Series Review | The Batman
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Genuinely curious as to what you guys thought of this series. To you was it a creative direction to take batman and his rogues or was it a miss fire, not understanding the core of the characters. Let me know what you think !!
I enjoyed the show and the creative direction it was taken in. I also enjoyed the animation style and fast combat which kept things entertaining. I also really liked mr.freezes costume design and that it ends with batman joining the justice league so you have something else to watch although the JL show is very different but atleast the show had a conclusion not cut half way in production
Also could you put xmen evolution on your reviewing list please?
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Can u do brave and the bold
It is one of the best Batman shows. While it is nowhere on par with Batman TAS, it does better than Batman TAS in some ways. It makes some villains such as Bane and Mr Freeze harder to defeat. It also had a better portrayal of Killer Croc, Firefly, Hugo Strange, Terrible Trio, and Maxie Zeus. It also used its obscure villains in a better way than Beware the Batman. Also it didn't destroy Batgirl's character by making her have sex with Batman. Correction, Lex Luthor was the main villain of the Superman crossover.
This was the batman show I grew up with and loved it
Glad you liked it man
Same. I grew up with this and the original series. Both are great
mijan hoque I MISS IT SO MUCH MAN
I grew up with it too but the entire time I wanted to watch the previous Batman animated series instead.
ya me too, but also they need to make a new batman cartoon
The two things i liked about this series was the art/design it really clean imo and the Batman voice whoever did the voice; i really like that younger Batman voice.
Sic Semper Beats the voice talent has to be one of the strongest areas of the show
SUPER FRAME yea i like the choices they mad there with the villains voices too
Loved the art too
Batman in this show is voiced by Rino Romano
@@starfalchion4404 Who also voiced Spider Man in Spider Man Unlimited.
I loved Kevin Michael Richardson's Joker, it was certainly a refreshing change tbh
SAME! He’s honestly tied with Mark Hamill’s Joker as my favorite.
Its certainly a very distinct and visually disturbing take on the Joker, inspired by iconic Horror movie villains. Much better than Young Justice' take on the Joker atleast.
I dug Kevin Michael Richardson's Joker as well. You can tell the amount of energy he put into reciting every line.
@arbereshe Dude, please *don't* make this a race issue. Please, just *don't.*
@arbereshe please dont make this race gtfoh
This was my introduction to batman...loved this series.
the introductory series always has a special place in peoples hearts
@@thesuperframe amen to that,no matter the faults I'll always see it as great.
Same here
Saame
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I really liked this show despite the fact that it didn't stand up to the animated series (but come on how could it out-do that show).
its a hard task indeed aha
I always loved this show for it's uniqueness, its style, and it's sound track. It's more silver age villain of the week format both helps and hurts it in my opinion. allowing it to keep the action fast paced and fluid, at the cost of long term story telling.
p.s love this clay face and love this joker, i know it's not traditional but it matches the stylistic approach they were going for, but they seriously nerfed his brain tho.
@@spacewolfblackmane19
Now, you see that WOULD be a good point, buuuut....
Blood Angels are superior to Space Wolves. Fight me.
In retrospect, that's what I liked about it, even mores today. It stepped out of TAS' shadow and did its own thing.
It wasn’t TRYING TO thats why it’s amazing
This series stands out to me as an interesting look at Batman's evolution as crimefighter: He starts off as a lone vigilante, starts getting supports from Gotham PD, takes sidekicks under his wing, and eventually becomes a founding member Justice League. It's not best but I do enjoy the gradually growth shown in each season.
I feel like I'm honestly the only one who enjoys the first two seasons more than the rest of the series. I feel like this show suffered from identity crisis. It couldn't decide if it wanted to dark or action orientated. The first season finale where joker twists Bennett into clayface is intense and really great. I feel like they just weren't sure about pushing the envelope and trying to hard to be different from btas
Aaron Drake.... U not the only one.. I agree.... Was not happy with the fifth season... And I really hated when they got rid of the detectives... Especially Bennett he was one of most relatable characters in the show...it was such a disappointment to see them get replaced Going forward.
