[School of Everything Else 2023]
The DC Animated Universe marathon watch, which began all the way back in 2020 as Lockdown started continues! And this is a show Sharon and I had never sat down to watch before, so it was almost entirely new to us.
I knew this was pitched as "What if Batman was Spider-Man?" but I did not know the circumstances of how that premise came about. Warner Bros. wanted an animated series about a specifically *young* Batman. Toy marketing indicated that kids would engage more with a teenager than they would with a man in his thirties. The double-bind was that Kevin Conroy's Batman, as established in this continuity didn't don the cowl until well into adulthood.
It was this information that Bruce Timm and company conveyed at a meeting with the studio heads. Then when asked to think of a way around it "What if Bruce Wayne was old and got a younger person to wear the suit and do all the superheroics?" was put on the table. Then they had to dream up an entire show to fit with that premise.
Guests:
Toby Jungius @TJungius of Through the Wind Door
Kevin Veighey @KevinTimeGeek86 whose Let's Plays on YouTube can be found here
Chris Finik @finmonster09
Bradford Yurkiw
Shazam!
Birds of Prey
Loki (Season 1)
Black Widow
Pump up the Volume
The Shadow
War for the Planet of the Apes
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Stand By Me
Murder on the Orient Express
Special Announcement: Fireside Alliance
The Cell
Metal Gear Solid
About Time
Resident Evil 3: Nemesis
The Falcon and The Winter Soldier
Raya and the Last Dragon
Ralph Breaks The Internet + Frozen II
Godzilla vs. Kong
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