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I have tried to keep track of this as it is rather interesting. My main
complaint about the whole thing is that the torture chamber in this set is
compared to Abu Ghraib and not Sadam’s rape rooms or torture chambers with the
hooks and metal bed frames or the plastic shredders that people were put into
head or feet first. Now let’s see. Abu Ghraib: people being forced to be
naked, people making a cheerleading pile naked, dog’s barking at them,
waterboarding compared to shredding people, electrods to the gentiles, raping,
suppending from wires or hooks and who knows what else. I do not belive that
there were chainsaws in Abu Ghraib or anything like that once it was in
Coaliation hands. I deplore what a few military did and they were punished. We
need to be held to a higher status. I also agree with what Rudy Giuliani said
when asked what he would do and he said whatever it takes to get info from these
people. Their origanizations were responsible for 9/11, the Cole bombing,
beheadings with pocket knives, and other bomings all over the world. Abu Ghraib
was less than what the media made it out to be. I think that the comparison to
Abu Ghraib was a bit ill conceived. Or perhaps I am missing the point and the
comparison made was while the prison was in Sadam’s hands. There may be a lot
of people alive today because we striped naked a few terrorists and let dogs
bark at them.
John P
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In lugnet.licensed.batman, John Patterson wrote:
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I have tried to keep track of this as it is rather interesting. My main
complaint about the whole thing is that the torture chamber in this set is
compared to Abu Ghraib and not Sadam’s rape rooms or torture chambers...
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The comparison is apt because like Abu Ghraib under U.S. control, Arkham Asylum
is susposed to be run by the ‘good guys’. Their mission is to protect the
general population by incarcerating the bad guys - but not to abuse and torture
said bad guys.
However, the box image that disturbs Richie shouldn’t bother any kid (or AFoL)
who is familiar with Batmans’ world, because they know that Arkham is frequently
run by the inmates.
1)In the movie Batman Begins, Dr. Jonathan Crane (aka the Scarecrow) is the head
of Arkham Asylum (and as it turns out, the most dangerous loon of them all).
2)In the comics a few years back, a female inmate (can’t remember her name
offhand) who was a master of disguise, killed one of the doctors and took
his/her? place.
3)In the current saturday morning show ‘The Batman’, Dr. Hugo Strange started
out as the head of Arkham - with results similar to the Scarecrows’ in Batman
Begins.
4)In ‘Batman: the Animated Adventures’, a brilliant young doctor named Harleen
Quinzel, was corrupted by the Joker and became super-villainess, Harley Quinn.
5)In the same TV series, Lyle Bolton was an Arkham security guard who was fired
from his job because he abused the inmates. He then bacame the costumed villain,
Lock-up. And after Batman took him down he became an Arkham inmate.
So, in looking at the picture in question, any Bat-fan knows that before the two
security guards can do any harm to the Riddler, Batman will come charging in to
take them down. Before you know it the Riddler will be back in his cell and the
guards will be in Blackgate Prison. Unless of course they’re insane, in which
case they will become Arkham inmates (and no doubt will soon escape together to
become a super-villain duo).
Ken
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In lugnet.licensed.batman, Ken Dowd wrote:
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3)In the current saturday morning show ‘The Batman’, Dr. Hugo Strange started
out as the head of Arkham - with results similar to the Scarecrows’ in Batman
Begins.
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Hugo Strange generally goes by the title “professor”, probably so as to not be
confused with Marvel’s Dr. Strange, who is considerably stranger than Prof.
Strange...which is not to say that Prof. Strange isn’t strange in his own right.
This is also not his first involvement with Arkham from the management side.
There’s a miniseries from a few year back titled “Batman & the Monster Men”
where Prof. Strange bribed Arkham personel to supply him with inmates for use in
unsavory experiments.
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4)In ‘Batman: the Animated Adventures’, a brilliant young doctor named
Harleen Quinzel, was corrupted by the Joker and became super-villainess,
Harley Quinn.
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The official title is somewhat nebulous (this show has the distinction of being
the first and possibly only show to never have the show’s name featured even
once during the beginning or end credits, or adjacent to any commercial breaks,
as it was deemed that the pointy-eared cowl was distinctive enough that nearly
everyone in the entire world would get the idea from Batman’s closeup photo in
the opening credits), but it is commonly refered to as Batman: The Animated
Series (or B:TAS), while the last season or so was retitled to The Batman and
Robin Adventures. It’s also the origination for an animation style dubbed “dark
deco”, where all the backgrounds are painted on a black base rather than the
customary white, which really tones the colors down.
