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Timm Releases New Batman Video

Discussion in 'Cartoon News' started by Dave Koch, Apr 16, 2014.

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    Creator of Batman: The Animated Series Bruce Timm has brought his vision of the Dark Knight back again with a new short celebrating 75 years of the crime fighter. The short, titled Batman: Strange Days, features “a lost tale from Batman’s past, the Dark Knight tracks a strange giant to the mysterious lair of Dr. Hugo Strange.” Produced in a tinted black and white, the short runs under 3 minutes but sets quite a mood of dark and dank bat-reality reminiscent of a ’30s serial.

    Batman: Strange Days is a follow up to a similar film from last year celebrating Superman. Superman 75th Anniversary Animated Short was co-directed by Timm and Zach Snyder, and featured an overview of some of the highlights in Superman’s 75 year career. The Superman short was the first of Timm’s “personal” projects since stepping down in 2013 as supervising producer at Warner Bros. Animation.

    Batman was created by Bob Kane in 1939 in an issue of DC’s Detective Comics.
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    A good mood piece, evoking the early Batman. Basically derived, I think, from the Hugo Strange story (Professor Hugo Strange and the Monsters) from Batman #1 (April 1940). That story included Batman firing a machine gun mounted on the Batplane at Strange's henchmen, saying "Much as I hate to take human life, I'm afraid this time it's necessary!" - this proved a bit too controversial, and Kane subsequently replaced guns with fists and gadgets. The firing of gas canisters in the short echoes this panel, while keeping within the 'no guns' framework.

    The story lacks logic - the tear gas has little or no effect, and merely provides a mist for cover, so that Batman can appear in an appropriate moody manner (and there already is a mist, established in the opening shot) - but it is very nice to see the darkness of the early Batman portrayed by Bruce Timm.
    peterhale, Apr 17, 2014
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    Isn't the monster Solomon Grundy? Or just a lookalike?
    Trailblazer, Apr 17, 2014
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    Coincidence, I think - it's based on the monsters in the original story.
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    peterhale, Apr 18, 2014
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    The short reminded me of a classic black and white horror film. Also, I'll admit I laughed at Strange telling Batman "You don't scare me!" Of course he does!
    Glowworm, Apr 20, 2014
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