You know, so far I have to say that I am pretty impressed with, 'Batman Beyond'... I mean it is a fascinating look at a world where the mantle of, 'Batman' had to be passed on to a new generation... And with that new generation, a new generation of Super villain as well!
And speaking of new villain... Episode 5... Has our new Dark Knight fighting an old villain... Which did make for a very fun episode!
You see, this episode, which was written by: Hilary Bader (The New Batman Adventures), Stan Berkowitz (Justice League: The New Frontier), Alan Burnett (Batman: Mask Of The Phantasm), Paul Dini (Batman: Arkham City), Rich Fogel (Smurfs), Bob Goodman (Batman: The Dark Knight Returns - Part 1) & Directed By: Curt Geda (Ultimate Avengers). Starring: Will Friedle (Kim Possible: The Secret Files), Kevin Conroy (Batman: The Animated Series), Linda Hamilton (Children Of The Corn), Michael Ansara (Broken Arrow) & Sherman Howard (Lethal Weapon 2).
Mr. Freeze (Michael Ansara)... A villain who when Bruce Wayne (Kevin Conroy) fought him as, 'The Dark Knight', was a criminal that was hell bent on saving his wife's life... His only connection to humanity... What with being a cold emotionless immortal shell and all...
Well decades later he has become a different type of person... He wants to reform and come back in tot he world of the living... In comes Derek Powers (Sherman Howard)!
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You see, for his own nefarious reasons, Derek Powers has decided to help him out, and gives Mr. Freeze a new lease on life, with a new body and all...
At first everything seems to be going alright... As a matter of fact, it appears as if, 'Mr. Freeze' has gone to that cold storage in the sky, what with Victor Freese adjusting to his life as a law abiding citizen of the great city of, 'Gotham' real nicely!
In the end though... Victor Freese's body ends up reverting to, 'Mr. Freeze', (along with his mind as well)... In the end though Victor Freese may finally get the justice that he so richly wanted, in the revenge he thought he deserved to reap on Derek Powers and the group that tried to help him!
In the end, this episode was a lot of fun, and well worth it to see the character arc of Mr. Freeze... So in the end, check it out, I think that you might find this episode to be fun... I know I did!
http://youtu.be/22yMGXR2fqU