With his unique sense of humor, Allen surveyed the downfall of society and the decay of culture, including the ubiquitous shallowness of television, wrecked relationships, difficulties with marriage, and the lack of control in people""s lives.The car moves past the checkpoint across the border after clearance, driving out of the frame.As Vargas and his wife walk into the US (this is the first time they""ve crossed the border together), they exchange intimacies:Susan: Mike, do you realize this is the very first ime we""ve been together in my country?Mike Vargas: Do you realize I haven""t kissed you in over an hour?Just then, as the newlyweds kiss, the sound of the explosion of the detonated car overlaps on the soundtrack, and they urn their faces toward the blast - the "very bad" incident violently disrupts and fragments their relationship.David Dreyfuss (Jack Kruschen) mistakes him for a 20th century Don Juan lothario and alcoholic, but he doesn""t dissuade his neighbor""s perception:The way you""re beltin"" that stuff, you must have a pair of cast-iron kidneys." The female ward was filled with many disturbed, catatonic and haggard-looking patients.One of the patients who was lovingly clutching a baby doll was approached and kindly ushered out - to be prepped for surgery (anesthesized) and wheeled out on a gurney to an operating room.The other three direct-to-video animated features wereBatman & Mr.Freeze: SubZero (1998),Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker (2000), andBatman: Mystery of the Batwoman (2003).