The Batman - The Complete Second Season (DC Comics Kids Collection)
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Actor: Alastair Duncan, Danielle Judovits, Evan Sabara, Kevin Michael Richardson, Rino RomanoBrand: Warner Brothers
Writer: J.D. Murray
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; French (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; Spanish (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround
Format: Animated, Closed-captioned, Color, Dubbed, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled
Picture Format: Academy Ratio, 1.33:1
Running Time: 338 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2006-09-12
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: CW Television Network
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DVD Review: What An Improvement!
Summary: 4 Stars
The second year of this series was a step in the right direction in some ways. But in others...
Animation wise, its still as great as the first season but one thing I forgot to mention last time. The sky in Gotham is on some kind of drug because its not the same color for two consecutive episodes, let alone within one. First its green, then purple, then red. I know in the fourth volume of Batman: TAS, the sky was red but it at least remained one consistent color. And when a character or building is set against the sky, it looks rather bland since there no clouds, reminding me of how cheap the third season of the Adam West series had been (cardboard cutouts in front of a stark black backdrop). But when there's a storm going on, the sky looks black, cloudy and relatively normal. The designs of the new villains are great, especially Killer Croc, who never seemed as menacing, to me anyway, in the original series. Lesser known villain Spellbinder, who was a villain in Batman Beyond, gets a great upgrade. From a rather silly, orange suited suit to a three eyed mystic. Like Joker, I was a off-put by the Riddler's new look, bringing singer Marilyn Manson to mind. The guy's so thin, he shouldn't be able to lift his cane. But, like the Clown Prince of Crime, the Prince of Puzzlers' look grew on me.
Again the voices are good and even Gina Gershon improves, though she was only good for one out of her two appearances this season. Steve Harris again gets a moment to shine in Meltdown, the sequel episode to last season's finale. How he changes from wanting revenge to embracing his criminal identity is moving (for this show anyway). While John Glover will probably remain my favorite voice of Riddler, Robert Englund (who everyone pretty much knows) was a great find, making the villain sound intelligent and cruel, even when spouting one of the show's trademark, eye-rolling puns. Ron Perlman (Clayface from B: TAS) does a great job with Killer Croc, infusing him with a Cajun accent and a sense of menace and intelligence that never felt captured in the original series. In that series, other than two episodes (not counting the one with Batman disguised as Croc), he became just a stupid, comic relief villain. Another 1960s Batman star, Frank Gorshin (the Riddler), voices Prof. Hugo Strange in one of his last roles before his death (which is unfortunate since Strange became one of the better villains on this show). One person who increasingly grew on my nerves was Jesse Corti's Chief Rojas. It's really more the writers' fault than the actor, but the character is never remotely likeable. All he does is yell at his force for the things they don't do instead of actually helping them find and trap the Batman.
Another thing I stupidly left out of my season 1 review was the music. My God is it bland. Even the opening theme is boring. I guess after the nineties ended, original music for cartoons (other than the DCAU) ended as well. It's all so unoriginal that its grating to hear the synth soundtrack. The only bit of music I do like is the Joker's leitmotif whenever he's around. It's quirkiness suits the character to a T.
The writers, who all seemed like hacks in season 1, really stepped up to make this season an improvement, though the season opener felt like it was written for a different hero/villain (actually it seemed like something Ra's al Ghul might've done though the Batman Returns feel of the three main characters helped a bit). The one thing the writers never really learned to do in the entire run of the show was balance the appearances of the villains. In these thirteen episodes alone, Joker appeared five times while Penguin has shown up four (and two of them featured Joker). While popular villains in their own right, the two were overexposed to the point that nobody ever really wanted to see them. While Joker's backstory will always remain a mystery and Penguin's backstory explained in his first appearance, no other villain received any amount of background (other than Clayface last season and Riddler in season 4). Heck, Catwoman and Riddler both got two episodes this season but nothing was really done with them. The theme of this season seemed to be that of partnerships. While Batman and Det. Ellen Yin formed theirs last season, the villains were teaming up out of the woodworks; from the slave-like partnership of Penguin and Man-Bat to the unlikely pairing of Mr. Freeze and Firefly (just go with it, that's what I did). Episodes that I liked include Riddled (Riddler's first appearance), Swamped (Killer Croc's first appearance along with the start of Batman's trophy room), Meltdown (wherein Ethan Bennett becomes a villain), The Butler Did It (where Alfred's intelligence is finally shown), Grundy's Night (just a fun Halloween episode) and Night and the City (where Batman faces the threat of Joker, Penguin and Riddler).
Season two was great though a few episodes were not up to standard.
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