BATMAN: YEAR ONE Movie Reaction! | First Time Watch! | DC Animation | Ben McKenzie | Bryan Cranston

[@The_Phantasm]

Since you guys were wondering all the time about why Batman looks like he does, one of the best things that DC animation used to do is that they would try to recreate the art style of the comics they were based on and in this case the art style was based on David Mazzucchelli’s iconic art on Batman Year One.

[@novemberoscar98]

As I live and breath! The Phantasm 😍

[@CULeeisMe]

💯 And this came out in the 80s. 25 year olds looked like they were middle aged back then. 😏

[@spencernaugle]

Crazy seeing you here. lol We really just watch all the same content.

[@darnellarocca7387]

Interesting 🤔

[@adrianomoraes5992]

Nah, in the comics Bruce looked 25. David Mazzucheli drew him with a pretty youthful face. Blame it on the animation team.

[@thedarkknight2221]

You can see how this comic was such a massive influence on Christopher Nolan when he and his brother Jonathan wrote Batman Begins. They even cleverly tease The Joker in the end in a similar way.

[@sombrashadow0013]

"Dont hurt the baby, please." Man, if you guys only knew what that baby would become

[@bapzishere]

Ooh! good one , I think he becomes a comic book version of Dahmer.

[@JMan377]

It's crazy what he becomes. Was Jim Gordon in denial, though, or he never knew? Lol

[@bapzishere]

@@JMan377 most likely in denial, Barbara(sister) knew he was evil.

[@MrAmadeus1998]

@@bapzisherewhy do you have sister in parentheses?

[@JyMierCrawford]

@@MrAmadeus1998to point out that barbara is james jr's sister

[@saltymisfit6566]

I loved that line, "I know pain.....and sometimes I share it with people like you" 😂

[@Rea3443]

🤣

[@ultrainferno.]

This is David mazzucchelli's art style that the animators was copying .He was the original artist for the Batman year one comic.

[@Victorio667553]

Bryan Cranston as Jim Gordon works so well. Would have loved to see him play a live action version of him.

[@bryanthelt3373]

"Who keeps a clown in their office" says the guy with funko pops on a shelf behind him 😂😂

[@PrinceOfThieves666]

This Batman is voiced by Ben Mckensie, who plays James Gordon in the Gotham TV Show

[@MisterDriskul]

Plays both roles really great

[@ImAlsoMerobiba]

He did a pretty good job as Bruce here but I can only hear Jim Gordon after watching Gotham.

[@The_Blue_Otaku]

Yeah and Bryan Cranston voices James Gordon in this

[@7woundsfist]

So, fun facts, Jim Gordon's son grows up to be a serial killer. Also, Jim marries Essen years later, but she was murdered by the Joker.

[@Karthig1987]

Wtf that sucks.

[@kemmdog4444]

@@Karthig1987It happened during “No Man’s Land”. the Joker shoots Essen after she saves some babies from his plan to attract the attention of Batman (although it's implied shortly thereafter that even the Joker wasn't amused by her death)

[@Muthomi.T.I.M]

Batman Begins (2005) also drew lots of inspiration from Batman Year One. Like in Bruce using ultrasonar signal to summon a swarm of bats to distract a SWAT team and the beginning of his relationship with Gordon. Commisioner Loeb and Flass are also in it too.

[@VforVictory00]

The affair was genuine. She actually fell for Jim Gordon. The cops were just watching him and blackmailing him.

[@GlennWH26]

And by the time of The Dark Knight Returns, Sarah Essen is Sarah Gordon.

[@epbrown01]

Yeah, isn’t Sarah Barbra’s mom? We never hear about Jim’s first wife and kid, or at least not before I stopped reading.

[@maltesefalcon85]

@@epbrown01 barbara is his brothers kid originally but she got retconned to be his bio daughter sarah returned in the 90s and died at the end of no mans land

[@shmick6079]

Too many Barbaras in the Batman universe 😂

[@jokerz7936]

​@@maltesefalcon85You have that backwards. Pre-Crisis Gordon had two children a son Tony who was rarely seen and his daughter Barbara. His wife another rarely seen character was named Thelma. Post Crisis Barbara was the daughter of Jim's brother Roger and his wife Thelma although there was a possibility Jim was her father due to an affair he had with Thelma. Jim took her in after her parents died. Jim had one son James Jr. with his ex-wife Barbara Eileen Gordon. He eventually married Sarah Essen who as you mentioned died at the end of No Man's Land. Since the New 52 Barbara is his bio daughter again and her mother was Barbara Eileen and James Jr. was her brother.

