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Batman Beyond or Spider-verse, which was better?
- Thread starter DragonSJG
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Comparing shows to movies lol? Either way, Batman Beyond, and I loved Spider-Verse. There's just more happening in Batman.
You both make a lot of threads about old cartoons...get at it.
Batman Beyond is a great animated series. Into The Spider-Verse is a great animated film.
They're both so different I think the comparison is really strange.
I still voted Spider-Verse lol
I'd love to see Batman Beyond get that treatment though. That world is very, very fascinating visually, and I imagine an animated feature film with the level of stylish design and strong characterization like Spider-Verse would be fantastic.
They're both so different I think the comparison is really strange.
I still voted Spider-Verse lol
I'd love to see Batman Beyond get that treatment though. That world is very, very fascinating visually, and I imagine an animated feature film with the level of stylish design and strong characterization like Spider-Verse would be fantastic.
I like Batman Beyond. It isn't even remotely on the same level. Over multiple seasons Batman Beyond doesn't even wade into saying anything as interesting or meaningful as Spiderverse. Batman Beyond is fun, pulpy sci-fi Shlock. It isn't comparable. Is it well scripted and fun? Yeah. It's got some good episodes and adventures. But the comparison is unfair to Batman Beyond.
As others have said this is a weird comparison. Batman Beyond is a good animated superhero show while spiderman is a film that combines beautiful mind bending animation and its writing to transcend what people thought superhero media could be.
Spiderverse, come on.
I'm actually surprised at the amount of love Batman Beyond is getting recently. I mean, I liked the show, but I could've sworn people were a bit more mixed on it like a decade ago.
I'm actually surprised at the amount of love Batman Beyond is getting recently. I mean, I liked the show, but I could've sworn people were a bit more mixed on it like a decade ago.
I much prefer Batman Beyond, but I think Spider-verse is probably better made. I just vibe with Beyond much better.
This a very strange comparison, especially considering the majority of people here and voting wont have even seen Batman Beyond given that its 20 years old. Meanwhile Spider-verse is a fairly new very well received movie.
For me personally its Batman, no other kids cartoon has ever replicated the dark nature of that show.
For me personally its Batman, no other kids cartoon has ever replicated the dark nature of that show.
very apples and oranges scenarios. neither is really comparable beyond being good superhero legacy stories.
i did feel like the future aspect of batman beyond aged terribly though but that solid core idea is really good and he had his own interesting rogue gallery on the show, but spider-verse is so well written and has the better superheroes in the spotlight anyway so ill give it to spider-verse in this completely nonsensical match-up
i did feel like the future aspect of batman beyond aged terribly though but that solid core idea is really good and he had his own interesting rogue gallery on the show, but spider-verse is so well written and has the better superheroes in the spotlight anyway so ill give it to spider-verse in this completely nonsensical match-up
Batman beyond is leagues above and completely refreshed an already excellent source material
you can tell who were too young to experience it when it came out
you can tell who were too young to experience it when it came out
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No, not that lol. I told him it was better than Spider-verse and it seems I might not live up to that promise, lmao
Beyond is a fun kids show but good luck getting most people to ever watch it, let alone enjoy it.
Spider-Verse blows minds across all demographics
It's good but it's not even as good as Batman TAS so it doesn't really matter
Spider-Verse blows minds across all demographics
I was born in 85 and watched Beyond as it aired.
It's good but it's not even as good as Batman TAS so it doesn't really matter
From an art direction, animation, technology, film-making and scripting perspective they are not in the same league.
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Agreed. I don't know how you compare a film to tv series and the two aren't really alike beyond the "someone else wearing the mask" thing. If they were both the same format, released in a similar time frame, or reaching for the same types of tone etc then maybe a comparison would make sense but here I'm just not seeing it.
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im talking outside the Era demographic
anecdotally speaking, I know people who watched Spider-Verse and loved it who have zero interest in comic book media, or even find comic book movies stupid
Batman Beyond would not have changed their minds
edit: whoops, hit post a bit too fast there
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Hmmmmmmmmmmmm not sure, I think Beyond could change their minds
I mean... it's kind of hard to compare a movie to an entire series. Spider-Verse is a fantastic movie but if only one could exist then I would much rather have all of Batman Beyond. Judging by the replies in here, I think some people need to rewatch Batman Beyond because that's some of the best Batman material out there. The Beyond universe is criminally underutilized. Spider-Verse is a very entertaining movie with a great cast but Batman Beyond is an entire expansion of the Batman universe with an identity all its own. So many fantastic characters and storylines. Kinda curious how many people in here have actually seen Beyond given that it's two decades old now.
Love Batman Beyond, was a really fun show and didn't get enough love during it's run.
But Spiderverse is like, the best comic to motion translation we've ever gotten. It wasn't just a good comic book movie, but a fantastic movie in it's own right that is an instant classic.
But Spiderverse is like, the best comic to motion translation we've ever gotten. It wasn't just a good comic book movie, but a fantastic movie in it's own right that is an instant classic.
Anybody stating that Batman Beyond is a kids show has either never seen it or was too young to even grasp what it was that they were watching. Some of the villains had some haunting ass deaths.
Ok?
They are both trying to do very different things in the first place, that doesn't mean ones better than the other, just that one has more mass appeal than the other.
And reading this OP mad me trip solid balls
Beyond is NOTHING like base Spider-man. It's plotting was tight and expanded the Gotham into new and unpleasant ways. Gotham felt more hostile here than any other incarnation.
Indeed, Beyond goes places that Spider man very seldom went to every freakin day
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Hey, do me a favor and re-quote my post where i corrected my mistakes.
as far as "doesn't mean one's better than the other" - isn't that the whole point of this thread?
That's funny.
you're funny.
It's absolutely a kids show. That doesn't mean adults can't enjoy it. I say the same about Batman TAS, which is the better show, incidentally.
Spider-Verse could easily be considered the best animated superhero movie/TV Show of all time, and maybe even the best superhero movie as well.
Don't take that as me bashing Beyond either. Spider-Verse is that good.
Don't take that as me bashing Beyond either. Spider-Verse is that good.
Really odd comparison.
Spiderverse's animation is really good.
Batman Beyond is better on all other areas. Makes sense though, it has far more time to flesh out its world and characters.
Spiderverse would have benefited a ton from being a show. Miles was the only character to get enough of an arc and the multiverse thing was underutilized, it felt more like a pilot with some quickly wrapped up storylines to make it a complete movie.
Spiderverse's animation is really good.
Batman Beyond is better on all other areas. Makes sense though, it has far more time to flesh out its world and characters.
Spiderverse would have benefited a ton from being a show. Miles was the only character to get enough of an arc and the multiverse thing was underutilized, it felt more like a pilot with some quickly wrapped up storylines to make it a complete movie.
I found the opening 30 minutes of Spiderverses animation too jarring. Didn't get into the storyline much either.
Batman Beyond every day of the week!
Batman Beyond every day of the week!
This, really.
I loved SV, but BB was always tops for me, even over TAS. It was shorter than TAS but told a better story, its highs were just as high, its lows weren't as low and its mean quality was much better overall as a result. Plus it had the best DCAU movie with ROTJ.
Even with that, BB REALLY dropped the ball when JLU decided to connect everything to Bruce Wayne. It was the kind of assault that took me out of the series and made me never want to revisit it. Terry McGinnis should've been his own man.
Can OP seriously not go for a while without another marvel vs dc thread? Do you need these to validate your personal opinion even if the comparison makes little sense?