Non-Batman Fan’s First Time Watching Batman: Mask Of The Phantasm! [Reaction]

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3 ай бұрын

I might have to change my title to "Batman fan" because after this movie and the Red Hood movie.. I've pretty much became a full fan.
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@jbearclowater 3 ай бұрын

"I didn't count on being happy" is SUCH a great look at the psyche of Batman, and one a lot of the Batman movies don't go into. This movie is a masterclass in storytelling.

@cole6843 3 ай бұрын

Arkham origins makes a small reference to mask of the phantasm. You can find a post card from Andrea in the batcave.

@JORDAN_2REAL4life 3 ай бұрын

That's crazy I was just about to make a comment about that reference but you did it already 😆 🤣

@The_Phantasm 3 ай бұрын

The producers loved working with Dana Delany who voiced Andrea Beaumont in the film so much that they asked her to voice Lois Lane in Superman The Animated Series and she totally kills it there as well.

@Terralventhe 3 ай бұрын

Kinda explains how natural the chemistry between Bruce and Lois comes across during the Superman/Batman crossover, Kevin and Dana already had a good rapport.

@The_Phantasm 3 ай бұрын

The fate of the Joker is left unrevealed in the movie, but The Batman & Robin Adventures Annual tie-in comic expanding on the movie's events provides an explanation: Andrea drags him into the sewer below and they fight for a while until she decides not to kill him, seeing that he is no longer her father's killer but rather a raging lunatic with no sense of right or wrong, following which an explosion from above separates them and knocks Joker into the water, where he is carried away by the current.

@inspector_beyond 3 ай бұрын

That's good and all, but DC Animated Universe is filled with comics with questionable canonicity

@The_Phantasm 3 ай бұрын

@@inspector_beyond And some that are unquestionably canon like the time badminton teamed up with Etrigan. In the case of the annual, it is also unquestionably canon because Andrea's profession as an assassin for hire is mentioned in Justice League Unlimited.

@ItApproaches 3 ай бұрын

Can't ever have Joker really die for good, you gotta kill off Batman if Joker is gone.

@justadogobeingdogo5766 3 ай бұрын

Little fun fact about that amazing intro, music for this movie: Some reason or another, the Waner Brothers company refuse to give the musicians proper credit since the intro was barely a minute long, this taking their names from the opening or closing credits, the conductor being the genius that he is had all the singers sing their names, backwards/in Pig Latin so every time someone hears that opening, they're actually being given credit by themselves by singing their names backwards very dramatically. Yeah, You gotta love quick thinkers that troll big companies.

@blaze3309 3 ай бұрын

LMAAAAO What a great way to get back at a company

@maxacorn 2 ай бұрын

@@blaze3309 its not pig latin. it was just their names sung backwards. and the conductor was the late great shirley walker. fun fact: one of those people was a young hans zimmer, who would go on to be a famous conductor in his own right, scoring the dark knight trilogy.

@ayaehab 18 күн бұрын

Bahaha this is great! never scam artists LOL

@Pako_equis 3 ай бұрын

Bro the whole DCAU is a masterpiece

@The_Phantasm 3 ай бұрын

This was the first film in the DCAU (DC Animated Universe) and it takes during the second season of Batman: The Animated Series. The DCAU started with Batman: The Animated Series in 1992 and ended in 2006 with Justice League Unlimited. Overall, the DCAU is comprised of Batman: The Animated Series, Batman: Mask of the Phantasm (film), Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero (film), Superman: The Animated Series, The New Batman Adventures, Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman (film), Catwoman: Case Me (short film), Superman: Brainiac Attacks (non canon film), Batman Beyond, Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker (film), Static Shock, Justice League and Justice League Unlimited.

@blaze3309 3 ай бұрын

After all this time.. I now understand your profile picture and name

@thegladve 3 ай бұрын

@@blaze3309 you should react to Burton's Batman movies Batman (1989) and Batman Returns (1992), fair talk over here there's an argument to be made about whether those movies are better or worse than the Nolan Dark Knight trilogy but there's no argument that the two mentioned above gave direct inspiration to the seminal animated series of the 90's so if you're a fan of Batman by this point you should check the movies I mentioned, in fact you owe that to yourself.

