Oh yeah. That, All-Star, and the first several years of Byrne & co.'s reboot are pretty much all the Superman I'll ever need.
― Encyclopedia Beige and the Case of the Bland Sandwich (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 20 December 2017 16:19 (six years ago) link
STAS started off kinda slow but got real good by the end in my memories, same thing with Batman Beyond
― Nhex, Wednesday, 20 December 2017 17:09 (six years ago) link
I especially dig how Kirby's Fourth World stuff slowly encroaches upon the light-hearted Superman adventures taking place in the foreground.
― Encyclopedia Beige and the Case of the Bland Sandwich (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 20 December 2017 17:13 (six years ago) link
Wonder Woman was so dull and slow and colourgraded and not-about-a-woman that I walked out halfway through and saw The House instead
― shackling the masses with plastic-wrapped snack picks (sic), Wednesday, 20 December 2017 18:15 (six years ago) link
same with the justice league cartoon - started slowly then knocked it out of the park when it became unlimited
― dipso inferno (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 20 December 2017 18:16 (six years ago) link
that's true. though i'd say even by season 2 of JL they were killing it, like with that 2-part Joker ep
― Nhex, Wednesday, 20 December 2017 18:54 (six years ago) link
the Justice Gods one was also S2 i think
― Nhex, Wednesday, 20 December 2017 18:56 (six years ago) link
If we want to make this a recommendation thread for the best DCAU episodes, I wouldn't complain.
― Chuck_Tatum, Thursday, 21 December 2017 00:56 (six years ago) link
I decided to watch the recent Wonder Woman movie at motel room rental prices and fell asleep halfway into it. Such are vacation mistakes. BTAS is still excellent every time I feel the need to rewatch. The balance of the animation style, noir tropes honored and subtly commented on, the little quips that paint Batman as self-aware, sometimes tragically, make it age well.
― mh, Thursday, 21 December 2017 03:49 (six years ago) link
HFS @ Hopey Glass cameo in Batman, someone was having a lil fun at the animation studio that day
― Οὖτις, Sunday, 8 July 2018 16:03 (five years ago) link
wait waht
― Fox News' Chad Pergram contributed to this report (bizarro gazzara), Sunday, 8 July 2018 16:30 (five years ago) link
I forget which episode it is but bruce wayne puts someone on a bus at the end of the episode and one of the other riders on the bus is v clearly Jaime’s Hopey.
― Οὖτις, Sunday, 8 July 2018 16:45 (five years ago) link
I think it’s “I Am the Night”
― Οὖτις, Sunday, 8 July 2018 16:54 (five years ago) link
I noticed it a few nights ago while watching w my daughter but only just now remembered i meant to post about it cuz it was p unexpected
― Οὖτις, Sunday, 8 July 2018 17:00 (five years ago) link
huh, awesome!
― Fox News' Chad Pergram contributed to this report (bizarro gazzara), Sunday, 8 July 2018 17:05 (five years ago) link
I'd about say Batman: The Animated Series might be the best version of Batman done. It ties together so many of the things from the comics in the right tone.
― earlnash, Sunday, 8 July 2018 19:09 (five years ago) link
kevin conroy is def the best batman ever
― Fox News' Chad Pergram contributed to this report (bizarro gazzara), Sunday, 8 July 2018 19:19 (five years ago) link
ok it wasn't that episode and it wasn't some random character it was the Penguin and Hopey's cameo is at about 4:05 here: https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x50of14
― Οὖτις, Monday, 9 July 2018 16:32 (five years ago) link
ha! no chance that’s not supposed to be hopey
― there’s gonna be a hot time in the ol’ tub machine tonight (bizarro gazzara), Monday, 9 July 2018 16:46 (five years ago) link
It's definitely Hopey, check the coat:
http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q166/iagainstcomics/hopey%20style/hopey5.jpg
Now I'm visualising a Love & Rockets animated series that would probably never happen in a million years.
― Brainless Addlepated Timid Muddleheaded Awful No-Account (Pheeel), Monday, 9 July 2018 19:10 (five years ago) link
*wistful sigh*jaime’s style would work so well in animation too
― there’s gonna be a hot time in the ol’ tub machine tonight (bizarro gazzara), Monday, 9 July 2018 19:16 (five years ago) link
Hopey had a cameo in the tie-in Batman Adventures comics as well!
― Duane Barry, Monday, 9 July 2018 21:13 (five years ago) link
That is *definitely* her. Nice spot!
iirc Cameron Stewart's 00s run on Catwoman is basically him doing Jaime for two years
― Chuck_Tatum, Wednesday, 11 July 2018 20:01 (five years ago) link
https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/how-paul-dini-and-mike-mignola-changed-mr-freeze-forever-plus-other-revelations-from-the
I did not know that Mignola was in any way involved in BTAS!
― Captain Hardchord (Leee), Friday, 2 November 2018 23:44 (five years ago) link
The blu-ray set is a thing of glory.
