QuoteThe next Batman animated series, debuting in 2013, is titled Beware the Batman. According to Register, the CGI animated series will spotlight a classic-looking Batman teaming up with a gun-toting Alfred Pennyworth and a female ninja sidekick. Beware the Batman is executive-produced by Glen Murakami, and will also explore the mythology's more obscure villains, such as Professor Pyg, but will also feature mainstays such as The Joker and The Penguin. In the series, Batman will team up with a younger female sidekick named Katana. During the keynote, Register added that Katana will fill the sidekick role, but won't be a replacement for Robin.
http://comicbookmovie.com/fansites/JakeLester/news/?a=47551 (http://comicbookmovie.com/fansites/JakeLester/news/?a=47551)
And for info on Katana.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katana_%28comics%29 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katana_%28comics%29)
Professor Pyg. What?
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Oh god its hideous
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Well that looks...interesting :D
Why is it that animators think Batman and Japenese style animation go hand in hand?
Plus they're probably gonna maul the Professor Pyg character. You can't pull off a villain that twisted on a children's TV network.
Bruce Timm where the hell are you??!!
Quote from: Huol on Oct 04, 2011, 03:50:14 PM
Professor Pyg. What?
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Oh god its hideous
Bleh. Batman's head looks ridiculous.
This show looks like total shit. I miss 2D animation, it looks like it's a dead breed now.
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Sweet! Slippy from Star Fox is in it!
Why does everybody look like Zed from ANTZ? Oh, and when Shobidoo told me that was Alfred with the two guns I didn't believe it for the longest time.
Oh well, at least this'll be easy to ignore.
This show looks like, sounds like crap.... :laugh: I love DC and Batman to death, but I can't belive they can't produce a dark, decent animated series since the classic Batman Tas.
How about they bring something new to the table instead of just rehashing BTAS.
They cant top it so why bother.
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Quote from: x2SMONEY on Oct 04, 2011, 08:08:36 PM
Why is it that animators think Batman and Japenese style animation go hand in hand?
Beats me. Was never a fan of that style either way.
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Looks just as atrocious as the new CG Green Lantern show. :-\
Quote from: First Blood on Mar 29, 2012, 12:44:08 AM
Looks just as atrocious as the new CG Green Lantern show. :-\
Green Lantern is a great show so far. I personally can't wait. No such thing as too much Batman.
Quote from: MykeHavoc on Mar 29, 2012, 04:15:12 PM
Green Lantern is a great show so far. I personally can't wait. No such thing as too much Batman.
It's the animation style and look of it, which is turning me off. :-\
Quote from: Huol on Oct 04, 2011, 03:50:14 PM
Professor Pyg. What?
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Oh god its hideous
Guns in a kids tv show? parents are going to love that.
Haven't there always been guns in kids shows?
Alfred won't shoot to kill anyway.
Quote from: First Blood on Mar 29, 2012, 04:17:48 PM
Quote from: MykeHavoc on Mar 29, 2012, 04:15:12 PM
Green Lantern is a great show so far. I personally can't wait. No such thing as too much Batman.
It's the animation style and look of it, which is turning me off. :-\
Have you actually watched it? Its fine.
First teaser trailer. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thPkT5dlq48#ws%5B/url)
Batman looks like he is missing the top half of his skull!
Also why have Katana in it and not someone like Cassandra Cain? She is an actual member of the Bat-family. Katana is a former member of the Outsiders.
Quote from: Huol on Oct 04, 2011, 03:50:14 PM
Professor Pyg. What?
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Oh god its hideous
Hhhhheeeeeeeeeeeellllllllllll no.
whats up with the animal people? :-\
Quote from: Vepariga on Apr 21, 2012, 04:05:58 AM
whats up with the animal people? :-\
Pyg is wearing a mask. He isn't an animal.
Quote from: shadowedge on Apr 21, 2012, 03:23:46 AM
Also why have Katana in it and not someone like Cassandra Cain? She is an actual member of the Bat-family. Katana is a former member of the Outsiders.
Cassandra Cain isnt "sidekick" material. She preferred to work alone... :)
Quote from: MykeHavoc on Apr 21, 2012, 08:20:51 AM
Quote from: Vepariga on Apr 21, 2012, 04:05:58 AM
whats up with the animal people? :-\
Pyg is wearing a mask. He isn't an animal.
ah ok,that clears it up.
I'm still unsure of this series,the style may take some getting used to.
