Mike86

I might pick this up after seeing some decent reviews for it (including yours). I wasn't sure about it as it looks more aimed at kids and I believe the Batman Unlimited name actually comes from an action figure line. The only thing I'm not sure on with it is the animation style.

The Valeyard

I was going to pass on this but your review has piqued my interest. Thanks!

TheMovieman

Well, this one is based on a toy line and not cannon (whereas Batman vs Robin is a direct sequel to Son of Batman and is connected with, IIRC, a couple other DCAU films).

will travel

There is JUSTICE LEAGUE" GODS & MONSTERS coming in July.
Bruce Timm is one the Producers.

hanshotfirst1138

Just watched Batman vs. Robin. Kind of dull, to be honest. O'Mara still sounds like he's sleepwalking through the role (I hate sounding like a broken record and I know I should try new things, but bring back Kevin Conroy or at least Bruce Greenwood), the sex, blood, and profanity still feel unnecessary and out of place, and the storyline feels all over the place. Maybe it's better with more room to breathe in the comics. Way too many cannon fodder villains to kill who aren't actually alive, the character arcs never felt anything but perfunctory, and the animation was kind of stiff. Either I'm getting old, or the action sequences pale in comparison to JLU.

Assault on Arkham was a little better, especially since it's basically a Suicide Squad movie guest-starring Batman. The heist movie structure is fun and kind of neat, even if it does disappointingly little with the personalities of the villains on the adventure, Harley and Deadshot excepted. Still feels like little more than a watch-it-once time-killer and little else.

Mike86

Yeah, I hate O'Mara as the voice of Batman. I don't know why they insist on continuing to use him as he really isn't very good at all.

mattysemo247

As much as I love Kevin Conroy, he's turning 60 this year. I really wonder how much longer he'll be able to be the voice of Batman.

Mike86

Voice acting is different than regular acting though. Most people's voices don't really change too much over time and a lot of voice actors continue for quite a while. He may not want to do it all the time and that's fine as I've accepted that he likely won't be the regular voice of Batman anymore, but almost anyone would be better than O'Mara.

Iron_Giant

I have everyone of them, 90 Percent on BR.

Loving seeing the comics I read as kid coming to life...
-Animated Movies
-Live Action Movie
-TV Shows (live action and animated)

Golden Age of Super Heroes.

Mike86

So the Warner Archives Tumblr page has a teaser for some titles that are being announced at SDCC and it appears that we may be getting Justice League Unlimited on Blu-ray. Glad I never bought the DVD sets and held out hope that this might happen.

http://warnerarchive.tumblr.com/post...-international

Adam Tyner

I'm going to lose my mind (in a good way!) if JLU is announced.

PhantomStranger

I hope we get them.

mattysemo247

I don't say this often, but I would pay just about anything (reasonable) for Batman The Animated Series on Blu Ray

Mike86

I don't think it'll happen because as has been pointed out in the past the way it was animated doesn't lend itself to transferring to high definition very well. Pretty much the only way to do it and make it look good would be to re-animate it. I don't think Warner would invest the money to do that and I'm not sure how I'd feel about that anyways.

mattysemo247

How did they do those 3 volumes of the Looney Tunes so far? Did they re-animate all of those?

Adam Tyner

No, but those were finished on film.

The same might be true of B:TAS, but I suspect all the post-production was done on video. If that's the case, it'd at best be incredibly expensive to go back to the original materials and redo it all in HD, and at worst the elements may not even exist in a usable form anymore.

hanshotfirst1138

BTAS, STAS, and Batman Beyond all original aired in SD. Subzero originally got released on VHS. They used a few digital effects in TNBA and STAS, and started coloring digitally about halfway through BB. But the first two credit "negative cutters" in the end credits, so it is possible that some of it was done on film, but most of the final post work was post work finally done on video, and probably videotape rather than DV, so except BB, the masters might not even be digital. The one exception is MTOP, which was given given a very limited 35mm release. But I think WB aren't going to be doing an HD master for that one, fans have been wondering about it for years, but the market and return on investment is probably way too small.

Mike86

So Timm announced at SDCC that The Killing Joke is being adapted as an animated film. Should be interesting if done well, I sort of hope they make it two parts. I don't know if there's enough story for two films but it might be pushing it at the 75 minute mark too. Wish Warner would just let the runtimes on some of these go longer.

hanshotfirst1138

Kevin Conroy had BETTER be in this...

Mike86

For sure. I hope they don't go with O'Mara. Either Conroy or Greenwood would be great. It'd be nice to get Hamill as The Joker too.

Solid Snake

Fuck. They need to get Conroy and Hamill for this so so much. I hope the designs for this are great cuz I can see a certain design pushing this to look generic too.

majorjoe23

It was only a 46 page comic. I feel like stretching that to 75 minutes might be a chore.

PhantomStranger

The Killing Joke is a pretty extreme story if they include everything from it. I have to believe they would need an R-rating even if they avoid explicitly showing a few things.

Imail724

What are the best DCA movies? I've only seen a handful of the Batman ones.

dex14

http://www.superherohype.com/news/34...ally-announced