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.

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

We are about a month away from the release of the new live action Superman movie with the world about to reminded about how good the man of steel could possibly be. I thought that I would take a look back at another episode from a show that not only doesn't get talked about all that much but also I myself haven't talked about in a while and so then join me as I review the episode that introduces Superman's one true weakness to the DC Animated Universe with the episode in question being called simply just "A Little Piece Of Home" enjoy.

The plot of this episode is when Lex accidentally discovers a rock that he bought actually contains Superman's one weakness it's up to the man of the steel to remove the rock from Lex's hand and get rid of 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 on all honesty not that bad as while it was a rather simple plot that is something that does work well enough in this episodes favor as not every single plot needs to be a plot from Batman: The Animated Series and be this deep and dark plot as that isn't something that would well for Superman as this is a character who works best when the plots are simple and easy to follow and to this episodes credit that's exactly what this episodes plot was but at the same time tho this episodes plot was also a bit on the weak side which is fair enough as not every episode of any show can have great plots but at the same time tho given the fact that this show was made by the same team as Batman: The Animated Series you do expect the plots to a lot better then what they are in this episode as it was at times very hard to tell just what the main plot of this episode was even meant to be in the first place as that's just how thinly drawn out that this episodes plot really was 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 Tim Daly as Clark Kent / Superman , Dana Delany as Lois Lane and Clancy Brown as Lex Luthor. Also starring in this episode is Lisa Edelstein as Mercy Graves , Victor Brandt as Prof. Emil Hamilton , Brad Garrett as Bibbo and 'Neato' Coralli , John Garry as Professor Hanes , Tress MacNeille as The Tour Guide , An Old Woman and A Waitress , Yuji Okumoto as The Security Guard , John Rubinstein as Professor Peterson , Scott Valentine as Sam Coralli and Back To The Future star Thomas F. Wilson as Joey.

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. With all of the actors that you expect a good performance from really giving us exactly that which given just how good that this episodes actors are in their own right isn't something that's all that surprising even more when you take into account that all of the acting from alot of the DC Animated Universe is always really good and while it would have been really obvious to say that either Tim Daly or Dana Delany are the episodes best actors as they do turn in some really good performances in their right the episodes best actor by a long country mile is quite easily Clancy Brown as Lex Luthor as he is just so menacing in this episode which is perfect given just who he's playing but then on top of that he goes from being quite menacing and threatening in one minuet to quite charming and someone that you genuinely do believe would have your best interest at heart the next with all of this coming through in his performance really well and hearing his scenes with both Tim and Dana who still knock it out of the park performance wise is not only sweet music to ears but it's also shocking as he acts circles around them as well with the acting that's in this very episode really being helped buy the fact that this episodes script is just so good that all this episodes actors have to do is just the 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 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 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 not that bad as this episodes animation is more then up to the high bat of animation not only set by this show but also by Batman: The Animated Series as well with the episode even sneaking in a few impressive shots that could only be done in animation and that even for a nineties animated TV show still look really good to this very day but at the same time tho there's very little that stands out about this episode from an animation point of few barring one or two shots and that's really it as the backgrounds don't look that interesting and the characters are given these really stiff looking movements to them that makes it feel weird whenever they move which is fine for villains like Lex ,Mercy and Joey but they also have them for Superman and Lois as well with those kinds of stiff looking movements not really being something that does work well for those characters as those are meant to be the heroes of the story and so there movements should be a little bit more fluid looking and look at lot less stiff then what they are in the final cut episode but with that being said the episodes animation quality overall was really good with the episode visually looking as good as can be expected for a kids animated TV show from the nineties.

To be frank the Lex Luthor that we see in this episode is a really creepy version of the character as this episode does go to great lengths into showing us just how far that he's willing to go. With him being shown manipulating several people all throughout the episode and it even being implied that he had a hand in killing off a character as well which is something that really hadn't been hinted it by any other version of the character at this point in time and that's a shame as Lex is by default meant to be the bad guy and so showing him doing these evil things would not only make sense but would also be fitting for his character as well and heck hen even offers Superman a deal that would give himself the upper hand by keeping the Kryptonite with him just incase the man of steel put a toe out of line but at the same time tho in showing him be this evil there really should have been a much more bigger pay off for it instead of Lex getting of with nothing done to him and I get it he's meant to be the series big bad and this is a kids show but at the same time if your going to spend alot of running time just showing him doing these evil things just to make sure that Superman doesn't know about a rock then come the episodes end there should be some big off where Superman gets Lex back for all of the pain and misery that Lex put him through in the episode even if it's just Superman punching him yes that would have been a weak pay off but it still would have been something and yet by playing it safe yes the makers of this show are pleasing alot of people behind the scenes but very little people watching the episode will be pleased as Lex gets nothing done to him interms of consequences outside of loosing the Kryptonite and that's really it.

