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02.08 / 17:25
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Batman: Caped Crusader can’t escape the shadow of nostalgia — or The Animated Series
It was about 10 minutes into the second episode of Batman: Caped Crusader that I realized something was wrong. Renee Montoya, Gotham police detective and skeptical investigator of both The Batman and his enemies, was piecing together the origins of villain Clayface, a faded Hollywood idol whose features are hideously warped in an attempt to preserve his impeccable appearance. Mind you, there wasn’t anything wrong with the writing in the scene, which was sharply composed by longtime comic writer Greg Rucka, and had enough plucky repartee and hardboiled flavor to do justice to the cartoon’s vintage noir atmosphere. Nor was there any issue with the animation — as smooth as one would expect from the better efforts of latter-day Warner Bros. — or with the largely solid voice acting.
24.08 / 15:41
