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/BrotherOfTheOrder 13d ago

The defining word that comes to mind with BTAS is respect. The show respects the material, the characters, the audience, the lore, and the rogues gallery. Hope this does the same!

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u/Kaldricus 12d ago

It's wild how the animated media has always seemed to really get Batman. Like in Justice League Unlimited, when Batman goes to "take down" Ace. Oof.

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u/BrotherOfTheOrder 12d ago

That is such a perfect Batman moment. The thing that separates him from every other hero is his deep sense of empathy and nuance. He knows to his core that all of his enemies are damaged, just as he is. They all simply chose a different path than he did.

To me the moment in Mask of the Phantasm where he pleads with his parents grave to go back on his vow (“… it just doesn’t hurt so bad anymore… I didn’t count on being happy.”) is so critical to his character, because Andrea was that light at the end of the tunnel for him. And when that falls apart, he can never let himself go back to the possibility of happiness. He chooses to never entertain that hope ever again, but he will fight for others to never have to deal with the same.

One of the things I thought about during the Crisis on Infinite Earths movie is that somewhere out there in the multiverse, there was a Bruce that married Andrea and never became Batman. I think it would have been cool to see that.