Beware The Batman

Well that depends on hoe you define "Beginning" most don't start with origin stories. .

Source?

Also, is it just me or does Anarky's utility belt look like the utility belt that Batman has in the DCAU?

http://www.toonzone.net/forums/adult-swim-toonami-forum/303304-new-toonami-ratings-thread-now-more-civility-44-print.html

It only shows that BTB is still at 3:00 am.

Or maybe you didn't actually mean that BTB got bumped to 2:30 am?

Yeah, they did. The show is trending on Twitter and Tumblr.

Its the higgest rated show in its demo for that timeslot

The schedule change is not until late next month.

I know the odds of this show making a comeback are next to nil at this point, but if there was ever going to be a second season, you think we would've gotten The Riddler?

If we did, I can't help but think that Todd Haberkorn would've made a great Riddler.

edited 27th Jul '14 11:59:32 AM by TargetmasterJoe

I wouldn't mind seeing Riddler along the way as long as they don't use that stupid design from Brian Azzarillo's Joker(even though I like that comic).

I'd have loved to see season 2 open with Batman and Katana fighting the Red Hood in the Ace Chemicals Plant, and then Red Hood falls into the vat, but he's assumed dead and we never see him climb out. Then, towards the end of the season, hints would be dropped that Barbara will become Batgirl, but then she gets a knock at the door and BANG! Joker shoots her and starts cracking jokes and having his whole persona and stuff, and then the season finale would be Batman beating the stuffing out of him with Katana stopping him from killing Joker at the last minute, and then it all ends with Joker in Arkham and Barbara operating as Oracle in a wheelchair.

...Man, that'd be way better than "Deathstroke shows up in the Batcave and then Batman invites his buddies Man-Bat and Metamorpho over to erase his brain with super-convenient-super-unethical chemicals."

Hmmm, I always pictured that there could've been an episode where Batman and Katana are gone, leaving Gotham without a protector. And despite being aware that she'd be in ginormous trouble with them, Barbara would stop being Oracle and be Batgirl to protect Gotham using the self-defense moves that Katana had been training her with.

By pure chance, she'd encounter Anarky, but she'd catch him off-guard and foil his plan since Anarky would most likely underestimate her.

And then, when Batman and Katana find out what happened, Barbara would inevitably be given a "you could've gotten hurt or worse" lecture by Batman, but despite the lecture and all, Barbara would say to herself with a smile, "Yeah, this was all Worth It."

edited 27th Jul '14 6:50:55 PM by TargetmasterJoe

Riddler would've been neat. They could keep his character fresh by starting him out as a rival detective like his "reform" in the comics. He would still be egomaniacal, and Batman would be suspicious and try to bust him for a crime he suspects he's planning throughout the season.

I also thought a gang war would have been inevitable at some point. With Penguin being teased, Killer Croc out of prison, and possibly Two-Face, Whale's empire would've been threatened.

Also, is there anyone who caught the "new" episode on Toonami?

Some cool storyboards from "Attraction" I found:

https://www.behance.net/gallery/19255817/Beware-the-Batman-Attraction-Storyboards

Thanks for the post. I actually like those designs.

Makes me wonder how this show would've fared if it came out in 2D animation.

Why are the guards stupid enough to leave a man who can easily break through a cell door in an average prison cell?

It think its the combination of not having anywhere that can hold him and he isn't smart enough to think of escaping.

This got me to wonder:

Did the show ever establish whether Arkham Asylum existed or not?

One of the TV news tickers in "Attraction" mentions that Harvey Dent is trying to shut down Arkham. It's spelt as "Arkum", though.

Also, one of the news headlines in one the newspaper images (Jury Deadlock one) is "Arkham Asylum Population on the Rise". I guess they were waiting for the right time to introduce it? After all, they had Batman talk about how wrong it was to send mentally ill people into regular prison.

So, CN wrote off this show along with Sym-Bionic Titan as losses for their tax savings and will lose their rights by the end of this month. So Toonami is marathoning the final seven episodes.

http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=55726

Thank You Based Toonami.

This show should pass into history as a textbook lesson for all TV people on how NOT TO handle a property.

I hope that the producers of this show will get another chance of making a new Batman show or a different DC show.

Losing the property? Maybe there's a chance this means another channel can give it a better runtime. Like the Hub?

I don't know about Glen Murakami, but Mitch Watson left Cartoon Network to work for Dream Works. First Mystery Inc, now this.

I think actually writing it as a loss means no one can air it or renew it at all.

edited 23rd Sep '14 8:17:59 PM by GamerSlyRatchet