This is the episode that does introduce Kryptonite to the shows lore with the episode going into great detail just what this particular green coloured version of it can do. With it's main thing being that it makes Superman weak and in a sense more human then ever as he then can become able to be hurt by his enemies and those that would see to do him harm with the episode even going into great detail of just how the man of steel can hide from it's effects just by covering it in led or in the case of this episode an old cup that for some odd reason was made out of lead while going into how Superman gets effected by this rock and how he can shelter himself from it's effects does make sense as the episode does need to explain those things to the shows more kid friendly audience the scene where they do all of that just felt forced and like they were thrown in there at the last second where as if the episode both of these things without actually stopping the episode to do so then it would have worked just fine as we don't need to have a scene with Lex saying out loud that Superman is made weak because of the rock because we thee audience can quite clearly see that nor do we need a scene with an Earthbound scientist explaining how to he can shelter from it's effects as there's no way that he would know such a thing as there all you'd need is a scene with Jor-El telling him that in the Fortress Of Solitude something that Superman would have flown to after he was exposed to it as that is something that would have scared him into doing so while the scene at the end with Superman remembering what the tour guide said about the pots being made out of led was a great call back and a solid piece of storytelling it's also something that doesn't quite work as Lois was there so she could have very easily have found a way to get the rock away from Superman even if she was being chased by a giant robot dinosaur.

As well as debuting kryptonite in this episode this episode also sees the debut of Mercy Graves who much like Harley Quinn was created exclusively for this show before then making the transition over to the comics. With her character being someone who is willing to do whatever it takes to please her boss and is more then willing to get in a fight with anyone who disagrees with Lex over the smallest of matters which is a really interesting thing to include in the character and it's something that latter versions of her character have tones upon for no apparent reason and it makes no sense as to why as a character like Lex would have a body guard on him at all times and there for it would make sense that the bodyguard in question is also someone who is more then willing to get her hands dirty be it from fighting someone or to doing another one of Lex's dirty deeds and while her character might not be that well known to the mainstream audience those that either do know about her from the comic books or this show do know that she has the potential to be a really great character in her own right as while this episode rather rightfully doesn't delve into her backstory at all it also didn't need to as that would be nothing more the filler but it something that further episodes of this show could then delve into to develop her character now weather or not they did do that if they did it in the comic books is hard to say but what isn't all that hard to say is that the only thing that's stopping her character from really taking off is a creative team that's more then willing to come up with a good story for her that would not only make sense given her design but also her character as well as her design in this episode whilst it is simple is also something that does work really well for this show as well.

