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How edgy were you when that Batman Beyond theme played?
- Thread starter grmltr
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didn't like the show as a follow up to BTAS that much but that theme and intro was dope.
people are so against edge these days that they've veered almost entirely against it. shits fine in small-medium doses. kinda wish we got some more popular media in that vein again
people are so against edge these days that they've veered almost entirely against it. shits fine in small-medium doses. kinda wish we got some more popular media in that vein again
Every time I hear that theme, I tell myself, no on will ever know the hardships you ensure Terry McGuiness.
i'd always assumed every night club in batman beyond was how my 20's was gonna be
lmfao, i couldnt have been more incorrect
lmfao, i couldnt have been more incorrect
Lol my brother (who was never a Spiderman guy, but watched Batman Beyond religiously with me) saw Into the Spider Verse and compared it to Batman Beyond.
Especially the what's up danger scene 😂
It was my ring tone for a long time.
I binged a couple weeks ago on DCU and it still holds up. Great show.
I binged a couple weeks ago on DCU and it still holds up. Great show.
I still think about him from time to time.
Bet that scene was responsible for more than a few awkward sexual awakenings. Still, not as disturbing as what became of her partner, William H. Macy.
she only gave him half the treatment :(
I really want them to do a set of films in the batman beyond universe. I think DC should have taken a break from this iteration of Bats and gone Beyond for a few films then come back and done the backstory for old bruce as a new set of original batman films as a reboot.
Nah, was above the whole edgy thing at that time. The intro theme wasn't my style (kinda leaning to Nu Metal territory). That aside, the cartoon itself was fuckin' AWESOME!
We got both!
Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker - Wikipedia
Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker (video game) - Wikipedia
Edit: Last time I checked, Return of the Joker was available for free viewing on WB's Youtube channel.
It's subtle and it's not like perfectly executed but I think they cut a good line between Terry just generally being a nicer person than Bruce but also having just a different set of moral values because he grew up in a legit dystopian future.
Batman Beyond was one of those shows that even as a kid, you could appreciate the quality and recognize it was better than most cartoons at the time. Even today it's surprising just how good it is.
I really need to get TAS and Beyond home copies because I could watch those shows constantly.
I really need to get TAS and Beyond home copies because I could watch those shows constantly.
Batman Beyond and Men in Black on Kids WB. Intros that were just the absolute coolest. Looking back, yeah, they can be a bit much and are mostly of their time, but I don't even give a shit because to this day I will bop my head to them.
I have banged my head to that song more than once, and occasionally still do. No shame. Batman Beyond is fantastic, as is all the Timm/Dini stuff.
I honestly can't say I was a fan of that period of animation. It was like the middle between the more human proportioned cartoons of the 80s and the more super stylized stuff of nowadays, under a layer of muted color grit. Are both of those cartoons done by the same art team? The eyes are getting me. They have very strange Klasky-Csupo eyes.
Man, I would kill someone for a live action version of Batman Beyond (or a videogame!). It's a damn good premise, it deserves more.
I watched both growing up. I remember enjoying Batman Beyond more but I think that's because I was old enough to appreciate it whereas I'm sure some stuff in BTAS went over my head.
They both kick ass though.
Thanks I hate it
Possibly the best episode. I still get "A superstitious cowardly loooooot" stuck in my head from time to time:
It wasn't that anachronistic if you take for a fact that Gotham is a stand-in for actual New York, though. "Art Deco" (the official name for the aesthetic, if you were unfamiliar and curious) is all over New York, and as an aesthetic, it constistently keeps popping up everywhere since its 40's heydey, in a ton of different disciplines.
Architecture, obviously, but also in fashion, video-games, movies and other visual media because of how dramatic and distinct it is. My own introduction to it as a child was that Batman show, and I've had a fondness for it ever since (though it took many years until I learnt that it wasn't specifically made for the show).
I suspect younger people might have first really experienced it in stuff like "Bioshock" (which in turn borrows from specific New York-landmarks like the Chrysler-building and the Rockefeller building/mural).
One of the best episodes, imo. Terry finally gets to see what Bruce was like in his prime.
True, but in the first three seasons, all the tv screens were black and white even though there were instances of more modern tech. Same with the tommy guns and clothing. Since it's the same continuity as the fourth season and the Justice League shows. That art deco aesthetic went beyond the architecture.
Sure, and it's a fair point that I didn't think too much about when I replied. The art-deco stuff kinda catches most of the initial attention that maybe you don't think too much about the finer details "in-universe", and how they don't make coherent sense.
Maybe the dreamlike Burton-movies - that are so stylized that they're almost impossible to anchor down, other than "maybe in the 80's, kinda" -made the production-team behind the cartoon more open to mix aspects of different, adjacent eras for dramatic effect.
