Why the DC ANIMATED UNIVERSE is AWESOME
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 29 ก.ย. 2024
- A break from formula today now as we delve into the DC Animated Universe - a collection of animated shows from the mid-90s to the early 2000s - which puts the current live action universe to shame.
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Batman The Animated Series (1992)
Batman Mask of the Phantasm (1993)
Superman The Animated Series (1996)
The New Batman Adventures (1997)
Batman Beyond (1999)
Justice League (2001)
Justice League Unlimited (2004)
Superman The Movie (1978)
Man of Steel (2013)
Batman v Superman Dawn of Justice (2016)
Wonder Woman (2017)
Justice League (2018)
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Just having the best versions of Batman, Superman, Joker, and Luthor already make the DCAU well worth diving into. Come for them, stay for all the other awesomeness you'll quickly find.
The question was truly one of my favorites.
I kind of prefer Lex Luthor in Young Justice. Completely agree with the others, though.
Dont forget flash
I can’t wait till my son is old enough because I will love revisiting this classic series with him
@@AndyKnode he has the best scenes in justice league
Due to watching the jl tas as kid they became original to me and batman beyond was great too love them both
These will always be my favorite versions of these characters. Period. I'm lucky this was how I was introduced to DC.
Also check out Gotham by gaslight. It's awesome.
MCU and DCAU. Perfectly balanced as all things should be
1. Huge thumbs up to you for acknowledging Andrea Romano's work on this show. (I only recently learned that many years prior, she was the voice director for the first season or so of _ReBoot_, another terrific show!)
2. Kevin Conroy - directed by Andrea Romano - should provide the "Batman voice" in every Batman live-action movie, no matter who is actually in the suit. Nobody else has come close. Just one more way that the DCAU gave us the "best non-comic Batman" ever.
Hey! This isn’t a Star Trek review!
Just kidding. I LOVE the DCAU! Great review and your hard work on this really extensive project completely shines through!
Haha even I get a little bored of Star Trek. I'm glad you enjoyed it, I appreciate the kind words :)
I'll never understand how they got the universe down with these shows and just didn't copy the formula for there live action flicks...
The movies did Aquaman better, though
The animation universe holds up very well over the yrs
There is a fair of adult innuendo in JL as well
Your love for Batman the Animated Series is completely Justified! It's been over 25 years and not a single Batman show has quite capture that lightning in a bottle that that show has!
Jeez, the nostalgia this animated universe gives off
Aquaman sucked, though
I used to watch the superman animated movie on repeat constantly when I was younger
If you were a Batman fan the DCAU was great, All the DCAU did was suck Batman's taint. They treated Superman horribly in the first two season then had him fight an "Evil" version of himself, then beat up a child, then get saved by is worst enemy. Cry me a river indeed.
I grew up with those stuff before the Marvel Cinematic Universe occurred
I Gleefully Grew up with the DCAU and I watched Man of Steel holding it up to the DCAU Superman. Man of Steel did not hold up.
I wish they would do a resurgence of a similar animated universe, with Young Justice being the starting point of the new animated universe. Young Justice has already introduced and formed a detailed and layered universe almost as expansive as the DCAU. WB animation now has the chance to take this further and go back to do the origin stories of the 'Mentors' in their own individual shows starting with the DC trinity. These don't have to be as expansive as the main Young Justice itself nor do they have to go back to their origins completely. Instead they can start from when the 'Mentors' and 'Proteges' first meet and develop story arcs from there which also relate through flashbacks their own starting experiences.
I love your thoughts on the DCAU. Although i don't think it's necessary to put down the movies to elevate the DCAU. It is possible to enjoy both. Great video keep it up!
I can’t understand why people like Superman as much as they do, he is just an okay character very middle of the road.
I subscribed to the DCU app on my Roku and tablet specifically for the animation. When DOOM PATROL and SWAMP THING appeared, it was a delightful surprise.
Yes, the JLA and S:TAS did get Superman right, as good as the first Superman movie, 40 years ago, with the great Christopher Reeve, a man with an easy smile, which The Big Guy also has.
Henry Cavill should keep portraying Geralt of Rivia, a part he was born to play, and let somebody else play the OG superhero, the super man, the best of all of us.
