Thread 213794955

Watching B:TAS properly for the first time as part of a DCAU marathon and holy shit, this is incredible. The animation, the character designs, the world design, the writing, the voice acting, the orchestral soundtrack. Everything is top notch and there's over 30 hours of this? It makes me jealous as a 97 zoomer to think that millenials grew up with entertainment of this quality.

It's my all time favorite show. Shame that the Joker episodes are so weak. My favorites are Feat of Clay and On Leather Wings. Kevin Conroy will always be a hero of mine.

This wasnt even on on saturday mornings, it was in the evening in my country, with classic Flintstones and Looney Tunes. Talk about prime time.

To put this into perspective even more, aside from the classic shit of Spiderman and his Amazing Friends and the Robocop cartoon saturday, we had Smurfs and Saber Rider in the afternoon weekdays. Truly the GOATest of times to ever grow up.

>>213795008
>the Joker episodes are so weak.
"The Man Who Killed Batman" was my favorite episode

>>213795008
>Shame that the Joker episodes are so weak.

What are you talking about, Willis? Are you referring to the Joker-only episode or the ensemble ones where several villains from the gallery appear?

>>213795036
I think that's his best episode. Mask of the Phantasm and Return of the Joker were incredible though.

>>213795008
I'm on episode 15 right now (production order) and the Joker episodes so far have been pretty fun. They've done a good job at establishing the fact that he's Batman's primary foe. He's fun and diabolical and in a satisfyingly equal measure and Mark Hamill's voice acting is amazing. I was only ever familiar with Hamill's Joker through the Arkham games. I can see why people love his peformance so much.

>>213795008
I'm on episode 15 right now (production order) and the Joker episodes so far have been pretty fun. They've done a good job at establishing the fact that he's Batman's primary foe. He's fun and diabolical in a satisfyingly equal measure and Mark Hamill's voice acting is amazing. I was only ever familiar with Hamill's Joker through the Arkham games. I can see why people love his peformance so much.

>>213795096
They're fun episodes, but I don't get the feeling of danger from them. Maybe I'm just stupid.

>>213795131
And don't get me wrong, Mark Hamill is my favorite Joker.

>>213795036
It's a good episode.

The episode where the Joker fights with a man in traffic and then the man threatens to hurt him and his entire family in exchange for him doing him a favor.

>>213795332
Clayface is my favorite Batman villain.

>>213795351
They handled Man-Bat so fucking well in this show and also in the Arkham Knight game.

I'm a big fan of the GCPD SWAT aesthetic.

There are some really bad episodes in bewteen 10/10 episodes. Some strong whiplash every once in a while.

Why is Bruce written like a gay man in this series?

>>213795419
Can you name your worst ones? Just curious because I don't remember there being any that made me think "wow, this is awful".

>>213794955 (OP)
The 20th century was just a superior time period. It's not your fault.

>>213795437
Because he was voiced by one

>>213795029
>This wasnt even on on saturday mornings, it was in the evening in my country, with classic Flintstones and Looney Tunes. Talk about prime time.
Aired at 4pm est here. Used to watch it after school. Not every episode is a winner but the show maintains a great atmosphere.

>>213794955 (OP)
This is why I was happy that I grew up being a 90s kid. I had a Kids WB block that had Batman, Superman, Pokemon and Yu-gi-oh from 3 pm to 5 pm from 97 to 2002. Coming home after school to watch this block was the highlight of my day. Good times back then, very good times.

>>213794955 (OP)
>>213795029
>>213795452
I'm a 97' zoomer and i grew up with these old cartoons, kaiju films, VHS tapes, etc. It's only gen alpha that will grew up in a soulless hyper modern world.

test

>>213795576
Stop larping. You were 10 in 2007, you have nothing to do with this time period.

>>213794955 (OP)
Not to mention next Harley

Some of my favorites.
A bullet for Bullock
The trial
Almost caught him.
The terrible trio.
The circus.
There are many very good episodes, in fact I think it's harder to think about which ones are the bad ones.
There are other episodes whose names I don't remember, but I will give a description of some of them.
Bullock interrogates two police officers . Two rookies, one of them being Officer Montoya.Both are witnesses to a crime foiled by Batman.The police versions vary, but both agree that Batman is a supernatural being. This is supposedly one of Batman's earliest appearances.

Another episode where the Hatter manipulates Batman into experiencing an idealized life married to Catwoman without being Batman.
Another one where Hugo strange uses a brain machine on Bruce Wayne and discovers that he is Batman.

>>213794955 (OP)
OP MAKE ABSOLUTELY SURE YOU WATCH THE ENTIRE DCAU MR FREEZE ARC IN ORDER.
IT IS A GOD TIER MASTERPIECE TOGETHER.

> Tas - Heart of Ice
Great

> Tas - Deep Freeze
Very Good

> SubZero (movie)
Good (Freeze isn't as menacing or competent here, but the very end is great)

> TNBA - Cold Comfort
Very Good

> Beyond - Meltdown
Great

The use of light and dark in this show always enchanted me as a kid.

