Batman: Year One - October 18, 2011 - Review up

[Batman1980]

Originally Posted by Clark Kent

I think the Batman movies sell without a problem, Batman has lots of fans outside of the comics world that have never read a comic but buy anything with him in it. Most of Nolan's Batman is derived from Miller's handling of the character.

I really like the Robin character so I hope we get another Batman animated feature soon that focuses a lot on him like Under the Red Hood did. Still a bit sad Nolan pretty much acts like the guy doesn't exist.

[Mandalorian]

Yeeesh.

[danman227460]

Nolan doesn't act like he doesn't exist, its just that Nolan decided to focus more on the how Bruce becomes Batman, how he suffers through the battle to keep Gotham safe while having a life and how he will become The Batman that will protect Gotham.

Besides I think Robin appears later on in the series and is not important in the early stages of Batman's life.

Originally Posted by Darth Anakin

I really like the Robin character so I hope we get another Batman animated feature soon that focuses a lot on him like Under the Red Hood did. Still a bit sad Nolan pretty much acts like the guy doesn't exist.

[Mandalorian]

Originally Posted by danman227460

Nolan doesn't act like he doesn't exist, its just that Nolan decided to focus more on the how Bruce becomes Batman, how he suffers through the battle to keep Gotham safe while having a life and how he will become The Batman that will protect Gotham.

Besides I think Robin appears later on in the series and is not important in the early stages of Batman's life.

Exatly. Robin wasn't his sidekick that early.

[detective392]

Batman: Year One' Lines Up Voice Cast, Sets Comic-Con Premiere (Exclusive)

Bryan Cranston, Ben McKenzie, Eliza Dushku and Katee Sackhoff have been tapped to star as the voices in Batman: Year One, the adaptation of the Frank Miller comic book classic from Warner Premiere, DC Entertainment and Warner Bros. Animation.

Lauren Montgomery and Sam Liu are directing the movie, the 12th entry in the successful series of DC universe animated originals. Tab Murphy wrote the script.

The feature adapts the landmark four-issue story written by Miller and drawn by David Mazzucchelli that first appeared in 1987 on the heels of Miller's seminal work, Batman: The Dark Knight Returns. Those tomes, along with The Watchmen, helped elevate the comics medium, changing the public's perception of the art form and influencing Hollywood writers and artists to this day.

In Year One, a young Bruce Wayne is first starting out as a costumed vigilante. He creates an early bond with Lieutenant James Gordon, whose importance in the tale makes it as much as Gordon's story as Wayne's.

Cranston is playing Gordon, while McKenzie is Wayne/Batman. Dushku voices Catwoman, while Sackhoff is Detective Sarah Essen, a Gordon love interest.

Additionally, Alex Rocco lends his pipes as crime lord Carmine Falcone.

As one of the holy grails in comic books, Year One will be closely scrutinized for faithfulness, but superhero animation veteran Bruce Timm, who is exec producing, says there is very little in the movie that isn't in the comic.

"The source material is surprisingly cinematic; it's a pretty straight forward literal retelling," he says. "Mazzucchelli's artwork is beautifully composed and we were able to refer to the comic for about 80 percent of the camera setups."

Cranston, an Emmy winner for AMC's Breaking Bad, says he initially turned down the chance to work on Year One, not even wanting to read the script. He blames it on his ignorance of the animation medium as well as the classic comics.

"I wasn't aware of this level of storytelling in animation. I confess that freely," he says. "They didn't give the characters the short shrift. I was stunned."

[kdawq]

Awesome stills!!..Day One for this guy!

[Mandalorian]

Originally Posted by kdawq

Awesome stills!!..Day One for this guy!

And this guy!

[detective392]

Originally Posted by kdawq

Awesome stills!!..Day One for this guy!

Same here really looking forward to this and will definitely be a day buy.

[McCrutchy]

Hopefully, since they were able to impress Cranston, that means we have someting a bit more special than the usual Warner Premiere title here. So far, the ones I have seen have been good, but not great (Superman / Batman: Apocalypse, Batman: Under the Red Hood and Batman: Gotham Knight) in my humble opinion.

[srinivas1015]

Which store is Amazon price-matching for this and Under The Red Hood?

[SixSpeedSamurai]

Day 1. The stills look awesome.

One of my favorite Batman tales. Great tale of Bruce creating Batman and the start of his relationship with Gordon. Also shows that Gordon is a tough SOB in his own right.

I geeked out pretty huge during Batman Begins in the scene

[Show spoiler]when Batman calls in the bats, lifted out of Year One

. I hope they keep it in the movie.

[Beast]

I'll be buying it. But damn, will they quit riding Batman and Superman's capetails and do something else?

The Wonder Woman and Green Lantern films were two of their best. And it sucks the Titans film is dead.

Just take some risks and some chances. Batman and Supes are freakin' boring, especially Superman.

[Clark Kent]

Originally Posted by Darth Anakin

I really like the Robin character so I hope we get another Batman animated feature soon that focuses a lot on him like Under the Red Hood did. Still a bit sad Nolan pretty much acts like the guy doesn't exist.

Just to be clear, Robin is not in Year One at all. Robin does not show up until Year Three, another arc by a different writer.

http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Batman:_Year_Three

[Deviation]

Originally Posted by Darth Anakin

I really like the Robin character [...]

I guess someone has to.

But yeah. Year One is sounding awesome and those stills look fantastic.

[stadanko]

Loved the graphic novel, so no doubt I will be getting this.

should be interesting to hear mckenzie's protrayal of bats. Cranston is awesome, nice to see him part of this.