The big screen movies need to learn that each "reboot" does not need a new take on the origin. As the animation shows, just bring in the characters and their dialogue and actions will set the stage better than some boring or worse, srtistic take on a new origin.
These shows are so perfect, so Blesssd by God, that if I watch even one episode I end up binge watching the entire DCAU, and I end up in a puddle of my own tears of joy by the end
I loved it all from this series of DC Animated Universe! That's also why I'm doing fan fiction stories of them different from my version from the shows. Batman: The Animated Series 'with video games and two movies', The New Batman Adventures, Gotham Girls, two video games, and movie', Superman: The Animated Series, Batman Beyond with movie, Justice League 'with some made up ones as well by me', and Justice League Unlimited 'the same thing'. Cool, huh? Good review, dude.
I love the black canary in this universe
I enjoyed man of steel, but absolutely the dcau is peak for sure
I got into the DCAU a decade late, but I kind of felt 1/4 of the episodes of Batman were pretty one dimensional and boring, but then there was another 1/4 that were very engaging and deep - the rest were somewhere in the middle, but it got better as it went along. I liked superman but it didn't reach the heights that Batman did. I was excited by justice league, but found the 1st season pretty boring, and overly powered, thought it could have used more build up - I didn't find the characters spoke for themselves as you say - so I stopped watching there, then later heard it gets better in the following seasons.
I agree in the current live action movies. Bur not too long ago we did got to see The Dark Knight. Nobody can deny that is the best Batman movie of all times. Everything worked in that movie! A original story as well as a New Look for the Joker and Chris Bale is a perfect Bruce Wayne.
Of all the superheroes either DC, Marvel, ot otherwise, Batman is my man. He's not even a SUPERhero, and that exactly the feason why he's my fave. No extra powers but he still comes up on top every time!
My number two, I'm gonna have to give it to Marvel's Spiderman. I hate the shit live action movies but the comics are great, and also Spiderman TAS was fantastic!
I like the movies mentioned, but I have to agree about the animated versions. And yes, Batman The Animated Series did start the ball rolling. 🎉✨👍❤😊
Is there a streaming service to watch the DCAU currently.
No. But those shows might be on the upcoming dc universe streaming service.
The DCEU is 4 for 7 at worst at this point. With Walter Hamada in charge it'll keep improving too. But the DCAU is simply untouchable.
Also, the voice acting in DCAU was top notch 🔥🔥🔥 DCAU's Lex Luthor is probably my best villain ever 💯
@rowanjcoleman What are your thoughts on the upcoming DCU and especially the upcoming Superman film that's being written and directed by DC Studios head James Gunn?
Add Aquaman and Shazam to the success list
Batman Mask of the Phantasm is easily the best animated movie ever made
thank you! yes!! this was definitely the single best version of DC ever. I was about 18 when it started, I watched it for like10 or so years as it went down. it was the ulitimate cartoon universe of superheors hands down.
I buy almost every DC animated movies Marvel is #1 in live action and DC is #1in the animated world What did you think of Ninja Batman
And Justice league action is best
Speaking of lesser known characters that appeared I think a special menion has to go to Jeffery Combs as the Question. He was brilliant through the Cadmus arc.
He was fantastic, I can't believe I didn't give that performance a shout out in the video.
Jeffery Combs is always fantastic - even when whatever it is he's in is not
Rowan J Coleman Tis all right mate I'll keep you right 😉
Mr PoshShark Let us also remember he started Batman TAS as voice of Scarecrow.
Question and Huntress
Yes! I think animation is a better fit for a comic book adaptation anyway. Why does it have to be live action? Wonderful video, thank you!
I have to wonder what the live action movies would be like if they brought Bruce Tim on as a producer.
I like live action adaptions because it gives a different feel then animation. The whole reason I wanted to see a live action Last Airbender is to see how cool bending would look in a 3d space.
mike mike and look how that worked out for you. M Knight crapbag butchered the source material. What he did the last air bender makes fans cry.
@@Darkfrost7456 there is no live action avatar movie.
@@Hysterically_Accurate There is no movie within these comments. Here, we are safe. Here, we are free.
I'm late but my god the dcau is amazing going back to watch them again
And that is the best part that it still holds up all these years later.