>>213795576
Don't forget based Kaiju Cartoons.

>>213794955 (OP)
I saw this a while back. It's one of the better American cartoons from this era I think. there's some variance in the quality of the episodes though.

OP WATCH GARGOYLES.

>>213795746
Watch Gargoyles.
It also had the same look.

>>213795626
Other very good episodes whose names I don't remember.

Batman investigates the disappearance of homeless people. To do so, he disguises himself and infiltrates Gotham's poor neighborhoods. He is soon captured, but in the struggle he is hit on the head and the contusion causes him amnesia.

Batgirl and Catwoman join forces.

Harley moves in with poison ivy.

The classic Batman vs. Scarecrow.

An Arkahm guard with unorthodox methods who believes the liberal media is responsible for creating Gothica villains by turning them into celebrities.

>>213795912
>An Arkahm guard with unorthodox methods who believes the liberal media is responsible for creating Gothica villains by turning them into celebrities.
Hmm

>>213795590
I didn't say I had anything to do with that time period. I'm saying that I grew up with stuff from that time period. It was easily accessible for me.

I remember rushing home from school to watch this. And they also showed the Adam West '66 show after school at one point too.

>>213795626
the two parter ep with the robot chick sucks

>>213795797
Reading about this and it sounds kino. Might check it out.

why spiderman cartoon had no punching anyone and laser weapons but batman had punching and guns

What did Matt Reeves and JJ Abraham mean by this?

>>213796078
I have zero interest in watching this

>>213796021
I haven't seen that episode.

For the longest time I thought The Magician and Freakazoid were just fever dreams that I had.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfJ6gS7fY0g

I even remember being ill and watching Freakazoid and one of the brain looking villains singing a song and then my mother joined in to sing it with him.

>>213795008
>Shame that the Joker episodes are so weak
The hell are you talking about

>>213796078
This show was alright. It was a new Batman show and there was just enough episodes and the storyline with Dent kept moving on in each episode. I'd give it 8/10.

>>213796240
Timm tried so fucking hard to force this pairing. Thankfully it didn’t take.

>>213795762
Way better than the movie

>Well played, detective.

All episodes of Ras Al Gul are Kino, there is even one of them in which Jonha Hex appears.

>>213795689
>> Beyond - Meltdown
>"Believe me... you're the only one who cares..."

>>213795332
i like when he starts doing tricks on it

>>213794955 (OP)
They ever let you in on the secret that

Mark Hamill (aka Luke Skywalker)

is the voice of The Joker in this?

>>213796362
Bros..

>>213796477
I wish the more emotional music tracks from the TAS shows were longer.
https://youtu.be/N5Q9FlqezlU?t=188
https://youtu.be/JEtrs2Cut68

Perchance to Dream, Beware the Grey Ghost, Robin's Reckoning, Kyodai Ken episodes, Riddler episodes. So fucking good.

cape and cowl conspiracy
the one with the fat guy running a slave labor camp
good shit

It's a repetitive monster of the week cartoon for children. You're supposed to overrate it because you watched it as a kid, not actually praise it as an adult.

>>213796796
I don't think it repeats itself. It has some of the all time best stories for each character.

>>213796796
Shut up you joyless faggot

>>213796796
>monster of the week
The only good kind of television

>>213796477
>>213796521
good thread, damn.

>>213796796
Shut up

>>213796796
I'm 40 years old, just watching it for the first time right now and it's brilliant. It's the only American animation I've seen since the Looney Tunes era that is en par with the best Japanese stuff and it probably outdoes the latter on story, characterization, etc.

I can't get over how incredible the art direction and animation quality is -- smooth as butter.
Batman: TAS more than holds up, it should be required viewing for every American so they can appreciate the animation quality of its past.

Growing up my parents always used to give me shit for watching so much TV. Every minute I could get I was glued to it, usually watching Cartoon Network. There was always something to watch. Stuff on WB, CN, Disney, hell I didn't even discover spongebob on Nickelodean till after 2002. Looking back, spending that much time watching TV the best choice I could have ever made because we had the highest number of great shows from the 90s-early 2000s. Kids growing up today will never get that kind of lineup of cartoons made specifically with that kind of style and appeal ever again

Too Much Kino

the writer's bible is actually interesting:
https://dcanimated.com/WF/batman/btas/backstage/wbible/

obviously they had to change a few things (e.g. smoking) but it's also interesting what they "got away" with.

and purely structurally, every episode follows the three-act structure, like a mini-movie. good stuff.

>>213796240
LOL, I would've replied, "I'd have to congratulate my dick..."

