Batman: Year One

[The Caped Knight]

Nice BRING ON THE BAT !!!!!!

 

[Pfeiffer-Pfan]

I loved everything about the preview EXCEPT Ben Mc Kenzie... He just didn't cut it for me at all.

I actually cringed seeing him delivering some of the lines. Forced, static and ultimately unconvincing. Fair play to him and the crew for trying something tonally different from the Conroy's and the Greenwood's but it didn't work in the preview.

I won't judge him entirely until I see his performance the way its meant to be seen/heard... but still

 

[Drz]

It's always interesting how strong the reactions for every single Batman voice actor is, remember the Under the Red Hood trailer? Greenwood didn't have the voice nor dialogue the trailer had.

 

[Panthro]

It's always interesting how strong the reactions for every single Batman voice actor is, remember the Under the Red Hood trailer? Greenwood didn't have the voice nor dialogue the trailer had.

Some people just want Kevin Conroy to voice Batman forever, regardless of whether or not his voice would actually fit the design.

 

[FCEEVIPER]

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[Batman]

I loved Greenwood as Batman, even in the previews. I loved Sisto as Bats. Hell, I even gave Baldwin some credit, even though I ultimately didn't care for his Batman in the film all that much.

And I'm telling you. This McKenzie guy sounds like he's actually trying to voice a cartoon - rather than voice a role with serious weight, like something as heavily toned as Year One requires. It's not "oh boo hoo, Kevin Conroy isn't coming back" or whatever ridiculous assumption that gets thrown at anyone who criticizes a Batman voice actor gets. This guy just sounds like he's trying to be over the top. And that's coming from someone who legitimately thought McKenzie was a perfect choice for the role going off of his previous works.

 

[Mee]

Yeah this guy sounds like he's a dad reading a comic to his kid, and that's the voice he puts on.

Greenwood does a great voice, couple other non-Conroy voices have been okay, but this guy...it's not looking good.

 

[Spidey220987]

You guys got a link to this, and it STILL failed to make the Hype Homepage?
DAYUM!

 

[theMan-Bat]

http://www.dailyblam.com/news/2011/06/07/batman-year-one-animated-film-sneak-peek-video-character-designs

 

[Ness]

Definitely looking forward to this, even though it's another Batman story which I'm kind of getting tired of.

 

[The Englishman]

Definitely looking forward to this, even though it's another Batman story which I'm kind of getting tired of.

Why??

 

[Drz]

Well there's so many Batman films and Batman focused ones that it gets abit tiring. Justice League Crisis on Two Earths is one of my favourites, but at the very end it becomes a heavy Batman vs. Owlman finale, the next JL story will involve Ras' al Ghul and him taking Batman's computer data that includes ways to stop the heroes.

The Green Lantern animated movie sold incredibly well now due to the movie hype, tho the poor reception and possible box office failure might stop DC from wanting more DC DTVs that are Green Lantern themed, unless of course Bruce Timm's GL cartoon becomes a major hit.

Still i'm sure fans would love to see some Flash, more Wonder Woman and other characters.

 

[The Caped Knight]

Definitely looking forward to this, even though it's another Batman story which I'm kind of getting tired of.

How could you ? The BAT Rules

 

[Panthro]

Considering that Batman is everywhere getting yet another straight to DVD animated feature for him just isn't as exciting as it should be.

 

[KRIM]

http://www.tvguide.com/News/Eliza-Dushku-Catwoman-1034973.aspx

First Look: Eliza Dushku Pounces into Animated Catwoman Role

Eliza Dushku is getting catty this fall. The Buffy and Dollhouse alum provides the sultry voice for Catwoman in the animated DVD-movie Batman: Year One and as an added bonus will headline a short film included as a DVD extra. In Catwoman, the femme fatale tangles with crime boss Rough Cut (a brand-new character created for this short, voiced by Futurama's John DiMaggio) in a breathless and brutal 15-minute chase through Gotham City tracking down a mysterious cargo shipment.

Batman: Year One — which goes on sale October 18 on Blu-ray, DVD, On Demand and for digital download — is the latest in Warner Bros. Animation's popular series of adaptations of stories from the DC Comics archives. Based on the acclaimed comic book arc by Frank Miller and David Mazzucchelli, the movie stars Southland's Ben McKenzie as a young Bruce Wayne at the beginning of his caped crusade against crime in Gotham. The cast also includes Breaking Bad's Bryan Cranston (as Lieutenant James Gordon of the CGPD), Battlestar Galactica vet Katee Sackhoff and Dushku as Selina Kyle, a prostitute-turned-thief who becomes one of Batman's most notorious foes. "I found the attitude for this character deep down in the Eliza Dushku archive of bad girls," the actress says with a laugh. "They're in there somehow, somewhere for some reason, and I tap into them when I need them. They're characters with an edge."

Catwoman was written by popular comic-book and TV scribe Paul Dini (Batman Beyond, Tower Prep) and directed by Lauren Montgomery, who also helmed Batman: Year One (with Sam Liu) and many of the other Warner Bros./DC Comics animated films, including Wonder Woman and the just-released Green Lantern: Emerald Knights.

Interesting that the Cooke catsuit is featured. I know that the original makeshift catsuit was in the storyboards:

I wonder if this is sort of an added sequence where Selina refines her outfit.

 

[Sawyer]

Well is that a shot from the Catwoman short or from Year One?

 

[KRIM]

Heh. I guess we're all prone to lapses in judgment. That would explain the drastic change in art style. I had simply assumed they would unify the art direction given it has the same character and actress in one package.

Good call.

 

[Pfeiffer-Pfan]

Paul Dini and Lauren Montgomery... 15 mins of awesomeness.

Not 100% on the voice actress yet... but we'll see.

 

[mr jinx]

Well is that a shot from the Catwoman short or from Year One?

That shot is from the short, I am sure the design in the movie will look more like the original Year One design.

 

[theMan-Bat]

Well is that a shot from the Catwoman short or from Year One?

This is Catwoman in the Batman: Year One film, accurate to the look by Frank Miller and David Mazzucchelli with big cat-ears and whiskers, etc...

This is Catwoman from the 15 minute Catwoman short written by Paul Dini, this look is obviously based on the Catwoman look by Darwyn Cooke with thin ears, goggles and a front zipper showing, etc...

Heh. I guess we're all prone to lapses in judgment. That would explain the drastic change in art style. I had simply assumed they would unify the art direction given it has the same character and actress in one package.

I like that the 15 minute short has a different look which serves to differentiate it from the Batman: Year One film and gives us a variety. The short is about Catwoman versus a crime boss called Rough Cut as she chases down a mysterious cargo shipment through Gotham City.

 

[KRIM]

First Trailer

 

[Pfeiffer-Pfan]

Looks great... shame about Ben Mc Kenzie though.

Short but sweet trailer and I can't help feeling it could have been marketed slightly better

 

[DCUmoviepage]

Trailer on Youtube, enjoy! http://youtu.be/Lojh0fTSerA

And i like the voice of Mckenzie here.Works well.

 

[KalMart]

Looks okay...something about the animation still looks a bit cheap, though, like the other straight-to-video superhero releases....albeit a bit better than those.

I also hope they keep the whole voiceover/hearing his thoughts to a bare minimum, even though the comic is basically written that way.

 

[The Caped Knight]

First Trailer

Nice trailer it really reminds me of the first teaser for Batman Begins. I'm glad to see the return of the Dc animated short .