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What's the best Batman: The Animated Series title card? (UP: Poll added—vote NOW!)
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Just to make clear, the first 30 are in the first poll, the next 30 in the second, and the remainder in the third link. If you don't see the episode(s) you want to choose, check the other links.
There are so many amazing ones but I love love love the title card for Robin's Reckoning.
And the Laughing Fish is cool, when you see that one with the sign swinging and the camera pans down, you know it's going to be a special episode
And the Laughing Fish is cool, when you see that one with the sign swinging and the camera pans down, you know it's going to be a special episode
This is literally impossible.
EDIT: Also we need to acknowledge the artist by name—Eric Radomski, the series' co-creator. He's largely responsible for Gotham's dark, ultra moody Art Deco look, and he does not get enough credit. A true master.
EDIT: Also we need to acknowledge the artist by name—Eric Radomski, the series' co-creator. He's largely responsible for Gotham's dark, ultra moody Art Deco look, and he does not get enough credit. A true master.
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In this universe... there is only one absolute. Everything freeezes.
DC Universe is the only way to stream it, I believe, and that isn't available in every country.
edit: just looked it up and in fact it is still US only.
I thought it was a shame The New Batman Adventures did away with the title cards.
But in some regards the animation is more fluid and consistent then the original B:TAS, the latter of which suffered from inconsistent animation (lots of off-model characters).
But in some regards the animation is more fluid and consistent then the original B:TAS, the latter of which suffered from inconsistent animation (lots of off-model characters).
No matter how much credit she gets for her work, it will never be enough.
IIRC they dropped the title cards partly because Radomski was busy with other projects.
And yeah, there's some pretty funny variances in the ways different studios interpreted the models in BTAS. I remember in one of the episode commentaries Timm laughed at how TMS (I think that was the studio) always drew Batman with a kind of droopy, extra sharp nose. On a technical level, TNBA easily had the better animation, but I think it did lose something in the process.
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He just smashed through a wall, and that's the light shining through.
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God these all could be posters lol. I like the simplicity of Its Never Too Late but the one that stuck out to me most as a kid was Feats of Clay pt 2 and Christmas With Joker.
Really hard to pick. Being a Two Face fan, I'd probably go with "Two Face" but honestly I changed my mind several times just scrolling through the title cards. Just looking at them all instantly reminds me of exactly what the episode was about... the series is a timeless classic in my eyes, heck for the music alone its still damn good. Oh, and Mark Hamill is still my go to Joker. What casting gold that was.
I have a couple
I meant to go through and screencap all of them, but I didn't.
I saw on Twitter that someone got high res versions of them and made their own book. Not sure if they shared the files or not.
My favorites:
I love it for its pure pulpy effect, feels like a Saturday matinee.
It's elegant in its simplicity.
Just great compositing.
I love it for its pure pulpy effect, feels like a Saturday matinee.
It's elegant in its simplicity.
Just great compositing.
They're all so good- the Clayface ones are great, Two-Face is great and Heart of Ice.
Part of what makes them all so great is how I can totally hear the themes when looking at those title cards.
The Grey Ghost theme is so good.
Part of what makes them all so great is how I can totally hear the themes when looking at those title cards.
The Grey Ghost theme is so good.
Man, don't make me choose, they're all so good.
I rewatched BTAS during quarantine and it reminded me why I used to like Batman so much. I'd been getting kinda annoyed by the character in more recent years and I thought I just was no longer a fan, but the animated series still holds up so well!
I rewatched BTAS during quarantine and it reminded me why I used to like Batman so much. I'd been getting kinda annoyed by the character in more recent years and I thought I just was no longer a fan, but the animated series still holds up so well!
I love all of them, but the music accompanying Fire From Olympus takes it to a whole nother level.
Deep Freeze, Mudslisde, and Two-face are so freaking good.
This artistry was wasted on me as a kid.
This artistry was wasted on me as a kid.
Wow, I forgot the show had these and they are all great. Can't really pick a favourite but I like the early and abstract ones with great typography!
The only one I really didn't like at first was 'Avatar'. Then again, it being so different from the other ones kind of conveys a message in itself - like, I could actually imagine expecting one of the toned down title cards after the (awesome) intro and being really startled by the unexpected title card :D
The only one I really didn't like at first was 'Avatar'. Then again, it being so different from the other ones kind of conveys a message in itself - like, I could actually imagine expecting one of the toned down title cards after the (awesome) intro and being really startled by the unexpected title card :D
