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

[Pfeiffer-Pfan]

I thought the secret ingredient of this show would be Ed Brubaker. As both a producer and story editor, I was expecting... more.

Even on a rewatch, the show feels stiff, limited and frankly, restricted. Hamish was great, but it all feels... perfunctory. Whereas B:TAS has so much life in it. Even the poorer episodes are bursting with energy and great artistry. Here's hoping season two ups the ante.

 

[donuts]

For all the talk about how Bruce Timm was now free of network restrictions, and about how his view of the Batman had changed through the years, it came off as a slightly remixed rehash of the original series, where everything's done worse than in the OG series.

And even without comparison, I thought the series was rather sluggish, uninspired and featuring some rather bad designs and animation.

Animation is a ground where you can things live action cannot. And with the breadth of Batman material, you'd expect a new animated series to actually do something interesting when combining the character and medium.

As an exploration of the Batman mythos itself, I feel like it's just going round and round the concepts that Christopher Nolan and Matt Reeves have explored in much better fashion in live action.

It's a frustratingly stagnant series.

And the first post TAS animated Batman series that had me bored to death most of the times. The season had some peaks, but... eh...

I'm not saying Bruce Timm should retire, but maybe he'd be more inspired if he had the chance to "jump ship" and adapt some Marvel characters for a change? Or something else entirely?

I feel like he has said everything about these characters that he had to say.

The DC Original Animated Movies already were an indication of that. Starting out really strong, and then heading towards increasingly dull territory.