646f9e108c Several children give their widely varying opinions of who they think Batman is. I downloaded this episode from an online source tonight, and really liked this episode very much! I enjoyed seeing Batman portrayed from the &quot;Golden Age&quot; (1950s), with Gary Owens voicing the Caped Crusader,wellthe modern-age story with Carrie Kelley.<br/><br/>And speaking of Carrie Kelley, this may have been the first time a story based on a Frank Miller work was done. Long before &quot;Sin City,&quot; the producers of &quot;The New Batman Adventures: Legends of the Dark Knight&quot; did this story. And they did a fantastic job!<br/><br/>I also was glad to see Kevin Conroy voice Batman at the end. I just wish the series lasted longer. Batman has a mythology, a framework that can be worked in and around but has rules that can&#39;t be broken. But what&#39;s great about this one episode of the animated Batman show- now featureda special feature on the Batman: Gotham Knight DVD- is mixed perspective. It&#39;s actually ironic that a carbon-copy (updated only with flashy/anime-inspired) was featuredpart of the Gotham Knight episodes, when this one, made by Bruce Timm&#39;s team and with less flashy animation (though this is arguable), is better and more indicative of the history of Batman.<br/><br/>It&#39;s about a few kids who are talking about what they think Batman is &quot;really&quot; like. We get two perspectives, each based on classic Batman lore. The first is done up like those goofy, feel-good comics from the 40s and 50s where Batman and Robin fight Joker in stilted poses- akin to the obscure animated series from the 1970s- where they&#39;re caught between a piano and a hard place. It&#39;s beautifully done in a retro, jokingly nostalgic manner. The second is a treatment of Frank Miller&#39;s Dark Knight Returns, and more or less it&#39;s faithful to the best parts of the book (the fight against the mutants, the girl Robin, Batman in that crazy-ass tank). Each of the two feature different voices for Batman and Joker and those other characters than usual, and they&#39;re both done wonderfully.<br/><br/>Then, finally, the last segment pits the kids into a situation where Batman really has to come save them- this time from the villain Firefly, who traps them in a theater. The whole framework of this story, I might add, is smart for also incorporating an issue from the 70s (credited to Neal Adams) which is about kids talking about what they think Batman is like. It&#39;s altogether fun stuff for the Batman fan, and gives casual viewers of the show a taste of what legacy Batman has left behind, for better or worse, in the long history of the comics.
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