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Posted September 04, 2009
Holy s**t. I feel like I had a lame childhood, never seeing this. Just got the first DVD from Netflix, and while it starts off as just all right, it keeps getting better and better. Unfortunately, the disc began to skip by the 6th episode, so I think I might just order it from Amazon at once. After all this time of brushing off DC and focusing on the Marvel movies, I think I really like Batman now.
Only recently have I truly begun to step out of my comfort zone of safe video games, save TV shows, safe movies and even safe music. Now that I have had a job for the last couple years, I've been experiencing things I never have before. Games like Layton and Persona 4 have fascinated and entertained me, and this Batman show has captivated me. Away from that attitude all the kids had in New Jersey, where only things that shouted words like "motherf**ker" were not teasable offenses, I feel free. Thank God I got away from that state. Almost all of my classmates have turned into drug addicts and assholes (my elementary school friends), and it kind of saddens me, because I had some great friends there. But I also know that someone up there wanted me to escape a similar fate, and now, after four years of leaving that hell-hole, I feel amazing. I'm 18, and I feel like I'm living part of my childhood that never existed in the first place.
How could I have missed something as simple as watching a great cartoon show? It feels like something like this should be a part of every child's life. If I ever have a kid, I'd love to show him all this great stuff I missed. It would be a crime to never have an opportunity such as this when you're little. How my parents tried to get me to see things like this, but since I was mentally handicapped and a regular target for bullies, I wanted to be as adult as anyone could be, or at least what the Jersey definition of "adult" was. I wanted no part of something seen as a toddler's life. I never fully understood that to be a happy, good-hearted person, you had to have a little fun that wasn't all getting headshots in Unreal or Halo (though that can be pretty fun, too).
I feel this is opening the doors to a wealth of amazing experiences that I have been too ignorant to try before. And I couldn't be more grateful.
Post edited September 04, 2009 by TheCheese33
Posted September 04, 2009
Quite frankly the whole DC Animated universe is excellent. I remember watching a few eps of Batman Animated when I was younger but then I started working *sigh*. Later I got into them again and I am very glad I did. While Marvel may have the edge with comics, DC certainly has the edge with animated shows. There have been a few decent Marvel animated shows like Spider-Man and X-Men but the rest were pretty diabolocal. Silver Surfer showed some promise but then it was cancelled just as it became decent.
Batman, Superman, New Adventures of Batman & Robin, Batman Beyond and Justice League were all great shows. Quite why DC & WB stopped making them and moved onto shite like The Batman and Batman: Brave & The Bold is beyond me.
Static Shock and The Zeta Project are also part of DCAU but I was never a fan.
Post edited September 04, 2009 by Delixe
Posted September 04, 2009
Any of the DC Comic Animated shows by Bruce Timm are worth picking up. If you're willing to wait, Amazon tends to have them all on sale every now and then. I think I picked up Batman, Superman, Justice League and Batman Beyond all for around $12 a season.
Just keep an eye out for the amazon sales.
Posted September 04, 2009
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Sielle: Any of the DC Comic Animated shows by Bruce Timm are worth picking up. If you're willing to wait, Amazon tends to have them all on sale every now and then. I think I picked up Batman, Superman, Justice League and Batman Beyond all for around $12 a season.
Just keep an eye out for the amazon sales.

Wow, that sounds awesome! I think I'll get the first Batman season because Netflix's disc didn't work so well this time around (first time that's ever been the case for me) but I'll look for Amazon's sales in the future. Thanks for the tip!
Posted September 04, 2009
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Sielle: Any of the DC Comic Animated shows by Bruce Timm are worth picking up. If you're willing to wait, Amazon tends to have them all on sale every now and then. I think I picked up Batman, Superman, Justice League and Batman Beyond all for around $12 a season.
Just keep an eye out for the amazon sales.
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TheCheese33: Wow, that sounds awesome! I think I'll get the first Batman season because Netflix's disc didn't work so well this time around (first time that's ever been the case for me) but I'll look for Amazon's sales in the future. Thanks for the tip!

If it's just 1 disc, report it as a problem with the disc, and they'll send you out another copy of that disc the same day (Well tuesday now, because of the time) even before they get the bad one back.
Posted September 04, 2009
All of the DCAU is awesome, even better than the comics in many ways (except Zeta Project, WTF were they thinking with that?). If you are going to binge on that universe, make sure you also check out all of the direct-to-DVD movies Batman: Sub-Zero, Batman: Mask of the Phantasm, Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman and Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker. Also, they aren't traditionally considered part of the DCAU, but the direct-to-DVD movies Superman Doomsday, Justice League: The New Frontier, Green Lantern: First Flight and Wonder Woman are all really good too.
Post edited September 04, 2009 by cogadh
Posted September 04, 2009
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TheCheese33: Only recently have I truly begun to step out of my comfort zone of safe video games, save TV shows, safe movies and even safe music

Have netflix got the original Dr Who? Thats something you really should watch if you can accept the fact that it underfunded for its entire original run. Towards the end they got the same amount of money to produce a full series that Star Trek The Next Generation got per EPISODE and you play GOGs so you're already more accepting than usual. There's bits that look obviously dodgy but underneath it is some great stuff. There's some clunky stories here and there but I can recommend the good ones if you want
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TheCheese33: How could I have missed something as simple as watching a great cartoon show? It feels like something like this should be a part of every child's life. If I ever have a kid, I'd love to show him all this great stuff I missed. It would be a crime to never have an opportunity such as this when you're little.

