Is it just me or did the special effects KICK in BB?

[batE]

I just saw "Shriek" for the first time today (yes, as you can tell, I am a fairly new BB fan), and the fight scene where Shriek cancelled out the soundwaves and the only sound you could hear was Batman's footsteps had me sitting there virtually speechless. It was the most incredible thing I've ever seen in animation. I actually jumped when that truck came barrelling out of seemingly nowhere, and Ace saved Terry just in time.

And in Mind Games, that whole fight sequence with Batman and the fat, mystical guy in that other plane (or dimension or whatever it was) was one of the best fight scenes I've seen anywhere . . . ANYWHERE! I was sitting with my mouth open, especially when Terry was able to deflect the knife and send it back at the mystic guy.

Spellbound has wonderful special effects (the part where Batman's taking a nose dive and wakes up just in time sticks in my head), and there are several others. The animation, story lines and special effects in this show all seemed top-notch for the most part. And yet they're cancelling it? I hear that one of the driving reasons behind this decision was money . . .it costs lots of dough to put together sequences like the CG sequence in Final Cut. But, darnit, weren't the ratings through the roof? Wouldn't that justify the costs?

Ah, well. I guess I should get over it. But it's gonna take a while. With every ep I see, I fall deeper in love with this show, and I realize just how groundbreaking it was -- in every way.


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[James Harvey]

I think THE CALL was a nice example of special effects to the extreme! It all looks so nice. One of the few times when the damn computer coloring didn't bother me as much. The final scene with Superman going up against the Batmobile is one of my highlights of the whole Batman series. Terry totally against the odds, which is what I like to see.

[Bird Boy]

yeah..the special effects are the sweetest things..ROTJoker had a great sceen too. When the head blew up in the end.. (and the nose flew off it and blew off screen)..that was amazing..then on the commentary on the disc, they were all like "wow! what great smoke..you have NO idea how hard it is to make good smoke" when Batman, Tim, and Ace were coming out of the room..it was cool.. :)

-BB

[Shriek]

The special effects are great in Batman Beyond. And Shriek and ROTJ are prime examples of how well the special effects can get. The sound, picture, and ideas are just amazing.

[Inque]

Any episode with Inque will show you how good the animation was.

[Maxie Zeus]

Originally posted by batE
I just saw "Shriek" for the first time today (yes, as you can tell, I am a fairly new BB fan), and the fight scene where Shriek cancelled out the soundwaves and the only sound you could hear was Batman's footsteps had me sitting there virtually speechless. It was the most incredible thing I've ever seen in animation. I actually jumped when that truck came barrelling out of seemingly nowhere, and Ace saved Terry just in time.

This was excellent. But kinda odd that you didn't pick up on the fact that this wasn't a case of good SFX, but a LACK of them (of sound effects, in particular). Granted, the staging and animation were (and had to be) top notch for it to work as well as it did, but think about ingenuity someone displayed in realizing that the scene would be so powerful if the effects were dialled DOWN instead of ratcheted UP.

Wish other FX-laden movies realized the same thing. . . .

[optimal321]

I know, BB rocks!!! Also loved Babel's from today. My fav parts were when Batman threw the batarang at Shriek and he blew a soundwave that split it in two. The he suddenly comes walking through the smoke he made. Also, i just thought something looked cool about the towers falling down. The other eps you mentioned were sweet too.

[James]

I think I agree with Maxie here. The use of special effects - rather than the effects themselves - are what made the fight so cool. Memorable stuff - especially so for someone with such a swiss cheese head like mine to remember it!!

[Nightwing]

The 4 scenes that stick in my head as far as visually STUNNING are without a doubt Shriek's final battle in Shriek, Curare in Final Cut, Terry and the fat man in Mind Games, and Babel (my favorite episode!) where Shriek blew the batarang into pieces and later blew those boxes over at Terry. Just plain gorgeous....

[Maxie Zeus]

Originally posted by Nightwing
The 4 scenes that stick in my head as far as visually STUNNING are without a doubt Shriek's final battle in Shriek, Curare in Final Cut, Terry and the fat man in Mind Games, and Babel (my favorite episode!) where Shriek blew the batarang into pieces and later blew those boxes over at Terry. Just plain gorgeous....

What about Inque's first battles with Terry in "Black Out"? Those are ones I really remember. . .