@LegoMonster21774 2 ай бұрын

I haven't seen this movie since I was very little and seeing your reaction made me remember how amazing this movie is. I need to give it a rewatch

@joshhanson6538 3 ай бұрын

The animation style is the same as Batman: The Animated Series (1992-95), one of the most renowned iterations of Batman on screen. I highly recommend you watch the show. Also has the same voice actors, including Kevin Conroy as Batman and Mark Hamill as Joker ... Yes, the same Mark Hamill from Star Wars.

@fynnthefox9078 3 ай бұрын

It's canon to the series.

@cole6843 3 ай бұрын

Shirley Walker composed the music in this movie. She did an amazing job.

@dylanlee3324 3 ай бұрын

She also did the music for 3 or 4 of the Final Destination movies

@The_Phantasm 3 ай бұрын

The film is truly masterpiece forever unmatched in the world of Batman. The phenomenal Andrea Beaumont voiced excellently by the brilliant Dana Delany who in the near century that Batman has existed is undoubtedly the greatest love interest Batman has ever had in any medium, a brilliant, wholly new character created for the film. She was formidable, both as a lover and as an adversary. She is independent, beautiful and knows how to take care of herself. With enough tragedy in her own life, she and Bruce had a lot in common. Their first meeting is as morbid as it is fitting - she is talking to her dead mother at her gravesite, and Bruce is conversing with his dead parents - and the romance that blossoms out of that shared connection is no less believable for how quickly it ensues. Delany voices Andrea with a welcome assertiveness that makes the courtship that much more playful and witty, and the chemistry never feels forced. This is Batman’s “one hope for a normal life”, but it’s far more significant than something like the extremely toxic, frustratingly inconsistent and at times somewhat insufferable relationship with Catwoman or any other relationship, because Andrea comes into Bruce’s life at a time when his nocturnal future is not yet certain. Batman's love life has always been the least interesting thing about him and even in the comics the only realy interersting love interests are Catwoman and Talia al Ghūl and in all honesty he doesn't have a future with either of them. It’s that uncertainty that leads to Phantasm’s most powerful scene. The unexpected happiness Bruce has found with Andrea leads him once again to his parents’ grave. But this time, he’s there to beg them to release him from the vow he made years ago on that terrible night in Crime Alley, even though he himself has always held that power all along. Andrea’s response "Maybe they already have. Maybe they sent me." both underlines her understanding of the vow’s importance and affirms her love for him. It’s a poignant, beautifully written and performed scene, and is more emotionally impactful than any moment in other Batman films. It’s this that leads to Phantasm’s other signature moment: Bruce donning Batman’s cape and cowl for the very first time. There are so many little things that help make this instantly iconic - from Bruce holding out his hand for his cowl, to Shirley Walker’s thunderous score, to Alfred’s terrified reaction. But it's the scene’s tragic underpinnings that really stick with you. The first “I’m Batman” moment in a Batman movie is usually triumphant. In Phantasm, it’s not only wordless - it’s sad. And given more notes to play in these flashback sequences than ever before, Kevin Conroy proves just as proficient at voicing a lighter and more optimistic version of the pre-Caped Crusader Bruce as he is in embodying the intense brooding of a fully-fledged Batman. It's really no wonder that Dana Delany's voice performance in the film impressed filmmakers and they loved working with her so much which it led to them casting her as Lois Lane in Superman: The Animated Series.

@jhngrg8132 3 ай бұрын

Excuse the tone and the attitude but. Who gives a damn about Andrea? She is an uninteresting character that came out of nowhere. Every subplot related to her is also uninteresting imo. That's why this movie can never be the greatest batman film. I mean the fact that this movie is the only (notable) appearance of the character says it all. If she was a cool character she would have also been a recurring character in the batman mythos. But even Vicki vale is more relevant and more recognizable than her.

@The_Phantasm 3 ай бұрын

@@jhngrg8132 What you have said is what is known as an unpopular opinion. It's ok to have one.

