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So something occured to me the other day. I've never actually seen this show. Sure, I've seen the character models, read plot synopsis and reviews, but I've never actually seen even part of an episode. And I thought, "eveyrone on the The Batman forums is right, I shouldn't be talking s**t about this show without having ever seen it." So I had an extra $10, so I bought the first season on DVD. I will try to go into these with an open mind, and will then post my reviews of each episode in this thread. That way even if I still feel it's a bad show, at least I have based my opinions on something...Well, let's begin...
Episode 1- The Bat In The Belfrey
This episode started out much better than I was expecting. The entire teaser before the opening credits of Batman taking out Thorne was great, although I am upset they changed Rupert Thorne into an average, greasy itallian mafia stereotype. But the atmosphere was good, and although I still don't like the character models at all, the animation itself was smooth and looked good. The opening titles actually surprised me too, being very well done.
Then we get to the actual episode. Alfred is done very well, although I think throwing a party for Bruce being Batman for 3 years was sort of a stupid idea. And Bruce is an idiot too, having done this for 3 years and still apparently not getting the whole "I have to be Bruce Wayne so people dont expect anything" th ing down yet. Also, the 2 detectives are huge cliches. "I like The Batman" and "I don't like The Batman" and the angry chief. It's the same mismatched cop duo from every tv show and movie EVER.
Now, lets move onto the villain of the piece, The Joker. I'm only going to mention once here how stupid his outfit and haircut are. He doesnt have any shoes, and he looks like a ******ed monkey with dredlocks. Just awful. Moving on, his voice is also terrible. I always imagined the Joker with a higher pitched, fast talking voice. Not some guy trying to be scary. The entire breaking into Arkham thing was stupid too. I know it's meant to show that Joker is crazy, but it comes off making him seem just not very bright. The poisoning the city part was done all right though. I think it's pretty hillarious that Batman risked poisoning the entire city water supply though, he had no idea if that gas was only airborne or not, and he just released it right into the river. World's Greatest Detective right there.
In summary, the plot was weak, the character models were all awful, the villain was non-threatening, the characters were mostly cardboard cut outs of characters we've seen a million times before, and the voice acting was sub-par. The animation was good though. I give this episode 1 out of 4 stars.
Episode 1- The Bat In The Belfrey
This episode started out much better than I was expecting. The entire teaser before the opening credits of Batman taking out Thorne was great, although I am upset they changed Rupert Thorne into an average, greasy itallian mafia stereotype. But the atmosphere was good, and although I still don't like the character models at all, the animation itself was smooth and looked good. The opening titles actually surprised me too, being very well done.
Then we get to the actual episode. Alfred is done very well, although I think throwing a party for Bruce being Batman for 3 years was sort of a stupid idea. And Bruce is an idiot too, having done this for 3 years and still apparently not getting the whole "I have to be Bruce Wayne so people dont expect anything" th ing down yet. Also, the 2 detectives are huge cliches. "I like The Batman" and "I don't like The Batman" and the angry chief. It's the same mismatched cop duo from every tv show and movie EVER.
Now, lets move onto the villain of the piece, The Joker. I'm only going to mention once here how stupid his outfit and haircut are. He doesnt have any shoes, and he looks like a ******ed monkey with dredlocks. Just awful. Moving on, his voice is also terrible. I always imagined the Joker with a higher pitched, fast talking voice. Not some guy trying to be scary. The entire breaking into Arkham thing was stupid too. I know it's meant to show that Joker is crazy, but it comes off making him seem just not very bright. The poisoning the city part was done all right though. I think it's pretty hillarious that Batman risked poisoning the entire city water supply though, he had no idea if that gas was only airborne or not, and he just released it right into the river. World's Greatest Detective right there.
In summary, the plot was weak, the character models were all awful, the villain was non-threatening, the characters were mostly cardboard cut outs of characters we've seen a million times before, and the voice acting was sub-par. The animation was good though. I give this episode 1 out of 4 stars.
...I have to say, I did like Penguin as Renfield, but it would have been pretty cool to see him like, eating bugs and such. And The Joker redesign is MUCH better, although I could still live with the dreads being lost, and some god damn shoes being added. Maybe have his hair the same length but slicked back into a nice pony tale like he had in the comics during Knightquest. Also, the scenes with him as a vampire and Batman holding him and doing tests on him was pretty cool. Other than that though I have the same complaints about this as I do most episodes of the show. Bad character models, sub-par voice acting, and dumb, kiddy plots. This one was slightly more mature, but still suffered alot. The old Batman: TAS proved you could have stories that kids liked, and adults could still get into as well because they were well written, this show hasnt seemed to get that yet. Hopefully with Bruce Timm doing the Harley Quinn episode this coming season they'll realize that.
