The Worry Men, Sideshow, A Bullet for Bullock, Trial, and Avatar Review

Hi, this is Kevin Conroy, and you're listening

to the Geekcast Radio Network. This is Batgirl,

and this episode of Legends of the Dark Knight

features Stephen C. Phillips and Mike Blanchard.

Hello and welcome to the long -overdue legends

of the dark night. I'm your host Steve Megatron

Phillips joining me in this trip to Gotham City

is Dave Joe and Mike. Hello. Hello. Oh Yes, it

has been a while, but we actually have a game

plan in place to get more episodes of this out

last after I will be moving in about a week or

two and Afterwards we will start recording multiples

in the same night. So that will mean they will

start airing on their normal bi -weekly basis

that they should have been. Yes. So there will

not be any missed episodes. Yes. And we are still

trying to get Mark Hamill. We have yet to get

a reply as far as that goes. We will continue

to try to get him. I'm trying to think. Who else?

I guess I could try for Adrienne Barbeau. I don't

know if we'd ever get her, but Catwoman, voice

of Catwoman. And for those of you who, I don't

know if we ever released this. I don't know if

we ever released the official schedule of this

podcast. I'm sure I'll do one up once the podcast

is done with all the links to all the episodes.

I am personally saving a Dana Delaney interview

until we get to the Superman animated series

podcast. That makes sense. What she was mainly

in. I mean, yes, she did start out with Mask

of the Phantasm, but... That doesn't count. She

wasn't in a lot of BTAS. Well, Mask of the Phantasm

counts because technically she had Batman before

she had Superman. she had batman's nuts in a

vice and that she did again in the batman superman

movie so with that we will be coming back with

the first episode Monica, darling, you look smashing.

How did you like the rain forest? The food was

appalling, the accommodations were non -existent,

and the bugs were the size of my trust fund.

But seriously, it's important we all do our part

to preserve those precious resources. Look at

them, celebrating without a care in the world.

I think it's great that Veronica's finally doing

something worthwhile with her money. Oh, I'm

sorry, Bruce. The securities business has been

kind of rough lately. A lot of late hours, you

know. Seems all I do is worry about how to get

my company through one more day. Worries, Hayden?

I have the cure for that. I'm a little old for

dolls, don't you think? Not these dolls. They're

worry men from Central America. Legends say you

tell them your problems, then put them under

your pillow at night. They'll do your worrying

for you while you sleep. And when you wake up,

poof, your problems are gone. Oh, come on, Ronnie.

You're the last one I think would fall for some

ancient tribal hoodoo. Don't be so smug, Brucie.

When I was in the jungle, I saw some things you'd

never believe. And I tell you, I haven't had

a bad night's sleep since my trip. Well, it sounds

great to me. In fact, the little darlings work

their magic for me all day long. See? Aren't

they precious? I just couldn't get along without

them. Thanks for everything, Ron, but I've got

a few more rounds to make. If ever someone led

a worry -free life, it's you, Bruce Wayne. Veronica

Vreeland hosts a party celebrating her return

from a trip to South Africa. Fuck that, start

over. Just keep going, you can edit this. Veronica

Vreeland hosts a party celebrating her return

from a trip to South America. Eager to share

stories and also promote environmental awareness,

the party doubles as a fundraiser on behalf of

the rainforest. In attendance are Bruce Wayne

and Hayden Sloan. a securities broker who is

frank about the stress he is experiencing at

work. Over hearing, Veronica shows them some

special souvenirs, worry men, miniature dolls

that are meant to be placed under the pillow.

Veronica was told that the little men will absorb

all their owner's troubles at night, allowing

them to sleep and give him a stress -free day.

Hayden and Bruce both indulge her and take some.

But just then Bruce notices a mysterious figure

watching the party through the skylight he slips

away and assumes his Batman costume confronts

the man who is dressed as a Native American shaman

the shaman attacks Batman and Runs away Now is

this the I assume I could be wrong This the shaman

and this reminds me of the night stalker in Batman

Beyond I would say that's a fair equivalent.

