LITTLE FACTS AND BLOOPERS
(by Tim "TWO-FACE" Leighton)
Here is a section that just points out various little facts and bloopers that we have noticed while watching BTAS and STAS countless times. If you have anything to contribute, feel free to do so! Enjoy!
CONTRIBUTED BY STAFF:
Nuffin'.
CONTRIBUTED BY OTHERS:
Nuffin', I say. Nuffin'!
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'UNDER THE KNIFE' - BATMAN BEYOND UK CUT REPORTS
-by Brian Davis
Batman Beyond is called Batman of the Future in the UK. It is shown on CITV Sundays at 9.25am and they make a lot of cuts !!!! Brian Davis uncovers these cuts and lets the public know how good BB episode are being butchered in the UK.
This week: "SPLICERS"
I have Splicers from an american video which I bought so I can report cuts now. From now on I'll be reporting cuts the following Friday when BB airs in Ireland. OK....
A good few small cuts this week :
1- Why was Cuviers claw all covered in blood when he hardly touched Batman? Well, that's because if it was left uncut we'd see Cuvier say to Batman 'Young's dead meat and so are you', he then claws Batman a few times as Batman tries to dodge him and finally flys off out through the
window.
2- Why did Barbara say 'You're killing him' when they were fighting in her house? That's cause Batman hits the mutant a lot of times and we hear a lot of crunches. That was cut.
3- In the cave when Batman turns to a bat there is a lot more fighting. He lifts Ace and throws the poor doggy through the glass of the Robin costume into it. We also see The Riddlers costume in the background and there is more of Batman trying to kill Bruce who then
takes the antidote gun and shoots Batman with it where he falls to the floor knocked out. All we see is Batman grab Bruce and he then myteriously falls to the floor.
4- We see more of the claw left by Cuvier in Terry's side when Bruce notices it.
5- Not sure if this was cut or not but Snake digs his teeth right into Batmans shoulder in the final mutant fight scene.
6- More violence in the Cuvier as a Chimera scene.
7- The Chimera getting electrocuted bit was slowed down due to fast light effects.
That's it for next week. I advise everyone to get an aerial that picks up irish TV and watch on Fridays.
These are only the cuts I have cared to notice, who knows what other episodes and scenes have been butchered. Each Batman is supposed to last just under 20 minutes. With CITV we are getting between 15 and 17 minute episodes !!
Next week is Earth Mover and I hear there are corpses at the end of it. Think we'll see em ??
-Brian Davis (
brian@batmanuk.freeserve.co.uk)
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MERCHANDISING: WHERE THE REAL BAT-CASH IS MADE
(by anyone who cares to contribute)
Come on, contribute! Someone! Please? :-)
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COMIC REVIEWS
(BATMAN: GOTHAM ADVENTURES by Tim "TWO-FACE" Leighton)
(BATMAN BEYOND by Tim "TWO-FACE" Leighton)
(SUPERMAN ADVENTURES by Dick Grayson)
BATMAN BEYOND
ISSUES: "Vendetta" (#8)
WRITTEN BY: Hilary J. Bader & Rich Fogel
PENCILLED BY: Craig Rousseau
INKED BY: Rob Leigh
ISSUED: April 26, 2000 (cover date, June 2000)
RATING (out of 5): **1/2
If there's one thing that Issue #8 succeeded in, it is this: Blight may never return in the series (sigh), but his legacy will live on forever. Unfortunately, I feel that this issue does not do any of the characters justice. I was hoping that this
issue would start to tie up the loose ends Derek Powers' death created; I was wrong.
Paxton is hardly as ruthless and snake-like as he was in "ASCENSION". There's nothing wrong with Bruce and Terry, per se, but they hardly grab my interest here. Miss Winston gets more dialogue than she EVER has in history up to this point; her character
development is interesting, but needs a lot more explaining to do. I guess I'll accept the fact that she "caught" Powers' disease from working with him so closely so often, and I'll accept the fact that she had feelings for him all these years; I suppose it makes sense that
she wants to keep Paxton from inadvertantly destroying Wayne-Powers in order to retain Derek's legacy.
What I don't like is how she uses her powers and then manages to retain them; this is never explained. Whenever she's fighting someone, her body is HUGE - just look at the first few pages of the book - but when she's in the board room, she's petite and demure - a physical
female Bruce Timm typecast. We never see HOW she can change - we are never even told that she can to transform from one to the other - we just have to take her word for it. It SEEMS that it has to do with her glasses, though - it's a freaky radiation-induced Clark Kent/Superman thing
or something...
The art is still great as always. I never have any complaints there. Rousseau and Leigh are terrific. It's just the story - as always - which I scrutinize the most and, unfortunately, as great the potential was, the story just never develops into something terribly
memorable.
;-Y
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COMIC SCHEDULES & COVERING THE BASICS
This section gives a little bit more in-depth look into each monthly issue of BATMAN: GOTHAM ADVENTURES, BATMAN BEYOND, and SUPERMAN ADVENTURES. Below each comic listing is a link to the cover of that comic. TALK ABOUT SERVICE!
The price for any of these issues, unless otherwise posted, is $1.99 in the US and...grrrrr...a whopping $3.25 in Canada. (Both our editors and many subscribers are Canadian, hence the "grrr".)
If we are unsure of the exact date of when an issue is being released, just check out "DIRECT CURRENTS" at
http://www.dccomics.com for details.
