Batman: Assault on Arkham

[Raph's Girl]

Coming out later this year and based on the game. Batman: Assault on Arkham. And looky here! We have Kevin Conroy as Batman/Bruce Wayne aaaand Amanda Waller is fat!! YAY!! The return of Fat Amanda Waller!! Plus she's voiced by CCH Pounder again!!

The title may say Batman but it seems to be more of a Suicide Squad movie.

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http://comics-x-aminer.com/2014/04/18/first-trailer-for-batman-assault-on-arkham/

[Peanut]

So WB truly is determined to drive the Arkham branding into the ground as quickly as possible.

[Cure]

We have Kevin Conroy as Batman/Bruce Wayne

Yeah, of course.

[CyberCubed]

Thank god Kevin Conroy is finally returning. Aside from the games, what was the last full-length episode or feature he worked on?

Its been quite some time since Kevin Conroy voiced Batman for an entire movie rather than a brief scene or one moment. I think the last time was back in....2009 or so with that Supergirl movie?

[sdp]

I thought the Arkham movie was going to be CG, ugh. This is a storyline I would've liked to see but now that it's set in the convoluted Arkham universe I lost a lot of interest in it.

[Ninjinister]

Thank god Kevin Conroy is finally returning. Aside from the games, what was the last full-length episode or feature he worked on?

Its been quite some time since Kevin Conroy voiced Batman for an entire movie rather than a brief scene or one moment. I think the last time was back in....2009 or so with that Supergirl movie?

Justice League: Doom, 2012

[Candy Kappa]

So WB truly is determined to drive the Arkham branding into the ground as quickly as possible.

Just waiting for the Arkham musical.

[CyberCubed]

The Arkham series is turning into its own Batman universe, so I don't see the problem. They just need to drop the ridiculous "Arkham" from the title of everything but sadly they can't because its now brand recognition for this universe.

I'd like a series of movies set in the Arkham series. Anything to hear more Kevin Conroy as Batman.

[Whatswiththeheadbands?]

It has Conroy in it. That's as much convincing as I need

[Brodie]

Wow, I didn't think I could be any less interested in this. Guess I was wrong.

[The Stryker]

Looks like trash and it has Conroy again.

So boring trash.

[CyberCubed]

The preview is amazing. Between this and "Son of Batman" there are some great films this year.

Too bad the New 52 Justice League movie was pretty bad. Nice fight scenes but the characters were bland and there was no story at all.

[Allio]

So WB truly is determined to drive the Arkham branding into the ground as quickly as possible.


so...pretty much anything Batman related?

[Jester]

DC Superheros: Well....at least Batman. You guys know we have Batman right?

[Redeemer]

I am dissappointed I was hoping Assault on Arkham would follow more closely to the games, but hopefully this movie will still be good.

[TigerClaw]

I am dissappointed I was hoping Assault on Arkham would follow more closely to the games, but hopefully this movie will still be good.
Well, It is set in the universe of the Game. I wonder if there will be any reference to the upcoming Batman: Arkham Knight game.

[Redeemer]

Well, It is set in the universe of the Game.
How??? Joker is alive ect...., unless its a prequel to all the games it blows up the storyline

[CyberCubed]

How??? Joker is alive ect...., unless its a prequel to all the games it blows up the storyline

It's obviously set after Akham Origins but before Arkham Asylum. Not so sure what's hard about that to figure out.

[Redeemer]

It's obviously set after Akham Origins but before Arkham Asylum. Not so sure what's hard about that to figure out.

I forgot about Origins, and Cyber I have only played Asylum and City. No need to be an ass.
Just stating the obvious discrepancy Joker being alive and Harley's resentment towards Joker is something we haven't seen in the universe yet, that I am aware of.

[CyberCubed]

Even if you didn't play Origins it was promoted as a prequel since the moment it was announced and Joker was shown in all the preview clips in it. This movie probably follows directly after the events of that game.

Remember Arkham Asylum had Tim Drake in it, it obviously took place years later in Batman's career.

[Brodie]

The preview is amazing.

Too bad the New 52 Justice League movie was pretty bad.

You're out of your ****ing mind.

[CyberCubed]

You're out of your ****ing mind.

What are you refering to, this preview or the Justice League War movie? The latter was a bland movie with the only redeeming elements being good animation and fight scenes, everything else was extremely dull. This preview has me interested.

[Redeemer]

You're out of your ****ing mind.
Thank you for stating the obvious :lol:
What are you refering to, this preview or the Justice League War movie? The latter was a bland movie with the only redeeming elements being good animation and fight scenes, everything else was extremely dull. This preview has me interested.

Nerd Fight!!!!!!:flaming:

[Allio]

Nerd Fight!!!!!!:flaming:

and it isn't even one of those good ones

[LivingMutagen]

and it isn't even one of those good ones

I mean, it's a one-sided battle anyway. Cubed's involved.

Looks pretty good. Don't know much about the Suicide Squad, but I'll give this a watch.

[Brodie]

What are you refering to, this preview or the Justice League War movie? The latter was a bland movie with the only redeeming elements being good animation and fight scenes, everything else was extremely dull. This preview has me interested.

This trailer was lackluster. The redeeming quality of it being related to the Suicide Squad is brought back down because its one of the shittiest versions of the Squad. Get Harley Quinn off the ****ing team and throw Bane and Catman back on it.

Another slight against it is the fact that its using the Arkham name. It'd be substantially more interesting if it was it's own thing, or tied to the same universe as the recent Bat/DC stuff. There's no reason for it to be tied to Arkham, especially since the characters that have shown up don't look much like they do in that universe.