[@flippinLOFI]

There is a Catwoman short that accompanied the physical release of this film. It is just as good and continues her story. Voiced by Eliza Dushku...... meow!

[@thedarkknight2221]

How ironic is it that after playing Batman in this movie Ben McKenzie would go on to play Jim Gordon in Gotham.

[@Fighttilltheend0136]

Yupp

[@JBatGaming2]

The voice of Bruce Wayne in this movie is actually the actor of Gordon in the Gotham tv series. Just an interesting fun fact

[@touriewright5428]

Jaby in this movie they did explain he had been gone for 12yrs ( I think ) which I'm pretty sure although not explicitly stated but that was when he traveled the world and learned his "craft" . When he returned to Gotham he was putting everything together in his mind, he had the tools but still was searching for "more" so when the bat came in it clicked. At least that is my interpretation. I really would've loved a year 2 on all the year one animation films but you can't have everything - huh Awesome pick and reaction guys :)

[@theshakyproject2971]

"Now I'm his assistant!?" LOL! I forgot how good Eliza Dushku is in this. She would have made a solid live-action Catwoman, too. :)

[@alephbright]

Selina's roommate is Holly Robinson. She was briefly Catwoman II in the 2000s

[@brucechmiel7964]

“ they did not need to explain that” Oh my God it’s like these animated films that are direct adaptations of a specific comic use dialogue from the comic.

[@Gadget-Walkmen]

I agree with that mindset, but generally speaking, when adapting stuff, you gotta know when to leave things in and when to take things out for different mediums. Not everything is going to be seamlessly for 1 for 1 DIRECT adaption. It was fine for what they did for the film but I'm just talking about generally.

[@brucechmiel7964]

@@Gadget-Walkmen I agree, except this is a very sans comic and doesn’t really do the whole Frank Miller redundant dialogue, at least not too much. This is an excellent example of adopting a comic book into a movie correctly.

[@parsman9914]

This is a direct adaptation of the graphic novel. Later Gordon married detective Sarah Essen. Years later she was murdered by Joker.

[@normlee6566]

It was actually a limited series comic (#404-#407), not a graphic novel.

[@parsman9914]

@@normlee6566 That's right.

[@bhuvansagar3294]

Does his first wife die?

[@parsman9914]

@@bhuvansagar3294 No. She left Gotham and took James Jr. with her.

[@LiveFromThePorcelainPalace]

In the comics, Jim and Barbara Gordon ended up getting a divorce and Jim married Sarah. And a few years later she's murdered by the Joker while defending a bunch of babies. So, no.. the affair was not a set up.

[@gabrielbenitez9257]

Fun fact. Ben McKenzie who voiced Batman in this one, would later play Jim Gordon in the show Gotham

[@dabbadonisthestout7284]

James Earl Jones has passed away, RIP 😢

[@thatonkgau5221]

WAIT WHAT?!

[@darkamora5123]

@@thatonkgau5221 You and me both...had to Google it as soon as I read it.... Goddamn.

[@draykohunter6805]

😔 Life Well lived, may he rest in peace.

[@Zurrenarr45]

Lucius doesn’t invent Batman’s gear. Unlike how they depict him in the Nolan movies. Lucius helps run the company and secretly helps mass produce parts that Bruce invented so he can keep his gear stocked. Over time some of the Wayne Tech R&D scientist will be aware they are helping Batman and will develop weapons like the Batman beyond armor, but for the most part Bruce invents and builds everything he uses. He’s not on par with Tony Stark, but he is still a genius. Stark is a one trick pony while Bruce is a jack of all trades. He isn’t the best at any one thing except maybe detective work, but his genius level intellect combined with all of his skills across multiple disciplines make him a major player in DC. He’s also really good at adapting technology to suit his needs. He gets a major “power” boost after the league forms, because he gets access to technology from multiple alien worlds.

[@Gadget-Walkmen]

lol bro, come on. I love Batman to DEATH but calling Stark a "one trick pony" is just pure nonsense as he's REALLY not.

