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Batman: Brave and the Bold review
So a new Batman show based off the comic where Batman teams up with a new hero every episode to go on an adventure and stop some villain. Very kid-targeted. Very Adam West-esque. Very cool.
I'm going to tell you all right now bitching about this show for not being "dark" enough is fucking dumb. Its obviously a kids show. And you know what? When Batman first appeared in Detective comics waaaay back who do you think was buying those? Mostly kids. Just because someone adapted the property to be more mature and appeal to an older audience doesn't mean that's the only way it can be interpreted.
Oh? No Gotham? No Alfred, or Commissioner Gordon? Well that kinda goes with the premise. This is Batmans swashbuckling adventures with various other cool heroes in exotic locales.
With that out of the way, heres my review of the first episode "Rise of the Blue Beetle".
Only one episode in and I'm excited to see where this series goes. We get the new Blue Beetle teamed up with Batman for a standard enough story. Its got plenty of humorous moments and some sweet style. I don't see anything here that disrespects Batman. Hes still out kicking ass and being the hero with his brain, muscles, and gadgets. The show started with brief team up with Green Arrow sans beard, rocking the boxing glove arrow. He and Batman escape a ridiculous death trap devised by the Clock King and then take him out. This segues pretty well with the main part of the episode and I wonder if they plan on doing a similar structure every episode. It could get old but hey, that remains to be seen. The rest of the episode follows the rise and fall of Blue Beetles ego as he and Batman help liberate an alien race that resemble one celled creatures from the terrors of Kanjar-Ro. I had never heard of this villain and while he wasn't too interesting in his motive or plan he was appropriately menacing and had a good connection to Blue Beetles past. The show is full of humor including a recurring joke that the aliens consider Batman to be Blue Beetles sidekick. The animation is very pop art style and is reminiscent of the Venture Bros. It moves pretty fluidly and the colors are all rich. Some people have complained about the light use of CG in some parts but I found it to be a very minor annoyance as the simple geometry and colors of the show let the CG blend pretty well. Much better than it has in previous DC cartoons. Diedrich Bader does a fitting Batman for the show. A couple times he sounds a little awkward but I think he will get better as the series goes on as voice actors often do. The music in the show is ok. I wish it had a bit more energy to it but its serviceable.
I'm excited to see how it settles in and how the different characters will be portrayed. They did Blue Beetle decently though I would have preferred him to actually sound Hispanic. Paul Dini is supposed to write an episode featuring either Bat-mite or Zatanna. Also the Green Lantern Guy Gardner is going to be in an episode written by DeMatteis, a veteran of the character. Heres a list of heroes that are supposed to be appearing on the show for those interested.
Adam Strange, Aquaman, The Atom, Bat-Mite, Black Canary, Blue Beetle, Booster Gold & Skeets, Deadman, The Demon, Doctor Fate, Fire, Firestorm, The Flash, Green Arrow, Green Lanterns Guy Gardner & Hal Jordan, Huntress, Jonah Hex, Wildcat, Kamandi, Katana, Metamorpho, Plastic Man, Red Tornado, Robin
And some of the dastardly mustache twirling villains
Black Manta, Bronze Tiger, Calendar Man, Cavalier, Clock King, Despero, Felix Faust, Gentleman Ghost, Gorilla Grodd, Kanjar Ro, Kite Man, Ocean Master, Sportsmaster, Zebra-Man,
From the premise you should know if you're interested or not.
Just because it isn't how you prefer Batman doesn't make it shit. After all Adam West was Batman too.
To all the naysayers I only ask
Why so serious?
... I mean this is a guy who dresses up like a bat afterall.... and theres no fun in that?
I'm going to tell you all right now bitching about this show for not being "dark" enough is fucking dumb. Its obviously a kids show. And you know what? When Batman first appeared in Detective comics waaaay back who do you think was buying those? Mostly kids. Just because someone adapted the property to be more mature and appeal to an older audience doesn't mean that's the only way it can be interpreted.
Oh? No Gotham? No Alfred, or Commissioner Gordon? Well that kinda goes with the premise. This is Batmans swashbuckling adventures with various other cool heroes in exotic locales.
With that out of the way, heres my review of the first episode "Rise of the Blue Beetle".
Only one episode in and I'm excited to see where this series goes. We get the new Blue Beetle teamed up with Batman for a standard enough story. Its got plenty of humorous moments and some sweet style. I don't see anything here that disrespects Batman. Hes still out kicking ass and being the hero with his brain, muscles, and gadgets. The show started with brief team up with Green Arrow sans beard, rocking the boxing glove arrow. He and Batman escape a ridiculous death trap devised by the Clock King and then take him out. This segues pretty well with the main part of the episode and I wonder if they plan on doing a similar structure every episode. It could get old but hey, that remains to be seen. The rest of the episode follows the rise and fall of Blue Beetles ego as he and Batman help liberate an alien race that resemble one celled creatures from the terrors of Kanjar-Ro. I had never heard of this villain and while he wasn't too interesting in his motive or plan he was appropriately menacing and had a good connection to Blue Beetles past. The show is full of humor including a recurring joke that the aliens consider Batman to be Blue Beetles sidekick. The animation is very pop art style and is reminiscent of the Venture Bros. It moves pretty fluidly and the colors are all rich. Some people have complained about the light use of CG in some parts but I found it to be a very minor annoyance as the simple geometry and colors of the show let the CG blend pretty well. Much better than it has in previous DC cartoons. Diedrich Bader does a fitting Batman for the show. A couple times he sounds a little awkward but I think he will get better as the series goes on as voice actors often do. The music in the show is ok. I wish it had a bit more energy to it but its serviceable.