Ignore my other comment. I though this video was about the movies. But yeah. I LOVE the DCAU shows. They're so perfect.
Where can i watch all of these
A Kid From Africa A decent chunk of it is on the DC Universe streaming service for like $6 a month. The rest you’d have to buy on iTunes or something, unless you want to try and torrent it but that’s usually my last resort.
@@ty-fighter9969 as far as i know the streaming service is only in usa and i live in europe
You Nailed It! The Animated Universe has just the right balance of fun and adventure, and is obvious that is is made by fans of the characters. And I totally agree if feels as though the recent live action movies have been embarrassed by the source material and are trying to make is too gritty and real in order to cast a wider net. But what they are failing to realize is there is a huge group of fans like you and me that grew up on this animated shows that would love to see that brought to life. They just need to trust the material and stop trying to make DC something it is not. Great video!.
I've been saying this for years, why can't WB allow the DCAU writers to write the live-action films and get directors who aren't egotistical enough to want to change the movies to their "vision".
No. sorry, this is 100% wrong. Marvel did well because there is no nostalgia associated with it. DC movies that did well had no nostalgia associated with them such as Wonder Woman, Aquaman and Shazam. Even though Man of Steel was a superior movie to Superman movie ages ago, it didn't do well because people do not like change. Xmen, didn't do so well because there was tons of nostalgia, Spiderman same thing. People grew up with this stuff and cannot tolerate change or character growth. It has to remain a constant and to fit their expectations which is stupidity because they'll never experience anything new.
Batman V Superman extended is superior to the majority of marvel movies. Marvel movies are just safe and all the same. BVS has a villain that people aren't even aware of unless they pay attention to 3 different movies.
What I cannot stand is the complete hypocrisy. Oh Justice league animated is soo good.. ~complain about BVS not having proper character development for Wonder Woman and yet Justice league animated has no character back stories for anyone of their characters. The league just shows up because "superman" summoned them. Do you people see the stupid double standards you're showing?
You look familiar..where have I seen you?
@@Gandoan The DCEU is full of trash movies. The reason the movies don't do well isn't because of nostalgia it is because the movies are bad or mediocre. There are plenty of videos explaining the many problems with these movies. It isn't just because people don't like what they did with these characters,which does play a part.
@@Gandoan Also if you think MCU movies are all the same then you don't understand movies and only look at similar things between them. From Avengers to Winter Soldier to Guardians of the Galaxy there is plenty of variety amd different stories to tell. The ones that do follow a basic formula are usually people's least favorites , even fans.
*AMEN!* Preach it, brother!!! The MCU has Civil War. The DCEU *_COULD_* have had, _"Tower of Babel."_ That latter is a more up-close and personal story of betrayal of trust, hubris and good intentions gone awry. It could have been _so awesome_ to see that story arc! But DC didn't take the time to world build, establish relationships and flesh out their rogues galleries. IMO, Vandal Savage would have been a great villain. An immortal, brilliant and VERY patient foe with an understandable (but evil) agenda. A nice appetizer before we delve into Darkseid.
Nicholas Hylton yup
The biggest problem with the DCEU is that they tried to be like the MCU way to quickly.
The MCU took it's time to build up, the DCEU didn't and moved ahead with Justice League before letting the paint dry on the solo movies.
Hell in the time between the first MCU movie and the Avengers there had been two Spidermen and two Hulk's which goes to show that Marvel took their time in finding the right people before throwing them together as a team.
DC on the other had just said "Fuck it, let's go with what we have."
What's even worse is that DC have a separate movie and TV universes which in the case of Supergirl is good as it allows Superman to appear, but in the case of The Flash is stupid because it alienates the fans of the TV show by having a different guy playing the role.
@@DarkLordDiablos The secret to making good DC film/TV shows seems to be keeping the WB executives and money people as far away from them as possible. Though that can also produce things like WW84, so...
In case you're wondering, my favourite part of the DCAU is Batman: Mask of the Phantasm. The movie so great, it's tied with Batman Returns and Batman Begins as my favourite Batman movie. Plus, it's so good it was released in cinemas!
Mask of the Phantasm is far better then it has any right to be. It should be way more appreciated than it currently is.
