From: kathyli@sdcrsi.cray.com (the Rev. Mom)
Subject: Re: Some comments on BATMAN: THE ANIMATED SERIES
Summary:  Just some comments.
Organization: CRS San Diego UUCP Gateway
Date: Mon, 7 Sep 1992 17:17:08 GMT

> tcw@kepler.unh.edu (Timothy C Webb) writes:

>   It kind of annoys me that this _was_ made to cash in on the films (very few
>current cartoons don't try to promote something), but I'm hoping they can get
>away from this as the series continues. One difference will be the appearance
>of Robin, of course. I don't know when he'll be introduced in the series, but
>he'll be there.

At San Diego Comic Con, they said about 1 in every 5 episodes
will have Robin.  It'll be Dick Grayson [cheers arose from the
audience.  Me, I prefer Carrie Kelly :-], college age, wearing
a modified version of the Neal Adams ninja-boot costume, not the
Robin red-breast one.

>Hopefully they'll use other villains aside from The Joker, The
>Penguin, and Catwoman who were in the two movies (how about the Riddler?).

The words they used were "Everybody but Killer Moth." 
 
>Scott Streeter <ss@wpi.wpi.edu> writes:
 
>tcw>  Hopefully they'll use other villains aside from The Joker,
>tcw> The Penguin, and Catwoman who were in the two movies (how about
>tcw> the Riddler?).

>Well they just had the Man-Bat episode, and the previews for tomorrow
>showed Doctor Freeze.

Mister Freeze.  :-)

>Also Havey Dent made a small apprerance in the
>Man-Bat episode, flipping a coin. Looks like Two-Face will be around
>soon too.

You betcha.  He'll be Harvey Dent for a while, and the Two-Face
episode is a two parter.  They play with the origin a bit, but
it's *fun* play.

Villains that got mentioned were Dr. Milo [Treat Williams'
voice], Count Vertigo [Michael York's voice], the Penguin [Paul
Williams' voice], the Joker [was Tim Curry, but is now Mark
Hammill] and Satana [Julie Brown]. David Warner's playing Ra
Shagul, and Barbara Gordon [in her pre-Batgirl state) is being
played by Melissa Gilbert Brinkman, and everybody noticed that
Catwoman was Adrienne Barbeau, right?

They also mentioned that there's going to be an episode where
Adam West will play an actor who portrayed the Grey Ghost on tv,

> Enrique Conty <conty@cbnewsl.cb.att.com> writes:
>
>Character designs: Yes, they do have a family resemblance to the old
>		   Fleischer SUPERMAN cartoon which is why Bruce Wayne
>		   is the typical lantern-jawed hero.  From what I've seen
>		   so far, the character designs will be closer to the
>		   comic than the movies, with some differences (a definite
>		   improvement in the case of Mr. Freeze, I must say).

Mr. Freeze and The Riddler were both designed by comic book
artist Mike Mignola.

The writing team includes comic book writers like Michael Reeves,
Len Wein, Marv Wolfman, Mike Barr and Denny O'Neil.

>Music:		   Wow.  The music here REALLY contributes to the feel of
>		   the show.  The score is based upon Elfman's soundtrack
>		   for the movies, but there is LOTS of original music here.
>		   In fact, both episodes I've seen had their own "theme",
>		   if you will.

The scoring is done by Shirley Walker, who did a lot of
orchestration for Elfman for the movies.  She's good.

>Voice acting:	   Feh.  The secondaries were good, and Batman's voice wasn't
>		   all that bad, but the Bruce Wayne voice was godawful.
>		   Very dopey-sounding.  BTW, District Attorney Harvey Dent
>		   was played in LEATHER WINGS by Richard Moll of NIGHT
>		   COURT fame.  Quite a departure, IMO.

The secondaries were good for a reason. Manbat was Marc Singer and
Dr. March was voiced by Rene Auberjenois.  This is *definitely* a
series where you need a vcr, just to read the damn voice credits.

I'm reserving judgement on Kevin Conrad's acting ability until
I've seen more of the show. I kind of like the dopey Wayne
voice--especially when he answered the phone call in the Bat Cave.
Admittedly, it's not subtle, but then I'm a thickskulled kind'a
girl sometimes.

And I *really* like the back-and-forth with Alfred.

--Kathy Li aka the Rev. Mom
-- 
------------------------| Alfred: My heavens! You mean it *wasn't* you 
kathyli@sdcrsi.cray.com |         tossing guards out of windows last night?
------------------------| Batman: I only toss butlers, Alfred.
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