Batman: Season 1, Episode 40Heart of Steel: Part 2 (17 Nov. 1992)Batman tracks a series of robots to Cybertron's headquarters, with some assistance from Barbara Gordon. Director:Kevin Altieri |
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Batman: Season 1, Episode 40Heart of Steel: Part 2 (17 Nov. 1992)Batman tracks a series of robots to Cybertron's headquarters, with some assistance from Barbara Gordon. Director:Kevin Altieri |
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| Kevin Conroy | ... |
Batman /
Bruce Wayne
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| Efrem Zimbalist Jr. | ... |
Alfred Pennyworth
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| Bob Hastings | ... |
Commissioner James Gordon
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| Robert Costanzo | ... |
Det. Harvey Bullock
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Lloyd Bochner | ... |
Mayor Hamilton Hill
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| Melissa Gilbert | ... |
Barbara Gordon
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| William Sanderson | ... |
Dr. Karl Rossum
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| Jeff Bennett | ... |
H.A.R.D.A.C.
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| Leslie Easterbrook | ... |
Randa Duane
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Batman tracks a series of robots to Cybertron's headquarters, with some assistance from Barbara Gordon.
After a great first part, this conclusion of "Heart Of Steel" was a little too formulaic and just was not what I had hoped it to be. The first part featured a variety of interesting villains which came in all sizes and shapes. It included a robot disguised as a deadly briefcase!
This conclusion was still action-packed and should keep anyone's attention but was mainly just physical battles between Batman and the human clones.
It also had a very contrived part with Commissioner Gordon's daughter, who had never done anything except take her teddy bear around, turning into some unrealistic heroine. It was noble, but too much of a cliché.
I did like William Sanderson's voice. He played "Rossum," the guy who invented the computer which turned almost human and got carried away with its mission. At first, I couldn't place Sanderson's voice. Then, it hit me: he was a villain in the western "Crossfire Trail" and the crime movie, "Last Man Standing." He plays a good villain, but he's not a villain in here. Sanderson has done a lot of TV work and has a long resume. A lot of voices in these Batman animated episodes are veteran TV actors.