Is it just me.....

[Mackenzie Rainelle]

Or did the plot of today's episode of Batman Beyond have a little homage to The Phantom of the Opera in it?

[Opaque]

hate to say it but its just you.

[William C. Maune]

[indent]It's an interesting idea. I've heard the basic premise behind the play, but I have never actually seen it. Before I thought Rats was one of the worst Batman Beyond episodes, but this could put it in a new light. What about it did you think might be a homage to Phantom of the Opera?

[Mackenzie Rainelle]

Well, to do that, I'd have to kinda explain Phantom of the Opera. But, in a nutshell, the whole idea of a deformed recluse who lives under the city falling in love with a young woman from the surface (who's in love with someone else) and taking her to his hide away, only to be rejected by the woman, and killed by her lover while the lover saves her neck.

The biggest difference is that all of the events in Phantom of the Opera mainly took place in and under the Paris Opera House, while the events in the Batman Beyond episode were kinda spread out over the city. That and Dana Tan proably sucks as an opera singer. ^^;;;

[Opaque]

i can see how you could make that conectiong if you tryed, but i don't think its there naturally.

[Mackenzie Rainelle]

Well, I haven't read Phantom of the Opera (the book, I haven't seen the play since I was 10) in almost a year, and I still noticed the connection.

[Funkatron]

that and the phantom didn't have mad stan...

[William C. Maune]

[indent]Wow! Based on that I would say there is a great chance the episode was a homage, reference, based on, or something to PotO. What I'm wondering now though is: Was PotO an original story or is it itself based on a story say from the Greeks, the Shakespearean era, etc.?

[Mackenzie Rainelle]

The musical Phantom of the Opera was based on a rather old, obscure French novel by the same name. I have a copy of it here somewhere....::digs through a pile of books:: I got it in mint condition at a used book store for only $4. ::digrootdig:: OH! Here it is. It's by Gaston Leroux and was written in....::look:: 1911.

[czyznyck99]

Originally posted by ionspark
that and the phantom didn't have mad stan...

That's right, MAN!!

BLOW IT ALL UP!!

Later.

[RogueMartian]

I think the plot was similar to phantom of the opera, but the idea of deformed people living under the city watching their loved ones from afar was also used in futurama, so my guess is that its a widely recurring theme.