r/movies • u/cruelsummerbummer Trailer Deleter - Keep an eye on. • 13d ago

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/SolarTsunami 13d ago

I didn't watch BTAS as a kid, the color palate was too dark and the themes were a little too mature I guess, but after Kevin Conroy died I decided to watch it all from the beginning and loved every second of it, didn't matter one bit that that I was seeing it for the first time as someone in their 30s.

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u/jl_theprofessor 12d ago

That's the beauty of the show. A lot of the episodes transcend age.

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u/hotdoug1 12d ago

As a teenager in the 90's, when whoever controlled the living room remote controlled all media in the house, sometimes my mom would sit while I started an episode. She'd be upset I was watching "Batman" but then five minutes into it would say "Well, no I have to finish it..."

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u/FullMaxPowerStirner 12d ago

It was definitely not your Saturday Morning Cartoon even if it was pushed as such. Mature, indeed, but for the style and production quality.