Batman Beyond

I would have typed this review a long time agon,



but I didn't know about the existence of this site



until this past Sunday. Anyway, regarless of when



this site came out, I still don't like Batman



Beyond. I have my reasons why. Hopefully, there



is going to be any people who my opinons too



seriously. If they do, it's their problem. I



well try to type my review as best I can in



mature and intelligent manner. At first, I didn't



know what the studio and the producer's were



planing with Batman's animation career. I checked



out to see what the hype was and I felt very



concerned as to how the DC icon would be



portrayed. I waited patiently and though about it



after I saw the first episode. My reaction wasn't



the same as most people who liked it. I gave it



a lot of thought. Then I began to recall many



things that were in the show. It didn't impress



me because of it's lack of originality and the



animation looked too dark. I thought the



direction of Bruce Wayne was wrong, silly,



unthinkable, and dissapointing. It reminded me



of the Dark Knight Returns. I still don't think



that it was valid interpetation of the character



just like this show. I was left to be confused



as to why Bruce Wayne still didn't have any sons



or daughters after so many years into the future.



Another problem was Terry McGennis who like a new



version of Jason Todd who was also a theif and



was given a mantle to fight crime. It didn't make



no sense to me when Bruce W. Timm in a interview



from a source that an elder samurai was giving the



sword to a younger warrior. It never happened in



the episode because I watched it. It was



dissapointing to see the amination so dark as is



the new Batman and his new stuff. The suit looked



terrible because of the logo. It reminded me of



Jean-Paul Valley wore in the the Knightquest and



Knightsend saga from comics. He looked like a



demonic vampire. The suit reminded me of what Bill



Finger the man who created Bruce Wayne before



Batman was even published by DC comics had



rejected of what Bob Kane drew. I read it in



an interview of Bill rejected it because Batman



look too much like a superhero, but of course



in the comics, Batman is a crimefighter. The



interview of what Bob Kane drew an earlier concept



of Batman in full detail. Hmmmmmm. It sounds



interesting. From what I saw, it seemed liked



Terry only knew how to wrestle in school, but



Bruce was trained to be martial arts expert and



an escape artist. To my understanding, the first



Batman only showed his mouth, teeth, and chin.



Now, we have one that only shows his smile and



teeth. I don't see that much difference and yet



it supposed the future of Gotham. I would think



somebody would already the most advance digital



camera known man to identify by his dental



records. Hmmmmmm. I was getting sick



and tired of seeing a Batman all in black from



the movies, animated series, and comic books.



I wished that it could have been a lighter,



brighter hero that is professional. The car was



mess. A smiling Batman was silly and



unprofessional from Terry. I seemed to recall



what Bruce Wayne told Tim Drake that what he



does is dangerous from the A lonely place of



Dying storyline. The Joker gang was silly and



original. Bruce Wayne is supposed to himself



and not some sort of Oracle and Alfred type



of character. Bruce would either have died



as Batman in a blaze of glory to save gotham,



or retire to find a more suitable apprentice



to take over the mantle of the bat. My point,



if there was end to Bruce Wayne as Batman, it



should done right. Powers was some sort of



Lex Luthor type of guy. Lex Luthor is Lex Luthor.



No other character can iminate unless it really



is Lex Luthor in Metropolis. The Wayne Powers



corporation is an awfull. The Wayne Legacy should



be hands off anyone exploits it. The Batdance



was pointless. The Guitar string from the music



was annoying. What disspointed me the most was



the story. The plague had already been done death.



Plus, when the Powers turns into Blythe. The



problem it seemed like somepeople already done



something like that in the comics. In the



Knightquest saga, Jean encounters a fierce green



skeleton that destroys his suit. Another thing



was the plague. There two storylines called



Contagion and Legacy. What is the point of the



producer's of this show in trying to create a new



version of Batman with it's lack of orignalty?



I don't understand. I think they should have



researched the comics before getting a greenlight



from the studio.

Rebirth starts out as an awesome episode, were it shows bruce wayne, without any sidekicks but with an technology packed new suit. That first scene were he stops being batman is extremely well played and gets a good score just for that. What is better is the fluidity and greatness of that scene continues through the whole episode. Terry Mcginnis is a great character pick to become the new batman. Also, i like the idea of a gang based after joker, Gothams greatest nemesis. The villains were good and this is a great origin story for both a new batman, and the new batmans greatest villain. My only complaint is that it lacked enough action, but that is mainly just because it is an setup episode.

Batman Beyond begins about 30 years after Batman:TAS. it shows good old Bruce Wayne himself fighting crime as the caped crusader for the last time, which he decides, after having to pull a gun on a thug, just to stay alive. fast forward about 20 more years, to a crime infested, futuristic Gotham City, desperately in need of a new Batman. and who ends up filling these shoes? a teenager named Terry McGinnis.



