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How edgy were you when that Batman Beyond theme played?
- Thread starter grmltr
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I have no idea what you're trying to ask, but the opening was badass, much like the rest of Beyond.
If you liked Batman TAS at all, it was a highly worthy follow up.
If you liked Batman TAS at all, it was a highly worthy follow up.
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Just like how BTAS had a weird anachronistic 40s aesthetic, so too does Beyond have a retrofuturistic late 90s vibe
And it is glorious. That opening shot of Gotham holds up well.
And it is glorious. That opening shot of Gotham holds up well.
I remember my kid self going from super pumped at the first 10 seconds to super disinterested by the end of the intro.
I attribute it more to my overall aesthetic preferences at the time rather than the show itself though. I grew to enjoy the jam later on too.
I attribute it more to my overall aesthetic preferences at the time rather than the show itself though. I grew to enjoy the jam later on too.
I do find it fascinating that a show that does the "reboot but with a high school teenager" but with Batman managed to work out as well as it did. It truly created a Batman that was distinctive from Bruce but also still Batman. Like they even managed to do the high school baby flour episode without it seeming to be too weird.
Also I think this Batman has the highest on screen deaths (or implied deaths for others) for any of the DCAU.
Also I think this Batman has the highest on screen deaths (or implied deaths for others) for any of the DCAU.
Yeah the amount of deaths/implied deaths in this show is crazy for a kids cartoon tbh. Some of them are really messed up too.
They made a fucking cyberpunk Batman starring a teenager and it was actually good.
That intro was fucking hype.
That intro was fucking hype.
I don't think you could have a Y-7 show nowadays as dark as Batman Beyond. It got insane at times.
Have always loved that theme, was so different compared to most cartoons of that time.
Just a question tho, what does "How edgy were you" possibly means?
Just a question tho, what does "How edgy were you" possibly means?
In one episode: dealing with a flour baby while also dealing with crime
In another: Here's Curae slicing through a bunch of people
Context: The guy on the table "kidnapped" the Doctors wife, and forced him to give his gang cybernetic upgrades. Turns out his wife was hooking up with the kidnapper the whole time. The Doctor knows this, but the thug doesn't know he knows.
I always thought the technology jump didnt make sense, it looked 100 years into the future compared to TAS. But then I remembered its DC and you have a bunch of Lex luthors and alien tech running around.
While we're talking about dark stuff from this show...
Are we going to just gloss over the fact that Ra's al Ghul took over his daughter's body and tried to seduce Bruce?
Are we going to just gloss over the fact that Ra's al Ghul took over his daughter's body and tried to seduce Bruce?
Welp, time for me to rewatch the most rewatchable show in the Timmverse! The show was and is amazing, and it gave us Return of the Joker, which remains one of the very best animated Batman movies. Nothing about this show should have worked, yet absolutely everything did.
But as hype as this intro is, it's no Justice League Unlimited, which still pumps me up like a human boner, and then kicks in and makes me freak out and jump up and down on the couch playing air guitar a bit:
But as hype as this intro is, it's no Justice League Unlimited, which still pumps me up like a human boner, and then kicks in and makes me freak out and jump up and down on the couch playing air guitar a bit:
It makes more sense when you consider the futuristic basis for Batman Beyond was TNBA rather than BTAS.