The Batman

[LeotheLateBloomer]

I just recently started watching The Batman on YouTube and I must say, I liked the first two episodes that I've seen so far. Did any of you watch The Batman? What do you think of it?

[BabyTurtles]

I watched most of the episodes ^_^ and I loved it.

it's pretty edgy~ and I love the art style!

[ZariusTwo]

This took a lot of heat back in the day for not being Batman: TAS. Two awesome seasons (two and four) and one excellent movie in The Batman vs Dracula make it watchable. As a bridge between TAS and BATB it's a curious little show that doesnt quite have it's own identity and only nails it's own voice a few times, but when that happens, it really does live up to it's potential.

[sdp]

The Batman was never given a chance for a few reasons, the DCAU was still on going, so people were still seeing new episodes and looking forward to new adventures with one of, if not the best Batman interpretation in any media. Fans were not happy with that. Fans were also at the time not happy about the artstyle and re-designs, which they did to differentiate themselves from BTAS. Finally at the time WB didn't want "different" versions of their characters so we had something nicknamed "the bat embargo" which meant that the ongoing DCAU shows couldn't use anything related to Batman besides Batman himself. So fans were upset that they didn't get to see more bat characters.

At the time of the show I didn't even know the DCAU was still ongoing and/or didn't care. I was excited for a new Batman show and I think the show is pretty good. Season 1 has its fair share of stinkers, and people cite the show as all being like that. But overall S1 also has plenty of great episodes. S2 is also my favorite, the story arc with Detective Yin (?) was great, I was upset they just cut her off from the show. S3 wasn't as strong but was still entertaining and I loved their take on Batgirl. By S4 sadly they got enough heat from fans and decided to be more like BTAS, which was a bad move, sure S4 is very good but many episodes seemed like BTAS-lite or emulating it too much so it just feels like a good but not quite BTAS while previous seasons had more of their own personality. They didn't give much focus to Batgirl anymore which is sad she got the Yin treatment..At least she appeared again. Season 5 was after the producer left and even with the Justice League members appearing I think it's the weakest season. At least S1 had its fair share of good episodes and S5 is just all uninspiring. A bad wa to end the show. Most fans love the Vs Dracula movie but I never cared for it.

Overall it's a good show and a good take on Batman. Joker and Penguin were way overused though; Joker's episodes were hit or miss while all of Penguins were pretty much misses. Some of their radical takes on characters were great(Clayface) and others not so much(like Freeze) but I give them props for trying. While fans crap on it, it did well enough to not only get a "full run" for Kids WB of 52 episodes but it actually got a S5 for a total of 65 episodes, only popular shows on KWB got the "extra" season at the end. So toysales and kids liked it well enough. I loved the S1 theme song, too bad they changed it.

[CyberCubed]

The Batman was just mediocre. It doesn't have a solid season until Season 4.

The show isn't looked down upon because it's not B:TAS, it was looked down upon because a lot of the episodes were poor, the villains were shallow and lacked motivation, and the character designs were too abstract. Batgirl was also a tad annoying on this show.

Still as Zarius says, The Batman is watchable and has at least 26 good episodes. It's just a shame the show took so long to find its footing.

[Turo602]

I liked The Batman. It was a fairly enjoyable show and really stands out as its own thing. Til this day, I'm not a fan of many of the character designs or the absurd martial arts skills that every villain seems to know. Season 4 is my personal favorite season of the series and also the start of a different animation style that I quite prefer over the previous seasons. The show definitely has its moments, but it's completely watchable if you accept the fact that this is more superhero action and less serious detective.

[Candy Kappa]

I didn't watch it regularly, but I caught an episode here and there. I enjoyed it and the vs. Dracula movie was fun.

[shuriken]

The Dracula vs Batman was great.
The show itself was often hit or miss. I kinda liked how every one of the villains could keep up with batman physically, even if it might have been totally out of character to see Penguin doing flying kicks and Joker doing some weird Capoeira/ Jujitsu hybrid.
I liked it overall though.

[Redeemer]

Originally Posted by Turo602

Til this day, I'm not a fan of many of the character designs or the absurd martial arts skills that every villain seems to know.

The character designs were pretty awesome imo
You hit the nail on the head when comes to villains and their absurd combat skills.
I thought it was pretty awesome that joker could fight, bc it went with his persona in this interpretation, but how could a ball of fat like Penguin jump more than two inches off the ground???

[TurtleTitan97]

The show was alright. It's not my top favorite Batman show, but it was still pretty good.