"The Batman" (2004) TV series 2004-????

User Rating:

6.1/10   

Director:

Ginny McSwain

Writers:

J.D. Murray (writer)
Christopher Yost (writer)

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5

Release Date:

11 September 2004 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Action | Adventure | Crime | Family | Mystery | Thriller

Tagline:

Bring on The Batman!

Plot:

A young Bruce Wayne is in his third year of trying to establish himself as Batman, protector of Gotham City...

Plot Keywords:

Superhero | Early Batman | Based On Comic Book | Based On Comic | Secret Identity

Awards:

7 wins & 10 nominations

Cast

Rino Romano	...	Bruce Wayne / ... (65 episodes, 2004-2008)
Alastair Duncan	...	Alfred Pennyworth / ... (48 episodes, 2004-2008)

Runtime:

30 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Australia:PG | Finland:K-11 | USA:TV-Y7

Company:

Warner Bros. Animation

Trivia:

As with previous Batman animated shows, a past Batman stars as a character in the new show...aka Adam West in "Beware the Grey Ghost" hands off the Batman mantle to Kevin Conroy. In "The Batman" Kevin Conroy plays Dick Grayson's father, in a way handing the Batman torch to Rino Romano.

Quotes:

Catwoman: Hate to cut our first date short, cutie, but I like to leave a man wanting more.

Movie Connections:

Version of Batman (1989)

Soundtrack:

The Batman

Wow, this series just barely loses to ...

I'm 26-year-old and when I was about 10, there was a cartoon on Saturday mornings about some teenage kid, who whenever he ate something hot, a pepper or hot sauce, he would turn into a red talking Corvette. I'm not sure what the name of the toon was, but let me tell you, even at that age I knew the show sucked ... yet somehow even now I'd much rather watch that piece of crap than "The Batman."

The direction of this series and writing (Dear god what have you done to the Joker!?) are about as fresh and good of an idea as putting nipples on the batsuit.

I'm not really sure at what point it was deemed necessary to make every cartoon resemble Anime or why the fights and characters in this series all resemble Pokimon crap ... but seriously WB just stop it. I know you're all about the money, but now especially with the new Batman movie coming out (and it already looks dark and good) this is the time to turn it back around and make the cartoon dark and gritty again. Get Conroy and Hamill back while you still can. Leave the Japimation card dueling, wrestling, hong-kong fooey crap cartoons for the kiddies.