Episode 3 - 'Evil Under the Sea!' Discussion Thread

[Mister J]

"Batman aids Aquaman as Ocean Master and Black Manta team up to assassinate him." The episode also features Atom and Faust.

Aquaman is voiced by John DiMaggio and Black Manta by Kevin Michael Richardson.

The episode was written by Joseph Kuhr and directed by Michael Chang.

Airing: December 5, 2008

 

[BizarroAids]

Sweet!! I didn't know Aquaman was making an appearance in this season. He was a rumor for the longest time. That's awesome news!

Now, I just saw the pic. Cool character design. For some reason, he shouldn't have the beard...unless he has the long hair...that's just me.

I can't wait to see the Bat-Gadgets in this episode, especially since it's taking place underwater.

 

[Mister J]

The Ocean Master appearance has me stoked.

The gadgets should be fun. The varied settings and villains are going to let the show push it with the creativity.

 

[Mister J]

http://www.comicscontinuum.com/stories/0811/05/index.htm

BATMAN: THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD

Kevin Michael Richardson is providing the voice of Black Manta in Cartoon Network's Batman: The Brave and the Bold animated series, The Continuum has learned.

Richardson is best known to Batman fans as The Joker from Kids' WB!'s The Batman series. He also provided the voice of Lucius Fox in the Batman Gotham Knight movie.

Black Manta will be featured in the "Evil Under the Sea!" episode, scheduled for Friday, Nov. 28.

In the episode, Batman aids Aquaman as Ocean Master and Black Manta team up to assassinate him.

Look for more Batman news soon here in The Continuum.

 

[Pfeiffer-Pfan]

This episode, 'Evil Under the Sea!' has been rescheduled and will now air on... December 5th at 8PM.

Despite being originally scheduled, Batman: The Brave and The Bold will be pre-empted on November 28th, 2008. The series will return the following week with the first of two new episodes, as scheduled below.

The Friday, Dec. 5th, 2008 episode will be "Evil Under the Sea!," which was originally scheduled for Nov. 28th, 2008.

"Evil Under the Sea" - Batman aids Aquaman as Ocean Master and Black Manta team up to assassinate him.

http://www.worldsfinestonline.com/news.php?action=fullnews&id=295

 

[Mister J]

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[Mister J]

Images Courtesy of Comics Continuum

 

[CFE]

I'm not a big fan of the show trying to compromise between the "Superfriends" version and the "Long Hair/Hook" version of Aquaman by giving Arthur a beard...

Since the rest of his person from the neck down is the Orange/Green ensemble (he even has the short hair) He should be clean shaven IMO.

But that's a miniscule feeling. It looks quite good. Black Manta looks far more menacing than he did in the Super Powers "Aquaman" show or "Superfriends" and Ocean Master looks...well he looks a tad goofy, but in a good way.

It's like his comic counterpart (good) but with a different color scheme (meh).

 

[SHADOWBAT69]

I cant wait to see the animation for this episode. I can see some cool underwater effect going on with just these stils. I assuming the Atom and Faust appearances is during the opening sequence. As for the look of Aquaman, I like it.

 

[Panthro]

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He almost looks like a blonde Jonathan Frakes.

 

[SHADOWBAT69]

He almost looks like a blonde Jonathan Frakes.

haha. I thought the same thing.

 

[Hush]

Why did they skip last week?

 

[CaptainClown]

man I wish they gave aquaman that stranded islander look. Oh well

 

[Mister J]

Why did they skip last week?

Probably something to do with the Holiday weekend; trying to provide the opportunity for a grander audience.

 

[DOG LIPS]

Ha! I didn't even notice Aquaman was being voiced by the Bender guy. It's works.

Batman punched a shark! Flashback!

 

[CFE]

So far, Black Manta has been the coolest villain portrayal on the show to date.

 

[Jochimus]

So far, Black Manta has been the coolest villain portrayal on the show to date.

Yup, I agree.

DiMaggio's Aquaman voice IMO is pretty impressive, about as surprising as Kenny's Plas was. Orm's voice wasn't quite what I was expecting, though.

Still a pretty good episode, through not quite as good as the first two. The introduction of Fluke is pretty much a tipoff that he's going to come back later to save Bats' bacon, though in retrospect I suppose you could see that as another sly homage to the '66 Batman movie along with the shark-punching. Plus the animation of the Batplane transforming into a Batsub wasn't quite as good as the way the plane was animated in the previous episode.

 

[Captain Planet!]

This episode was "OUTRAGEOUS!"

Finally, Aquaman is getting the attention he deserves. Black Manta was tubular, he was almosdt like an under-water Boba Fett.

I actually approve of the short/beard combo, its not that bad. Bender as Aquaman was surprisingly good, and I liked his attitude. Great for the proud king of Atlantis, IMO.

Best episode yet. 9/10

 

[theMan-Bat]

I actually enjoyed this episode! Batman was appropriately serious and Aquaman was hilarious. It looks like I judged this series too harshly.

 

[theMan-Bat]

Best episode yet.

Definitely.

 

[DJ Kornphlake]

Aquaman seemed like a competent version of Zapp Brannigan from Futurama.
t:

 

[CFE]

^lol yeah.

He seemed to have that machismo, 'Captain White Bread' tang to his characterization. He's the kind of guy who'll save your kids from drowning...but he'll make sure to do it with enough time for the press to get a shot of his good side.

No wonder his brother was annoyed lol

 

[spiderfan970]

Haha How many times has Batman fought sharks in TV and film? It never gets old. This is such a great series, I look forward to next week.

 

[Cain]

Finally got a chance to see the show and was quite satisfied with what I saw. The Batman/Aquaman dynamic on the show was great. I loved the names he gave to his adventures like "the time I wore an eye patch to infiltrate a pirate ship" lol.

 

[BubbaGump]

I love this show.