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Adv of Batman & Robin: Fire & Ice [VHS]

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This video was released when Batman the Animated Series was re-marketed as The Adventures of Batman and Robin. So what you get is the second episode of the series featuring Mr. Freeze instead of the far superior "Heart of Ice," because Robin appears in this one. It's a decent episode, with a not-so-subtle wink at the urban legend that Walt Disney had himself frozen. Amusement park creator Grant Walker wants to become like Mr. Freeze so that he can live forever. Still, the tragic figure of Mr. Freeze comes through intact, when Freeze tries to show Walker that immortality is not all it's cracked up to be.

The other episode, "Fire from Olympus," features second rate Batman villain Maxie Zeus, and the video actually makes him a better villain than his many years in the comics. The episode's backgrounds, including a Greek Pantheon built atop a skyscraper, shows just the sort of detail that made this series special.

This volume of the ADVENTURES OF BATMAN AND ROBIN series exemplifies the creativity we have seen in Warner Bros. animation during the end of the twentieth century. "Heart of Ice" explores the urban legend of Walt Disney's interest in cryogenics and produces a media magnate so obsessed with immortality that he enlist Mr. Freeze's help. "Fire from Olympus," featuring Maxie Zeus (a deranged criminal who believes he is the ancient god) depicts Batman's Rogues Gallery as other members of the ancient pantheon. These programs bear repeated viewing, because they have rich concepts executed well.

That said, this tape offers a poor value, because it is not record in SP mode. You will get fuzzy sound and picture. This series deserves better packaging.

This animred series are so wonderful that it was superb because of terrific animatin superb dark colours,shadinding,sound,characters.The new batman and robin adventure's is not so good as the animated series because the batman,s face is too long and the suit is funny,joker's face was not sogood.The batmobile of the animated series was terrific.

This is the best of the Batman Tapes it has the best story Mr freeze is the best. He does everythng for his wife. For Love. Its hard to fight that even if your Batman