BATMAN: GOTHAM ADVENTURES #26
May 3rd
Synopsis: Everyone from the CIA and the FBI to the local Gotham mobs (Russian, Italian, Jamaican, Chinese) are in search of Kristov...and they're willing to kill to get it. Batman doesn't know what Kristov is, but he's not going to let anyone kill - or die - for it.
Cover:
http://www.comicscontinuum.com/stories/
0002/22/BatmanGothAdventCvr26.jpg
FOLLOWING MONTH:
Synopsis: A popular college professor of law who teaches a class on organized crime is in jail for the murder of a known mob boss. Has the professor stepped over the line and become judge, jury and executioner? Or is he being framed by a new player on the mob scene in Gotham?
Cover: Unavailable
FOLLOWING MONTH: .
Synopsis: A new, improved Golem returns to Gotham.
Cover: Unavailable
FOLLWOING MONTH:
Synopsis: Unavailable
Cover: Unavailable
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NEWS AND RUMORS
ALL-ENCOMPASSING/OTHER
-CARTOON NETWORK has announced that Batman will return to the popular cable channel in June, in a possible new format (ie: as The New Batman/Superman Adventures). More informaiton as it becomes available.
-According to the tvgist.com schedule at cartoonnetwork.com, BATMAN will be returned to the CARTOON NETWORK last night (Tuesday) at 6pm (ET). It still may become a part of Toonami in June.
-Another interview with Greg Rucka can be found at this address:
http://www.comicbookresources.com/features/rucka/
-Wanna see what Paul Dini is up to now that his work at WB is on hiatus? Check here:
http://www.backstage-pass.com/clerks04232000.htm
-Terry Beatty has been and will be selling Gotham Adventures and Batman Beyond original art on eBay. His Seller ID is:
beatty@machlink.com Do yourself a favor and check out some great art!
-Craig Rousseau has been and will be selling Gotham Adventures and Batman Beyond original art on eBay. His Seller ID is:
cerousseau@aol.com Feel free to check it out! You don't wanna miss
it!
ANIMATED SERIES (BTAS, STAS, BEYOND)
-Three new episodes of BATMAN BEYOND will air over the summer months (May-August).
-Kids' WB! Animated series The New Batman/Superman Adventures and Batman Beyond earned a total of 9 Daytime Emmy Award nominations on Wednesday, including special nominations in special categories. The New Batman/Superman Adventures was nominated in the Outstanding Children's Animated
Program category (to be broadcast as part of the televised Emmy Awards ceremony on May 19th ), while Batman Beyond was nominated for Outstanding Special Class Animated Program.
Both shows were nominated - included Batman/Superman twice - for Outstanding Achievement in Music Direction and Composition, as well as for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing Special Class. Batman Beyond was nominated for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing Special
Class. The Emmy winners will be announced on May 13.
ANIMATED COMICS
-The first six issues of BATMAN: GOTHAM ADVENTURES will be collected in tradepaperback form, being released on May 17. These six issues feature great stories by Ty Templeton and great art by Rick Burchett and Terry Beatty; characters in the spotlight are Batman, Robin, Batgirl, Nightwing,
Joker, Two-Face, Scarecrow, Catwoman, Mr. Freeze, the Riddler, Clayface, Deadman, and more. It will cost $9.95, and the cover will be the same as the cover of GOTHAM ADVENTURES #1.
-BATMAN: GOTHAM ADVENTURES #27 is as follows: A popular college professor of law who teaches a class on organized crime is in jail for the murder of a known mob boss. Has the professor stepped over the line and become judge, jury and executioner? Or is he being framed by a new player on
the mob scene in Gotham? It comes out on June 7.
-BATMAN: GOTHAM ADVENTURES #28 features the return of the Riddler.
-BATMAN BEYOND #10: A new, improved Golem returns on June 28.
OTHER COMICS
-Frank Miller is currently in the planning stages of his DARK KNIGHT RETURNS sequel, tentatively titled THE DARK KNIGHT STRIKES AGAIN.
-DARK VICTORY #9 features the first team-up of Batman and Robin. Check out the cover:
http://www.comicscontinuum.com/stories/0003/
21/BatmanDarkVictory9.JPG
-DARK VICTORY #10: Mr. Freeze enters the mix as the Batman/Gordon/Two-Face/Mob war escalates.
-Devin Grayson will be revealing the narrator of the GOTHAM KNIGHTS series in a five issue story beginning in issue #8, this August.
-Dale Eaglesham and Paul Ryan will be dropping their pencilling duties at GOTHAM KNGIHTS and move onto other projects once Roger Robinson (of AZRAEL fame) comes in with issue #8.
MOVIES
-A SPECIAL EDITION of the 1989 BATMAN film is in the making. It will feature two previously deleted scenes (the Joker at a radio station???), as well as the two preview trailers and commentaries by Tim Burton and Michael Keaton. This is due out in October.
-Richard Donner is working on a new restored and longer cut of SUPERMAN that will hit theaters in late fall and then be released as a special edition DVD with a lot of supplements. This two-disc DVD includes an audio commentary by Richard Donner, a separate music-only track featuring the
wonderfully beautiful score by John Williams plus his own commentary on the film. There will be special features on the casting of Superman, screen tests, a documentary on the making
of the film, theatrical trailer, TV spots, deleted scenes, audio outtakes, as well as an extensive cast and crew bio/filmography.
-Superman II will also have a DVD, including a theatrical trailer, screen tests, and deleted scenes.
-Superman III & IV will also have DVD's, but will be fairly generic.
