Batman The Animated Series coming to Blu Ray

[Spike Spiegel]

Originally Posted by sdp

I haven't re-watched any BTAS since the original sets were released, they seemed like such great purchases and I love the show but they were a waste of money since I've never felt the need to re-watch them. I will eventually since it's a great show but I mean you come to realize you don't need to own all these shows you can only watch a few times in your life for them to waste so much space on your shelves.

The first time I re-watching I was so impressed by how amazing it was but I wonder if another re-watch ten years later would fare the same results or if I'd feel disappointed.

I'm actually about to do a major purge of my own DVD/BD collection, but this show will always have a place on my shelf.

B:TAS is one of the only things from my childhood that I still think holds up. I enjoy watching it for more as an adult than I ever did back then (and I watched it a lot back then, believe me), and the context of the shared universe/timeline makes the experience richer.

That and all of the dirty jokes...

Teen Titans, TMNT 2k3, and some other shows I remember have not been so lucky.

[Cure]

I bet the scenes with rain it will still look like ****.

[CyberCubed]

Originally Posted by Spike Spiegel

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Teen Titans, TMNT 2k3, and some other shows I remember have not been so lucky.

What do you mean? Both those shows still have consistently great episodes. There are some bad or boring eps of course, but you can say the same for any series.

[LeotheLateBloomer]

Originally Posted by CyberCubed

What do you mean? Both those shows still have consistently great episodes. There are some bad or boring eps of course, but you can say the same for any series.

If I may ask, what episodes of B:TAS did you not like or care for?

[CyberCubed]

Originally Posted by LeotheLateBloomer

If I may ask, what episodes of B:TAS did you not like or care for?

The ep, "The Terrible Trio" is generally agreed upon to be the worst ep of the original B:TAS run. The one with the 3 rich kids who wear animal mascots.

Bruce also shoots a hunting gun in that episode even though he vowed never to use a gun. The writers of that ep had no idea what he was doing.

[drgon78]

I actually like that episode.

[Spike Spiegel]

Originally Posted by CyberCubed

The ep, "The Terrible Trio" is generally agreed upon to be the worst ep of the original B:TAS run. The one with the 3 rich kids who wear animal mascots.

Bruce also shoots a hunting gun in that episode even though he vowed never to use a gun. The writers of that ep had no idea what he was doing.

I remember skipping most of that one.

My least favorite is probably "I've Got Batman in my Basement," followed by "Christmas with the Joker."

I think Superman: TAS, though about half the length of Batman, was much more consistent in quality.

Originally Posted by oldmanwinters

I was really tempted to pre-order a set, but there are three concerns holding me back:

1. There has yet to be any official preview of what the "remastered" episodes will look like in higher-definition (so far as I've been able to find).
2. Some early box set photos featured a tease that the Blu Ray set would also include Digital HD download (likewise with the original Blu Ray limited edition set of the Adam West Batman TV show), but it looks like that was a marketing mistake and that the set will be Blu Ray disc only.
3. The silly Funko Pop figures built into the box packaging will just be inconvenient extra space for storing the thing.

Here's a comparison video featuring the Mask of the Phantasm remaster.

[Coola Yagami]

I remember back in the day when it was new, and I was a kid I'd be disappointed for episodes that didn't have an iconic villain in it and were just generic mobsters or whatever. Of course later I'd appreciate them more. I was new into non-West Batman and was eager to see the bad guys in a more dangerous manner.

I'm not sure if Batman TAS would work in today's fast paced world. It's very slow paced and people aren't cracking jokes every 5 seconds for today's kids. I think that's why The Batman had most of the bad guys be martial artists. Say what you will about The Batnan, the fights were crazier and more fast paced than anything in TAS.

[CyberCubed]

There's also very little continuity from ep to ep, besides when Batman meets the villains for the first time. I mean the whole show was meant to air out of order just like all old 80's and 90's shows. I certainly didn't see the show in order when it originally aired. Besides the obvious 2-parters and Batman's first meeting with each villain, you can pretty much watch the show all out of order.

In fact there was very little continuity in the DCAU in general until Justice League Season 2. Almost all the eps were episodic, outside of some Superman stuff with Darkseid. Really puts into perspective what a, "different time era" these shows existed in.

Nowadays people don't bother much with shows that have no real continuity.

[oldmanwinters]

Originally Posted by Spike Spiegel

Here's a comparison video featuring the Mask of the Phantasm remaster.

I have seen the Mask of the Phantasm comparison, and if the actual episodes look as good as that, then I'll say A+ job, but as an early post mentioned, the movie had a distinct 35mm master. That film was announced for Blu Ray long ago, and I'm a bit nervous that it's the only part of the collection that has been previewed thus far. I really need to see what these episodes look like before I take the plunge.

[AquaParade]

I'm all over this. This is easily one of the greatest animated series of all time. I'd put it in the same class as early Simpsons, and I'd throw HBO's Spawn a bone, as well.

[Shark_Blade]

So when will TMNT OT/2k3/Nick? No excuse.

[TheSkeletonMan939]

Originally Posted by Shark_Blade

So when will TMNT OT/2k3/Nick? No excuse.

2k3 was digitally animated in SD. Who knows what materials they have left for the OT.

[CyberCubed]

Nick might release the 2012 series on blu-ray in the next few years, the eps are already in HD on itunes.