[@Zurrenarr45]

@@Gadget-Walkmen it’s a simplification, but I think you get the point. Also, my comment isn’t a knock against Tony.

[@JackRabbit1234]

The Dark Knight Returns Part 1 & 2 are sequels to this movie. I highly suggest you watch those next as they are really good movies and have inspired tons of Batman media.

[@ChamarM]

It's stupid it's supposed to be a sequel to that when it's supposed to be the post crisis reboot origin

[@BKP526]

Year One is my fav. Shows how young Batman began

[@ghostspider2056]

Gordon has two kids, James Jr. and then Barbara, both named after the parents. You see both kinds in The Dark Knight film, the son gets more screen time.

[@shmick6079]

So weird that he names his daughter Barbara…

[@theascendunt9960]

@@shmick6079 Why? Sons get named after their fathers all the time so why not daughters?

[@shmick6079]

@@theascendunt9960 isn’t Barbera the daughter of Sarah Gordon?

[@hkaayaakuu]

I dont even remember when I watched all the batman animation movies, maybe 2016! Only once and a few still remain

[@milkiassamuel780]

Glad to see you guys do more DC animated move reactions. I love these movies as they really got me into DC Comics and introduced me to so many great characters I love and stories Ive come to love. I really love Batman Year One as it really is as much of a Jim Gordon story as it is the origin of Batman and the parallel storylines converging between Jim's struggle as a good cop in a corrupt city and Bruce trying to start his career as Batman and even he struggles to know what it means to be Batman. Bryan Cranston does a great job in the role as Jim Gordon (hed be a great live action Jim Gordon too). Ben McKenzie also played Batman in this movie and fun fact he also played Jim Gordon in the often underrated and overlooked show Gotham (Fox series) which acts as a prequel series to Batman, his characters and his his villains in different and unique ways If you guys want to check out other excellent animated DC films, I'd highly recommend the following: - Superman vs The Elite - All-Star Superman - Superman: Unbound - Superman and Batman: Apocalypse - Batman: Long Halloween (Part 1 and 2) - takes place after Batman Year One storyline. - Batman vs The TMNT - Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker - Batman: Subzero - Wonder Woman (2009) - Green Lantern: First Flight (2009) - Green Lantern: Emerald Knights (2011) - Flashpoint Paradox - Justice League: New Frontier - Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths - Justice League: Doom etc....

[@MrThierryFournier]

It's kind of comical that Ben McKenzie voiced Batman in this, but then played Gordon in ''Gotham'' 3 years later.

[@Syntherus]

This is pretty much exactly word for word, shot for shot, the same as the comic. It was so influential that it defined the character ever since, and pretty much every movie has used it as a foundation.

[@AnxMa]

I actually miss Kevin Conroy not providing v.o. for this one. In Batman the Gotham Knight, he has proven to be more than able to portrait much younger Bruce Wayne - in the segment 'Field Test'. In two months it will be the second anniversary of his passing. I created a small tribute to him using the Arkham Games footage and the cult classic Batman the Animated Series Toys from the 90's, it's pretty cool if I may say so myself.

[@TheDoDoGuy]

Dude there are other batman voices he didn't do he's a perfect batman but there are others you'll be fine

[@Zurrenarr45]

James Gordon Jr. suffered some trauma from the fall and ends up becoming a serial killer who idolizes the joker. He was originally intended to be the main nemesis for Dick Grayson during his time as Batman. Jr. is fixated on killing his sister Barbara, sort of like a Michael Meyers kind of thing. Gordon’s family is confusing with the names. The children are named after the parents. Barbara and Jim will eventually get divorced and Jim will marry Detective Essen. She is unfortunately murdered by the joker during the No Man’s Land arc.

[@josephdent6825]

Forgot that happened tbh Sarah getting killed by Joker because I remember her being in Batman The Dark Knight Returns

[@BonyT2768]

Lol-he actually said “LUCKY amateur.” 🤣

[@michaelchavez2206]

Can’t wait for OLD BATMAN

[@ImAlsoMerobiba]

That's awesome that you guys are starting this long journey. So hyped. It's been so long since I've seen this one. I need to do a full rewatch.

[@gleentea]

“Women never get acknowledgement in the workplace” 😅😂 best quote ever

[@Moballack]

The great thing about batman is that people call him batman even without his suits and that shows which of the two persona is his real identity........

