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This is a video from 2021. The question is…do they still do any of this now? Given current responses to Disney and Disney-owned stories coming out these days, I’m guessing no.
Check out my sweet ride!
The “Futura” Batmobile from the 1960s show is the Batmobile I mostly think of, and most of that is nostalgia. I grew up with reruns of the 1960s Batman, both Saturday morning Batman cartoons (one in reruns, one when it aired on CBS), and Superfriends, all of which used that version as a base for their altered designs. It’s not the perfect Batmobile to me but it is my favorite.
Others may be more drawn to the Tim Burton or DCAU versions (although that changed between Fox Kids and Kids WB as well), and I do see why. However, I really have no interest in the tank versions or Matt Reeves’ “junk put together” versions, and the Schumacher Batmobiles are just ugly. The bat “wings” should be on the sides, not in the middle. Then you have comics and video games plus later cartoons all creating their own Batmobile. It is an iconic car even if has undergone almost as many updates as Tony Stark’s Iron Man armor (emphasis on “almost”).
Because my schedule this week was rather busy, although the plans today changed for various reasons, I need something to fill this space, so here’s one that’s been sitting in backlog, an officially produced Warner Brothers documentary on the various Batmobiles. It does acknowledge the comics but the focus is on the TV and movie versions. I’m surprised they did discuss the various cartoon versions, though I noticed it was only the WB owned shows, so no acknowledgement of the Filmation cartoons. Also, no love for the games, and while I understand why they didn’t go over more of the comic versions I would love to see a retrospective on those someday as the source material. Still, someone may find this interesting and I will have regular articles hopefully tomorrow and the rest of the week.
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If Baxter had looked like that in the show, dismembering him would have been doing him a favor.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #2
Dreamwave Productions (July, 2003)
“A Better Mousetrap”
WRITER: Peter David
PENCILER: Lesean
INKER: Erik Sander
COLORISTS: Rob Ruffolo & Shaun Curtis
FLATS: Kenny Li
LETTERER/DESIGN: Matt Molan
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And come back for tonight’s feature article, where we talk more about the Batmobile. (I almost retitle this “Batmobile: Year One” but he talks about later versions.)
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Chapter By Chapter (usually) features me reading one chapter of the selected book at a time and reviewing it as if I were reviewing an episode of a TV show or an issue of a comic. There will be spoilers if you haven’t read to the point I have, and if you’ve read further I ask that you don’t spoil anything further into the book. Think of it as a read-along book club.
Back to the normal time. Last time we saw the effect of a Vulcan’s passing on their spouse, while I’m expecting this chapter to focus on the result.
I did a whole series about the strengths and weaknesses of each format of media currently in existence. (Unless I missed one. Check out The Art Of Storytelling.) When it comes to prose, especially novels, the ability to really see inside someone’s head without slowing the story is what’s important here. I skimmed through to confirm, but we’re about to see inside the heads of people involved in a Vulcan Mind Meld. Usually with Trek all we get is someone with their fingers on supposedly key parts of someone’s face going “my mind to your mind, my thoughts to your thoughts” and then the Vulcan instituting the meld will randomly say words tied to whatever’s going on. “Pain. Suffering. Hunger. Jelly…donut. I think he really wants donuts, Captain.”
This should be interesting, but I was burned on Prime Directive not really doing anything with the Prime Directive outside of a brief plot device. On the mystery front we grabbed a suspect, but only “suspect” because we know this is a murder mystery, with Kirk and company playing detective. I’m not expecting anything on that front this chapter, since the deal is to help Sorel deal with the death of his wife and the disruption of the telepathic bond. So let’s dive in to a grieving Vulcan’s head. I’m sure everything will be fine.
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“Look how cool this ‘R’ is!”
Prime #1
Malibu/Ultraverse (June, 1993)
“Prime Time”
WRITERS: Len Strazinsky & Gerald Jones (co-creators with Bob Jacob)
ARTIST: Norm Breyfogle
COLORIST: Paul Mounts
LETTERER: Tim Eldred
EDITOR: Chris Ulm
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That’s why MatPat is leaving the channel to a new host. He isn’t working on new projects…he’s going on the run! 😀
