Not great. Not really like Frank Miller's style at all. Very lazy work. Batman is too 'cartoony', with puns. They really just kind of did "oh here, look at what we did". The mutant leader's voice was totally fucked, and sounded way too 'voice-actor-ee'.
It's an homage... they didn't want to stray too far from the animated series style. The voice was supposed to sound 'voice-actor-ee'.... Remember, they're paying homage through a kid's story as well.
Yeah, but, the whole point of the Frank Miller batman, was that it was the first time Batman was actually like "Dark". Without the Frank Miller Batman, we'd still be dealing with the whole crappy puns and camp-ness of the 70s Batman show. I know this was done when cartoons weren't as adult as they are today, but still.
Yeah, I understand what you're saying. But I still think it's pretty cool, like I said, it's just an homage, and it still was part of a saturday morning and after school cartoon. We still have Sin City for the more true to Frank Miller material.. lol. It's just too bad his full length directing debut kind of sucked.
"I know this was done when cartoons weren't as adult as they are today"
Huh? Batman: The Animated Series is probably the most mature American Saturday Morning Cartoon ever made! And the Adam West show was the 60s, not 70s.
1990s "Batman: The Animated Series" > 2000s "The Batman".
Personally, I loved this nod to Frank Miller's "The Dark Knight Returns". If they ever do a film adaptation of the graphic novel, I hope it is an "R" rated animated film and not live-action.
Cartoons aren't at all adult today.. I mean yeah they make more cartoons specifically for adults (Adult Swim) But absolutely no one today makes cartoons with any plot or story or even a sense of drama, yes i know they're only cartoons but go ahead and watch nickelodeon or cartoon network.. they're all bad quality animations with stupid un-intelligent jokes (just watch Chowder).
One of the best comics I have ever read
scar1ful 4 weeks ago
miss this show
byakuya796 5 months ago
frank miller's batman is the best batman ever! :D
xXviejas22Xx 1 year ago
i love how the music sounds exactly like music from batman beyond lol. but still this is awesome
ChrisDipset5 2 years ago
i like how frank miller's batman's voice is michael ironside
jamesmunford 3 years ago
this is awesome. I remember watching this episode on tv and there was this kid named Joel outside a shoemaker shop xDDD
dubcantgetrite 3 years ago
hmmm.. I gotta go out and find the DvD's of this show.. I miss it. really glad I read the Dark Knight Returns too.
chaneofthedead 3 years ago
Not great. Not really like Frank Miller's style at all. Very lazy work. Batman is too 'cartoony', with puns. They really just kind of did "oh here, look at what we did". The mutant leader's voice was totally fucked, and sounded way too 'voice-actor-ee'.
ronoc9 3 years ago
It's an homage... they didn't want to stray too far from the animated series style. The voice was supposed to sound 'voice-actor-ee'.... Remember, they're paying homage through a kid's story as well.
dsmrunner 3 years ago
Yeah, but, the whole point of the Frank Miller batman, was that it was the first time Batman was actually like "Dark". Without the Frank Miller Batman, we'd still be dealing with the whole crappy puns and camp-ness of the 70s Batman show. I know this was done when cartoons weren't as adult as they are today, but still.
ronoc9 3 years ago
Yeah, I understand what you're saying. But I still think it's pretty cool, like I said, it's just an homage, and it still was part of a saturday morning and after school cartoon. We still have Sin City for the more true to Frank Miller material.. lol. It's just too bad his full length directing debut kind of sucked.
dsmrunner 3 years ago
"I know this was done when cartoons weren't as adult as they are today"
Huh? Batman: The Animated Series is probably the most mature American Saturday Morning Cartoon ever made! And the Adam West show was the 60s, not 70s.
1990s "Batman: The Animated Series" > 2000s "The Batman".
Personally, I loved this nod to Frank Miller's "The Dark Knight Returns". If they ever do a film adaptation of the graphic novel, I hope it is an "R" rated animated film and not live-action.
AdamCT3 2 years ago
Cartoons aren't at all adult today.. I mean yeah they make more cartoons specifically for adults (Adult Swim) But absolutely no one today makes cartoons with any plot or story or even a sense of drama, yes i know they're only cartoons but go ahead and watch nickelodeon or cartoon network.. they're all bad quality animations with stupid un-intelligent jokes (just watch Chowder).
chaneofthedead 2 years ago
It's not an actual adaption of Frank Miller's "The Dark Knight" it's just a reference.
dubcantgetrite 3 years ago