NEW 'The Batman' DTV in the works! [Archive]

Phlibbit

02-13-2005, 09:42 AM

CyberCubed

02-13-2005, 09:58 AM

Aw, it's "The Batman" Vs. Dracula, not Animated series Batman Vs. Dracula sadly. :sad:

Batman's Biggest Fan

02-13-2005, 10:01 AM

creativerealms

02-13-2005, 10:01 AM

Well I think it will be interesting to see what the "the Batman" team can do when not tied down by that Y7 rating. I think this might be decent.

I know Timm and crew wanted a vampire story them selves but did they ever try the DTV road for it or did they just give up after they realized they could never make an episode for it?

Stu

02-13-2005, 10:03 AM

More interestingly, The Joker and The Penguin are in it.

The cover's nice too! :)

Phantasm

02-13-2005, 10:46 AM

Casey Mack

02-13-2005, 11:03 AM

Dracula vs Batman!!!!!!
wow!!!!!!!
Finally!Someone's decided to do something about the uncanny similarites between the two!!!! This is going to be a super-gothic Batman flick!
wwwwwwwwwwoooo hooooooooooooooooo!!!!:anime:

*sigh* If ONLY this was the b.t's BATMAN!!!!!:crying: :sad: :(
no offense but this New "The Batman" Dtv is gonna really suck trust me. It all sounds so unusual Dracula?! why the hell is he in gotham anyway? further more knowing the Batman writers are not that good, i expect a campy childish Movie. It just feels so dumb Batman VS Dracula come on Phantasm, how many good movies have that kind of campy 60s title.my hopes for this movie and the Batman just went way down.
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Hero Supreme

02-13-2005, 11:06 AM

i wouldnt be too surprised to see scooby and shaggy droppin in for a guest spot.

Mad Monkey 7

02-13-2005, 11:09 AM

I want Tom & Jerry in "The Fast and The Furriest". :)

Phantasm

02-13-2005, 11:14 AM

no offense but this New "The Batman" Dtv is gonna really suck trust me. It all sounds so unusual Dracula?! why the hell is he in gotham anyway? further more knowing the Batman writers are not that good, i expect a campy childish Movie. It just feels so dumb Batman VS Dracula come on Phantasm, how many good movies have that kind of campy 60s title.my hopes for this movie and the Batman just went way down.
True. For a moment there I forgot that this was THE Batman.:sad: Now, Dracula and Batman has the potential to be a GREAT storyline. Always have felt that way since I read Bram Stoker's classic. If the Batman can crush an icon as great as Batman, then who's to say they won't do the same with Dracula.:(

Fone Bone

02-13-2005, 11:15 AM

creativerealms

02-13-2005, 12:22 PM

I understand people's fears but I see this as a chance to see what "The Batman" team can really do when not held down.

Now how they play this DTV special is the big question, there are great Batman VS Dracula comic books but they will probably go a cornier path for this special. Still I'm going to wait and see.

TimTwoFace

02-13-2005, 12:50 PM

no offense but this New "The Batman" Dtv is gonna really suck trust me. It all sounds so unusual Dracula?! why the hell is he in gotham anyway? further more knowing the Batman writers are not that good, i expect a campy childish Movie. It just feels so dumb Batman VS Dracula come on Phantasm, how many good movies have that kind of campy 60s title.my hopes for this movie and the Batman just went way down.
Though I can appreciate the show and actually like a number of the episodes, I've always thought this idea just sounds ludicrous - that is, if it's Dracula himself. If it's a different vampiristic story (featuring someone like Nocturna, for example) I'd give it a chance, but this story just sounds totally campy and cheesy.

That, and I just hate movies whose titles focus on the word "Versus". Total lack of creativity.

-Tim

Divbid

02-13-2005, 01:43 PM

i hope it will be super action packed

Casey Mack

02-13-2005, 01:53 PM

i hope it will be super action packed

oh im sure it i will, but like other "The batman" things the plot will be lacking. the fact that its called "Batman VS Dracula" means its targeted at a younger audience.
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The Master Con

02-13-2005, 02:01 PM

How can this be anything but trash?

susan123

02-13-2005, 02:05 PM

I can't believe that WHV is making this. Geesh! Absolutely corny! I can tell what will happen--The Batman will pull out his Anti-Vampire Bat Spray and take care of Dracula. Yawn.