And in fact, it is starting to get more appreciation. Nostalgia Critic once called it the "Best Batman Movie", and it's recently gotten a release on Blu-Ray! If only the theatrical marketing had marketed it as if it were one of the Burton ones rather than as just an animated movie with Batman in it...That way it would've been a smash hit.
@@RowanJColeman It did get a 25 yr anniversary release this past November. Wish I could have seen it on the big screen but my work schedule conflicted with it. 😣
I love Batman: Under the Red Hood. But that’s a very biased pick because Jason Todd is my favourite character from DC. Objectively, Under the red hood may not be the best animated DC movie, but it is my favourite
@@RowanJColeman Look up Siskel & Ebert's review of Mask of the Phantasm on TH-cam if you haven't seen it already. They justifiably carried ON about how great it is, they both LOVED BMOTP. Although Siskel's dismissal of Hamill's Joker is baffling....
What makes me love especially JLU so much is how they cast a spotlight on the not-so-mainstream characters, examples being the Question, Huntress, Booster Gold or Stargirl.
Not to mention intriguing villains like Lex Luthor, Darkseid and Amanda Waller.
Exactly . I didn’t even know that these heroes existed until I watched JLU and now they are some of my favorites. I would honestly watch a series with Question and the huntress, or green arrow and black canary. Even Booster gold !
That's what I liked about the DCAU, they have the most popular characters ( Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman) shown in their adventures, but take advantage on showing heros we're not aware of and give the spotlight to.
DC animated: amazing. DC movies: a mess. Marvel movies: great. Marvel animated: Basically non-existent, and anything they have made doesn't come close to DC animated. Why is it that both companies are doing well in one department and can't get their shit together in the other. It baffles me why this problem exists the way it does for both companies.
micronoid plus DC video games and comics are now way better than counterparts
The only great Marvel animation is The Spectacular Spider-Man
Kam Campbell and X-Men, X-Men Evolution, Wolverine, Incredible Hulk (90s), Spider-Man 90s, Silver Surfer, Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes, Spider-Man Mtv,
Marvel had a great series 'The Avengers Earth's Mightiest Hero's ' Season 1 - great dialogue, witty dialogue and good scripts and plots. Season 2 stunk, dialogue was lousy, script and plots were lousy the characters were not the same as in Season 1. DC has had great animated series from the get go, dialogues are great, scripts are great, plots are great and voices for the characters are just spot on. Wish they would have had JLU last more than 1 season.
Dc animated movies:amazing
Marvel animated movies:they barely make them ,the ones they do make are rarely better than anything dc has done in the animation department
Dc live action:BURN IT WITH FIRE(except the dark knight)
Marvel live action:why are we calling God's blessing mcu?
Dc games:amazing!
Marvel games:on par,yeah most say dc is better in games but I say they are equals here
Dc animated tv shows:the BOMB!
Marvel animate shows:some meh,some good,it's mixed
Dc tv shows:Some great,some meh,its mix-wait have I said this?
Marvel tv shows:The NUKE!
Dc comics:Freaking great!
Marvel comics:YEEEEAAAAHHHHH BOIIIIII
Sorry, I love the DCAU, but there’s something I have to get off my chest.
The first part of ‘Only a Dream’ (from season 2 of Justice League) is the greatest execution of a sinister cliffhanger I’ve ever seen.
Phew. Been holding onto that one for years.
Yes great episode. The DCAU dvd's are my treasured possessions.
That episode scared me a lot as a kid but I love it now because it’s so dark and I love the interaction between J’onn and Batman. Plus it’s kinda tragic since a civilian dies in the episode, which is pretty risky for a kids’ show
Finally! Someone else who fully acknowledges/appreciates Clancy Brown as Lex Luthor! 👍🏻
Everyone else keeps forgetting that and just keeps going "Oh ThE Guy wHO PlaYs mr krABS!" It's annoying!
When ever I hear Clancy Brown voice I think:
Lex God damn Luthor!
I always think of him as The Kurgan
He was Luthor before Krabs, too. It honestly feels wrong to hear anyone else as Lex Luthor. Sure, others have been good, but Clancy Brown will always be the best version of Lex Luthor
@@ISBuckley8 exactly! Thank you!
Some of the best television I've ever seen. And you did it justice.
