The Official Batman TAS Thread - Part 1

[Brother Jack]

I'd like to see Matches Malone in a Batman movie at some point. Nolan kind of did it incredibly briefly in Begins when Bruce spies on a few people wearing street clothes before he officially comes back as Bruce Wayne.

 

[Elevator Man]

^Agreed.

 

[Kane52630]

BTAS Episode: Shadow of the Bat, Part II

http://kane52630.tumblr.com/post/66250785838/shadow-of-the-bat-part-ii-x-batman-the

 

[Elevator Man]

I enjoyed both parts. It was very exciting as a kid to see Batgirl finally on there. And I always adored Walker's "daring" Batgirl theme.

 

[Kane52630]

http://kane52630.tumblr.com/post/66304475151/shadow-of-the-bat-part-ii-x-batman-the

 

[Two-Face]

Love Shadow Of The Bat episode, one of the best. I love Babs as Batgirl in this show.

 

[DCnightwing23]

Hey folks, quick question for you! Where is the highest quality BTAS set you can find? Is there a dvd set in hd? Trying to find something for Christmas!

 

[Kane52630]

Hey folks, quick question for you! Where is the highest quality BTAS set you can find? Is there a dvd set in hd? Trying to find something for Christmas!

It's not out in HD yet, there's dvd sets and one big box set.

Vol 1
http://www.amazon.com/Batman-Animated-Series-Classic-Collection/dp/B00023E894/

Vol 2
http://www.amazon.com/Batman-Animated-Series-Classic-Collection/dp/B0002ZMHWM/

Vol 3
http://www.amazon.com/Batman-Animated-Series-Classic-Collection/dp/B0007XG43W/

Vol 4
http://www.amazon.com/Batman-Animated-Series-Classic-Collection/dp/B000B7QCHC/

Complete Box Set
http://www.amazon.com/Batman-The-Complete-Animated-Series/dp/B001CTXUTQ/

 

[Two-Face]

Yep DVD boxset is your best bet for quality.

 

[DCnightwing23]

THANK YOU! I just placed the order, so definitely the best quality you can find? And it'll look good on a 60" tv? If so, I'm not leaving the house in quite some time hahaha

 

[Kane52630]

It's probably the only quality you can find at the moment. lol

 

[Travesty]

Damn, it looks like they went up in price. I got all of mine around 2007 from Amazon for $10-$15 per season.

 

[Kane52630]

There's a part of me wondering if BTAS/TNBA never ended...we would've seen the Huntress, Cassandra Cain, Betty Kane, Stephanie Brown, Damian and a bunch of villains like Hush and Black Mask.

 

[Kane52630]

http://kane52630.tumblr.com/post/66617724567/shadow-of-the-bat-part-ii-x-batman-the

 

[Gunther Revenge]

There's a part of me wondering if BTAS/TNBA never ended...we would've seen the Huntress, Cassandra Cain, Betty Kane, Stephanie Brown, Damian and a bunch of villains like Hush and Black Mask.

Black Mask is older than the show. Interesting how those characters would have gotten a 20 minute episode. Hush's introduction was pretty long so here there would have been a short plot.

I'm too tired to articulate my thoughts right now

 

[DaRkVeNgeanCe]

It's probably the only quality you can find at the moment. lol

To be honest I don't really see WB shelling out to transfer these to HD unfortunately.

 

[Gunther Revenge]

To be honest I don't really see WB shelling out to transfer these to HD unfortunately.

It's a cartoon show from the early 1990s. It wasn't even made in anything close to HD. Real HD is just not possible.

Different thing with Mask of the Phantasm.

 

[Kane52630]

BTAS Episode: Mudslide
http://kane52630.tumblr.com/post/66684356221/mudslide-x-batman-the-animated-series

Trivia

• As in "Feat of Clay", Clayface targets Wayne Enterprises during his criminal activities, this time by robbing Wayne Biomedical. He previously attempted to help Roland Daggett acquire it through insider trading.
• Clayface refuses Batman's help to become normal again, yet by stealing the Mp40 canister from Wayne Biomedical, he unknowingly accepts it.
• The episode also contains several references to the moviemaking industry, given Clayface's background as an actor:
  • Stella's surname, Bates, and past occupation is a homage to Norman Bates, the psychotic motel owner played by Anthony Perkins in Psycho. Batman mentions she once owned a motel in the past, akin to the Bates Motel, although Clayface is presented here as the psychopath and not Stella.
  • When he is placed in the support suit that gives him structure, Clayface looks similar to an Oscar statuette.
  • Towards the end, Clayface yells "STELLA!" a la Marlon Brando's Stanley Kowalski in the 1951 film A Streetcar Named Desire.
  • The movie Stella watches, which Alfred later identifies as 'Dark Interlude' has a plot that is very similar to that of the 1939 film 'Dark Victory', starring Betty Davis
• After Clayface dissolves in the ocean, a brief outline of his remains rises to the surface, and it seems to have stopped raining. However, in the next shot, it hasn't stopped yet.
• According to Bruce Timm, the reason they did not use Clayface much is because he was too expensive to animate, as well as too difficult to come up with a good story for.
• Eric Radomski came up with the idea due to the fans demanding another Clayface episode, after the success of "Feat of Clay".

 

[Kane52630]

http://kane52630.tumblr.com/post/66687241382/mudslide-x-batman-the-animated-series

 

[DarthDaveBanner]

I saw this episode when I was 8 and I cried.

 

[Pfeiffer-Pfan]

Such a brilliant episode.

Walker's Clayface theme breaks my heart at the end.

 

[antsman41]

Clayface/Mr. Freeze stole the series.

 

[Drakepool]

Holy #### this was such an emotional episode. It actually made me hate Batman for once, LOL.

 

[Kane52630]

BTAS Episode: The Worry Men

http://kane52630.tumblr.com/post/66849027131/the-worry-men-x-batman-the-animated-series

Trivia

• Hatter's quote is from Lewis Caroll's poem "Jabberwocky", featured in Through the Looking-Glass.
• Regarding historical accuracy, a guillotine is traditionally meant to be used with the condemned person facing down.
• During the scene where Bruce casually collects then discards his briefcase with 20-million dollars, Bruce greets his secretary with "Good morning", even seeing birds fly by his front room window. However, the dark, black-blue skyline of Gotham suggests either nighttime or very early morning.
• Hayden Sloan's name is spelled "Sloan" in the episode, but "Sloane" in the credits.
• The animation goes slower in motion for a moment when the Hatter is explaining his retirement plans to Batman.

 

[Kane52630]

http://kane52630.tumblr.com/post/66849733919/the-worry-men-x-batman-the-animated-series