Last night the latest animated Batman series premiered on Cartoon Network, a lighter take reminiscent of the Adam West/Burt Ward series, aimed at younger audiences.
Batman: The Brave and the Bold has a broad-shouldered, wisecracking Batman teaming up each week with the likes of Blue Beetle, Green Arrow, and Plastic Man.
The premiere opened with Batman and Green Arrow tied up, being lowered into a vat of acid by the Clock King but mainly focused on the Jaime Reyes Blue Beetle (voiced by once-and-future Batman Will Friedle) as a hero in training.
I'm not sold on Diedrich Bader voicing Batman, but I'll tune in next week.
Diedrich Bader? Funny dude, but Batman?
ReplyDeleteI can handle Bader as Batman (particularly with the feel they seem to be going for here), but Will Friedle as Beetle? That was an odd choice, I thought--but he pulled it off.
ReplyDeleteI don't see this series being anywhere near as good as the last two animated Bats--but it seems fun enough.
Will Friedle has the knack, same as Michael Rosenbaum, to make every voice he does sound different enough from the last.
ReplyDeleteI also like Bader for the tone they're going for, but I thought his voice should be deeper. I've heard it gets deeper later in the series.