Young Justice
You can gush all you want about every aspect of this show, but in essence, it's success falls right into the laps of the writers and the writing teams. Dwayne Mcduffie, Paul Dini, Bruce Timm just to name a few...these guys were passionate about the source material and it shows.
I would also recommend Green Lantern The Animated Series. It only got one season, unfortunately. I don't think it has ever been officially said to be in the DCAU, but I consider it to be.
Yeah I've seen a few episodes of that and I like what I saw. I gotta watch it all some time. In fact I've been getting into Green Lantern comics a lot recently. So many great ideas and imagination in those stories, it truly makes me realize how much the Green Lantern movie was botched.
It gets dark near the end.
I forgot about the series, it was very good, especially when they were on the other side of the galaxy and then they got help with the Blue lantern. A very good series. I also liked the Animated movies about the Green Lantern - First Flight, Emerald Nights not sure if there were any others but those two stick out.
@@55Quirll it was just those two movirs
How about Young Justice? Great example of DC animation still going strong.
That's something I'm yet to properly watch. I've seen half of the first season and need to watch more.
Yes. In my opinion, it has more comics from the DC universe that the DCAU never really had, like Jason Todd.
Its a really good series, and stays strong. Superboy became the heart of the series, and its good in handling story and characters, and as usual, lex luthor is the worst as politican.
@@jonsnor4313 See I liked it for season 1, but was lost heavily in season 2. Felt a bit too dramatic, and not having the team dynamic that was present for season 1 was hard to adjust for. Plus the cast ballooned in size, which wasn't easy to get invested in them because of it. It feels more like an animated series for comic book fans than a series that will get people to become fans of the comic books.
@@shawnjavery Also, the timeskip was confusing. I actually spent like twenty minutes on google trying to find out which series/movie I missed that explained... anything.
It really is amazing how right they got the DCAU.
I always loved that ending for justice league unlimited; the DCAEU started with batman and ended with him in the final shot, a nice touch.
Just seeing all the heroes that way still gets me...
"Can we please stop with the near constant Frank Miller worshipping?" AMEN!!!!!
Well, they did it with Shazam.
Two words, Bruce Timm
AND Paul Dini!
And Dwayne McDuffie.
Jay Oliva (Flashpoint Paradox) & Sam Liu (Fatal Five, Apocalypse) deserve major props too. But yeah, Bruce is The Godfather 🔥
They all need to work with marvel also
and alan burnett, don't forget him
Damn it, now I have to watch Justice League and Justice League Unlimited again :D
After watching Infinity War I kind of feel the DCEU should just throw in the towel and leave the movies to Marvel. Let DC keep making the animated movies.
DC animated movies are better than Marvel animated movies.
The current version of the DC Movie Universe no doubt needs a reboot. I don't think they have to stick to animation exclusively. I really wanna see this universe on the big screen, they just have to be smart in how the build their universe. Infinity War has effectively stolen the thunder of a Darkseid plot, but perhaps building up to a CADMUS like story can be brilliant if executed well.
Infinity War was trash compared to the comic. They did Thanos dirty in that movie, didn't even make him as ballin as he truly is; they made him a fucking good guy for christ sake
+carrottoponcrack What the hell are you talking about? A good guy? They made him a single minded ruthless psychopath who would go through literally anyone and anything to achieve his goal in murdering half the universe. They made the logic behind his end goal a lot more interesting and understandable than the ridiculous "I wanna fuck Death" nonsense from the comics.
DC/ Warner Bros just needs to stop trying to follow what Marvel is doing and carve their own path.
True, the only exception would be the Avengers, Earth's Mightiest Heroe's, The first season was great had excellent dialogue and script - wasp and thor having a funny dialogue going after AIM or fighting KANG as an example, the second season was going down hill, after that it was trash. Other than that Marvel hasn't had a decent animated series but great movies. DC has had great animated movies and series. I really love the voices Romano choose.
Leave it up to DC and Warner Bros to make beautiful animated series but can't get half their movies right.🤔
The reason DCAU is successful because the WB Animated Studios writers understand these characters, while DCEU writes doesn't.
The DCEU is a failed attempt to piggyback off of the success of the MCU without taking the time to build it up like the MCU did.