Terry is your average juvenile delinquent. he doesn’t listen to his parents, he gets into frequent fights, and no one seems to understand him besides his girlfriend. everything starts changing quickly, after he gets in trouble with the Jokerz gang. they show up at Bruce Wayne's door, and he ends up saving him. Meanwhile, Terry's dad gets in over his head at the Wayne Powers corporation, and ends up getting killed. Terry goes back to Bruce's mansion., and everything begins from there...



overall, I think this was a perfect way to kick off the series, and introduce Terry as a protagonist. it's better to watch both parts of this episode at once, so you get the whole origin story.

we get to see batman back in action, well sorta. bruce wayne quit being batman because when he was rescuing someone he started to have a heart attack and he took the kid nappers gun and pointed it at him, then he was in the batcave, shut off the lights and said never again. I thought this was a great way to start off a new show. Later in the episode a kid named terry discovers bruce waynes secret. when terry goes home he finds out that his father was killed, making him go to bruce wayne for help. In case no one knows this is a continuation of batman Gotham Knights. Later...

its the future. bruce wayne is an old git. hes retired from being batman and living ling the life of a rich o.a.p.

The episode introduces us to the gotham city of the future with all its new technology. the episode is a bit slow,as we dont really see the new batman in action, but it develops our main characters (terry) story. We see his father get killed (it kinda reminded me of the way spidermans uncle died) but with a twist to it. Overall this is a good and original way to start a new series of batman.

8 out of 10

20 years since an already old bruce wayne retires

Gotham is riddled with crime and gangs of thugs dressed as clowns called the jokers run the streets.

That not the worst part The wayne company is now Wayne -Powers.And run by a ruthless sociopath selling bioweapons to foriegn goverments.



One of his staff discovers the truth and is taken out

His son goes to bruce wayne for help



A great start to the series

Wayne has changed since his batman days he is an ancient recluse and a right grumpy sod.

Terry McGinnis the new batman(well he steals the suit)

is very different not so dark and moody and less of a detective.

he even has a family a mom and an anoying younger brother

A very different batman and i love it



"Welcome to my world"



ha great

This episode marks the beginning of the superb show "Batman Beyond" (a.k.a. "Batman of the Future"). The basic plot for the show is somewhat simillar to the plot for the movie "The Mask of Zorro", but much better (in my opinion).

An old and ill Bruce Wayne decides to quit his "job", that of protector of Gotham City (actually it's New Gotham City) and the city manages to survive without its protector for about 20 years.

Then, one day, Terry McGinnis, a young, quick-witted and hard-temperd highschool boy, discovers Bruce Wayne's secret and, after his father is killed by the "boss" of New Gotham City, Derek Powers, he decides to take on the role of Batman to protect the city as Bruce Wayne once did.

This episode is a good way to kick off the new series.



It is really good, and I think that they couldn't have done the series without it because you would be like how the Heck Terry became Batman.



The only reason I don't like it is the fact I've seen it hundreds of times.



You can't watch the series without this episode.



It had a great introduction, but I wish they'd done more on Bruce retiring, but all and all, good series.

I love a new show and this one was great. It brought out a new batman and a new world, for the new generation you could say. But it just ruined most of our imagination, because i am sure we all have our own way of how the Dark Knight retires, or how he dies, or how his villians die and then they bring this up and he retires just because he made a mistake on one little kidnapping. I expected it to be like the joker who won and made him retire or some sort of big villian, not some amatuer kidnappers... But whats done is done.

let me just say this: just because something( a show, movie, video game, etc) doesnt follow the source material (in this case, 60+ years of comics continuity) doesnt make said show suck. now yes there were problems with the story and some plotholes to try in fill in (i think they tried to do this with the "Return of the Joker" movie) and "old" Bruce was completely out of character. ok maybe not completely but like some of the other users have said, it just didnt seem like a "fitting" end to Bruce's story. all that said the darker feel of New Gotham made it feel like in the years since Bruce's retirement, the place did fall apart and get "darker", more violent. so that answered the question about a need for a "Batman". Terry was not that entertaining at first and i remember agreeing with some of the naysayers in saying that the show wouldnt last long cause Mr. McGinnis was annoying. but he and the rest of the cast grew as the series went on but as of episode 1 i had no love for him. Powers wasnt so much a Luthor rip-off as some suggested as he was just a plot device to get the story rolling as u see he's gone by the end of season 1. I think the naysayers need to relax and take this episode (and this series) for what it is, i nice attempt to breathe some life into what they thought was a stale franchise. beside's it's only a possible future.

I like it! I like it ALOT! For a batman show this a great beginning. This pilot alone is what got me hooked on the show.

The new batman, Terry, is just what the batman genre needed to get it going again. He is spunky, funny, serious when he needs to be, determined, and has attitude. He annoys the hell out of old Bruce as well, which is exactly why we like even more. (But don't worry, he'll grow on him just like all his other wise cracking side kicks did) If you want to sum him up into one word, he is a teenager. What more is there too say. ANYways! He is a great addition. Of course we find out in this episode that Bruce is still alive and still alone. He has replace Alfred with a dog and is as grumpy as ever, only now he is bitter and old man like grumpy, as opposed to moody broody with the occasion smile on his off days like grumpy. This guy never smiles now and probably has an old man smell which makes him grumpy. He's about 80 and very wrinkly. The summary pretty much explains what happens but what you should know is it has a great amount of drama mixed with action. (Plenty of fight scenes)

This new look for the show is very dark yet futuristic. The animation itself is just darker and the new batman is a whole new type. He is still dark like all batman, but he takes after Dick Grason more in the sense that he like to make wise cracks while he beats people up as opposed to the deadly silent never smiling batman. He actually has a sense of humour.

All in all this new batman is a very promising development and I'm sure you won't be disappointed. I'd rate it a 5/5 for a pilot. Very good and very enthralling.