Batman: The Animated Newsletter
Weeks of January 24 - February 5/6, 2000
Volume 3,
Rated: PG for some "low-key coarse language and occasional griping"
THIS ISSUE'S SUBLIMINAL MESSAGE: "CHANGE THE
NAME OF THE BATMAN BEYOND MOVIE! IT'S FAR TOO WORDY AND CHEESY! NEVER USE THE
WORD 'Return' OR 'Revenge' IN A TITLE!"
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SPECIAL ANNOUCEMENT
There will be a two-week break between this issue
of BATMAN: THE ANIMATED NEWSLETTER and . See you all on
February 7!
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BREAKING NEWS!
BATMAN BEYOND: RETURN OF THE JOKER trailer now
available to download! Yep, that's right! Just check out this link:
MAKE US LOOK LIKE FOOLS AND SEE YOUR NAME IN
PRINT!
Yeah, that's right. Over the past 53 issues, my
hasty editing procedures have always left not
just a few, but sometimes a whole horde of simple errors, grammatical
problems, untrue facts,
and whatnot. Just no typos - you've gotta be more creative than that! Here's
where YOU come in.
If you can find any mistakes in this issue (we're not purposely making
mistakes - any mistakes
you find will be ones we were too blind to see), we'll print your name in the
following issue
in a special column. Sound fun?
Come on. Make us look like idiots. We dare ya.
Grrrr.
-Tim "TWO-FACE" Leighton
the tremendously warped editor
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THOSE WHO MADE US LOOK LIKE QUITE THE COLLECTIVE FOOL:
January 16, 2000:
ROB GORDON
-He found that in our description of EYEWITNESS, we accidentally refer
to Commissioner Gordon
as a "he" - but on BATMAN BEYOND, Gordon is a woman. This is
probably also a mistake found in
of our newsletter.
January 17, 2000:
CATALINA STORM
-She found the same problem that Rob Gordon did in our EYEWITNESS
preview.
BRIAN DAVIS
-Even our newsletter affiliate Brian Davis had to rub in how forgetful
we can be. He spotted
the same mistake that Rob and Catalina did.
CONSTANCE "EILONWY" COCHRAN
-She discovered that Reliable Source was lacking a review in this issue.
She then noticed that
the outrageous news was printed under the "News and Rumours" column
of the newsletter. Hmmm.
ACTUALLY, editor Tim "TWO-FACE" Leighton put that in there - but the
news was pretty, well,
WRONG, so I guess that would count here.
SCOTT HAAN
-Ahhh, this guy found a lot. First there were some little grammatical
errors which we SHOULD
have found, but didn't; second, he found that we once make a reference to
"BATMAN BETOND"
(ugh); the remainder of the problems were small comma errors, typos, and other
improper uses of
grammar. (There were a whopping 42 in total.)
KEVIN KING
-He just made it known that in the news section, when we give our Terry
Beatty's username at
EBAY, we've been using an old handle. The new one is...well, just check it out
below. We've
corrected it.
PETER ASHWORTH, DREW TIERNEY
-The word "horde" was mispelled as "hord" in one of
the opening paragraphs.
JARED SIMMONS
-"BATMAN BETOND"? What show is THAT?
DON HUFF, SCOTT McKEON
-Like many others, he was quick to point out that in the synopsis of
EYEWITNESS, Commissioner
Gordon is referred to as a "he". Oddly enough, we didn't make
this error - the site we copied
the BEYOND synopses from did.
JIM DEMES
-"Horde", "Darksied", "Batman Betond",
etc, etc...there were 25 others. Ack! ;-Y
January 18, 2000
L. VIRDEN
-The same "Commissioner Gordon" problem; numerous other typos
and "I before E" problems.
CHRISTINA SARRON, MARC ROSENZWEIG
-Yet another "Commissioner Gordon" problem. This seems to be a
favourite amongst our fan-
editors, here!
MARK HAZZARD
-Another "hord" problem. It should be "horde",
non?
January 19, 2000
KIM, THE BAT BRAT
-Commissioner Gordon's sexual confusion, again. Geez, this one's
popular!
January 23, 2000
JIM DOYLE
-It seems that everyone has jumped on the bandwagon to notify us of our
Commissioner Gordon
mistake...
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EAGERLY ANTICIPATING...
