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I must admit that back then, I didn't like this series very much, comparing it unfavorably to Batman: The Animated Series.

However, as soon I started watching it, I found it to be a very entertaining series, with many great homages to many characters from DC comics, which are often overlooked in media adaptations.

The whole show is a love letter to the Silver Age of comics (Not only Batman) embracing the campy silliness of some of the stories with some cleverly written scripts.

Definately deserved to be a far more appreciated series.

This show is excellent entertainment suitable and aimed for kids. It pairs one of the most popular and greatest superheroes of all-time with some un-recognized (but good) B or even C level Superheroes that never get much attention. While I like Tim Burton's Batman, love Batman: The Animated Series and love Nolan's Batman, This is not dark, gritty, and doesn't have an amazing awe-inspiring story, but it's it not trying to. This is not the tragic, mob-boss/realistic villain fighting, detective Batman. This is a lighter but not ridiculous (Batman & Robin), superhero Batman. The animation is different than other prior DC Comics cartoon, but it's good, smooth animation.

So, If you want something dark, gritty, and thought provoking like The Dark Knight or Batman The Animated Series? Go watch TDK or TAS. This is entertainment, and some good entertainment at that. I would rather have good, pure entertainment than a failed attempt at another dark Batman.

Fanboys need get over it and stop being whiny baby-men. Remember, there's always that off button on the remote.

That's all I've got to say about that.

Grab a healthy snack and get ready to enjoy a lighter and zanier Batman.

There are a few things that set this show apart from prior shows & cartoons: The show manages to balance a "fun" atmosphere without becoming campy, its often in the first-person narrative (Batman's), and the focus is exclusively on Batman in-costume.

In short, this is a character that enjoys what he does and whatever personal life he has is besides the point.

If you're looking for an operatic interpretation of Batman then prepare to be disappointed. However, if you're a fan of the character then this is a perfectly reasonable way to introduce your children to a beloved character.

I've been a fan of the Batman for 25 years, and got to experience first-hand the evolution of the character from campy cultural powderpuff to Dark Knight. As great as the change has been, sometimes it's necessary to stop trying to out-Frank-Miller the character. (Just look at what they did to the Spirit. Awful.)

The new "B:B&B" is a clever, fun, and completely refreshing take on Dark Knight and the DC Universe, using Silver Age-style artwork and contemporary snappy patter. Special kudos go to whomever is in charge of the music: rousing, brassy big band numbers that add to the show's flair. The new takes on classic characters like Green Arrow and Aquaman (the best take on Aquaman in television history!) is a double scoop of goodness.

Batman is, first and foremost, a comic character, and comics are, first and foremost, supposed to be fun. This series is *FUN*, a real blast to watch. If you can't handle the change, there's a half-dozen other anti-hero animated Batmans to sate your appetite. But you'll be missing out on a whole other dimension of the character. Highly, highly recommended!

The fan I am agree with the different points of view developed here, on the positive and negative sides and in my opinion, the positive slightly takes over. The show is a good surprise because it enables us to see Batman in totally new situations, not only lurking in the dark for the criminal element to rise. Hell, criminals don't always come at night ! In day or at night, in space, on earth and in the sea, why not ? After all, superheroes with or without superpowers were meant to define a modern day mythology, so why should they stick to our or their own particular and gloomy reality ? Batman is a true demigod devoted to justice in every one of its forms, I like the idea of him facing up new challenges, honing his capabilities beyond human perfection everywhere for the cause : as a member of the Green Lantern Corps, as a ghost striving to reanimate his earthly envelope, as a knight in medieval times. About his side-kicks, I particularly like Deadman and Wildcat because of their relative proximity to the universe of Batman in the comic book. Anxious to see Bronze Tiger and the Terrible Trio ! The introduction independent from the rest of the episode reminds of the good old James Bond series. The change of tonality is apparently consistent compared to The Batman, and it was on purpose, contrary to the works of Glen Murakami or Joel Schumacher. This show is an opportunity to rehabilitate old foes from the 60 (a similar choice is being made in the books, King tut recently appeared in Batman Confidential), as well as give more solidity to other DC heroes, it also brings a bit of detachment and lightness from all the darkness of the character, which I like most of the time, but that has gone too far now. A refreshing change.

This cartoon is absolutely fantastic and mind-blowingly good. Sadly, it isn't Batman: TAS, but it doesn't pretend to be either. Instead, it is a perfect blend of modern and retro that doesn't take itself too seriously but is clearly articulate and deliberate.

