I am so happy to see Jaime as Blue Beetle on TV. That’s pretty awesome.

Jaime has hit the mainstream. It’s amazing that he’s in the first promo art for the show.

Hooray for High-Mee design!

In other news, I hear it’s Ted under there.

AH! I don’t really care for the style, but JAIME REYES! YESSSS!

While everyone’s apparently excited about Blue Beetle (I have no opinion on the character), I’m dismayed over the “cartoonish” (Yeah, I know it’s a cartoon… You know what I mean) art, and the fact that a a series with Batman is going to be as much a *comedy* as it is an an action/adventure show.

Are they going to hire Adam West to voice Bats too?

People may actually start looking back on “THE Batman” with fondness now. Who’d a thunk it?

At least there’s the Gotham Knight DVD — and The Dark Knight of course — coming this summer. May WB keep making some darker and adult-oriented animated Batman. With Kevin Conroy doing the voice.

Looks very much like Mattel’s new “Super Friends” line of young kids action figures, and the comic based on it. I wonder if this was coordinated with that line/comic?

(And if that IS Ted in the suit instead of Jaime, I think there will be a revolt based on the excitement in this thread

I’m not too crazy over the style — the blockish figures. It looks too much like what they’re using in the new Super Friends comic book.

Look’s like fun. My daughter’s really getting into superheroes right now, so here’s hoping that this show doesn’t ignore a potential female viewership and Bats teams up with Wonder Woman, Batgirl, Supergirl, Hawkgirl, etc. etc.

I was pretty disgusted that the Justice League that was formed on “The Batman” featured not one single female character.

I guess the marketing folks won on that one, what with their asinine belief that girls only like Barbie and Bratz. I guess that’s why my daughter wants to play superheroes outside all the time and adores “Tiny Titans” and “Super Friends”.

I look forward to watching this with her and eagerly await an announcement of the line up of guest stars.

EEEEEEEEWWWWWWWWW……….

Is that something you posted read on AICN, “Ugly American?”

But it is Jaime in the suit

Maybe i spoke too soon. It was hard to see batman and here he looks like the most serious of the three there (earlier when the image was smaller just seemed to look not too serious while here he does). i’m hoping that he’s more of the iritated straight man sort of thing like how bats was in the giffen dematis justice league. you know have ollie and jaime be cracking jokes and the like and batman being can we be serious. that i would live with.

Sure they care about the older audience. They just make the direct-to-DVD features to sell to them while they are focusing on the youth market on Cartoon Network. The cool thing is that we’ve been getting a range of DC shows for all ages over the last 10 years or more and I like that.

I for one can’t help but dig the Dick Sprang-look Batman there. It’s looks like the stilted animation from the opener to the old 60s Batman show come to life.

Yeah and i do like dick sprang (sure i know what your gonna say but i thought you didn’t want a humorous batman but the early sprang batman wasn’t as goofy as later apearances anyway who cares) i think i just heard gail simone is attachted to write some eps so maybe it won’t be that bad.

Jim – we realize the executives at Cartoon Network don’t care about our opinion. That’s why we’re expressing it where people DO care, on Newsarama message boards!

Perhaps, and this seems like a no-brainer to me, Cartoon Network should go ahead with their goofy, kiddie Batman show, and ALSO create a new “Gotham Knight” series (based on the forthcoming DVD) for Adult Swim?

Put it out sometime next year, after The Dark Knight has run its course in theaters and on DVD, with the same style of animation and (most importantly) keep Kevin Conroy on board. That way, the grown-ups have their Batman fix too.

I have to politely disagree with those who say no one cares what adults think. If that were true, why does Adult Swim exist? Anime is big thing now… Combining that with proven, popular characters like Batman actually makes perfect sense if it’s handled properly. With so many comic book movies being made, and marketed at adults (TDK is NOT going to be a kiddie flick), it just makes sense.

I mentioned this in another post, but it bears repeating here. My nine year old daughter is going to take one look at this new B&B show and call it “stupid.” She greatly prefers stuff like the old Timm-verse Batman. I dunno… Maybe B&B is trying to aim even younger than that?

Full agreement on the Dick Sprang look. The style also makes me think of the new Superfriends toy line and comic book, but Sprang seems to be the primary influence.

And the Adam West show was campy, yes. But not comedy.

As for Blue Beetle. Well, never cared much for the character. Goofy superheroes have never been my thing. But those old enough to remember the 1970s Batman show with the Batmite sidekick will remember a Dark Knight toon with a comedic edge.

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