The only thing that DC has done which Marvel hadn't done upto last year was release a standalone female lead movie and that was only because Wonder Woman is part of the Trinity unlike Black Widow.
But even that hasn't hurt the MCU financially or critically and Black Widow now has a movie coming out this year.
The DC Animated universe is fantastic. The DC Extended universe is trash
DC let Snyder ruin their cinematic universe, now they're making all these damn TV shows.
I don't want more DC TV, I want more movies.
DC's CW shows all suck now.
nitebird67 amen
@@devil7660 Titans, Gotham, Doom Patrol are amazing
Honestly the cross overs are good tho
So as the DCAMU
My favorite team up from the DCAU and wish I could see more is Question and Huntress. Their story arc and how it lead to the all out war between the JLU and Cadmus was one of the best.
My disappointment in this forced DCSU has lead me to start buying up all the animated movies. As a big Teen Titans comic book fan, I really enjoyed Teen Titans vs Justice League and The Judas Contract. Justice League Dark was great because I loved Matt Ryan's Constantine and of course Deadman. Why is there no Deadman movie yet? It's getting so ridiculous how all these great characters are getting ignored. My wife had no idea who Martian Manhunter was. The most important question is "Where is my Booster Gold/Blue Beetle Movie"? Sorry I'm ranting here. I'm just a total DC nerd and I've been trying to show Marvel fanboy friends how awesome DC is by showing them the animated universe while wondering, why aren't the people who write and produce the animated films making the live action movies.
this animated universe had a bit of everything, this series had action, comedy, drama, among other things and in some episodes of its series it left some teaching.
I agree 100 percent.
The DCAU was created organically in stand alone shows very much like Feigi built the MCU with stand alone movies leading up to the first Avengers movie and he respected the source material.
As a fan of both Marvel and DC I would indeed love if DC used the formula from their animated universe on the DCEU but we are expecting too much from the WB big wigs.
As much as the CW shows are maligned they are still better and closer in spirit to the source material than the DCEU with the exception of Wonder Woman.
If the CW shows hired decent writers and stopped the political propaganda I would agree with you. Sadly, they're just poorly written. Even the Flash, after starting off good, has gone down this rabbit hole. Is it really so hard to find writers who can tell a good story without all the politics? I know the local bookstore with a very large fantasy / sci-fi section seems to do just fine.
Starforge1 They seem to have fallen into extremely formulaic seasons Black Lightning being the exception.
@Roy CyberPunk and yet from what I hear (haven't bothered to watch) BL has the worst level of politics in it so /shrug. There are literally hundreds if not thousands of stories out there for DC's main characters from comics to cartoons - it's really impossible to use some of that excellent source material to generate a decent show? I guess so.
Starforge1
Oh wow then you heard wrong. Black Lightning is DCs version of Black Panther for TV.
Stop listening to naysayers like those and watch it. You won't be sorry.
The CW shows suck because the channel is more focused on romance and fan service for teen girls then delivering any kind of story. This mindset was easily visible in the flash they just got a lot less subtle with it as time passed. Politics are the least of the concerns.
Im also a fan of how Timm's universe brings many of the less mainstream characters to light. Exhibit: the Question.
Also they got the freakin' Crimson Avenger!! (although he only ever gets one line of dialogue xD but still, he's there)
The dc animated shows are a main example of why I'm a dc fan
DCAU > DCAMU and DCEU combined
It is so true that Superman-TAS and JLU's Superman was the first incarnation I actually liked. because he was powerful, but never godly. and despite his boyscoutish nature could still make rash decisions when angry. His Hate and nearly muderous tendency's towards Darkside in JLU felt controversial but at the same time SO justified knowing what he did to him in Superman-TAS.
Because of that cartoon, John Stewart will always be MY Green Lantern.
If you had a magic ring that was powered by will, why wouldn't you give one of those rings to a marine? It just makes sense. Besides, Hal Jordan is kind of goofy.
MASSIVE NOSTALGIA FEELS.
Mr PoshShark oh yeah I think I got tears in my eyes
oh jeez, time to start a rewatch of everything
Alice Robinson yup
And they still hold up so well.
When ever someones says DC is trash, I just say "Ever heard of the DCAU"
These aren't shows for kids, these are shows for everyone.
