Goddamned Nite Owl-- I mean, Batman

[kiffie]

So my dad had taped a bunch of Batman:tAS eppies when they first aired. I'm watching them and have come to a few conclusions:

1) My love for the animation on the show is ridiculous and far-reaching.

2) "On Leather Wings" is probably my second-favorite episode, outdone only by "The Gray Ghost".

3) I far prefer Kevin Conroy's work on this than on Justice League.

4) I feel no shame in admitting that I had an animated-style costume when I was wee and used to run about the house, pretending I was the goddamned Batman. :3

Comments

[alba-aulbath.livejournal.com]

To tell the truth, B:tAS is FAR superior to JL and JLU. Superman:tAS is pretty good, but B:tAS is much better. It's one of the best versions of Batman -- outdoing Batman Begins by just a wee bit. There's a few episodes I don't like, but I think that's probably only two or three total out of so many good ones.

Kevin Conroy has a much better feel for Batman in the animated series than in JLU. JLU!Batman feels too much like comic!recent!Batman. One that is a total jerk and unsympathetic in most cases. B:tAS is much more interesting, in seeing all sides of Batman, including his underbelly.

[kiffie.livejournal.com]

Batman's underbelly is soft and pink like a collie's and if you rub it, his leg goes off like a motor.

A lot of the development was owed to the formatting of the shows in general. B:tAS was set up rather like a radio serial -- it had a lead in that was adventurous, but not over-powering, and the rest of the show was more detective work than bam-bam-bam action. JL always made me think that they put all their effort into making the intros seem shocking or cool or what-have-you, while the rest of the series was simply holding the same, constant level of action. Action isn't fun unless it's mediated by something else. (That's probably why I liked the Question eppies so much -- less action, more phone sex-- I mean, uh. Detective work.)

Beyond was really the only other show of the series to try at this, and I think that's why it was so well-received. Beyond would spend lots of time highlighting Terry as Terry, not necessarily as Batman. That was important.

As for Conroy... I read somewhere that B:tAS was the only show of the lot to have an ensemble recording -- the actors all recorded their lines together, playing off one-another, as opposed to a single actor in an isolated recording booth. If that's true, they should do it more often.

[lilblueunicorn.livejournal.com]

At first I didn't like Batman, the Animated Series, but after awhile, it grew on me. My favorite episode was that one where he saved Catwoman's cat. You could cut the sexual tension in that episode with a knife, YE-OW! I keep forgetting the episode name, but it's really good.

-§parky

[kiffie.livejournal.com]

Gosh, I don't even remember that eppy.

But it had to have been adorable. Batman is such a woobie when it came to Isis (the kitty).

[lilblueunicorn.livejournal.com]

Oh it was a good one. ;D ONe of these days it shall be mine. >:D

-§parky

[lilblueunicorn.livejournal.com]

Oh btw!

Check it out! XD

-§parky

[kiffie.livejournal.com]

AHAHAHA!

Awesome!

Now I just need $200-odd and a Batcave and I'm set. ;)