>>213797884
I've noticed a ton of writers I'm familiar with working on the show too. People from Star Trek, the people who always ghost-wrote william shatner's sci-fi books, that couple lol

>>213794955 (OP)
I am a 96 zoomer and I grew up watching it every saturday morning.
But yeah it's probably the highest quality animated show, and the only non-comic Batman media that really nails it but the 60's show is still the best

>>213795130
>It's a "Joker uses toxic waste" episode
Kinooooo

I really liked the 2004 animated Batman

>>213797570
>I've seen since the Looney Tunes era that is en par with the best Japanese stuff and it probably outdoes the latter on story, characterization, etc.
I kind of disagree with that since I prefer stuff like lotgh in terms of characterization. Btas is pretty good though.

>>213798127
Well, LotGH is serialized, that definitely helps a lot with linear character development. Both are among the GOATs of course.

I barely even consider LotGH anime because it's such an outlier and there are so few other anime really like it.

>>213797989
>but the 60's show is still the best
Very based.

>>213796796
If you enjoy animation then it is plenty sophisticated. If you want sophisticated writing, you're not watching TV at all. Go read a book.

>>213798173
>Well, LotGH is serialized,
Well you didn't mention episodic so I thought you were talking about stuff in general in which case I think lotgh and a few other animu have better writing(but that's to be expected since the nips were doing serialized animation since the 70s so they had a lot of time to prepare). I agree that everyone should give btas a go.

>>213794955 (OP)
The look and style of the show is really amazing even if you don't care for cartoons

>>213798175
>>213797989
Are you talking about the Adam West show?

Batman's theme in the show is just Here Comes the Bride in a minor key.

>>213794955 (OP)
We really didn't deserve it. It's such a good show. Every aspect from the animation to the music to the voice acting is dialed in to an absurd degree. I'm thankful to have been able to experience it.

>>213794955 (OP)
Jap company Sunrise animated btas. Check out their Big O show they made after their batman contract was over later. Used same studio stuff probably.

>>213798375
I hadn't >>213798375
noticed it

>>213798368
What other 60s batman show was there?

>>213795351
Kino

>>213796477
Remember not to look up what happens to Nora Fries

>>213794955 (OP)
Really? I tried watching it a year or two ago and got filtered by the first two episodes. TV shows are all retarded for me now; I can't stand them.

>>213794955 (OP)
>It makes me jealous as a 97 zoomer to think that millenials grew up with entertainment of this quality.
It's not the end of the world. You can watch it and probably appreciate it even more as an adult.

>>213795437
He fucks tons of women though??

>>213795008
>shame the Joker episodes are so weak
They had to be.

>>213794955 (OP)
I grew up in the 90s and remember this being one of the few cartoons I ever considered must watch. Naturally I got my parents to buy me the Batmobile from the series

>>213798763
Why? What's wrong with Mr. Frezzer's wife?

>>213798854
Anon, I think you've identified the problem: you

>>213795419
>There are some really bad episodes in bewteen 10/10 episodes. Some strong whiplash every once in a while.

>>213795790
>there's some variance in the quality of the episodes though.

What long running series didn't suffer from this?

>>213798873
He fucks Catwoman, Vicki Vale, Talia al Gul, Batgirl according to Bruce Timm, etc. Not to mention that Bruce is on dates all the time with girls who only appear in one episode.

>>213799307
>get's out his penis
>now women/criminals can identify him from cock alone

>>213798873
>>213799307
He's just doing what all CumTown fans do: retardedly reciting bad Nick Mullen jokes out of context

>>213799307
Veronica Vreeland is the real prize of the series

>>213799307
Bruce was a fool for not marrying Zatanna.

>>213796796
>masterful art deco animation style
>presents Batman and what should be goofy cartoon villains in a grounded noir setting
>bud and lou the hyenas
>heart of fucking ice
>”someplace…where a warm hand waits for mine”
Shut the fuck up loser

>>213794955 (OP)
You would probably enjoy gargoyles as well. I didn't like it when I was a kid but I'm glad I gave it a second chance. Similar to Batman TAS it's taken completely seriously, there are consequences and characters/plots evolve throughout episodes. Really good stuff if you're in the mood.

>>213794955 (OP)
It's pretty far out from TAS, but I really enjoy the JLU Suicide Squad ep

I remember going out Christmas shopping with my mam and seeing Mask of the Phantasm on TVs we'd pass. I'd catch a few minutes here and there while she browsed. She told me it would still be on when we got back but it obviously wasn't. I don't think I ever finished any of the DC animated stuff when I was a kid. I finished Spiderman and then moved onto comics and video games. I started reading loads of comics from the 80s and 90s lately and it put me in the mood to download all the old comic toons so I'm gonna go back and rewatch everything. I think Batman is the best though. I don't remember it ever really feeling like a kid's show like Spiderman and Turtles. A lot of people say Superman and JLA are better though so maybe check them out too op.

>>213799968
90s were the last time capeshit was somewhat decent.

The Baby Doll character was pure kino

>>213799968
>>213799778
The JL cartoons feel pretty stiff and it’s just because of the switch to digital but also it seems that they didn’t have a high enough budget to compete with Btas

>>213795064
>>213795179
>>213797841
>>213798930
Are these fanmade or did all the episodes get these cool posters?

