply just due to the fact that really alot of if not really all of the images that are all really from this very episode with alot of them really being really better quality then what you'd really think of and all of the images are really of course up and really on Google Images really are also really all fairly high in quality and as well as them all being really fairly freaking high in definition.

Batman: Mystery Of The Batwoman Film Review

When people think of animated Batman films there's always one film that people seem to forget about as it is seen as being the weakest one. Yet it's that very film that i'm going to be talking to you all about today as this is a film that I genuinely haven't seen before now and I wanted to check out and so then join me as I review the film that was the last film to be set in the DCAU until 2017's Batman And Harley Quinn with the film in question being called simply just "Batman: Mystery Of The Batwoman" enjoy.

The plot of this film is when a new hero arrives on the scene dressed like a bat Batman tries to work out who she is all the while trying to stop the latest scheme from The Penguin. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt that about the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty not that bad as this is still a decent plot that would have made for a decent episode of the show and yet that's also the problem as this films plot doesn't make for a good Batman film plot as it just feels like an extended episode of Batman: The Animated Series and that's really it where as if you look at films like Batman: Mask Of The Phantasm and Batman & Mr. Freeze Sub Zero they all had plots that made them feel like movies and that could only work in movies where as this films plot could easily have been the plot to a two part episode of the show with this not really being helped by the fact that the films plot s weak at best as the film does pick up and drop it's plot alot of the time so much so that it does get hard to work out just what it is that this films plot is even meant to be in the first place and yet even so when this films plot does get something right it really does get it right like for example the romance between Bruce and Kathleen was really sweet and the idea of Batman having to figure just who this new person is is a good idea but the film does nothing with either idea to make them work as well as they perhaps could have done with the plot of this film being really rather entertaining and as well as being really rather engaging in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Starring in this film is Kevin Conroy as Bruce Wayne / Batman , Kyra Sedgwick as Batwoman and Héctor Elizondo as Bane. Also starring in this film is Kimberly Brooks as Kathleen "Kathy" Duquesne , Kelly Ripa as Dr. Roxanne "Rocky" Ballantine , Elisa Gabrielli as Detective Sonia Alcana , David Ogden Stiers as Penguin , Kevin Michael Richardson as Carlton Duquesne , John Vernon as Rupert Thorne , Efrem Zimbalist Jr. as Alfred Pennyworth , Eli Marienthal as Tim Drake / Robin , Tara Strong as Barbara Gordon , Bob Hastings as Commissioner James Gordon , Robert Costanzo as Detective Harvey Bullock and Tim Dang as Kevin.

Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film 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 film was in all honesty really good. With the actors that you expect a good performance from like for example Kevin Conroy giving us exactly that and while there acting isn't enough to save the film it is something that does show you that the makers of this film really did try there best to give us a good Batman film with the films guest actors more then holding there own when it comes to acting opposite the series main actors with the best actor in this film being of course Kevin Conroy as the man just simply IS Batman so much so that he's not playing a role at this point he's just being himself as he had been playing this character for close to decade at this point in time and while yes actors like Kevin Michael Richardson and David Ogden Stiers are still really good in this film with David Ogden Stiers making for a shockingly really good Penguin they just can't top what Kevin Conroy does with the character as he really is just that good as this character in any piece of Batman media with the acting that's in this very film not really being helped by the fact that this films script is just so bad as it gives none of this films actors absolutely nothing to work with interms of what it is that there actual characters personalities are even meant to be in the first place which is something that really does harm the overall quality of the acting that's in this very film.

Doing the animation for this film is the legends and the greats that really are currently over at DR Movie. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual animation that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film 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 film was in all honesty really good with the films animation being alot more better then that it really had any right to be as while the animation isn't as good as the animation from the show was you can still tell that there was some form of effort put into making this films animation look really good with all of the films characters having some really fluid movements to them and while the film does indeed borrow the character designs from The New Batman Adventures the film makes everything alot more brighter and alot more colorful which is the only real issue with the film from an animation standpoint as a Batman film should look dark and it should look gritty as that's the world that these characters live in this was something that Batman: The Animated Series understood and yet here in this film despite it being set in the same world as that show it feels completely different due to the fact that things are now made to be brighter when it would have worked so much more better if things were kept darker as that's what people want to see a Batman movie but to be fair tho this films animation really does come alive during it's action scenes and heck it could even be argued that the films animation helped to make the action be all the more better then what they already are due to the fact that we get some nice fluid animation during those scenes.

