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| The Batman - The Complete First Season (DC Comics Kids Collection) | 
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| Director: Ginny Mcswain
Actors: Rino Romano, Alastair Duncan, Evan Sabara, Danielle Judovits, Kevin Michael Richardson
Studio: CW Television Network
Category: DVD
List Price: $19.98
Buy New: $7.99
You Save: $11.99 (60%)
Buy New/Used/Collectible from $7.99
Avg. Customer Rating:  (69 reviews)
Sales Rank: 5769
Format: Animated, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dvd-video, Subtitled, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Media: DVD
Running Time: 30 minutes
Number Of Items: 2
Discs: 2
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: WARD68672D
UPC: 012569686724
EAN: 0012569686724
ASIN: B000CEXFZ6
Release Date: February 7, 2006
Theatrical Release Date: September 11, 2004
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
 Different spin on batman January 7, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
My son loves this batman series and I have to say I quite enjoy it too. It is a different batman than I am used to but it is something my son and I enjoy watching together.
 A Mediocre Season with a Hopeful Ending December 28, 2007
The Batman is not and will never be Batman: TAS. Bruce Timm did a wonderful job creating that masterpiece and I doubt it will ever be duplicated. The first season of The Batman however gives a reason to hope for another good batman series.
Until the last two episodes, this would've been in 1-2 star territory. Some of the villain "updates" are atrocious and those episodes are not very fun to watch. Scarface is a hip gangster-pimp that creates a robot version of himself, Mr. Freeze is some kind of weird wizard and has lost all three-dimensionality, and the Penguin is a martial arts master? In the extras a creator talks of how fun they thought it would be if the Penguin was this amazing fighter, how that would add some "pop" to this character. What an awful decision. These visions of great villains are garbage and the shows greatest failing.
The Joker, though radically different, is not so poorly done. He maintains insanity quite well, and while his voice will never match that perfect Joker provided by Mark Hamill over the years, it's a pretty good imitation. The Joker is a frequent player, which is a plus because he's one of the stronger characters in the show so far.
There is no commissioner Gordon, instead there's a young Black detective and his sassy anti-Batman babe of a partner. While these might be the results of a diversity meeting, they still provide pretty good banter, and Ethan helps Bruce Wayne develop a better sense of identity.
The last two episodes contain a joker story and the creation of Clayface. Clayface's origin in the original Batman: TAS is one of my favorite stories, so naturally I was apprehensive going into these episodes. I was pleasantly shocked. The second-to-last episode does a good job of building up a lot for the season finale, and they absolutely deliver. It's one of the more satisfying episodes of a Batman show I've seen, from Batman: TAS, to Batman Beyond, to this season of The Batman. I won't talk much about it aside from my broad compliments, for fear of taking away from it. Suffice to say a very new clayface is hatched in an episode that makes every single character seem real. If this had been 13 episodes of this quality my review would be 5 stars and consist entirely of the words "buy" and "watch."
Despite the plodding feeling that was ever-present as I pushed through the bulk of the season, the improvements that came about at the very end will see me picking up the next box.
 A Needed Refreshening November 13, 2007
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
After rewatching the first season of the Batman over the weekend, I realized something--this is a cartoon that gets so much right, in spite of the fact that it must contest with BTAS for its right to even exist.
The new Batman series makes great use of its voice talent, not to mention its animators. I don't care what the dissenters say about Joker. Matsuda's conception rules. In fact, all of the character designs are, to me, quite fascinating and compelling.
Upon rewatching the first season, I noticed, too, how often Detectives Yin and Bennett were involved in each episode and found their character development to be top-notch. Each episode paces itself extremely well, and I appreciate the humor involved, especially between Bruce and Alfred. Rino does an awesome job of making Batman gritty. What can I say? I like Rino's voicework.
You do owe it to yourself to watch this on a high-definition tv with an upscaling (or better) DVD player. The colors are simply gorgeous.
The only negative I have would be that there are only 13 episodes.
5 Star Season October 13, 2007
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I don't know why people are giving this poor ratings but I love the first 2 seasons of The Batman.
It has that 50's style animation along w/ updated touches. A more revised Joker & giving The Peguin some martial art moves w/ those creepy twin mimes by his side. I love it. Plus you have U2 The Edge playing the theme song which is excellent. I haven't been following the comic book series so don't know if that's the reason behind some of the ill ratings but take it for what it's worth, a good story line, held my interest, good animation.
Very good May 17, 2007
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
I am impressed with how there is kid and adult humor in this series. I will be ordering all the seasons of this show.
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