[@muaykrm]

I read the comics and its one of the rare things that you should prefer reading the comics instead of watching this movie. Not because movie is bad, its because comic just incredible

[@Muthomi.T.I.M]

Achara was right in that The Batman (2022) drew inspiration from Batman Year One (comic and this film). It also drew inspiration from other comic stories such as Batman Zero Year, Batman Ego, Batman Earth One and Batman The Long Halloween. The Dark Knight (2008) on the other hand drew inspiration from Batman The Long Halloween and Batman The Killing Joke.

[@MrSupertallblackman]

Batman and Superman do basically look exactly the same. One just wears glasses.

[@Gadget-Walkmen]

Superman is significantly more buffer and TALLER than Batman as Bruce has to look up to face up and he's not at all intimidated by him.

[@MrSupertallblackman]

@@Gadget-Walkmen Superman is only about an inch taller than Batman in the comics and not that much bigger.

[@Gadget-Walkmen]

@@MrSupertallblackman in a lot of artwork of them side by side FROM them of the comics, it’s more than an inch as Superman IS taller than Batman by a few inches and Batman is already a tall guy himself. Superman is just a huge guy.

[@johnnyskinwalker4095]

@@Gadget-Walkmen Agreed! Superman is huge. Also it would not make sense if Batman was too big cause he is very agile and is pretty acrobatic and so forth. You cannot have a 6 foot 5 guy do this. It makes more sense if he would be 6 foot.

[@Gadget-Walkmen]

@@johnnyskinwalker4095 exactly!

[@NWguy83]

Batman: Mask of the Phantasm would actually be the first to watch. It has flashbacks to him becoming Batman.

[@VforVictory00]

They've already watched Mask of the phantasm and under the red hood

[@Xl081x]

Keep up the good work (I'm glad you said you saw the order in which to watch 👍)

[@shawnmullins3946]

They should watch The Dark Knight Returns next.

[@darkamora5123]

It's been a while since I watched the film, but Bruce caught the baby, pulled it into his chest, and then turned so he landed on his back in the mud. He was a human air bag for baby James.

[@AnvilPictures]

Yaaa😟 if you know what he becomes the baby it’s not a happy ending

[@theascendunt9960]

And then that baby turned into a psycho.

[@BillGriffins]

Keep reacting to more DC Movies and animations.

[@matthewcronin2325]

There’s a reason this story has withstood 40 years of retcons

[@The_Phantasm]

@@matthewcronin2325 No it hasn't. It hasn't been canon since the New 52 introduced Zero Year which is still canon to this day.

[@thomasthorburn2751]

Zero year retconned this out of existence.

[@matthewcronin2325]

Doomsday clock made everything canon again

[@maceomaceo11]

​@@The_Phantasmnope. Been retconned back. No matter how many clowns try to change it, they always end up going back to the best story.

[@The_Phantasm]

@@maceomaceo11 This is completely untrue. Chip Zdarsky just referenced and did direct flashbacks to Zero Year in his Batman run. Zero Year is still canon. Year One is not.

[@saltymisfit6566]

That's the great thing about Batman he's an equal opportunity ass kicker 😂

[@TheBlond49]

Batman Begins took more notes from Year One than The Batman

[@harshk9342]

I've been saying that ever since the movie came out but the Battinson stans are unbearably stubborn.

[@Gadget-Walkmen]

The Batman takes more from The Long Halloween than Batman Year one comic.

[@Gadget-Walkmen]

@@harshk9342 LOL No, they're not at all. They don't say that AT ALL as NO ONE is being a "sTaNs" NOR is anyone being "uNbeArAbLY STuBbON" in the slightest as Batman year one DID influence The Batman movie but there was MORE comics that was used than just year one. No one is wrong in saying that in the slightest AT ALL. The Batman OBVIOUSLY pulls more influence from The Long Halloween AND Batman Year One as Matt Reeves said the 3 main comics that he influenced his film are The Long Halloween, Batman: Ego, and Batman Year One. This is all FACTS here because there's literally a batman comic box set of those 3 comics being sold together (that I wished I had right now due to having box art from Jim Lee himself for the film) that advertistes all 3 comics of being the main comics that helped influence the movie.

[@harshk9342]

@@Gadget-Walkmen The Dark Knight was a much better adaptation of The Long Halloween and Begins was a better adaptation of Year One. Yet Battinson stans keep saying he is the most comic accurate Batman and that is just not true. Baleman had more in common with comics batman than Battinson. It's just his voice got progressively worse.

