Had the same experience with my son who recently passed away. VCR was always ready to go and I'd meticulously edit the commercials out when they aired on FX. Felt like Xmas whenever it wasn't a rerun. There is no other Batman IMHO.

>or a Joker that isn't Mark Hamill

Forget Luke Skywalker, The Joker was Mark Hamill's greatest role.

When I was a kid, around 9 or 10, my cousin was in town visiting on leave from his military job and I idolized him. I don't remember how the conversation came up, but he asked me what my favorite Batman stuff was, and I said TAS. He asked why, and I couldn't really answer, except that it was, to me, the core heart and soul of Batman. As an adult I've only realized more and more how true that was.

I'm always a little disappointed when I hear a Batman that isn't at least trying to sound like Kevin Conroy or a Joker that isn't Mark Hamill. And I have absolutely no idea who the VA for Superman was during the equivalent series run.

I loved watching it. My Dad, who recently passed away, would get up with us and we would all watch it together. It's a beautiful memory ❤️

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This show was such an entertainment tone setter for me growing up. Helped me recognize real quality and pushed me to seek that out even more. Even the Mask of the Phantasm movie set me up to like more adult and complicated themes when I was like 10 years old.

He will always be Batman to me. His voice is what I hear when I read comics. The man may be gone but a part of him will live on forever.

Still can't believe Kevin Conroy actually died.

“I am vengeance! I am the night! I am Batman!”

I didn't fully appreciate this series until I was a bit older because the tone and elements of the show was so dark.

I played with all the toys no problem though.

I have great memories of this as a kid . Though it shows your age if your remembering it being played . Had to look up premier was in 92’ , although I am sure it was played as reruns for a long time . Can’t beat the artwork and soundtrack

No discussions in the comments about this great series that I took for granted as a kid?

Take my upvote.

Yeah thank for that. 👍

I think about it often.

Oh this is beautiful. Thank you so much for sharing it!

who's to blame for the death of the queen? - the assassin that pours the poison or the accomplice who opens the door for the assassin?

Is one "worse?" for the part they play?

In the end the queen (Liberty) is dead.

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As a massive Curtis's fan for many many years, this is HILARIOUS. It got him down absolutely spot on without being too offensive to Adam Curtis and his work..
"...and thanks to Adam Curtis, Brian Eno never had to work another day in his life" 🤣

Despite having a rebuttal, I think with your Malcolm X insult this conversation has run it’s course. Thanks though.

Yes! About 2008 I saw this doc for the first time and every Christmas I'm reminded of it when that song plays!

>One shouldn’t dismiss the Arab conservatives influence on Islamic resurgence otherwise you wouldn’t be able to explain away the Saudi and Qatari influence

Arabs simply provided money, ideologically they aren't behind the Islamic resurgence; Most Muslims are Asians and have their own distinct ideological movements e.g. despite what most westerners claim the Taliban are neither Wahhabi nor Salafi, they are Deobandi and the influence of Salafism is highly overstated. This misunderstanding is also why the West heavily funded Sufi movements post 9/11 in countries like Pakistan and they are now even more problematic (with most of the recent attacks on minorities being initiated by Sufi groups like Barelvis)

>As for moral outrage, it’s subjective and not universal.

Maybe not to you because you live in the west and think like they do, most of us really hate these people though for what they have done to our countries and the region at large; As Malcom X would say, there are two types of Negroes.

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>As for your last paragraph, those aren’t the only two options available

Largely does seem to be the case presently

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>A secular led government can still have the indigenous interests in mind while still being a productive and independent member on the world stage; Indonesia or Malaysia comes to mind.

So what exactly is the distinction between an "Islamist" government in your mind and a supposedly secular government like Indonesia which imposes conservative laws (e.g. banning sex outside of marriage, blasphemy provisions etc) ; Indonesia is one of the countries leading the Islamic resurgence but it is never outright called an "Islamist" country by Westerners.

This is great. I know a lot of Israeliphobes who would benefit from learning.

You have to watch Adam Curtis. No one else documents the encroaching Darkness upon human civilization in his documentaries. Like David Cronenberg, Adam Curtis examines the deterioration of the Human Being in real world settings.

Ha….garbage.