Aaron Drake agree I love season 1 because is more dark with batman and alfred being in there own without robin and batgirl
@Kenneth Maclean I did. I was really happy I wasn't the only one. I constantly researched seasons 1 and 2. 3-5...not so much
I agree, dropped it after 3rd season back in a days, but loved really bold character design and dark undertone
@john osborn I don't know what your problem with Batgirl is dude.. This show has the best Batgirl of all time, badass, fearless and straight to business, just try to compare DCAU Batgirl to this one, you'll see what I mean and she was 16 not 14 in this show even tho she looks younger.
Don't blame her but the writers who decided to go the way of Batman TAS. This Batgirl would fit in the concept of season 1/2 but this Robin wouldn't.
This show introduced me to Batman. I remember fondly waking up early every Saturday morning so I can catch this show. Absolutely loved this show.
Ah nostalgia❤️
Same !!! On WB kids channel, them good old memories
This was a great show. The comedy hit in the right way with only quippy characters like alfred or penguin delivering one liners, great animation and action and it wasn't afraid to go a bit dark like Bruce Wayne getting paralyzed when Bane came to town. It was the perfect Batman cartoon to come after the one from the 90s and it did creative things with the villains so that they were part of the shows identity but still stayed to to the character.
HOW DID YOU NOT REFERENCE JOKER BECOMING A VAMPIRE
Dead honest, Batman vs Dracula should have been mentioned.
Solid movie, Vampirism actually being a horrifying force of danger, and Joker was enough to unnerve anyone. By god, that vampire laugh...
Honestly? I like that movie just as much as “Mask of the Phantasm.”
Because he is reviewing the show not the movie
Penguin was like Renfeld.
@@fugit1vegaming397 I seem to remember having a double feature dvd of both movies, Mask of the Phantasm and Batman vs Dracula.
I loved this show when I was a kid because of how young Bruce was,the art and the fact that the action figures were amazing . Also I actually REALLY enjoyed this take on the joker.
Me too.
camcane1 one of the best jokers ever. i love his design so much (and obviously his writing and voice acting moreso) I have tried to recreate it in live action on several ocassions.
The thing is....this show was made to be a saturday cartoon version. Hence the cartoony looks. i like it a lot. just a light hearted sit back and watch.
It was fitting in that era, the show have so much Ben 10 vibes.
This is my second favorite of the animated versions of Batman. It was different from TAS but it was a good take on most characters. Also, I like the Batman design more than TAS.
Yeah i like this design of the batman.intro themes were great too
The Zombie/Hugo Strange episode was one that stood out for me. Especially seeing it the 2nd time around.
Batman was the one who was infected right? Not everyone else if I remember correctly
This episode was truly one of the best of the entire series.
It was such a plot twist for me 😳
This was my childhood Batman show. Having rewatched it recently made me enjoy it more than I did back in the day. I enjoyed the portrayal of Batman’s villains, though they didn’t have much depth to them in this version (excluding Ethan’s version of Clayface), they were fun to watch the interactions they had with each other and the world around them. That said, I honestly preferred the earlier seasons as Yin and Ethan were much more interesting than Jim and Barbara, despite the latter being the more “iconic characters.” I honestly just wished Yin and Ethan weren’t cut from the show entirely.
One of the parts I didn't like is the fact that they introduced the whole justice league except Wonder Woman
@Dooky Lmao wrong
Its likely due to the fact that production company didn't have licensing rights to use Wonder Woman in this series.
The whole season 5 was a mistake.
@Violinistories hm yeah, like if another superhero was in another cartoon, they couldn’t use them, that’s why In justice league unlimited, there were no Batman villains or bat family, Bc of teen Taitans and this show was airing.
they just switched wonder women with hawkman
I went back to watch the show and I actually enjoyed it, but it was like you said, it had no real depth to it like young justice or JLU. I can understand why the show got some hate back then, but sometimes I just want to relax my muscles and watch something entertaining, which this show accomplishes.
