Batman: The Animated Newsletter
Weeks of June 19 - July 1/2, 2000
Volume 3,
Rated: PG for some "low-key coarse language and occasional griping"
THIS ISSUE'S SUBLIMINAL MESSAGE: "HOT TIME, SUMMER IN THE CITY, GARFIELD LYNNS IS AROUND TOWN AND MAKING IT...uhh...CRUDDY. (We apologize. We had a much coarser word that rhymed with 'city' that we wanted to use, but we didn't wanna make this a PG-13
newsletter."
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SPECIAL IN THIS ISSUE
We have a special treat for all of you out there in this issue! Hilary J. Bader, writer of BATMAN, SUPERMAN, BATMAN BEYOND, and the BATMAN BEYOND comic series has agreed to participate in an interview with us. Just scroll down to read it! Enjoy!
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SPECIAL NOTE
As of June 22, it will be impossible to reach the staff of BATMAN: THE ANIMATED NEWSLETTER at
juno@direct.ca. After that date, you must contact the staff at
juno@dccnet.com.
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EAGERLY ANTICIPATING...
New episodes are on the horizon! Here's what we can expect in the near future...
THERE ARE NO KNOWN EPISODES ON THE HORIZON. AGH.
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WB ANIMATION SCHEDULES:
(courtesy of Brian Cruz and/or the official BTAS/STAS site)
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 06-19-00: Batman #98 Mean Seasons
Batman #95 Torch Song
Tue 06-20-00: Batman #92 Joker's Millions
Superman #19 Target
Wed 06-21-00: Superman #45 Knight Time
Batman #93 Growing Pains
Thu 06-22-00: Batman #91 Never Fear
Superman #47 Obsession
Fri 06-23-00: Superman #46 Absolute Power
Batman #94 Love is a Croc
Sat 06-24-00: Batman #01 On Leather Wings
B-BEYOND #16 Splicers
NEXT WEEK:
Mon 06-26-00: Superman #25 Brave New Metropolis
Batman #90 You Scratch My Back
Tue 06-27-00: Batman #79 Riddler's Reform
Batman #89 Double Talk
Wed 06-28-00: Superman #25 The Prometheon
Batman #85 Batgirl Returns
Thu 06-29-00: Superman #70 House and Garden
Batman #88 Cold Comfort
Fri 06-30-00: Superman #43 New Kids in Town
Batman #97 Over the Edge
Sat 07-01-00: Bats/Supes To Be Announced
B-BEYOND To Be Announced
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
(BATMAN, SUPERMAN, and 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 Noon on weekdays (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).
*YTV has just got the rights to air episodes #27 - 52 of BATMAN BEYOND. It's unknwon when these episode to air, but expect fall 2000. YTV may air all the episodes through in ONE run, unlike the first 26 episodes.
THIS WEEK:
Mon 06-19-00: BTAS #98 Mean Seasons
Tue 06-20-00: BTAS #99 Critters
Wed 06-21-00: BTAS #100 Cult of the Cat
Thu 06-22-00: BTAS #101 Animal Act
Fri 06-23-00: BTAS #102 Old Wounds
Sat 06-24-00: BEYOND #13 Ascension
Sun 06-25-00: BEYOND #14 Joyride
NEXT WEEK:
(these are just educated guesses - check the website next week for up-to-date schedules)
Mon 06-26-00: BTAS #103 The Demon Within
Tue 06-27-00: BTAS #104 Legends of the Dark Knight
Wed 06-28-00: BTAS #105 Girls Nite Out
Thu 06-29-00: BTAS #106 Mad Love
Fri 06-30-00: BTAS #107 Chemistry
Sat 07-01-00: BEYOND #15 Earth Mover
Sun 07-02-00: BEYOND #16 Splicers
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THE CARTOON NETWORK
BATMAN IS BACK ON THE CARTOON NETWORK!!!!
