So because they never actually illustrate this supposed gap between genders in the show, the women all just end up sounding like entitled whiners with chips on their shoulders. It's... pretty stupid. Very badly-written.
And there's so much wrong with the show otherwise, it's hard to even muster up the will to go into it all here. It's just a big, dumb mess of a show. Only cool thing so far is the appearance of Martian Manhunter, who actually looks pretty great. But Calista Flockhart brings everything back down every time she's on screen; she's terrible. At least the chick playing Supergirl is cute.
I'm really only bothering with this show because they're folding it over into the rest of the DC TV universe with the upcoming seasons, and I really (for the most part) enjoy both Arrow and The Flash. So since this'll be a part of all that, I may as well get some of it under my belt, since those shows tend to cross over here and there. But good lord man, it's a pretty hard watch. I spend half my time laughing at how stupid the characters act, so hey, at least I get some laughs out of it.
AnimeGamer183 wrote: I'm positive Adam West voiced The Gray Ghost in that episode of Batman TAS. I am pretty sure I watched this episode as a kid as well, although I dont quite remember how much of TAS I actually watched back then. Anyway, thats a very significant guest appearance, TAS seems to be pretty fleshed out with its coverage of themes and inspriration for batman within the realm of gotham. Alot of characters and well written stories, many of which dont involve the main villians but dont lose the quality of the writing and story, that really flesh out gotham in this show so far.
It's nice you're getting back to that show. Still stands as one of my favorite shows ever, cartoon or otherwise. The whole DC animated universe, stretching from Batman TAS through to Justice League Unlimited, was a pretty remarkable accomplishment in television animation. And yeah, some of the best episodes of TAS don't even involve the main rogues gallery. Some of my favorites like that:
A Bullet For Bullock
See No Evil (THE most under-appreciated episode in the entire series, for my money)
Night of the Ninja/Day of the Samurai (both are great, though Day is probably better)
The Man Who Killed Batman (it features The Joker in probably his best scene in the whole series, but he's not the actual villain of the episode, so it still counts)
Robin's Reckoning Pt. 1
Jesus, just naming episodes off the top of my head, and there's so many of them. Wonderful show. I still have memories of seeing the very first time they ever showed an episode, back in '92. I think it was The Cat and the Claw Pt. 1, even though that wasn't the first episode ever made (that would have been On Leather Wings).