Post by Deleted on Sept 26, 2023 8:45:43 GMT -5
I'm going to go ahead and wrap up my comments on this thread. Back on Batman Beyond, if you are a Batman TAS fan of Mr. Freeze (I still think the SubZero movie was the best Batman movie period), episode 5 from season 1 is mandatory watching. Fries is still alive is all I'll say.
Also important to call out, Batman Beyond had a direct-to-video film in 2000 called "Return of the Joker". Very disturbing in premise, I'll say that up front. It takes a hard look at what could really go wrong with the Robin sidekick role, as well as addresses the ultimate fate of the Joker. As alluded to in prior posts, so far in the BB series we see more the "Jokerz" gang which are Joker inspired, but not actually him. Even if you never watch the overall series, this can be watched separately and appreciated.
The last thing I'll mention about the series proper is towards the end of the final season, we do get to see a little more the fate of the Justice League. I won't spoil it, but some very cool reveals!
In terms of the legacy of Batman Beyond, I mentioned some of this earlier, but it gets a nice little epilogue in the JLU series. It also spawned some interesting comic book spinoffs exploring this timeframe and continuity (beyond just the Batman character).
For Spider-Man Unlimited, it wraps up its lone season with what Venom and Carnage are up to. Lots of character action and unfortuately...season cliffhanger that never gets resolved with the cancellation of the series. Bummer!
In terms of its legacy, as mentioned previously, there isn't much of one. It had 5 issues of a related comic book during its run, the playable costume in the Spider-Man 2000 video game, and not much else. Technically it did get an "unofficial" action figure (one of the old toylines appears to have leveraged the costume design for a figure, but was never officially branded as such). Plus the aforementioned brief appearance just this year in Across the Spider-Verse. But overall, this one kind of came and went.
So coming full circle, I think BB gets more love overall, even a few comments folks have added here support that. It really is an intelligent bit of super-hero/sci-fi mash-up that does justice to the Batman TAS legacy. But my light-hearted Spidey loving self gives a little nod to Unlimited, it's visually fun and a bit underrated IMO.
Thanks for reading, I don't have anything else at this point, just wanted to get some of my thoughts out there. Again, I found 1999 an interesting time and these series in their own ways were reflections of what was going on.
Also important to call out, Batman Beyond had a direct-to-video film in 2000 called "Return of the Joker". Very disturbing in premise, I'll say that up front. It takes a hard look at what could really go wrong with the Robin sidekick role, as well as addresses the ultimate fate of the Joker. As alluded to in prior posts, so far in the BB series we see more the "Jokerz" gang which are Joker inspired, but not actually him. Even if you never watch the overall series, this can be watched separately and appreciated.
The last thing I'll mention about the series proper is towards the end of the final season, we do get to see a little more the fate of the Justice League. I won't spoil it, but some very cool reveals!
In terms of the legacy of Batman Beyond, I mentioned some of this earlier, but it gets a nice little epilogue in the JLU series. It also spawned some interesting comic book spinoffs exploring this timeframe and continuity (beyond just the Batman character).
For Spider-Man Unlimited, it wraps up its lone season with what Venom and Carnage are up to. Lots of character action and unfortuately...season cliffhanger that never gets resolved with the cancellation of the series. Bummer!
In terms of its legacy, as mentioned previously, there isn't much of one. It had 5 issues of a related comic book during its run, the playable costume in the Spider-Man 2000 video game, and not much else. Technically it did get an "unofficial" action figure (one of the old toylines appears to have leveraged the costume design for a figure, but was never officially branded as such). Plus the aforementioned brief appearance just this year in Across the Spider-Verse. But overall, this one kind of came and went.
So coming full circle, I think BB gets more love overall, even a few comments folks have added here support that. It really is an intelligent bit of super-hero/sci-fi mash-up that does justice to the Batman TAS legacy. But my light-hearted Spidey loving self gives a little nod to Unlimited, it's visually fun and a bit underrated IMO.
Thanks for reading, I don't have anything else at this point, just wanted to get some of my thoughts out there. Again, I found 1999 an interesting time and these series in their own ways were reflections of what was going on.
