Neon Noodle? NEON NOODLE?!?!?!
Jun. 2nd, 2009 03:20 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
thehefnerSpeaking as...
1.) a comic geek, with a healthy fondness for Silver Age crackiness
2.) a lover of a certain brand of classic cartoons
and 3.) a fan of PEE-WEE'S PLAYHOUSE back in the day
There are no words to describe the giddy delight aglow within me after watching this:
Yes, that's Paul Rubens as Bat-Mite doing a Dick-Sprang-flavored homage of THE GREAT PIGGY-BANK ROBBERY from an episode of BATMAN: THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD written by the modern master of Batman, the incomparable Paul Dini.
Let all that sink in your brain for a sec, lest your eyeballs to explode from an overdose of awesome.
You can watch the entire episode here, which I wholeheartedly recommend you do, but in case you need further persuading (really? You do? After all that?!), here's another magnificent highlight:
So much to love: Dini!Harley with Timm!Joker, alongside a Hank Venture's "The Bat" and a Kevin-Smith-based snotty Batman fan voicing concerns that even I foolishly shared once upon a time.
Between the almost-sacred status the 90's BATMAN: THE ANIMATED SERIES has achieved in our eyes and the piece of crap that was the recent THE BATMAN cartoon, I too was hesitant about seeing a kid-friendly Batman cartoon. Well, not so much hesitant and apathetic. It clearly wasn't meant for *me*, so whatever.
Then![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
leiacat started getting me to check out a couple episodes, as she was watching it but needed help with getting the references. And that's when I started to realize, holy shit, there are TONS of references. This show is downright riddled with classic DC geekery and goodness from every single era, almost more so than even B:TAS ever had! And when it's good, dear lord but it's fun, and frankly, we NEED more fun in DC Comics these days!
While the show's quality is on and off, with some less-stellar episodes out there that really do reflect the kiddie nature of the show, it's the episodes like the Green Lantern Corps team-up with Guy Gardner, G'Nort, and Sinestro, written by J.M. DeMatteis (!!!) and now this Bat-Mite episode...
Man, all we need now is to have Paul Rubens' Bat-Mite team up with Gilbert Gottfried's Mr. Mxyzptlk and have them adapt WORLD'S FUNNEST. But alas, I don't know if the world would ever be able to handle such a thing. It'd be like challenging Cthulhu to a staring contest, but in a good way.
1.) a comic geek, with a healthy fondness for Silver Age crackiness
2.) a lover of a certain brand of classic cartoons
and 3.) a fan of PEE-WEE'S PLAYHOUSE back in the day
There are no words to describe the giddy delight aglow within me after watching this:
Yes, that's Paul Rubens as Bat-Mite doing a Dick-Sprang-flavored homage of THE GREAT PIGGY-BANK ROBBERY from an episode of BATMAN: THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD written by the modern master of Batman, the incomparable Paul Dini.
Let all that sink in your brain for a sec, lest your eyeballs to explode from an overdose of awesome.
You can watch the entire episode here, which I wholeheartedly recommend you do, but in case you need further persuading (really? You do? After all that?!), here's another magnificent highlight:
So much to love: Dini!Harley with Timm!Joker, alongside a Hank Venture's "The Bat" and a Kevin-Smith-based snotty Batman fan voicing concerns that even I foolishly shared once upon a time.
Between the almost-sacred status the 90's BATMAN: THE ANIMATED SERIES has achieved in our eyes and the piece of crap that was the recent THE BATMAN cartoon, I too was hesitant about seeing a kid-friendly Batman cartoon. Well, not so much hesitant and apathetic. It clearly wasn't meant for *me*, so whatever.
Then
leiacat started getting me to check out a couple episodes, as she was watching it but needed help with getting the references. And that's when I started to realize, holy shit, there are TONS of references. This show is downright riddled with classic DC geekery and goodness from every single era, almost more so than even B:TAS ever had! And when it's good, dear lord but it's fun, and frankly, we NEED more fun in DC Comics these days!While the show's quality is on and off, with some less-stellar episodes out there that really do reflect the kiddie nature of the show, it's the episodes like the Green Lantern Corps team-up with Guy Gardner, G'Nort, and Sinestro, written by J.M. DeMatteis (!!!) and now this Bat-Mite episode...
Man, all we need now is to have Paul Rubens' Bat-Mite team up with Gilbert Gottfried's Mr. Mxyzptlk and have them adapt WORLD'S FUNNEST. But alas, I don't know if the world would ever be able to handle such a thing. It'd be like challenging Cthulhu to a staring contest, but in a good way.
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Date: 2009-06-02 09:23 pm (UTC)Thanks you for improving my life. Again.
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Date: 2009-06-03 02:16 am (UTC)That said, in my book Aquaman's ALWAYS been cool. Even if, y'know, no one ever noticed or cared. Sadness. I mean, I'm the kind of guy who wants to love and defend Scott Summers, just because no one else will... but I blame SUPERFRIENDS, which forever made Arthur a pop culture punchline. Not to mention decades of writers who don't know what the hell to DO with the poor guy. He died a couple years ago in the most pathetic whimper-not-a-bang death I've ever seen, and no one even noticed!
But hey, at least we'll have him back as a <a href="http://calliopes.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/a1.jpg>creepy zombie Black Lantern</a>, and then hopefully he'll be brought back to life by the end!
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Date: 2009-06-03 05:54 am (UTC)I know, right? Crazy fucking awesome.
On another note, remind me to talk about WHITE LIKE ME with you when next we hang. I'd actually wanted to put in my two cents and personal reflection over in the post, but between the kerfuffle that became and my own difficult history discussing privilege via LJ, I'm gonna abstain on any opinions until we're in private quarters with beer in hand.
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Date: 2009-06-03 05:47 am (UTC)<3 that show so much.
CALENDAR MAN is my new fav villain. He should have tapped into all the holidays with saints. DID YOU KNOW, btw, that Santa is the patron saint of WHORES? FOR SRS I AXED A FOR REALS CATHOLIC.
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Date: 2009-06-03 05:57 am (UTC)It saddens me how they tried to reinvent Calendar Man as some kind of Hannibal Lecter wannabe in THE LONG HALLOWEEN, when clearly, this take on classic Calendar Man is easily the best!
Wow, just when you didn't think Santa could get any more awesome. Between this and hey-kids-let's-arm-up Santa from NARNIA, Nick's all about hoes and weaponry!
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Date: 2009-06-03 06:03 am (UTC)The best saints are about hoes and weaponry.
Dude, hoes. I seriously have the gardening bug.... I GOT MY SEED CATALOGUE TODAY! I seriously want to hijack someone's yard and PLANT THINGS.
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Date: 2009-06-03 05:53 am (UTC)What do we say, Killer Moth and Polka Dot Man team up for the next Nolan Batman movie? :P
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Date: 2009-06-03 06:00 am (UTC)Yeah, I was in much the same boat, even after posting this. But then I checked out a couple more eps, and dude:
R. LEE ERMEY AS WILDCAT. And Tom Everett Scott and Billy West reprise their JLU roles as Booster and Skeets!!!