Static Shock meeting the Justice League was the Avengers-meeting-up moment of my childhood. 😅
6:12 They’re doing Christrian Bale.
DC ANIMATION UNIVERSE is way better then Marvel
Chad DC animated universe vs Virgin DC extended universe.
The themes playing throughout the video gave me goosebumps
I agree that the DC animated shows are a lot better than the recent live action ones they've produced.
Awesome video. A little disappointed that you didn't mention Young Justice or Teen Titans, but they aren't really connected to the larger DCAU (but they're both awesome too!)
I hate it when people say DC sucks, it means they’ve probably never seen any of these shows. I want reruns of all these shows to play on Cartoon Network so kids today can see them and I want them to make new shows from this universe.
It disappoints me that whenever I mention the DCAU, the majority of people autocorrect it to DCEU.
THANK YOU! Batman is my all time favorite hero and I am so sick of the Frank Miller-azation that every iteration feels the need to make. Some of my favorite moments from Batman in the comics is some of the lighter stuff.
The DCAU is so awesome and pure and fun, and like you said, you can tell the creators are having fun when you watch it.
The dc animated universe just gets everything right with its characters aand story telling, never gets old, im 33 and im still loving it even now, just awesome!!
Static Shock....? Obscure??
Bahahahahahaha...!!!!!😆😆😂😂
Zeta Project? Now that's obscure.
Dc has better stories better characters better villains better motives better comics marvel has better movies
The DCAU, Justice League and Unlimited specifically, were FUNDAMENTAL to my childhood. They were the cartoons I watched before I even started watching cartoons on the TV. My sisters and I watched those episodes we had on dvd ENDLESSLY. Perfect superhero content right there. It infused my early childhood with brilliant writing and dynamic, heartfelt characters and to this day remains one of my favorite cartoon series ever. I constantly find myself comparing and contrasting newer content with these characters to the DCAU and never once has it measured up. It simply doesn't get better than the DCAU.
I agree with every single point you make in this video. It sounds like every conversation I have with people who ask me why I don't like the DC films and why I prefer the animated universe. Well done vid!
DC had damn Post Crisis edicts on Superman TAS. No Kandor, no cousin Supergirl, no Legion Superboy etc. How many classic Superman stories adapted as a result? One. Thanks to DiDio, DCAU eventually sold Supergirl as a cousin and that classic? For the Man Who Has Everything!
There was a short lived cartoon called Legion of Superheroes and Teen Clark Kent was a lead character in that cartoon. So fans at least got that in animation.
This universe needs to come back.
The only bad thing about the DCAU is that the characters were really nerfed and not that powerful.
Exept for batman 😎
In the episode of Batman beyond when Terry helps the Current Justice League, they ask him to join at the end of the story saying “Batman was only a part timer.” Terry replied with “I guess we have more in common than I thought.” Superman the said “More than you know son.” That leads into the Justice League Unlimited episode Epilogue with what is revealed then.
As a huge superhero fan, I have always said that “Marvel makes the better live action movies, but DC makes the best animated films by far.”
No DCAU, no MCU. Easy and simple
Pretty sure marvel just wanted to do what comics has been doing for decades. It doesn't have anything to do with any other franchise. They had scrap left over and built a franchise like how comics do superheroes and it did well .
Kevin Conroy is THE BATMAN to me. When I read a comic, I hear his voice.
Speaking of THE Batman voice...RIP Kevin Conroy!
The DC animated universe was a huge part of my childhood
Mine too. They got awesome voice actors for the characters, had wonderful stories and cool music. For a lot of people Kevin Conroe is Batman and Mark Hamil is the Joker.
When I watched the live action movie batman vs superman I was very disappointed I love animated version of batman character
Yeah DC ruled the 90's and 80's, but some how fell off during the 2000's movie wise. It hurt to see it as a DC fan.
From X-Men, Fantastic Four, She-Hulk, Avengers Earth Mightiest Heroes, Spectacular Spiderman, it's seems that Marvel started missing the mark of the animation medium.
i must've watched the final scene of JLU at least a hundred times. but this is the first time i ever noticed this: Look at Zatanna's shoulder at 16:32
if you really think that man of steel is bad and doesnt capture superman you are really mistaken