Batman: Caped Crusader (HBOMax Animated Series) (Abrams and Reeves)

[Ajc228]

Kinda shocked how warm people are on this adaptation. From a visual standpoint, the show is pretty lackluster. The designs make the character faces overly detailed and the bodies pretty simplified-often making characters look like caricatures as opposed fully cohesive designs. The animation is flat and sterile with pretty boring shot composition. It also feels pretty stiff during dialogue scenes with lips just flapping without any character acting to speak of. Lots of medium shots and a strange aversion to the 3/4 model view. The direction is workman like to be generous. Never do I watch an episode of this show and think to myself how cinematic it is. The story is boiler plate Batman stories with a lack of pathos or tragedy that made the original BTAS so special. The more years pass by, the more it becomes apparent that directors like Kevin Altieri and writers like Paul Dini had more to do with the original shows success than solely Bruce Timm.