I don't know if it's the exact same guy and the

is, like, they do not say that he reappears in

Batman Beyond, but when I first saw this episode

back I was like, hey wait, isn't that the Night

Stalker? Huh. Weird. I'm not a fan of Veronica

Freeland. She's just... Painting yes. Yes. She

is a look. I was like, okay. She's a little annoying

no offense to Paul Dini because it It was nice

how they intertwined the hidden villain and by

the end But which for those that have seen this

or should have seen this by now being 20 years

old It is the Mad Hatter Who has the influence

over everybody and is robbing these people blind?

Yeah, somehow that doesn't surprise me No doesn't

surprise me at all but um It was just humorous

and Then of course, you know the shaman and all

the guys eventually turn tail and start chasing

Hatter but Yeah, this is an episode that when

it When I was doing my rewatch or initially when

I got the big box DVD set This was an episode.

I essentially skipped through on the initial

rewatch back in 2008 Watching it back again all

the way through I still wish I skipped through

it this time because I Mean as much as I like

the Mad Hatter I'm sorry, this episode isn't

like the worst ever. It isn't like a Tiger Tiger

or Moon of the Wolf or anything like that, but

it's just too weird for me. Yeah, this episode

isn't bad. I don't really care for the Mad Hatter

for one. Two, I didn't care for the whole South

America plot. And I didn't like Veronica Freeland.

So those are my three excuses for not liking

this episode. On the other hand, I did find it

kind of ironic that by the end, Batman had his

own irony to give to Hatter as he sent Hatter

packing back to Arkham. He left him a little

present, which was a miniature Batman doll lying

beneath his pillow, creating hell in his brain,

which I found quite interesting and funny indeed.

So jumping into the What's that? No, I'm looking

at something here September 16th, 93 When did?

That wasn't till 95. Huh. Do you think that?

Did the worry men dolls remind you of? Chase

Meridian's dream doll that she gave Bruce and

Batman forever. I Mean, I know that I know difference.

I know that did well Well, that's the thing is

like you said in this you said in the description

that The worry men are supposed to you know ward

off stuff and so the person you know sleep better

at night blah blah and the whole time I'm watching

this I'm thinking this is Exactly what Batman

forever was pretty much At least part of it with

with the dream doll that chase meridian gives

Bruce in that so this would have been better

as Batman forever over what was there? Yeah,

I agree, but um But anyways getting into production

inconsistencies during the scene where Bruce

casually collects carts his briefcase with 20

million dollars Bruce greets the secretary with

good morning even seeing birds fly by his front

room window However, the dark black blue skyline

of Gotham suggests either nighttime or very early

morning Yeah, you never know in Gotham, especially

once they get to new adventures later on when

the sky is pretty much red You hardly ever know

what time of day or night, unless they specifically

say it's 9 p .m., 4 a .m. It's very hard to tell

with that red sky. Yeah, and the other thing,

Hayden Sloan's name is spelled S -L -O -A -N

in the episode, but S -L -O -A -N -E in the credits.

Which, whoever's paying that close of attention

to the name in the credits... Enough to complain

about it. Needs a hobby. Getting into trivia,

Hatter's quote is from Lewis Carroll's poem,

Jabberwocky, featured in Through the Looking

Glass. Regarding historical accuracy, a guillotine

is traditionally meant to be used with a condemned

person facing down. Yup. This episode makes it

clear that the header is indeed English and not

American, despite his pronunciation of certain

words. Hmm. Now, did you notice any kind of,

um, visor characters in this episode? Uh, how

so? Oh boy, I guess the visor reference totally

went over your head. Learn lively. The Forge.

Lavar and voices Hayden Sloan. Oh, yeah, I forgot

about that. I'm like, visor. I'm like, what the

hell are you talking about? But yeah, that yeah,

I do remember hearing him in the episode. I was

like, what's Geordi doing here? I know. But but

yeah, other than Geordi being in the episode,

I think we're going to move on to the next episode.

