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Batman Beyond Turns 20: Totally Schway

Bor Gullet

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Today marks 20 years since Batman Beyond premiered, which all together included 52 episodes, and one DTV movie (Return of the Joker). Originally conceived by WB as a kid friendly Batman cartoon, the creative team took what could have been a terrible idea and made it good. It introduced a teenage Batman (Terry McGinnis), and an aging Bruce Wayne.
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Terry McGinnis later appeared in the shows Static Shock and Justice League Unlimited, before getting an ongoing comicbook series in 2011.
The comics are mostly garbage.
 
Sephzilla

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Batman Beyond is low key the third best DCAU show behind BTAS and STAS. I liked this show a lot more than Justice League and JLU, honestly.

Terry is also the only Bruce replacement that I accept
 
Miker

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Such a great premise let down by a somewhat poor rogue's gallery (barring Inque) and middling monster of the week episodes. The best episodes were the ones that involved Bruce and his past.
 
wenis

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an old roommate left behind his unsealed Batman Beyond collectors boxset when he moved out. Still haven't opened it. Maybe I'll give it a watch this weekend for old times sake.
 
denx

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Crazy to think this was meant to be a kid's show. It got pretty dark and intense at times.

I dream of the day we get a cinematic adaptation of Beyond.

And damn the intro was cool.
 
Terminus

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Cyberpunk Batman is such a fucking slam dunk that I truly cannot believe they haven't done a live action movie yet.
 
Maximus

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It was a good show, too bad it had to end. The point that Terry was created from Bruce DNA was a bit lame though.
 
Nemesis121

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denx said:
Crazy to think this was meant to be a kid's show. It got pretty dark and intense at times.

I dream of the day we get a cinematic adaptation of Beyond.

The intro theme was EDGY but damn if it wasn't cool.
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Kids show?? It premiere in primetime I remember coming home from work and watching it.
 
Sephzilla

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denx said:
Also I dream of the day we get a cinematic adaptation of Beyond.
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Dream casting time!!

Terry / Batman - Joe Keery (Stranger Things)
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Old Bruce - Michael Keaton (Batman, Birdman)
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Old Joker - Mark Hamill (Batman TAS, Star Wars)
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Derek Powers / Blight - David Tennant (Doctor Who, Jessica Jones)
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metsallica

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The movie was great, the epilogue in JLU was great, the show itself is phenomenal. Heck, I still listen to the theme song on the reg. Second-best DC animated "thing" behind Batman: TAS.
 
Sephzilla

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metsallica said:
The movie was great, the epilogue in JLU was great, the show itself is phenomenal. Heck, I still listen to the theme song on the reg. Second-best DC animated "thing" behind Batman: TAS.
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The JLU episode as a whole is pretty great but
Terry being retconned into Bruce's biological son
is probably one of the most unnecessary retcons ever
 
Masterz1337

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Loved the concept and the show. I'd love to get a nolanverse movie with old Christian Bale. With the aesthetic of altered carbon.
 
Aftermath

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When I first became aware of it i hated the idea of it, I felt it looked stupid as my kid brother would watch it, pfft why would they do this to Batman? Why is it in the future etc etc. So I only ever gave it a glance.

It was only years later when I was reading about it on wiki and rewatched it, I statrted to appreciate it.

It also deserves a bluray boxset
 
Geist

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GOAT cartoon opening.


Terminus said:
Cyberpunk Batman is such a fucking slam dunk that I truly cannot believe they haven't done a live action movie yet.
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Seriously. I could have even seen it if the DCCU was more of a success, since Batfleck was old and worn out it would have been easy to lead that into Beyond territory.

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GOAT Batman design.

FIGHT ME.
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He knows what's up (even if the 3d adaptations have been pretty terrible).
 
AliceAmber

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I love this series. And I keep thinking about this series for the last week or so. Might be time to give it a rewatch.

Also

TWENTY YEARS?!?
 
SigmasonicX

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It's crazy how this came out of WB demanding a series where Bruce teaches a new generation of Batmen in a school setting, which slowly got massaged into the surprisingly dark cartoon we got.
 
UnpopularBlargh

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Maximus said:
It was a good show, too bad it had to end. The point that Terry was created from Bruce DNA was a bit lame though.
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For something so unnecessary and tacked on at least it was done well for the most part. Just like the character of Max!

Overall I love the show. Have all the seasons, and director's cut of the film on DVD. Darwyn Cooke doing the intro was always rad to me.
 
Immortan

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Loved it the first moment I heard the theme song and then the stories the feeling the look. Glad it was made and glad the character still is alive and well today in comic form.
 
McNum

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SigmasonicX said:
It's crazy how this came out of WB demanding a series where Bruce teaches a new generation of Batmen in a school setting, which slowly got massaged into the surprisingly dark cartoon we got.
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Was that the pitch for it? I thought it was something like "Batman in High School", which is a stupid idea, and yet here we are, 20 years later talking about a cartoon that did Batman in High School with a cyberpunk twist and just made it work against all odds.
 
SigmasonicX

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McNum said:
Was that the pitch for it? I thought it was something like "Batman in High School", which is a stupid idea, and yet here we are, 20 years later talking about a cartoon that did Batman in High School with a cyberpunk twist and just made it work against all odds.
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It went through multiple phases. First Bruce Wayne in high school, then Bruce Wayne teaching high schoolers to be Batman.
 
Alpheus

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Loved Will Friedle's portrayal of Terry, really underrated VA I hope he's not hurting for work. Love this damn show so much, shit was hype. Loved the credits score for Return of the Joker.
 
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Bor Gullet

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Davilmar said:
I absolutely hated it. It cheapened both Terry as a character and his relationship with Bruce.
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The whole point is that it's Terry's choice and that he's his own man. His opportunity to make the whole "being Batman" thing work while still managing a stable and fulfilling home life. The episode even gives old Bruce some heartwarming stability in the end, as something of a crotchety Alfred for his Batman Jr.
 
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