DC Animation ‘Batman: Caped Crusader’: Animated Series From Bruce Timm, J.J. Abrams, Matt Reeves Greenlit

[Sawyer]

Hamish has given some God Tier performances over the years and I love that his voice sounds nothing like any other Batman. There's a shaky, radio play melodrama to it that suits the period aesthetic.

That did occur to me after watching the announcement vid a few times. I do hope the voice feels a little more… natural (I guess is the word I’m looking for?) in the actual show, but I don’t hate the approach.

 

[FirmButFair]

Thought you guys could use a breath of fresh air

 

[DarthSkywalker]

Thought you guys could use a breath of fresh air

How fresh are you really?

 

[flickchick85]

I think Hamish is an awesome choice and he sounds great so far.

 

[Invader Joker]

That did occur to me after watching the announcement vid a few times. I do hope the voice feels a little more… natural (I guess is the word I’m looking for?) in the actual show, but I don’t hate the approach.

Yeah so far he just sounds like he has a bad cold but it could just be the presentation.

 

[Primal Slayer]

The promo sounded cheap.

But I'll wait for the actual episodes to truly judge the voices

 

[FirmButFair]

How fresh are you really?

As fresh as Wendy’s never frozen patties baby

 

[Scarlet Spider]

Curious who Mckenna Grace is voicing.

 

[Gamma Goliath]

The idea of this is finally settling in and now that we have some info about the world this exist in, even without a trailer, I am finally getting excited for this. The take on some of these characters is so interesting and functional and it makes me excited to see how the world builds.

 

[blueharvest]

Curious who Mckenna Grace is voicing.

Maybe she plays Batgirl?

 

[Pfeiffer-Pfan]

Curious who Mckenna Grace is voicing.

Natalia Knight/Nocturna?

Reid Scott has certianly been making the round with new DC Animation recently:

Injustice: Green Arrow/Victor Zsasz
My Adventures with Superman: Pa Kent
Merry Little Batman/Bat-Family: Commissioner Gordon
Batman: Caped Crusader: ?

 

[DKDetective]

Not salty at all, just stating what I don’t like. I know criticism on these forums is discouraged these days in exchange for what seems to be one big echo chamber but if I like something, I like it and if I don’t then I don’t.

Thought you guys could use a breath of fresh air

As fresh as Wendy’s never frozen patties baby

One might say that freshness is a "@Wildcard".

 

[Sawyer]

Curious who Mckenna Grace is voicing.

Considering how much this take seems to be about twisting the usual mythology/characterization, one of my first thoughts was maybe Carrie Kelley.

 

[kguillou]

I am getting really amped about this. I have always always wanted a 1930s/1940s period piece Batman series either as movies or tv show and Linklater sounds like a 1930s grisled detective which works for this setting.

 

[TheVileOne]

Maybe she plays Batgirl?

I highly doubt it since this is Jim Gordon:

 

[TheVileOne]

I didn't like Linklater's voice in the promo, but it was a short promo video and not a long sampling with dialogue and what not.

I do think the artwork and designs look great. I'm very intrigued by the sort of retro-noir setting and Batman visually evoking his golden age look when the character first started. I get this isn't strictly a golden age Batman series, but I really like that sort of pulp golden age of comics setting, with the advent of Detective Comics, superhero comics, pulp radio dramas, pulp novels, The Shadow etc. I've wanted like a streaming Shadow TV series or Sandman Mystery Theatre in this style but live-action. This isn't quite that, but I'm hoping it can scratch that itch.

I think it's fine to experiment with Batman now and again, in this case they are taking like a Golden Age era Batman, remixing him with some later concepts and characters.

B:TAS was like a Bronze Age/Modern Age Batman series mixed with a retro noir style.

 

[Sawyer]

 

[Arachnerd]

Love that poster. Still would like to see a trailer showcasing the animation though.

 

[TheGDBatman]

Love that poster. Still would like to see a trailer showcasing the animation though.

Agreed, fantastic poster!

 

[Pfeiffer-Pfan]

Wonderful poster... though not as good as Bruce Timm's initial one.

 

[Pennywise]

Love that poster. Still would like to see a trailer showcasing the animation though.

 

[Sawyer]

Hnnnnghh…

 

[Arachnerd]

I would like to thank the universe for giving me some good karma for once.

From that little tease at least, they're definitely playing a lot with the shadows and lighting which I really like.

 

[Rick190293]

Amazing poster.

 

[Gothamsknight]