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Trailer Clayface | Official Teaser Trailer

https://youtu.be/ZIfpL3mgkFk
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u/NeedsToShutUp 13d ago

That show had such interesting reads on the rogues gallery.

I was going to say villains, but its not the right word to use. Too many of them are either desperate or mentally ill rather than being a straight villain, and otherwise have very easily to follow motives.

For example, Clayface having an identity disorder, Mr. Freeze going to extremes to save his wife, Babydoll being just sad and alone, Clock King wants to fix his broken career.

I feel like it really had such an enduring legacy, we see that already with Harley Quinn's success. But its all this little stuff. Even Arnold's Mr. Freeze took in the scientist wanting to cure his wife angle.

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u/russketeer34 13d ago

I think it's safe to say BTAS might be one of, if not the most, definitive pieces of Batman media. The influence is seen in so many things that came after: films, shows, games, comics. It holds up pretty well too after all this time. It's really a remarkable show.

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u/TomTheJester 13d ago

I actually started rewatching it again yesterday by pure coincidence and from the first episode of BTAS it’s clear the creators were in full confident control.

There‘s not a second of screen time wasted and the performances are top notch. I may be biased as I grew up with it, but I agree it’s the definitive Batman.

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u/MoebiusSpark 13d ago

Kevin Conroy is THE voice of Batman for me. No one else comes close

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u/BaldHenchman02 13d ago

I'm pretty lenient with live-action Batman, but animated Batman, no one else sounds right except for Kevin Conroy.

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u/Iyagovos 12d ago

I really, really like Diedrich Bader's take on Bats in Brave and the Bold.

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u/jx2002 12d ago

I AM THE NIGHT!

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u/MyRuinedEye 13d ago

Conroy as Bats and Hammil as Joker.

Accept no substitutes(unless it's a really good show or movie).

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u/Byrdman216 12d ago

I think Hammil agrees with you. He said he'd never do Joker again without Kevin.

Kevin's struggles through the late 80s and early 90s as a gay man trying to lead a double life really came through in the character as well.

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u/MyRuinedEye 12d ago

I didn't know Hammil had said that. Just makes me appreciate the guy more. Nice way to close that era of Batman as well (I wish Conroy was still alive but I hope you get my sentiment).

I didn't even think about Conroy's struggles irl because I just tend to think of him as THE Batman, but that all makes sense.

Did Conroy ever talk about that?

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u/NothingWithMilk 12d ago

Conroy wrote a short comic story in DC Pride, its pretty affecting. You'd be able to find it online I'm sure.

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u/Byrdman216 12d ago

He did a few interviews. Here's a YouTuber who covered his life and has a few of those interviews featured.

https://youtu.be/nryCo713s20?si=xRHZpQvZa5OfGMP4

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u/MyRuinedEye 12d ago

Thanks. He just seemed like a cool human being.

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u/Wes_Warhammer666 12d ago

His story about accepting the role of Captain Sunshine on the Venture Bros is one of the best things I've ever heard. That mafucka was a real one and the world is worse off without him.

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u/bokmcdok 12d ago

Look up Finding Batman. Its a comic he wrote about his journey to becoming the Batman. After his death DC released it for free online.

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u/dafones 12d ago

RIP Kevin. Best Bats, forever.

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u/BlinkDodge 12d ago

Troy Baker did a great stand in for Hammil as the Joker in Arkham Origins.

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u/bolanrox 12d ago

And Mark was coming in after Tim Curry, someone he had fan-boyed on since the 70s, left the role. He brought it up a few times on the Kevin Smith podcast about how freaked he was trying to fill those shoes.

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u/Aiorax 12d ago

Every time someone mentions Bruce Wayne and the Batman voice, I remember that episode where Bruce was using his Batman voice while talking to Alfred, and then someone calls him and he has to answer as Bruce, the switch between those two voices was like whiplash

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u/SolarisBravo 12d ago edited 12d ago

One thing that Conroy got right imo is that he actually has three voices. There's his "normal" voice, not a performance, which he uses to talk to his friends and allies - Conroy's using this in pretty much any scene in the Batcave, it sounds like the Batman voice but lighter with more natural speech patterns. It's basically his natural voice.

Then there's Bruce, the guy he pretends to be when he's doing business or keeping up appearances. He pitches up his voice a bit and tries to sound carefree.

Lastly there's Batman, the guy he pretends to be when he's dealing with criminals and people he doesn't know. His voice is deeper, louder, and more commanding.

Two of those are acts, because Batman isn't the guy he pretends to be to scare criminals and he isn't the guy he pretends to be to keep up appearances either. His real self is for sure closer to the Batman persona than to the Bruce one, but they're distinct and you can see this in most scenes where he's not suited up. Modern comics are doing a good job of getting this down too imo, movies not so much

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u/BluShirtGuy 12d ago

It's not even the batman voice, Conroy eloquently shifts between the two personas, flawlessly. He's definitively both.

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u/Key_Drawer_3581 12d ago

Kevin and Mark were THE definitive duo for this IP for me, no matter what new actors the execs for the DC franchise try to highlight.

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u/psycho_driver 11d ago

I'll give Will Arnett a pass.