[@Gadget-Walkmen]

@@harshk9342 Lol Just no, you couldn’t be anymore wrong here in every single way. The Dark Knight NOR Batman Begins was NOT trying to be a “better adaption” of The Long Halloween NOR Batman Year One in the slightest, The Dark Knight just pulls influence FROM those Batman comics to tell it’s OWN unique story from getting inspired by those comics. Literally ALL the live action Batman movies do this as not a single one is trying to tell the exact story from the comics. Just like how the Dark Knight Rises pulls influence from Batman Knightfall but it’s NOT trying to tell it’s tell that story but simply pull influence from it. And being closer to the comic doesn’t make the movie better, it’s about telling a MUCH more unique and compelling story IN those movies because those movies aren’t adapting the comics 1 for 1, they just take influence from them to tell their own unique narrative, ALL the live action Batman movies do this. And The Batman movie in 2022 did this THE BEST by telling its own uniquely crafted narrative. You have absolutely NO idea on what you’re saying OR what you’re talking about as every comment you say makes yourself look worse and worse here. Robert Pattinson Batman IS the most comic accurate Batman and that IS true by really emphasizing his trauma and his character from how it’s portrayed in Batman: Mask of the Phantasm but having it portrayed in live action. Baleman did NOT “had More in common with comics Batman than Battinson” lol that’s not true and you completely don’t understand what the movie is about at all. Christian Bale’s Batman WAS a good depiction of the Batman and yeah his voice was notoriously bad, especially in the dark knight and rises, but it was a good Batman. But Robert Pattinson AS Batman truly showcases one of the BEST portrayal of Batman in live action from his phenomenal performance and the masterful writing to the character to truly showcase and depict WHAT Batman is at his core. He LEARNS how to be better Bruce Wayne AND Batman at the end of this movie, as this was the whole point OF the movie. Bruce's Trauma has deeply effected his entire life and well being. It's not about trying to portray a "play boy bachelor" at all, it's about showing a gloomy individual whose DEEPLY traumatized from his parent's death that he can't think or do anything else and I LOVE the way how it's done as Bruce can't be batman without his trauma but this still it's consumed his life so much that he's never moved past his parent's passing to have his own life. Pattinson’s Bruce Wayne looks like he's never had a girlfriend, much less slept with another girl, and DESPERATELY needs to leave his house and touch some grass and it's PERFECT! It's COMPLETELY perfect because Batman IS Bruce's trauma, and this movie had to showcase that he's so obsessed with being batman that he forget how to be himself and a proper human being. It's no different from Batman: Year One or Batman: Mask of the Phantasm, Batman IS the Trauma that makes Batman, BATMAN. Batman's story will ALWAYS be a tragedy at heart as he can never be fully happy to be Batman. But the point of this movie is showcase how Bruce can LEARN how to grow from that with his interactions with Selina so he can be a human again and learn HOW to be a better Batman for the people of Gotham by not being so full of rage but by being an inspiration of hope and love! There is no “Battinson stans ” AT ALL, you just don’t know what you’re talking about because you’re too obsessed with the dark knight movie, which is a fantastic movie, but Pattinson as Batman far outclasses that movie AS the Batman in his portrayal of the character.

[@Wolfhunter5607]

Better watch some Superman animated movies before James Gunns Superman next year😤😂

[@josephdent6825]

Fr they need to see more Superman

[@marcussantos188]

I would recommend Superman VS The Elite.

[@marcussantos188]

I would recommend Superman VS The Elite.

[@marcussantos188]

I would recommend Superman VS The Elite.

[@SiriuslyBlack7]

Bruce Wayne pulled the "Basic Instinct" maneuver on Barbara Gordon!!!🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@siiodn]

In The Dark Knight Returns animated, Gordon actually married with Essen

[@Austhesaucelifts]

you can see the inspo Matt Reeves took for The Batman

[@RadOstr1]

3:48 - no, it's Walter White AKA Bryan Cranston

[@javelldunn3379]

It’s tough that James Earl Jones passed away RIP 😢

[@2301WAYNE]

This Batman Year One Comic Book inspired Batman Begins. Batman The Long Halloween And Batman Dark Victory Comic Books and The Batman 2003 Cartoon inspired The Dark Knight. The Dark Knight Returns Comic Book inspired The Dark Knight Rises. In all 3 cases the original is the beat and way better And Also Batman makes his own gadgets and suits including Batmobile, Lucius actually update them he didn't even know Bruce Wayne's real identity atleast for 3 years but it was all changed in Christopher Nolan one to make the story short I guess one lf the many worst changes, as mostly Batman rejects 99% of lucius inventions for being deadly one of which is the guns on The Batmobile which Batman used to destroy the pillar later on Batman modified them to stun and changed bullets only to use in warfare!

