So the Arkham thing is not an adaptation of the games, but a new story in the world of the games? Will it use the games' voice cast? Will it be 3D-animated? And would it appeal to someone who, like me, has never played the games?
Son of Batman and Batman: Assault on Arkham (DC animated movies)
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Well, if its just in the same universe, if you like batman you'll probably like it. The games both had stories written by Paul Dini (and a few others I think in Arkham City, but he's definately been involved heavily in both games stories), so hopefully he's doing something on the direct to DVD movie. Both the games stories were comparable in quality to B:TAS (helped by the voice cast) and felt like batman to me. Unless having Dick Grayson as Nightwing, Bartbara Gordon as Oracle and Tim Drake as a 15-16 year old Robin (instead of a 12-13 year old like in TNBA) bothers you, I think, if the DVD's story is of similar quality to the games, fans of batman would like the story of the games and definately have no trouble with the universe.
Well i don't know about the other films but Batman: Year One and Batman: The Dark Knight returns Parts 1 and 2 kind of fit together they even had pictures of characters from Year One that were the same design in Dark Knight Part 2.
It will probably be accessible to people who haven't played the games besides depending on when it takes place in regards to the games there probably won't be much backstory that would have to be heavily explained.
^Well, of course those two fit together, since they were both very faithful adaptations of comics by the same writer. So that kind of goes without saying. It's the rest I'm curious about.
And with Arkham, it's not accessibility I'm worried about; as a writer myself, I know that other writers understand the basic principle that every story has to be accessible to a new audience. It's more whether the style and approach would be of interest. I'm not fond of some of the character designs I've seen, for one thing (honestly, nobody seems able to come up with a replacement Harley Quinn costume that isn't hideous).
And with Arkham, it's not accessibility I'm worried about; as a writer myself, I know that other writers understand the basic principle that every story has to be accessible to a new audience. It's more whether the style and approach would be of interest. I'm not fond of some of the character designs I've seen, for one thing (honestly, nobody seems able to come up with a replacement Harley Quinn costume that isn't hideous).