>>213800087
> and it’s just because
Meant to write “it’s not just because”

>>213799428
I had to look it up online to find out who you were talking about.

>>213799703
the zatana episode is kino

>>213800087
Enjoy Justice League. The problem was the stories, which always had to be epic and have cosmic implications, since you have the world's strongest heroes assembled.

>>213800132
I think a fan made them

What does everyone think of Spawn? I just remember feeling pissed it went nowhere. Did Todd think he was getting 20 seasons or something? Why dont they bring it back? Bring Spiderman back too. I don't get why X-Men got the nod for the revival over him.

everyday as a kid i would come out of the bath and do the batman rise from the floor with my towel as a cape
now im 38 and divorced

>>213800132
dunno about those but most eps got pretty neat title cards

>>213795437
Its part of the act. Nobody would think a gay man was Batman.

>>213799968
I wouldn't say Superman TAS is better by a longshot but it's probably the closest thing to Batman TAS.

>>213795332
>>213795351
it was dope as hell
and it looks almost too good and new and not really as i remember but it makes sense cause of cable tv and shit i guess
what do little kids would watch nowadays
we had it all
anime western cartoons movies whatever
tv television and film belongs to the 20th century

>>213795626
First one is P.O.V.

>>213800349
vertigo tribute done right

>Batman the animated series is on Canadian Netflix
that's good
>but it's only the first season
that's bad
>but the season has 65 episodes
that's good!
>but most of Harley Quinn's scenes are in seasons 2 and 3
....
>that's bad

>>213800772
For some reasons they have combined S1-S2 and they made the New Adventures of Batman into S3 of TAS

So it's probably actually all of TAS that is vailable to you, just not the New Adventures that came out in 97

whats yall opinion on S5 and S6 the New Batman Adventures and the character redesigns? Some of my favorite episodes and new Scarecrow looks cool

dvd or bluray?

>>213794955 (OP)
It is an excellent show. After this I suggest you watch Superman the Animated Series.

>>213800934
It lost its soul. I understand that it was a budget constraint and also an attempt to improve consistency from the chinks animating it by simplifying the designs, but it is still a shame.
Writing remains pretty solid but I dislike Bruce's characterization becoming more grim and serious. Bruce in Phantasm and BTAS has a solid sense of humor.

Phantasm > Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker > B:TAS > Batman Beyond => The Batman Adventures > Batman: The Adventures Continue > TNBA (TV show)
I haven't read TNBA (comics). Also it's worth noting that TNBA is still a 7.5/10 and a very solid show. It's just the worst of the BTAS universe.

>BTAS redditors praising Mark Hamil's Joker
>Joker episodes are the weakest
>Strongest episodes are the ones with C tier villains: Killer Croc, Clock King, Mr. Freeze and Scarface.
>Even Lex Luthor doppleganger, Daggett episodes, are superior than Joker's

BTAS is a mess.

>>213801524
cool contrarian opinion

you're desperate for attention so take this one on the house, pal

they did my boy dirty.

This thread has inspired me to go back and play the Arkham games.

I swear they feel like spiritual successors to the Timmverse shows.

>>213801745
>S tier
Two Face episodes
The Riddler

>A tier
Scarface
Poison Ivy

>B tier
Penguin
Killer Croc
Clock King
Mr. Freeze

>C tier
Joker
Daggett

>D tier
Red Claw

>>213794955 (OP)
Clayface episodes in BTAS and Earthmover in Batman Beyond were the best ones.

for me, it's Boss Biggis.

>>213801371
He literally said he's doing a DCAU marathon

>>213801992
>Choosing anything from Batman Beyond post Season 1

Beyond was ultra edgy cyberpunk show the first season. It became a high school drama after that.

>>213801861
>I swear they feel like spiritual successors to the Timmverse shows.
That's why I love them. Shame about that awful suicide squad game though.

>People are still angry for Bruce cooming at Barbara at her primal youth in her 20's
>People think that Bruce is a sane superhero than a mentally ill person, larping as a superhero
>People think that Gordon would have a problem with Bruce marrying her and having children

>>213801802
>>213801884
I only remember that episode of the riddle rehabilitation and it was good.

>>213802100
More like a dinniverse

>>213794955 (OP)
A major TRVKE is that Gotham is the closest we've gotten to the feel of BTAS in any piece of modern Batman media.

>>213795437
You mean when he lusts after Cat Woman?

>>213802063
go watch Ralph Bakshi's Spicy City.

Was Clayface even slightly popular before TAS?

>>213795419
Not him but I didn't like the episode when Batman teams up with his childhood hero much. Felt pretty predictable and the enemy was weak

>>213802287
Probably not. Clayface 2-parter major villain is Daggett.

