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Seeing the robots just fall to the floor in the elevator was a great shot & how they moved was so creepy lol. Barbra was awesome wonder if we’ll see more of her
This is Batman's first time fighting creepy androids so naturally he'd be a little freaked out, especially seeing Ronda's exposed Terminator face. Barbara being a capable ally to Bruce despite not having a costume yet. Definitely an episode that took advantage of being allowed to do things to robots that they can't show happening to humans.
i love the 1920-1950s sci-fi robot design, the human ones are skeletal, the trash guards are vaguely humanoid, with thin arms and legs and other body parts that are some random shape (rectangular, triangular), other bots are random legs, tentacles and eyes, the laser and energy discharges, the fact they are all chrome, matte finished steel , and the big mother brain, building sized super computer...i love it all
A lot of classic science fiction stories had a giant computer with a name ending in "-AC," because a lot of the earliest computers had names ending in "-AC," like UNIVAC. The AC stands for "analogue computer," because that's what they were (as opposed to the original computers--human computers, like the women in Hidden Figures). But then transistors were invented, people started using digital computers instead, and "AC" stopped meaning anything specific and just became the letters sci-fi computer names end with.
The producers of this show had to fight tooth and nail to release this episode due to all the on-screen violence and creepy robots. Glad they manage to do it and they are all G’s.
I love how old scifi stories like this or the Terminator franchise had things backwards. They assumed robots would be able to eventually look perfectly human but couldn't act the part properly coming across as cold and unemotional. A few decades later and we've got AI programs that can sound convincingly human but are nowhere close to making super realistic prosthetic bodies that are human sized.
Huh, is it sailors delight in the US? In the UK we say “red sky at night shepherds delight, red sky in the morning shepherds warning” Or as my grandad always said “Red sky at night shepherds delight, red sky in the morning shepherds huts on fire”
Batman vs. A power-mad AI was a cool enough concept. Part 2 of this was pretty good. The plan to replace city officials with androids is diabolically clever. Barbara Gordon really shows out and she's as close to becoming Batgirl as possible. Y'all mentioned Terminator a lot. It's definitely a influence. But wait till you see the episode called "His Silicone Soul" with some extremely serious drama.
Lying flat on a falling elevator won't necessarily save your life, but depending on the distance and severity of the accident it will help prevent the most serious injuries. I reiterate it is not an absolute solution, just the best of choices in a deadly situation
This is the episode which shows that, despite popular belief, Batman doesn't have a strict no killing rule. He's happy to kill sentient AI and other intelligent creatures, and more animal like creatures such as parademons. He even just straight up shot Darkseid dead in one comic.
@The Weavile Even then he does kill/try to kill a few different villains in this series. He dooms Clayface to death by stopping his treatment, kills the sentient AI Batman clone, ties Mr Freeze to a nuke and drops him in the ocean, and probably a couple others.
Would be great to see you guys also react to X-Men the animated series, especially since it's being revived as X-Men 97 and already has a second season confirmed.
@@ponquin What's your definition of a vigilante then? If I see a rape about to go down and chase off the would-be-rapist am I a vigilante according to it?
@@Mansplainer2099-jy8psThat’s an extreme & exaggerated example. That’s just helping someone from a crime you just so happen to be witnessing. You wouldn’t be in trouble for that, but you probably would be if you watched & did nothing to help or alert anyone. Batman takes the law into his own hands actively going around searching for crime to stop instead of giving the police the info to handle it. Not saying I have a problem with it. I don’t mind more savage criminals taking a beating but that’s just what the law is.
@@SpiritxEnigma _"That’s an extreme & exaggerated example."_ No, it is not, it was chosen very specifically, I asked momolilya1308 for their definition of "vigilante". In _actual reality_ a vigilante is someone who decides on and delivers punishment rather than letting their society do it. Example: I see the rape about to go down and I crush the would-be-rapist's crown jewels under my heel or just break his legs in a way so that he'll very likely never walk properly again. _"That’s just helping someone from a crime you just so happen to be witnessing. You wouldn’t be in trouble for that, but you probably would be if you watched & did nothing to help or alert anyone."_ Sure, but that's beside the point. _"Batman takes the law into his own hands actively going around searching for crime to stop instead of giving the police the info to handle it."_ A. There's no such thing as "law" and "crime", those are myths made up for the sake of civilization. Same with "murder" and us having names and social security numbers and "owning" things. Useful but it's pretend. Emperor's New Clothes, if you will. B. You're mixing two things together. Searching for "crime" to stop is in itself not taking "the law" into your own hands and withholding info of specific "crime" is certainly in itself not taking "the law" into your own hands. Harley Quinn can sit at home grumpy because the Joker didn't want her to come to his current heist and she toys with the idea of anonymously tipping off the police about it, her deciding against it is not her taking the law into her own hands. C. My point to Calvin is that this version of Batman is not a vigilante as he specifically states to Sewer King: "I don't pass sentence. That's for the courts. But this time I'm SORELY tempted to do the job myself." At risk of being repetitive, a vigilante is really about not letting "the courts" do their job, not about letting "the police" not do theirs (although of course I'm not saying "Yeah, obstruct the cops, thumbs up!", I'm specifically talking about what the term "vigilante" is about).
