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Batman: The Animated Series is the best iteration of the character in any medium, whether it’s comics, movies, TV, radio, you name it. This series is an indelible and persistent record in the history of the Caped Crusader. During his 85 episodes, he confirmed a version of Batman and his world that stands the test of time. There are plenty of good and complete chapters of great Batman: The Animated SeriesBut one who stands out and above the package must be “his Silicon Soul”, a story that turned out of two previous parts he gave Batman: The Animated Series and sci-fi A story unlike anything else in the series.
The heart of steel
The story of “his Silicon Soul” actually begins in the two -part chapter “Heart of Steel”. A bad artificial intelligence called Hardac (Holographic Analytical Digital Digital Android Computer) Blade Runner – In an effort to replace human beings. Naturally, Batman defeats Hardac and his army of duplicates to save the day.
However, you will notice that Hardac looks strange as a batman hood silhouette. That was deliberately as the original script for “Heart of Steel: Part II” with Batman’s duplicate appearing as a Hardac’s last tool. Essentially, the original use of the Batman Duplicant was essentially a combat scene. When producers Batman: The Animated Series She saw this in the script, they immediately acknowledged that Robot Batman was a whole episode on her own. He was therefore born “his silicone soul”.
His silicone soul
“His silicone soul” opens with thieves breaking into a warehouse when Batman goes out of crate. After fighting against the thieves, he is injured and revealed that he has robotic pubs! Believing that he is the real Bruce Wayne, Batman returns home and asks for help from Alfred. It is here that Alfred reveals the idea of duplicates to the Batman robot and begins to investigate his creation and purpose. Once the real batman holds wind from this, the hunt is on as the Batman robot activates its true programming and resurrects the plan to replace human beings with duplication.
However, during fighting in a greenhouse between the two batsmen, the robot saves an innocent man when the greenhouse begins to collapse. Here we are beginning to understand that this Duplicant Batman is more human than we could believe. During the last climatic fight, the real Batman is believed to have died in the hands of a duplicate Batman. And there is here where “his silicone soul” earns his reputation. Although it was basically programmed by Hardac to destroy humanity, the AI made a copy too well in Batman. This artificial believes in the holiness of life so much that it destroys itself in order to save the people of the city of Gotham.
It’s a powerful idea that sci-fi Often address: What is humanity? What makes us truly human? Seeing a show aimed at children apparently went to such a powerful and difficult subject when I was still of a single digit age. To this day, the final moments of the duplicate Batman overcome with guilt on the belief that he has taken a life stick with me. “His Silicon Soul” is one of the best moments of actor Kevin Conroy in a career that overflows with them.
The idea that Batman: The Animated Series Ready to make an episode like “Silicon Soul” showcasing the incredible depth and variety of the stories he showed can tell them within the framework of Batman Adventures. Having a legitimate Sci-Fi tragedy in the midst of classical crime stories is a real feast.