I’m sorry but Bruce Wayne and Harleen quinzel being in the same med school and they’re friends but no one (not even themselves) are sure how they get along

it’s animated kino

>>213796145
I felt the same with The Tick

>>213802391
>he didn't read the tick comics
Top tier indie 90's comic.
Pretty funny, but its a pretty short, I liked a lot of the lore and continuity from the cartoon. Like the evolution of the moon through the show.

>Catwoman / Selina Kyle chased by Red Claw's henchmen
>Bruce thinks she has an angry ex boyfriend

Superman TAS is more consistent with quality in episodes but only gets S tier after Apokolips Now.

Batman Beyond has a kino 1st Season. Then has a redemption at The Call.

Justice League is DCAU at its best.

JLU goes to shit after Cadmus arc. If you've seen how Season 3 ends, there is no need to rewatch it.

>>213795414
Under-rated post.

I will forever be sad that this universe's Bruce has such a bad end. The show ends with a not so subtle demonstration of the futility in Batman's quest as he not only fails to save his best friend Harvey Dent but Two-Face actually develops a third personality, the last words spoken in BTAS are 'guilty, guilty, guilty' suggesting even the Judge (and by extension Batman) are just as guilty by their failure as the criminals. It was heavy stuff for a kid's show.

I wish we got more Zatanna, and that Bruce married and knocked her up.

>>213794955 (OP)
Fun fact, a lot of the music is lifted or inspired from Goethe's Faust.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMw0EjLFPXw&t=465s

Is directly used in the main theme.

BTAS is by far the best thing I watched as a kid and I think about it to this day.

>>213795008
For me it's the Riddler episodes. They're the perfect blend of comfy, silly, and serious -- absolute classic.

>>213802720
>If you've seen how Season 3 ends, there is no need to rewatch it.
Bull shit, its a bunch of smaller one-off episodes showing the d-listers demonstrating why they're still heroes.

>>213801884
>he didn't like Heart of Ice
I agree with most of your list, Freeze withstanding. BTAS has the best Poison Ivy in any Batman medium.

Fixed version:

>S tier episodes
Ra's Al Ghul
The Riddler
Poison Ivy

>A tier
Mr. Freeze
Scarecrow
Two Face
Mad Hatter


>B tier
Penguin
Scarface
Killer Croc
Clock King

>C tier
Joker
Daggett

>D tier
Red Claw

>Fucking Garbage
Catwoman
I've Got Batman In My Basement

>>213802230
Honestly, Gotham would have been kino if they'd just let it be a live action GCPD show from the start with Batman just getting started. No weird ageing up of Isley, no need to worry about child actors in general unless they wanted Dick.

>>213802884
Zatana's episode is a great one and like you I continue to think a lot about the series.
I haven't seen the whole series so I can't form a general opinion on it.

About the riddle, I only remember that episode where he gets out of prison and starts a new job at a toy company.

>>213802927
Fucking loved this episode.

>>213802990
>Hawkgirl being a slut (more than she already is)
>Fanservice with women fighting in the arena
>Grodd being a full retard

>>213801884
>>213803055
If Freeze isn't in S tier, I immediately stop reading and disregard the rest

>>213803061
I agree but I still love it. Comfy schlock kino with surprisingly amazing production design.

>>213800544
>>213800422
back when shows had effort and soul put into them
also
>those dubs

>>213803148
Yeah, the sets and aesthetics were brilliant. They really nailed it there, and I think it will hold up decades from now unlike most procedurals.

>>213794955 (OP)
Can anyone confirm if this is a good watch order for the DCAU?

https://www.cbr.com/dcau-watch-order/

>>213797884
Excellent post thanks for hooking this up

>>213803136
He's at the top of A or bottom of S, Heart of Ice is elder god tier but the rest of his episodes are a bit weak, it averages out.

Shit, I'd forgotten about the maxi Zeus episode. There's some great character psychology in the series.I was also pleasantly surprised to see many references to the series in the Arkam Asylum video game.

>>213803061
I don't think they were even allowed to use Batman in that capacity due to Warner Bros being really stingy about the rights and being adamant on live action Batman only properly appearing in movies. They weren't even allowed to use the name "Joker" as I recall.

>>213803154
Andrea Romano had the magic touch for all the DC casting she did.

>>213803183
I was amazed when I discovered the showrunner is Bruno Heller who also ran HBO's Rome. Seems like he has a knack for bringing cities alive as a dynamic setting.

>>213803233
You're correct but WB's retardation doesn't change my opinion on it. I never finished the final season though.

>>213794955 (OP)
>2025
>still no good high res release of BTAS
friendly reminder the blurays are trash

>>213794955 (OP)
When I was disappointed with The new series where penguin is a woman i learned the Show was in Netflix now. I hope they will upload the last episodes too

>>213803209
>>213803237
I remember this. It touched my heart and I was just a kid.

>>213802884
>I will forever be sad that this universe's Bruce has such a bad end.
Are we counting JL or BB?

