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<blockquote data-quote="Willie Oleson" data-source="post: 322058" data-attributes="member: 8">says femme fatale played by Jill St. John.I&#039;m currently alternating between DALLAS and SISTERS but I watched the first BATMAN episode (part 1) out of sheer curiosity.After all, what&#039;s the point of buying all these DVDs and then not use them whenever I feel like it.&quot;the worst is yet to come&quot;.Oh boy. Something tells me I need to approach this series moderately because binge-watching is going to make me feel burned out before I can finish the first season.I&#039;ve never been able to sink my teeth into the superhero genre and the main reason I bought the DVD is for the typically sixties eye-popping visuals - in that regard it certainly doesn&#039;t disappoint.Whereas the Tim Burton movies (my first Batman experience) explain how the villains come about it appears that the rivalry between Batman and the villains of Gotham City has already been established, which suggests that this series mostly caters to fans of the DC comic books instead of the more casual viewer like me.Not that that doesn&#039;t make any sense, but it&#039;s not completely without ramifications from my personal point of view.I feel I constantly need to catch up on everything that&#039;s already supposed to make sense, and things are moving very fast and it&#039;s all panic-y and high-stakes from the very opening scenes.[ATTACH=full]37135[/ATTACH]!!This first episode feels kinda plot-less. There&#039;s the Riddler villain doing or pretending to do something villainous for no other reason than to provoke Batman and then Batman himself can&#039;t afford to ignore it.Then there&#039;s Robin who acts as if he&#039;s overdosed on Red Bull but maybe the frenetic acting, dialogue and sequences help to disguise the lack of plot.Even though I&#039;m a sucker for kitsch I thought the red bat-shaped phone in the batmobile was a bit too much.The series (or at least this episode) doesn&#039;t come across as dated camp or unintentional camp. Everything looks exactly the way it is supposed to look and I think it takes a bit of retro-fun out of it.And yet, if the idea was to change Batman from comic book medium to TV series medium they really can&#039;t be faulted for anything.I&#039;ll keep watching to see how bad it&#039;s going to get therefore the &quot;worst is yet to come&quot; cliff hanger sounds very promising.But I have to say that the actor playing the Riddler is really something to behold - and he blows Jim Carrey&#039;s version completely out of the water.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Willie Oleson, post: 322058, member: 8"] says femme fatale played by Jill St. John. I'm currently alternating between DALLAS and SISTERS but I watched the first BATMAN episode (part 1) out of sheer curiosity. After all, what's the point of buying all these DVDs and then not use them whenever I feel like it. "the worst is yet to come". Oh boy. Something tells me I need to approach this series moderately because binge-watching is going to make me feel burned out before I can finish the first season. I've never been able to sink my teeth into the superhero genre and the main reason I bought the DVD is for the typically sixties eye-popping visuals - in that regard it certainly doesn't disappoint. Whereas the Tim Burton movies (my first Batman experience) explain how the villains come about it appears that the rivalry between Batman and the villains of Gotham City has already been established, which suggests that this series mostly caters to fans of the DC comic books instead of the more casual viewer like me. Not that that doesn't make any sense, but it's not completely without ramifications from my personal point of view. I feel I constantly need to catch up on everything that's already supposed to make sense, and things are moving very fast and it's all panic-y and high-stakes from the very opening scenes. [ATTACH type="full"]37135[/ATTACH] [B]!![/B] This first episode feels kinda plot-less. There's the Riddler villain doing or pretending to do something villainous for no other reason than to provoke Batman and then Batman himself can't afford to ignore it. Then there's Robin who acts as if he's overdosed on Red Bull but maybe the frenetic acting, dialogue and sequences help to disguise the lack of plot. Even though I'm a sucker for kitsch I thought the red bat-shaped phone in the batmobile was a bit too much. The series (or at least this episode) doesn't come across as dated camp or unintentional camp. Everything looks exactly the way it is supposed to look and I think it takes a bit of retro-fun out of it. And yet, if the idea was to change Batman from comic book medium to TV series medium they really can't be faulted for anything. I'll keep watching to see how bad it's going to get therefore the "worst is yet to come" cliff hanger sounds very promising. But I have to say that the actor playing the Riddler is really something to behold - and he blows Jim Carrey's version completely out of the water. [/QUOTE]

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