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6:18 "General Kenobi! You are a bold one!"
The sound effect made me laugh! 😂😂😂
Great edit! 👍
Seeing the robots just fall to the floor in the elevator was a great shot & how they moved was so creepy lol. Barbra was awesome wonder if we’ll see more of her
This two-parter was actually my introduction to the series. HARDAC and its robots scared the shit out of me as a kid.
The next heart of steal related episode is one of the series’ best.
This is Batman's first time fighting creepy androids so naturally he'd be a little freaked out, especially seeing Ronda's exposed Terminator face. Barbara being a capable ally to Bruce despite not having a costume yet. Definitely an episode that took advantage of being allowed to do things to robots that they can't show happening to humans.
_"This is Batman's first time fighting creepy androids"_
But he killed Captain Clown!
i love the 1920-1950s sci-fi robot design, the human ones are skeletal, the trash guards are vaguely humanoid, with thin arms and legs and other body parts that are some random shape (rectangular, triangular), other bots are random legs, tentacles and eyes, the laser and energy discharges, the fact they are all chrome, matte finished steel , and the big mother brain, building sized super computer...i love it all
A lot of classic science fiction stories had a giant computer with a name ending in "-AC," because a lot of the earliest computers had names ending in "-AC," like UNIVAC. The AC stands for "analogue computer," because that's what they were (as opposed to the original computers--human computers, like the women in Hidden Figures). But then transistors were invented, people started using digital computers instead, and "AC" stopped meaning anything specific and just became the letters sci-fi computer names end with.
The producers of this show had to fight tooth and nail to release this episode due to all the on-screen violence and creepy robots. Glad they manage to do it and they are all G’s.
Now that this two parter is over, can’t wait for them to watch His Silicone Soul
I love how old scifi stories like this or the Terminator franchise had things backwards. They assumed robots would be able to eventually look perfectly human but couldn't act the part properly coming across as cold and unemotional. A few decades later and we've got AI programs that can sound convincingly human but are nowhere close to making super realistic prosthetic bodies that are human sized.
Huh, is it sailors delight in the US? In the UK we say “red sky at night shepherds delight, red sky in the morning shepherds warning”
Or as my grandad always said “Red sky at night shepherds delight, red sky in the morning shepherds huts on fire”
Loved the video guys
Rogues appearances so far...
- The Mob (Thorne, etc): 8
- Joker: 7
- Two-Face: 5
- Catwoman: 5
- Poison Ivy: 4
- Scarecrow: 3
- Evil business men: 3
- Penguin: 3
- Manbat/woManbat: 3
- Clayface: 2
- Mad Hatter: 2
- Killer Croc: 2
- Harley: 2
- Evil Robots: 2
- Hugo Strange: 1
- Mr Freeze: 1
- Clock King: 1
- Dr Moreau: 1
- Evil Ninja: 1
- Captain Hook: 1
- Mad Bomber: 1
- Wolfman: 1
Batman vs. A power-mad AI was a cool enough concept.
Part 2 of this was pretty good.
The plan to replace city officials with androids is diabolically clever.
Barbara Gordon really shows out and she's as close to becoming Batgirl as possible.
Y'all mentioned Terminator a lot.
It's definitely a influence.
But wait till you see the episode called "His Silicone Soul" with some extremely serious drama.
Wasn't sure if we were going to get it this week but thankfully yes.
pretty sure this was recorded & on their patreon well before the recent quarantine post
Another amazing video
Lying flat on a falling elevator won't necessarily save your life, but depending on the distance and severity of the accident it will help prevent the most serious injuries. I reiterate it is not an absolute solution, just the best of choices in a deadly situation
"I'm getting too old for this shit" -Commissioner Gordon
HARDAC works: Holographic Analytical Reciprocating Digit Al Computer. just have to make digital two words. 😄
Wait, is the super computer AI in this episode Red Tornado from YJ?
