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I've been slowly making my way through Young Justice for the first time. I'll probably start on Batman Beyond after that. And I skipped over Batman: Death in the Family on physical so I'll get to that too.
BTAS doesn't need new episodes. If it was a limited series with a specific purpose then that would maybe change my mind, like the only thing I could see worthy would be the Near Apocolypse of '09 or a similar story event or one-off movie maybe to bring an end to TNBA/DCAU. If this show got screwed over in some way during the original run then I'd also have a different tune but it didn't and it had a great run. And new episodes really aren't needed nor will they truly capture what we enjoy about these shows. I know it was a huge show when we were kids and we all loved it and it was important to us at that time but the show's time has passed. Just like X-Men TAS or Spider-Man TAS and the like when we were growing up. I'd rather see new shows then those brought back to be shells of their former selves. This wouldn't ruin what I hold special about these older shows but they had their time. But with all these streaming services and stuff now everyone and their dog wants their favorite shows as a kid brought back and it's so ... predictable and boring. These are nearly 30-year old shows and I'd rather see new takes than bringing back yet another old franchise to be dusted off, given a jolt with no gaurantee of quality, and then put back on the shelf and promptly forgotten again. Of course in the end I suppose it doesn't hurt anything but it seems to cynical and empty to do something like that. Let them be and let's see what today's creators can do and what neat new things they can come up.
Personally I think only a handful of DCAU shows could be "brought back" successfully and the list is short. Batman Beyond and JLU is it really and maybe Static. The rest I think are past that point but these three could be likely be done well. They shouldn't be though. Let new voices work on these characters. Outside of the odd DC Universe Movie I hope the DCAU stays relatively buried with the exception of an absolute final send-off with no other DCAU content to follow. I enjoy visiting every once and awhile and that's enough. Let's keep the new stuff coming please.
I mostly agree with your post, though I would rather see a TNBA style show than a BTAS style show, because at least there have been precedents for a return to the style of TNBA ("Mystery of the Batwoman", "Batman & Harley Quinn", and even the flashback in "Return of the Joker") and those films have been made since the transition from hand-drawn animation to digital animation. BTAS, on the other hand, technically ended with "Batgirl Returns" (or "Sub-Zero", I suppose) -- back when hand-drawn animation was still the norm. So a return to the BTAS style would look weird. I don't think that it would be convincing. And it would be jarring to go from this new BTAS entry to early TNBA episodes like "Holiday Knights", if one were to proceed in "DCAU chronological order". I just think that it would be too bizarre to go back to BTAS, but TNBA, on the other hand... I know that people feel strongly about this subject, so I just want to add that I don't mean to annoy anyone with my post.People (not you, necessarily) seem to be focusing on the "mixed results" of Young Justice Season 3 or stuff like the "Batman and Harley Quinn" movie. I get it. Sometimes they mess it up.
But I look to what the creators did for Samurai Jack Season 5, and I retain hope....
If they do bring back "Batman: The Animated Series", my hope is more on a batch of 10 to 13 episodes just showing regular cases/standard fights against villains. We don't need major plot points showing how Batman and Barbara Gordon became lovers, or something showing the origin of another Robin. Don't crank up the violence and sex since "We no longer have to follow the rules of 90's TV!", just do a "love letter" batch of episodes, done in the art style of the early "Batman: The Animated Series" episodes, not in the style of "The New Batman Adventures", have Batman solving a Riddler scheme, fighting Killer Croc, battling the Joker.
That's all I want.
BTAS, on the other hand, technically ended with "Batgirl Returns" (or "Sub-Zero", I suppose) -- back when hand-drawn animation was still the norm. So a return to the BTAS style would look weird.
I think Samurai Jack Season 5 (which was all done on computers) did a great job of mimicking the hand drawn look, and I'm just wondering if that sort of thing is possible with the original "BTAS" style. Or for the "TNBA" art style, for that matter (that was hand drawn, wasn't it?).
I think the technology is available to mimic the art style, that's all I'm saying. Or at least, that would be my hope.
It's also quite funny that the HBO Max thread has been overtaken by talk of BTAS, though granted, it's happening because of the revival rumor.I'm sitting here thinking to myself that, with all this talk about reviving a Batman cartoon, we still don't have a solo cartoon for Wonder Woman...but this is DC/WB, so they probably would bring back a Batman cartoon instead of doing something new .
There was also the Arkham Knight game and a few Robot Chicken sketches .
Well next year is the 30th anniversary of BTAS and it's still very fondly remembered to this day. I don't know what WB Animation will do but as long as I get to hear both Kevin Conroy and Mark Hamill as Batman/Joker again thats all that I ask forIt's also quite funny that the HBO Max thread has been overtaken by talk of BTAS, though granted, it's happening because of the revival rumor.
DC Universe ordered 26 episodes each for Young Justice and Harley Quinn (but this one was split into 2 seasons). the 4th season of YJ, now moving to HBO Max, is also set to have 26 episodes.
Also I think the suggestion above was to continue TNBA until it would reach 52 episodes, meaning only 28 would be needed.
This year will be the 25th anniversary of STAS and we've yet to have another solo Superman series, canon or brand new canon. The closest was Legion of Super-Heroes. I'd rather see a Superman or a Wonder Woman show.Well next year is the 30th anniversary of BTAS and it's still very fondly remembered to this day. I don't know what WB Animation will do but as long as I get to hear both Kevin Conroy and Mark Hamill as Batman/Joker again thats all that I ask for
I have never understood this whole ''you're ruining my childhood'' mentality. All 109 episodes of BTAS/TNBA aren't going anywhere and a ''revival'' won't change their quality or stature among the fans/general audience.
If you don't want a revival series then simply don't watch it (if there's a desperate need to preserve the original episodes). If it happens, then it would be an extension, an add on. An opportunity to allow creators a chance to revisit and potentially add to their creation. It will work for some and not for others.
I'm not a child anymore... new episodes of BTAS/TNBA will never take me back to that time in my life and that's just fine. The memories are good enough. WB is a business and if they think this will drum up interest or make them money (and the creatives are willing) then have at it.
This could be one last fling in the DCAU with the siginificant creative forces. Nobody is getting any younger, so if it happens, view it on it's own merits and be grateful for all the content, both new and old (''revived'') that WB is giving us.