[Ninjinister]

Even if you didn't play Origins it was promoted as a prequel since the moment it was announced and Joker was shown in all the preview clips in it.

What a lot of people (yourself included) don't seem to get, is most people don't track down every nugget of information on a subject, especially if they're not super invested in it. I never even heard of this until the trailer hit yesterday. There was nothing I'd read prior that said it was announced, let alone as a prequel. I just assumed it was based on context. But yeah, 98% of people don't follow every blog, press release, interview, and tweet about most of their entertainment, even if it seems otherwise.

[blindturtle02]

I think I'll give this thing a shot because it's Conroy doing Batman. Also sounds like Troy Baker's Joker. Watched all the cutsceens of the Arkham games and enjoyed those, so I'll probably get the movie. Haven't been disappointed with DC's direct to DVD animated movies so far.

[CyberCubed]

What a lot of people (yourself included) don't seem to get, is most people don't track down every nugget of information on a subject, especially if they're not super invested in it. I never even heard of this until the trailer hit yesterday. There was nothing I'd read prior that said it was announced, let alone as a prequel. I just assumed it was based on context. But yeah, 98% of people don't follow every blog, press release, interview, and tweet about most of their entertainment, even if it seems otherwise.

The thing is if you played Arkham City you know what happens to Joker at the end of the game. Given in this trailer they show Joker, its pretty obvious it takes place earlier in the series and probably right after Arkham Origins.

[InsaneZane]

Just saw the movie on my Vudu... its really good, plenty of action and plenty of story teasing from the Suicide Squad stuff... Love the voice cast and the cameos and everything! DCU makes yet another hit in the Animated movies!

fyi... I disagree that Harley is a bad addition to SS, without her its way too much a sausage fest. If they get rid of her and Killer Frost they might as well call it the Sausage Squad :lol:

[TurtleTitan97]

I liked the film as well, it was much better than Justice League: War, imo. I'd say Harley was my favorite part about it.

[CyberCubed]

Did you guys faint upon hearing Kevin Conroy?

[TurtleTitan97]

Did you guys faint upon hearing Kevin Conroy?

Um, no. Why should I?

[Slade]

Just watched it. Pretty damn good. Never heard of the shark guy though.

[AT-Man]

Just watched it. Pretty damn good. Never heard of the shark guy though.

I didn't know him, Black Spider, KGBeast or Amanda Waller before this. And Killer Frost only from the Injustice game.

[Slade]

I meant to type Black Spider too. I knew Waller, I feel like I heard of KGBeast though.

[pennydreadful]

This movie was great.

Yahtzee! :P

[Brodie]

Holy **** was this movie bland as ****. I picked it up because the DC animated movies have been at least entertaining, and I have an affinity for the Suicide Squad.

This movie was dumb. Harley Quinn was ****ing annoying as hell. She's been consistently annoying since the New 52 relaunch, but this took it to a whole new level.

Deadshot and King Shark were the only worthwhile aspects, and they weren't enough.

On the brightside, the preview stuff on the bluray for Throne of Atlantis looks great.

[Cure]

Harley Quinn was ****ing annoying as hell.

Yeah, agreed. The worst part of the movie.

[pennydreadful]

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Just teasin', guys. ;)

[Cure]

I wouldn't have minded if it was the Harley in your gif. Fan servicey and overwritten Harley is the sucky one.

[Leo656]

Heeeey, kinda off-topic but seemed a good place to ask. I haven't been caught up on the comics for a couple years. In an issue before the New 52 reboot, they "revealed" that Joker's had a bunch of Harleys over the years and he usually kills them after he gets sick of them or whatever. I thought that was stupid. Are they still pushin' that gimmick? Just curious.

[pennydreadful]

Yeah, I'll admit - I'm a bit of a Harley fangirl so I'm pretty much happy to see her in any shape or form. Just a teensy bit biased. :lol:

[Slade]

I actually liked the movie. Think they should have subbed some people though.

[Raphael4]

Enjoyed the movie, I was surprised by the deaths that took place in it. Was good to see The Riddler being used. Kinda felt like maybe Deathstroke should have been the main member and not Deadshot. Deadshot is getting a good bit of exposure lately what with Arrow and all so I'm kinda surprised he was used as the Arkham Origins game showed waller approaching Deathstroke.

[pharaohyami5000]

Enjoyable movie. I liked the appearances of the villains that get used rarely (with the exceptions of Harley Quinn who's still feisty and energetic as always, and unsure about Killer Frost as I knew her first from Justice League Unlimited) and great action. It took me a while for me to figure out the bats and Black Spider thing. Joker ain't Mark Hamill, but Troy Baker does the job just as good.

Looks like DC's movie animations will continue... "improving" their creations.

[Electric]

I'm a harley fan, and this had harley, so bias madee enjoy it.

Other than that it was fine, but the best part was joker. The arkham jokers are my favorite joker incarnation ever, and now I have a movie with him

[CyberCubed]

This movie felt like it dragged quite a bit and had some really boring and tedious parts, especially in the middle. It feels like a 45 minute movie that was stretched out to 70 minutes for no reason at all.

I was really bored during the whole suicide squad undercover scenes. Even the stuff that was supposed to be funny fell flat, and the editing lingering on characters faces so you got the joke was awful.

The climax was a bit better but nothing we haven't seen a million times. Wasn't a very good movie overall, but it had a few decent scenes.