Believe it not this film was actually the last feature film to be set in the confides of the DCAU until 2017's Batman And Harley Quinn film. As while alot of this films actors did reprise there roles in other Batman related films and TV shows they were classed as being apart of the DCAU and that to me at least is astounding due to the fact that the DCAU had alot of really good shows all of which could have had there own movies and while yes we did get film length episodes from certain shows shows like Superman and both of the Justice League shows never got movies of their own and yet both shows were extremely popular and could have gotten a movie or two of there own but for one reason or another people at either Warner Bros or at DC decided to instead just give Batman feature length films which is still great as that character does have alot of room to tell good stories but at the same time when you look at the wider DCAU there was more potential there to tell these stories that perhaps could have been told within a single twenty two minuet episode all of which would have been really cool to see like imagine how good an animated Superman movie based on Superman: The Animated Series would have been if it had the animation quality of Batman: Mask Of The Phantasm or how good a Justice League movie would have been if it had a one hour and thirty minuet running time to tell this truly epic story that could only be told in a film just because Batman: The Animated Series was the most popular DCAU show doesn't mean that there wasn't other shows that could have worked really well if they had there own feature length film.

Lets talk about the villains of the film as it could be argued that the film has to many villains as you have Bane , Penguin and Rupert Thorne all as the films main villains. Yet then you also have Kathleen "Kathy" Duquesne , Dr. Roxanne "Rocky" Ballantine , Detective Sonia Alcana and Kathy's father Carlton Duquesne as all four of those characters act like villains at some point in the film and that is just far to many villains to have in a film that isn't even one hour and thirty minuets long and while yes you could argue that Kathy , Rocky and Sonia aren't true villains as there meant to be Batwoman and therefor doing good there are times where they do act like there meant to be villains and while Carlton is just trying to look after his daughter he's also a gangster that is in league with The Penguin whereas this film is one that would have worked just by having Bane and Penguin as villains as together they are more then strong enough to be the main villains of a direct to DVD animated movie with even Penguins plan of just trying to sell these weapons just so he can make money not really being something that you'd expect to be the main villain plot for a movie as there you do expect the villains to go bigger with there plans so why not have Penguins plan still be selling weapons to make money but then reveal that he's putting tat money towards a bigger scheme like taking over the world as that is the kind of plan that you'd expect to see in a movie where as here his plan feels like the plan he would come up with in an episode of the show as it's just that small scale of a plan with this no doubt being done because of the fact that the film has to many characters who you could argue are villains in he film when having fewer villains would have worked all the more better.

This film does of course have a mystery aspect that being who is Batwoman and well to be frank this films mystery isn't that good. As the film does outright tell you who all three of them are the second that Bruce starts to suspect them whereas it would have been more effective if we didn't know who they were again look at Mask Of The Phantasm we don't see who the Phantasm is out side of the costume heck we don't even know if there male or female we just know that there evil and Batman has to work out who they are with the flashback scenes being the only pieces of clues that we get to the fact that this new character is someone that Bruce Wayne might know where as here it felt like they were trying to do everything that that film did only more poorly as here we get told who Batwoman and we don't get any clues as to she might be so that us the audience can work it out for ourselves both of which are things that do make this films mystery be all the more weaker then what it already is in the first place this wouldn't be a bad thing of course were it not for the fact that the film is literally called Mystery Of The Batwoman and yet it does feel like that so little effort was put into the films mystery when that is the first thing that should have been given alot of love and attention with the thing that could have helped this films mystery being if only got to see Batwoman very briefly and have the characters are her act so unlike her as they have to fool not only us the audience but also Batman the worlds greatest detective as well and when you have the characters straight up introduce things that Batwoman herself uses it makes Batman all the more dumb for not working out something that us the audience have already worked out or ourselves.

Now then this film has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly one hour and fourteen minuets and forty nine seconds. Which is pretty much the bog standard running time for these DCAU Batman movies to have but in saying this tho given just how many villains that this film has it is something that could have been with being at the very least one hour and thirty minuets with this film having just about the right amount of plot there to cover that amount of running time in the first place but tho this film really doesn't use it's running time all that wisely as the film doesn't take the time that it really should have done to fully develop it's plot with the film instead being alot more focused on giving us a forced romance between Bruce and Kathy then it in giving us a well thought out plot with there romance being very poorly handled due to the fact that the two characters don't compliment each other at all with the film no even taking the time to fully develop its characters either which is something that does make sense for characters like Batman for example where you could make the argument that they get there character development in the both the show and in the other movies but for the newly introduced characters they are characters that could have used the character development and yet because of the fact that the film is more focused on giving us a very poorly done mystery none of them can get it and infact we know just about the films new characters coming out of the film then we did coming into the film as that's just how poorly done that this films character development really is but I really will admit that this film really does have some really good pacing to it tho.