New episodes are on the horizon! Here's what we can expect in the near
future...
'LEGACY (Pt. 1 & 2)'
Superman #44, 48
Air date: February sweeps, 2000?
This two-parter features the final showdown between Superman and
Darkseid in which he strips
Superman of his memory and adopts him as a son in an effort to take over
Earth. This is being
touted as the FINAL Superman episode EVER. However, I must say that I've read
a synopsis of the
episode, and it's a doozie.
For synopses of all other upcoming second season
BATMAN BEYOND episodes, check out of
BTAN at this address:
THE NEW BATMAN/SUPERMAN ADVENTURES air Mondays
thru Saturday; BATMAN BEYOND also airs on these
days. Check local listings each day for what show is on at what time.
THIS WEEK:
Mon 01-24-00: Superman #?? Tools of the Trade
B-BEYOND #07 Meltdown
Tue 01-25-00: Batman #85 Batgirl
Returns
Suerpamn #?? The Hand of Fate
Wed 01-26-00: Suerpamn #34 Heavy Metal
Batman #98 Mean Seasons
Thu 01-27-00: Batman #75 Catwalk
Batman #109 Judgement Day
Fri 01-28-00: Superman #25 Brave New Metropolis
B-BEYOND #16 Splicers
Sat 01-29-00: Superman #43 New Kids in Town
B-BEYOND #05 The Winning Edge
NEXT WEEK:
At the time of delivery for this issue, the air date schedules for next week
were unavailable.
Check out the sites listed above for any updates in the future.
All episodes #86 and onward of BATMAN are considered THE NEW BATMAN ADVENTURES
while the
original 85 are considered BATMAN: THE ANIMATED SERIES (BTAS) episodes.
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CANADIAN EPISODE SCHEDULE
(BTAS/BEYOND on YTV)
(courtesy of our friends at YTV)
-To find the episode guide and airing schedule of
BATMAN and BATMAN BEYOND on YTV then please go to
http://www.ytv.com
and click on the YTV GUIDE icon at the bottom of the screen. To check out the
schedule then click on BATMAN or BATMAN BEYOND in the time grid and it will
have the schedule for the current week.
BTAS will air at 7:30am on weekday mornings (in
all time zones), and BATMAN BEYOND will air at
2:30pm on Saturday and Sunday. YTV has the rights to show all 109 BTAS
episodes. They also
have the rights to air the first 26 episodes of BATMAN BEYOND (all of season 1
and the first
half of season 2).
THIS WEEK:
Mon 01-24-00: BTAS #95 Torch Song
Tue 01-25-00: BTAS #104 Legends of the
Dark Knight
Wed 01-26-00: BTAS #96 The
Ultimate Thrill
Thu 01-27-00: BTAS #97 Over the
Edge
Fri 01-28-00: BTAS #98 Mean
Seasons
Sat 01-29-00: BEYOND #23 Mind Games
Sun 01-30-00: BEYOND #24 Revenant
The air date schedule for the following week was
unavailable at the delivery of this
newsletter; therefore, this schedule is an EDUCATED GUESS of what I think will
be on next week.
To be absolutely sure, check out the YTV website later this week for updates.
NEXT WEEK:
Mon 01-31-00: BTAS #99 Critters
Tue 02-01-00: BTAS #100 Cult of the
Cat
Wed 02-02-00: BTAS #101 Animal Act
Thu 02-03-00: BTAS #102 Old Wounds
Fri 02-04-00: BTAS #103 The Demon
Reborn
Sat 02-05-00: BEYOND #25 Babel
Sun 02-06-00: BEYOND #26 Terry's Friend Dates a
Robot
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CARTOON NETWORK WB ANIMATION SCHEDULE:
"Yabba Dabba Doom"
(courtesy of Brian Cruz)
THE CARTOON NETWORK was able to get the exclusive
rights to 52 episodes of the classic BTAS, as
well as both animated movies. BTAS airs Monday-Friday at 6pm (ET) and then
repeated again at
midnight. If our schedule listings is not complete or up to date then please
go to either of these sites for the schedule:
To see the 52 episodes that the CARTOON NETWORK
does show, go to this link:
NOTE: The schedules at Brian Cruz' site are
currently unavailable; if anyone knows of any other place where people can get
listings for BTAS on the Cartoon Network, please e-mail us!