Thanx to CNX: Toonami Revolution - Batman: The Animated Series is getting more airtime on Cartoon Network; more accuratly, on Toonami. Toonami has a weekend block called Rising Sun which airs shows in morning hours. airing from 9 AM to Noon EST/PST. Rising Sun will be
changed this weekend. Not only will Ronin Warriors be dropped from the lineup, but also, the second airing of Gundam Wing is dropped as well.
So technically, Rising Sun is missing an hour. Surely they're not going to give that mutt an extra hour, so they've but in a American flavor to the block, one a familiar Midnight Run standby while the other is making its debut to Toonami (finally). Batman: The Animated
Series airs on Rising Sun at 11 AM EST/PST while Powerpuff Girls ends Toonami at 11:30 AM EST/PST. This is the new Rising Sun. Check it out! Now you'l have something to watch besides Pokemon! The lineup, as of May 13, is:
9am-Thundercats (One Hour)
10am-Dragon Ball Z (The Garlic Jr. Saga)
10:30am-Mobile Suit Gundam Wing
11am-Batman: The Animated Series
11:30am-Powerpuff Girls
(all times in Eastern Time)
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EPISODE REVIEW: (SPOILERS!)
(by Tim "TWO-FACE" Leighton)
All of Tim "TWO-FACE" Leighton's reviews of the new-style BTAS episodes and BATMAN BEYOND can be found via these links, which link to "Two-Face's Tower of Tranquility and Terror":
The creative "team" for this column alternates between Zanna and Justin Chen, two loyal subscribers and great friends of ours here. Any other reviews printed here are written by editor Tim "TWO-FACE" Leighton. Enjoy!
<BATMAN BEYOND>
PAYBACK
Written by Robert Goodman
Directed by Kyoung-Won Lim
Animation by Koko Enterprise Co., Ltd. and Dong
Yang Animation Co., Ltd.
Original airdate: May 13, 2000
My rating: **1/2 (Out of five stars)
Gotham's futuristic Batman tangles with a black suited, laser whip wielding vigilante called Payback. This new "defender" specializes in terrorizing the people who bully or abuse teenagers. Based on information that Bruce pulls together from
Payback's previous attacks, Bruce theorizes that someone from the Gotham Youth Counseling Center is involved. Terry joins a teenage support group at the center to investigate.
This episode, like many of the recent episodes, dealt with troubled youth and not the homicidal, larger-than-life villains of BTAS or TNBA. There was no clever or twisted master crime or colorful criminal character. The villain's only claim to fame was a
dark costume and a laser whip. Though the laser whip was an interesting weapon, it lost some of its impact when it was shown to be only a sculptor's tool being used by the vigilante.
The saving element of this episode was that a bit more time was spent showing more of the Bruce-Terry relationship and showing a bit more insight into some of Terry's detective training. There was some good dialogue exchanges between Bruce and Terry.
For instance, when Bruce is patching up Terry's head after Terry is attacked at the center, Bruce asks, "Why weren't you watching your back?
Terry responds defensively, "I was too busy watching my front. Am I supposed to have eyes everywhere?"
"Only if you want to live to a ripe, old age," Bruce answers.
Sarcastically, Terry says, "You don't make it sound too inviting."
Later, in the last scene, when Bruce asks Payback what he is, Payback answers, "Your worst nightmare."
Bruce replies, "You have no idea what my nightmares are like."
The last time the words "Your worst nightmare" are spoken in a Batman episode, the impression was menacing. This time, spoken TO Bruce, the words evoke little terror, but since the words are directed at Bruce, they had a different, but significant
impact.
Of some trivia interest, the actor that provided the voice for the store manager in the opening scene was Curtis Armstrong, currently seen in the OnStar Batman commercials as the Joker. (He also played Booger in the Revenge of the Nerd movies and Herbert Viola in
the Moonlighting TV series.)
While this episode is not one of this season's strongest episodes, I enjoyed the interaction between Terry and Bruce, which gave the story more interest.
