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Once you go through the experience called "BATMAN: THE ANIMATED SERIES", things will never be the same. Growing up would become full of anguish, bells would toll under the stormy sky every time a shadow crosses the ground, and (certainly)all the good times would become payback time! We are fortunate enough that such a series existed. I hope WB would be able to recreate this magic someday, but maybe magic should remain the once-only wonder. May the dark knight reamin eternally standing high!
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I CANNOT STAND THE ANIMATION, IT TOTALY STINKS!! I CAN'T STAND HOW THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE THING, THERE IS REPEATEDLY SAID BY THE CHARACTERS, "OH MY GOD". THAT WAS THE WORST OF IT. THIS SPOILED THE SERIES!!!!! THIS VOLUME IS JUST TERRIBLE!!!!! VOLUMES 1-3 ARE THE ONLY ONES WORTH BUYING!!!!
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This was my favorite season of the Batman animated series. I loved the character redesigns and the addition of the Batgirl and the Tim Drake Robin to the supporting cast, which added a lot of humor to the proceedings. There are some fantastic episodes in this set, particularly "Over the Edge," in which the death of Batgirl prompts Commissioner Gordon to hunt down Batman, "Legends of the Dark Knight," which features vignettes in the style of legendary Batman artists Dick Sprang and Frank Miller (of Sin City fame), "Girl's Night Out," which teams Batgirl and Supergirl against Poison Ivy and Harley Quinn, and "Mad Love," which finally reveals Harley Quinn's origin.
Unfortunately, all of the season's episodes are NOT included in this set. Contrary to what other reviewers have written, NONE of the Superman cross-over episodes (the three part "World's Finest" and the two part "The Demon Reborn") are included in this set. For "World's Finest," you must either buy the stand-alone DVD or volume 2 of the Superman animated series collection. "The Demon Reborn" will presumably be included on the not-yet-released third volume of the Superman series. Including all of these episodes in both the Batman and Superman collections would have been a nice gesture. Instead, Warner Bros.' decison to place the episodes only in the arguably less popular Superman collections feels like an obvious ploy to squeeze more dollars out of Batman fans.
Additionally, some packaging and production issues blemish this otherwise excellent set. Dust particles and other visual artifacts can be seen in every episode. And while remastered, pristine video quality might have been too much to ask for, an insert or booklet with episode descriptions (only the episode titles are given) woud have been much appreciated.
Overall, a four star rating. The episodes themselves are of five star quality, but the production and packaging issues drop the rating a notch.
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This is the echt Batman, not the childish stuff on offer in the current 'The Batman' series, which has nothing of the mythical power of the original. Here we are in the company of the whole clan: Robin, Batgirl, Commissioner Gordon, and the ever dependable Alfred. Warner Brothers knew what they were doing with this show, and also with the Superman and Justice League series. All three are the kind of thing I dreamed about when I was a boy, reading the adventures of these modern day mythical heroes. The color, richness, excitement, and drama produce the kind of immersive aesthetic experience we expect from great art. It's not over the top to say that this series, and the others, falls into that category. My hope is that everyone who ever watched the show will harrangue Warner Bros and compell them to release box sets of the whole Justice League and Justice League Unlimited runs. I'd buy them without a second thought, and so, I'm sure, would millions of others.
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This series is definitley not as good as the previous three volumes. I think this volume should be considered seperate from the previous three volumes, because the changes the animated series made. Number one, the animation itself looked awefully cheap, when compared to the previous version. Why change the animation ... for the worse. Number two, why in the world did Batgirl seem to become Batman's partner? Too many episodes had her in them ... TOO MANY! The third and final reason this volume of episodes lacked ... stories. Don't get me wrong, some of the episodes were very solid, such as, Sins Of The Father, Over The Edge, Animal Act, and Old Wounds. However a number of the other episodes really stunk, none more than the weirdest story ever, The Demon Within.
I enjoyed the fact that Dick Grayson became Nightwing, and Tim Drake became Robin ... so much, that I feel that a better series than Batman Beyond, would have been a Nightwing series. The Old Wounds episode would have been a great bridge story for this!
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