People are just getting lazy as shit with the effort put into making animated kid shows. Is their budget that low!?
Besides, how many frickin rebooted animated Batman shows do we need!?
My bet is that Pyg won't even be like the Pyg we know, since he's one of the most disturbing villains in comics today. Seriously, they can't put the shit he does in a kids show
Quote from: Requiem28 on Apr 21, 2012, 02:05:22 PM
People are just getting lazy as shit with the effort put into making animated kid shows. Is their budget that low!?
Besides, how many frickin rebooted animated Batman shows do we need!?
Well don't forget after Batman TAS/Gotham Knights there was not a single good Batman animated show out there. The Batman tv show was bad, kid stuff mainly, Brave and the Bold...kid stuff. I personally hate the CGI style of the new Batman (
Beware the Batman) it looks ugly, cheap. The story etc. that will remains to be seen.
All these opinions are subjective. Plenty of people enjoyed The Batman and Brave and the Bold, including myself. I'm 26 and find them both to be far more then just "kid stuff". In fact, Brave and the Bold is clearly a silver-age influenced show.
Yeah but i guess most of us really want a hardcore cartoon. gritty ,realistic animation. It's been a long time since we got that. All the cartoons that get made these day, have some kind of quirk to them, either childish aimations, goofy themes, or they are serious in tone with a over-stylized animation
How can someone judge a cartoon that hasn't come out yet? At least wait till the pilot to shit all over it.
Quote from: MykeHavoc on Apr 21, 2012, 05:53:32 PM
All these opinions are subjective. Plenty of people enjoyed The Batman and Brave and the Bold, including myself. I'm 26 and find them both to be far more then just "kid stuff". In fact, Brave and the Bold is clearly a silver-age influenced show.
Well The Batman was kidish (
I never said it was pure kid stuff.) and it was more like pure action than story. The story and the plot was dumb. Brave and the Bold well yes, it is a pure kid cartoon with as you said a silver-age tuch. All I want is a dark, gritty Batman show (
Which is even darker and bloodier than Batman TAS. A Batman show basically for grown ups.) but probably they will never make it because you just can't sell that today to the children audience. Of course there is no problem if you enjoyed The Batman or Brave and the Bold, but the fact is they are far from the real quality Batman show.
You're never going to get a "dark, gritty, bloody" animated series. The best you will get is the live action films and the animated features. Animated shows have to appeal to a broad audience including both children and adults. Before Beware the Batman was confirmed, they were pitching a "No Man's Land" inspired series that sounds like exactly what you are looking for. But it didn't get picked up. Guess why?
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The voice actors have been revealed.
http://www.comicbookmovie.com/fansites/Jolt17/news/?a=63765 (http://www.comicbookmovie.com/fansites/Jolt17/news/?a=63765)
Kurtwood Smith as Gordon? Yeah, that could work. :)
I'll give the pilot a look.
More info in here: http://dcwomenkickingass.tumblr.com/post/35013880802/btbat (http://dcwomenkickingass.tumblr.com/post/35013880802/btbat)
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I like the focus on weirder, lesser known villains.. we dont really need the 2343252th variation of the Joker.
Also, bye bye Robin, hello Katana! That was a nice change as well. :)
what's with Jason Statham Alfred?
Based on the Earth One Alfred, i think.. who was similarly hardcore :P
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Jason Statham ... with a Pulse Rifle ! :laugh:
Quote from: Blacklabel on Nov 05, 2012, 03:58:59 PM
Based on the Earth One Alfred, i think.. who was similarly hardcore :P
http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m9906gNILv1r58ox1o7_1280.png
possibly, but bald and beardless.
if he had grey hair and a beard I'd accept it, but I'm looking at him and he just looks like Jason Statham and therefore not old enough to be Alfred.
Jason Statham might even make an alright Alfred one day, but that day is still 20+ years away.
http://www.theouthousers.com/index.php/news/120310-beware-the-batman-first-villains-image.html (http://www.theouthousers.com/index.php/news/120310-beware-the-batman-first-villains-image.html)
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Quote from: ShadowPred on Jan 31, 2013, 10:14:00 PM
http://www.theouthousers.com/index.php/news/120310-beware-the-batman-first-villains-image.html (http://www.theouthousers.com/index.php/news/120310-beware-the-batman-first-villains-image.html)
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I'd much rather see the Batgirl CGI teaser become the new series. :(
^^^ Agreed. I was all sorts of excited when I saw the teaser.