The Batman - The Complete Second Season (DC Comics Kids Collection)

September 17, 2006

Rated: G Runtime: 338 min Rating: 3 out of 5 stars

The Batman – Season 2 DVD has only has a few special features, trailers
and few scenes from season one, so don’t buy the DVD for the features or even the art for that matter; Buy it for the story lines.

The Batman - The Complete Second Season (DC Comics Kids Collection) This 13 episode set has all your favorite Batman villains so there’s something for everyone. Joker is just as maniacal as he is in the other (better) cartoon; Riddler still makes you think about his riddles (come on, admit it
you feel smart when you answer his riddles before the Dark Night). Catwoman although nowhere near as HOT as Michelle Pheifer (cartoon duh!) , Mr. Freeze he’s colder than ever and way better than Ahnuld, Killer Croc & Man Bat the animal villains are freaks, Penguin is funny (Spongebob?) and Bane (baddest of all Batman villains) is not a bumbling idiot like he was in B&R. The Batman Season 2 also introduces some new villains; such as Ragdoll, a HUGE scarecrow rip off! And one called the Mystic which I actually thought was Ra’s Al Ghul for a minute. So, if your a ‘TRUE’ Batman fan some of these story lines might actually excite you.

On to the good stuff - The very first episode has both Penguin and Catwoman as a great villain team trying to kill “The Bat” in ‘The Bat, The Cat and the Very Ugly’ (Batman Returns, Returns?). The Batman is looked at no differently than his Psychopathic Villains in this Gotham City so the story’s have more depth sometimes. The GPD in this universe are only looking for the villains to get to the true menace, The Batman himself. Thank God for James Gordon, the man that is this Batman’s Superman!

I gave this DVD three stars instead of five for this simple fact…the
costumes suck! They gave Riddler a jersey and plastic Question Marks,
Catwoman has a huge collar and equally big Goggles… At least they didn’t screw up the Joker, he still looks OK.

If You’re Expecting the 90’s cartoon Batman TAS, look elsewhere but if you are willing to look at Batman with different eyes give this one a peek.

Posted by CC | Filed Under 3 Stars, Action, Alastair Duncan, DVD, G, Rino Romano