One thing I really love about the new Batman are the different characters involved in the series: Aquaman, the Atom, Green Arrow, Tornado, instead of the usual suspects. The story lines are also very different and very charming. Another positive note are the little mini-intros before the credits roll that allow viewers to broaden their exploration in the world of the Dark Knight.

The only reason I'm not giving this wonderful cartoon 10 out of 10 is because it doesn't at all attempt to incorporate Bruce Wayne. I think there could be plenty of opportunities to include something with the comic and clumsy Bruce Wayne that the story writers probably intentionally left out to further the dichotomy between this show and our old and beloved Batman: TAS.

Awesome show. Watch it without thinking about Batman: TAS. 9/10.

I was not sure what to expect when I first started watching the show. I knew that the cartoon would not have a dark version of Batman, like in Batman: The Animated Series through Justice League Unlimited, which is what I prefer. This cartoon may be an even more friendly take on Batman and the DC universe, but I enjoyed most of it. I actually enjoyed Aquaman more than Batman in this series because of his humor. My favorite episode is Chill of the Bat! in which Batman confronts the murderer of his parents, Joe Chill. Chill of the Bat! is the only darker episode of the series. I didn't rate this a 10 because some of the dialogue and episodes are just too out there, as in too kid friendly and corny.

I am having the best time watching this show! I have seen 4 episodes so far (Evil Beneath the Sea, Fall of the Blue Beetle, Eyes of Despero, Journey to the Center of the Bat). The show is so much fun and very funny besides! I love Batman's deadpan delivery of perfect hero-of-few-words lines. Aquaman's larger-than-life god-hero with his inane re-tellings of his own adventures really cracks me up! The stories are lively and interesting with more supernatural elements than I would expect in a Batman story. While several of the characters are familiar (Aquaman, Green Lantern, Plastic Man) there are many inventive heroes and villains unfamiliar to me.

I came to IMDb to see who was responsible for the wonderful tone of the show (i.e. "Who writes this stuff?") in order to check out their other work, but there are so many people involved I can't tell.

This cool animated film is splendid and mind-bending good. Sadly, it is not Batman: TAS, however, it would not fake to be either. Instead, it's far a super combo of present-day and unfashionable that does not take itself too critically, however, is articulate and deliberate. One aspect I love approximately the brand-new Batman is the unique characters worried about inside the series: Aquaman, the Atom, Green Arrow, Tornado, as opposed to the same old suspects. The storylines also are unique and charming. Another high-quality word is the little mini-intros earlier than the credit roll that lets visitors develop their exploration inside the global of The Dark Knight. The handiest purpose I'm now no longer giving this exceptional, cool animated film 10 out of 10 is that it would not in any respect try to comprise Bruce Wayne. I suppose there can be lots of possibilities to encompass something with the comedian and clumsy Bruce Wayne that the tale writers in all likelihood deliberately disregarded, in addition to the dichotomy among this display and our vintage and liked Batman: TAS.

This is a great show! I love how it adds very under-appreciated superheroes like green arrow. The comedy is hilarious especially in the blue beetle episode. Although it is not as good as BTAS I still like it for different reasons. Overall it is a fun goofy show in the style of the old Adam West batman. I hope this series will catch on and go for many seasons. This show is great because it allows people to be able to watch a family friendly batman show. This show also has some very great and colorful animation unlike any other show on cartoon network. It has great team ups with lesser known B level superheroes like blue beetle,plastic man,green arrow,and red tornado. It's nice to know cartoon network finally has a new good show going for it!

I'm still ambivalent about this series. Frankly, I do not see why anyone except Bruce Timm is allowed to be anywhere near a DC superhero, especially Batman. I found "THE Batman" an abominable waste of time and money, at least until they producers got smart and hired Timm's staff to rescue their show.

Okay, that said, I'm willing to give this a shot. For starters, it's a pleasant evocation of the late-Silver Age, early-Bronze Age comics series THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD.

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Although the series had started off as a generic adventure anthology, by the mid-60s the comic had settled on a format of Batman paired with a different guest each issue. (WORLDS FINEST was the monthly Batman-Superman team-up.) The stories were a good way to give a spotlight to lesser characters and to give Batman a different style of story. Robin almost never appeared in this series. Ironically this series was responsible for the revamping of Batman into the character we now know, when artist Neal Adams was able to make aesthetic changes through this series that he could not make in the main books DETECTIVE COMICS and BATMAN. When fan reaction preferred Adams' B&B look to that of the the other books, the other books finally gave in and we finally had the rise of "The Dark Knight."