Crossdive

02-13-2005, 02:38 PM

I don't know if anyone's posted this yet, but go here (http://www.laoffice.com/01-13-05-WHV.asp) and you'll see that a new Batman DTV is being made, 'The Batman vs. DRACULA'!? Yeah, crazy. Could be good though. Coming out in the 4th quarter this year...I guess I'll want to give that a look, though it seems a little unusual. and The Batman hasn't impressed me to highly, it is slowly getting better IMO, but without Conroy and Hamil as Batman and Joker, the show is missing something... (not to mention out of the ordinary designs for characters from appearance to origin to voice to whatever)...

Spectre

02-13-2005, 03:18 PM

Is it just me, or has TB's Batman gotten some cosmetic surgery? His chin seems a little stronger on that cover than it presently is in the show. Not that that's a bad thing, mind you. :)

Douglas Fir

02-13-2005, 03:38 PM

I think the most worrying thing is the "Kids Movie Collection" banner on the sleeve art - that does not bode well for this release!

Style

02-13-2005, 03:59 PM

I think the most worrying thing is the "Kids Movie Collection" banner on the sleeve art - that does not bode well for this release!
...Until you remember that "Starcrossed: The Movie" has the same banner splashed a top it's cover too.

fatboy

02-13-2005, 04:09 PM

......The cover's nice too! :)

Is it just me, or has TB's Batman gotten some cosmetic surgery? His chin seems a little stronger on that cover than it presently is in the show. Not that that's a bad thing, mind you.

Thats not going to be the cover.

EJill34

02-13-2005, 04:20 PM

I won't be purchasing this DVD but I'll definitely rent it just because I'm interested to see if there's a big jump in quality from the television show (though I've heard that the 1st season finale is good).

Wanted

02-13-2005, 04:21 PM

Gee golly, this is gonna be a great movie!

I don't have any qualms with The Batman. I like the show, and I want to see what this movie has in store. But, that cover art needs to change. A yellow DVD-Video logo? Ech!
I can't believe that WHV is making this. Geesh! Absolutely corny! I can tell what will happen--The Batman will pull out his Anti-Vampire Bat Spray and take care of Dracula. Yawn.It's too bad WHV doesn't make movies.

adoptedBatpuppy

02-13-2005, 04:39 PM

Is the movie Batman Vs. Dracula Animated, or a real live action movie with actors? I sure hope Bruce Timm is invlolved. :D That's Great that we will get more Batman DVD's.

EJill34

02-13-2005, 04:45 PM

Is the movie Batman Vs. Dracula Animated, or a real live action movie with actors?
Animated. Its based on the the new television series, The Batman.

I sure hope Bruce Timm is invlolved. :D
He's not. This is by the creators of The Batman and he has nothing to do with the show.

Stu

02-13-2005, 04:50 PM

Thats not going to be the cover.

If you're continually post about knowing about The Batman, I'm going to ask you to prove it, or at least pass on were you got your information from, otherwise, many are going to presume you simply made it up.

FALLEN ELDOR

02-13-2005, 04:58 PM

nothing new, this has been rumored for a while now, and matt of at LoG, confirmed already. I'm looking forward to it, sure it won't be as dark as the Elseworld story it seams to be based on, and I'm sure b.t. is upset that they killed his Nocturna story but are allowing this, but that was years ago, I'm sure these are different PTB that green lit this. That and i don't hate The Batman as so many of you do... :shrug:

Stu

02-13-2005, 05:15 PM

BS + P wouldn't allow vampires on BTAS. BS+P won't have anything to do with this, as it's a DTV feature, not something which they want to air on the network.

Then again, would we want another Morbius craving plasma in Batman? :)

EJill34

02-13-2005, 05:26 PM

Then again, would we want another Morbius craving plasma in Batman? :)
I wouldn't be surprised. If Dracula wraps his hands around Batman to suck the plasma from him I'm afraid some people will get the wrong idea.

Still, using plasma in place of blood has the potential for some great lines:

Dracula: "I need your plasma!"
Batman: "And I have asthma."

Batman: "How's about some Count Chocula to go with your plasma?"

...Yeah, those lines suck.

Supremus

02-13-2005, 05:31 PM

If you're continually post about knowing about The Batman, I'm going to ask you to prove it, or at least pass on were you got your information from, otherwise, many are going to presume you simply made it up.If I were a betting man, I would say he isn't making it up. He has a pretty good record of posting facts and knowing what he's talking about. Now, what I really want to know is, isn't he technically breaking the new spoiler rules with this? :)

Tachikoma

02-13-2005, 05:34 PM

BS+P won't have anything to do with this, as it's a DTV feature, not something which they want to air on the network.

