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Theokal3 Since: Jan, 2012
08/03/2013 16:38:52 •••

A rather nice surprise

I admit, when the show was announced, I had mixed opinion. The fact it seemed dark pleased me, but I wasn't a fan of the CGI, nor of the fact they'd use Katana rather than Robin. The design for Alfred and the choice to use lesser-known villains while completely ignoring the classic ones seemed almost blasphemy to me. To add to this, I was a big fan of Green Lantern The Animated Series, and I was rather frustrated they cancelled such a great show and replaced it by this. To be honest I am kinda sick of Batman and the attention he gets; sure he is awesome, but seriously, he got like four shows on him, whereas Superman and Green Lantern only got one (which in GL's case didn't even last more than one season) and none of the other DC Super-heroes got a show focusing on them. I don't care if Batman is the greatest, that's still ridiculously disproportionate.

But I was still curious, and decided to give the show a chance. And I have to admit... I was gladly surprised.

For all his weird choices, Beware the Batman still manages to do the most important for a Batman show, which was lacking since Batman TAS. The tone is dark, with a focus on detective story, the criminals' insanity, and Batman's Crazy Prepared tendencies are portrayed at their best. While the Joker is missing, Anarchy does feel like a great villain even after one episode, thanks to his focus on Chaos and obsession with opposing Batman. Katana isn't an annoying sidekick like I feared, but a competent character with her own interesting backstory. Even Alfred, despite not sharing much with his classic incarnation, still manage to act like you'd expect from Alfred.

I know it's a bit soon to judge, but this show might be the most pleasant surprised I had in comic book cartoons since Avengers Earth's Mightiest Heroes. And in a time where new series like Ultimate Spider-Man or Teen Titans Go are getting made, this is a nice change. I am still mad it's another Batman, show, but at least, it's a really good one, and I'm glad they did it.


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