Yes. Don't bother trying, Croc. Those cuffs are

stacked polycarbon alloy. Not even you can break

them. Well, they finally declared old Croc sane

and responsible for his crimes. Took him long

enough. I hear they're giving him his own cell

block upstate. Your tax dollars at work. Aw,

wake me if he busts out. That'd be a story. You

know... There's something the brains back at

the joint didn't think about. Yeah, what's that?

Crocodiles got the strongest jaws of any animal

around. Get back! Did you hear that? Oh man,

did he get loose? You can take the champ. You're

pumped full of sedative, Kroc. You won't get

far. Farther than you. Next up is Sideshow. In

the forest outside of Gotham, a train carrying

Killer Croc drives down its tracks. Croc has

been declared sane and therefore responsible

for his crimes, and he is now to be taken to

prison. The reporters discuss this and jokingly

claim to wish he breaks out so they have something

to write about. Mere moments later, Croc breaks

free of his chains by biting through them and

overpowers the guards. Fortunately, one of the

guards manages to shoot him with a tranquilizer

dart before he climbs to the top of the train.

Batman, who has disguised himself as a reporter,

gives chase and the two fight. During the fight,

Croc falls off the train and pulls Batman down

with him. Batman is knocked out while Croc remains

conscious. He tries to crush Batman's head with

a boulder, but the sedative makes him woozy and

he misses. After failing to kill Batman, Croc

falls off the cliff, he's on, and runs away.

Hit him with a rock This I know this is probably

Controversial as far as whether it's true or

not This is possibly the episode that is referenced

earlier even though it hadn't happened yet But

this is probably the episode that they referenced

earlier in almost got him when he's like I threw

a rock at him I Wonder if the production of this

one was actually before that one like I mean

the overall the production number of sideshow

is 66 let me look up almost got him but as for

this episode while we're waiting for that um

it was interesting to see croc kind of continue

and find his way to a bunch of circus sideshow

rejects who all had different physical differences

as Crockwood as well, and so they welcomed him

in despite him being a lying, stealing douchebag.

Yeah, he is a lying, stealing douchebag. Production

number for Almost Got Him was 46, so no, this

happened 10 episodes after. They just thought

it would be funny then to... reference that in

a sense. Well, I guess, I mean... Because he

almost hit him with a rock. Yeah, well, DCAU

continuity is screwed up in the first place.

I mean, as far as like connecting stuff to have

an actual straightforward continuity, I mean,

and it's a light thing here inside show about

The Rock, but I mean, it was like, hey, there's

that story of how he almost got him when he almost

hit him with a rock. But he missed This is a

croc episode. I don't like croc the only time

I'm a croc Yeah, the only time I liked him was

in almost got him Because he wasn't actually

croc Yeah, well, yeah, but you're part of it

through part of it. Yes But it just I don't know

I just I don't see croc as I don't see, I see

him as the middle ground of Batman's rogue gallery.

He's not a gangster like Rupert Thorne or Daggett

or anybody like that. At the same time, he's

not just a common criminal, like just a common

criminal, so he's not that low. But he's not

as high as, say, like Two -Face or the Joker

or hell, even the Penguin. Even though the Penguin,

when you boil him down, he's just a common criminal

as well. But he's, you know... Croc is nowhere

near the greats of bad folks gallery. He's in

the middle and you even notice that in every

episodes he's in yeah And there'll be one coming

up later in the podcast Not not this episode

of the podcast, but later on in a future episode

where? He's another he teams up with baby doll.

I hate that episode odd I would rather watch

this one again before that one And that's putting

it lightly But anyways in this episode crack

Pretends to be all nicey -nice and makes it look

like Batman is evil and you know Batman tries

warning the people and then crack backstabs the

people the people help Batman and Essentially,

you know the police end up taking down crack,

but it's just It's it's a big mess Throughout

the entire episode, but you get to see you know

Billy the Almost seal looking kid yeah Help Batman

at one point So they can take crack out but the

nice Hannibal Lecter essence at the end was great

for crack Because he's fitted with a straight

jacket and a mask preventing it from using his

jaws before he's taken away. Yes And we should

also note that Goliath The character Goliath,

this is the first appearance and I know I'm jumping

ahead to the trivia here, but I Can't help it.

