Watched this again yesterday and I think I liked it even more the second time. Honestly I've got Batman fatigue over all, especially grounded and 'realistic' Batman, but what makes this show particularly enjoyable is that it changes quite a few things up and leans harder into Golden Age Batman stuff than any other adaptation.
Not all episodes are 100% masterpieces but the overall storylines are especially awesome. I absolutely love this version of Harley Quinn and think it might actually be my favourite. And especially listening to the things she says in conversation leading up to her episode was awesome this time, knowing what's coming. A little disappointed that there's going to be a Joker in this universe after all but I hope that at least in this story, they flip it and make him a creation of Harley Quinn and not the other way around.
And the over all story of Harvey Dent of course is top tier. Also with the way it tied in with Jim and Barbara's ideological disagreement that ran throughout. And something that I didn't notice the first time but saw someone else point out, which is fucking cool, was that they flipped the evil and side of Two-Face here as well.
Harvey Dent wasn't really a good guy before the acid attack. He would just do or say whatever it takes to get more votes and get people to like him. He might've been good once but the life of shaking hands and smiling and kissing asses with no results clearly twisted him.So after the acid attack, whenever he's being apologetic and good, he turns and speaks with the side of his face that has been fucked up with acid. That's the personality that has learnt and is remorseful. But the 'evil' side of this Harvey Dent is the old Harvey Dent politician personality that has had it with this shit.
And just a quote that I felt especially hard this time from Batman: "You don't bend with the world when it goes bad. You push back."
Side note / suggestion: something I've always seen pro wrestling subs / communities do that works well, is having a general discussion thread pinned. Something that is still missing here vs Reddit, is a community for each show. It wouldn't make sense here right now because it would just make this place even quieter. But what was nice about them was having a place to post about them off season. I feel like a general discussion thread could work nicely for this kind of post.
Ah I hear you. Yeah, if I think about it, she could've done without the kids.
I wasn't 100% on board with everything myself. If I can think of another thing, it's Catwoman. I liked the old school take on her but overall she was kind of a joke. And personally, I like her role as the one villain that makes Batman act a little out of character and not see things so black and white, because of attraction. A little bit his Lois Lane, a little bit his kryptonite. I have a feeling Bruce Timm still ships Batman with Barbara though.
Edit: About Catwoman, this clip from Youtube, from a comedy cartoon called Batman Brave and the Bold takes the piss out of the Batman and Catwoman relationship completely but also sums up how it should be IMO. Also classic Catwoman.
Honestly if they kept the penguin male and had all his flunkies call him daddy it might have been evern more cringe.