He was excellent in Season 1 and will always be Terry's archnemesis but it's good he didn't go through decay and diminishing returns like what happened to Freeze
You can't do much with him after he loses his company
That's the problem with the succession episode. They sabotaged the entire concept of having a double lived Villain and then really didn't do much with Paxton. They blew their lid before building up any steam.
To be fair, the producers had to also deal with WB execs demanding for the tone to be lighter and focus more on high school. So, they couldn't use Paxton to his full potential or establish another nemesis like Blight.
It's hilarious. She comes back for like 2 minutes before accidentally attacking Superman and then her final appearance is Epilogue where she's still fighting Terry when he's an adult
I know that there are episodes in the second and third seasons people love, but goddamn did I feel like neither of those seasons lived up to the first and its set-up. I'm not surprised that Timm considers it to be the most uneven show he did.
Dropping him so soon was a colossal mistake. He deserved better.
Terry would not have let him live if he hadn't died after that big confrontation. It's just not in him to be patient and wait for the system to fix things, given how a dozen psychopaths massacred gotham for decades with zero help from the system, and they now live a hair away from a fully full-on dystopia where there are roving gangs based on those villains.
No but making him difficult to kill for a change would probably help with that. It worked well with Ink and we all know Terry was not sharing the same mindset Bruce has when dealing with Clayface.
.... okay. that's actually a good idea. make Terry keep killing him and he keeps coming back, until Terry has to be like "Frickit, I got my revenge, not my fault he didn't stay dead" and Bruce is like "I told you it wouldn't solve everything"
To be fair, the producers had to also deal with WB execs demanding for the tone to be lighter and focus more on high school. So, they couldn't use Paxton to his full potential or establish another nemesis like Blight.
i do love how WB came to the creators of BTAS, the fricking renaissance men who fixed serious animation, and said "make batman a kid. kids only want to look at kids"
and after storming off, reconsidering, thinking they could polish the turd, they gave us Batman as a high school delinquent who's spent time in Juvie, so he's probably fricking 18. or at least came off that way.
>i do love how WB came to the creators of BTAS, the fricking renaissance men who fixed serious animation, and said "make batman a kid. kids only want to look at kids"
Because " fixing serious animation" wasn't netting them ratings. Kids WB was doing worse than fricking UPN's kids block in the years before Batman Beyond and Pokemon. Do YOU remember anything from UPN kids block? And yet Kids WB was in 4th place behind them.
The execs made the right call for their business.
>moron falling for memes
Terry specifically chastised Paxton because he wanted Blight to face real justice for what he's done instead of getting murdered.
Or hell, the entire Eyewitness debacle.
Him getting two hoes and trying to freeze the city felt out of character for a guy who last time we saw was fine being a hermit as long as his wife could live a happy life.
People have stated a millions times while Freeze is a great character in passing but a shit tier character to keep around as one.
I don't feel Blight ever had those qualities, it's just that exposing him removes a major source of his power unless they bullshited in that Paxton actually gave a frick about him.
Blight works best as Derek for overarching villainous manipulation and then Blight when shit hits the fan.
I swear, the entire concept of a significant board member of Wayne Enterprises living a double life was a great concept that should have resonated strongly if it was given the chance to.
He didn't do much, He works well as a butthole millionaire more that a supervillain. Is almost weird how this Cyberpunk Batman doesn't really deal with corrupt overpowered companies when that is a trope of those types of stories.
No, his downfall was entirely realistic, unlike Norman Osborne or Lex Luthor who should have suffered similar fates but don't. The real problem is no equivalent in later seasons..
To be fair, they didn't expect to HAVE later seasons at all. Considering that most of the show was either 'eh it's a one-off thing don't care' or 'oh shit what do we do now we need more episodes', it's nothing short of a miracle that any of it was good.
What would you realistically do with Powers if he survived that would do justice to his character? His whole schtick was the corrupt ceo, and his final episodes dealt with the collapse of this identity as the true monster came out.
