Rating:  -
This second edition is much better than the first. This set has a much darker tone in story, directed at a more mature audience. Some of the episodes come straight from the comic books.
The stories seem to pull heavily on the 1970's versions of the comic book. "Off Balance" for example is a rendering of "Into The Den of Death Dealers" by Denny O'Neil. The opening sequence was ripped right from the pages of the comic.
All in all this is an excellent series. If you were slightly disappointed by the first volume (though I don't see how you could be) this volume makes up for it in spades.
Rating:  -
I was looking forward to watching this set, and the first episode I watched was "Heart of Steel", a two part episode. To my dismay, there was some extremely distracting flicker/blur throughout. I thought it may have been DVNR, which is used to "smooth out" some movies on DVD, but is a process which does NOT work on hand-drawn animation.
Luckily, "Heart of Steel pts 1 and 2", and "The Strange Secret of Bruce Wayne" are the only episodes with this problem. I went frame-by-frame and could easily spot frames with an out of place "ghost" on them. So, the problem probably isn't DVNR, which has a tendency to remove lines and blur single frames in animation. Perhaps it's an incorrect attempt at de-interlacing, I don't know... But whatever the problem is, it's there and that's my reason for knocking this otherwise 5-star set down to 4.
Still, there are 25 other episodes on this set with no trace of this problem. As everyone else has commented, the show features great stories with great voice acting, music, direction, and animation. Definitely reccomended! But DVD mastering guys at Warner, please don't repeat that mastering mistake in the future!
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All the Batman Episoids I remember from the Fox Kids series are on here.Any batman fan would have this.There is the happy(Jokers Wild)& the sad (Mudslide).There is the background story(Robins Reckoning) & the just plain wierd(Perchance to Dream).So trust me, if you know batman you should get this.
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Volume three of this series will have the following episodes (these are not in the precise order):
1.His Silicon Soul
2. Blind as a Bat
3.The Demons Quest
4. The Demons Quest II
5. Read My Lips
6. Fire From Olympis
7. Shadow of the Bat
8. Shadow of the Bat II
9. The Worry Men
10. House and Garden
11. Sideshow
12. Avatar
13. Trial
14. Harlquinade
15. Bane
16. Second Chance
17. Riddlers Reform
18. Baby Doll
19. Time Out of Joint
20. Harley's Holiday
21. Make Em' Laugh
22. Batgirl Returns
23. Lock-Up
24. Deep Freeze
25. The Terrible Trio
26. Showdown
27. Catwalk
28. A Bullet for Bullock
29. The Lion and the Unicorn
As for this box set it was wonderful, i loved it so much, my favorite episodes were Harley and Ivy, Almost Got Em', Off Balance, The Laughing Fish, Eternal Youth, Tyger Tyger, Cat Scratch Fever, The Strange Secret of Bruce Wayne. Here are some reviews of these:
Harley and Ivy:
When the Joker (Mark Hamil) fires Harley Quinn; she has to find a new accomplis in crime, and she just so happens to run into Poison Ivy in a robbery, they become the best of friends and partners in crime!
Almost Got Em':
The Joker, Killer Croc, Two Face, The Penguin, and Poison Ivy; are all playing a game of poker telling stories about almost catching the Caped Crusader, but The Joker's story gets a little out of hand when he kidnaps Catwoman and is going to make her Kitty Chow at a factory.
Tyger Tyger:
This episode features Selina Kyle getting kidnapped and taken to an island where a strange doctor turs her into a cat, litterally.
The Strange secret of Bruce Wayne:
In this episode a Doctor Hugo Strange has Batman fighting to keep his secret identity, for Dr. Strange is going to auction it off to Two-Face, The Joker, and The Penguin!
Rating: -
One of the best animated series ever. However, Warner needs to get their act together and listen to the fans.
There is a huge market for these sets.
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