You will get weary of the opening.
You say you only recognize one of those names? I know Bruce Timm has been around but Mark Hammil is, in fact, an accomplished actor (and director and producer).
BTAS is family-friendly, so the bad guys never die but land on bushes or in the water. But BTAS is also grown-up entertainment. There is a lot of punching — most of it off-screen, but still. And the animation is reminiscent of WW2-era Disney or Tom and Jerry which adults will, uh, remember.
I found and ripped the Complete BTAS DVDs when the set was a screaming deal and I actually started watching the video files before I got sick and disappeared. But I started over again, and now I am almost done Season 2. I fully expect I will watch the whole show, including the two movies, which I had to get (but the movies were cheap. Maybe Blu-Ray and the current scene are different — I don't know).
Other links: over at the Roger Ebert website Matt Sigur remembers when the animated Batman was the only Batman that mattered. And I am a big fan of The LEGO Batman Movie — I shilled for Spider-Verse, I should have squawked about LEGO Batman. too. Hey, better late than never!
I don't believe I've seen a full episode of this show since it was on TV way back in the 90s, but... I also consider myself a fan. I was in High School when it came out, so I felt like I should be growing out of cartoons, but, it was just so fun to watch. Lots of great action scenes. Great music. And, as you say, great aesthetics. I agree, this is the only version of Batman that's actually done right.
ReplyDeleteBTAS should not be difficult to finish -- I will miss the anticipation!
ReplyDeleteThe stories are actually much better than the comic books deserve. The comic books were usually drawn well, but the stories were almost always a mess. Besides, Ra's al Ghul is pronounced the way it oughtta be. And the animators did not forget Talia.
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