So now then as this is an action film that really does mean that I have to actually talk about the actual action that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film 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 film was in all honesty really good. With the action in this film being the best aspect of the film as you can tell right away that the makers of this film really did know how to craft some wonderful action scenes with the films animation really coming alive during any of this films action something which does make this film action seem to be all the ore better then what it already is in the first place with the best action scene in the whole entire film being the films third act fight on the boat as we get to all three women as Batwoman team up to help Batman take down both Bane and Penguin after Kathy herself is kidnapped by Bane something which does lead to a truly awsome fight that gives you all of the things that you'd want to see in a Batman fight scene as we get lots of explosions which do look good in the film and it will always be cool tom see other heroes teaming up with each other something which the entire third act of this films is built around and heck Batman does even get into a pretty impressive fight with Bane something which does make sense as realistically Bane is the only villain character that could beat Batman so having him and Bane go toe to toe with each other is something that does add an extra layer of tension to the scene as Batman could die with the film having alot of other really good action scenes in it as well all of which prove that there is a good film in here it's just bogged down by a badly done plot in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. 

Overall its not that hard to see why alot people not only don't like but have also forgotten about this film as this film is easily the weakest of the Batman DCAU films with it being made clear as day that the makers of the film really had no idea what to do for the film and so they just threw stuff at the wall to see what sticks and because of that we ended up with a really average films because of it in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Now then i've talked about all of the good and as well as all of the bad things that are in this very film in this very review and as such that really does mean that this very film really does earn itself a grand old score of exactly a 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 used in this very review from IMP Awards . Com and Google Images. With my personally preferred website to use to get the images from this very film that I used in this very review being the really great Google Images really simply just due to the fact that really alot of if not really all of the images that are all really from this very film with alot of them really being really better quality then what you'd really think of and all of the images are really of course up and really on Google Images really are also really all fairly high in quality and as well as them all being really fairly freaking high in definition.

Batman "Eternal Youth" Review

It's been quite a while since anything from the classic Batman: The Animated Series was reviewed by yours truly. With the series spawning many great episodes alot of which went on to impact the Batman franchise as we know it to be today it was only a matter of time before we got to an episode that's not that great with the episode episode that i'm going to be talking to you all about today being one such an episode and so then join me as I review the episode that sees Alfred get in on the action with the episode in question called simply just "Eternal Youth" enjoy.

The plot of this episode is when Alfred and a lady friend go to a spa hotel and the insistence of Bruce Wayne they come back and can't wait to go again and so it's up to Batman to find out what's actually going on at this spa and stop it before it's far to late. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual plot 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 plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty not that bad but that's also the problem as it's not all that good either with the episodes plot being one that's just average at best as no matter how you try describe it you can't make it sound interesting with the only interesting aspect of the episodes plot being the fact that Alfred gets involved in it and that's really it as the whole subplot about the missing millionaires feels wasted as it's not that well developed and while the plot is an interesting enough idea that it could make for a decent enough episode of the show it still needed a skilled hand to make a good plot and that's sadly what we didn't get here as almost everything about this episodes plot just doesn't work as it does feel like a weak plot with the whole plot of the episode really hinging on Alfred going to this spa with his lady friend which don't get me wrong is a great idea as having Alfred involved does add stakes to the episode but at the same time tho the episode doesn't do all that much with that idea with this episodes plot feeling like that there was a good plot in there trying to get out but for whatever reason it just couldn't with the plot of this episode also being really rather entertaining and as well as being really rather engaging as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Starring in this episode is Kevin Conroy as Bruce Wayne / Batman and Bob Hastings as Commissioner Gordon. Also starring in this episode is Efrem Zimbalist Jr. as Alfred Pennyworth , Animaniacs , Wakko's Wish and Plump Fiction star Julie Brown as Lily , The Little Mermaid star Paddi Edwards as Maggie Page , Diane Pershing as Poison Ivy , Lynne Marie Stewart as Violet and Sister Act star Carmen Zapata as Judge Vargas.

