Batman Beyond and 'kid' friendly cartoons...

[Frontier]

I found it to be a worthy sequel to BTAS.

Granted, nothing could ever live up to the glory that BTAS was, mind you. I mean, the pilot episode had Batman using forensics and microscopes and sound analysis to figure out what was going on; this was in 1992, FFS! Not even in the CSI days of today do kids shows go near such things. In fact, my nephew watches "The Brave and the Bold" and it doesn't even come close to how awesome BTAS was (though it's far superior to the lame-i-tude that was 'The Batman'). They've dumbed down kids shows far to much.

That said, it was a good show. I didn't like it when it was on the air, but I took a risk on the DVDs and was pleasantly surprised. They also later did a series finale (that they didn't get to do during the shows run) as one of the last episodes of the Justice League series that really brought the show full-circle.

 

[Peach Wookiee]

"Epilogue" was a good close and it really gave Terry background. ^^

 

[Admiral James Kirk]

I found it to be a worthy sequel to BTAS.

(though it's far superior to the lame-i-tude that was 'The Batman'). .

The Batman wasn't in the same league as TAS but I wouldn't necessarily call it lame. The Batman Vs. Dracula was an excellent DTV. I found Riddler, Penguin, Batgirl and Robin far more interesting than their TAS counterparts. The Clayface story arc was well done and ran throughout the series. There was a lot to like about TB. There was unfortunately a lot more to revile about it.

 

[Anwar]

The reason Brave and the Bold got a better reception than "The Batman" did was because Brave and the Bold made a deliberate attempt to distance itself from the DCAU's style from the premiere onwards by being a homage to the over-the-top campiness of the Silver Age and doing it shamelessly with no attempt to say "this isn't campy". The Batman tried to be some modern-day dark type to appeal to tweens and as such was caught in the middle rather than commit wholly one way or the other.

I think The Batman wasn't that bad, myself.

 

[Christopher]

I think The Batman did commit to its own particular "young and edgy" approach and distinctive look and style; it just wasn't as bold and striking an approach as TB&TB after it or B:TAS before it. If neither of those shows had existed, I think The Batman would be remembered as a show that held up rather well in comparison to what else was out there in superhero animation. It just has the bad luck of being sandwiched between two really exceptional interpretations of Batman.

 

[Thespeckledkiwi]

Actually I just rewatched the Call and Metropolis was in there. Now that was interesting.

But yeah I mean Batman Beyond only had what? 50 episodes at most to work with?

 

[Hober Mallow]

But yeah to me it was a darker, grittier kid's cartoon. It was violent, it had some very adult themes and very real subjects (like drug use and such).

Yeah, but I bet Batman never talked about his dick.