@Flo.2005. 3 ай бұрын

This movie was my childhood man, its so good and so underrated. When Robert Pattinson said this was his favorite Batman movie and he used it as inspiration for his own Batman i lost my shit even tho it makes total sense that it's his favorite, it came out when he was a kid and it's generally one of the most accurate portrayls of Batman. And Kevin Conroy as batman is just fantastic everytime ofc, he is to many the definitive batman.

@BiggestDawgEver 25 күн бұрын

Too bad Pattinson didn't play Batman at all like this. Instead we got angry goth kid...

@biguy617 11 күн бұрын

The woman who says the “I word” is Arleen Sorkin, voice of Harlequin.

@Byrvurra 6 күн бұрын

10:10 That motorcycle punch is an homage to Akira. It's possible some of the same animators worked on both films. There's also a motorcycle slide sequence from Akira, that pops up in tons of animated work.

@paolocalapatia6401 3 ай бұрын

The Batman Movie that made me NOT want Batman to exist AND wanting Bruce just be Happy,…that still is notable to me even today

@alfredsantana7888 3 ай бұрын

Great video. I recommend the film Batman: Assault on Arkham, it takes place in the same universe as the Arkham games

@cole6843 3 ай бұрын

Boy the cops sure try harder when its Batman on the run.

@godammichael 3 ай бұрын

I mean....it is batman.

@cole6843 3 ай бұрын

Wheres all that effort when joker or riddler is on the loose?

@ItApproaches 3 ай бұрын

@@cole6843 They are to dumb to understand Riddler, he could leave a riddle in the paper and the cops wouldn't even know it was from Riddler lol.

@swanchamp5136 Ай бұрын

Imagine a What If where Andreas dad borrowed the money from Bruce and he married Andrea but the Mob still murder her Dad and Bruce gets caught in the cross fire leaving Andrea finding Bruces old vigilante plans and becomes the Bat or the Phantasm to avenge her Dad and Bruce becoming Gothams dark vengance.

@parsman9914 3 ай бұрын

Awesome reaction as always 😄

@smoke1600 3 ай бұрын

Yo I didnt even know about this channel until I saw it on my reccomended, W videos here too

@avace917 3 ай бұрын

Upon first watch in the theater, I actually figured out that she was the Phantasm when she did the self defense move in the beginning of the movie

@blaze3309 3 ай бұрын

This movie came out in theaters?

@avace917 3 ай бұрын

@@blaze3309 yes indeed. Xmas Day or Eve 1993. I went on Xmas Day but I believe it opened on Xmas Eve. I was 22 at the time and loved it more than all but one live action Batman movie still today

@BATMAN-ys3re 3 ай бұрын

Please react to justice league: Flashpoint. You'll find the flashpoint Batman you saw his suit in arkham knight game.

@thebatman129 3 ай бұрын

Since you seem to be into the horror aspects, I can only recommend you to watch The Batman by Matt Reeves. It's different from The Dark Knight Trilogy with a very engaging atmosphere and with Robert Pattinson portraying a convincing Batman.

@Freyja_Broko 3 ай бұрын

This is still the Best Batman movie for me. You should check out the other animated movies too.

@hollowayquotes Ай бұрын

11:41 He gon' cry in the car.

@beck_gaming1243 3 ай бұрын

Its so good it feels like a mini story in the Arkham games

@ehs06702 3 ай бұрын

I really hope you work your way through Batman the Animated Series and the DCAU in general, it's a masterpiece of animation, and you'll love it.

@Syntherus 3 ай бұрын

The entire Batman: The Animated Series is in this style. Also Batman & Mr. Freeze Sub Zero which takes place after BTAS, I believe. The 3 Part Superman The Animated Series episode "World's Finest" is in the similar Superman style but is made by the same creators and is the first time Animated Series Batman and Superman meet. Fun Fact: It was made into a standalone home video release and rebranded as The Batman/Superman Movie. Then there's Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker which is a movie that takes place far in the future after Batman The Animated Series. IMO it's Mark Hamill at his peak doing the Joker performance but I would suggest watching the 2 part Batman Beyond series pilot first in order to get yourself acquainted with the premise of Batman Beyond.