What else is there to say? Or do? He's not the head of a corporation anymore and has no real motivation beyond being angry and acting out.
he goes full tony soprano and blackmails his way back to the top. You don't reach that power without knowing people, and if freeze could get back people trust why couldn't he.
This, a group of Power's loyalists trying to restore his name. It could be tied into some arc where another Villain tries using his unique power set to power something. The experience of being an an unwilling human nuclear reactor for something against his will could be utilized into a PR stunt.
Plus, Powers rejected the cloning experiment with Freeze because it ultimately failed. This doesn't mean he couldn't use it to convince people he's cured his condition.
His motivation could be returning back to normal. Instead of running a company he goes to become a crime lord. After he has good run as a recurring villian, you could finish his story with him getting hit by the harsh reality of it all - that he can't go back. He can't cure himself, he can't rebuild his reputation. He's running a criminal organization, lying to himself about it being somehow any different to any other lowbrow crime group in a vain attempt to keep his 'smart businessman' mask.
By the end of it, he either blows himself up as one last frick you to everyone, trying to kill Batman and others and/or irradiate the city, or he just gives up on life, fizzling out with a whimper (kind of like Bane).
He was excellent in Season 1 and will always be Terry's archnemesis but it's good he didn't go through decay and diminishing returns like what happened to Freeze
You can't do much with him after he loses his company
That's the problem with the succession episode. They sabotaged the entire concept of having a double lived Villain and then really didn't do much with Paxton. They blew their lid before building up any steam.
To be fair, the producers had to also deal with WB execs demanding for the tone to be lighter and focus more on high school. So, they couldn't use Paxton to his full potential or establish another nemesis like Blight.
But they kept using Inque who disfigured a guy horribly and then was murdered (not really) by her own daughter
>That epsidode where she briefly returns
We'll never know if she killer her own daughter.
It's hilarious. She comes back for like 2 minutes before accidentally attacking Superman and then her final appearance is Epilogue where she's still fighting Terry when he's an adult
I know that there are episodes in the second and third seasons people love, but goddamn did I feel like neither of those seasons lived up to the first and its set-up. I'm not surprised that Timm considers it to be the most uneven show he did.
Season 2 had a lot of good ones offs and a lot of dark shit like Peak and the cuck episode but the beginning of the decline was probably Armory.
Kobra was also silly and what season 3 wasted a 2 parter on. I could imagine that is what killed it for most people.
Terry would not have let him live if he hadn't died after that big confrontation. It's just not in him to be patient and wait for the system to fix things, given how a dozen psychopaths massacred gotham for decades with zero help from the system, and they now live a hair away from a fully full-on dystopia where there are roving gangs based on those villains.
No but making him difficult to kill for a change would probably help with that. It worked well with Ink and we all know Terry was not sharing the same mindset Bruce has when dealing with Clayface.
.... okay. that's actually a good idea. make Terry keep killing him and he keeps coming back, until Terry has to be like "Frickit, I got my revenge, not my fault he didn't stay dead" and Bruce is like "I told you it wouldn't solve everything"
i do love how WB came to the creators of BTAS, the fricking renaissance men who fixed serious animation, and said "make batman a kid. kids only want to look at kids"
and after storming off, reconsidering, thinking they could polish the turd, they gave us Batman as a high school delinquent who's spent time in Juvie, so he's probably fricking 18. or at least came off that way.
>i do love how WB came to the creators of BTAS, the fricking renaissance men who fixed serious animation, and said "make batman a kid. kids only want to look at kids"
Because " fixing serious animation" wasn't netting them ratings. Kids WB was doing worse than fricking UPN's kids block in the years before Batman Beyond and Pokemon. Do YOU remember anything from UPN kids block? And yet Kids WB was in 4th place behind them.
The execs made the right call for their business.
frick ratings, make something you can milk for decades.
"What if Batman was Spider-Man" was a pretty great idea, though.
Flew too close to the sun with Stalker though. He's not different enough from Kraven and being black doesn't count.
BTAS but was massively popular thanks to the movies, regardless of how good it was.
