tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28103455.post6515153833934870766..comments2024-03-09T05:53:59.542-05:00Comments on Oz and Ends: Robin Goes Up Against Crazy Quilt One More TimeUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28103455.post-33612576615738901522009-05-25T12:05:36.921-05:002009-05-25T12:05:36.921-05:00I thought the episode got more dramatic weight out...I thought the episode got more dramatic weight out of Crazy Quilt by uniting his several significant comic-book appearances into a single arc. <br /><br />But in the end, I felt, the adventure made the adult Robin seem less mature than in most of his other incarnations. Batman seemed justified in treating Robin as a kid since the grown-up Robin spent most of the episode whining like an adolescent—starting even before Batman arrived in Blüdhaven. And as for Robin's competence, if you complain that you always have to go after the henchmen, you make a better case if you don't get knocked out by a henchman. <br /><br />There was the odd moment when we see that Batman had suddenly freed himself from the loom. Obviously that was a dramatic reveal. But within the characters' stories, why did Batman wait till that moment if not to show up Robin? I sensed a little more affirmation from Batman toward the end than you did, but that simply reinforced the impression that this Robin was playing in the minor leagues.<br /><br />I haven't been watching this <I>Brave & Bold</I> series, so I can't compare this episode to others or this series to its <I>Batman...</I> predecessors. But it seems to be positioned as outside the established DCAU as well as the DCU, taking cues from the 1960s TV show, Earth-2, and <I>Super Friends</I> as much as from the recent comics and other shows.J. L. Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405157000473731801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28103455.post-32432968016984097542009-05-24T11:56:37.519-05:002009-05-24T11:56:37.519-05:00Regretably, I have to say I was a little disappoin...Regretably, I have to say I was a little disappointed by the episode itself. The pre-credits sequence was wonderful, the 1960s show gone animated. But after the titles, with the grown up Robin, it just lacked a little something. Telling the story from Robin's POV was interesting, but that meant we lacked Batman's usual wry internal commentary. As such we never once saw Batman express pride in Robin, or how he turned out. We got a somewhat angry Robin (apparently with some justification) and a Batman who acted as if Robin WERE a kid the whole time, and for the first time, Batman being incapable of expressing any emotions at all. We got a taciturn "I knew you could handle it" and that was it. I'd hoped for more.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com