I must be the only one who likes this more than TDKR
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Bababababooie — 12 years ago(May 30, 2013 02:50 AM)
Don't knock Bebop or Champloo man. I think it was mentioned that one of the studios involved in the making of the series was based out of Japan. Not sure which actually came first, but series like this helped to illustrate how great a medium animation can be for storytelling. Get a hold of a copy of "Sideshow", an episode featuring Killer Croc. Saw it the other day and man, some of the way the scene's were "filmed" blew me away.
Anime (not all of it mind you, ugh, naruto and bleach are dreadful examples but they do somethings right), has been doing cool stuff like this since the eighties or early nineties. And if you haven't seen Cowboy Bebop or Samurai Champloo, check them out. For Dubs, they're quite well done. -
durwardc01 — 12 years ago(March 21, 2014 04:21 AM)
The 92-97 Xmen was quite good.
Similarly, the 94-98 animated Spider Man did a better job capturing Spidey than any of the movies did (thought the most recent one got pretty close).
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Kombat_Karl — 13 years ago(August 18, 2012 08:26 AM)
Bruce Timm and Paul Dini got Batman (and more specifically, Bruce Wayne) more right than Burton and Nolan combined, if you ask me. I love Phantasm to pieces, but the live action movies just aren't my bag.
Come on, that scene with Bruce kneeling over his parents' grave in the pouring rain? It really made you feel for the man. His dilemma of wanting to risk his life fighting crime as Batman as well as wanting a happy married life with Andrea was such a gripping story, and in a way, quite relatable. We've all been at a cross roads at some point in our lives, not knowing which path to take. I think Batman is best conveyed through animation, because none of the live action films had the emotional depth that Phantasm or even the show had.
Excuse me, I have to go.
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starone55106 — 13 years ago(September 09, 2012 05:29 AM)
"TDKR is all hype"
A big part of the Nolan trilogy in general is hype. This is better than the entire trilogy combined. And I agree with a previous poster: This film gave a more realistic scenario (as well as Batman Beyond) for Bruce to quit his crusade than TDKR did. -
jmrwacko — 13 years ago(October 09, 2012 06:56 PM)
Mask of the Phantasm is definitely better than TDKR and Batman Begins. Is it better than the Dark Knight? Mark Hamill is really good in this as the Joker, but so was Heath Ledger in the Dark Knight. Personally, I think Ledger's performance, while brilliant, was overhyped because of his unfortunate death. And I prefer Kevin Conroy waaaaay more than Christian Bale. He just has so much more emotion in his voice, and it doesn't sound like he has throat cancer when he's the Batman - plus, Kevin Conroy's the one who started the whole alternate voice gimmick in the first place. So I actually think Mask of the Phantasm was better than any of Nolan's flicks, the Dark Knight included.
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Unvoiced-Apollo — 13 years ago(October 27, 2012 09:27 AM)
I especially agree w/ the voice. W/ Kevin Conroy, you know when he's playing Batman and when he's playing Bruce Wayne. When I first heard Christian Bale's voice change, all I could think was "Get that man a lozenge!"
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The_Punisher4eva — 13 years ago(October 26, 2012 08:35 AM)
I completely agree this is better than TDKR,i was so pissed at nolan for ruining what could have been an flawless trilogy. He was just too damn eager to finish the films but along with that made so many mistakes. But this was awesome and still is i remember winning this on vhs in a contest as a child and i still have the tape.
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dcramer92 — 13 years ago(January 17, 2013 10:46 PM)
mask of the phantom > TDKR
TDKR is a crap of a movie, its a copy cat of TDK hense why talia is a twist villian all of a sudden just like two face was in TDK but it simply did not work for the movie. the story is actually pretty degrading to batman at the very beginning since why would he spend 7 years as cripple when hes a billionarie and could have fixed that way early in time and is a wimped depressed bitch for rachel who is dead and seems to not get over it, yeah it just pure crap
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Norrin_Radd_Of_Zenn_La — 13 years ago(February 15, 2013 04:11 PM)
I just had a MOTP hankering and for me THIS is the best Batman/Bruce Wayne rendition on film.
One aspect of the movie NOT talked about is the film score, songs and voice work. Just outstanding!!
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SuperNostalgicBrother — 13 years ago(February 16, 2013 12:39 AM)
I totally agree! MOTP is still the best animated Batman film yet!
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