I personally think that there's no better show than Dr Who for a kid to watch when growing up. On the off chance I ever have one, that'll be our show
Post edited September 04, 2009 by Aliasalpha
Posted September 05, 2009
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TheCheese33: Holy s**t. I feel like I had a lame childhood, never seeing this. Just got the first DVD from Netflix, and while it starts off as just all right, it keeps getting better and better. Unfortunately, the disc began to skip by the 6th episode, so I think I might just order it from Amazon at once. After all this time of brushing off DC and focusing on the Marvel movies, I think I really like Batman now.
Only recently have I truly begun to step out of my comfort zone of safe video games, save TV shows, safe movies and even safe music. Now that I have had a job for the last couple years, I've been experiencing things I never have before. Games like Layton and Persona 4 have fascinated and entertained me, and this Batman show has captivated me. Away from that attitude all the kids had in New Jersey, where only things that shouted words like "motherf**ker" were not teasable offenses, I feel free. Thank God I got away from that state. Almost all of my classmates have turned into drug addicts and assholes (my elementary school friends), and it kind of saddens me, because I had some great friends there. But I also know that someone up there wanted me to escape a similar fate, and now, after four years of leaving that hell-hole, I feel amazing. I'm 18, and I feel like I'm living part of my childhood that never existed in the first place.
How could I have missed something as simple as watching a great cartoon show? It feels like something like this should be a part of every child's life. If I ever have a kid, I'd love to show him all this great stuff I missed. It would be a crime to never have an opportunity such as this when you're little. How my parents tried to get me to see things like this, but since I was mentally handicapped and a regular target for bullies, I wanted to be as adult as anyone could be, or at least what the Jersey definition of "adult" was. I wanted no part of something seen as a toddler's life. I never fully understood that to be a happy, good-hearted person, you had to have a little fun that wasn't all getting headshots in Unreal or Halo (though that can be pretty fun, too).
I feel this is opening the doors to a wealth of amazing experiences that I have been too ignorant to try before. And I couldn't be more grateful.

Yeah, hands down there is nothing but praise for the Batman cartoon. Hell, my brother for his college courses for the writing seminar is nothing but Batman comics and he has to watch the cartoons in class and write a summery on it.
Posted September 05, 2009
When watching Batman, don't forget to watch the episodes with Clayface. Those are so badass.
Also, the Killer Croc episodes are great.
I should also recommend Justice League. If you like Batman, you'll like Justice League too. I remember the days when Cartoon Network only played Justice League at 12 midnight. I'd have a great supper ready in front of the TV. It's just so good.
Posted September 05, 2009
yep, Batman:The animated series basically made me a mini batman fanboy. There was something that just made me like the show when I was a kid.
Posted September 05, 2009
Also the Batman - Superman crossover was pretty nice.
Posted September 05, 2009
Yeah, the cartoon is the greatest thing ever. Here in HK, I don't even need to buy the DVD because they usually rerun this stuff every few months or so. It's good childhood entertainment and I watch this because Batman is a badass.
Posted September 05, 2009
ah B:tas.
I only recently seen every single episode of it but i do remember watching few episodes thinking something along this line:
"dear jesus. this is amazing and i want to see more"
never did tough. seen like two, max three episodes.
Posted September 05, 2009
All this talk is making me want to buy the DVDs
Posted September 05, 2009
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TheCheese33: Holy s**t. I feel like I had a lame childhood, never seeing this. Just got the first DVD from Netflix, and while it starts off as just all right, it keeps getting better and better. Unfortunately, the disc began to skip by the 6th episode, so I think I might just order it from Amazon at once. After all this time of brushing off DC and focusing on the Marvel movies, I think I really like Batman now.
Only recently have I truly begun to step out of my comfort zone of safe video games, save TV shows, safe movies and even safe music. Now that I have had a job for the last couple years, I've been experiencing things I never have before. Games like Layton and Persona 4 have fascinated and entertained me, and this Batman show has captivated me. Away from that attitude all the kids had in New Jersey, where only things that shouted words like "motherf**ker" were not teasable offenses, I feel free. Thank God I got away from that state. Almost all of my classmates have turned into drug addicts and assholes (my elementary school friends), and it kind of saddens me, because I had some great friends there. But I also know that someone up there wanted me to escape a similar fate, and now, after four years of leaving that hell-hole, I feel amazing. I'm 18, and I feel like I'm living part of my childhood that never existed in the first place.
How could I have missed something as simple as watching a great cartoon show? It feels like something like this should be a part of every child's life. If I ever have a kid, I'd love to show him all this great stuff I missed. It would be a crime to never have an opportunity such as this when you're little. How my parents tried to get me to see things like this, but since I was mentally handicapped and a regular target for bullies, I wanted to be as adult as anyone could be, or at least what the Jersey definition of "adult" was. I wanted no part of something seen as a toddler's life. I never fully understood that to be a happy, good-hearted person, you had to have a little fun that wasn't all getting headshots in Unreal or Halo (though that can be pretty fun, too).
I feel this is opening the doors to a wealth of amazing experiences that I have been too ignorant to try before. And I couldn't be more grateful.

You've mentioned the NJ thing before. I have to ask, where and when, if you don't mind answering. I'm just curious because I'm from Jersey City, NJ, and I was in late grammar school, early high school when this series was originally airing. I watched it practically religiously, and I can't recall -anyone- giving me any grief about it. It was, and still -is- a terrific show, and the various spinoffs that have been done in the same animated universe have pretty much all been spectacular.
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