Beware the Batman

[jwyblejr]

From Newsarama:

That's Katana in that pic? I thought it was Nightwing at first. Here I am trying to figure out why Dick is running around with a sword.

[Thor]

No they didn't. If they want to make another BM toon they could at least make the show pleasing to the eye. This reminds me of some of the crap the show on the Cartoon Network these days.

[ctc]

>Batman is described as “classic-looking,”

The squished head makes him more aerodynamic.

>fighting alongside a, wait for it, “gun-toting Alfred Pennyworth.”

This one bothers a lot of folks, but wasn't Alfred part of the French underground back in WW2? Of course that was a hundred retcons ago so I don't know if it still holds.

>it looks Katana will be playing the main sidekick role

It's official, the 80's are back 'cos.... you know....ninjas.

Don C.

[Meule]

I'm a Batman freak, that being said, this looks like MAJOR CRAP! Why not let Batman Brave and the Bold keep going?

Agreed. A gun toting Alfred and Prof Pyg? Oh brother...
Batman Brave and Bold was a great cartoon, they should've continued for many more seasons

[Earth 2 Chris]

Glen Murakmi worked on BTAS/TNBA and Superman before going off to show-run Teen Titans. Since then he's been on the teenaged Ben 10. I have enjoyed all of his stuff, but this makes "The Batman" look traditional. I'll wait and see, but Alfred with guns? He's used guns in the comics (he was a soldier or even a British secret agent in some versions), but it seems a bit much. Katana? Yawn. I'm betting Robin is out because of his focus on Young Justice.

I thought James Tucker was moving over to the next Batman series?

Chris

[ctc]

>Glen Murakmi worked on BTAS/TNBA and Superman

Hmmmm.... weird 'cos I'd heard that a lot of the staff who worked on BTAS in Japan also worked on "Big O," and Alfred in "Beware the Batman" kinda has a Norman Burg vibe.... So, does that mean Katana's an android?

Don C.

[Earth 2 Chris]

Murakimi worked on the show at WB studios under Timm and company. He was also one of the main guys behind Batman Beyond. His enthusiasm for it convinced Timm and Dini it was worth doing.

I agree that if they have to go this far afield of a traditional take, maybe it's time to retire Batman from animated service for a few years. He's essentially been going non-stop in cartoon form since 1992!

Chris

[ctc]

>I agree that if they have to go this far afield of a traditional take, maybe it's time to retire Batman from animated service for a few years. He's essentially been going non-stop in cartoon form since 1992!

I'm kinda partial to "Batman - batsuit + giant robot" myself:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6z8HY...eature=related

It'd be nice to see some of the lesser known, and less hyped stars; but considering how expensive cartoons are there's no way they'd take a chance on a second stringer. Not unless it was part of some big marketing tie-in, like Green Lantern and the movie. So instead you do an old fave.... like Batman, but you try to make it different, so it doesn't feel like a rerun or more of the same. (Really; they want the name more than anything else.) Maybe you stylize it, or sci-fi it up (like "The Batman") or now they're all in school.... (*shudder*) To that end, I'm surprised "Young Justice" got made. I seem to recall there was something of a push for the comic back when the show wopuld have started production, and it was probably pitched as "It's Teen Titans, but all serious and stuff!"

WEIRD ASIDE: Anyone notice that in the DC cartoon universe, Sugar and Spike are back?

Don C.

[Bruce Banner]

This one bothers a lot of folks, but wasn't Alfred part of the French underground back in WW2? Of course that was a hundred retcons ago so I don't know if it still holds.

Yeah, originally he was a retired intelligence agent who saw action in WW2, but I think they changed his origin after Crisis. But after Infinite Crisis it was established that he had served in the British Army and then was part of MI-5, so whatever the case, he's no stranger to a gun.

[samurainoir]

Murakimi worked on the show at WB studios under Timm and company. He was also one of the main guys behind Batman Beyond. His enthusiasm for it convinced Timm and Dini it was worth doing.

He also was the driving force behind Teen Titans Go. I think the show is in good hands. You can hardly judge a show based on one single image.

[ctc]

>originally he was a retired intelligence agent who saw action in WW2

Hmmmm.... I think ORIGINALLY originally he was bumbling Clouseau-esque character, but some time in the 50's they macho'd him up by making him a former secret agent.

I think. It's kinda hard to keep track sometimes.... 'specially if you go WAY back.

Don C.

[Earth 2 Chris]

Yes, Murakimi was the main producer on Teen Titans (no Go, although most folks put it there due to the tie-in comic).

Alfred was indeed an overweight, bumbling detective in his early appearances. He slimmed down to match the actor in the first Batman serial. The secret agent background was added later, and was touched on in Untold Legends of the Batman mini-series, and on TV in BTAS' "The Lion and the Unicorn".

I remember the early description for Teen Titans animated was all wrong, and I really enjoyed that show. I'm hoping for the same here. But first glance isn't promising.

Chris

[boynightwing]

You know what I hated when it first came out? Brave and the Bold. Then after a few episodes it grew on me. After a few more, I came to love it.

Soooooo I'll wait to watch this before I go about saying it's garbage or it sucks or whatever although based on that image, I don't like the art style. But I didn't like the style of Teen Titans and Transformers Animated at first either and now I love it.

[Mego Milk]

!!!!!YES!!!!!!!!

[WannabeMego]

OK...I'll say this one more time:

...was that a Tiny Titans Animated Show I saw...?