Now then interms 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 honesty not that bad. With the actors that you expect to give us a truly good performance from giving us exactly that the issues comes however from the fact that alot of this episodes guest cast feel lost and unsure of themselves at best and just straight up miscast at worst with the best example of this being Julie Brown who's character Lily is a henchwoman in this episode and yet she's given this very soft spoken very Californian type of voice that makes her sound more like a comic relief to the main hero then she does a sidekick to the main villain with the same thing also bein true Violet played by Lynne Marie Stewart which does make them feel like they were miscast in this episode and while Paddi Edwards can and has turned some really good performances in the here it feels like that she's struggling a little bit to turn in a good performance with it being clear as day that the here best actors in the whole entire episode are of course Kevin Conroy who is as always pitch perfect as both Bruce Wayne and Batman , Efrem Zimbalist Jr. who is just a joy to listen to in this episode and Diane Pershing who is wonderfully menacing as she always is as Poison Ivy with the acting that's in this episode no really being helped by the fact that this episodes script is just so bad as it gives none of this episode actors absolutely nothing to work with interms of what it is that there characters personalities are even meant to be in the first place which is something that really does help to hurt the overall quality of the acting that's in this very episode.

Doing the animation for this episode is the legends and the really greats that currently over at Sunrise Inc.. Now then interms 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 I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual animation that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty the best part of this episode as that's just how good that this episodes animation was with the episode being filled to the brim with these really dark and borderline gothic looking backgrounds that really do suit this version of Batman and while the rest of the episode was really weak at best the one thing that did stand out because of how good that it was was the animation as you can tell right from the first frame that the makers of this episode but alot more thought and effort into making the episode look really good and giving us some really high quality looking animation which is something that really does shine through in the final cut of the episode and even tho the characters movements do look a little bit stilted and wooded at times when the movements look fluid they work really well with even the episodes animation going above and beyond in trying to hide the fact that the villain is so obviously Poison Ivy by having her front covered entirely in shadow leaving just enough for us the audience to work out who it is which is something that the makers of this episodes really didn't have to do as it's pretty obvious who the main villain of the episode is but at the same it does give us a really cool looking shot that works really well because of how well done that the animation in this episode really is.

Speaking of Poison Ivy whilst she does get a pretty cool looking opening shot she isn't really all that well used in this episode. With her scheme in this episode being the fact that she wants to get revenge on all of the millionaires that have done something wrong to the environment which really makes her seem more look the good guy then a straight up villain as while yes her motives are just it's how she goes about it that makes it evil as she first invites them to this spa under the promise of looking younger forever and then when they come back a second time she basically turns them into trees which does lead to some pretty creepy looking visuals and while the episode at the start does look like it's going to make it a big mystery who the main villain of the episode is going to be you can tell right away who it is and by the time we see the character in her disguise for the episode that whole mystery aspect of the episode is all but dropped which is something that does make alot of sense as this version of Poison Ivy does have a very recognizable look to her and so you'd be able to work out who it is the second that she appears on screen anyway and while the character does get alot of screen time in this episode it just feels like the makers of this episode are just going through the motions with her character as there's nothing really there to her character in this episode and while granted this episode an this show do treat the character alot more better then both the Harley Quinn animated series and Batman & Robin it feels like that they could have done something more interesting with her character in this episode as to be frank it kind of felt like that she was only added into the episode because the makers of this episode forgot to include an actual villain and so they just threw her into the episode late into the scriptwriting stage.

Even tho the show is named after him and he is the main character of the show Batman in this episode felt more like a side character. With him being relegated to what was basically the side plot of the episode with the episodes main character for it's first and second act being none other then Alfred himself which did make for a refreshing change of pace as you just know that if Bruce Wayne was the one going to this spa then he very quickly would have worked out that Poison Ivy was the one behind everything and plus making Alfred the main character foes add some stakes to the episode as now Bruce isn't just fighting to stop Ivy he's also fighting to keep his butler and friend alive and well with the only downside to this being the fact that the episode doesn't really take the time to develop Alfred or even Maggie Alfred's friend all that much as characters and while that's fine for Alfred as there are several other episodes with him in it it's not something that works for Maggie as while the episode still does keep it's high stakes regardless of if both characters get developed or not it does make it hard to tell just what there relationship is even meant to be as she treats him like he's her boyfriend and he treats her like there just good friends and really nothing more then that and that is something that could have been more defined if the makers of this episode spent the time that they really needed to in developing her as a character as that would then make us the audience be all the more shocked when they both get attacked and sprayed by Ivy's poison and start t turn into trees and while the shock of that happening is still it's more due to the fact that Alfred is a minor character in the show rather then both of them being that well developed in this episode.

