I kinda wish I had given a chance to The Batman 2004 series.
Back then, when it was still on air, I was a bit biased, being a big fan of the 1992 series and Batman Beyond.
I used to find the more new designs "ugly" and I dismissed the series entirely because of that.
Nowadays, I appreciate the cartoonish designs way more. (Though I'm still not used to the Joker redesign, even after all this time)
I remember when the imdb forums still existed that there were discussion towards the violence of this movie. Despite being a movie for kids, it showed some blood and didn't try to censor the fact that vampires suck blood (Unlike the 90s Spiderman series which made vampires suck "plasma")
I honestly don't know why blood is still a big taboo in animated shows for children produced in the west: Many anime shows from my childhood had blood, and some PG animated movies used to have some blood too, but for some reason any cartoon showing blood is automatically labelled "TV-14" and deemed inappropiate for kids nowadays.
That is just silly. Even as a little kid, I knew people bleed when they are wounded. While the excessive restrictions allowed some clever creativity from the writers of cartoons, deeming anything remotely challenging as bad for kids does no favors to them.
Kids are way smarter than most people think.
Back then, when it was still on air, I was a bit biased, being a big fan of the 1992 series and Batman Beyond.
I used to find the more new designs "ugly" and I dismissed the series entirely because of that.
Nowadays, I appreciate the cartoonish designs way more. (Though I'm still not used to the Joker redesign, even after all this time)
I remember when the imdb forums still existed that there were discussion towards the violence of this movie. Despite being a movie for kids, it showed some blood and didn't try to censor the fact that vampires suck blood (Unlike the 90s Spiderman series which made vampires suck "plasma")
I honestly don't know why blood is still a big taboo in animated shows for children produced in the west: Many anime shows from my childhood had blood, and some PG animated movies used to have some blood too, but for some reason any cartoon showing blood is automatically labelled "TV-14" and deemed inappropiate for kids nowadays.
That is just silly. Even as a little kid, I knew people bleed when they are wounded. While the excessive restrictions allowed some clever creativity from the writers of cartoons, deeming anything remotely challenging as bad for kids does no favors to them.
Kids are way smarter than most people think.