The Real Batman Returns
I have to admit, when I first saw The Batman, I didn't like it. The main problem, they had Batman making jokes and throwing out one-liners while fighting the badguys, and the fact that they redesinged some of the vilians bigtime, completely changing them. (I also thought that Bruse looked too much like Jackie Chan did in his cartoon, but since I liked the cartoon, I don't mind too much:) )
After four seasons, it is still kind of hard for me to accept the new show though, after growing up watching Batman: The Animated Series amd the various DCAU series, it would be hard for them to beat what Bruce Timm created. Then again, it will be hard for anyone to top the excellence of the DCAU. If they had stayed in the G1 continuity, Transformers could have done it, but when they changed to the RID and then Unicron continuities, they fell behind the DCAU big time. (The DCAU, which begain in 1992 and lasted until 2006, was all one universe. G1 Continuity lasted just as long, but there was a long gap between G1 andBeast Wars.)
That being said, I have enjoyed the series since Batman became more serious and more Dark Knight-y. I especially liked the episode they showed today on Kids WB, A Matter Of Family, whic introduces Robin to the new show. In addition to being a good episode, and the first to show Robin's orgin as anything other then a flashback, it also had two veteran voice actors on the cast; MArk Hamill played Tony Zucco while Kevin Conroy played John Grayson, Dick's father. While Hamill is best known as Luke Skywalker, he is best known in the DCAU as the Clown Prince Of Crime, The Joker. Conroy's biggest claim to fame? He played Batman in the DCAU. According to Wikipedia, if you add up all the times he spent playing Batman, he has spent more time as the Dark Knight then Adam West, Michael Keaton, Val Kilmer, George Clooney, and Christian Bale combined.
Obviously Conroy won't be back, atleast not as John Grayson, but Zucco was still alive at then ed of the episode, so he might be back. Hammill did a better job as The Joker, but anytime he plays a villian, he does a good job.
After four seasons, it is still kind of hard for me to accept the new show though, after growing up watching Batman: The Animated Series amd the various DCAU series, it would be hard for them to beat what Bruce Timm created. Then again, it will be hard for anyone to top the excellence of the DCAU. If they had stayed in the G1 continuity, Transformers could have done it, but when they changed to the RID and then Unicron continuities, they fell behind the DCAU big time. (The DCAU, which begain in 1992 and lasted until 2006, was all one universe. G1 Continuity lasted just as long, but there was a long gap between G1 andBeast Wars.)
That being said, I have enjoyed the series since Batman became more serious and more Dark Knight-y. I especially liked the episode they showed today on Kids WB, A Matter Of Family, whic introduces Robin to the new show. In addition to being a good episode, and the first to show Robin's orgin as anything other then a flashback, it also had two veteran voice actors on the cast; MArk Hamill played Tony Zucco while Kevin Conroy played John Grayson, Dick's father. While Hamill is best known as Luke Skywalker, he is best known in the DCAU as the Clown Prince Of Crime, The Joker. Conroy's biggest claim to fame? He played Batman in the DCAU. According to Wikipedia, if you add up all the times he spent playing Batman, he has spent more time as the Dark Knight then Adam West, Michael Keaton, Val Kilmer, George Clooney, and Christian Bale combined.
Obviously Conroy won't be back, atleast not as John Grayson, but Zucco was still alive at then ed of the episode, so he might be back. Hammill did a better job as The Joker, but anytime he plays a villian, he does a good job.
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