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Snacky - Jul 25, 2005 4:21:04 am PDT #8443 of 10000
Like I need a hole in my head
sumi - Jul 25, 2005 4:22:48 am PDT #8444 of 10000
Art Crawl!!!
Wait -- JLU is done for good?
Tom Scola - Jul 25, 2005 4:43:03 am PDT #8445 of 10000
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
The DC Animated Universe is done for good. It began in 1992 with "Batman: The Animated Series", was created by Bruce Timm. It had continuity with "Superman: The Animated Series", "Batman Beyond", "Justice League", and tangentially Static Shock. Paul Dini wrote many of the best episodes on these series.
There's also "Teen Titans" and "The Batman" cartoons, but Timm/Dini weren't involved with them, and don't share continuity.
DavidS - Jul 25, 2005 8:13:57 am PDT #8446 of 10000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
There's also "Teen Titans" and "The Batman" cartoons, but Timm/Dini weren't involved with them, and don't share continuity.
I thought Timm was involved with Teen Titans until this season?
Tom Scola - Jul 25, 2005 8:17:35 am PDT #8447 of 10000
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
I thought Timm was involved with Teen Titans until this season?
Huh. He was. I didn't realize that. It's not part of the regular continuity, though.
DavidS - Jul 25, 2005 8:19:36 am PDT #8448 of 10000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
It's not part of the regular continuity, though.
That's true, but it did play off continuity from time to time. Like the Dick Grayson hint about Robin, or the Robin/Speedy relationship or just sticking so closely to the original Wolfman storylines. It coyly winked at DCU continuity.
Jeff Mejia - Jul 25, 2005 8:20:04 am PDT #8449 of 10000
"Don't think of yourself as an organic pain collector racing towards oblivion." Dogbert to Dilbert
Superpeeps, where would you suggest picking up Big Blue Backstory? I just sort of jumped in a while back, so it's not like Gotham, where I can say, "Okay, here are the basics. This is where you start."
Probably John Byrne's excellent "Man of Steel" miniseries which, recent tweaks and all, is still pretty much the baseline for post-Crisis Superman.
Actually, Mark Waid/Lenil Yu's "Birthright" miniseries is considered the new Superman baseline, although I don't know if it's accepted by the fans yet. There seemed to be a bit of an effort to get Smallville - like continuity (Lex is a contemporary and was in Smallville when Clark was in high school, but the friendship angle isn't really there). I only started reading Superman when Jeph Loeb was writing it (issue #180 had Supes going against Dracula and it had a lot of Buffy references), and I picked up the other titles beginning with the "Godfall" arc, so I'm not well-versed in Super-history. I haven't felt lost in any of the stories since I've been reading the titles on a regular basis.
Tom Scola - Jul 25, 2005 8:22:27 am PDT #8450 of 10000
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Yeah, there was a great scene in the episode of TT I saw last night, where Raven was probing Robin's mind, and you briefly see a shot of his parents falling to their death in a circus tent.
The other animated series I mentioned above crossed-over with each other regularly. That's the continuity I was refering to.
DavidS - Jul 25, 2005 8:27:04 am PDT #8451 of 10000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
The other animated series I mentioned above crossed-over with each other regularly. That's the continuity I was refering to.
You're absolutely right - it's not tightly woven in like the other shows you mentioned. Obviously the last JLU was a big bow on the whole continuity. But I think it leaves space for the ficcers if they wanted to explore it.
Steph L. - Jul 25, 2005 8:28:13 am PDT #8452 of 10000
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Yeah, there was a great scene in the episode of TT I saw last night, where Raven was probing Robin's mind, and you briefly see a shot of his parents falling to their death in a circus tent.
I love that scene, because you see a really quick glimpse of the batcave, and someone -- I assume Batman -- handing something to Robin (all in silhouette).