>>213803055
>>213801884
>neither even mentions Clayface
genuine retards

Feat of Clay is BTAS at its best

>>213795414
>I'm a big fan of the GCPD SWAT aesthetic.

>>213803454
A real shame.

>>213796043
Don't watch the last season. The show already had a decent ending but then it got a slop season

>>213795414
AHHHMMMNAHTWARRINHOCKEYPAAAAAHHDDDSSS!

>>213795514
>the only time the GCPD aren't complete jobbers
>it's ||a dream||

>>213803454
The Hindenburg disaster and its consequences were a tragedy for the future of aviation.

>>213801802
Riddler stole the Hush film from Hush. Fuck him!

>>213794955 (OP)
YOOOO!!! I’m watching that through right now too.

Show is fucking pure kino.

>only 1 Etrogan episode
huge missed opportunity

>She's beautiful
>She can't see that anymore. All she sees now are the flaws

Damn this one was fucking hardcore as a kid

>>213800422
pure soul

>>213802884
>I will forever be sad that this universe's Bruce has such a bad end.
The showrunners like to see him suffer.

>Bruce had Zatanna and Wonder Woman begging him to fuck them
>he says no
>only realizes he fucked up when he's like 90

The animators were cumming for days after this one

>>213802884
>For me it's the Riddler episodes
My nigga.

>>213803808
wow he's literally me

>>213803600
Lol, lmao even.
Lurk for at least two years before posting again.

>>213803419
This is a callback to THAT episode isn't it.

>>213801992
Yep, pure nightmare fuel.

>>213803808
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nk-Nqbl-5rI&pp=ygUjQmF0bWFuIHRoZSBib2xkIGFuZCB0aGUgYm9sZCBlbmRpbmc%3D

The ending of Brave and the Bold was happier.

>>213796306
MY BE-LOV-ED

>>213800892
>>213800772
It's due to the Bluray release in NA having this exact same setup
Must've been due to people being confused with marketing for TNAB, it honestly lost me too when I was younger

>>213794955 (OP)

There is no going back now OP. You´ll never be able to accept anyone but Conroy and Hamill as Bats and the Joker after this.

>>213803946
She is fine

>>213803884
>Lurk for at least two years before posting again.
this needs to make a comeback

>>213800186
That's not a Timm artstyle, she was just like his other redheads but more fun than most

>>213804002
Any man lesser than Bruce, including myself, would have accepted becoming the son-in-law of Ra's

>>213795008
I agree the joker eps are weak. They dont reach the masterpeice of eps like two fave or feat of clay.

The only great Joker ep is Jokers Wild. Man who killed batman isnt a joker episode

Crazy how Snyder had all the blueprints and still fucked it up

>>213803055
The episode with 'cured' Ivy was pure kino

>>213794955 (OP)
Yeah, it's pretty great. You should probably check out Superman The Animated Series as well. It's the same level of quality, maybe even better.

>>213804147
I'll never understand why they didn't tap Dinni and Timm to have some kind of creative consultant role in the dc cinematic universe.

>>213804142
Joker's epic episode in the animated series is Mask of the Phantasm

>>213795419
>>213795445

Not him but the objectively worst eps are Batman in My Basement and Jokers Christmas. Those are the only ones you can argue are bad. The rest are at least okay to GoATed

>>213795437
TAS Batman always seemed asexual to me. He cares more about Justice than sex

The style of this show always reminded me of the Fleischer Superman shorts

>>213794955 (OP)
Heart of Ice
Feat of Clay
Two Face
Beware the Gray Ghost
Almost Got 'Em
His Silicon Soul
Perchance to Dream
Appointment In Crime Alley
It's Never Too Late
The Cape and Cowl Conspiracy
Robin's Reckoning

>>213803864
And like me (I'm a 35 year old alcoholic)

>>213795332
The new movie better have a sequence like this.

>>213804254
Kino

>>213794955 (OP)

It's very well made. You would have to have to be a child to love it though.

>>213795332
which studio animated this? it's way too good to be western

>>213804313
>Indians be like

>>213804354
Some long defunct Worst Korean one iirc

>>213804339
I guess I’m a kid then.

>>213804360
But he actually tried to get off the train tracks

>>213804339
Oh, fuck off. The stories and dialogue are well written and that's all that really matters.

>>213795574
Same for me but I watched it on toonami on cartoon network instead. That shit was incredible to come home to after school. They peaked with the g Gundam-dbz-yu yu hakusho-ruroni kenshin programing block.

>>213804390

Me too.

Bunch of cartoon watching sexual freaks in here

Is Batman Beyond good or mid? Most fans rank it the best or the most overrated.

>>213804492

It's pretty good.

>>213804492
High mid, just chug a few beers and watch, shit is schway

>>213804492
Definitely overrated by people who grew up with it but still a 4/5. People who say it's better than Batman TAS are insane in the membrane though.

>>213795762
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1b2CtgkwJQA

The intro was kino

I really like the “Time Flies” episode, how a rigidly held perspective on life and one bad day, slipping from one’s own ethos, can cause someone to just snap!