This is the first appearance of Brad Garrett

in the DCAU. He would later go on to voice Lobo

and What's his name? Um, Lobo and Bibbo Bibowsky

in Superman the Animated Series. But he was so

much better as Lobo. Well, yeah. Well, I mean,

Bibbo is just a regular, straightforward source

that Lois has in STAS. I mean, he's essentially

a mumbling Lobo. That's really what he is. Like,

if you took all the attitude out of Lobo... and

mixed in mumbles from Dick Tracy. That's what

Bibbo is. He's a longshoreman worker that constantly

talks to himself. But no, this is Brad's first

appearance in the DCAU here in this episode.

Overall, I didn't care for this one. It's a croc

episode. It's kind of a croc. Yeah. The best

part about this episode, Brad Garrett. Yep. So

with that, we'll be moving on. I got a problem.

And you want my help? Let's get something straight

from the get -go. I think you're a freak and

a menace, and those are your good points. But

the commission says you serve a purpose, so I

go along. I appreciate your honesty. What's the

problem? Somebody's got an infamy. Tried to give

me a fender massage last night. It ain't the

first time. Last week, too. Any suspects? So

many they could have their own zip code. I put

a lot of guys away and they hate me for it. Looks

like one of them hates me enough to do something

about it. Why me? Why not just go to the department?

I step on a lot of toes. I don't want internal

affairs looking at me too close. They might find

some things I don't want found. Are you on the

take? Watch it, freak! I never took a dime from

nobody! I just bend the rules a little sometimes.

You understand. We're not all that different.

We're on the same side. Up next is a bullet for

Bullock. Bullock walks home in the night and

is almost run over by a car. He fires at the

driver but misses. Later that night... The bat

signal is lit up and Batman arrives. However,

instead of Commissioner Gordon, Bullock is the

one who turned it on. Bullock explains that someone

has been trying to kill him and he's at a loss

to who's doing it. He won't talk to his department

for fear that they may find some information

on him that could damage his career. Batman agrees

to help and take some file cases from Bullock.

Bullock returns home and is immediately harangued

by the building's owner, Nivens. about his messy

habits, ruining the building. Bullock is unconcerned

and rudely brushes him off and quietly thanks

Heaven for rent control. I love this episode.

This is such a great, great episode. You've got

Bullock who is this hard -nosed cop who is in

a situation where he finally has to admit that

he needs Batman's help. And he hates Batman.

Yes, and he hates Batman, but he needs his help.

It was just such an awesome episode. The first

time I ever saw this episode, as soon as I saw

it, I knew as soon as it... It essentially gives

the dude away right at the beginning. It's Nivens.

They go through the process of looking at Bullock's

old case files, looking at criminals he put away,

people that have a grudge. And it turns out it

was just, you know, a little old grumpy Nivens

wanting to get him out because his apartment's

worth a lot of rent. Yeah, that is kind of obvious.

I mean, but see, now this is the episode where

it's... it is obvious, but this is the episode

where a nobody, like someone who's not, like...

big on batman's radar or you know not in the

rose gallery this is an episode this is how an

episode should be done with someone that is just

essentially a throwaway character eventually

because i don't think nivens ever returns in

any future episodes uh... but this is how to

do a perfect throwaway episode but make people

like it i'm not saying that bullet for bullet

for bullet is far beyond a throwaway episode

But it's done so well that it at first makes

you feel like it's a throwaway because there's

no joke or there's no two -face, there's no this,

there's no that. But essentially it's a Bullock

story, not a Batman story, really. I mean, Batman's

there, but essentially it's all about Bullock.