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In lugnet.licensed.batman, David Laswell wrote:
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In lugnet.licensed.batman, Ken Dowd wrote:
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3)In the current saturday morning show ‘The Batman’, Dr. Hugo Strange
started out as the head of Arkham - with results similar to the Scarecrows’
in Batman Begins.
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Hugo Strange generally goes by the title “professor”, probably so as to not
be confused with Marvel’s Dr. Strange, who is considerably stranger than
Prof. Strange...which is not to say that Prof. Strange isn’t strange in his
own right. This is also not his first involvement with Arkham from the
management side. There’s a miniseries from a few year back titled “Batman &
the Monster Men” where Prof. Strange bribed Arkham personel to supply him
with inmates for use in unsavory experiments.
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Yup. I always have trouble keeping the doctor vs. professor thing straight
concerning Hugo Strange. And I should know better since I just recently read
“Batman and the Monster Men”.
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4)In ‘Batman: the Animated Adventures’, a brilliant young doctor named
Harleen Quinzel, was corrupted by the Joker and became super-villainess,
Harley Quinn.
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The official title is somewhat nebulous (this show has the distinction of
being the first and possibly only show to never have the show’s name
featured even once during the beginning or end credits, or adjacent to any
commercial breaks, as it was deemed that the pointy-eared cowl was
distinctive enough that nearly everyone in the entire world would get the
idea from Batman’s closeup photo in the opening credits), but it is commonly
refered to as Batman: The Animated Series (or B:TAS), while the last season
or so was retitled to The Batman and Robin Adventures. It’s also the
origination for an animation style dubbed “dark deco”, where all the
backgrounds are painted on a black base rather than the customary white,
which really tones the colors down.
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Ack! As a big fan of the series I can’t believe I messed that up. But, I suppose
it’s easy to do with the different titles it’s gone by: “Batman: The Animated
Series” to “The Adventures of Batman and Robin” to “The New Batman/Superman
Adventures”. Then there’s the spin-off comic book series: “The Batman
Adventures” to “Batman and Robin Adventures” to “Batman: Gotham Adventures” and
finally, just “Batman Adventures”.
The TV show is available in 4 DVD boxed sets under the “Batman: The Animated
Series” title and the comics can be had as back issues. As my favorite
incarnation of the ‘Dark Knight’, I highly recommend them to anyone with an
interest in the Batman mythos.
Ken
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In lugnet.licensed.batman, Ken Dowd wrote:
> The TV show is available in 4 DVD boxed sets under the "Batman: The Animated
> Series" title and the comics can be had as back issues. As my favorite
> incarnation of the 'Dark Knight', I highly recommend them to anyone with an
> interest in the Batman mythos.
To anyone who is interested in picking this up, and intends to do so online,
make sure to compare prices between the individual box sets and the full series
pack. When the last box set came out, I remember noticing that their online
price for the full series was significantly higher than what you'd pay to buy
each of the four box sets individually, and it didn't appear that there'd be a
nice overpack slipcase to be worth the extra cost. Oh, and also consider just
buying the rest of the DC Animated Universe:
Batman: Mask of the Phantasm (one of the two best Batman movies ever made)
4 seasons of Batman: The Animated Series
Batman & Mr. Freeze: Sub-Zero
Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman (the worst B:TAS movie, but worth getting to
complete the run)
3 seasons of Superman: The Animated Series
2 seasons of Justice League
2 seasons of Justice League Unlimited
3 seasons of Batman Beyond
Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker (there is an original release version, and
the darker Director's Cut, which is much harder to find)
Don't buy:
The Batman/Superman movie (it's repeated in one of the S:TAS seasons)
Superman: Last Son of Krypton (it's the series premiere 3-parter in S:TAS)
Superman: Brainiac Attacks (the cover artwork makes it look like it's part of
the DCAU, aka the Timmverse, but it had a completely new "creative" team and
voice cast, and word on the street is that it sucks donkey balls)
Any of the current Justice League/JLU movies (they're all actually just
compilations of episodes that can be had from the regular box sets packaged to
look like feature-length movies)
"The Batman" or "Teen Titans" (neither of these are tied to the DCAU in any way,
and both are very, very bad)
The one show that's not part of the DCAU that has anything remotely close to the
same feel right now is The Legion of Superheroes (this is the one where a
teenage Clark Kent goes to the future and hooks up with the epynomous team, with
the likes of Saturn Girl, Lightning Lad, and Brainiac 5).
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