My favorite episode is the one where a sleazy casino owner
tries to cash in on the Joker's name by opening a "Joker"
casino. That one has some priceless moments, including a
great sequence where the real Joker (who's replaced a fake
Joker) deals cards to Bruce Wayne.
doug
---
Nightmark@aol.com wrote:
> BATMAN: THE ANIMATED SERIES, in particular
the
> first-season episodes before Fox insisted on
more
> Robin, are probably the best HB/Noir
animated
> cartoons we're likely to see produced for
mainstream
> television. (Series producer/designer Bruce Timm,
is
> a big fan of HB and film noir, and
actually
> contributes covers to Gary Lovisi's
HARDBOILED
> magazine.) The series was remarkably
well-written,
> scored and designed, with
more-often-than-not
> superior animation (especially for TV). Loathe as
I
> am to contradict my good pal Kevin, the
excellent
> full-length animated feature he mentions was MASK
OF
> THE PHANTASM, not THE PHANTOM MENACE, which
was
> something else entirely...
>
> BATMAN BEYOND is also great, smart TV, but
not
> nearly as noir-influenced as its predecessor.
I'm
> hearing good things about the forthcoming
> direct-to-video feature, RETURN OF THE
JOKER,
> however.
>
> CEM
===== Doug Bassett
dj_bassett@yahoo.com
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