Billa Vanilla honest hey your so on the money, it’s an incredibly easy watch hey
Billa Vanilla where did you watch it?
which show is better between the batman and batman TAS th-cam.com/video/5V_AwEkrIeo/w-d-xo.html
It got hate? For whatever reason? Its a children's show
This show sold me on the idea of a 20-Something Batman/Bruce Wayne, and to this day, that’s my favorite type of Batman/Bruce Wayne. Like Beware the Batman and TellTale Batman. Otherwise, the show was....okay. I remember being hyped for the promo for Robin (when I was in peak Teen Titans hype), and I enjoyed the fight choreography. It was the first time I really saw Batman as a fast paced fighter as well as a slower paced, patient, countering one like I was used to in the animated series and the movies. The show could’ve benefitted with more substance. Never really felt like there was much to the characters outside of the moment that was the episode. And the music was pretty unbearable for me. Yet it was a decent show to watch passively on a Saturday morning.
lack of substance aside I agree man that the fight choreography was on point, nice balance of slow and fast paced movement. :D
If someone says the word “Batman” this is what i see, loved this series.
Same
I love this show. I really enjoy how the characters interact with each other, it leads to some pretty comedic moments. I do hate that they left out the Scarecrow and Two-Face and even discarded some of the tragic backstories of characters like Mr. Freeze. That cutaway sound effect is weird, but it seems like every Batman cartoon has at least one weird sound effect. At first, I thought it was weird that Robin and Batgirl were the same age, at least I think they're the same age, but I got used to it. Also, Tom Kenny (The Ice King) as the Penguin...brilliant.
Here Batgirl was older than Robin, you can tell because she was taller than him which automatically in cartoons for teenage characters defines who's older.
Batgirl was 15-16 in this show, I don't know about Robin tho.. and how to I know about her? Well in one episode she was taking driving lessons and as we know Gotham is located in the US and you can get your driver's license at 16.
@Violinistories Oh yeah, I still liked them.
@@nakazatelen141 She also ends up going to a university later on in the show.
@@falkner9072 only in season 5.
Me too. But, they didn’t even included Ra’s al Ghul and mad hatter.
I know this wasn’t peak Batman-storytelling, but this was the introduction to his character that stuck with me and made me love all iterations that followed.
The first 2 seasons of this series was a masterpiece no cap. It was the perfect mix of dark and gritty but still cartoony and over the top and a little zany. Such an accurate representation of what Gotham is like but as the show progressed it just leaned a little too far on the “zany over the top” and basically became a Justice League show.
God the amount of nostalgia that flooded back when I heard that intro. I remember as a kid waking up at 7 in the morning every Saturday just to be able to watch this show, The Batman and Legion of superheroes was my first introduction into superheroes and to DC as a whole. This was hands down my favorite Batman design ever. I wish this show got more recognition then it did bc it will forever hold a special place in my heart.
I grew up with this and re watched it only a year ago, I still love it especially the earlier seasons I also love that transition noise, your missing out
The only rememberable thing about Beware the Batman, is its tittle.
And that cool ass intro song
@Violinistories him being more likeable and social makes me think of the first season of TAS where je has a warmer voice and seems to actually care about the villains
@Violinistories same
My all-time favourite Batman show. It was the best. Loved the lean look for a young Batman. The villains looked exaggerated, but appropriate. The colours were vibrant. The gothic look to the city. The eerie atmosphere in the colours of the sky. There were stories that touched dark themes, family themes, etc. I loved it.
I miss this Show.
The one villain I think this show did really well (even better than BTAS in my opinion) was the Riddler. He's intimidating, he's smart, and his backstory and reasons for doing what he's doing although being similar to BTAS and explored much more emotionally.
Agreed.
See, I actually think that The Batman's greatest strength *was* the fact that it was willing to take the characters in new and unexpected directions, while still making them recognizable, like with the Joker and Mr. Freeze. With most animated series based on comic books, they follow the usual canon enough that you can end up predicting a lot of what's going to happen, but with The Batman you could never be sure exactly what was coming next.
“The batman” was the “Spectacular Spider-Man” of DC animated shows
Batman is my favorite superhero. And I gotta say this show it’s such a good show.
@DrParrotParodies And drawn by the same people as well
Fun Fact: Killer Croc is the voice of Slade from Teen Titans, Ron Perlman.