[@ChamarM]

Knightfall and kinda No Man Lands also inspired Rises

[@2301WAYNE]

@@ChamarM Yes, those are also masterpieces it's still hurts that they were one of many main events inspiration that got so terribly adapted not that these or any ones were done justice at all even though Batman Year One got a little bit justice with Batman Begins being the best one but it still says a lot how much beyond the further the adaptations are for damn sure!

[@NK-dt1kp]

Lets gooo, love the DC content 🥳

[@ParadoxBrony]

YES!!! More people need to watch this movie. I swear it’s one of the best.

[@marcussantos188]

One of my favorite Batman stories glad it was one of the influence for “The Batman”. Even though it’s technically year 2 in Bats’s career 😂. But when it’s comes to the noir self dialogue 😙👌🏽.

[@sfkeepay]

The voice cast included Eliza Dushku (Faith from Buffy the Vampire Slayer, among other great work she’s done) as Catwoman and Katee Sackhoff (Starbuck in Battlestar Galactica, Boca Tan in The Mandalorian) as Sarah Essen.

[@sergiykud]

DC has always had great animation when it comes to combat. In some of the movies you can almost see step by step how the moves work

[@mageeaaron2624]

Oh snaps!! I'm looking forward to this reaction!!!! 🙏🏽💪

[@Narutoanime16g]

I like that we go through the months in this movie of it being a full year and I like the focus on Gordon and how he's trying to do his job and even seeing Selina come into being catwoman on her own cause she keeps being connected to all the Batman shit lol so she tries to get out of his shadow

[@cursedlemon7368]

Still crazy how Bryan Cranston voiced Gordon in this

[@omarhabrawi4156]

Batman actually said "Lucky amateur"

[@votedbestjustin]

Fyi, all of the DC animated movies are based very closely to specific comic stories. They even go as far to animate the movie based on the original artist's style. (Not every single one but any dc animated movie with a notable visual style is likely based on the original artist.) This one was written by Frank Miller and drawn by David Mazuchelli. Fun to keep in mind if you're thing go through a bunch of them.

[@BobbyMoore2-mp8wb]

Batman is awesome 😎

[@hkaayaakuu]

Good for Jaby he looked up a list on google, most reactors dont even do that, they are either told by their patrons or they just jump in the middle of a series of movies out of order

[@SUPERMAN90744]

One of my top three batman animated movies right behind Batman Mask of the Phantasm

[@ghostspider2056]

Highly recommend Justice League Crisis on Two Earths

[@jokerz7936]

You can always tell who read the comics vs who didn't by the reaction to the affair.

[@deonaustin9575]

Cinepals James Earl Jones has passed away today at 93 years old.

[@batbrick3949]

The fight “choreography” in this movie is outstanding, among the best. Can’t wait for you guys to react to The Dark Knight Returns.

[@MetulManiac]

This is a truly amazing film.

[@SmokinDroFrayser]

Thank you the DC animated are all fire

[@shadowofjustice9119]

THANK YOUUUUU FINALLYYYY

[@The_Phantasm]

Please also animated film Superman Vs The Elite. He does an amazing job adopting the story from the comics and it perfectly captures Superman's morals and ideals.

[@alephbright]

I didn't care for how they changed the end, but otherwise it's okay.

[@TimedRevolver]

@@alephbright You realize the film was written by the guy who wrote the original comic, right? He'd know better than anyone what would fit for his own story.

[@alephbright]

​@@TimedRevolver I don't care who wrote it, I care that in the comic Superman bluffed Manchester Black who prove he didn't need to resort to using the corporal punishment the Elite were dishing out left and right because the Justice League was helping in the background, and in the movie he... resorted to using the corporal punishment the Elite were dishing out left and right instead of having the Justice League help in the background. Superman lobotomized someone without their consent just like Superman Red Son did to his enemies.

