Eyebrow Cinema's video: Villains Reformed in Batman: The Animated Series

Get a whole month of great cinema FREE on MUBI: https://mubi.com/eyebrowcinema Support me on Patreon! Benefits include early access, exclusive vlogs, and more: https://www.patreon.com/eyebrowcinema With a new Batman movie on the way, I had my mind on The Dark Knight's iconic rogues' gallery, and particularly the villains of Batman: The Animated Series. One of the key aspects which made the show so successful was its insight into the personalities of Batman's villains and nowhere was this more apparent than in the "villain reform" episode. These were stories were the bad guys would ostensibly turn a new leaf and try to live a normal life, usually to disastrous results. With this video, I want to take a closer look at these episodes and why they are so important to Batman: The Animated Series. Subscribe for more video essays on film. Follow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/danpgsimpson Filmography: https://boxd.it/fDR4k Music Featured: The Wind by Komiku Love Him by Loyalty Freak Music Setup With an E by Small Colin Both Flanks by Small Colin Works Cited: Heart of Batman. Directed by Alexander Gray. 2018. Batman Series Writer's Bible. Bruce W. Timm, Paul Dini, and Mitch Brian. House and Garden Blu-Ray Audio Commentary: Bruce Timm, Paul Dini, Boyd Kirkland, and Jason Hillhouse. More Eyebrow Cinema: No, Superhero Movies are NOT Like Westerns - https://youtu.be/SiV-bOulZl8 The Fly - The First Horror Movie I Loved - https://youtu.be/u3tyznXp7-o Being John Malkovich and the Office Movies of 1999 - https://youtu.be/sI3Obe0tiDU The Plot Holes of Vertigo (and why they don't matter) - https://youtu.be/xP9EDhntal4 The Decay of Cinema - https://youtu.be/hjDNtwh2i5M Chris Benoit and Separating the Art from the Artist - https://youtu.be/dGavvwRyomE Sleepless in Seattle - Crying at Action Movies - https://youtu.be/UZLyIdVeLaM Star Wars Can't Move On - https://youtu.be/ESWgz-lcUuE Contextualizing Insomnia - Nolan's Secret Gem - https://youtu.be/IUef5zrtRQ4 Movie Theaters and the Value of Inconvenience - https://youtu.be/uZdl9D7NWBI Action and Pacifism in Castle in the Sky - https://youtu.be/fuIhAH8mnSM How Terence Young Made James Bond - https://youtu.be/2sTt_nkgGFE Hierarchies of Violence in The Shining - https://youtu.be/tMw2YWOBeoM The Curious Case of Forrest and Benjamin - https://youtu.be/gWAg1suGwnM Never Say Never Again is a Waste - https://youtu.be/GsdMCujvmMA Harry Potter - 10 Years Later - https://youtu.be/H0VjWs6aivw Stanley Kubrick's Favourite Actors - https://youtu.be/Uon8unTCEX4 Long Movies are Good, Actually - https://youtu.be/YGhsxpsXgF0 On Her Majesty's Secret Service and The End of James Bond - https://youtu.be/Ko492zTs9xs Dune, Star Wars and Building Sci-Fi Worlds - https://youtu.be/d_W823JT5Bs Dark Souls Difficulty and the Easy Mode Debate - https://youtu.be/z_lRIP8AkXM Listening to Blade Runner's Terrible Voiceover - https://youtu.be/3V2Hyq546gE