And it was just great. It was just amazing. I

loved it. What about you? It was nice to see

Bullock actually need Batman. Yes. You know he

you know, it had to be bad for him to say hey,

um Yeah, I got a lot of enemies. I need your

help Just tonight just tonight, you know, yeah.

Yeah, but um, and yeah, it was kind of anti -climatic

finding out it was his landlord But um, but yeah

that it was Funny it's ain't him lose his shit

by the end of the episode too But yeah, Bullock,

you can't help but feel bad for the guy in this

episode, even though usually you just want to

sock him in the mouth. An interesting cast note

here, Vincent Starkey, which I believe is the

gangster that hasn't grudged against Bullock

and hasn't gone anywhere near him, is voiced

by Grimlock Greg Berger. Yeah, funny bit of trivia

is this episode is based on the comic story of

the same name Detective comics number 651 October

92 by Chuck Dixon Yeah, I want to go through

a couple of quotes here because I think the quotes

in that this episode is so quotable And I believe

this episode actually won them an award. I think

it was it might have been a daytime Emmy or say

wanted for the music I think I forget what it

was, but I didn't see that It did win them awards.

A couple of quotes between Harvey and Batman.

Harvey says, Are you on the take, Bullock? Watch

it, freak! I never took a dime from nobody, now

smiling nervously, I just bend the rules a little

bit. You understand, we're not all that different.

We're on the same side, but we're not the same.

Um, it's just, it's just so, so amazing this

episode. I love this episode. I can, I can watch

this multiple times. It's so good. I like Alfred's

line. Harvey Bullock, the detective who looks

like an unmade bed? Yeah Bullock after Batman

just saved his life. I asked you to find a name

not hold my hand Just so many good lines in this

episode Bullock has a lot of good snarky remarks

You got the right to remain silent. If you give

up that right, you'll probably bore me to tears.

So keep your trap shut dog breath So many great

lines. It is a good episode though. It is. So

with that we'll be moving on. The prisoner will

stand. Pamela Lillian Isley. District Attorney

Van Dorn has asked that the maximum sentence

of life imprisonment be imposed upon you. However,

as your apprehension came at the hands of the

Batman and not a recognized agent of the law,

this court has no choice but to return you to

Arkham Asylum, where it is hoped you will complete

your rehabilitation. In a bizarre parody of a

trial Batman is kidnapped by his entire rogues

gallery and put on trial with a new district

attorney who loathes him forced to act as his

lawyer. I love this one Yeah, I I do too and

look another Paul Dini and First Tim episode.

Yep, so gee imagine how this one came along and

it you know It kind of makes you feel like it

at home with the Arkham games, too Oh, yes, it's

very similar in that the entire rogues gallery

after Batman Yeah But yeah, I love this episode.

I think it's great that um All of the Arkham

inmates are pretty much ready for Batman. Pretty

much, yeah. I do have to read this one part,

though, because it just needs to be listed. An

impromptu courtroom is set up in the operating

theater. The accused, Batman. Bailiff, the ventriloquist

and Scarface. Prosecutor, Two -Face. Well, duh.

Defense attorney Janet Van Dorn, jury The Manheader,

Poison Ivy, Killer Croc, The Scarecrow, Riddler,

and Harley Quinn. And the judge is none other

than the Joker. The crime of which Batman is

accused is creating each and every one of them,

driving them to become criminals, freaks, and

monsters. But Janet has studied the histories

of the rogues thoroughly and her defense is brilliant.