Its sad how this show is so underrated, it was actually pretty good
This show has my second favorite Robin portrayal in animation. My favorite is still Batman TAS but this did get the Boy Wonder aspect down really good
Another awesome review!
thanks pal, keep up the awesome work yourself
Fav show since childhood
I will say that the Firefly/Phosphorus episode is great and is the best depiction of Firefly in media; besides the comic.
I loved this show. I mean it's no BTAS, but it was good enough to be my top 2 Batman show.
I love and like almost anything Batman (yes, Shumacher films included hahaha) I kinda think its underrated. Yes, it made changes that are kinda weird for the some characters, like Penguin and Joker being karate/kung-fu masters and Freeze's new origin. But I think the voice acting was good, stories they told were enjoyable enough. Again, not as good or complex as BTAS but still a fun watch if you wanna see something different and something that has Batman in it.
Vann del Mundo most certainly still a fun watch despite the oversimplification of the mythos :)
This was the first Batman series I got to watch on boomerang
Honestly loved the show but whenever I hear batmobile my first thought goes to his neon blue turboed Lamborghini. First batmobile I ever saw, to this day still has a place in my hearts garage lol
It's slower than I remember, but then again, everything on tv seems faster when you're young.
Looking back on it, I actually like how they made all the villains not only more dangerous, but also more competent.
Joker's a god-damned monkey; Penguin's athletic as all hell, with a weapons to match; Killer Croc is an actual crocodile; Mr. Freeze, instead of using a cryo-gun, is an actual cryomancer; and even the lesser villains are a serious threat.
I was actually surprised when I saw newer versions of these characters and saw how much weaker and how incompetent they all were. 'These aren't threats,' I thought, 'they're idiots.'
i really enjoyed this show and adored the character designs and art style. I thought the Batman voice actor and character was done well but could have used more development and i enjoyed the villains even if they were a bit 1 dimensional. I do still have fond memories of this show
I will always love the clayface arc too, what they did with that was incredible. 100% my favourite villain on the show
I like to think that The Batman, Teen Titans, and Legion of superheroes take place in the same universe
This show had one thing which worked really well: simplicity. This show was no Batman Beyond, but it had real heart. It something that I yearned to watch just to unwind from a long school day, or frantic exams. I still do. The problems became more complex, but this series always had ita charm waiting for me. There was no complex moralities and delimmas, just a young Batman going about in Gotham. That was it, and that was what was needed. Shows like Young Justice are great, but at times, I feel they're too overpowering with their meta-social commentary on sexuality, race and global conflicts. This show, was just what you needed at the end of the day: a Batman who always came out on top and always kept going. Just the simple things such as the night stay being colored differently everytime made me feel this show always knew it was light and entertaining. This was one of the shows I truely loved, and still love, to this day.
I find this film series to be criminally underrated. I do think that it's change of pace in design and tone was refreshing and I rather enjoy all of the characters. I'm also a big fan of the Batman VS Dracula film that's tied into this series.
This was and honestly still is my favorite Batman tv show, I grew up watching it when I was like 5 or 6 and would watch it every night. I loved everything about this show, like his gadgets and the way they were designed and the sounds they would make, I also loved the robin in this and they all had great voice actors, especially Batman, robin, and Alfred. 😄😁
I have a love for this series. Reminds me of my college days
iam123 ahhhhhh love a bit of nostalgia
I had a fun time with this Batman series the only one that I was bored with was beware of the batman
It’s just really, really fun. Nothing complex and gives you exactly what you want for a action cartoon
I love Batman:TAS for the mature and melodrama take and making Mr. Freeze from a gimmick villain to a tragic one but I liked that this Batman series was action based with some dark tones here and there. Not every adaption of the characters will be the same or similar. I was upset when Ming-Na decided to stop voicing the character of Ellen Yin but found it interesting to see Batgirl before Robin debut. Also Penguin knowing how to fight made him interesting and more of a foe than other versions of him.
This was the show I grew up with and I absolutely love it
This was my childhood and i don't regret loving this show still binge watch it to this day
This show was ok , I liked it a lot for certain reasons but few things were kinda dumb
Visually it was decent and I did like the high tech Batman
Batman TAS is retro high tech
I loved this show when I was a kid. Don’t know if I’d love it as much if I were to watch it again but one thing is for sure I will forever love that intro. :D (artstyle is pretty cool as well)
NFStyles indeed man indeed.
