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Batman: The Animated Series
Greatest American animated series ever? I think so. This show was absolutely amazing, in my attempts to get ready for the Dark Knight I started watching every piece of Batman material I owned (which is a lot) and finally ended it with watching season 1 of this show and it's movie.
What do you guys think about this show?
I think what made this show so good was the fact that it didn't talk down to children, even from it's opening (which never even said the title of the show) it was different from every other animated show on TV. There was blood, guns and violence and it was all awesome. I also think it was great because it reinvented many of the villains. Mr. Freeze would have just been some stock freezing villian if this show had not come around and given him an interesting back story, and the show did it for many of the other villains as well. So if you have never seen the show, watch it and love it and for everyone else, talk about it!
What do you guys think about this show?
I think what made this show so good was the fact that it didn't talk down to children, even from it's opening (which never even said the title of the show) it was different from every other animated show on TV. There was blood, guns and violence and it was all awesome. I also think it was great because it reinvented many of the villains. Mr. Freeze would have just been some stock freezing villian if this show had not come around and given him an interesting back story, and the show did it for many of the other villains as well. So if you have never seen the show, watch it and love it and for everyone else, talk about it!
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Not to mention that the Batman: TAS was the launchpad for all of the DC Animated Universe. Without it, we would have never had Darkseid lay siege to Earth in the Superman: TAS or have Batman Beyond, which redefined my thoughts on who should take over when Bruce got too old to be Bats himself. Not to mention the wonderful Justice League cartoon that completely matured the universe, running several plot lines before the end of the series, while teasing future stories. I wait impatiently for the storyline for "The Apocalypse of '09" that got brought up during Justice League Unlimited.
...there should be a Justice League thread as well.
Also... Batman Beyond is incredible.
I've seen a bit of Batman Beyond and it's pretty good. I'll have to look into picking that up after I get B:TAS. As for B:TAS, it was one of those shows I would watch, but not watch religiously, but still enjoy it because it was really good to watch. QFT
I was more than a little disappointed in Batman Beyond as well. Terry McGuiness is every bit as annoying as Jason Todd. He doesn't deserve to be Batman.
B: TAS is one of the few series that I have ever planned to buy on DVD. I very much enjoyed it.
Scott, I remember watching the premiere of the Superfriends. I thought that it was going to be like the superhero cartoons they showed in the late 60s, but I was sorely, sorely disappointed. It was so bad I nearly cried. Star Trek was the best cartoon that season. Then they cancelled it and I had to live through many, many years of such crap as The U.S. of Archie, The Harlem Globetrotters Show, and Ark II. I agree. Of all the Jokers, he comes closest to actually making you believe that he's an unstable, unpredictable psychopath that will actually kill people instead of dancing with them.
Which reminds me that Brainiac's voice work was nicely done as well.
I've been watching Batman: TAS. Quality varies, but overall it's great from the first 22 episodes. The 22nd, "Joker's Favor", was awesome.
Also, Jason is the main reason I'm watching this show at the moment.
Also, the B:TAS theme is my ringtone on my new cell, and his silhouette against the lightning strike from the show's opener is the wallpaper.