Eyebrow Cinema | Villains Reformed in Batman: The Animated Series @EyebrowCinema | Uploaded March 2022 | Updated October 2024, 3 hours ago.
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With a new Batman movie on the way, I had my mind on The Dark Knight's iconic rogues' gallery, and particularly the villains of Batman: The Animated Series. One of the key aspects which made the show so successful was its insight into the personalities of Batman's villains and nowhere was this more apparent than in the "villain reform" episode. These were stories were the bad guys would ostensibly turn a new leaf and try to live a normal life, usually to disastrous results. With this video, I want to take a closer look at these episodes and why they are so important to Batman: The Animated Series.
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Filmography: https://boxd.it/fDR4k
Music Featured:
The Wind by Komiku
Love Him by Loyalty Freak Music
Setup With an E by Small Colin
Both Flanks by Small Colin
Works Cited:
Heart of Batman. Directed by Alexander Gray. 2018.
Batman Series Writer's Bible. Bruce W. Timm, Paul Dini, and Mitch Brian.
House and Garden Blu-Ray Audio Commentary: Bruce Timm, Paul Dini, Boyd Kirkland, and Jason Hillhouse.
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Get a whole month of great cinema FREE on MUBI: mubi.com/eyebrowcinema
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With a new Batman movie on the way, I had my mind on The Dark Knight's iconic rogues' gallery, and particularly the villains of Batman: The Animated Series. One of the key aspects which made the show so successful was its insight into the personalities of Batman's villains and nowhere was this more apparent than in the "villain reform" episode. These were stories were the bad guys would ostensibly turn a new leaf and try to live a normal life, usually to disastrous results. With this video, I want to take a closer look at these episodes and why they are so important to Batman: The Animated Series.
Subscribe for more video essays on film.
Follow me on Twitter: twitter.com/danpgsimpson
Filmography: https://boxd.it/fDR4k
Music Featured:
The Wind by Komiku
Love Him by Loyalty Freak Music
Setup With an E by Small Colin
Both Flanks by Small Colin
Works Cited:
Heart of Batman. Directed by Alexander Gray. 2018.
Batman Series Writer's Bible. Bruce W. Timm, Paul Dini, and Mitch Brian.
House and Garden Blu-Ray Audio Commentary: Bruce Timm, Paul Dini, Boyd Kirkland, and Jason Hillhouse.
More Eyebrow Cinema:
No, Superhero Movies are NOT Like Westerns - youtu.be/SiV-bOulZl8
The Fly - The First Horror Movie I Loved - youtu.be/u3tyznXp7-o
Being John Malkovich and the Office Movies of 1999 - youtu.be/sI3Obe0tiDU
The Plot Holes of Vertigo (and why they don't matter) - youtu.be/xP9EDhntal4
The Decay of Cinema - youtu.be/hjDNtwh2i5M
Chris Benoit and Separating the Art from the Artist - youtu.be/dGavvwRyomE
Sleepless in Seattle - Crying at Action Movies - youtu.be/UZLyIdVeLaM
Star Wars Can't Move On - youtu.be/ESWgz-lcUuE
Contextualizing Insomnia - Nolan's Secret Gem - youtu.be/IUef5zrtRQ4
Movie Theaters and the Value of Inconvenience - youtu.be/uZdl9D7NWBI
Action and Pacifism in Castle in the Sky - youtu.be/fuIhAH8mnSM
How Terence Young Made James Bond - youtu.be/2sTt_nkgGFE
Hierarchies of Violence in The Shining - youtu.be/tMw2YWOBeoM
The Curious Case of Forrest and Benjamin - youtu.be/gWAg1suGwnM
Never Say Never Again is a Waste - youtu.be/GsdMCujvmMA
Harry Potter - 10 Years Later - youtu.be/H0VjWs6aivw
Stanley Kubrick's Favourite Actors - youtu.be/Uon8unTCEX4
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On Her Majesty's Secret Service and The End of James Bond - youtu.be/Ko492zTs9xs
Dune, Star Wars and Building Sci-Fi Worlds - youtu.be/d_W823JT5Bs
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