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The Siege of Starro! Part
2
Original Airdate - September 24th, 2010
Star Conqueror may be defeated, but Faceless
Hunter is not! The alien warrior manipulates
B'Wana Beast, forcing him to combine the tiny
starros into one massive beast he plans to use
to destroy the planet! But Batman has his own
back-up -- the Metal Men!
Written by Joe Kuhr Directed by Michael
Goguen
Animation by Digital eMation, Inc.
Review by Andrew
Media by Warner Bros. Animation |
Cast
Diedrich Bader as Batman Dee Bradley Baker as
Star Conqueror Jeff Bennett as Captain Marvel
Corey Burton as Doc Magnus John DiMaggio as
Faceless Hunter / Aquaman Lex Lang as Alloy /
Gold Kevin Michael Richardson as B'Wana Beast
Tom Everett Scott as Booster Gold Tara Strong
as Billy Batson Billy West as Skeets
Music
Theme Written and Performed by Andy Strumer
Music by Michael McCuisition, Lolita Ritmanis,
Kristopher Carter
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Media
Video
Clip
Review
Once again ditching the usual teaser format, this second
part to the long awaited Siege of Starro attempts to
give us insight into the origin of B’Wana Beast as
recounted by him, as he’s held in captivity by Starro’s
herald, “Faceless Hunter.” Unfortunately, I ended up
more bored than enlightened due to the lack of actual
details into his origin, such as why a mask-wearing
Gorilla was so liked by the local humans that they even
lifted it on their shoulders which doesn’t seem an easy
feat, or why the mask was so important. It was subtly
grim to see his powers originate from a jungle’s toxic
water supply, but it would have been nice to have been
given an actual reason as to why his entire drive and
eventual heroic outcome was so important. Instead, the
exposition given was only a vague monologue about what
drives other heroes in their origins.
Despite
being a two parter, the “siege” of Starro doesn’t last
very long. Defeated in the last episode, Starro remains
pretty much defeated through most of this episode, with
the primary focus being on B’Wana Beast. It’s a strange
shift in focus, especially since B’Wana Beast has been
very limited in appearances through the one and a half.
Starro does eventually become resurrected from his dead
or dormant state and begin to wreak havoc once more,
prompting a welcome cameo by the team of allied alloys,
The Metal Men. I’ve gained a bit of fondness for them
due to this series and highly enjoyed seeing them
return, especially with some new tricks up their
sleeves. Although it was actually a little surprising
just how much they became involved since the rest of the
heroic cameos were generally pretty brief, almost
feeling as though their involvement was planned before
most anything else in the episode.
As I said,
though, the episode really shifted the focus of the
titular character, Starro, to really featuring the
insight of what is to be a hero from the perspective of
B’Wana Beast as he deals with Faceless Hunter by himself
through most of the episode. As disappointing as the
attempt of his origin was in the teaser, it really was a
redundant effort as you sympathize with B’Wana anyway
through his present time struggle; they easily could
have used the teaser for something else and it wouldn’t
have taken anything away from him. However, the ending
makes up for the rather boring beginning as it takes an
unexpected, and quite heartbreaking, twist that is more
of a shocking note to end on than I anticipated the
episode would be capable of. While it’s not something
that hasn’t happened in Brave and the Bold beforehand,
it certainly hasn’t had the same impact, especially
given the events of the previous episode, “Gorillas in
the Midst.”
Overall, it’s disappointing and great
at the same time. The hype that they built up for Starro
over a trilogy of teasers was fantastic, and kept me
eagerly anticipating what would happen, but this felt
something of a half-hearted effort that was made all the
more disappointing by a ludicrous length of time as I
waited for it air. When you expect a character to go on
a dual part “siege,” you don’t exactly expect their
invasion to go out with a fizzle and nary a consequence.
In fact, Starro didn’t really do anything significant
aside from cause some expensive damage to a stadium, all
of the actual significance was between Faceless Hunter
and B’Wana Beast. It should have been called “The Siege
of Faceless Hunter while Starro Annoys the Populace!”
Still, the two parter is worth a watch for some decent
action, a plethora of familiar heroes and some first
appearances, and the heartwrenching fate of one of them.
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