Actually, they are involved with most DTV properties since they will eventually show up on the network.

All-Star 1.5

02-13-2005, 06:00 PM

Actually, they are involved with most DTV properties since they will eventually show up on the network.
KWB, has never shown any DCUA DTV so why would they start now.
But CN might show the DTV a week or two before its' release.

Anarky

02-13-2005, 06:06 PM

The type of plotline that Timm and co. wanted to do in BTAS regarding vampires (but they couldn't do to censor problems) now the WB is letting "The Batman" do it! Goes to show you how much they love The Batman over BTAS. -_-
It wasn't WB that wouldn't let BTAS use Nocturna, it was the Fox Network

i'm glad they didn't compromise either....you remember how terrible Morbius was in "Spider-Man"?

it might be decent but it smells too much like Bat-sploitation to me.
what's next: Batman vs. the Frankenstein Monster???

hey, we already had the Wolfman (not Marv) and the Mummy in BTAS (Moon of the Wolf...Avatar)

Crossdive

02-13-2005, 07:00 PM

well, granted Morbius was different on TAS to make it more kid-friendly, but he wasn't "terrible", infact, in ways I support what they did there more because it is less vicious and unacceptable. that would make it disgusting if he were biting them and shown drawning blood from victims. I am pleased the content was lowered in that aspect because we don't want some satanic Blade movie-style freak-show bit going onto TV, it is bad enough when that stuff gets away on more mature-only cartoons or movies... or whatever else. (IMO)

TimTwoFace

02-13-2005, 07:00 PM

KWB, has never shown any DCUA DTV so why would they start now.
Actually, I remember that KidsWB aired SUB-ZERO about a month after it came out on video back in March of 1998.

Either way, BS&P shouldn't stick their nose into this mess. That's for us fans to do, and do often. :D

-Tim

Bird Boy

02-13-2005, 07:38 PM

nothing new, this has been rumored for a while now, and matt of at LoG, confirmed already.

It's not that it's nothing new, we've known about it for about 4-5 months now. It's just that this is the first really official word of it and the first shot of cover art (even if it is probably just preliminary)...

If I were a betting man, I would say he isn't making it up. He has a pretty good record of posting facts and knowing what he's talking about. Now, what I really want to know is, isn't he technically breaking the new spoiler rules with this? :)

He would be if he's actually an insider; track records don't really confirm whether or not they're actual insider information or just a good guess. WHV has changed almost every animated DC Cover release since they started releasing DVDs, so it's more of an educated guess than bonefied insider commentary...

-BB

Beyond Batman

02-13-2005, 09:20 PM

Interesting choice... vampire's hmmm.

VivatGrendel

02-14-2005, 12:57 AM

God, why?

This is gonna suck so bad.

Karkull

02-14-2005, 10:27 AM

If any good comes out of this crap, maybe it could spark a renewed interest in that old Nocturna story that got axed several times. I sincerely doubt that Nocturna -- an old Batman villain from the 1980s -- would be part of the embargo; after all, they used KGBeast and Deadshot.

madara

02-14-2005, 02:04 PM

The Batman? yic, no thanks. Maybe if I had a 5 year old kid I would for them, no alas once you witnessed BTAS goodness you cant go backward.

Crossdive

02-14-2005, 03:28 PM

no alas once you witnessed BTAS goodness you cant go backward.I hear ya there, I adore Batman TAS, always have, but the Batman has kinda failed to impress me much. it's kinda a two or so out of five on a rating chart. IMO.

Stu

02-14-2005, 06:07 PM

I sincerely doubt that Nocturna -- an old Batman villain from the 1980s -- would be part of the embargo; after all, they used KGBeast and Deadshot.

Deadshot is probably classed as JL villain, seeing as how he never appeared in Batman.

Still, might be one to watch out for. I've no idea if The Batman is going to improve or not, but I'm still intrigued to find out.

Karkull

02-14-2005, 07:45 PM

Deadshot is probably classed as JL villain, seeing as how he never appeared in Batman.