@sasamichan 2 ай бұрын

Best Acion animations that are not Batman or superman , and also 2D Gargoyls, Darkwing Duck, Spiderman , X-Men, Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur , real ghostbusters, Samuri Jack, TMNT , he-man, thundercats, she-ra , star trek lower decks, Freakazoid , powerpuff girls, Teen Titans, danny phantom, Ben Ten, Kim Possible,

@bradleydrake6941 2 ай бұрын

This movie is the same timeline from batman the animated series. And after the batman animated series there is its sequel series "batman beyond"

@Mono_619 3 ай бұрын

this is hands down my favorite Batman movie ever made🙌 and the show itself is one of the best pieces of animated television I've ever seen

@JK.47 3 ай бұрын

New subscriber here love the movies your reacting to

@DannyBedo 3 ай бұрын

Probably my favorite movie of all time. I have the VHS still, it’s on my mantel. Violent Mob Fem Fatal noir movie, what a fucking sentence lol. This movie is so fucking beautiful, I’ve seen every piece of Batman animation and this is it, this is the best thing ever made.

@gagebc 2 ай бұрын

A Good Follow up... Batman Beyond:Return of the Joker. Same(similair) art style... continuation of the TV Series Universe. Very Fun Movie :) It does take place in the Future with the 'next generation' batman :)

@dylanlee3324 3 ай бұрын

Every villain in this series has their own theme

@gaminganimators7000 Ай бұрын

I wonder if Valeska in Gotham came from Valestra in this

@RogerStanford23 3 ай бұрын

phantom design is like azreal from arkham series

@jbearclowater 3 ай бұрын

This may be a hot take, but this is the best Batman movie.

@biguy617 11 күн бұрын

Watch Batman vs Mr Freeze Subzero next!

@dukeslytalker1192 16 күн бұрын

Batman beyond: return of the joker is in this style

@thejthanner 3 ай бұрын

Curious if you're going to expand the movie/tv reactions after Batman? I'm loving the vibe of your channel.

@blaze3309 3 ай бұрын

Yes! I tend to ride a wave for awhile then move on to something else I find interesting

@MorganiteMine 3 ай бұрын

Gotham is the best live action cast over all and I will die on that hill. The Riddler and Penguin were fucking Iconic. Every Jerome Monologue is burned into my fucking brain. Alfred and Lucius were knocked out of the park. Even young Bruce Wayne and Jim Gordon were just perfect. Like I just can't gush enough about this series. I love this show and almost every major character to grace it. From Scarecrow to Harvey Dent. Mad Hatter to Professor Pyg. Fucking even Victor Zsazz is fucking unmatched. Me personally? I've got an unabashed Nygma obsession and a very shameful one for Tetch. Anyways very passionate and disjointed rant over. I hope you deign to watch it. It's my favorite show set in Gotham if not one of my favorite pieces of Batman media period

@ChaosAC24 3 ай бұрын

I’ve always said that this is the greatest batman film. So damn good. If you like this style you can check out batman the animated series. This film is apart of that world. Also the batman beyond series and Batman beyond return of the joker is a continuation of the batman animated series universe. Dope reaction! Looking forward to your dark knight rises reaction

@Conk_Creet 3 ай бұрын

The only other two movies that are in this animation style are Batman and Mr Freeze: Sub Zero and Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker. However, both movies are connected to their respective shows being Batman: The Animated Series and Batman Beyond. All of which are excellent and most fans would absolutely recommend you watch the shows as well. But of course it's up to you if you wanna upload warchalongs of those shows on the channel. Also, both shows are in the same canon.

@callmejacob3234 3 ай бұрын

DCAU Batman is the greatest adaptation of the character because it's the most human. I hate the movies because they never show Batman's compassion or empathy. Those are the core elements of what makes Batman such a great hero. There's a line by Amanda Waller that perfectly describes Batman's character and it's "I've never met anyone who cared as deeply for his fellow man as Bruce Wayne". There will never be another Batman like Kevin Conroy.

@shoambiton4313 3 ай бұрын

Blaze I recommend watching the show gotham it's about the police station of gotham before the batman aka bruce wayne grew up to be the hero we all know.

