The show is a lot of fun, but.
.well, DC’s been having this problem for a while now with Batman going from “one of their three most iconic and popular characters” to “the only character that DC seems to actually like anymore”, with Batman’s abilities getting ratcheted up to insane levels more and more frequently.
And yeah, Brave and the Bold really played into that. Now, granted, most of the time that was the joke. Batman was the hypercompetent badass that was good at everything, but the focus of the actual episodes tended to be on the supporting characters. But as the Bat Obsession with DC and WB has gotten worse and worse, stuff like Brave and the Bold suffers because you start going “.er, we’re still joking about Batman being hypercompetent at everything, right?” when looking at it all.
The Zeta Project on HBO Max? 2) What is
The Zeta Project? 3) Why the hell have I never heard of it before today?
At DC Fandome last year, we learned the first proper (and long-awaited) details of the return of…Read more
I have to assume the third question is at least partially the answer to the first question, in that the clearly lower-profile series isn’t on HBO Max’s priority list. I mean, it’s a spin-off from
Batman Beyond, which is already pretty much a spin-off from the various
Batman DCAU series (and is beloved because, well, it’s very good, but also, it’s about Batman). Plus, it stars an ex-assassin robot named Zeta who appeared in two episodes of
It s been nearly 30 years since
Batman: The Animated Series changed superhero media forever, and Bruce Timm is still finding new stories to tell about The Dark Knight and his many allies and enemies. Though he first made his mark on DC superheroes via television, Timm has spent much of the 21st century making feature films within the ever-expanding DC Universe Animated Original Movies line, a series that s grown to encompass more than three dozen films adapting various comic book storylines, taking DC heroes through various subgenres and sometimes even exploring territory that the comics themselves haven t managed to go.
Timm s latest film,