Still, might be one to watch out for. I've no idea if The Batman is going to improve or not, but I'm still intrigued to find out.
Possibly -- considering his use in Suicide Squad and the like -- but he still originated in the Batman comics. Besides, no matter how many rules Kids' WB relaxes, I sincerely doubt that they would allow an out-and-out gun-toting assassin on Saturday mornings.

Nass

02-14-2005, 07:57 PM

It's a shame they couldn't have at least asked Timm and Dini to do this in the BTAS style, I don't think kids are going to get that confused over the design differences. They're watching JL, Teen Titans, AND The Batman now, plus whatever reruns they can find of the old series. And then theres the cameo's on Static Shock... I'll give it a chance, its gotta be better than Batwoman was, they usually have neat designs for the show. Maybe, just maybe, they won't make it too toned down, it is a vampire after all, kids know they're not cuddly. Ugh, I hate having to worry about WB's censorship rules, time to go read some gritty comics.....

punkrockgirl

02-14-2005, 10:53 PM

It wasn't WB that wouldn't let BTAS use Nocturna, it was the Fox Network
Actually, it was both networks.

PAUL DINI'S COMMENTS ON POSSIBLE SHOW APPEARANCE (re Nocturna): "We'd like to use her, but the network still says 'no' to vampires." (this was on the WB Network)

http://wf.toonzone.net/WF/sections/backstage/unused/batman/nocturna.php

~PunkRockGirl~

Robin

02-15-2005, 04:50 PM

They shelved the Justice League DTV for THIS? :shrug:

This is the first DC DTV I will not be buying. I can watch The Batman on TV for free but I will not support the production by buying it's merchandise while it makes Bruce Timm's Batman Supporting Cast vie for screen time.

Plus I have a feeling it probably won't be any good.Did Mr. Timm say the JLU DTV was shelved so WHV could make a The Batman DTV. I don't remember him saying that. I know the show isn't great, it is pretty bad at times, but I hate how people just use it as an easy scapegoat.

As for the premise, I'm not sure how they can make this work since they can't be too loose with their standards. This will air on TV eventually so they'll probably follow the same rules for the most part.

adoptedBatpuppy

02-16-2005, 02:27 PM

I can't believe there are so many negative opinions here! I wonder what Bruce Timm would say if he ever saw this thread! :o

Killtacular

02-16-2005, 02:50 PM

KWB, has never shown any DCUA DTV so why would they start now.
Who said he was talking about Kids WB? Cartoon Network produces The Batman.

Bird Boy

02-16-2005, 02:56 PM

I can't believe there are so many negative opinions here! I wonder what Bruce Timm would say if he ever saw this thread! :o

"My cartoons have brainwashed them into thinking everything else is crap!" ?

I think all the negativeness is just coming from the fact "The Batman" is allowed to do vampires and BTAS wasn't. Though I'm pretty sure we'll see some really horrible vampires. Vampires are about blood and if it's not made for older audiences, you always get a dumbed down version. Maybe the team behind it will slip in a few " :eek: " moments, but I just get the feeling the shows 100% Kids WB!'s influence.

-BB

Mek

02-16-2005, 03:06 PM

Screw this and JLU, I want a Teen Titans DTV! D=

Wanted

02-16-2005, 05:37 PM

Screw this and JLU, I want a Teen Titans DTV!Screw Disco gun you.

Batman Fan

02-16-2005, 06:08 PM

I'm not to wild about the whole The Batman DTV, but you never know it could turn out good and I'm willing to give it a shot. Probably won't buy but I'll definetly rent it to check it out and see if it's good.

Mek

02-16-2005, 10:50 PM

Screw Disco gun you.
OH NOES not the DISCO GUN!!1!!~10! D= D= D=

Hordesman

02-17-2005, 12:42 PM

I wouldn't be surprised. If Dracula wraps his hands around Batman to suck the plasma from him I'm afraid some people will get the wrong idea.

Still, using plasma in place of blood has the potential for some great lines:

Dracula: "I need your plasma!"
Batman: "And I have asthma."

Batman: "How's about some Count Chocula to go with your plasma?"

...Yeah, those lines suck.Batman chases down Joker and Penguin to Hershey Pennsylvania. Little does he know a vampire lives there. Some years back, the vampire Lestat created another of his kind among the candy factory workers. Unfortunately, the young vampire did not take to the taste of blood, so he covers his victims in chocolate first. He is... Count Chocula. But is Batman alone on this assignment? No, he's stuck partnerign up with Van helsing and Buffy. Yay! :p