Now then this episode has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly twenty one minuets and thirty one seconds. Which to be fair to this episode is pretty much the bogstandard running time for this show to have and to this episodes credit it does have the ight amount of plot there to really cover that amount of running time but the issues does stem from the fact that this episode really doesn't use it's running time all that wisely as it doesn't take that it really did need to do in order to fully develop it's plot as the episode does drop it's plot alot of the time during this episode which is something that does make it hard to work out just what it is that the plot of this episode is meant to be with the episode not even taking the time to set up not only what kryptonite is but also why it effects Superman in a way that feels natural as it does all of that in one scene which is a solid way to do it but at the same time tho something that's this important should have been something that better shown and not seen as you very easily could have shown Superman getting more and more effected the long that the fight with the two robbers at the start goes on and then show it progress all throughout the episode as this is something that not only would have added drama to the episode but it also would have some urgency to the episode as well as now Superman has to not only get the rock away from Lex without making himself all the more weaker but also find a way to heel himself from it's effects as well with this being something that would have made the episode all the more stronger in the long run because of it as well but I really will admit that this episode really does have some really goo 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 we do get to see some really creative looking action scenes in this episode be it from from Superman trying to stop a giant robotic dinosaur from eating both him and Lois to flinging a helicopter that's on fire out of the way there's alot of really creative fun filled action scenes in this episode which is something that des make alot of sense as with Superman you do kind of have that permission there to go and do these more extreme action scenes that you can't really do with Batman just due to the fact that Superman is an alien and therefor he can do things that us humans just can't and do with this being seen in all of this episodes action with the best action scene in the whole entire episode being the fight between Superman and the robot dinosaur just due to the fact that we have some great storytelling going on within that scene as we have both Superman and Lois as well as robot all trying to get to the kryptonite be it to use it against Superman or to get rid of it which is something that does add some small level of drama to that scene as even tho it's obvious who is going out on top it's still thrilling to see just how Superman wins the day which is something that really does set that action scene apart from all of the other action scenes that are in this very episode in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Overall while only time well tell if the new James Gunn film will be any good what we can say is that while this episode isn't the best that this show every did that is something that does track as this show just wasn't as good as Batman: The Animated Series really was as this episode just felt like that the makers of this show were just playing things a bit to safe for their own good which really did effect the episode as a whole 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 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 6 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 Universe fandom wiki page , the official DC Animated Universe 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 DC Animated Universe 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 really alot of them being really better quality then what you'd really think of and really all of the images are really of course up and really on the official DC Animated Universe fandom wiki page are also really all fairly high in quality and as well as them all being really fairly freaking high in definition.

Justice League Unlimited "Initiation" Review

 

The Justice League are a team that have been around for decades but despite that haven't spawned that many TV shows either live action or animated. Well in 2001 that's exactly what we got and it turned out to be such a hit show that just three later a sequel show featuring a much more expanded line up of characters debuted on Cartoon Network and so then join me as I review the episode that introduces Green Arrow to the Justice League with the episode in question being called simply just "Initiation" enjoy.

The plot of the episode is Green Arrow , Green Lantern , Captain Atom and Supergirl are tasked with helping out a country that has had a nuclear accident only to find out that the accident has created a much more bigger problem then first anticipated. 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 of a plot but at the same time it wasn't that good of a plot either with this episodes plot not really explaining why Supergirl and Captain Atom were chosen for the Justice League but this episodes plot was very entertaining and was was also really very engaging as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

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

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. With the actors that you expect a great performance from well and truly delivering but what really sells the acting in this episode is the fact that the cast members that you don't know what kind of performance to expect really do deliver performance wise in this episode in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Doing the animation for this episode is the legends and the greats that are currently over at DR Movie Co., LTD.. 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 and was alot better then what it really had any right to be and then what I thought that it would be as well.

For those of you that don't know know even tho it features an entirely different cast the 2010 direct to DVD animated film Justice League: Crisis On Two Earths is meant to serve as bridge between the Justice League animated series and this show. I don't know why they didn't have the story for this episode be about the league expending as the original show was known for having each episode be a multipart episode and here it would make sense as they'd have to explain why the Justice League now needs expanding an still tell a good story.

I really did like that this version of Green Arrow is one that looks after the average joe and is more concerned with stopping small time crimes. As this is something we really hadn't seen in the DCAU before now with each of the main heroes being more focused on taking down the big bad guy and less focused on stopping a small time robbery as both are just as important to being a hero and both are things that each member of the Justice League should have been focused on just as much as they are with the other.

There are some things that I didn't like in this episode like for example Captain Atom who was just given a pointless subplot with Supergirl and his character was ultimately useless in the main plot of the episode as well. I also didn't like the fact that Green Arrow only joined the team because he saw a pretty woman just because it goes to show you that he's learned nothing from the plot of the episode and while having him fawn over a pretty woman is great for his Oliver Queen persona it's not something that works or his Green Arrow persona.

Now then this episode has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly twenty three minuets and forty five seconds. Which for this episode is a really good running time to have as this episodes plot doesn't have alot interms of either plot and story and so stretching this episodes plot tom even just two episodes would be stretching this already thin story even thinner but at the same time I can't help but wonder what this story would even be like if it was even just one episode longer but I will admit that this episode does have some really good pacing to it tho with no scene in the episode really lasting longer then what it really needs to in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

So now then since this is an action show that means 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. With this episodes action being really cool and really showing of just what it is exactly that both Green Arrow and Supergirl bring to each mission in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Overall this was a great start to the show and I can very easily see why this show became as popular as it was as this show really does give you a good example of just how good this show and could be 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 episode in this very review and as such that means that this very episode earns itself a grand old score of exactly an 8 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 Database fandom wiki page , the official DC Animated Universe fandom wiki page and Google Images. With my personally preferred website that I personally preferred to use to get the images that I personally used in this very review being the wonderful the official DC Animated Universe fandom wiki page since all of the images that are currently up and and featured / presented to us on the official DC Animated Universe fandom wiki page are all fairly high in quality and as well as being really fairly freaking high in definition.