The “aren’t born this way, they’re made” is an idea that’s been mishandled, overused, and abused too often of late, but this show really tackles it well. It did it right. Current times it’s all political pandering, perfunctory and disingenuous, the skin-mask of true empathy, but BTAS gave it an honest, truly empathetic consideration. It has something to say, and I want movies and television to reach for that again. To look on these subjects with gentle eyes like this show did.

>>213804492
overrated but good

>>213794955 (OP)

Do Batmen dream of electric sheep?

I can't take Heart of Ice seriously considering Batman not only uses chicken soup to beat Freeze, but cracks a joke about it

>>213804567
This dude had a great debut episode. Loved how his "power" was just being really autistic about timing. A pity they decided to give him actual time control gadgets after.

>>213794955 (OP)
>best DC universe was made by a shameless coomer.
based as fuck.

>>213804219
TAS Bruce and TNBA-onwards Bruce are completely different characters. The former is much more personable even as Batman.

>>213794955 (OP)
When you watch this as an adult, you really begin to appreciate how much effort was put into every detail. It blows my mind to think about the number of hours than went into making this series.

>>213804671
It's a clever call back to Alfred telling him it's great for curing colds. This is the kind of writing that the MCU could only dream of.

>>213794955 (OP)
Watched the entire thing earlier this year. I can see why it's so loved. Thought about trying some of the other batman series but I've heard they ranged from okay to bad. Are there any worthwhile ones? I do want to eventually watch batman beyond because I watched episodes of that as a kid.

>>213803921
I forgot that meta capeshit writing could actually be good

>>213804986
try superman, that was pretty good too

>>213804986
The Superman series is also very good in writing and animation. Of course, the villains of Man of Steel are not as charismatic as the criminals of Gotham City.
My favorite episode is the one where Batman disappears and Superman goes looking for him and even pretends to be Batman and has encounters with the Bat's rogues gallery.

>>213796145
I liked the magician as a kid. But the show sucked. The only good episode is the one where he is on the gameshow of death but thats only cause i love episodes with level by level progression like a video game.

Its also why the maze and the .inetaur is one of my favorite Batman tas eps

Where to,/tv/?

>>213804492
Beyond sucks. I bought the series on a lark and im half way thru and they all suck.

The only TAS tier episode is the one with the expose journalist that can phase thru walls. Has a really fantastic finale too.

>>213805472
selina, thats my fav version of her costume too

>>213805472

For me? It´s Zatanna.

If you're so smart, why aren't you rich?

>>213805530
There are some gems in the series but it's not on the level of the Batman animated series.

>>213798582
After BTAS was done airing new episode I caught Big O by chance on Toonami, and yes, it’s the closest the Japs came to a BTAS style kino. It also has a very suspenseful albeit convoluted plot line but a hell of a general vibe and atmosphere, much like BTAS.

>>213805530
the first season of Beyond is great with Blight. but then they killed him off and the whole tone of the show got less dark and more kid friendly it felt like

>>213805530
TAS has such basic animation in comparison, it was almost laughable. how shit it looked.

>>213795130
the "fan order" is a much better way to watch it

>>213805824
>more kid friendly
what about the guy who fell into the center of the earth? or the sound guy who had the building fall on him? or the guy who got thrown into the pit of snakes? or the guy who was trapped to radioactive vines?

Yah. Gonna give this a rewatch.

>>213803230
great episode. what this show did so well was make characters or premises that sound goofy on paper and made them work perfectly.

>>213796796
Being unable to enjoy a piece of art out of fear of appearing childish is a classic childish trait in and of itself. Faggot.

>>213805899
For me it's vegetable Bane

>>213805899
I said "more kid friendly" not completely kid orientated. also: "Max was introduced in the second season of Batman Beyond to meet the demands from the WB network, who wanted a young teenage girl to be part of Terry's secret life, as a means to widen the series "female entry point." According to Stan Berkowitz, some of the creative team disliked the character, feeling it was forced on them and on occasion would find ways to deliberately write her out of the story."

>>213806016
I love how Maxi associates all of Batman's mythology with Hellenistic myths, even seeing Batman as Hades.
There was a reference to maxi in arkam asylum

>>213798127
Weebism is a bubble you shouldn't restrict yourself to. You can enjoy other things. BTAS doesn't suffer from the typical cliches and tropes the japanese writers are wholly unable or willing to free themselves from, ever.

