Public Enemies DVD Extras Part 2!
To distract myself from being exposed to H1N1 (one immediately becomes a hypochondriac, of course!), I have tackled the other extras on the Public Enemies DVD!
The other interesting extras are a dinner conversation with Andrea Romano (voice director), Kevin Conroy, Bruce Timm, and Gregory Noveck (SVP Creative Affairs, DC Comics); and a preview for the upcoming DVD "Crisis on Two Earths."
Dinner With Batman: For the record, Kevin Conroy is adorable. He's just...he seems so uncomfortable with the idea of fans, and yet flattered, and I just want to hug him so much. The funny thing is, he doesn't sound much like Batman at all, unless he were Batman pretending to be a really nice, innocuous actor. :)
A few snippets gleaned from the dinner:
Andrea: So in any sort of fights there's all sorts of oohs and uhs--
Kevin: I know where you're going with this.
A: So at the beginning of every session you get what's called a 'level,' so you stand in front of a microphone and do some of the quiet lines, and do some of the louder lines, and do some of the uh, ooh, ugh effects. And after a few episodes, you know...I'd truly fallen in love with you and your voice and your talent, so as he'd give his level every time I'd say, "Okay, give me a quiet line...give me a louder line...give me a couple of impacts...give me a couple of strains, and--almost every episode you were rendered unconscious, you were knocked in the head really hard, and you'd have to do a faint and a keep-alive groan.
K: Ohhhhhh...
[Now, the scary thing is that Conroy is offscreen for this, so suddenly it sounds like Batman is sitting across the table groaning this deep, resonant moan.]
A: Like that sound, again?
K: Ohhhhhh...
A: And after about three or four times of doing that I'd say, "Okay...do that sound again."
K: Ohhhhhh...
A: "...And then say..."
K: ...Andrea...
[NEVER HAVE I WISHED SO MUCH THAT MY NAME WAS ANDREA]
--Kevin was asked if he's ever dressed up as Batman for Halloween. Only once--he was doing a lot of work with foster kids, and when they found out he was Batman, they insisted on him wearing the costume. And he didn't know how to tell them he didn't own a costume ("I'm just the voice!")! So he went and bought a Batman costume. So then he had to drive to the party in costume in his Volvo station wagon, and everyone's beeping and yelling and grinning at him. He says the kids screamed when he drove up...
Noveck: We've realized, if we're going to have Batman in the story, there's really only one person who can do it. Every time the announcement goes out, there's like this wave of pleasure coming back from the fans...
Romano: Yeah...they're loyal.
Noveck: And a little bit of, "Oh, glad you guys have come to your senses!" We've been on panels all the time where we're talking about--you could talk about Green Lantern, and someone will ask, "When's Kevin Conroy doing Batman again? Is Batman in the Green Lantern movie? Is Kevin Conroy going to play him?"
Conroy: That's really nice to hear.
Bruce Timm: I liked the Loeb books because even though they clash, they're really best buddies. In a weird kind of way they really complement each other, and this story is about how they might not seem to get along, but they really do.
Romano: They're like brothers. There really is this deep devotion, ultimately. If one of them is injured, the other one's going to take care of them. [Andrea Romano: h/c writer?]
Kevin: I'm a lucky, lucky actor. Cause you're the guys that created it. I'm just the voice guy. [Gahhhh...*inarticulate flailing* I love this guy so much!]
As they leave the table and the screen fades to black, we hear Kevin's voice:
Conroy: Bruce, are you going to pick up the tab?
Timm: NO!
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"Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths" looks pretty awesome! Mark Harmon as Superman is going to cause me some emotional whiplash cause...Gibbs? Superman? Okayyyy... But his character design has gorgeous blue eyes, so that's good. :)
James Woods as Owlman looks really cool and creepy (arch_schatten, take note!) Woods says of him, "He's a very calculating, dangerous individual...but at the same time I think he has very dark, very existential reservations about his acts." I was kind of like, "Owlman, existential villain?" and rolling my eyes, but they close with a line that Woods really nails and kind of gave me chills:
Superwoman: Why would you want to destroy the world?
Owlman: Because it's the only action one could take...that would have any purpose.
