Batman: TMI
May 15, 2007 23:38:08 GMT -5
Post by Batman on May 15, 2007 23:38:08 GMT -5
So, I'm a huge fan of Batman: TAS, as everybody who followed the kid's show showdown knows. But I never watched the spinoff, Batman Beyond. I was looking for something to watch with my son that we hadn't already seen, and it occurred to me to give it a try. I'm really enjoying it, it's a good show. For anyone who has never heard of it, the premise is that it's set in the near future of the "Batman: TAS" world, and Batman is an old man. Commissioner Jim Gordon's daughter, (who used to be Batgirl) is now the police commissioner. Some slimy businessman/criminal named Powers took over Wayne Enterprises (now Wayne/Powers) in a hostile takeover years ago. By plot contrivances I won't go into, Bruce Wayne takes on an apprentice named Terry McGuinness, who becomes the new Batman.
Now "TMI" has become a two-leveled joke, as that was way too much information just to set up a gross-out. Still, it's a cool show, you should check it out if you haven't. Anyway. Today I watched an episode called "Touch of Curare," where an assassin is trying to kill Commissioner Gordon's husband to keep him from testifying against some important criminal. Gordon doesn't want Batman's help, and of course knows who they are, since she's been in on Bruce's secrets since the old days. So, she's warning Terry to "stay out of police business," and he asks her why she hates Bruce. So she tells him the story of her life, and somewhere in there it is revealed that sometime between Batman: TAS and Batman Beyond, BATMAN AND BATGIRL USED TO DO IT!
I so could have gone my whole life without knowing that.
Now "TMI" has become a two-leveled joke, as that was way too much information just to set up a gross-out. Still, it's a cool show, you should check it out if you haven't. Anyway. Today I watched an episode called "Touch of Curare," where an assassin is trying to kill Commissioner Gordon's husband to keep him from testifying against some important criminal. Gordon doesn't want Batman's help, and of course knows who they are, since she's been in on Bruce's secrets since the old days. So, she's warning Terry to "stay out of police business," and he asks her why she hates Bruce. So she tells him the story of her life, and somewhere in there it is revealed that sometime between Batman: TAS and Batman Beyond, BATMAN AND BATGIRL USED TO DO IT!
I so could have gone my whole life without knowing that.
