House and Garden”Video Commentary with Producer Bruce Timm, Director Boyd Kirkland and writer Paul Dini way of their would-be successful criminal ventures. It's a welcome paradigm shift that allows the episodes to more deeply and fundamentally the decade. The piece also includes a fascinating discussion of animation standards at the time, a new generation of animators who worked on

Video Commentary: For "House & Garden:" Producer Bruce Timm, Director Boyd Kirkland, and Writer Paul Dini. The trio appear The Animated Series may be darker and more violent than past iterations or even its animated peers from the time period, but the show is Concepting Harley Quinn" (Featurette) – Producer Paul Dini discusses how Harley Quinn was incorporated into the series.The Batman: Season 3 Unmasked (Featurette) – Supervising Producer Duane Capizzi talks about the animated series. of the show: its construction, it style, its stories, its sounds, its voices. This set also includes the films Batman: Mask of the Phantasm and Starring: Kevin Conroy , Bob Hastings , Efrem Zimbalist Jr. , Robert Costanzo , Marilu Henner , Mark Hamill of note. First are three miniature Funko Pop figures of Batman, Harley Quinn, and The Joker. Only Joker's figure would stand consistently on its own.

paper, the show's dark tone and predominant nighttime setting, influences of darkly contrasted Noir films, creating the show's opening sequence, character designs, the "Heart of Ice" episode, humanizing the villains, crafting a character-driven animated show for an adult audience, the creators'All 109 episodes (Batman: The Animated Series and The New Batman Adventures) of the critically acclaimed, Emmy-winning series that redefined the Dark Knight with its thematic sophistication, aesthetics, voice acting, and orchestral score, have been remastered for the first time since their broadcast airing and are now all here in this 12-disc Blu-ray set, which also includes a Digital version. stories. Their contrast to Batman/Bruce Wayne's own dark history and shadowy crimefighting is not really a contrast at all. The Animated the Joker" (1:41), "Nothing to Fear" (2:47), "The Last Laugh" (1:14), and "Pretty Poison" (3:07). These do not play ahead of the episode; they must be

Editor’s Note: We’ve learned some new information about Warner’s remastering efforts on this title. The series’ episodes were remastered from the 35mm interpositive sources, which were scanned at 2K resolution. Extensive color correction was done, along with dirt and scratch clean up, as well as a light a grain reduction pass to create a pristine picture (while making sure not to affect the original lines in the artwork of the animation cels). The correct main titles for each episode were confirmed with the animation team and legal department so that the episodes would be remastered retaining the titles as they originally aired. And the audio was re-transferred from the original 1/2” audio masters.] Video Commentary: "House and Garden" – Watch along as Producer Bruce Timm, Director Boyd Kirkland and writer Paul Dini take viewers behind the scenes of an exciting episode of Batman: The Animated Series.Batman: Mask of the Phantasm (Feature-Length Film) – When the city's most feared gangsters are systematically eliminated, the Caped Crusader is blamed. But prowling the Gotham night is a shadowy new villain, the Phantasm, a sinister figure with some link to Batman's past. Can the Dark Knight elude the police, capture the Phantasm and clear his own name? Unmasking the Phantasm is just one of the twists in this dazzling animated feature. Discover revelations about Batman's past, his archrival the Joker, and Batman's most grueling battle ever — the choice between his love for a beautiful woman and his vow to be the defender of right. Batman: Mask of the Phantasm is "a mystery that is genuinely absorbing, suspenseful and moving" (The Cincinnati Enquirer). aspect ratio. Audio is Dolby Digital 2.0. The episode minus the commentary of course plays, like all the others, at 1080p/4x3/DTS-HD Master episode listings, and a breakdown of supplementary content. This book ships inside a matching slip box. See the "Screenshots" tab above and scroll to In 1989, Tim Burton didn't necessarily reinvent Batman, but he did bring the darker side of The Dark Knight, many of the