Rebirth, Pts 1-2 (or It's the Future, LOL) - Batman Beyond | 151

[@sandhamwich2199]

Finally, it's Batman's origin story.

[@DamagedSnowplough]

I started watching this show back in 2023 and this is one of the shows that I actually fell in love with! The art design, the villains and music gave off such a futuristic and insane vibe and is one of the best installments of the DCAU. 10/10

[@steelydyl]

HOLY SHIT THE BATMAN USEFULNESS IS SO CHEFS KISS

[@The_Phantasm]

It feels so weird. Can't believe we're finally here.

[@nicksorenson940]

Hard to believe we're finally at Batman Beyond now. I was already watching Kids' WB! by the time this series premiered, meaning this very well had to have been the first show in the DCAU that I got to experience right from its first airings on TV without having to rely on the official home video releases as my only introduction into it like I had to previously with BTAS and STAS (though I did still own that "Batman Beyond: The Movie" cut of these episodes on VHS). I also had already gotten a small tease of this series beforehand through the concept art featured in the Batman Animated book that I owned. Of course my complete memories of following the series back then might be a little hazy since this also happened to be the same time that Kids' WB! first became the official home for a certain anime/video game franchise that I quickly developed a whole other addictive love affair with as it was already making a big impact here in the west and only continuing to grow in its own mainstream popularity. I think everyone knows which one I'm talking about. But enough about that, what can I remember thinking about Beyond at the time? I can remember thinking it was pretty cool in its own right as this edgy, futuristic new spin on the Dark Knight that I could totally get behind with the premise they put behind it being very easy to get behind as well. To think this all originally came about cause WB executives wanted some kind of teenage Batman cartoon that could appeal more to a younger demographic (or likely in their minds, "Kidde Batman"). Leave it to Timm & crew to take a prospect that could have ended up as something terrible and evolving it into a truly awesome series that's only proven to be a more than worthy continuation of the Batman mythos and where it can go after Bruce hangs the cape. Glad to know Brian's already digging it as we start diving deeper into the world of Neo Gotham 50 years from now. Whenever now is.

[@BananaDuck-42069]

Quack Quack (Beyond)

[@jack_of_the_cards]

Omg I love Batman Beyond it’s been 84 years FINALLY, just in time for semester 2

[@lupejackpot]

Hi! This is Ace the Bat Hound's mom (Leandro's girlfriend) 🐕 Too bad this pod is audio only and you can't show his beautiful face. Also, he's a rescue mutt, not a GSD, but it's always funny when he passes as one. I started watching Batman Beyond a few days ago so I guess we're in synch! Leandro really does listen to you guys religiously, so I'm glad you got to read his email :) Cheers!

[@steelydyl]

Welcome to the listener!

[@johnb3919]

The Batman Beyond intro feels like “Hey, did you finish making the future Batman kids show intro?” “Kids show?” PS. I like to think helicopters are basically flying cars. They fit the description. Just make them less noisy and you’re golden.

[@lemonade8660]

damn, we're finally beyond batman now

[@kevinmcgarvey2898]

The bad: one size fits all bat-suit. The rad: the new opening, specifically the shot of Batman going by an oval/vented lense about 42 seconds in. The never been had: Derrick Powers's Muttley-esque laugh.

[@steelydyl]

I FUCKING LOVE THE SHIELD the line is, "GOD DAMN IT DUTCH WHAT OTHER ERRANDS DO YOU HAVE US RUNNNNING FOR THE D.A."

[@steelydyl]

01:41:40 best part of the episode

[@TheGentlemanVox]

Batman Beyond has always held a special place for me because of its tonal and genre differences from BTAS. You could feel the passion in what they were doing and it quickly becomes obvious how much they learned from the process of making BTAS. Will definitely be active with this show and future shows to come.

[@theastralbeastcometh]

Think BB's uniqueness makes it a contender for the best DCAU show?

[@d3duction1st23]

SCHWAY!!!! We made it!! Looking forward to what Brian thinks!

[@ESHADOW111]

I have been waiting for this moment!!