>>213798173
its better then most if not all other anime because its based on novels instead of manga

>>213797877
It's the little pause before he responds as tried to do the math in his head and gave up.

writerslop mogged by Ren & Stimpy

>>213806066
can you imagine if they did this today, adding a random black girl sidekick for batman because of wokeness

>>213797877
why did they kill off Blight? he just disappears and is never mentioned again when he was up until then the main villain of the whole show.

this thing was one with like bobbys world, winnie the pooh, maybe muppet babies, i cant remember exactly. definitely new adventures of wtp tho. i think bobbys world was on earlier before school ended

>>213795934
That ones called lockup. he becomes a sort of punisher type vigilante

Hell yeah, I'm actually rewatching it right now too. I never appreciated how amazing the aesthetics of the show is when I was a kid, they have a great mix of gothic, noir, and art deco that I haven't seen any other Batman media capture since.
And it didn't really pull any punches. The whole thing can get real dark, especially for a kids show.
How's Superman: The Animated Series? I want to try that out after this.

>>213794955 (OP)
Just make sure you stop watching when they change networks and mix it with Superman. Ruins the show, even starting drawing the women differently

>>213806406
animated superman show is very good. Its the best version of lex luthor outisde of the comics and it focuses on sci fi compared to animated batman's gothic noir

>>213806406
It's a lot more lighthearted. I liked it when I was a kid but it didn't have the same pull for me that Batman TAS had and I don't have the same nostalgia for it. Lois though, she's a babe and worth watching for and the Mxysptlk episodes (I'm sure I spelled his name wrong) are a lot of fun and his wife's a babe too

>>213796796
This. It's okay, but it's so overrated.

>>213803230
Where are you finding these posters? I'd love to get some.

Was Batman constantly banging Batgirl in his cave?

>>213806406
I am doing the same thing and having the same experience. Visually it is stunning. I've been reading old pulp novels, and the aesthetic really reminds me of them. And yah, if you are ever bored, read some pulps.

Just started Joker's Favor.

>>213806469
its basically how I learned about Superman lore. Parasite, Metallic, Lobo, Darkseid etc...

>>213806464
some of it works and some doesnt. scarecrow got redesigned and his episodes are all great

>>213806469
>>213806477
Thanks. I'll give it a download. Never seen it before as a kid, but I love sci-fi so it should be interesting.
>>213806504
That's a good suggestion. I've been looking to try out new genre of books. I'll do that.

Terry McGuiness is WHITE! Haha! The last word is mine. No stampies. No erasies.

Feeling…dizzy, anon?

>>213802018
For me? It's Condiment King:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnaHXjJAHrA

This thread will disappear eventually, so before it does, I wanted to state a couple of episodes I really like:

1) Season 1 episode 7 “P.O.V”, where the mystery and legend of the Batman is seen from the outside via the testimony of beat-cops getting grilled over the events of a night in the job.

2) Season 1 episode 26 “Appointment in Crime Alley” where it just shows Batman grinding to help the citizens of Gotham, and the villain isn’t some standout plant girl in a green leotard but an unscrupulous land developer. The heavy could be any number of faceless money men in Bruce Wayne’s or even our own world. Very relatable and grounded almost to a spooky extent, and it was cool just seeing the Batman in almost his symbolically most pure, grinding against the ugly to save that which is good in this world. And the way that episode ends…kino.

>>213806824
You legend.

>>213806574
>That's a good suggestion. I've been looking to try out new genre of books. I'll do that.
Yah, I've been loving them. I would recommend starting with The Shadow, which was obviously a huge inspiration for Batman. The classic 1930s shadowy New York pulp hero. Doc Savage (a huge inspiration for Superman) is fairly enjoyable but he is a it too overpowered, but he does seem to capture that optimistic 1930s attitude that science, technology, and good strong virtues will save society. The Spider is my personal favorite (difficult to find his books); the character is like a mixture of Batman and Charles Bronson (yah, super kino. he just keeps blastin').

>>213806406
>How's Superman: The Animated Series?

Its good, not as good as Batman The Animated Series. The animation isn't as good, the art style isn't as cool and the material isn't as dark; but its still good. Same goes for the Justice League series.

Its smarter and more interesting than the cape slop CGI fests we have now that are supposed to be for adults.

>>213806496
>Was Batman constantly banging Batgirl in his cave?

>>213806938
Yes, both are good.

>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRhx9hZ8tIg

this show went very hard with the nightmare stuff

>>213807090
I wonder how careful they had to be with that semi-realistic gun imagery.

>>213807218
somehow they were allowed to show realistic guns. even though basically all the other 90s animated shows gave people laser guns instead. they let batman fully commit to the noir style which is why it still feels so timeless

Did they ever do commentary tracks for this show? I never really listened to any, but I think it would be interesting to hear what the writers, animators and voice actors have to say about each episode

>>213803061
Matt reeves wanted to do that as a prequel to THE BATMAN but it didnt come together.

>>213804182
I doubt established film directors want to take input from guys who made a kid's show. Always felt the same way though DCAU>MCU. Even when MCU was at its best.

The Riddler episodes are fantastic. Fuck Timm for barely using him and that hideous redesign.

>>213806082
I'll never forgive Rocksteady for using Deacon Blackfire instead of Maxie Zeus in Arkham Knight.

>>213807675
its probably hard to write his riddles and think of plots for him

>>213807004
Thanks for the recommendations. I'll get started on those.