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Summary: This batman is a joke!
Comment: I love batman, but this version of batman is by far the worst version ever created (including all the live action, animation, or comic book versions of batman). I have no clue why they are wasting animation resourses on a crap cartoon like this, when they could be putting it toward quality cartoons like Justice League. Warner Bros. needs to get a clue. I might not be a kid anymore (I'm the ripe old age of 21), but if I ever have kids I can promise you they will not be allowed to watch this. They will be watching all of the Batman the animated series dvds that I bought last month. Please parents (and kids) go buy those dvds (or superman the animated series, or justice league, or batman beyond, or x-men, or even teen titans) instead of wasting your money on this crapola.
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Summary: KIDS HATE THIS SHOW!
Comment: This version of Batman is for morons! My 12 years old cousin came to my house to stay in Christmas week. He told me that he watch this miserable show on TV. He told me about the atrocities that criminal producer Sam made with Batman.
I told him that I have Batman cartoons in my DVD stand and he told me he wanted to watch it. Immediately, I picked up my two seasons of the 90's Batman TAS serie and my four animated movies for him to watch. So I put him to watch the first season of Batman TAS. And guess what? He LOVED IT! He also told me he wanted a copy! He told me as we was watching "Uncle, I like this cartoons more than the ones on TV".
Do yourself a favor: avoid like the plague this DVD and buy a Scooby Doo cartoon for your kid, instead of this. He will thank you.
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Summary: Formulaic Saturday Morning Fare
Comment: If you're looking for something groundbreaking like B:TAS or "The New Batman Adventures," you'll have to look elsewhere. "The Batman" is nothing new. In fact, it's the kind of Saturday morning show you might have seen in the late-80's. This re-imagining abandons many if not all of the conventions that made the other animated shows great. No longer are the villains multi-layered and complex; rather they are the standard cardboard cutouts that exist solely for the purpose of fighting the hero. Further, Batman mythos mainstay James Gordon is abandoned in favor of two "hipper" more "kid-friendly" replacements that serve the same function. On the plus side, the animation is good; but it is still not enough to make up for the series' shortcomings. I understand the second season was better, but if so, they must have made some major changes. All in all, a disappointment.
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Summary: Not as good as BTAS,but I respect it for what it is.
Comment: I am much more of a fan of the original Batman series,but this series isnt bad either. The original Batman was not dumbed down for kids(like the spider man series.)IT DIDNT HAVE LASER GUNS.I didnt expect much after I heard about this show. After BTAS, you just dont need another Batman series, but I was surprised. If you want the cool stylized film noir Batman, get the three box sets,but if you are fine about a step down from the seriousness of the first series,get this. It's only three episodes(WHOOPDY DOO),but it's afine series. Just dont expect too much.
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Summary: with Marylin Manson as The Riddler!
Comment: I'm about as big a Batman fan as there is. I've always believed the best superheroes can appeal to every age. Batman as an icon does. But "The Batman" as a morning cartoon does not. Just by deciding to air this show this day in age is asking for inevatable comparisons to "Batman: The Animated Series". That show in its own did things to make it unique, so I will try to avoid compare and contrasts (Because BTAS pounds the new show into oblivion).
What doesn't work for this show is its deviation from the source material: It's too action oriented, with little emphasis on Batman's detective skills (odd, considering he is a trademark of 'Detective Comics'). I like the fast paced battles, and the different 'fighting styles' of the villains, but the fact that some of them even fight at all is ludacris. The art doesn't quite work for me- I half expect Jackie Chan to guess star every week!
Bruce Wayne: Younger and better looking. We get the playboy billionare great. But where's the business man? And he doesn't seem plagued by a tragic past at all.
The Batman: Looks cool, moves cooler. I love the Batmobile's trail effect! Don't love the batwave- can we say Adam West?
The Joker: Great menacing voice. His ability to be amazing at hand-to-hand combat is just stupid. The dreadlocks are...interesting.
The Penguin: Love the 60s TV show laugh. Best representation yet. This is the only character that's different from BTAS and STILL works. His ability to be a super-fast fighting athlete is just stupid, though.
Catwoman: The 'mousey' look is 'borrowed' from Jim Lee's art design, and takes some getting used to. I like the whip doubling as a tail around her waist. Her fighting ability makes sense. She's always been a sexy character and they don't fumble there.
Alfred: I actually can't stand him here. I know they are trying to give him his due, but he keeps bugging Batman to stop being Batman. Why watch a show where the main character is prodded not to even exist? His fake accent is not as good as BTAS' fake accent. For a butler, he sure is out of line sometimes.
Clayface: The best story they've done. I wish they gave that attention to Mr. Freeze. (who was just a common crook in the comics, you guys). Dropping the wife act was a huge mistake. And as for Clayface, there have been many clayface personas so I don't mind this origin. I'm glad we're seeing more ethnicity in villains too.
The Riddler:......uh,...um....His riddles are excelent. I guess they tried to make him scarier. His abilities at hand to hand combat are stupid!
Man-Bat and Scarface are portrayed okay. I actually think Bane and Killer Croc are better than I've seen before. I'm intrigued to see what they will do with villains to come, especially my favorite who we've yet to see: Two-Face. I appreciate attention given to other Batman rogues such as Firefly and Cluemaster, and new faces like Det. Yin are always welcome. But the lack of familiar faces like Gordon, Lucius Fox, and Leslie Thompkins make Gotham feel a little lonely. There should be more pedestrians walking around to breath life into the city. I guess everyone hides inside. Say what you want about this old-school-meets-new-school interpretation of the Dark Knight, but this show definately knows what it's trying to be.
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