[@steelydyl]

It's time for Beyond Batwagon, brian is gone, james is old now, and his boy 50 years from whenever batwagon was is ready to learn about the DCAU

[@neverangryman]

Ok, I'm still behind but I just thought, what if, instead of jumping on the bat wagon, I jump into the future where I'm already on the bat wagon?? And just like that, I'm all caught up with the best podcast ever (well I'll still listen to all those other episodes and maybe comment on them every now and then to confuse James). The Adventures of Superman radio show as a gift is awesome! I'd love to hear your reaction/thoughts on those first episodes! The origin is so ridiculous (SPOILER FOR A NEARLY 100 YEARS OLD SHOW until the next paragraph: at the end of ep1 he's a baby in the spaceship, and at the start of ep2 he's literally coming out of the spaceship as an adult, already in the Superman costume) Also that show was the first medium where Superman could fly (they don't say it, but like, it's obvious in the context, you hear it and go "yeah, the flying in what's happening here"), and the famous "it's a bird" intro originated there, and Perry White, and the first Batman/Superman crossover... Sorry, what show are we discussing here? Ah, so Batman Beyond is called Batman of the Future, because there's no way to adequately translate "beyond" to make a title that would sound good, at least in Russian, but I assume that's the case for a lot of languages. «Бэтмен будущего» (batman boo-doo-sch-ye-go) sounds and looks kinda neat, so I don't mind the change.

[@its_a_bird]

[comment from another account for ingagement]

[@LaNoLaCola]

This is the schway 34:38 appreciate the Tama drums namedrop. Thats my brand

[@UlrichRyddle]

I watched my DVD copy of this instead of my Blu-Ray so I could see the extra effects during Bruce's heart attack. Thanks for pointing out this difference! I went back to compare with the Blu-Ray after and indeed it's a much weaker scene without the effect.

[@nicksorenson940]

It is. Best excuse I can think of for how they could have overlooked it is that it may have been a post-production overlay effect that wasn't actually on the original film negatives. Still, they should not have forgotten to carry that over to the Blu-rays as it was always integral to that moment.

[@UlrichRyddle]

@@nicksorenson940 that's as good an explanation as I can think of. I believe James and/or Dan Riba may have said that there were fixes that they did to the DVD versions that just didn't carry over to the Blu-Rays and this must have been one of them.

[@bannanaman3462]

ok

[@Baikanon]

These episodes set such a great tone for the series and have such a great grasp of Terry's character. Also, I think the excuse for Terry being good at fighting is he had a rough time growing up and has lots of experience beating the crap out of people from his time in juvie and doing the things that led to him ending up in juvie. THIS PART OF THE COMMENT ISN'T FOR BRIAN! SPOILER AHEAD!! Brian's sweet-summer child approach to why the Bat-family is absent makes me sad because I think the Batman of BTAS and (arguably) JL/U wouldn't shove everybody away. My biggest problem with Batman Beyond is when it's treated as THE future because it makes Bruce such a colossal dick and honestly says that everybody else in the family kind of sucked at relationships since they were never able to really connect with him the way that Terry eventually does. The set up is perfect for Terry, but accidentally kind of damns everybody else when telling stories about them set before BB imo. Anyways, I enjoy BB immensely and just headcanon it as the future if RotJ happens, but for JLU Bats it never happens

[@cloneyoshi]

Schway and yoppie

[@MarcAquino1095]