This was my introduction to The caped crusader so if it weren't for the show I wouldn't have played the Lego games, watched the Lego Batman Movie, Dark Knight, the animated series and later watched the Tim Burton movie, and watched the Robert Paterson film and loved it. Now here I am playing the Arkham Trilogy for the first time in memory of Kevin Conroy.
It's true that the series lacks the great characterization that TAS was known for and is overall more kid friendly, with Batman uncharacteristically telling cheesy one liners like in the Brave and the Bold. However, I think it's great for a different reason- that is, the superb design, animation, and action sequences. The hand to hand combat is actually choreographed and is more fluid than most cartoons/anime I've seen, even the more modern ones. The acrobatics, car chases, and flights have a kinetic quality to them that elevates the show above its relatively thin characters and plot lines. The design is slick, and though it's obvious Batman's wide array of gadgets were to sell toys, to this day I still find them cool, especially since they're incorporated into interesting interactions between Batman and the various villains' gimmicks.
I think you missed the point with the villains. Batman is only 3 years in when the show premieres. His rogues gallery doesn't have the same motivations as the other batman iterations when he's older and has history with them
This legit brings back so many good memories. Say whatchu want but this will always be my favorite.
I enjoyed the show but one thing I didn't like was in season 4 when they got Robin after the stupid Bat embargo lifted how they just stopped using Batgirl. She showed up in like 5 episodes in seasons 4 and 5 and I enjoyed her take.
With that said, as someone who grew up on DCAU, Batman TAS, and all that the show was fine Saturday morning cartoon to me but never great. They had moments like Ethan, Bruce's friend being Clayface
With that said, my favorite aspect of the show was the fight scenes. I loved how he moved in action it was a lot of fun
This show was too dark for me as a kid. I saw commercials for it all the time but I always had to tap out when it came on TV. I had to wait until the last seasons before I could handle it and even then I had to psych myself up before each episode.
Man, character designs were so good. Joker was so creepy with his Kabukis, with this flexibility of his mind actually embodied. Easily my favourite design of Riddler, so different yet so fitting. And the Ragdoll! I loved him so much!!
Even if the show doesn't give it's best in soundtracks - the intros were cool enough for me; The Vibe is there.
Robin's backstory was cool to see.
I still remember the episode in which everybody was turning into zombies (?) and Batman was loosing his allies one by one, only to finally surrender. It was a reverse situation and he got cured but man, I remember it hitting me way worse than "Failsafe" of YJ.
I remember loving this when I was little, like kindergarten in 2006. I don't remember any of bat girl, commissioner gordon, or robin. I didn't really stop watching cartoon network and I remember the show going off the air to be replaced by Batman: Brave and the Bold (which I loved too). Did it switch channels, get some kinda scheduling change, or did it just go under my radar somehow? I did watch a lot of it on a dvd case, but I definitely remember some CN bumper for it.
P.S. Do Krypto the superdog next.
They switched to kids wb!
I do enjoy this series although it definitely has "Saturday morning cartoon" syndrome at times. Like Francis Gray can turn back time because he went crazy. That's all it took.
A good chunk of the episodes are shallow and some villains are reduced to common thugs but I don't mind it. I've seen Mr. Freeze's tragic tale a million times so no harm in just making him a criminal this time.
Also the creators had a difficult task. They were tasked with creating a Batman show that was entirely different from the incredible DCAU. They had to make a lot of difficult decisions. Some worked, some didn't.
With that said, I love the first two seasons of this show. I really like vigilante Batman with Alfred constantly trying to get him to quit risking his life as a vigilante.
I also like that this show actually has a canon to it. The review mentioned Yin and Clayface, but even things like getting a new Batmobile when the first one wrecks, etc.
Nerd rant over. I wonder if anyone will bother to read this?
I remember having to paint the entire front fence of the house so i could buy it on dvd when i was a kid. Definitely worth it. Still have it to this day.
