| The Batman - 406 - Strange New World -
Posted on 18-11-2006 11:00 |
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REVIEW:
While The Breakout was aired as the season's fifth episode, its actually the sixth. Strange New World is the actual fifth episode of this fourth season. So for our real fifth episode this season, we are treated with the return of Hugo Strange. It was obivious he was going to be the villian in this episode because of the title. When I heard about this episode, the plot did in fact sound familar because it was similar to the plot of the Resident Evil games. Everyone turning into a zombie thanks to a virus or a toxin is what this episode and those games share. While I thought "well I know Resident Evil so think that for this" from everything about this episode, I was still interested thanks to some early images.
The episode started out like the middle of a Resident Evil game, or maybe the start of its sequels, where the city has already been attacked by the toxin and its been 48 hours since then, where Batman feels he has failed. When Strange appears, he actually tells Batman what he is going to do and the toxin starts. I think since he is now part of Arkham since Season Three's finale "Gotham's Ultimate Criminal Mastermind", he decided to actually turn nuts like his patients. The reason why Strange did all this goes back to how to really destroy a hero: attack those he loves is one, but the city he protects is the big one. You get that when Batman, as he gets ready to do his atatck he sees a poster called "Bruce Wayne: Gotham's White Knight". Same thing goes for Superman and Metropolis.
The zombies aren't what I thought they were going to be, and that was good. Unlike me thinking they were going to be mindless zombies like in Resident Evil, they were smart enough to do evil things, but they still couldn't talk right, but they could get knocked out. I loved the zombie version of Commisner Gordon, the glasses (looking like sunglasses) must've been like a theme where his normal ones were light and clear meaning good and these were dark meaning evil.
The darkness in this episode was on the mark, if not more so than The Batman vs. Dracula. I believe more work was put in the horror aspects to the character designs than the vampire looks. Or maybe they're same, can't remember. The city on its second zombie day was damaged, something that gives this episode the references to Resident Evil.
Overall, this episode was. Many would agree that I believe this episode should have been aired around Halloween. Because it is technically a Halloween episode (controlled zombies, dark goth-like looking settings). When he was trying to find out what's going on, Batman had a beard, a first for TB is it not? And Batman has something new for us this season: a backup batcave. Similar to what he used in "No Man's Land", its the same exact (maybe not in design terms) thing. Also, Batgirl and Robin got motorcycles. Batgirl's was like the '60s show while Robin was, well we saw it beforehand thanks to Comic Con. I should remind everyone that this is numbered before The Breakout, which explains why Robin said to Batgirl that her with them wasn't going to stink while he disliked saying that. Myabe because of what she said at the end, explains their change in the next episode (Breakout). I liked this episode, and sticking to that.
RATING: 8.5/10
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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| RE: The Batman - 406 - Strange New World -
Posted on 18-11-2006 11:31 |
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Pretty Good. 
Zombiefied Gothamites attack The Batman and Robin, only to find out that it was The Batman and Robin that were actually sick. Good story...Hugo is quite tricky. Batman has more than one batcave....cool.
Rate - 8.2/10
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| RE: The Batman - 406 - Strange New World -
Posted on 18-11-2006 13:14 |
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i thought The Episode was great, i really did enjoy it alot, it was great to see Hugo Strange again, and it was also great to see Batman having a BackUp HeadQuarters to go to in the case of an Emergency, i can,t wait to see The next New Episode when They Show it, it is going to be great, this is going to be a great Season, this is the best Season yet. |
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| RE: The Batman - 406 - Strange New World -
Posted on 18-11-2006 13:39 |
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Reminder: the shows LoSH and TB are on hiatus. So no new episodes til on a later date.
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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| RE: The Batman - 406 - Strange New World -
Posted on 18-11-2006 15:16 |
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great episode.....good plot.....the show is finally getting interesting. |
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| RE: The Batman - 406 - Strange New World -
Posted on 18-11-2006 17:36 |
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wow this episode was crazy. i loved it. batman was so smart. he was insane, but sane enough to know he was insane. lol.
and i like how he figured everything out.
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| RE: The Batman - 406 - Strange New World -
Posted on 18-11-2006 18:27 |
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I've missed a few episodes this season, but I'm really glad I caught this one. Excellent work all around, I especially like the effect of the "burning Gotham" toward the end of the episode. Zombies, smart work from both Strange and Batman, the backup "cave," and a twist ending that was neither forced nor hokey. Quite possibly my favorite episode so far in the series. |
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| RE: The Batman - 406 - Strange New World -
Posted on 19-11-2006 09:54 |
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I really enjoyed this episode. It was well done. I may have enjoyed it more if not for the fact that Robotron gave away the ending. I had taped the episode while out of the house. I made the mistake of logging in here before I had the oppurtunity to watch the show. As soon as Hugo Strange dropped the supposed antidote, I knew that Batman and Robin had been poisoned, not immunized. From then on, I knew what was really going on in the story and how it would end. Bummer. I'll know better next time. |
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| RE: The Batman - 406 - Strange New World -
Posted on 19-11-2006 10:16 |
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GREAT!!! 1010
" Take this guy...armed roberry, double homicide. Got a taste for the theatrics like you and leaves a calling card." Gordon BB |
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Posted on 21-11-2006 13:49 |
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Here you can see the episode://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0t0wfSY887E&mode=related&search=:
Bring On The Batman.
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Posted on 03-12-2006 20:17 |
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A bit late on this, but GREAT to know that episodes are on YouTube!!!
I missed it and JUST watched it.
What a twist! (To quote M. Night on Robot Chicken)
Sum Nox!
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| RE: The Batman - 406 - Strange New World -
Posted on 04-12-2006 11:02 |
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MacWage wrote:
What a twist! (To quote M. Night on Robot Chicken)
Funny, my wife & I always trade that line when some TV show or movie pulls a plot twist. Glad to see others are quoting Robot Chicken as well  |
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