There’s a newBatmananimated series onPrime Videoand SPOILER ALERT it is pretty fantastic.Batman: Caped Crusaderis not only made in the style of the classicBatman: The Animated Series, it’s from some of the same creative team, most notably, artist and animator Bruce Timm. No wonder, then...
Still, there are some things that are still too adult forHarley Quinnto show. In an interview withVarietyabout how a new crop of superhero shows likeWandaVisionandThe Umbrella Academy“subvert” the genre’s usual tropes,Harley Quinnco-creator Justin Halpern that while they do have some leeway...
One of the things that comes up a lot is how often characters talk about Mrs. Hawking when she’s not there. It’s a common occurrence in the scripts, so not only do we mock the frequency a little, we also mock the very fact. Lest you forget who the main character is, here are ...
But I also know a longstanding criticism of Batman is his maintenance of the status quo specifically by not addressing the systematic/institutional conditions that create the phenomenon of “crime” in the first place. What is “crime” exactly? If Batman is limited to fighting “crime,” he i...
THE WORLD'S FINEST - SYNOPSIS - MOVIE REVIEW - MEDIA - FORUM MERRY LITTLE BATMAN Studio: Warner Bros. Animation Platform: Streaming; Amazon Prime Video Release Date: Amazon Prime Video - Dec. 8, 2023; Digital Release - Nov. 15, 2024 Press Release: Click
Sam Liu (Reign of the Supermen,Batman: The Killing Joke) is Producer and Director ofBatman: Soul Of The Dragon, utilizing a script by Jeremy Adams (Mortal Kombat Legends: Scorpion’s Revenge). Michael Uslan is Executive Producer. Bruce Timm (Batman: The Animated Series,Whisper,Superman: Red...
Even more-so than Burton’s gothic landscape, Gotham has never felt more immersive, and as much I tire of pop culture lingo like “world building” (along with “tropes”, “IP” et all), it applies here: this is just as evocative and atmospheric as the dusky backdrops ofBlade Runnerof...
I was working on my East Lansing past and present article when I saw a picture of the Broad Art Museum that made me stop and think, "Oh yeah, that did happen there, didn't it!". The thing that happened: Warner Bros. filmed part of the "Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice" movi...
I’m new to the worlds of DC Comics (although I’ve read plenty of comics – but those were very random). I have been a longtime DC fan, but I’ve never really had the time for comics – I mostly just watched the animated shows (Justice League, Batman Animated Series, Superman Ani...
the Caped Crusader. The first, and perhaps most important, is that West absolutely understood the assignment.Batmanwas always intended as a comedy. An amplified send-up of superhero and comic book tropes of the time, and a countercultural nose-thumbing at authority. With that in mind, every...