[@TimedRevolver]

@@alephbright ...Well, just go ahead and spoil the entire movie for them, why don't you? I was being vague for a reason, you idjit.

[@ThatReplicant]

Year one has aged so well

[@rajgautam3999]

This is gonna. Be the best ..dc animated 🎉🎉🎉

[@unclelink]

"Batman don't shiv! You'll see!" Ben McKenzie voiced Bruce Wayne/Batman in this, later played Jim Gordon in Gotham who was played by Brian Cranston in this! Small world! Gotham Knights is another must see, but if there's a list I'll respect the list... as long as World's Finest and First Flight are on there!

[@miguelsebastianfarrosegovi7018]

If you love this you have the see The Dark Knight Returns Part I and II, is the same adaptation form Frank Miller (Batman Year One, TDKR, 300, Sin City) comics

[@DarkKnightBatman420]

Rip James Earl Jones.

[@ricanreactions]

I'm glad you like this movie there is a DC showcase that continues the story of Catwoman from this universe hope you guys can see it

[@robinsingh9032]

Hope Batman: Gotham Knight is also on your list, it is one of those movies that shows the real batman and how people see him.

[@thechad4485]

Now you need to watch the “DC Showcase: Catwoman” which is a tag onto this film. So many reactors skip the showcase shorts, and it’s a damn shame.

[@AnvilPictures]

It’s probably because the beginning is just too damn sexy! Don’t get mad at me for saying it that’s what they were going for and they succeeded😂

[@theascendunt9960]

True. Those showcase shorts are better than some full-lengths movies. Just earlier today I was thinking about the showcase short on the character Death from Sandman. And the one of Spectre is a favorite of mine too.

[@AnvilPictures]

@@theascendunt9960 love the sandman show and its spinoff. I also seen that short.

[@brianng8350]

This was a really solid movie. Under The Red Hood is still the best, but this is up top 5 or 10 DC animation.

[@wolfman-up7dh]

the crazy thing that most people don't know is that Jim's son grows up to be a serial killer.

[@johnnyskinwalker4095]

Bryan Cranston would have made a seriously great Gordon!

[@Steef_Lee]

You gotta quite a guy when the escort is upset that you DIDNT touch her lol

[@lordagentm3211]

I recommend watching Batman: A Long Halloween Part 1 & 2 or Batman: The Dark Knight returns Part 1 & 2= this one is sad but way better than the live action of Batman vs Superman film.

[@fireeaglefitnessmartialart935]

Though "long Halloween" works as a standalone, it's part of the bigger animated universe series.

[@robfinlay8058]

All these DCU Animated Original Movies are good-great. You should watch them all.

[@princesilver1387]

what is up with Achara having a problem with Bruce being wealthy, dude lost he's parents. i pretty sure he would give up all that money just to have he's parents back.

[@chickencurry7642]

Batman begins was inspired by this

[@yeshuasaves7882]

your guys are doing good reactions I haven't seen this one

[@Jplummer-y3j]

Thank you guys

[@darksaint0124]

That baby grows up to be probably the second most famous serial killer in Gotham after the Joker.

[@KIRA-EL]

You guys know when he was down there getting shot at and he ended up throwing One of the guys through brick wall that was the same guy that shot at the cat the first time he even said so in the comic before he throws him through the wall he says you're the one who shot at the cat

[@oppenheimer6321]

5:42 There's a scene in The Batman that looks a lot like this scene.

[@thedefinitionisthis]

The art-style was a straight adaptation of David Mazzucchelli's art style and design for the book, hence why Bruce/Batman (and everyone else) looked the way they do in this film. That's actually something I miss from the DC Animated Movie Universe these days, since they've committed to doing more shared universe stuff. Before, they actually would try to have different art direction and designs for each film. And if they were adapting a specific comic storyline, the art style would be influenced by the artist of that particular comic.

[@TheMick7823]

Off topic.. I’ll pay or do whatever it takes to see Achara and Steph do Southpaw and warrior.. please make a poll or whatever is needed and I’ll join pateron or whatever to vote.. Jaby absolutely needs to see them as well🍻

[@timcarder2170]

The superman batman visual similarity, is common amongst a lot of different artists in the various books/animations.😊