Batman: The Animated Series or Superman: The Animated Series?
JohnNintendoNerd
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I think Batman had more high quality episodes than Superman did but a lot of people like to debate that one with me.
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"Stuff my orders! I only kill professionals. That woman didn't know one end of a rifle from the other. Go ahead, tell M. what you want. If he fires me, I'll thank him for it."
In my case, you're only half right. I only watched Batman, which I thought was great. Didn't watch Superman because I don't really care for the character. Call me un-American, but I always found Superman to be a rather bland, moralistic goody-goody. I think Frank Miller nailed my idea of Superman in The Dark Knight Returns.
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So, does that mean you haven't seen anything involving Superman including the Richard Donner movie?
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You've got me there... I actually did like the first two Donner/Reeve flicks, but by the time the animated series came out, I just wasn't interested in the character anymore.
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You do know that Richard Donner's version of Superman II didn't actually come out until 2006, right? The reason why the theatrical cut of Superman II was so uneven is because Alexander Salkind fired Donner and Richard Lester finished his work.
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I knew, but had forgotten. The version of Superman II I'm familiar with was the one Lester completed. I recall reading about the release of the Donner version, but my curiosity about it wasn't enough to actually make me want to bother renting it. To be honest, unlike the majority of filmgoers, I'm not that big of a superhero fan. There are exceptions, but generally it's not my thing.
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With regard to Batman, I actually didn't care much for the first season or two as I thought the show was still trying to find its identity. It took the writers a while to get a handle on the stories and balance out the action and gothic aspect and Kevin Conroy's voicework didn't really hit its stride until the second or third season. Those first couple of seasons had some good episodes but tended to rely too much on the organized crime aspect of Gotham and it seemed Rupert Thorne was in every other episode. Even the animation style evolved from season to season and if you go back and look at those first couple of seasons the design is somewhat coarse compared to the more streamlined look of later episodes.
Personally I probably enjoyed the Superman series a little more because as it went on it brought in other characters from the larger DC universe and led to some memorable encounters with characters like Lobo, Green Lantern, Jack Kirby's New Gods and of course even Batman (Knighttime and Birth of the Demon being two great Superman/Batman crossovers).
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I found the batman animated series just nailed the cartoon hero.
However, I may be biased as I always loved batman and found superman camp and a bit dull. And how does no one recognise him as Clark Kent, when he doesn't wear a mask and bears an obvious resemblance.