To give this episode some credit it really does have some really creepy looking visuals to it as the image of Alfred being turned into a tree could be from a kids horror film as it's just that creepy. With it's imagery being one of a few things that the episode does have going for it with the other being the fact that the two plots do tie together in a way that whilst yes it is predictable thanks to the opening prolog it is still creative and filled to the brim with tension but at the same time tho this episode does make both Alfred and Bruce out to be pretty dumb as Bruce receives the tape for the spa at his house at random and doesn't even question it when that right there is a major warning sign and Alfred even tho he most likely has seen pictures of Poison Ivy before either on that Batcomputer or the TV or even in the newspaper doesn't put together that this strange doctor who's telling him that these thins that will apparently make him younger is all around the building and in all of the drinks and food at this hotel which again is a major warning sign and yet both characters shrug it off when in other and better episodes they'd be on high alert from that point on and which does make it feel like that this episodes writer Beth Bornstein really doesn't know how these characters would act in this same situation but in saying that showing Bruce Wayne run from the Batcave in full Batman suit to Alfred's room n broad daylight just because he thinks that his friend is in trouble does feel like something that the character would do so there is some resemblance of good characters in here you just need to sit through alot of bad stuff to get to it.

Now then this episode has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly twenty two minuets and twenty one seconds. Which to be fair to this episode is a perfectly solid running time to have with it being perfectly in line with the running times of all of the other episodes of this show as well and while this episode does just about have the right amount of plot there to cover that amount of running time this episode really doesn't use it's running time all that wisely as it's main plot isn't that well developed with the episode instead being more focused on showing us the relationship between Maggie and Alfred then it is in telling us a well thought out story and while seeing those together does make the episode more fun to watch it gets to the point where seeing them together actively takes away from the main plot of the episode as the episode isn't giving it's plot the time that it really does need to be well developed and thought out with it seeming like that the characters are just doing things at random alot of the time as very little of what the characters do actually ties into the main plot of the episode with as was mentioned the episodes characters not being that well developed either as all of the new characters are either very one note like Maggie or just forgettable like Lily and Violet and both of those things are issues that could have been solved with just one rewrite of the episodes script as then you could allow for the plot to be well more developed and you could also alo0ow for the characters to be more well developed and more memorable as well but I really will admit that this episode really does have some really good pacing to it tho.

So now then as this is an action show that really does mean that I have to actually talk about the actual action 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 action that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty not that bad, As even tho the episode only really has the one action scene in the whole entire episode it was one that was really well done with this being due to the fact that if Batman doesn't defeat Ivy this time around then Alfred will permanently be turned into a tree which yes is a little bit out there but given that this is a comic book show it is something that does work for the episode as it does make the stakes of the action in this episode all the more higher as it's not just Batman's life on the line now it's now also the life of someone that he's close to with the episodes best action of course being the only action scene in the episode and that's the third act fight better Ivy and her sidekicks as they take on Batman which works as now Batman has to try and find away of defeating three women at once all the while trying not to get sprayed by Ivy and turned into a tree himself which is something that does add an extra bit of tension to the episode as well but at the same time tho this episode could have used with a few more fight scenes just to better make the episode a bit more entertaining to watch as this episodes action scene while it is good doesn't really have all that much going on in it where as if you had a small and quick action scene with Alfred in it then it would have been pretty entertaining to see in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. 

Overall inn a show that's filled to the brim with good and sometimes even great there was bound to be one or two episodes that just aren't that good with sadly this episode being that one episode as this is an episode that is better left forgotten and left to history as it's just that average of an episode in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Now then i've talked about all o the good and as well as all of the bad things that are in this very episode and as such that really does mean that this very episode really does earn itself a grand old score of exactly a 5 out of 10 from me.

Now then as or 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 Batman: The Animated Series fandom wiki page and Google Images. With my personally preferred website to use to get the images from this very episode that I used in this very review being the really great the official Batman: The Animated Series fandom wiki page really simply just due to the fact that really alot of if not really all of the images that are all really from this very episode with alot of them being better quality then what you'd really think of and all of the images are really of course up and really on the official Batman: The Animated Series fandom wiki page are also really all fairly high in quality and as well as them all being really fairly freaking high in definition.