9:25 What is the quote from?
Would anyone like to see Transformers Prime, Gargoyles, Swat Kats and Super Monkey Team Hyper Force Go on here?
Transformers Prime and TMNT 2012 would be nice
Very much, especially Prime and Gargoyles.
@@roxtechsthey should watch the og and 2003 show and then 2012
This is the episode which shows that, despite popular belief, Batman doesn't have a strict no killing rule. He's happy to kill sentient AI and other intelligent creatures, and more animal like creatures such as parademons. He even just straight up shot Darkseid dead in one comic.
Would you like Batman's kill list?
@The Weavile Even then he does kill/try to kill a few different villains in this series. He dooms Clayface to death by stopping his treatment, kills the sentient AI Batman clone, ties Mr Freeze to a nuke and drops him in the ocean, and probably a couple others.
Calvin looks like a mad man in the thumbnail.
Just in the thumbnail?
HOW MANY EPISODES DOES ONE SEASON HAVE
nice avatar call out.
Would be great to see you guys also react to X-Men the animated series, especially since it's being revived as X-Men 97 and already has a second season confirmed.
Blind Wave forgot that they haven't uploaded the My Hero Academia Finale.
Simply use both the D and the A from digital.
It wouldn't be the first time two letters from the same word have been used to form an acronym.
the red light is just from the light pollution right? 🤔
Where is the WEIRD THE AL YANKOVIC STORY reaction? 🤞✌️.
9:49-10:25😂
How long are these Batman seasons. 😂 normal shows have 25-30 episodes per season
There's 131 episodes altogether. Not clear how many per season or when they start and end due to conflicting sources
On Fox Kids, it was about 27 mins.
Kids WB, it varied close to 25 mins.
Where is the last episode of my hero academia
Calvin, this version of Batman is not a vigilante. I expected better from you.
He is a vigilante...
@@ponquin What's your definition of a vigilante then? If I see a rape about to go down and chase off the would-be-rapist am I a vigilante according to it?
@@Mansplainer2099-jy8psThat’s an extreme & exaggerated example. That’s just helping someone from a crime you just so happen to be witnessing. You wouldn’t be in trouble for that, but you probably would be if you watched & did nothing to help or alert anyone.
Batman takes the law into his own hands actively going around searching for crime to stop instead of giving the police the info to handle it. Not saying I have a problem with it. I don’t mind more savage criminals taking a beating but that’s just what the law is.
@@SpiritxEnigma _"That’s an extreme & exaggerated example."_
No, it is not, it was chosen very specifically, I asked momolilya1308 for their definition of "vigilante". In _actual reality_ a vigilante is someone who decides on and delivers punishment rather than letting their society do it. Example: I see the rape about to go down and I crush the would-be-rapist's crown jewels under my heel or just break his legs in a way so that he'll very likely never walk properly again.
_"That’s just helping someone from a crime you just so happen to be witnessing. You wouldn’t be in trouble for that, but you probably would be if you watched & did nothing to help or alert anyone."_
Sure, but that's beside the point.
_"Batman takes the law into his own hands actively going around searching for crime to stop instead of giving the police the info to handle it."_
A. There's no such thing as "law" and "crime", those are myths made up for the sake of civilization. Same with "murder" and us having names and social security numbers and "owning" things. Useful but it's pretend. Emperor's New Clothes, if you will.
B. You're mixing two things together. Searching for "crime" to stop is in itself not taking "the law" into your own hands and withholding info of specific "crime" is certainly in itself not taking "the law" into your own hands. Harley Quinn can sit at home grumpy because the Joker didn't want her to come to his current heist and she toys with the idea of anonymously tipping off the police about it, her deciding against it is not her taking the law into her own hands.
C. My point to Calvin is that this version of Batman is not a vigilante as he specifically states to Sewer King: "I don't pass sentence. That's for the courts. But this time I'm SORELY tempted to do the job myself." At risk of being repetitive, a vigilante is really about not letting "the courts" do their job, not about letting "the police" not do theirs (although of course I'm not saying "Yeah, obstruct the cops, thumbs up!", I'm specifically talking about what the term "vigilante" is about).