Once Burned
Episode #20 - Once Burned
Original Airdate - November 6th, 1999
Terry's emotion resolve is put to the test when Ten from the Royal Flush
Gang, reverts back to a life of crime. The situation is further
complicated when she has to steal to save her family from kidnappers.
Media by Bird Boy
Review by Tim "Two-Face" Leighton |
Credits:
Written by Stan Berkowitz
Directed by Butch Lukic
Music by Lolita Ritmanis
Animation by Koko / Dong Yang
Voices:
Will Friedle as Terry McGinnis/Batman
Kevin Conroy as Bruce Wayne
Olivia D'abo as Ten/Melanie
Lauren Tom as Dana Tan
Bernie Casey as Tyrus Block
Daphne Zuniga as Lula
George Lazenby as King
Sara Douglas as Queen
Cree Summer as Max
Ryan O'Donohue as Matt McGinnis
Greg Eagles as Joker
Miguel Sandoval as Bennie
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Review
I loved "Dead Man's Hand" last season, and was looking forward to Ten's
return to Terry's life. That said, I expected great things from this
episode. I hate to admit it, but I thought this episode was terribly
sub-par, especially considering the talent contributing to it.
The story is decent. Ten returns to her life of crime, robbing wealthy
criminals. Why? She claims that the Jokerz are holding her family, the
Royal Flush Gang, hostage, and are demanding a ransom. With Batman's
aid, they both soon realize that the Jokerz are not involved at all -
this was just an elaborate test set up by the Royal Flush Gang to see if
Ten still loved them or not.
Sadly, the animation in this episode destroys the story. The movement is
awful - characters move too quickly, too slowly, whatever - it was very
confusing and tiring. The entire sequence with the Jokerz had TERRIBLE
pacing and cutting between scenes - not to mention it was pointless. (It
was nice to see all the various Jokerz cliques together, though.)
The music was blase...it never really got me pumped. The hard-rock music
is a great supplement to fast-moving action scenes, but oftimes when it
was used, people were just standing around or moving very slowly. As for
the sound effects - usually I don't comment on this, but the noises made
by the guns of the people at the Derby at the beginning of the episode
did not sound harmful at all.
I dunno...the timing, the sound, the action, the movements, everything
seemed off, and it only deterred from an otherwise fine story. I
honestly wish I could say I liked this episode more - maybe they can
make up for it with the Royal Flush Gang's next appearance.
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