Beware the Batman: Safe

“Safe”. Beware the Batman. Cartoon Network 3 August 2013.

Back again and live blogging a taped show.

-We open with Bruce Wayne talking about something called an ‘ion cortex’. It was invented by Dr. Jason Burr (more on him later)

-The press conference is attacked by ninjas. Wayne gets inside his car and Tatsu is ordered to take care of Burr. She actually does a pretty good job of fighting them, although Batman shows up to make sure she doesn’t kill any of them.

-He also lectures her that there is always a choice. “You can save lives or you can take them”. Because wounding doesn’t exist?

-Burr is a bit of a hugger.

-Silver Monkey (had to look him up) is now contracted to take care of Burr.

-For some reason, Wayne Manor now has a security team. I’m sure this will never come up again.

-Burr is playing with toys and hitting on Tatsu. She is making it pretty clear she wants none of that, although Burr just keeps on talking.

-Batman at Burr’s lab when ninjas attack.

-Tatsu: “If I told you about my past I would have to kill you.”

-Pretty decent chase scene, but I just find it odd how empty Gotham is

-It turns out the security team leader Reese is the Silver Monkey. Huge surprise, but now Burr is kidnapped.

-Or so we think, as it turns out the kidnapper is actually Tatsu

-Batman is still being cashed by ninjas. Wayne Manor is apparently 100 miles from Burr’s lab. And one of the ninjas is named Wilhelm.

-Silver Monkey and Tatsu know each other somehow and I’m betting this is going to be the overall plot arch of the show.

-“The ones that can dodge bullets are always a bother” Alfred with a shotgun should have been a bigger meme

-Tatsu is finally called Katana and it seems that green sword is called the Soul Taker. That can’t be good

-Silver Monkey escapes (pretty clever use of an explosive) and reports to Lady Shiva, who seems to run the League of Assassins.  

-Burr is…somewhat annoying and frankly his love-struck mooning over Tatsu is already growing old.

-a note on our two new characters: Jason Burr was the twin brother of the terrorist cult leader Kobra who felt a psychic connection to him. He’s been dead a few times. Silver Monkey was a Chuck Dixon marital artist from 1995 who got blown up in War Games.

-next time we see the debut of Humpty Dumpty