Underrated show
Joe Kerr ikr
My list of favorite batman shows are:
1.The Batman (I can go on forever why)
2.Batman beyond (No explanation)
3.Batman brave and the Bold (first Batman show and game)
4.Batman the animated series (it just didn't impact me like the others did but I was in the spectacular spiderman phase when I watched it)
If I were to be harsh on this show, I'd say it's a dumbed down version of Batman: The Animated Series. As you pointed out, it lacks the complexity that makes batman content engaging. Probably that's what made it hard for me to get into the series. Maybe I'll watch it completely at a later time. That said, the show's Jackie Chan Adventures-esque animation style is something I really like and very different. Lends a unique perspective.
One of the most underrated batman shows ever.
Oooh that intro is so nostalgic
This is one of my personal favorite dc show and I'm glad that the animation of the show still holds up.
Same
This series isn't trying to be Batman TAS, it just wants to be a Saturday Morning Cartoon Batman series. For that reason, it focuses on the entertainment value more than it focuses on the character of the villains. If character development is in the show, it comes to the Bat Family.
I also like that up to Season 4, every character has an origin in the series and you can usually point to the Episode that is about them and their beginnings. In that respect, the show can be self contained and doesn't need to rely on the comics for recognition.
I still have all my DVDs to this show
I really liked the tone season 1 had with batman being an outlaw and working alone
Great vid, super exited for more of your sires review to come in the future.
there coming !!
I think it coulda used a bit more time in the oven. Maybe put a bit more emphasis on how this is a younger Bruce. And of course making the villains more fleshed out woulda been nice.
I don’t know if this was intentional but I like how the clayface who sees himself as just a monster is the first and is used to make the clayface who just wants to commit crimes and is the second which is kinda the opposite of the comics.
I LOVED the look of the Batman in this show. Loved what he did with his cape by wrapping his whole body in it and covering everything up in all black/blue. I thought it was so clean
I honestly really loved this show!😄
This was my first Batman show it still holds up
same
the batman was FIRE!!!!It was just as good as timm.s Bataman series.The animation was Gorgeous!!!Intro themes rememberable,loved the vibrant colors also.Thenew designed Joker creeped me out and his theme music also.
Cool you reviewed this. I like it and think it underratted.
Agreed. I love this show so much. I also like the toyline with it. Hahaha
@@cervanno05 yeah loved this show too.i had loads of the figures.never got the flash or the martian.those were the ones i really wanted lol
Wellshire the show doesn't have the drama of Batman the animated series, but you got to take into account what kind of show this is this isn't trying to be Batman the animated series with such deep. This is more of a reimagining of the Adam West series. Evident by the fact that Adam West I think even Burt Ward makes several cameos in the show. This is simple fun for a younger audience.
This (and Batman Beyond) where the Batmen I grew up with and for that it’ll always hold a special place with me, especially the theme. But yeah, all the villains are massively simplified, and there are a few episodes that are all action and little else that are straight up unwatchable.
I'm 17 and The Batman defined my generation (batman the animated series movies too)
I grew up on this show. Good stuff.
This was almost the Batman Equivalent of Smallville and X-Men Evolution with a younger version of the character with subverted characters however a great series
Oh my god i loved this show
In my opinion, this show is the most underrated Batman show.
Nah beware the batman takes that place
1:28 I agree with you, I used to love this show back when I was a kid, but agree that they reduced Mr. Freeze to a petty thug.
To be fair that's how he started in the comics.
@@vingrier87 not with fucking annoying ice buns
“The Batman” is so underrated, I’m glad to be part of the few who appreciated this series. I love the 90’s animated series, “The Batman” had some good stories, and I love the designs of the characters (most notably the villains). I would watch this show again ;)
This show was leagues better than the animated series and the new show isn't even close. The acting is great, the art is great, the writing is great, the character development is great, this was a fantastic show and it should have been the base for justice league unlimited. Like these guys were able to make a jackychan cartoon THAT WAS ACTUALLY ENTERTAINING!!!