Yes And it gives you a nice breakdown of every

one of them. Yeah, it does. That's one thing,

Bruce Timm, Paul Dini, Eric Radomski, all those

guys that created this show and all the other

DCAU shows, when they do an episode like this

that really spotlights the rogues gallery of

someone, They really do it justice, and it was

just simply amazing. Yeah, when you boil it down,

it is a Mad Hatter episode, I guess, but I'm

a fan of the Mad Hatter. He's only been in a

couple episodes. I like him. He's kind of cool,

and I like the voice that he uses, so I don't

outright hate him. I would rather watch the Mad

Hatter here than in any version of Alice in Wonderland,

especially that Tim Burton blast for me. Yeah,

but that's a different one entirely. He doesn't

count. I know he's a loser. Yeah But I love the

fact that They're all after him and this Janet

finds out that maybe Batman's not actually bad

after all Because in essence they all created

themselves Yeah, and so Any thoughts before we

jump into the information? No, it's um What like

if this was just a regular Hatter episode that

really had had a strange plot kind of like the

one earlier I probably wouldn't like it but since

it has everybody else in it and I mean come on

the Joker is the judge I mean It's priceless

just keep going. Yeah, all right cut continuity

Yes, rock seems to have a fixation for throwing

rocks at Batman in almost got him He considered

considers it his finest hours who have thrown

a really big one at him though. That was actually

Batman disguises croc Similarly in sideshow crocs

tries to crush Batman's head with a large rock,

which we already referenced Mm -hmm Mad Hatter

refers to his first criminal act in mad as a

hatter Poison Ivy refers to the time she nearly

assassinated to face back when he was still Harvey

Dent in pretty poison The trivia Stephanie Zimbalist

replaces Lynette Metty as the voice of Janet

Von Dorn Stephanie is probably best known as

the lead of the television series Remington Steel.

Wow, that's old Stephanie is also the daughter

of Ephraim Zimbalist jr. Who voices Alfred. Yeah

She also attended the Juilliard school for a

year at the same time Kevin Conroy was there

That does not surprise me Nice. When Batman delivers

the leader of the Skulls gang to Gordon, the

man's t -shirt features a clear homage to the

symbol used by Marvel Comics, the Punisher. You

can't say that wasn't a slap in the face. I honestly

don't think any of the DCAU Marvel references

are a slap in the face to Marvel because... Bruce

Timm and his team are all comic book fans, no

matter what. They just wanted some geek reference

in there. Right, right. I know, I was just ad

-libbing. But in delivering his verdict, Joker

gives an obvious parody of Warner Brothers' Porky

Pig. He does. That was hilarious. I love that.

I'm so putting that in the episode. Oh, yes.

Although he is initially seen on the jury, the

Riddler disappears entirely from the episode

during the third act, with even his spot on the

jury vacant. Even Scarecrow, who also didn't

have any lines, at least stayed until the end.

That was weird, yeah. He became an invisible

man. He's hiding in the basement. He's like,

I need my reform. The plot of this episode was

originally the idea for the first DCA new Batman

movie But it was felt that it worked better in

the half -hour format instead Batman mask of

the phantasm was made. I would have loved to

have seen this as a movie, too If it weren't

structured Structured very dear like you like

you could still have the courtroom scene, but

everything else would have liked it to fit it

into a 60, 70, 80 minute, 90 minute movie, you'd

have to restructure the entire thing, other than

the courtroom scene in the ending. You'd have

to restructure it all together. I like it in

the 30 minute format. I think it works well.

I agree, but I think it would have been interesting

to see in that as well. The Scarecrow has no

lines in this episode even though the script

featured him speaking a few times. This is because

Henry Pollock II, Scarecrow's voice actor, had

to undergo throat surgery and thus was unavailable.

That would suck. That really sucks, yeah. But

overall, I did like Trial. It was very unique

and interesting episode. Honestly, looking back

and watching this episode, especially the end,

again, I'm going to read this because I think

it needs to be read. As they make their way to

the exit, Gordon and the police storm in and

hold the mob at gunpoint. The Joker pursues Batman

and Janet outside. Tying up Batman with a rope

and swinging a heavy gavel, he is subdued after

a brief fight in which Batman kicks him hard

in the face. As the new day dawns, Janet makes

her peace with Batman, and they agree that what

they both want most is a city that doesn't need

him. Hello, dark night ending! Swear to God!

