tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post2731845500219674771..comments2024-03-27T08:49:38.786-03:00Comments on Siskoid's Blog of Geekery: DCAU #31: The Laughing FishSiskoidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08266365376486695812noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-63760285099350447272016-02-14T07:38:47.551-04:002016-02-14T07:38:47.551-04:00I love it when experts in little-understood fields...I love it when experts in little-understood fields weigh in on stuff like this. Fun read!Siskoidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08266365376486695812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-32825436343192882102016-02-13T16:32:01.319-04:002016-02-13T16:32:01.319-04:00At the time I first watched this (years after it w...At the time I first watched this (years after it was broadcast) I was a patent and trade mark librarian, and it amuses me how much the Joker's scheme seems analogous to popular misconceptions about intellectual property. <a href="http://londonkds.dreamwidth.org/249987.html" rel="nofollow">Here's what I wrote at the time</a>.LondonKdShttp://londonkds.dreamwidth.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-7782941164667489872016-02-11T14:38:56.493-04:002016-02-11T14:38:56.493-04:00Jumping the shark is specifically a negative, and ...Jumping the shark is specifically a negative, and is based on that time in Happy Days when the Fonz jumped over a shark with water skis, signaling the moment when the show had obviously run out of viable ideas.<br /><br />I don't think Batman wrangling a shark falls under that category, though a part of me is a little disappointed he didn't at least reference bat-shark repellent.Siskoidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08266365376486695812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-8621806158764734072016-02-11T14:33:06.716-04:002016-02-11T14:33:06.716-04:00Damn I loved this one! Still do. As a kid I wasn&#...Damn I loved this one! Still do. As a kid I wasn't aware that it was loosely adapted from the comics until much later, so that probably helped me enjoy it more than if I did. Just the scene where Batman fights the shark made it for me. I guess that's where the term "Jumping the Shark" had to have come from right?<br /><br />And of course the classic ambiguous ending with the Joker having "died." You just know he didn't, but it was sold very well anyways and I enjoyed it nonetheless.<br /><br />I didn't then, and I don't know feel Harley's relationship was "tacked on" like you do. Hell if you want to go there, the whole concept of Harley is tacked on, since there was never any previously established comic counterpart to Harley. But yes, Dini did flesh out there relationship much more in later episodes better.<br /><br />I don't know about anyone else, but I definitely enjoy and appreciate you taking us with with you on this wonderful stroll through memory lane. Thank you.Mr. Morbid's House Of Funhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06721085161381688977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-50720509180042544252016-02-11T12:19:39.292-04:002016-02-11T12:19:39.292-04:00This one was crazy! Moody, atmospheric- so strikin...This one was crazy! Moody, atmospheric- so striking it felt like a mini-movie more than an episode. And when 'Batman' gets poisoned... those contortions make the scene pretty intense! This one was definitely memorable, and pretty top-notch... even if the shark stuff felt a little absurd to me. :-)Andrew Gilbertsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10604304361825660940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-51968853184712596922016-02-11T09:17:59.653-04:002016-02-11T09:17:59.653-04:00Probably should be noted that the Smilex elements ...Probably should be noted that the Smilex elements of Batman '89 were ALSO added by Steve Englehart, when he worked on early drafts. I unconditionally loved how they saved the bit with the clerk exclaiming "Oh my God" in the original comic and the Joker riffing on him even when they cut the light blasphemy. A good adaptation of what I think is the greatest Joker story ever.American Hawkmannoreply@blogger.com