My favourite show on earth
I've been binging this show and I gotta say, I still love it like I did when I was a kid. It's no BTAS but it doesn't have to be. Snappy, quick episodes make this show super easy to binge. I think Robin and Batgirl are a lot of fun and so is Alfred. I do wish we got more episodes like when they got into Joker's mind but that's probably my biggest problem with the show. Other than that I can say this is either my second or third favorite Batman cartoon.
It's on my third place of my most favourite Batman animated shows. First place is Batman TAS and second is Batman Beyond.
I wasn't first introduced to the Batman franchise by 'The Batman' but it holds a specific place in my heart out of the 3 I mentioned.
I disagree with this video. Best Batman cartoon.
This show definitely has some good things. The best villains were probably Clayface, Firefly, Francis Grey, Everyman, Ventriloquist, Rag Doll, Riddler(his design was bad tho), Hugo Strange, Catwoman and Joker had some standout moments. I’d say this show has many positives and negatives. Season 5’s episodes when they weren’t JL based, were great. Only Superman and Green Arrow were worthwhile. The bat family relationship was nice. Mr Freeze, Man Bat, Bane, and Penguin were downgrades from there BTAS counterparts though.
I watched this show a lot as a child. I could be mistaken but I believe it was the first Batman entertainment I ever saw. Looking back at it now I recognize how flawed it really is but I still can't help but feel a little bit indebted to it. This was in a way my gateway into superheros and comic books and there are a lot of other excellent versions of the character I probably wouldn't have seen or appreciated as much without starting out here. On top of that my earliest memories of myself drawing pictures stem from me at the age of 5 or 6 attempting to imitate Jeff Matsuda's featured art design. To this day I can still see his influence on my art style whenever I sketch out a picture and for that I can never give him my full thanks. Unlike some childhood entertainment I viewed as kid like Land Before Time or The Charlie Brown Holiday Specials, where on rewatching I am filled with joy to recognize how they are as good for children as they are for adults. I return to this show and realize that maybe some stuff for kids really is just for kids. With all that it still had a big impact on my youth and I will always hold it in it's own special place personally.
This was one of the series I used to watch when I was younger and I genuinely loved it. I just had a good time watching it, I liked the characters and seeing them fight villains and interacting, doing their thing. That actually was enough for me back then, it's not anymore now that I got older, but I feel like it did what it was trying to do right. A fun show about superheroes fighting supervillains, the character designs, character personalities and episodic stories were enough to keep me engaged :)
The zombie storyline was amazing
I basically have the same idea about the show: Flash but with little substance. Still, one thing I do disagree on is how Batgirl and Robin were forgettable. While they appeared too little even after they were introduced, when they were present they were amazing. They were odd (I mean, Batgirl is in college in this series and Robin is still 10 but they're about the same height, what is up with that) and they got along better than any 10 year old-18 year old pairing would, but that relationship was always fun to watch. No, not romantic, that would be so wrong. But their banter managed to break up any dull stretches of an episode to me, their energy gave the show new life and they were given their own new details for the purposes of the show, only. While they by themselves were explored little, their relationship and personality kept the show above average to me. I mean, the whole "Kick his head off" clip shown at 3:30 reflected that perfectly.
banging response brother, most certainly agree that they broke up what could've been very dull areas of the show :D
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The Martian Manhunter episodes (as well as Green Arrow and Superman ones) were my favourite from season 5. Batman vs Dracula being one of an all-time favourite Batman story. And there's so many other episodes that I loved from the earlier seasons as well as the ones in the later seasons.
The episodes that introduced: Catwoman, Joker, Penguin, Mr. Freeze, Riddler, Bane, etc. were all fun. The team-up ones like, anytime Robin or Batgirl were on screen, or that triple team of Batman, Catwoman, and Penguin episode, they were all fun; same with the Batman/Robin Doppelgangers. The darker themed ones like the Clock King, the Dark Knight Returns-type dystopian future story with Nightwing; that game show fat basement guy; Bruce Wayne's bestfriend becoming Clayface, all of these were very fun to watch.
Best intro music tho. Absolutely phenomenal.
This version of Batman was my childhood and I still think of it fondly. I have all five seasons on DVD and enjoy it. While, I understand that this wasn't everyone's favorite iteration our Dark Knight, it was mine. I adored the characters, stories, and the design.