The art style of the animated B&B is a pleasant surprise. It evokes the distinctive style of the great but under-appreciated RAMONA FRADON, the woman Darwyn Cooke copies, and the great but quirky DICK SPRANG, with aspects of Paul Dini's inimitable designs.

The storytelling is aimed at a younger and definitely non-cynical audience. I have no problem with that. This is a Batman who is well-established in his world, who is comfortable with his role, and is looking to expand his legacy by interacting with others. Depending on the status of the guest, the interaction can be that of mentor-student or that of equals.

In brief, this is a really good 1960s-era TV series crafted with modern budgets, skills, and sensibilities.

The campy writing of this series with the impossible tools, cars, and action sequences make this show deserving of only one season. There is a proper way to portray the Batman in a kid friendly way that does not bring the horrible Batman of the 1960's back.

The characters are two-dimensional and unbelievable.

If you want this type of writing watch the Power Rangers. This type of writing is what nearly destroyed the Batman mythos.

DC should shelve this garbage and hopefully it will be just an ugly blemish.

Children deserve good writing, otherwise garbage in and garbage out.

I have to give this show very high marks for creativity and it rightfully has an honored spot in the DC Universe of things. Printed comic books today seem so unreadable and different from the days when these DC heroes were created. However, what we see in this show is more like the super heroes we know. In fact the show pays homage to so many heroes and characters and images from the Golden Age era to the modern era, it's pretty obvious that the people involved with this are passionate - the very element missing from printed comic books today.

The Bruce Timm versions of Batman, Superman, Justice League/Unlimited etc., set a very high standard for writing and voice acting. I won't say this is better only that it is different, but well done in the same way. It's extremely hard to make a show like this for kids and yet still satisfy the long-time fans like myself. I can only say that the creators have satisfied this long time fan. They have struck just the right balance here.

It is particularly creative they way old and obscure characters are properly developed and good stories are written around them. Fans will also appreciate the images and references from every single version of Batman from every media where he's ever appeared. Well done. These small things are invisible to kids but recognizable to the baby boomers.

I really hope the next series is "World's Finest" which was the Superman/Batman comic from days gone by. "Batman: The Brave and the Bold" is like a good comic book from the days when comic books were good.

If only someone would pay as much care and attention to the Marvel stable of heroes in animation as the creators of this series are doing with the DC stable. The only thing I took a star off for was because several voice actors, including the lead, are not speaking in their natural voices. Of course some actors, i.e., Corey Burton are skilled character voice actors and do great work here. I suppose we can all get spoiled with Kevin Conroy's Batman from the earlier shows - and he does make an appearance here as an alternate universe Batman.

I do not know if the alternate universe story lines used in this series originate from modern comics -- but they are certainly adapted to great effect here and are the best of the bunch as far as the episodes go. I think the idea of the bad guys being good guys and the good guys being bad guys in alternate universes is done so well and develops the characters so creatively -- I just can say enough good things. Who would not be intrigued by "The Red Hood" -- a heroic version of the Joker? The minor heroes like Aquaman are likewise three-dimensional.

It's worth a season pass on your Tivo for sure. Great work being done with this material.

This show is awesome. It is campy, clever and just plain silly. Just like the old Adam West Batman show used to be. This cartoon was such a refreshing change form the over abundance of the dark brooding batman shows lately. They bring in those silly characters you never see in the darker batman. Which is AWESOME! Characters like Aquaman, Plastic man, The Blue Beetle, etc... Even Batmite!. This show needs to come back in a major way! not enough people have given it the chance it deserves. This is silver age Batman. Something some people who like the boring old dark knight series may never get. Batman the campy version is just plain ridiculous fun!!!

If the Animated Series of the 1990's hearkened back to a darker Batman of the 1940'sw, TBATB hearkens to a Batman who is more kitschy, more science fiction, more zany that was Batman in the 1950's and 1960's.

Batman has always had an interesting history, the emblem of his publishing house. In the 1940's, he was the symbol of Detective Comics, an offshoot of the rather violent crime comics of the period that came under fire in the 1950's. Then he mutated into a strange Science-fiction character. As DC assimilated more diverse comics in other genres, Batman found himself teamed with disparate characters in attempts to boost their numbers.

This series goes retro in their portrayals- We see the Flash and Green Arrow of earlier days, combined with the modern Hispanic Blue Beetle and Asian Atom.

If I have a complaint with this series, I ask where are the female heroes and villains. I think so far, we've seen only a handful.

Update- I'm taking back some of what I said. The show took a lot of really bizarre turns in the later seasons, and kind of ruined many of the characters. Not to mention a lot of episodes with death in them. Did you guys forget you were writing a show for CHILDREN?

