Blight

[The New Batman]

Blight, the first BB villian, was in very few episodes and he was very good (I think). His last episode was "Ascension" (the 13th episode I think). Did he die in that episode? They never found his body and when Batman met with his son saying he made a new enemy. You'd think after that that Blight would eventually return but he hasn't. I wish he did, he was an interesting character. What do you think?

[James Harvey]

Blight did return, but in the comic book. He came back in a semi good issue of Batman Beyond #18 to be exact. But after that episode he was killed and became a trophy for Stalker, who was hunting him.

[ZorBrak]

hmm I didn't know that :P

[James Harvey]

The issue adds nothing to the character at all. I found the issue sort of laughable. Apparently he was washed all the way from Gotham Harbor to some South American island where Stalker stumbled upon him. Then he (I think) swam back to Gotham.

The issue was...blah...but had nice art.

[Calhoun07]

Blight and Inque were the two best villians from Batman Beyond that I felt had the strongest potential to be major players in the episodes. I wish they had devoted more episodes to both, actually.

[Maxie Zeus]

My understanding was the Blight was tossed overboard in "Ascension" as a way of rounding out the series if WB didn't order more than the initial 13. Do we know why the team didn't bring him back when they got the pick-up for more episodes?

[James Harvey]

When he was killed, the crew decided to just keep him dead. The first season was supposed to represent the first major arc for Batman Beyond, and have him defeat his first major villian. Granted he fought villians before "Ascension", but Blight was the villian. When he died, the crew saw no reason to bring him back.

[Calhoun07]

Shame, too. I feel like it was a bad idea to kill him off. It would have been like killing off the Joker early in Batman's career. Of course, we would have never known the great Joker stories we would have missed if that had been so, but likewise we never will know the great Blight stories we missed.

[James Harvey]

I'm sorta glad they killed him off. Yeah - he had great potential - but this way he avoided becoming just another villian. He did have the chance to become the next Joker, but there will always be that sense of 'what could have been' with him - and I sort like that. But - this is my opinion.

[Calhoun07]

I was about to post that maybe we will see him in a DTV, either as a return of Blight kind of thing or a "lost" story kind of thing, but then I remembered...Batman Beyond is dead. :(

[James Harvey]

I agree there, though. I think the only exception to bringing Blight back would be in a full fledged DVD. IMagine the stuff TMS could to to him, in terms of imagery and special effects. But for a short 19 minute episode? Nah...But for a long 70 minute movie? Oh yeah...

[Blight]

If only BB was still alive, then maybe he'd have a chance of coming back. I really think they should have brought him back, because he is Batman's most dangerous enemy, and he killed his father. You can't go killing off someone like that in the first season! I really think he should have returned in a DTV at least, for a final showdown between him and Batman, where Blight discovers his identity, making him more dangerous than ever. And in the end, Batman would kill Blight to prevent him from flooding the city with radiation or something dramatic like that, but enough day dreaming now.

I remember reading a while ago that Blight was going to return in the season 4 that never was. Is this true? I suppose it doesn't really matter now, since Batman Beyond has been fed to the extremely hungry crocodiles, but it would be nice to know what could have been.

See ya!
Blight

[DR. BELCH]

--at least he went out as a tragic figure, someone you almost pity. He just wanted to be left alone, a broken man (although at that point barely human). The scene where the secretary brings him a sandwich and he gives her that wistful look before he bites into it, and the pity etched on her face, was great. We know he's done monstrous things in his past, but if Paxton hadn't sold him out and Terry forced to intervene, his exile and a slow, green death would have made a very fitting penance....

[The New Batman]

You're right doc, that scene with the sandwich almost made me pity him, but you have to remember, he was a very evil man. His character shouldn't have ended like that with all those question marks (is he alive or isn't he). What do you think?

[Nightwing]

I thought that was the whole point in that nuclear sub sinking in WATER, because it would cool our boy down too much which signifies how he'd be trapped in there. Meanwhile Mr. Comic makes him join the Olympic swimming team! Boy, my friend and I have to ressurect our Blight-comes-back story and FAST! :p

[Karkull]

Gee, and I thought that the Blight was a stupid character. Personally, I think that he got exactly what he deserved and I hope he's never brought back.

[The Mad Hatter]

Add me to the list of folks who thought Blight was a great character. A ruthless corporate type who finds himself increasingly unable to hide the monstrousness within... aaaahhhh. I can understand why the creators had him stay dead, but I would have liked for him to come back, provided they came up with a great reason. Hey, they brought Joker back, and instead of being a cliched cash-in, it was a minor masterpiece! (well, unedited, anyway. :D ) DG is right, a DTV with his return would have been great.

[Calhoun07]

Blight was a great character. A ruthless corporate type who finds himself increasingly unable to hide the monstrousness within... aaaahhhh. I can understand why the creators had him stay dead

Naturally! Beause Blight reminded WB execs of themselves! :D

[austin norsworthy]

Originally posted by calhoun07


Naturally! Beause Blight reminded WB execs of themselves! :D

you said it!

since Blight was encased in mold in # 8 there's still a chance he's alive. they souldn't have killed him off because terry would have no joker of his own.

[Terminatah]

Originally posted by calhoun07
Shame, too. I feel like it was a bad idea to kill him off. It would have been like killing off the Joker early in Batman's career. Of course, we would have never known the great Joker stories we would have missed if that had been so, but likewise we never will know the great Blight stories we missed.

Yah, except Blight was nowhere near as interesting a character as The Joker.

-Terminatah

[Calhoun07]

Well, that's an unfair comparison, because no other villian is as interesting as the Joker. All pale in comparison to him!

[Maxie Zeus]

Originally posted by Terminatah


Yah, except Blight was nowhere near as interesting a character as The Joker.

-Terminatah

Very few are.

[The Mad Hatter]

Well, that's an unfair comparison, because no other villian is as interesting as the Joker. All pale in comparison to him!

Actually, if you consider Joker's complexion, he pales in comparison to everyone else!

(rim shot) :D

[DarkAngel]

Originally posted by Terminatah


Yah, except Blight was nowhere near as interesting a character as The Joker.

True, but that's doesn't meant we couldn't get great Blight stories. If Joker had been killed after his first year in comics, he'd never have become the great character he did, nor would we have gotten the many great Joker stories we did, as Calhoun noted.

[Terminatah]

I always wondered why Blight never got a suit like Mr. Freeze that would act as a self-contained radiation unit (or S.C.R.U.). When wearing the SCRU suit, he can conduct business affairs as usual.

-Terminatah

[Blade1225]

a few points
first about the suit..
1. He did, in a way his skin served as that
2.I think the whole point was so that people wouldn't know about it, and i think a big suit would be sorta noticable :-P

What was the scene with the sandwhich? can someone describe it in detail?

[SSNTails]

Originally posted by Blade1225
a few points
first about the suit..
1. He did, in a way his skin served as that
2.I think the whole point was so that people wouldn't know about it, and i think a big suit would be sorta noticable :-P

What was the scene with the sandwhich? can someone describe it in detail?

First time I saw "Rebirth", I instantly associated Blight with BB's equivalent of the Joker.

I'll see about getting you a short video clip, Blade...

[SSNTails]

Here you go:

http://www.treeweasel.com/~SSNTails/blightsandwich.avi

You'll need Divx 4.x from www.divx.com if you don't have it already.