ABSOLUTE POWER or “Superman Punched A Laser Blast Back At A Dude” or “More Spacey Wacey Stuff” or “Toxic Military Complex…IN SPAAAACE” Honestly, going from the future Gotham of BB back to the more traditional sci-fi style of STAS is surprisingly not that jarring. There’s plenty of lasers and flying vehicles in both, so it’s not too far-fetched. Clark once again donned his Buzz Lightyear spacesuit, sending probes into black holes. That’s a concept so inherently pointless that one can’t help but poke fun at the logic behind that. It’s like hitting a ball over your cranky neighbor’s fence, good luck getting THAT back. Jax-Ur and Mala are back. Is it just me or is did the exposition of how they took over that planet make anyone else say to themselves “Well, this is way too prescient for my tastes”? Not much else to say about this episode. Wasn’t bad, but wasn’t all that special either. I did like the quote Superman said at the end though. Boss Biggust bear hugs to the number one podcast hosts in this here multiverse of ours: “January Really Is The Worst” and “But You Know What Really Isn’t The Worst? YOU.” Praise to our lord and savior Dylan Pollack (keep up the great work on your own podcast and remember to tell Gab that she rules)! Likewise of course to all of his loyal disciples: Skarloey1, Batgirl Fangirl, Scotty Cameron, WENCY209, TipTapricot, Keen Machine, Jordan Newman, Zane Beatty, Kris Knife, LaNolaCola, Juan Pedro, Ashley Tuchin, Scrudge, the Banana family, Hex Lex, Eric LeBeau, the Banana Man-Bat, Austin Trousers, Slacks Payne, Ryan Hipp, Peter Pantaloons, Nick Sorenson, Kyle the Kyle, and of course ALL the awesome-sauce listeners of this yoppie community of ours. You all are the absolute best, don’t you ever forget that. ‘Til next week, BIG OL’ WHOOSH! (i just flew away bb 💋)

[@YoptainLegacy]

Huzzah!

[@TheRyanHipp]

7th Heaven When I see their happy faces smilin' back at me 7th Heaven I know there's no greater feelin' than the love of family Where can you go - when the World don't treat you right? The answer is home - that's the one place that you'll find 7th Heaven Oooooooh, 7th Heaven 7th Heaven

[@LockeD333]

Jump on the Mr. Fix Wagon is there if anyone wants to take a crack at it.

[@5uper8eedle]

Welcome back Shwoppy boys, Bejewled and Lord Byron. Superman’s back, baby, in Absolute Power (or Mark Waid’s well intentioned callback to a 2004 series… oh wait, no the other thing.) Yeah Not-Zod and Not-Ursa are back and just as interesting as last time. Sorry I’m not a fan of these two. Black holes are cool… and uh “we won’t be seeing him again” (read in Jango Fett voice). Anyway I’m gonna go enjoy the extremely rare and once in a lifetime quantity of snow in my yard. Stay schwoppy and Schwopp on. Also thank you for finally making musical minute an actually segment.

[@Curttehmurt]

How do you not mention Lauren Tom was Amy Wong on Futurama?

[@ashleytuchin7693]

Greetings Brother Broderick Beyond and The Jamiezzzz Gang! OK, I'm 17 minutes in, so I've only got about 30 minutes before they actually start the episode. Now, before we get any further, Brian, if you do not like Batman Beyond (or Batman of the Future, as it was called down here), Heaven help me, I will disown you. I've cut you a lot of slack over the years and allowed you to have your so-called "opinion", but if you are not hooked on this show from the prologue and intro alone, then you will be dead to me. OK, with that said, have fun guys. Oh and the new logo or whatever you want to call it should be Terry heroically blasting off into the air, towing the Batwagon from his ankles, with Brick and James dangling off the back, screaming and holding on for dear life. Oh and sorry the the lack of comments lately, the last month has been rough - the week of Christmas was particularly difficult - but things have settled down now. I even managed to get through the Yopisode Guide in increments over the course of a week (I literally just finished the final 10 minutes before starting this). Kudos for managing to make it entertaining all the way through.

[@Thebananababy_]

Goo goo gah gah Translation FINALLY WE’RE HERE !! BATMAN BEYOND BABY !! ( Also I think the Jetsons take place in 2062 . So did James and brother brick time travel past 2062 to record this ???? 😱. Tho I think what James is thinking of is actually that George Jetson from the show should have been born in 2022 . )

[@bgvo4373]

This is coming before Justice League?

[@nicksorenson940]

Chronologically, no. Production-wise (and maybe "Controversial airdate order-wise"), yes.

[@bgvo4373]

It just feels like all of Bruce’s growth in JL will make our hosts confused as to why he ended up like this.

[@Euphoniumstar]

Rebirth (of the Damage Report) 👶📋 TV Screen Water filled traffic barrier Warren McGinnis (RIP) Wire Box Door Window Batarang Virus container Powers' skin Hovercraft Mr. Fixx

[@ethancampo3864]

I am the best batman

[@nicksorenson940]

You're pretty strong, for some clown who thinks he's the best Batman.

[@mndrew1]

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