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Nate
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| Posted on 13-05-2006 09:10 |
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REVIEW:
Just like "The Icy Depths", during Season Three's run, one of the crew of TB revealed that one episode would feature a new-to-the-show villian in an episode that was a "old fashioned Batman". The villian was known as Dave. Then later it was D.A.V.E. Meaning it was a machine.
After "Thunder", we had two more episodes left of the season and I knew that while the Freeze/Penguin one wouldn't be suitable as the final episode, the D.A.V.E. one would. So we waited and waited, it kinda seemed long but it was actually three months. But the month before its US airing, this episode aired elsewhere and the people who caught loved it (more so than "Icy Depths" . Now it has aired, and I've been waiting for it, let's check it out shall we...
The episode: starting in Arkham, Dr. Strange presents a new way to fight crime: D.A.V.E. A powerful machine that copies the chararteristics of every villan so it can beat every one of them. However, it goes haywire and later, goes to a factory to build itself a new body. Then, D.A.V.E. boadcasts a message to everyone in Gotham that its the ultimate criminal mastermind and everything is secure to him. Nothing is safe. Dave enters the buiding where he is confronted by Batman, but D.A.V.E. knows every single movement Batman makes and escapes. D.A.V.E has what he wants. After much study in the cave, Batman figures out something...
Batman discovers that D.A.V.E.?s escape was no accident, and that the only person that coud prepare such error was Dr. Strange himself. Strange reveals to Batman that D.A.V.E. was created to confront and study Batman because Strange also programmed his own thoughts into the machine. The door bell rings in Wayne?s house, Alfred answers the door and D.A.V.E. is there. Asking if Batman is home...
This episode was actually pretty good. Whenn I heard the good things about Icy Depths then saw it, it wasn't as good as I thought. Great thing it was repeated here. As a season finale, it serves the Batman as a character in psychogical views. In the last act, it changes from Batman vs. DAVE to Bruce Wayne vs. DAVE as DAVE came up with a perfect way to defeat Batman as the side of someone. One of many examples of why the episode was good.
The main highlight was D.A.V.E. At first I thought the more human voice would be on the 50/50 side, but it did work on the level that it was designed to be human in villianly which is its how its designed as an A.I. Other times it could too much but when in times where its not in the good side, it doesn't ruin the effect on the screen. Since it has all the data on every villian, on Strange's part, Batman would be included as how he fights is equal to Batman's fighting moves. In many times, I thought of Terminator when seeing him in action. Sometimes when watching I thought DAVE was like a cyborg because while its an A.I., it did act like it was a human being being supprted by machines to stay alive. Of course, this isn't the case for real. Its a machine 100%.
Hugo Strange returns. We can tall that he had a new voice actor replacing the late Frank Gorshin. As performaces go, the new actor did his job pretty well. He does homage Gorshin's voice instead of ripping it off, that was good as you shouldn't do something in the negetive side to someone, even someone who passed away. When DAVE goes haywire, Strange becomes all worried and off guard and we believe. Then when he smiles at DAVE's appearence in the city, we know now he is involved. When Batman confronts him, Strange is now seen as an obsessed scientist who has become a villian like who he talks and studies on. At the end of this episode, Strange has moved on from mysterious, obsessed, to an enemy.
The story was good and well written. It focused on Bruce Wayne and Batman in each other's sides and what would each of the sides do in situations extreme to each other personally. The motiviation was reexplored and DAVE's plan against him in the batcave was handled maturly. The plan of having your secret identity revealed but your butler saved or secret identity saved but butler gone all came down to: he's still just one amn and what can he do. These stories are always good. This is no exception.
Overall; animation, voice acting, and sound were good as usual. The story was matured and with this epsiode, Season Three comes to a close. As an ending to the season: it goes back to who and what the main character is. A good...great end.
RATING: 9/10
You don't get it, boy... this isn't a mudhole... it's an operating table.
(crack!)
And I'm the surgeon.
- Batman - The Dark Knight Returns
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ROBOTRON
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| Posted on 13-05-2006 16:24 |
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::bbbruce:: - Easily the best episode The Batman this season...its got ROBOTS. Nate pinned this one.
9.1/10
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BATFANATIC
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| Posted on 13-05-2006 19:53 |
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The best The Batman episodes::comicjoker::*jljoker*::thejoker::::yellowyes:: |
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Nate
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| Posted on 13-05-2006 22:06 |
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I've been told. Kevin Michael Richardson provided the voice for Strange.
You don't get it, boy... this isn't a mudhole... it's an operating table.
(crack!)
And I'm the surgeon.
- Batman - The Dark Knight Returns
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spencer1984
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| Posted on 13-05-2006 22:17 |
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ROBOTRON wrote:
Easily the best episode The Batman this season...its got ROBOTS
No argument there, robots make everything better. I don't know if I'd call it the best episode of the series, but it was definitely very well done. |
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ROBOTRON
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| Posted on 14-05-2006 10:06 |
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spencer1984 wrote:
ROBOTRON wrote:
Easily the best episode The Batman this season...its got ROBOTS
No argument there, robots make everything better. I don't know if I'd call it the best episode of the series, but it was definitely very well done.
::bbbruce:: - Not of the series...just this season.
You'll probably think I'm nuts, but the best episode of the series in my opinion is:
"From RAGDOLL to riches"
That episode rocked from beginning to end...
*watches Nate cringe in horror*
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spencer1984
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| Posted on 14-05-2006 10:46 |
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Figures, I missed that one.
Yeah, my "of the series" was more referencing Batfanatic's post...I'm not sure what my favorite episode has been so far. Grundy's Night leaps immediately to mind, but I feel like I'm forgetting some. |
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Nate
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| Posted on 14-05-2006 11:54 |
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ROBOTRON wrote:
*watches Nate cringe in horror*
Actually, Ragdolls to Richies is one of my favorites too. Why would I cringe?
You don't get it, boy... this isn't a mudhole... it's an operating table.
(crack!)
And I'm the surgeon.
- Batman - The Dark Knight Returns
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Azrael24
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| Posted on 15-05-2006 18:10 |
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i love ragdoll to riches, but for different reasons :wink: *cough*catwoman*cough*
anyways, i wasnt sure i was gonna like this one too much because overall this season has been a major disappointment! but i really liked this one and its one of my fav of the series
it reminded me somewhat of batman vs. dracule, with the darkness and the batcave fight
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| Posted on 18-05-2006 19:50 |
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it hasnt aired here lol, i hate how teletoon is so far behind you guys
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Nate
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| Posted on 19-05-2006 11:24 |
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Correction: Richard Green did Hugo Strange in this episode.
You don't get it, boy... this isn't a mudhole... it's an operating table.
(crack!)
And I'm the surgeon.
- Batman - The Dark Knight Returns
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ROBOTRON
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| Posted on 23-05-2006 23:00 |
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Nate wrote:
ROBOTRON wrote:
*watches Nate cringe in horror*
Actually, Ragdolls to Richies is one of my favorites too. Why would I cringe?
::bbbruce:: - For some reason I thought you didn't like that episode.
My bad.
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