Okay, that's pretty existential. I'm looking forward to it now, although maybe not as much as I am to more Daly/Conroy Superman/Batman goodness. :)
The other interesting extras are a dinner conversation with Andrea Romano (voice director), Kevin Conroy, Bruce Timm, and Gregory Noveck (SVP Creative Affairs, DC Comics); and a preview for the upcoming DVD "Crisis on Two Earths."
Dinner With Batman: For the record, Kevin Conroy is adorable. He's just...he seems so uncomfortable with the idea of fans, and yet flattered, and I just want to hug him so much. The funny thing is, he doesn't sound much like Batman at all, unless he were Batman pretending to be a really nice, innocuous actor. :)
A few snippets gleaned from the dinner:
Andrea: So in any sort of fights there's all sorts of oohs and uhs--
Kevin: I know where you're going with this.
A: So at the beginning of every session you get what's called a 'level,' so you stand in front of a microphone and do some of the quiet lines, and do some of the louder lines, and do some of the uh, ooh, ugh effects. And after a few episodes, you know...I'd truly fallen in love with you and your voice and your talent, so as he'd give his level every time I'd say, "Okay, give me a quiet line...give me a louder line...give me a couple of impacts...give me a couple of strains, and--almost every episode you were rendered unconscious, you were knocked in the head really hard, and you'd have to do a faint and a keep-alive groan.
K: Ohhhhhh...
[Now, the scary thing is that Conroy is offscreen for this, so suddenly it sounds like Batman is sitting across the table groaning this deep, resonant moan.]
A: Like that sound, again?
K: Ohhhhhh...
A: And after about three or four times of doing that I'd say, "Okay...do that sound again."
K: Ohhhhhh...
A: "...And then say..."
K: ...Andrea...
[NEVER HAVE I WISHED SO MUCH THAT MY NAME WAS ANDREA]
--Kevin was asked if he's ever dressed up as Batman for Halloween. Only once--he was doing a lot of work with foster kids, and when they found out he was Batman, they insisted on him wearing the costume. And he didn't know how to tell them he didn't own a costume ("I'm just the voice!")! So he went and bought a Batman costume. So then he had to drive to the party in costume in his Volvo station wagon, and everyone's beeping and yelling and grinning at him. He says the kids screamed when he drove up...
Noveck: We've realized, if we're going to have Batman in the story, there's really only one person who can do it. Every time the announcement goes out, there's like this wave of pleasure coming back from the fans...
Romano: Yeah...they're loyal.
Noveck: And a little bit of, "Oh, glad you guys have come to your senses!" We've been on panels all the time where we're talking about--you could talk about Green Lantern, and someone will ask, "When's Kevin Conroy doing Batman again? Is Batman in the Green Lantern movie? Is Kevin Conroy going to play him?"
Conroy: That's really nice to hear.
Bruce Timm: I liked the Loeb books because even though they clash, they're really best buddies. In a weird kind of way they really complement each other, and this story is about how they might not seem to get along, but they really do.
Romano: They're like brothers. There really is this deep devotion, ultimately. If one of them is injured, the other one's going to take care of them. [Andrea Romano: h/c writer?]
Kevin: I'm a lucky, lucky actor. Cause you're the guys that created it. I'm just the voice guy. [Gahhhh...*inarticulate flailing* I love this guy so much!]
As they leave the table and the screen fades to black, we hear Kevin's voice:
Conroy: Bruce, are you going to pick up the tab?
Timm: NO!
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"Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths" looks pretty awesome! Mark Harmon as Superman is going to cause me some emotional whiplash cause...Gibbs? Superman? Okayyyy... But his character design has gorgeous blue eyes, so that's good. :)
James Woods as Owlman looks really cool and creepy (arch_schatten, take note!) Woods says of him, "He's a very calculating, dangerous individual...but at the same time I think he has very dark, very existential reservations about his acts." I was kind of like, "Owlman, existential villain?" and rolling my eyes, but they close with a line that Woods really nails and kind of gave me chills:
Superwoman: Why would you want to destroy the world?
Owlman: Because it's the only action one could take...that would have any purpose.
Okay, that's pretty existential. I'm looking forward to it now, although maybe not as much as I am to more Daly/Conroy Superman/Batman goodness. :)