Animated DC Squeeage

[yendi]

Saturday's animated DC shows were both good enough to justify the helishly long gap between new episodes.

Legion of Super-Heroes might have been a fluff episode, but any episode in which Brainiac 5 channels Gir (while still spouting random DCU facts -- I loved his list of Kryptonites) is worthwhile.

But The Batman was something else. Two character debuts (kinda), and a science-fiction concept that actually impressed me.

Dude! The animated debut of Oracle! And the third animated iteration of Nightwing! And some Dark Knight references!

Plus, we get looks into the year 2027 and the 31st Century, telling us that none of what we might expect from LSH or Batman Beyond should be considered destiny (and I love the false assumptions made by the folks in the future).

And, we see Batman apparently in a much darker place, morally. Nice.

When we saw the folks in the future attempting to restore Batman's backups, I figured it would be the same old "future technology can somehow read devices that degrade in ten years" stuff most sci-fi does. Instead, we had them acknowledge that it was impossible, and then had Batman predict this, and engrave the computer code in binary on titanium pillars. A bit silly? Maybe. But it was also one of the niftier workarounds I've seen in a while.

And next week, we get an episode written by Paul Dini!

Comments

[terracinque.livejournal.com]

Is Brin Londo really from Zuun? I don't remember, but it didn't sound right when he said that on the cartoon. I thought Star Boy was from Zuun.

[yendi]

Nope -- they got that one right: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timber_Wolf_%28comics%29

[terracinque.livejournal.com]

Ah, yes. And Star Boy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Boy) is from Xanthu.

Which should embarrass me more...that I was wrong, or that I even knew enough to wonder if it was right?

[yendi]

The former (and that's obscure enough to not be that ashamed over, anyway). There's never any reason to feel ashamed about knowing too much LSH stuff.

[auryn29a.livejournal.com]

I admit, I didn't know what to think of this "The Batman" episode. All along I've been nearly despising the show. I simply saw no need for it and I hated its new designs for these characters. I started being interested when they introduced Batgirl. And now with Robin I'm actually watching the show on a weekly basis. I feel like this episode was a blatant outreach to Batman fans to watch the show. A cry of "Yes, we're aware of the continuity. We have not forsaken you."

Of course, the fanboy in me now wants a "The" Justice League.

[yendi]

Well, the fanboy in you will get at least one JL member before the end of the season, if spoilers are to be believed.

I've liked the show from the beginning (once I accepted that it wasn't the Timmverse, and trying to recreate that would be silly), but I really wasn't expecting any references to Oracle or Nightwing; I was completely taken by surprise.

[jenphalian.livejournal.com]

Give me the head, and nobody gets hurt.

[yendi]

I live for the day when you write the Saturday Morning Cartoons.

[jenphalian.livejournal.com]

So do child psychiatrists.

[envoy.livejournal.com]

Are those the only two DC animated show in production now? Are there any other cartoons that you're really grooving on?

[yendi]

As far as know, those (and possibly Krypto the Super-dog, if it's still being produced) are it for DCU toons.

I'm pretty jaded on the kid-toons scene right now -- there are the usual good adult toons, but not many all ages ones worth watching.