Bruce Timm Universe Adoration Thread

Just picked up and started on BTAS season 1, and I f***ing love it. I used to watch it in the afternoons, and Danny Elfman's score still gives me the chills. It's got a very "you're done with school today and you're gonna watch something cool now" vibe. Just awesome, and not mentioned enough. I remember what a breath of fresh air this series was in the world of animation. The respect for the material and the attention to detail was unparalleled and unprecedented at the time. I remember thinking, omg you can actually see how and where and when punches are thrown! They animated everything!

And there was talk before about the too-similarity of the Timmverse character designs, and i just wanted to chime in and say that I think it was kind of a stylistic choice throughout, based on the BTAS designs of this gothic, art-deco stuff which suits the material SO well. It didn't work as well for some of the later incarnations because they took the art-deco style and added sunshine and brighter colors, and it just works better if it's dark. If you want to see Supes done well with art-deco, look up the old Fleischer Superman cartoons. The dialogue is corny as hell but it's BEAUTIFUL to look at. You can see them for free on itunes in the "vintage cartoon" podcast.
 
Joe Kalicki said:
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Oh this is so POTD.
 
Gothamite said:
I really don't like the Elfman score as part of BTAS. Shirley Walker's score rules all.
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I concur.

Walker and her crew rely less on shrill notes and sharp key changes, which is kind of annoying if you use that on a TV series, rather than a 100 minutes of film.
 
Did any one get that Superman: Doomsday movie that just came out? Was it any good? I was going to get it but I had heard mixed reviews about it.
 
Hmmm....I'll probably just wait for The New Frontier. Though I have to admit I'm not sold on the idea of someone else doing the voice of Batman.
 
Just watched half a dozen episodes of JLU, including the finale.

It brings me to tears every time. What a gorram great show this whole thing was.
 
I have a stack of DVDs sitting on my stand that I just go thru. I just went thru all the JL DVDs over the weekend. Now I'm getting ready to break into the JLU again.


Love the show. Love love love love it.
 
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