30 Day Shipping Meme: Day 7 - The pairing with the most baggage?

[brendala]

The Pairing with the most baggage:
Bruce Wayne and Andrea Beaumont: Batman - Mask of the Phantasm




Phantasm is, in my opinion, the best Batman movie ever made. It has everything: romance, drama, kick ass action, suspense, a great mystery, and Kevin Conroy & Mark Hamill.

The ending always chokes me up. Andrea and Bruce could have had a happy life together. Bruce desperately wanted an excuse to give up being Batman and start a normal, happy family like he had before his parents died (the scene where he's at his parents' grave begging for a sign that it's OK for him to give up Batman for Andrea is extremely powerful). But it all fell apart simply because they couldn’t agree on the correct way to channel their grief and anger. I’d go on, but I don’t want to spoil it for anyone who hasn’t seen it yet. Even if you're not a Batman fan, please check it out if you haven't seen it. You wont be disappointed (but you might cry for a while).

Day 01 - What is your current favorite ship?
Day 02 - What was your very first ship?
Day 03 - A pairing that needs to happen now?
Day 04 - The pairing with the most chemistry?
Day 05 - The pairing with the least chemistry?
Day 06 - The best kiss?
Day 07- The most heartbreaking scene?
Day 08 - The pairing with the most baggage?
Day 09 - The most believable relationship?
Day 10 - Why aren't these two married in real life?
Day 11 - What is your dream pairing?
Day 12 - Who had the best wedding?
Day 13 - What is your favorite television pairing?
Day 14 - What is your favorite book pairing?
Day 15 - What is your favorite real life pairing?
Day 16 - What is the absolute worst pairing?
Day 17 - A pairing you thought would never work out, but did?
Day 18 - What is the cutest pairing?
Day 19 - A pairing you've rooted for since the beginning?
Day 20 - The "can't stand the sexual tension anymore" pairing?
Day 21 - A pairing you like and no one else understands why?
Day 22 - A pairing you hate and no one else understands why?
Day 23 - A crazy love triangle/quadrilateral that worked out great?
Day 24 - A crazy love triangle/quadrilateral that worked out badly?
Day 25 - A pairing that was/would-be adorable, but could never work out?
Day 26 - A pairing that you hated and ended up loving?
Day 27 - A pairing that you loved and ended up hating?
Day 28 - A pairing that you will never understand?
Day 29 - What ship had the best proposal?
Day 30 - Your favorite ship forever and ever and ever?

Comments

[dqbunny.livejournal.com]

I haven't seen it, but I do tend to ship Bruce/Selina (even though we know it would never happen on a permanent basis). ^_~ I'll probably watch it some day. Must see if the Brit has seen it.

[bonemarch.livejournal.com]

This was one of my favs as well. (Though Under the Red Hood is a close contender.) If you want a neat little cameo Andrea does appear at one point in the first season finale of Justice League Unlimited called "Epilogue" I believe. It was a nice treat. ^_^

[brendala.livejournal.com]

I haven't seen Under the Red Hood yet (but I'm looking forward to it)

The Andrea cameo in Epilogue was cool. Too bad Epilogue was a god-awful episode that nearly ruined Batman Beyond for me.
**grumble grumble**

[bonemarch.livejournal.com]

I think you'll dig it when you get a chance to give it a watch. The only let-down is that they didn't have Hamill voice The Joker.

They produced Epilogue thinking it was going to be the last episode of JLU then Warner Brothers told them to make another season. I thought it was pretty okay and the genetic twist wasn't too, too out there. Though what really bothered me was that Terry ended up with Dana instead of Max. (I'm not normally into character shipping.) But there was a point in Batman Beyond where Terry's life was about to check out and clips of Max flashed on the screen. So I thought that was kind of a neat facet that wasn't explored in the show. (Sorry I'm a writing/plot geek. ^_^*)

P.S. I just realized that our icons are the same, rad. (except yours is more animated... and blue. *laughs*)

[brendala.livejournal.com]

Sorry dude, but I hate hate HATE Epilogue. I think it cheapened Terry and Amanda's characters. And the explanation of how Warren McGuiness' *ahem* "little swimmers" were replaced with Bruce's was ridiculous even by the crazy psudo-science standards of JLU.

And Amanda Waller's plan was just stupid. The idea that any kid with half of Bruce's DNA could become a superhero is preposterous. Genetically, Bruce is nothing special (his parents were pampered millionaires) and he became Batman by sheer willpower and desire. And even if Bruce's DNA was special, why didn't Waller just make a clone instead of going through this elaborate plan to recreate Bruce's tragic childhood with the McGuiness family? And what made Waller think she could just snatch Terry after killing off his mom and dad? How would she get custody of little orphan Terry? Was she also planning to kill off all of the McGuiness' friends and relatives to ensure Terry ended up a ward of the state? And what if Terry had been born with down syndrome or something? Would she have waited for the McGuinesses to have another baby and THEN killed off the family (along with the "defective" kid)?

*takes a breath* Sorry if I come across as pissy here; but this episode still ticks me off. I could go on about why all day, but I'll stop here before I blow a gasket. -_-


P.S. I just realized that our icons are the same, rad. (except yours is more animated... and blue. *laughs*)

Whoa! That is neat! ^_^

[brendala.livejournal.com]

Check it out. Even if you're not crazy about Bruce and Andrea as a couple, it's interesting to see Bruce struggle with his desire to avenge his parents by being Batman vs his desire to just be happy and have a normal life again.

And it's a great tear-jerker/snuggle flick. Perfect for movie night with a certain someone. ~_^

[bonemarch.livejournal.com]

You got to admit though it was kind of funny seeming the bitey nanobots rewrite Warren's DNA. (I was kind of surprised that got aired, but then they later they edited out the line "Look at the loser!" from the second arena episode.)

You know, I'll admit I was so swept up by the notion of "Yay, Batman didn't die alone and without a genetic heir." that I didn't stop to really think about the holes in Amanda's plan. Though tech wise it's not to far out there (In context of the show.) given how things went down in Return of the Joker. (I'm not sure if you've seen it so I don't want to say too much. ^_^) It's fairly easy to tell that the episode was just shoe horned in to tie up the JLU series and give Batman Beyond an actual ending in the process. (Though I thought the final line of the episode did not suit it at all.)

And don't fret over it, there's nothing wrong with being passionate about something you enjoy. ^_^ For me it's just a a decent attempt at a shoehorn tie up so that ep just gets pushed into the guilty pleasure section. (Despite the fact that I'm a plot geek.)

Yay hat!