Superman: The Animated Series "Fun And Games" Review

 

To many when they think of the DCAU (DC Animated Universe) they only think of Batman: The Animated Series. However alot of them just straight up forget or just don;t know that another superhero also had his very own superhero animated show from the exact same tam behind Batman: The Animated Series and so then join me as I review the episode that gives a classic villain a very creepy design with the episode in question being called simply just "Fun And Games" enjoy.

The plot of this episode is when a mob boss and Lois Lane is kidnapped by an unknown villain it's up to Superman to save the day 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 with this episodes plot was in all honesty not that bad with this episodes plot being a really fun plot and was really entertaining and engaging as well ad when it needs to be it can quite a heartbreaking and fun filled plot as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Starring in this episode is Tim Daly as Kal-El / Clark Kent / Superman , Batman: Mask Of The Phantasm star Dana Delany as Lois Lane and Back To The Future: The Animated Series star David Kaufman as Jimmy Olsen. Also starring in this episode is Bud Cort as Winslow P. Schott Jr. / Toyman , Bruce Weitz as Bruno Mannheim , Joe Nipote as Spider Spinelli , Kevin Michael Richardson as A Cop and A Thug and Joe Lala as A Electrician.

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. With all of this episodes cast members turning in some really good performances which given that alot of this episodes cast members have become to many the voices of these characters isn't all that surprising at all.

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 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 and was really alot better then what I remember it being and was more then up to the high standerd set by Batman: The Animated Series.

I'm just going to say the design for Toyman is really creepy and could very easily pass for being the design for a new slasher horror villain. There's just something about the characters creepy plastic smile that is just very of putting and it's something that really does work well for this character as the character loves his toys and he loves making toys and so having him look like an actual toy is oddly fitting for his character and seeing how everything that he uses is toy like just goes to show you just how creative the makers of this show were and still are.

If Batman: The Animated Series was more of a noir crime and mystery show that just so happens to be a superhero show then this show and this episode is a straight up superhero show. Which is something that works well enough for the character of Superman but at the same time with Clark Kent being a reporter I would have preferred it if the how had more of a mystery element to it as in this episode we the audience become ahead of Clark interms of what he knows and so all the mystery gets sucked out of it and that's something that really shouldn't be the case as it does make for compelling TV as now we're just left waiting for him to catch up with what we already know.

Lois in this episode really doesn't do all that much as they start a subplot with her and Clark trying to get a story written quicker but then they drop it for no reason. Then the character gets kidnapped and instead of using Superman's hearing ability to help locate both her and the villain she just sits there in a cute looking doll costume with Lois in this episode just being inserted into the main plot for no reason whatsoever which is a shame because her character does work but she really didn't need to be in the main plot of this episode.

Now then this episode has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly twenty one minuets and sixteen seconds. Which for this episode is a great running time to have as this episode really doesn't really have alot their interms of either plot or story to cover that long of a running time but at the same time I feel that if this episode did have a slightly longer running time then it could have fleshed out the character of Toyman a bit more just so they could make him a more three dimensional character but I will admit that this episode does have some really good pacing to it tho.

So now then since this is an action show that means 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. However it's clearly not as good as it perhaps could have been as it's just not as fun and creative as it really should have been in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Overall this was a really fun filled that had alot of really good jokes in it but at the same time it felt really tame and wasn't really up to the high standards that this creative team have set for themselves 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 episode in this very review and as such that means that this very episode really does earn itself a grand old score of exactly a 6.5 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 the official DC Animated fandom wiki page , the official DC Database fandom wiki page and Google Images. With my personally preferred website that I personally preferred to use to get the images that I personally used in this very review being the wonderful Google Images since all of the images that are currently up and and featured / presented to us on Google Images are all fairly high in quality and as well as being really fairly freaking high in definition.