Batman: The Animated Series: Season 1: Episode 43: His Silicon Soul
What’s the episode about? An evil robot entity called HARDAC (that I did not remember at all) returns as a clone of Batman. The clone is so well done that the robot Batman has a conscious and tries to do no harm even though he wants to kill and replace real Batman. There’s some good hot Batman-on-Batman action sequences in this episode. It’s pretty great.
When does this frame happen? About halfway through, the HARDAC programming forecfully inserts a chip in its own forehead, receives repairs and it gets its own backstory.
Why are you sharing it? Naked Bruce Waynebot. What more do you want?
July 4, 2012
in Comic Books,robots,TV
So I’m looking at verb-noun compounds in English for my dissertation, which are not the most popular patterns around. Endocentric verb-nouns show up every so often in swimsuit, hovercraft, and shakeweight, but there have not been any new exocentric ones since carrycot in 1943. Other exocentric verb-nouns include killjoy, pickpocket, daredevil, and breakfast.
We have so many other patterns that V+N is not really missed, but the old words we have from the pattern are so fun that I’m tempted to try to force a new one into the world, and put it on a t-shirt and wear that t-shirt to nerd events. More about that in Part 2. But first…
[and then suddenly…]
June 29, 2012
in best post ever,compounds,Words & Origins
Batman: The Animated Series: Season 1: Episode 45: What is Reality?
What’s the episode about? The Riddler returns! I love this Riddler. In his first outing, he put Batman and Robin in a physical version of his computer game, a maze with a minotaur. In this episode, he locks the Commish’s brain inside a video game, and Batman has to avoid virtual traps and rescue Gordon. Pretty good episode.
When does this frame happen? About three minutes in, fake guards steal Nygma’s physical records from the police station to help erase his old identity.
Why are you sharing it? Lyle ‘Crazy’ Nucamp, Sally ‘Goodtime’ Nubank, and Dave ‘Smelly’ Nugent. I mean, I’m glad that they didn’t make all of the text illegible, like the files behind Nygma, but those nicknames are just awful. I feel bad for them. Poor Sally. Poor Dave.
June 27, 2012
in batman,cartoons,children's television,Comic Books,TV
Batman: The Animated Series: Season 3: Episode 11: The Terrible Trio
What’s the episode about? Three rich bored guys are tired of hunting rare game from helicopters, so they start robbing people. They get caught after they rob from someone they know, steal a personal, easily identifiable object, and punch a man in a face leaving a perfect imprint of a rare ring. Amateur hour. One of the guys chloroforms his girlfriend when she finds out and immediately decides to put her unconscious body in a car and push it off a cliff. What a sweetheart. It’s alright.
When does this frame happen? Near the beginning, after Batman and Robin first encounter the Trio alone in an apartment building at night.
Why are you sharing it? Based on dialogue, it looks like their first robbery was the night Batman and Robin found them. They zip-line out the window straight onto a boat on a dock they’ve rigged to explode. They escape. HOW DID THE NEWSPAPER HAVE PRISTINE IMAGES OF ALL THREE THE NEXT MORNING? Did they pose? Are these common masks? How did they know the bird was a vulture and not a hawk? How did they know it was a fox and not a wolf? Maybe the rich guys were so confident they sent their images to the newspaper. Absurd.
June 20, 2012
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Batman: The Animated Series: Season 1: Episode 44: Off-Balance
What’s the episode about? It features an evil German man with a vertigo-inducing ray which Batman defeats by closing his eyes? It’s alright.
When does this frame happen? In the very last seconds of the episode.
Why are you sharing it? She’s a sultry spy with a sexy foreign accent… and a mustache like the janitor from Rocky and Bullwinkle.
June 14, 2012
in batman,children's television,Comic Books,superheroes,TV
1. You Don’t Mind – Mon Frere
2. You Don’t Know Me – Ben Folds ft. Regina Spektor
3. You Don’t Know Me – Ray Charles
4. You Don’t Know What Love Is (You Just Do As You’re Told) – White Stripes
5. You Don’t Like Me – They Might Be Giants
6. You Don’t Own Me – Lesley Gore
7. You Don’t Have to Say You Love Me – Dusty Springfield
8. You Don’t Mean Anything – Simple Plan
9. You Don’t Send Me – Belle and Sebastian
June 10, 2012
in Music,Playlists,short list
