Batman Beyond: The Complete Third Season

April 6, 2007

Rated: NR Runtime: 273 min Rating: 4 out of 5 stars

Bruce Wayne, unlike most other heroes, is just a man. He’s a very well trained and is in great shape, but he’s still just a normal man…with wonderful toys. So it’s only logical that as the years pass, the man behind Batman will become old and frail. But Gotham can’t be without the Batman! There would be chaos! What’s a crime-fighting bat to do? Why, you find a replacement for yourself and tutor him, of course!

Batman Beyond: The Complete Third Season When the first episode of Batman Beyond saw the light of day, we quickly got a glimpse into the big “what if…” of Batman’s future. The series opened a few decades from now and Bruce Wayne is…well, let’s face it, an old man. But he has found someone that can take his place in the person of young Terry McGinnis. With the nagging voice of Bruce in his earpiece at all times, Terry struggles and, ultimately, triumphs as the new Batman.

In the third season, we find that Batman Beyond has shaken the dreaded “sophomore curse” that has afflicted so many other shows. The excitement was ramped up by the return of Ra’s Al Ghul…sort of. And then there was that little matter of the Justice League Unlimited recruiting him to ferret out a traitor in their midst. Zoinks!

The animation is, for the budget they had to work with, quite interesting and well done. The acting is surprisingly good with Kevin Controy voicing the role of the aging Bruce Wayne and Will Friedle doing excellent work as Terry.

This third and final season was the best of the three and it is only the lack of blood and T&A that prevents it from that coveted 5th star. In my humble opinion, it is the best of the three seasons of BB so it would definitely make an excellent addition to your collection.

Posted by Alex | Filed Under 4 Stars, Action, DVD, Drama, Kevin Conroy, NR, SciFi, Will Friedle