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Leon Reviews "BATMAN: THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD" - Season One, Part One DVD
2008 was an odd time for the Caped Crusader in the media. THE DARK KNIGHT was the highest grossing movie of all time. Yet, at the height of this popularity, when Batman-fever would be driving newly curious readers to venture into the comic book stores, the Batman comic books were embroiled in "Batman R.I.P."; a storyline so convoluted that even the diehard fans were scratching their heads. Marketing-wise, it's
the very definition of bad timing.
Even more baffling is that Warner Bros. released a new Batman animated series that could not have been more opposite than the “Why so serious?” tone set by THE DARK KNIGHT. Granted, eversince Batman: The Animated Series ended Waner Bros tried to launch a Batman series aimed at younger kids- Batman Beyond didn't do it, and The Batman wasn't quite there either- but it's funny that right when the darkest version of Batman is all the rage they should get it right with BATMAN: THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD.
rather than Hal Jordan or Barry Allen.
BATMAN: THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD is so much more colorful and lighter in tone than almost every Batman animated series since the 70's cartoon where he and Robin were partnered with Bat-Mite. B & B depicts the Dark Knight as more lighthearted and playful with a "dry, ironic wit" most similar to campy 1960s TV series Batman. In fact, in an interview the creator mentioned how as a kid we all (meaning me) watched the 60s TV show not realizing it was a joke. BATMAN: THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD is an imagining of what the further adventures of THAT Batman would be like. For all the old school fans who felt the Adam West cloudof dread lifted by the ultra-serious Batman of the movies and were ready to hate BATMAN: THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD, I got news for you: Do your history and you'll discover that this version of Batman is just as legitimate as Christopher Nolan's; more so, in fact because the stories are pulled from the comics AND he wears the official Batman costume.
1) Rise of the Blue Beetles - featuring the new teenage Jaime Reyes version of the Blue Beetle but also a
little Ted Kord thrown in.
2) Terror on Dinosaur Island - it's tantamount to 'geek blasphemy' to admit that I've never really liked Plastic Man, but this episode turned me around on him
3) Evil Under the Sea - a verrrrry different take on Aquaman as a boisterous, larger-than-life thrill seeker. Not the least bit brooding
4) Invasion of the Secret Santas - ugh! Red Tornado in an episode I wouldn't have liked even with a character I don't hate
5) Day of the Dark Knight!
6) Enter the Outsiders! - Black Lightning, Katana and Metamorpho all as teenage runaways. meh.
7) Dawn of the Dead Man!
9) Journey to the Center of the Bat!
10) The Eyes of Despero!
11) Return of the Five Fearsome Fangs!
12) Deep Cover the Batman! (Part 1) - the now obligatory parallel, opposite dimension story that pops up in every DC Comics series. Still, they do a good job with it.
13) Game Over for Owlman! (Part 2)
over this set because after parceling out all of the rip-off 4 episoded-per
disk DVDs, even here you're only getting half of the full 26 episode season. A fair complaint since there seems to being no reason for it other than to make money off the anxious fans who don't take the time to notice they didn't just buy the whole thing. On the other hand, if there is another reason this was the perfect place for the cut-off. When the show originally aired, the 2-part storyline of episodes 12 &13 (the best ones here) felt very much like a season finale to me.
are waiting to be released on a Part Two DVD.
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Comment by Agent Zero on August 30, 2010 at 11:16pm -
I loves batman a lot.......so many types of storylines,timelines,ect all of them different none of them are the perfect way of doing it.I wish more heroes took more "of a risk" (Spider-man)
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Comment by Conejita on August 29, 2010 at 11:57am -
The episode where Aquaman is acting all emo and guilts Batman into taking him on a mission had me hooked. This show is so silly and fun.
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Comment by caleb wilder on August 25, 2010 at 4:33pm -
The Music Meister got me hooked on this show
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Comment by ZombieMan on August 24, 2010 at 2:02am -
Also, can't wait to part two, my favorite is The Mayhem of the Music Meister!
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Comment by ZombieMan on August 24, 2010 at 2:02am
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Look at that picture! They have Cowboy Batman, Vampire Batman, Huge retard Batman, Brain Tumor Batman, they have them all!!
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Comment by Runba on August 24, 2010 at 12:50am -
Shame this show has to end, I'm sure all the haters will be fine, But my group wont be.
Fan since Day one and Fan until I die.
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Comment by It's me, it's me, it's PDP on August 23, 2010 at 10:28pm -
Solid review Leon can't believe you didn't talk about The Fall of The Blue Beetle episode(my favorite of these), even as someone who really doesn't know alot about Ted Kord I thought the episode was really well done showing the friendship between Batman and The Blue Beetle and Kord's final sacrifice/death was very touching to me.
Yeah I thought the last two-three seasons of The Batman were really good/well done and the first few are solid. That was a good show.
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Comment by CHEEZYSPAM on August 23, 2010 at 8:58pm -
AH! here we go. new series called Young Justice. Looks cool.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1641384/board
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Comment by CHEEZYSPAM on August 23, 2010 at 8:52pm
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@Wayero & Úrsus M Tyrannus, could I have accidentally stumbled upon a secret society of THE BATMAN fans? because if so where do I sign up!? I love the hell out of that show! It's easy to see why so many dislike it, but I could never see why so few actually liked it. I liked the idea that they turned the series on it's head and completely redesigned the characters.
There's only so many ways you can tell the clayface story or batgirl introductions or the big happy elephant in the room, Joker himself. The biggest complaint was always "it's not BTAS", but that's not all bad. We had an amazing run with the previous series and it was nice to see something fresh. The animation was top notch and the voice casting worked great. It had great comedy for the kids, but was dark enough for adults. Batman vs. Dracula is one of the greatest Batman movies in animation!
I didn't like when they started introducing more of the JLA late in the series and I hate that because of the "BAT-EMBARGO" we never got to see twoface (tho there are artist sketches of what he was supposed to look like).
I really hope the next series is completely different than the rest of the bunch and is much darker, mature related. but aren't they going with a new Teen Titan show? or... a sidekick show produced by Bruce Timm?
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Comment by Steve on August 23, 2010 at 8:48pm -
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