‘Batman: The Animated Series’ Honest Trailer: So Dark It Had To Be Drawn On Black Paper
By Ethan Anderton/Nov. 5, 2018 6:00 am EST
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The Batman: The Animated Series Honest Trailer takes a look at the cartoon that presents kids with complicated themes, but also gives them scenes with Batman kicking werewolves and Penguin getting captured by a couple of kids. It’s the Batman adaptation so dark that they had to draw it on black paper.
Before he was swole, before he was depressed, before he was a cartoon, he was a swole depressed cartoon. But this cartoon is more mature and more complex than half of the versions of Batman we’ve seen on the big screen. It’s a staple of the era when Saturday morning cartoons still reigned supreme for children’s entertainment, and it doesn’t have jokes anywhere near as stupid as those in
The success and enduring legacy of Batman: The Animated Series comes thanks to executive producer Bruce Timm and his incredible team breathing life into The Dark Knight in a way that stays true to the character’s roots. It’s a perfect storm of creativity and timing the likes of which we might never see again, especially with the current iteration of Batman in the DC Extended Universe.