― EZ Snappin, Friday, 2 November 2018 23:50 (five years ago) link
https://imgur.com/gallery/D02OcwO is glorious and now I just remembered Herman von Klempt in HB and so this makes perfect sense.
― Captain Hardchord (Leee), Friday, 2 November 2018 23:55 (five years ago) link
I've never seen the whole series, but I pretty much think the cartoon might be the best take on Batman ever. It is a perfect balance in many ways.
― earlnash, Saturday, 3 November 2018 12:41 (five years ago) link
The TV show is the best Batman, and Mask of the Phantasm is still the best Batman movie.
― EZ Snappin, Saturday, 3 November 2018 18:23 (five years ago) link
I've long said (perhaps even itt) that if DC-related material can't meet or exceed the quality of the DCAU, the people involved probably just shouldn't bother.
― a butt, at which the shaft of ridicule is daily glanced (Old Lunch), Saturday, 3 November 2018 22:11 (five years ago) link
Still, they persisted
― Οὖτις, Sunday, 4 November 2018 18:48 (five years ago) link
Has anyone seen the 2017 animated feature “Batman vs. Two-Face” (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6142314/)? My son has watched it a few times.
It’s pretty bad, but also weird/sad — the voices are performed by Adam West (shortly before his death), Burt Ward, Julie Newmar, William Shatner (as Harvey Dent), etc. So while it’s “cool” that they used the OG actors (plus, uh, Shatner), and got work for those folks, their voices do not exactly match the (young) characters... particularly in the case of West, who sounds unwell and geriatric. So it’s bizarre and somewhat grimly humorous to hear these voices coming from the animated 1966 Batman crew.
(One other odd thing is that Warner apparently doesn’t control the rights to the ’66 Batman theme music, and couldn’t bother clearing it? — so they have use a dumb knockoff of it, like any other fakey production.)
― too busy or too stoned (morrisp), Sunday, 4 November 2018 19:42 (five years ago) link
Warner had nothing to do with the show, so it's absolutely fine that they don't control the rights to the theme music
― Sing The Mighty Beat (sic), Sunday, 4 November 2018 20:58 (five years ago) link
Sure, but it’s odd they would create a new movie set in the 1966 world, and go so far as to cast the OG actors for “authenticity,” yet give it an “off-brand” feel by imitating the theme rather than paying to use it.
― too busy or too stoned (morrisp), Sunday, 4 November 2018 21:20 (five years ago) link
How much was the fee, and what proportion of the overall budget was that?
― Sing The Mighty Beat (sic), Sunday, 4 November 2018 21:49 (five years ago) link
Let me check my records... oh wait, I didn’t work on the production. Why you dragging me on this, LOL?The theme is one of the most beloved and iconic aspects of the old series... whatever it cost to clear, perhaps it would have been more worth the expense than whatever it cost to hire Bill Shatner (who has nothing to do with the property)? Is his involvement drawing anyone to this thing? Meanwhile, when the knockoff music plays, it just sounds dumb and leaves you thinking, “huh, they cheaped out.”
― too busy or too stoned (morrisp), Sunday, 4 November 2018 21:57 (five years ago) link
I’m just saying it’s the opposite of “odd”!
― Sing The Mighty Beat (sic), Sunday, 4 November 2018 22:08 (five years ago) link
I mean, we’re talking about a direct-to-video feature whose idea of a clever in-joke is a Catholic hospital called “Our Lady of Perpetual Irony,” so maybe I’m expecting too much. But the casting implies the movie will be “going the extra mile,” when it really stalls out at least 14 miles short of Gotham City.
― too busy or too stoned (morrisp), Sunday, 4 November 2018 22:21 (five years ago) link
I loved and still love B:TAS and the other DCAU series (well, most of the time), but I've never been particularly impressed by any of the animated specials that have come out since then. It's pretty disappointing seeing that on some occasions some of the same people were involved. The execution always seems half-assed.
― Duane Barry, Sunday, 4 November 2018 23:20 (five years ago) link
man these blu-ray remasters are gorgeous huh
― i want donald duck to scream into my dick (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, 6 November 2018 10:24 (five years ago) link
Worth buying if I have all the DVD boxes?
― Daniel_Rf, Tuesday, 6 November 2018 11:55 (five years ago) link
if you’re a btas stan and you’ve got the cash, definitely - the episodes look extraordinarily crisp and clearcheck this handy comparison video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9LZJ-HJsWHk
― i want donald duck to scream into my dick (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, 6 November 2018 12:05 (five years ago) link
i'm a sucker for these remasters when they're done well. they even managed to make TNG look beautiful!
― Chuck_Tatum, Tuesday, 6 November 2018 12:16 (five years ago) link
yooooo Bruce Timm made an animated Sgt Rock short film!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CtwZvaLbwnI
And Phantom Stranger too!https://www.comicsbeat.com/dc-showcase-phantom-stranger-first-look/
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Tuesday, 19 May 2020 21:41 (four years ago) link