Tag: BATMAN: CAPED CRUSADER

Just watched the first half of BATMAN: CAPED CRUSADER…

…and I actually like it. I’m a sucker for the 1940s aesthetic, and I like how we’re at the Year One Batman crime boss level of shenanigans and Adam West-Batman power levels instead of the more, ah, elaborate stuff. If I have a criticism, it’s that the animation style can feel a little… I dunno what the term is. “Flat,” maybe? Like the characters are moving through layered sets of backgrounds, instead of an actual space. It was most noticeable in the pilot, but I get a flash from time to time.

All in all, BATMAN: CAPED CRUSADER is, yeah, a Batman show. I like Batman shows. I like this one. I’m going to finish this season.

A new clip from BATMAN: CAPED CRUSADER.

It’s interesting. What was Batman prepared to do if the dude was too drunk to give up the information?

That’s not a criticism of BATMAN: CAPED CRUSADER, by the way. There’s a whole bunch of ways they’ve portrayed the character, and obviously they’re not gonna have him straight-up murder an unarmed guy who isn’t a supervillain. I suppose I’m just wondering whether this is going to be Just Starting Out Batman, Hard-Edged Batman, or a combination of both.

It looks good, any which way. Mind you, I like Batman shows, so I’m easy to please.

The ‘Back to the Retro-Thirties’ BATMAN: CAPED CRUSADER Amazon Prime trailer.

I ain’t gonna lie. I’m down for some 1930s-style Batman. Well, retro-1350s. And I’m down for that, too. I wanna watch BATMAN: CAPED CRUSADER, not some complicated discussion of American social systems during the Depression. That’s what Tumblr’s for.

New BATMAN: CAPED CRUSADER announcement video.

Some dude named Hamish Linklater to be the new Batman voice, with Christina Ricci playing Catwoman, and honestly at that point I’m just smiling and nodding. I’m down with a new animated Batman show. They’ve usually been pretty good, over the years*: I don’t mind giving this one a chance. Just don’t expect me to recognize the names, right off!

*I’m a Brave and the Bold guy, but my kids liked The Batman better. Which is fine: The Batman wasn’t bad.

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