I'm excited to see how it settles in and how the different characters will be portrayed. They did Blue Beetle decently though I would have preferred him to actually sound Hispanic. Paul Dini is supposed to write an episode featuring either Bat-mite or Zatanna. Also the Green Lantern Guy Gardner is going to be in an episode written by DeMatteis, a veteran of the character. Heres a list of heroes that are supposed to be appearing on the show for those interested.
Adam Strange, Aquaman, The Atom, Bat-Mite, Black Canary, Blue Beetle, Booster Gold & Skeets, Deadman, The Demon, Doctor Fate, Fire, Firestorm, The Flash, Green Arrow, Green Lanterns Guy Gardner & Hal Jordan, Huntress, Jonah Hex, Wildcat, Kamandi, Katana, Metamorpho, Plastic Man, Red Tornado, Robin
And some of the dastardly mustache twirling villains
Black Manta, Bronze Tiger, Calendar Man, Cavalier, Clock King, Despero, Felix Faust, Gentleman Ghost, Gorilla Grodd, Kanjar Ro, Kite Man, Ocean Master, Sportsmaster, Zebra-Man,
From the premise you should know if you're interested or not.
Just because it isn't how you prefer Batman doesn't make it shit. After all Adam West was Batman too.
To all the naysayers I only ask
Why so serious?
... I mean this is a guy who dresses up like a bat afterall.... and theres no fun in that?
Comment
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Comment by bryan on March 8, 2009 at 11:37am -
How can anybody possibly have anything good to say about this garbage. & i thought "The Batman" was bad! This new batman cartoon is an absolute insult. theres absolutely no plausibility in the characters whatsoever, everything is extremely outlandish & colorful, & the stories have nothing to do with Gotham or Batman whatsoever. Im surprised this garbage made it off the drawing board. Joel schumachers batman movies look awesome by comparison! Thats how bad it is! batman doesnt look like the Dark Knight, he looks more like "The Jolly Warrior". The people behind this cartoon should be ashamed of themselves for how much they butchered batman in this cartoonish colorful crapfest!
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Comment by Draco on November 19, 2008 at 11:12pm -
Bat-Mite huh? I'm looking forward to that 'cuz he was never given a cartoon representation and I do like my pranksters, I wonder about Mr. Mxyzptlyk (please don't correct me on the damn spelling, I hate that).
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Comment by Señor Chaken on November 19, 2008 at 1:34am -
consistent my ass. all you care about is getting the last word.
but whatever, its your opinion, and your mind is made up. convincing you other wise is like telling you to put down the fork. it is impossible i say, impossible!
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Comment by D@ Pr3tTy B4bY M@cH!n3. on November 18, 2008 at 1:29pm -
I meant to say called. Ah fuck it.
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Comment by D@ Pr3tTy B4bY M@cH!n3. on November 18, 2008 at 1:24pm
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The brave and bold will and should never be could call Batman.
It's a piece of shit...PERIOD
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Comment by corey vire on November 18, 2008 at 1:09am
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Oh man that batmite bit brought back memories. I love how they repeated the names just in case you forgot.
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Comment by Draco on November 18, 2008 at 12:03am
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I agree with you Iffy, although I thought this show was a bummer, it really is about one's own prerogative, I may not care, but that doesn't say the children don't, and it really is about swashbuckling fun and I really am in no authority since I'm neither a fan, or the targeted audience.
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Comment by Iffy on November 17, 2008 at 11:46pm -
Which one you enjoy the most, is your prerogative. But to save myself the trouble, I'm going to treat Batman: Brave and the Bold the same way I treated The Batman; completely ignore it. I won't lose sleep knowing this show exists, nor will its premise resonate with me. I'm simply will stick to the Bruce Timm and Paul Dini shows, and let this new one wear out its welcome and run its course.
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Comment by Iffy on November 17, 2008 at 11:37pm
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There are many interpretations of our favorite superheroes; good, bad, or ugly. Look at the Batman films. Plenty to say there. The cartoons being starkly different is the same song and dance.
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Comment by Derrick D on November 17, 2008 at 8:59pm -
Batman used his brain when he charged up the little aliens with electricity to save the day. Silly yes. Very small part of the episode as well. Also he was trying to coach Jaime into being a better hero.
B:TAS will likely never be topped. I watched it when I was very young as well. I'm not saying you can't make cartoons dark and mature for kids. But they don't all have to be. Some of them can just be fun. The DCAU is not the be all end all of superhero cartoons.
Also to clarify I didn't think the episode was great or anything but I don't see it as utter shit. I thought it was pretty entertaining and I'm mostly interested to see if it gets better or what. Already I think it has a lot more potential than The Batman (which I liked some of) simply because its something more radically different.
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