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The
Last Bat on Earth! Original Airdate - June
19th, 2009 Gorilla Grodd travels to the future
where intelligent animals rule humans -- Batman follows
him and teams with Kamandi (the last boy on Earth) to
bring him down.
Written by Steven Melching
Directed by Ben Jones
Animation by
Digital eMation
Review by Andrew
Media by Warner Bros. Animation |
Cast
Diedrich Bader as Batman Dee Bradley Baker as
Oberon/Ramjam Diane Delano as Big Barda
John DiMaggio as Gorilla Grodd Greg Ellis as
Dr. Canus Mikey Kelley as Kamandi Yuri
Lowenthal as Mr. Miracle/Tuftan Richard
McGonagle as Professor Nichols Peter Woodward
as Caesar
Music
Theme Written and Performed by Andy Strumer
Music by Michael McCuisition, Lolita Ritmanis,
Kristopher Carter
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Review
Delving further in New Gods territory, the teaser opens
with Batman and Mr. Miracle trapped in a quirky death
trap that would be ridiculous if it weren’t so
interesting with how they manage to escape each attack.
Well, actually, it’s still ridiculous, but it turns out
it’s made entirely for a charitable spectacle with a
large audience looking on. It’s an interesting concept,
to say the least, as it makes you curious if the other
heroes also endeavor in showing off for charity
gatherings. Definitely another case of the teaser being
better than the episode as it ends with the usual but
hilarious marriage banter between Mr. Miracle and Big
Barda.
The rest of the episode doesn’t fare as
well with me, however, I have to admit that I am
completely lost when it comes to this bit of DC lore. I
had no idea of Kamandi and the future setting before it
was introduced to me via Brave and the Bold. Although,
they haven’t exactly caught my interest with the setting
as I found this episode pretty boring. It starts off
with showing Grodd in the future using a time machine,
which turns out to be Batman’s own way of accessing time
travel. I’m not sure if that’s a good or bad thing,
however, as I always thought Batman was forced into
these situations, but this yet again implies that Batman
has no concern about meddling with the timeline.
Batman of course pursues Grodd to the future, a future
in which animals are people and people are slaves.
Including giant Bats - freaky. Admittedly, the end of
the episode when the two armies go to battle is fun to
watch, but it’s a pretty small part compared to the rest
of the episode that was pretty boring (excluding the
teaser). If you’re more familiar with Kamandi and the
rest of that little corner of DC history, you may enjoy
this more than I did. If not, watch it at least once.
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