>moron falling for memes
Terry specifically chastised Paxton because he wanted Blight to face real justice for what he's done instead of getting murdered.
Or hell, the entire Eyewitness debacle.
>he didn't go through decay and diminishing returns like what happened to Freeze
Frick off the entire Dcau Freeze story is a god tier masterpiece.
Him getting two hoes and trying to freeze the city felt out of character for a guy who last time we saw was fine being a hermit as long as his wife could live a happy life.
Skip that and is perfect.
People have stated a millions times while Freeze is a great character in passing but a shit tier character to keep around as one.
I don't feel Blight ever had those qualities, it's just that exposing him removes a major source of his power unless they bullshited in that Paxton actually gave a frick about him.
Blight works best as Derek for overarching villainous manipulation and then Blight when shit hits the fan.
I swear, the entire concept of a significant board member of Wayne Enterprises living a double life was a great concept that should have resonated strongly if it was given the chance to.
He didn't do much, He works well as a butthole millionaire more that a supervillain. Is almost weird how this Cyberpunk Batman doesn't really deal with corrupt overpowered companies when that is a trope of those types of stories.
>The Walt Disney expy plot
>The mechanical head on legs
>NTR
No
They literally killed him off because they realized he was diminishing returns
The first two episodes and maybe the movie. Everything after that is mediocre fanfiction
Who
Atomic Skull.
Dr. Manhattan but Ozzy WASN'T responsible for the cancer.
Lex Luthor
No, his downfall was entirely realistic, unlike Norman Osborne or Lex Luthor who should have suffered similar fates but don't. The real problem is no equivalent in later seasons..
To be fair, they didn't expect to HAVE later seasons at all. Considering that most of the show was either 'eh it's a one-off thing don't care' or 'oh shit what do we do now we need more episodes', it's nothing short of a miracle that any of it was good.
He deserved a blanket incase he gets cold
This.
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My favorite part of the original season of Batwoman was when she gave an interview so people would stop assuming she wasn't gay
Please keep that bullshit out of this thread
Arrowverse Blight would have been fricking trash
He's not a skeleton, he's a guy skin obscured by radioactive emissions. There are many much color ways to make a character work in a "realistic" way.
At least that show is over and we'll never see that ugly shit version in it's full "glory".
>You killed my father
>Do you have the slightest idea how little that narrows it down?
He's better than the joker there I said it yes design wise it leaves a bit to be desired but he's a freaking glowie skeleton how cool is that?!
spooky electric man
What would you realistically do with Powers if he survived that would do justice to his character? His whole schtick was the corrupt ceo, and his final episodes dealt with the collapse of this identity as the true monster came out.
What else is there to say? Or do? He's not the head of a corporation anymore and has no real motivation beyond being angry and acting out.
he goes full tony soprano and blackmails his way back to the top. You don't reach that power without knowing people, and if freeze could get back people trust why couldn't he.
This, a group of Power's loyalists trying to restore his name. It could be tied into some arc where another Villain tries using his unique power set to power something. The experience of being an an unwilling human nuclear reactor for something against his will could be utilized into a PR stunt.
Plus, Powers rejected the cloning experiment with Freeze because it ultimately failed. This doesn't mean he couldn't use it to convince people he's cured his condition.
His motivation could be returning back to normal. Instead of running a company he goes to become a crime lord. After he has good run as a recurring villian, you could finish his story with him getting hit by the harsh reality of it all - that he can't go back. He can't cure himself, he can't rebuild his reputation. He's running a criminal organization, lying to himself about it being somehow any different to any other lowbrow crime group in a vain attempt to keep his 'smart businessman' mask.
By the end of it, he either blows himself up as one last frick you to everyone, trying to kill Batman and others and/or irradiate the city, or he just gives up on life, fizzling out with a whimper (kind of like Bane).
The alternative, and you know it, is THE JOKER situation. Everybody loves a villain, so he NEVER goes away. And you know this, you fricker.
Such a corny walk cycle for such a raw line
He needed at least 1-2 more appearances. And Beyond had some weak episodes in need of a better threat.