@dalo267 3 ай бұрын

Fun Fact: This Is Kevin Conroy's Favorite Batman Movie

@ItApproaches 3 ай бұрын

This animation style is the Batman The Animated Series style. You should watch it, it is the best Batman content there is.

@inspector_beyond 3 ай бұрын

The DC Animated Series by Bruce Timm and Paul Dini are one of the greatest pieces of DC content ever. In Batman The Animated Series and it's movies, many of characters were reimagined that became the true depictions of them. Joker, Mister Freeze and etc. are almost the same as they appear in Arkham games. And of cource, because of this series, Harley Quinn appeared. And I did told you back in Arkham Asylum playthrough video that Harley FIrst appeared in the Animated Series, then was reinforced into Batman canon in comics later on. And of cource this series brought us Kevin Conroy as Batman and Mark Hammil as the Joker, which almost didn't happed by the way, as Tim Curry was the candidate for the role for the longest time, he even voiced couple of episodes before, for some reason (I dont remember which), he left and Mark got the role. So yeah, if you're interested in seeing the series by the same team and continuity, here's the list of series that they produced (In chronological order... I think) - Batman The Animated Series (85 episodes in 2 seasons) (It's one of those series that is made in anthology style, so some episodes and continuity from them are scrambled, but there are lists that re-arrange them in chronological order, but I'd leave other people to tell which style is better to watch) - Superman The Animated Series (54 Episodes in 3 seasons) - The New Batman Adventures (24 episodes in 1 season) - Justice League (52 episodes in 2 seasons) - Static Shock (52 episodes in 4 seaasons) (tbh, to me this is most 'Sunday Cartoon' in the entire series) - Justice League Unlimited (39 Episodes in 3 seasons) - Batman Beyond (52 pisodes in 3 seasons)

@jhngrg8132 3 ай бұрын

The only characters that were reimagined were mad Hatter and Mr Freeze. What are you talking about? And when it comes to Mr Freeze, it's debatable because paul dini was probably influenced by a silver age comic in which Mr Freeze froze a blonde woman in order to save her. Or sth like that. So the idea was always there. I don't remember the number of the issue or the title it belonged to but I can find it if you want.

@cole6843 3 ай бұрын

Andrea is definitely my favorite batman love interest!

@Godzillarex61 3 ай бұрын

Well there is 4 seasons of this and the super man cartoon series and it leads into justice league then justice league unlimited and static shock and it leads into Batman beyond

@TincanXten 2 ай бұрын

I love these reactions, one day you should check out Batman Beyond

@islammez3226 2 ай бұрын

You must watch Batman beyond when Bruce get old and give up be batman it is amazing 😍

@aydenkelsey8040 3 ай бұрын

Absolutely need to watch Batman beyond: return of the joker. You will love it I promise

@sasamichan 2 ай бұрын

hope you get to he 60s Batman and the 40s batman too. see the real early stuff

@_Altea777 3 ай бұрын

If you want to see a film in a similar old style there is batman: Harley queen. It's more like a fever dream of Harley but it's funny

@classicghostrider2715 3 ай бұрын

Do you have any plans to watch the TV show or do you prefer to stick to the shorter films?

@altalia07 3 ай бұрын

I really liked the movie I just thought the ending was a lil fast or something like that.

@user-hx5sd6sp8c 3 ай бұрын

Can you watch a Cartoon Network classic show in my heart and the only longest running series of the brand named "Ed, Edd n Eddy" for me? Trust me: you'll love it because it has some hidden adult humor and it goes the craziest situations ever.

@DebdeepChakraborty-ht5mu 3 ай бұрын

Blaze you have watch the son of batman because it's so good and I even liked the batman's suit

@shreeanshrajsharma8328 3 ай бұрын

Blaze you have to react to the live action movies soon now

@nikhilkapoor428 3 ай бұрын

To give an idea for how influential this movie is, the series it was apart of created Harley Quinn.

@godammichael 3 ай бұрын

And making mr freeze a serious character.

@jonmacleod7137 3 ай бұрын

You need to watch BATMAN: THE KILLING JOKE. And if you like this one, get BATMAN: THE ANIMATED SERIES. It's the same style, same animators, same studio, same actors.