

But this isn’t the first time Batman and Dracula have crossed paths, any respectable comic fan knows that Batman and Dracula are pure rivals, and this makes the distinct hinting that this is the first time they’ve ever crossed paths. Dracula” is the first animated film from the Batman franchise that didn’t feature artwork from Bruce Timm et al. The series as a whole is terrible it’s bland, lifeless, and often uneventful. The series was created and rushed in to premiere showing on the WB network months before “Batman Begins”. I know many are not fond of the The Batman TV show, and I'm not the biggest fan, but this is of a much higher quality.“The Batman” is one of the only series featuring Batman that hasn’t been animated by the well known and widely accepted form of Bruce Timm’s design, and as a series it’s always been a very poor successor in simple fact that it’s only basically been invented to cash in on “Batman Begins”. The sequences of the blood-crazed Joker in the Batcave cell are genuinely disturbing.

The scene with the vampire Joker in the blood bank is pure classic. It's a very creepy film, surprisingly so. The action is exciting and builds to a worthy climax.īut what I like best about TBVD is the sheer sense of menace, of the shadowy Batman fighting supernatural menaces.very similar to the early Batman comics of the 30's. Apart from the overly-short ears, this is a great looking Batman. The artwork is wonderful, rich and dramatic, combining classic horror movie motifs in a comicbook style. The music is suitably creepy and shiver-inducing. Dracula is suitably regal and old-fashioned (Blade Trinity take note), and a real threat to Batman. I love this Joker, he's completely chaotic, a wild card. Penguin is suited to the Renfield role, whereas the Joker just exudes menace in a way no previous version of the character has. You don't get a much better trio of villains than the Penguin, the Joker.and Dracula. The comparrisons between Batman and Dracula are appropriate but not over done, and the scarier Gotham gets, the more Batman fits in. A driven man must become a dark figure to protect the city from other dark figures. Though it seems somewhat basic at first, it's full of mood and style, and it's pure Batman. This is fast becoming one of my favourite Batman movies.