It is obvious the creators are fans of the website Superdickery.com, even taking some of the bizarre covers and working them into story lines. Do they not realize these were examples of BAD comic books?

Non-fans of Silver Age Batman are not. As simple as that. Some stinkers in between (mainly the Gail Simone one, Chill of the night and the Scooby-Doo Team up) but on the whole highly entertaining. And Henry Winkler as Ambush Bug Rocks! (contrary to his ultra-sucky 80's comic series equivalent).

After what must have been almost a year off of TV (actually only a few months), Batman returns to the mini-world of television with a new animated series. Let's just get this out of the way, this is not Batman: The Animated Series. Hell, it does not even try to mimic the former. This Batman is a whole lot less serious, and has an assortment of sidekicks including Blue Beetle and Green Arrow. There is also the return of huge gadgets and talkative villains and it tries to emulate the Superfriends art style. Though, the throwback animation style does fit in with the story they are telling.

While this series is obviously intended for two year olds, I've quite enjoyed the first few episodes. It wasn't too cheesy, but had its screwball moments (most of it takes place in space in which apparently Batman can breathe quite freely) and the show has potential with the ability to pull in a variety of characters from all over the DC universe. Also, the actor who played Batman is already miles ahead of Rino Romano.

The longevity of the show is in question with the lack of creativity. This is the type of show that can start falling back on the material they are actually trying to parody.

As a 17 year old female, I grew up on Batman, I love the Tim Burton movies, adore the animated series, liked Dark Knight and SubZero and sort of enjoyed Batman Forever. Batman and Robin though disappointed me, I know it is rather clichéd dragging this film down through the mud, but I was disappointed in how unintentionally camp it was.

Batman:The Brave and the Bold is not the best of Batman, but that doesn't mean it is bad. In fact it is quite good. While lacking darkness and sophisticated edge, it is fresh, fun and exciting. The animation style is well above average with interesting character designs and fluid colour, and the music is rousing and fun. The story lines do hold interest, the characters are great especially the villains even if Batman isn't as dark and brooding as I have come to remember him by and the voice acting is expressive and dynamic. Overall, a fun show, might be disappointing for Batman enthusiasts but for those who want a change for the better this is for you! 8/10 Bethany Cox

It's really a DC mentality issue in having different versions of heroes continuity problems and trying to make Batman appeal to different audiences... But putting that aside...there's barely any joker, cat woman, Riddler, Penguin or two face but many minor league villains, kite man, quilt master... The guest heroes are stale and repetitive. Green Arrow is the minors Batman is the Majors, Beetle Boy, a Robot Tornado, and a very Dorked up Aquaman...which the film managed to make not dorky..and an occasional Atom man...Give me some more lantern or Robbin, Wonder Woman, Flash, Superman if you must have inter dimensional and time travel nonsense. And keep Batman's outfit consistent, get rid of the yellow target on his chest and make it all Black or grey and black. Also does Bruce Wayne or Alfred exist in this cartoon....DC has added so much and there's just constant repetition. To be Frank they've been effective in 1960 Batman, 2006-2012 Trilogy, the 1991-93 cartoon. But this is just killing children's brain cells. Animation style is fun in general.

Not that it's any fault of the cartoon, DC comics just created a story disaster for themselves in some attempt to reinvent their heroes to compete with marvel and they failed. But once your going into space and time traveling you can only make it campy in an animated sense. It's light and fun but the humor doesn't come through as well because the animation is done well... As opposed to 1966 you just had phenomenal regular villains from Caesar Romano's Joker to Julie Newmar's catwoman. Adam West brought "Square" to an entirely new level. Explaining to Robin that even deputized crime fighters must obey the Traffic Laws, and pay the meter is hysterical. Throwing in Aunt Harriet...and the sets were done well and the production was not cheap. So in terms of the "light" crime fighter vs Vincent Price"s Egghead...was just egg-celent LOL. But this is as close as you'll get.

I love the idea. While it is different from the comic, I like the Batman and "B" list combo hero. However, using the voice of "Hoss Delgado" as Batman is weak. I love Deitrich Bader as a voice actor.... but not as Batman. Especially not after Kevin Conroy built-up such an amazing version of Batman. But most importantly.... comic book fans around the world want the 1960's Batman to die. We do not want to expose our kids to it. We didn't like it when Joel Schumacher tried to resurrect the camp of the TV series, and I do not like it now. Bruce Timm created an amazing archetype for batman. The Brave and the Bold style is trying slide in on the cape of "The Secret Saturdays" TV Series. The style is fine for the "Saturdays".... but Batman deserves much more than that.