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BATMAN: THE ANIMATED SERIES

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DISCLOSURE: At the end of this blog post you'll find an affiliate link that will take you to the ENTERTAINMENT EARTH website. I will receive a small fee, if you CLICK ON THE LINK and MAKE A PURCHASE.      Batman: The Animated Series told a darker more mature story that was still kid-friendly enough to be shown on after school television. This show had a dark film noir inspired animation style.  The Batman character was a man of few words. He has a few memorable lines but all of the really great monologues from this show are given by the villains. Batman: The Animated Series really highlighted the villains. The only real monologue given by the Batman character in this show was an inner monologue type voice over in the beginning of season 1 Episode 31 called "Dreams In Darkness". I transcribed it below. "There's always time to heal", the doctor told me, but he was wrong. There was no time left. Not for me, not for him,

THE FLASH HAS A HUMAN EXPERIENCE

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DISCLOSURE: At the end of this blog post you'll find an affiliate link that will take you to the ENTERTAINMENT EARTH website. I will receive a small fee, if you CLICK ON THE LINK and MAKE A PURCHASE.       In the upcoming movie, "The Flash" , which is scheduled to be released in June, The Flash learns an important lesson as he speeds through time and changes past events that led to the death of his mother WITHOUT thinking about the CONSEQUENCES.      The changes made to past events brings back the evil ZOD . In order to defeat ZOD and fix the changes made to past events, The Flash enlists the help of BATMAN (role being reprised by Michael Keaton ) and SUPERGIRL.       This is NOT a Superhero story. This is someone with superhuman abilities having an ordinary HUMAN experience. This is what makes the movie relatable. We feel for The Flash because we all have events in our past that we would like to change BUT we also understand that chang

LEARN TO DRIVE THE BATMOBILE

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DISCLOSURE: At the end of this blog post you'll find an affiliate link that will take you to the ENTERTAINMENT EARTH website. I will receive a small fee, if you CLICK ON THE LINK and MAKE A PURCHASE.      Every fan of the DC Multiverse has dreamed of getting a chance to drive the iconic vehicle known as the Batmobile. But the Batmobile is not like a regular car and requires you to have some extra skills to operate the vehicle properly.      The Department Of Motor Vehicles will only issue you a Batmobile license if you pass a superhero road test by showing proficiency at the following tasks:      1) Drive through traffic at a high speed and arrive at the scene of the crime just in time without endangering any citizens.      2) Do a high speed chase where you chase down evil doers and bring them to justice without endangering any citizens.      3)  Properly use all of the Batmobile's gadgets to help catch a criminal.      4) Proper

THE SPIRITUALITY OF SUPERMAN

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DISCLOSURE: At the end of this blog post you'll find an affiliate link that will take you to the ENTERTAINMENT EARTH website. I will receive a small fee, if you CLICK ON THE LINK and MAKE A PURCHASE.      I had forgotten until recently that Superman once wore a black suit with a silver Superman logo. Its called the recovery suit.      I argue that the significance of Superman's black recovery suit is spiritual and should get special recognition on the Easter holiday alongside of the Easter Bunny, Easter eggs, Easter baskets, Chocolate, etc.      After Superman was killed by Doomsday in the "Death Of Superman " comic, the kryptonians put Kal-El in the black suit while they were resurrecting him. The Black suit helped Kal-El absorb more energy from the sun and resurrect faster. Superman also briefly wore the black suit when he lost his ability to get energy from the sun.      So, the spiritual meaning of Superman's black r

THE COMPOSITE SUPERMAN

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DISCLOSURE: At the end of this blog post you'll find an affiliate link that will take you to the ENTERTAINMENT EARTH website. I will receive a small fee, if you CLICK ON THE LINK and MAKE A PURCHASE.       E NTERTAINMENT EARTH has teamed up with DC Comics and the toy company FUNKO, to ask a series of interesting questions about compositing BATMAN and SUPERMAN together.       Could you ever have a superhero or Supervillain who was a composite (half of one and half of the other) of BATMAN and SUPERMAN? If yes, which parts or traits would you take from each of them to make your composite? Could all of the composited parts/traits work in harmony or would the parts of BATMAN work against the parts of SUPERMAN? If, yes, then how would you keep all of the parts working in harmony? Which parts or traits would be stronger?      You could have all of BATMAN's gadgets and technical abilities with SUPERMAN's  alien super powers. If the SUP

GAL GADOT WONDER WOMAN

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DISCLOSURE: At the end of this blog post you'll find an affiliate link that will take you to the ENTERTAINMENT EARTH website. I will receive a small fee, if you CLICK ON THE LINK and MAKE A PURCHASE.      Most superhero stories depict women in one of two ways: 1) The beautiful damsel in distress who always needs a Superman to come to her rescue (like Lois Lane) and 2) A sexy Wonder Woman who's tough enough to fight alongside of any man and will even protect him in some cases.      Men love the damsel in distress who always makes them feel needed but then men also love the sexy Wonder Woman who's strong enough to help them do battle with whatever life throws at them. How do we choose? I think we need both types of women but this blog post will focus on the sexy Wonder Woman type.      A Wonder Woman will use her bracelets of Submission to deflect all kinds of bullets and dangers away from her Superman. She's not afraid to throw on her

BATMAN: THE MAN WHO LAUGHS

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DISCLOSURE: At the end of this blog post you'll find an affiliate link that will take you to the BOOKS-A-MILLION website. I will receive a small fee, if you CLICK ON THE LINK and MAKE A PURCHASE.       "The Man Who Laughs" is a classic revenge tale that explains how The Joker came to be who he is after a terrible accident left him deformed. The Joker blames Bruce Wayne and some other millionaires for the accident. The Joker starts killing off the millionaires who he blames for the accident and forms a plot to get back at Gotham by poisoning the water supply. The Joker's plot is foiled by Batman.      The point of this origin story is that Bruce Wayne who we know is Batman actually help to create his greatest nemesis who is call The Joker. This explains why Batman feels responsible for saving the citizens of Gotham from The Joker's wrath. This also explains the weird psychological cat and mouse game that The Joker likes to play with Batma