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Rating:  -
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.
Rating:  -
Not as good as Batman the animated series. But still outstanding show. This show has great storylines and great villains. I especially like how Batman/Bruce Wayne and Alfred are portrayed. Also the villains are much different to keep up with the times.
Joker- He is much more insane in this series and a lot less intelligent, unlike BTAS he is a much better fighter and does not always try to defeat Batman with a trap,mystery,or weapon of some sort. He is also much less hillarious and without his great sidekick Harley. I like the BTAS Joker much more but this Joker is still a pretty darn good villain.
Penquin- he was and always will be a great villain and he may be at his best in this series.
Manbat- More disturbed, very evil, and actually likes being a human bat. Manbat himself has not changed at all, but Dr.Lankstrom is the opposite of what he was in BTAS.
Mr.Freeze- This time he is a common thief who happened to crash into some kind of chemical that turned him into Mr.Freeze. More mysterious but no huge changes.
Catwoman- No major changes, a little change of costume, much better fighter, a lot more of a criminal than one time theif.
Killer Croc- A lot different look. Actually looks like a human croc and also has southern accent with a lot more intelligence.
Riddler- A much different look with a much more more sinister approach.
I recommend this DVD for Batman fans who are willing to adjust to the times
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I have not yet seen these DVDs so I cannot comment on the format but I have been watching this new animated series since day one and I must say I love it. There are a few things I dislike - like the way the characters look - I would much rather see the Joker look & dress like the Joker and the Cat-Woman, Bane and others too! But the stories and the charaterations and the animation are all great! I prefer the dark Batman of the 80's & 90's but this more light-hearted version is a nice diversion from his darker half. I do wish the 80's/90's version also had the Batman wanted by police at the beginning as well. I hate that Gordon is not in the picture - he should be a Lt. around this time. And Robin should show up too since this show is supposed to take place starting in the third year as Bruce as the Batman - in the comics Bruce adopted Dick his third year as the Batman.
Laterzzzzzzzzzz
Rating:  -
The Batman is the latest in Kid's WB's unending crappy lineup trying to imitate anime. In a recent article promoting the equally awful-looking "Loonatics", a WB representitive says "That's on purpose. Kids like anime." Yes, some do, but that doesn't mean that you have to go out of your way to make sure that the stories are paper-thing, and that the characters all look like Pokemon rejects. Either the writers of the scripts are seriously talking down to the audience, something you should never do no matter who the audience is, or they're just idiots themselves. I suspect it's a mixture of both.
In addition, this DVD collects a scant THREE, count them, THREE episodes for a price half of what many multi-disced box sets are. This release may eat your money, but at least it won't eat a lot of your time.
Rating:  -
Don't listen to reviewers who moan about this series because it isn't Batman: TAS, which aired many episodes of middling quality that they seem to have forgotten.
The new series boasts an exciting graphic style and some welcome changes to the basic premise, e.g. Bruce is relatively inexperienced and his alter ego is now viewed with some suspicion by the police force (as opposed to just Bullock, whose absence is much appreciated), making his adventures as a masked vigilante seem more dangerous. (And I was frankly sick of Victor Fries mooning over his wife . . . so I agree with the new direction of that character.)
The Joker episode ("Bats in the Belfry") is just okay but shows promise that is fulfilled in the genuinely exciting "Traction". I actually enjoyed a Penguin episode for perhaps the first time ever, so much credit to the creators for that!
So please ignore the reactionary objections to the new show and give this a try!
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