Yeah, they probably... Well, the one thing I

noticed about Nolan... I'm not saying it's a

bad thing, I'm just saying, as soon as I saw

the end of this episode, and I'm reading this

on the wiki, I'm like, yeah, that's just kind

of like the end of the Dark Knight. Well, in

essence, to continue that thought, and not to

jump too much into that Nolan verse, for those

interested, we will be discussing the Batman

overall... History in Seacast radio episode 39

next month Which which we'll cover that as well,

but I've noticed that Nolan has a lot of references

to other Batman material whether it be this is

the first one that I've noticed with you bringing

it up of the The Dark Knight being in Batman

Andaman series. Yeah But also I've found comic

references upon reading comics that he took for

The Dark Knight Rises, so I mean I'm seeing all

kinds of references all over between different

mediums Yeah, and I think that's a good thing,

but this was the first time that I really noticed

one comparing the DCAU cartoon to comparing btis

to the dark knight and essentially they say the

same you know janet and batman in this say the

same thing that gordon says at the end of the

dark knight you know he's not the hero we need

but it's the he's not the hero we want but he's

the he's the hero we need at this time yeah and

that's a i mean that's essentially it's kind

of what the same thing they say here that you

know they they both agree that in one day they

that they hope they got them city is that they

don't that doesn't Eventually comes a city that

doesn't need Batman. Go ahead. And anything else

on this one? No, I think that's it. And we'll

be moving on to the last and craptastic episode

of the night. Without a doubt, this will be one

of the best museum exhibitions Gotham City has

ever seen. You can be quite the humanitarian

on occasion, Bruce. It's commendable. It's inspiring.

It's deductible. The Scroll of Osiris. Pity only

half of it exists. It's the oldest Egyptian document

known to man. Yeah. Oops, I gotta go meet Tammy

at Charday's. Hmm, such a pity. Successor, detective.

Instead, you will suffer the fate of all mortal.

Last up tonight is Avatar. Just the name alone

makes me want to puke. Time and place is Egypt

in 1898. A young boy brings a lantern to a young

explorer. He is lowered into a temple and suddenly

searches through the artifacts. Suddenly a doorway

starts to glow with light. The rope is suddenly

pulled in with such force that it takes several

men to pull it back up. When it is pulled back

up only a burned frayed end is retrieved. The

explorer is nowhere to be found. Back at the

present Lucius Fox commends Bruce on his donating

several Egyptian artifacts to the museum Amongst

these artifacts is a half of the scroll of Osiris

the oldest Egyptian document currently known

And it's later stolen that's all you need to

know and knowing is half the bad deal I know

this is a ration Talia episode, but honestly,

this is the worst one ever that has ration Talia

This episode bored me to tears. I passed out

five minutes in. I lasted through the entire

episode, but it just doesn't... How can you go

from the Demon's Quest two -parter to this? I

mean, come on. You've got Ubu stealing the scroll.

Race reveals himself and throws an Egyptian Cobra

at Batman who poisons him and then Batman barely

stays alive and Then Cali goes to Batman and

it's just it's a big mess You know, it's a huge

huge mess Hey, but it also features Bruce and

Talia and Raish. There is no Batman for the most

part. Yeah. Which is kind of funny. And it's

sickening what happens with Raish and Toph. Keppara.

Mm -hmm. It's, yeah. She starts sucking face,

sucking his essence. Oh, God. And he's just like,

oh, and yeah. It's I yeah, it's it's horrible

All right, so before we get into the trivia bits

Well, I know I actually we need to get it go

ahead and do the trivia because we have yet another

Star Trek reference, okay Okay, yes we have first

time batman is shown willing to kill a sentient

being which i just was like no it's kind of not

sentient though yeah it's it's not as alive as

clay face that's true it's like it's like killing

um uh scarface yeah yeah so Tath Capra refers

to herself as Legion because many have shared

their knowledge with her. This is an allusion

to the biblical demon Legion. Nichelle Nichols

of Star Trek fame as Uhura. And then you have

Brock Peters, who is Lucius Fox. And you have

David Wanner, who is Ra's Al Ghul, all appeared

in the movie Star Trek 6, The Undiscovered Country.

