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Episode: Vertigo (2007) – The Batman (2004)

November 30th, 2009 tedi31 No comments

Series: The Batman (2004)
Episode: “Vertigo” (Season 5, Episode 55)
Original Air Date: October 6, 2007
Date Watched: January 1, 2008 (DVD)

Green Arrow and Batman take the Batmobile for a spin

Green Arrow and Batman take the Batmobile for a spin

Characters:

Usual Suspects:

Alfred and Robin

Origins:

Oliver Queen/Green Arrow and Count Vertigo

Baddies:

Count Vertigo and his Vertigo resistant henchmen

Cameos:

Oliver Queen

Key Events:

Star City’s Green Arrow (another rich boy’s) very convenient origin episode that seems to pay tribute to Robert Zemeckis’ “Cast Away.” Wherein Oli, stranded on some desolate island (with absolute nothing to do it seems), develops an extraordinary talent for wielding a bow.

Is it just me, or does everyone now seem to know the connection between Bruce and Batman? First Alfred (and in Episode 51, it turns out that Lucious was in on it as well), Barbara Gordon/Batgirl, Dick Grayson/Robin, Detective J’onn J’onzz/The Martian Manhunter (read Batman’s mind), Clark Kent/Superman (used his X-ray vision), and now Oliver Queen/Green Arrow (Made the association after seeing Alfred in The Cave).

Brief synopsis:

In The Brave and Bold comic book fashion, The Batman (and Robin) team up with Green Arrow to bring Count Vertigo to justice.

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Episode: The Joining (2007) – The Batman (2004)

November 27th, 2009 tedi31 No comments
Series: The Batman (2004)
Episode: The Joining (Season 4, Episode 51 & 52)
Original Air Date: April 28, 2007 (Part 1); May 5, 2007 (Part 2)
Date Watched: January 1, 2008 (DVD)

Did "The Batman" end up becoming just another JLA show?

Did "The Batman" end up becoming just another JLA show?

Characters:

Usual Suspects:

Alfred, Batgirl, and Robin

Origins:

Lucious Fox and Detective J’onn J’onzz/The Martian Manhunter

Brief Introduction of The Justice League:

Green Arrow (Oliver Queen), Green Lantern (Hal Jordan), The Flash, and Hawkman

Baddies:

The Joining

Cameos:

The Joker and Mr. Freeze

Key Events:

Batman becomes open to the idea of trusting others in his fight against crime. He also accepts The Martian Manhunter’s invitation to join the Justice League in their orbiting Space Station (the top of which looks very similar to the Super Friends Hall of Justice).

Brief synopsis:

Seemingly inspired by H.G. Wells “The War of the Worlds,” The Batman reluctantly teams up with Detective J-onn Jones/The Martian Manhunter after the discovery of the Lucious Fox replicant (very Blade Runner) and “The Joining”—a robotic race similar to that of a virus that has siphoned technology from a number of races before destroying them.

Undaunted, The Batman learns to concur his fear of losing his friends (Batgirl and Robin) and with their help (along with the Martian Manhunter, Lucious Fox, and Alfred) they are able to avert the global threat of The Joining.

This episode also features several cinematic and comics themes ranging from Batman Begins to Knightfall.

What does this entail for The Batman franchise?

Expansion. Diversification. More stories to tell.

And of course, *shudder*

More figures.

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