Movie Thoughts by Allison & Lisa

Well I decided to take a break from movies and revisit one of my favorite cartoons from adolescence.  So I popped in Batman – The Animated Series volume one, disc one the other night.  This disc features the first seven episodes, including one of my all time favorites P.O.V.

P.O.V. is a story told by the police about a bust that went bad.  It has Bullock, Montoya, and a rookie Wilkes under investigation telling their versions of what happened.  There is something about the old fashion police investigation where the officers are accused of being on the take.  Plus Montoya has always been a favorite character of mine.

Reasons why I love this series.  One: hey I was 13 and it was Batman how could I not love it?  Two: All black and art deco, again the passions of an angsty 13-year-old.  Three: No crappy how Batman became Batman storyline.  The first episode is On Leather Wings which is the Man-Bat story and the only one to have Batman bleed.

Interesting facts I learned from the commentary (yes I'm that type of fan).  All the backgrounds were actually drawn on black paper.  And I did not realize that the animators who did this also did Tiny Toons. Which explains why some of the animation is so mushy.  They also used the same color palette for both shows–Robin's green was the darkest green they had and his shadow is actually a shade of blue instead of green.

Besides how could anyone not dig The Underdwellers? Anytime there is a character pirate-esque with alligators as pets who is totally insane…well that's just good television.

I'll be watching the rest of season one in the next week and will try not to go all crazy Batman on you.  You do realize that I used to video tape the episodes so that I could watch them whenever I wanted right?  Somewhere in my parents basement are VHS tapes with Batman on them.