Which is my favorite Trek film of the past. You

mean you didn't like the search for Spot? That's

a discussion for another day. The only saving

grace for me in this episode really is Helen

Slater voicing Talia. The episode itself, the

overall episode plot sucks. Yeah, but I think

it was a poor use of Ray Shantalia And you know,

when's Batman just gonna kick ubo in the nuts?

I mean come on Yeah, yeah That's all I am saying

Yeah, yeah, I yeah, I don't care other than these

Star Trek references But yeah, I'm good So with

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Hey Gatecast, Tara the Rising Star here for Legends

of the Dark Knight Podcast. Here are my thoughts

on the episodes we'll be talking about this episode.

First off, The Worry Men. The Worry Men was a

pretty good episode, I have to say. When you

first watch it, you don't really have an idea

of who exactly is behind the crime, but when

you find out it's the Mad Hatter, you're really

surprised. I think this is one of the better

episodes for the Mad Hatter. It definitely kept

me on the edge of my seat when I first saw it,

and then going back and rewatching it, definitely,

definitely a great episode. Next we have Sideshow.

Sideshow, I have to admit, was not my favorite

episode because, I mean, yes, you have Croc in

it. but it just felt flat to me. It didn't feel

like something that a lot of effort went into,

and I mean, Croc is a great character, but this

episode did nothing for him. So it definitely

was not my favorite episode to watch. Next, a

bullet for Bullock. This episode, I have to say,

is my favorite of the ones we'll be covering

this episode. I loved the writing, I loved the

storyline, I love how Bullock... has the guts

to go and ask Batman for help when the whole

series he's bashing Batman and he's still bashing

him when Batman saves his life not once but a

couple of times throughout the episode. And the

funny thing is you kind of have an idea of who

the real villain is in the beginning of the episode

when you see the Landlord. I have to say this

episode was extremely well written. It definitely

had great storyline great characters and it was

just fantastic next we have trial trial is another

fantastic episode and I have to say I love seeing

most of the amazing Batman villains in this episode

and seeing Batman being put on trial and seeing

Joker playing the judge oh man you know you're

in for it when Joker is the judge It was a fantastic

episode. I loved it. I loved every minute of

it, and I highly recommend you watch it because

you won't be disappointed. You definitely want

to check out Trial. Finally, we have Avatar.

I can't really say much about Avatar because

I didn't really understand it and I didn't really

like it that much. It kinda just didn't do anything

for me, so not much to say on this episode. Overall,

in my order of the episodes, my top three for

this episode of Legend of the Dark Knight would

be first, a trial, second, a bullet for Bullock,

and the third one would be The Worrymen. The

others just didn't do anything for me. Anyways,

that's my thoughts on these episodes for Legend

of the Dark Knight. See you next time! We now

return to Legends of the Dark Knight. So, in

conclusion, what are your... rankings of the

episodes tonight um let's see from worst to best

it's gonna be a tough one god uh it's so horrid

sideshow and avatar are probably a tie for worst

for me because well sideshow Well, while Avatar

does have Ratientalia, it was just a completely

shitty use of those characters. After that, I

would probably put, uh... Oh, God. Warrior Men.

And then, for the two best ones, it's Trial and

then Bullet for Bullock. I would have to rank

them... Sideshow at the bottom. With Avatar.

Okay, um then worry men then a bullet for Bullock

and then trial I Know I can I can agree with

that because you're you're you know you're I'm

more of the the rogues gallery fan than bullet

But well it did have a good story, but I love

the rogues gallery Right. I mean I mean essentially

worry men is the middle You know the the middle

part sideshow and avatar the bottom and You know,

Bullet for Bullock and Trial are the top. I mean,

Bullet for Bullock and for me, Bullet for Bullock

and Trial are equally awesome. So I couldn't

rank one over the other as far as a number one.

So I could see that. Yeah. So with that, thank

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