"Son of Batman" Animated Feature Pre-Release Discussion (Spoilers)

[brickrrb2]

I still hate the fact their screwing Tim over AGAIN

 

[Nightwing26]

I was just talking about this with someone. Even if I buy the the Robins didn't last long and their careers were rushed, Batman is only in his late twenties here right. That would make him only like 7 or 8 years older than Robin. Strange. But even more so is that He has to be even younger. Why? Cause War implied that they've only been at it for several months at the longest. If Bruce became Batman at 21 or something, that would make him only 22 or 23. Which throws everything off. No way he met, trained and crammed all the Robins in that time. and I say he's gotta be young cause he people still talk about him as a myth. There's no way he and Robin are that secretive. Literally YEARS and people still aren't sure if he's real or maybe a vampire or something? Come on now. And then also, there's no way they've been around for that long and still haven't met each other. There wouldn't be years-long gaps between alien invasions in the DC universe. Perhaps this is set in the future or something. That would make sense. Nobody said it had to take place right after the events of War. Could just be years later in the time line. Otherwise, there's going to be a lot of time problems. I'm sure they know what they're doing but...

I haven't really been reading Zero Year (I know, I know), but from what I gather, Bruce started out when he was around the ages of 24-27. He did spend many years training abroad just to learn how to become the Batman. 6 years following that, he would be in his 30's (although, I guess you could take away some time, maybe an entire year, as he was dead for some time). Still, this is why, in the New 52, I view Bruce and Dick's bond to be less father-son, and more brotherly. I feel like, with the age difference of about 10 years, it parallels the bond between Dick and Damian.

Still, I was already assuming this is some time after War, and going by the New 52, somewhere about 4-6 years later.

 

[CyberCubed]

I still hate the fact their screwing Tim over AGAIN

Remember the general public doesn't even know there's more than one Robin. If this movie actually said there were 4 Robin's, peoples heads would explode.

They probably have their work cut out for them explaining that Dick became Nightwing, so the middle two Robin will be ignored.

 

[Gold Guy]

But they had no problem featuring Nightwing in Under the Red Hood...

 

[mrbean1500]

Remember the general public doesn't even know there's more than one Robin. If this movie actually said there were 4 Robin's, peoples heads would explode.

They probably have their work cut out for them explaining that Dick became Nightwing, so the middle two Robin will be ignored.

these movies arent aimed toward the general public... theyre made for comic book fans

 

[RoryWilliams]

these movies arent aimed toward the general public... theyre made for comic book fans

Are they? Comic book fans aren't exactly a huge demo. They need to get casual viewers interested.

 

[mrbean1500]

Are they? Comic book fans aren't exactly a huge demo. They need to get casual viewers interested.

If that were the case, they would do what marvel is doing with their "Iron man hulk heroes united" stuff to try to leech off the success of the live action films, and not adapt comic book stories that the general public doesn't know about. I mean obviously they want to attract the average joe, but i don't think it's their main focus based on the types stories they tell. (random note, best buy puts these pg-13 movies in the kids section)

 

[Yojimbo]

But they had no problem featuring Nightwing in Under the Red Hood...

In Under The Red Hood, that is a non-issue since it was only Dick Grayson and Jason Todd. And the movie is a stand alone story. In the comics, Todd came after Grayson. With Son of Batman, it's part of an ongoing continuity and it deals with two Robin's that aren't in direct succession. Grayson was the first Robin and Damian was the fifth Robin in the comics. And we don't have a real grasp on the timeline of this ongoing continuity either just a baseline from what's been said in the New 52 comics, which as you can ascertain from the current discussion seems problematic.

 

[W.C.Reaf]

If that were the case, they would do what marvel is doing with their "Iron man hulk heroes united" stuff to try to leech off the success of the live action films, and not adapt comic book stories that the general public doesn't know about. I mean obviously they want to attract the average joe, but i don't think it's their main focus based on the types stories they tell. (random note, best buy puts these pg-13 movies in the kids section)

Maybe the people at DC Animation want to make quality products that feature the source material in a way that everyone can enjoy, while also creating goodwill with the audience so they will come back and buy the other movies. Instead of making terrible lowest common denominator movies in the cheapest way possible in order to grab a few bucks off of the live action movies.

The thing is is that if the average joe doesn't know about the comic stories then it doesn't matter if it's original or an adaptation, they wouldn't know the difference. So if it doesn't matter then the creators get to go "I want to adapt this awesome story" because they think it's cool and are passionate about it.

 

[Yojimbo]

Here's a new still, this time of Killer Croc.
https://twitter.com/SuperPRGuy/status/447085575372148736

 

[The Dark Lord]

Fred Tatasciore? A bit of an obvious choice, but I'm pretty sure he'll do well.

 

[Frontier]

Going off that image alone, I think Croc looks pretty good .

 

[BigFatHairyDeal]

Looks half-ape, half-reptile.

 

[#1 defender]

A new clip from Son of Batman has been released.

I liked O'Mara in JL: War for the most part, but a few of his lines still sounded a bit awkward. Seems like he has settled into his Batman voice now, i'm pretty happy with what i've heard from him in Son of Batman so far.

 

[BigFatHairyDeal]

I guess we're about a month or so away from the digital download release? Clip looks good. Still not sure about Damian's voice, but O'Mara's Batman is fine by me.

 

[RoyalRubble]

Neat clip, though I was expecting something more exciting to be shown. Still, the voice acting sounds pretty good to me.

 

[Yojimbo]

Neat clip, though I was expecting something more exciting to be shown. Still, the voice acting sounds pretty good to me.

Yeah, felt like I've seen this scene before or pieces of it already. The DC All Access part was disappointing, was a fluff piece. I thought they were going to ask a bit more hard hitting questions but what was I thinking?

EDIT 3/28: First Look at Dr. Langstrom
https://twitter.com/SuperPRGuy/status/449581737945726976

 

[Frontier]

Who is the woman with Langstrom?

 

[Yojimbo]

Who is the woman with Langstrom?

It's a secret for now. I would guess his daughter Rebecca.

 

[CyberCubed]

Do they call him Slade or Deathstroke in this movie, or both?