I became a fan of the Batman character somewhat late in life, it happened after I saw Tim Burton's amazing film that depicted The Dark Knight as something truly dark and frightening. Adding to the strength of the screenplay are assured vocal performances from a first rate cast that features Kevin Conroy, Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Bob Hastings, Mark Hamill, Dana Delany, Hart Bochner, Stacy Keach, Abe Vigoda and Dick Miller. The image appears clean, sharp and allows the viewer to savor the dark shading of the animation.
Colors are strong and well reproduced, without any signs of distortion.
Additionally, the transfer features an excellent black level that brings out the noir quality of the stylized animation. The two-channel Dolby Digital soundtrack decodes to standard surround, with surprisingly good results. Of course, being only matrixed surround, the soundtrack does have the inherent sonic limitations of the older format. Still, the mix has good channel separation across the forward soundstage and the surrounds supply a good deal of atmosphere. Dialogue is especially well produced, showing the quality of the original recordings.