THE BATMAN TV SERIES review

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Okay. I have been wondering what I should do and...Oh what the heck, lets review the TV series The batman! 

Background!

batman Begins was in the making, and since it was rebooting the batman film franchise, warner bros, felt they should do the same to the Batman tv series. so, goodbye batman the animated series, and hello "The Batman"

and around this time, there was a certain thing called the "Bat-embrago" 

The bat-embargo banned certain batman characters. for example, since it was planned Two-face, scarecrow and ras al Ghul would appear in the new batman movie franchise, they couldn't appear in any batman TV series. and since the rest of the batman villains would appear in The batman they couldn't the DCAU. (Luckily the bat-embargo has ended by now) and that explains, why certain characters does not appear in the series. why the joker could appear is a mystery. 

So, lets begin shall we. 

the batman is a tv series about...Batman. yeah. nothing more to say really, but each season got some sort of story plot so to speak. so lets see. 

Season 1. 

In this season, batman has been Batman for a year, and now he faces off against some of he's first enemies, like the joker, penguin catwoman and ETC ETC. Now, this season has a nice build up to the finale of its season, and I like how Batman meets he's first villains. but, seeing as the redesigns has been all the fuzz about this series, I'll look at some  of the villains here, and say what I think about them, and all. 

The Joker. 

okay....I never understood why they made the joker like this. he reminds me more of Tarzan cosplaying as the joker, then the actual joker. and another change they made with this joker, is that he doesn't really kill. he got joker toxin but it doesn't kill people, but put them in comas instead. then they just have to be injected antidote, and they'll be as good as before. but otherwise he is in character and all, being insane and all that. and he's voice work by Kevin Michael richardson is awesome!  But I don't get the long hair...I guess they tried to give him a hair, that reminded of a jester hat....but no. the long hair does not work! They should have given him a haircut! Not my favorite joker of the many incarnations, but not the worst. 

The Penguin. 

voiced by Tom Kenny. I think he's top hat is a bit too long, but other then that, I think this penguin is AWESOME! They took away the gangster thing, he has in the comics, and made him even more super-villainy. I don't mind these changes because, I feel this fits more in the style of the show. and Tom kenny's penguin voice, is perfect too! that guy should stop being spongebob, and be continue voicing Penguin instead!


Mr Freeze. 

I am so disappointed with this version of Mr Freeze. he looks cool and all, but they changed he's backstory, and made it so that Batman created him! Why? Why did they have to give him a joker-like origin? Why? Clancy Brown does an good job, as Mr freeze, but yeah. he is much better then Arnold freeze, but not the best incarnation of the character. 

Bane. 

My gosh...okay.....This Bane is...Awful! I mean, the other redesigns are so, that you can recognize them, but Bane? THEY MADE HIM INTO THE
RED HULK!!! WHY??? And, he beats up Batman in the SECOND EPISODE??? WHY??? What makes Bane breaking batman such a huge thing, is that Batman had been established as a hero! The dark knight rises knows this! heck, in Arkham origins, there were many people who praised batman, even tough the police did not! Here? its Basically just Alfred! ARGH! I hate this version of Bane, SO MUCH! He is not as bad as Batman and Robin Bane, but he is still bad!

Clayface.

This, is the villain this season has been building up to. A new version of clayface, real name Ethan Bennet.  He was a good friend of bruce Wayne, and a police man who protected Gotham, until the joker turned him into clayface....so basically this clayface is just a replacement for two Face. yeah, not gonna lie. not my favorite clayface. not at all. 

There are some more other villains in the season with changes and all, but I have no special opinion on them. you have to see for yourself. 

season 2. 

in this season Batman now, has an ally in the police-force, Ellen yin. While the rest of the cops, try to take batman down, she helps him out, and by the end of the season, Batman is praised as a hero! Now, this season is good and all, and I like it. as for the villains, I have only an opinion on the riddler. great personality, but awful design! They gave him an goth design! Why? because he is in Gotham? Makes no sense! What I liked about the riddler is that he got a certain style with the bowler hat, and all. to quote the joker from batman Under the red hood. "he has horrible taste! Oh, these kids today."

and another thing. for the first two seasons, there was no bat-signal but batman had something called, "The bat-wave" which warned him about when crimes happened. but....what IS the bat-wave?

"its tHe bat-wave"

yeah, i know the name, but WHAT Is it?

"Its The Bat-wave! It warns Batman about crimes and.."

I KNOW THAT! But HOW Does it work? Is it connected to a satellite that spots crimes happening? Is it hacking into the police radio? Magic? HOW DOES IT WORK???

"...Its the Bat-wave.."

ARGH!!!

So yeah. No explanation. its just there! ARGH! if you are gonna have such an important thing, you could at least explain what it is! At least, Satam and The sonic comics, explains that Nicole is an Artificial intelligence! 

But I got one favorite episode in this season, called "Strange minds" Where, Joker has kidnapped Yin, and the only way to find out where she is, is to use a machine to enter the joker's mind, and find the location there! And..wow. I really like the joker's mind here! really shows the insanity inside he's head. 

season 3. 

Batman is now, praised as the hero he really is, and a new crime fighter named Batgirl enters the scene! now, there is one thing bothering me. WTF Happened to Yin? After season 2, she is never seen or heard from again! she had such a big role before, and suddenly vanishes? WTF Happened to her? Never explained! 

Anyway, the reason Batgirl appears first, is because because of the bat-embargo Robin couldn't appear because he was in the teen titans. so, in this season, its basically Batman teaming up with batgirl to fight villains, and nothing more special then that. 

season 4. 
In this season robin appears, because teen titans had ended, and now he could finally appear in the show! And, as with the last season nothing much special here, either its just Batman teaming up with batgirl and Robin. but at the end of the season, an alien invasion is happening, and Batman has to work with An alien called Martian Manhunter to fight them off, and by the end of the season the justice league is together!

season 5!

the final season of the series! this time Batman teams up with other DC heroes! before once again, facing of against the same aliens from the finale of season 4! now, there are two things bothering me...with the batman villains, they gave them all redesigns...but the other DC villains...didn't give them redesigns at all...why? If you go through the trouble of redesigning all the villain, you should at least redesign them all!
The other thing is the two part episode The batman superman story. Why? because, Batman and Superman has almost switched personalities! Batman is for them teaming up, and have superman joining the justice league, but superman is all like "I don't need help! I work alone" 

WHAT?? BATMAN IS THE LONER!! SUPERMAN IS THE GUY THAT  MOST LIKELY WANTS TO TEAM UP!! DO YOUR HOMEWORK!!!

But other then that, I loved that tim Daly represented he's role as superman from the DCAU. same with lois lane, Jimmy olsen, and Lex Luthor.



So thats the Batman TV series. is it a bad show? By all means, no. its not a bad show! but its not the best batman show either! I like that it tries to be its own thing, and the voice work is great and all. If you like Batman, you might want to check it out, but don't expect it, to be at the same level as Batman the animated series.  







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The Batman was such a great series; actually it's the second best with Batman TAS at the first :D Batman Robin Chibi 60s Batgirl Emote