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January 17th, 2011
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My Happy For The Day
I think one of my favorite scenes in all of visual fiction is where, in BATMAN BEYOND: RETURN OF THE JOKER, Terry McGinness as the modern-day Batman actually OUT-JOKERS THE JOKER. He beats the Joker by literally psyching him out.

In a film that is packed to the brimming with pure awesome, that is a moment that is exquisitely written. Well done, folks.

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From:Raymond Arnold
Date:January 17th, 2011 10:26 pm (UTC)
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I agree, I thought that was a great climax. Did you watch it recently or just suddenly remember it?
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From:theferrett
Date:January 17th, 2011 10:28 pm (UTC)
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Just got Season 3 of Batman Beyond in from Netflix and dug it up from the basement. God damn, it's still good.
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From:jeriendhal
Date:January 17th, 2011 11:29 pm (UTC)
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"I like to talk!" Pretty much the Crowning Moment of Awesome of the entire series.
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From:theferrett
Date:January 18th, 2011 02:44 am (UTC)
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+10 for the TVTropes reference.
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From:alyoshaak
Date:January 18th, 2011 01:43 am (UTC)
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Nothing in the DCAU is ever too far from my mind, especially as I'm rewatching the first season of BTAS. However, I think it is just too weird that you would post this on the same afternoon that I spent several minutes remembering that very scene. It really is great!
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From:slimgatsby
Date:January 18th, 2011 02:45 am (UTC)
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Another eerie coincidence, we were just going to rewatch that! Shaky pseudoscience aside, Return of the Joker is one of my favorite Batman stories, especially the scene with the Joker, Harley, and little JJ "playing house."
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From:kitashla
Date:January 18th, 2011 04:00 am (UTC)
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I think that is one of my favorite batman episodes of all time. So dark and so much like what batman was supposed to be.
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