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#4721
Batman: TAS (1992 - 1995) / Re: The Batman
Fri, 25 Jul 2008, 07:14
For what it set out to be -- a fun adventure show for kids -- I guess it was okay.  I could've done without all the anime'isms and any post-BTAS will always suffer in comparison.  It was just okay.  Which sucks.
#4722
If you just read them, I don't think they play as well.  It's with Ledger and the music that they really go somewhere.  I got pretty sick of that "why so serious" bit before the movie opened but seeing it in context made for probably the best scene of the whole movie.
#4723
QuoteA lot of people today claim that the show isn't all that special in retrospect but I very much disagree.
I find it's mostly young people who didn't have GI Joe and the Superfriends in the early early childhoods who say that.  By modern standards, sure, there's probably not much to write home about concerning TAS (beyond some extremely well written episodes, that is).  In 1992 though, that animation style and that level of sophistication was absolutely foreign to children's programming.  Even now, BTAS has the novelty of being totally watchable by both children and adults.  I can't think of any too many animated shows you can say that about.

QuoteYou don't see episodes like "Heart of Ice" everyday in most american adventure/superhero cartoons.
Right on.
#4724
Every now and then, you still hear people say that "Clooney would've made a good Batman if..." and then they mention some highly improbably scenario where a worthy director toting a worthy script commanding a worthy budget somehow manages to make Clooney into something more than a grinning, head-bobbing tool.  Nothing, nothing, in Clooney's repetoire even suggests that.  He might've been a decent Bruce Wayne but Batman?  No way.

So right away, B&R has problems with the headling actor.  Always the worst way to start.  But the tone of the film makes a mockery of the character, which is unforgiveable.  As a style, camp doesn't necessarily need to strike a condescending tone; it's only hackjob filmmakers who can't psychologically process superheroes any other way who craft that kind of tone.  Yeah, WB told Schumacher to lighten the franchise but they never said anything about making two campy hackfest abortions with homosexual innuendo flying around like Superman on speed.  That part is all Schumacher.  Blame WB for firing Burton from the franchise, sure, but blame Schumacher for making the franchise suck.

One thing you can say about B&R is that it's honest in the sense of openly being everything BF pretended not to be.  Whether or not that's a positive, well, that's up to you.
#4725
You could reinsert some deleted scenes, make the original opening as it should've been and even throw in a brand new Danny Elfman score... but at the end of the day, you're still going to be left with a goofy Two Face, a spastic Riddler, tons of neon and Chris O'Donnell as Robin.

You can't polish a turd.
#4726
Misc. Burton / Re: Favourite Soundtrack
Thu, 24 Jul 2008, 16:43
The BR score does it for me.  It feels very haunting and Christmas'y to me.  As others have written, it's a broader canvas in terms of character than B89.  I dig the Catwoman motif of the meowing strings, as opposed to giving her an actual theme.  It works as her motif chaotically wanders in to other peoples themes... just as the character did in the movies.
#4727
01- Batman Returns
02A- B89
02B- TDK (it's close enough to a tie to justify having two #2's)
03- Superman: The Movie
04- Superman II (Lester)
05- Iron Man
06- X2
07- Sin City
08- Mask of the Phantasm
09- The Crow
10- The Incredible Hulk
#4728
The Dark Knight (2008) / Re: Bale Arrested?
Wed, 23 Jul 2008, 20:07
Quote from: silenig on Wed, 23 Jul  2008, 15:30
Having read about the background of the family due to this incident, one can argue that it's a case of estranged and disgruntled/embittered family members trying to blacken the reputation of their relative at the moment of his greatest success, days after the premiere of his biggest movie yet.
Without trying to rush to judgment, yeah, this was basically my interpretation of it too.  The timing of this thing is pretty suspect.
#4729
Quote from: BatmAngelus on Wed, 23 Jul  2008, 16:29By "corrupter" do you mean this?:
Whoops.  Guess I missed that part somehow.  :(  Oh well.
#4730
05- The bit with Penguin in the cemetary (before everyone starts talking)
04- Bruce and Selina in front of the fire place
03- Bruce investigating Penguin's background and then spying on him later
02- The face lick scene on the rooftop
01- The entire Bruce/Selina scene on the dance floor