| |  | DVD Batman Beyond - Season Three (DC Comics Classic Collection) |  | | | | | | | | | | Rating:  - Short Goodbye
BB ended its all-too-brief run with these final 13 episodes. It's an uneven mix, but the best of the lot (Out Of The Past, The Call: Part I) stack up against the best of the run. The extras, a panel discussion and season overview are short but interesting.
Rating:  - The best episodes of Batman Beyond are in this set
With episodes like "Out of the Past" and "The Call," you can't go wrong with grabbing this set, if only to complete your collection.Plus, the knowledge of the world established in this season helps to better understand some of the better episodes in Justice League Unlimited.
Rating: - BATMAN BEYOND 3!!!
EXCELLENT DVD!!! GREAT FUN 4 EVERYONE!!! THIS LAST SEASON OF BB ENDS ON A HIGH NOTE WITH THE INTRODUCTION OF SUPERMAN AND THE JUSTICE LEAGUE IN "THE CALL"!!! U MUST HAVE IF U LOVE BATMAN OR ANIMATED SHOWS!!!
Rating: - Fine, but my least favorite season
If you're considering a purchase of Season Three, I can assume you've seen the first two seasons. There isn't any big departure from the formula, which is a good thing. There was a little too much emphasis on mindless action for my taste this time around.
The first season episodes have better writing. I've watched those several times and they still hold up. I won't be replaying the third season as often.
I really don't think there is much character development. Dana is still given virtually nothing to do. The writers were cruel to her. Max is a great cast member, as always. But I don't remember the stories involving much of Terry's mother and brother, or much related to high school. The plots are mostly given over to the Batman side of Terry's double life. The other part of his life is less prominent.
Another reviewer mentioned no subtitles. I can't remember if the first two seasons had them. Nevertheless, their absence was annoying. How cheap can they be, not to subtitle the programs for the hearing-impaired? Bad form, Warner Brothers.
This is a fitting end to the series (though the final program was a bit lame). It doesn't quite live up to the joy I experienced watching the first two seasons, but Batman Beyond held up a level of quality I haven't found in any other animated program. It was a great team, a great theme, and well executed by the writers, actors, and animators. Buy it, watch it, love it.
Rating: - Matured Nicely
In the third (and unfortunately final) season of Batman Beyond, the show's creators settle into a rhythm that's really reminiscent of their finer moments in the much heralded Batman: The Animated Series.Having followed the series from its debut episode right up until the final, I can state that the entire third season manages to feel very natural in terms of character interaction and setting mood.While not as unpredictable as the first season, the third was wise to put Maxine Gibson (from season 2) on the backburner.Terry is much more able to explore his own thoughts and feelings as the new Batman with Bruce to back him up when the going gets rough.Note: Max is still present in many episodes, but her role is a bit more subtle.
Unlike Batman: The Animated Series, Batman Beyond doesn't run quite a tight rouge's gallery.There are some reoccurring villains (such as Inque, Blight, The Jokerz, etc.) but nothing like the staples found in the original Batman story-lines.The show's creators claim that while there never an official "canceling" of Batman Beyond, they were all approached with assignments that caused them to drift apart which explains why the final episode could be viewed as fairly anticlimactic.Fortunately, as a result, greats like Justice League and Unlimited would be born.Batman Beyond is a program that still holds up beautifully and brings an interesting take on an already wonderful franchise. My only complaint about the series is that it had to come to an end.
Episode Guide:
1) King's Ransom
2) Untouchable
3) Inqueling
4) Big Time
5) Out of the Past
6) Speak No Evil
7) The Call: Part I
8) The Call: Part II
9) Betrayal
10) The Curse of the Kobra: Part I
11) The Curse of the Kobra: Part II
12) Countdown
13) Unmasked
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