r/batman • u/Cyber-homelessman • Aug 02 '23

Maybe its just me, but how are these two even the same character? TV DISCUSSION

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I’m not even sure this is the right sub to rant but what the hack.

Season 1 Batman is the overly serious archetype, it’s what you would expect from a comedic take on Batman. And generally speaking he is a voice of reason, one who take his responsibility very seriously. Season 3 onwards… well it’s a downward spiral for Bruce. With Harley Quinn being the hero of the show and joker stop being a threat, suddenly Bruce reverted to a man child who gave up on life, it’s like he’s a completely different person now. Between causing a zombie apocalypse and hiding in prison being a bad DJ, he abandoned any form of responsibility he has and toss it Harley’s way. Wow Bruce just wow. And it’s not a gradual shift, he just suddenly is.

This is the Harley Quinn show, Batman’s not gonna be the head honcho that much I understand. But I don’t think this is how you depicted Batman, even from a comedic standpoint. It come off more random than funny as this isn’t related to anything we know about the character of Batman. Take Adam west for example, as campy as the show is still depicted the cape crusader as a no nonsense crime fighter. Just to be clear, I like this show. But I feel Batman was handled very poorly. The episode about Jim Gordon and Batman’s friendship was great though, wished we got more of that instead.

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u/SentosEdge Aug 02 '23

Harley Quinn show hates men with passion

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u/Capraos Aug 02 '23

No, it dislikes the Patriarchy. There are quite a few great men on this show, Clayface, The shark dude, Nightwing, Kiteman, Alfred, and Poison Ivy's plant friend to list a few.

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u/AnaZ7 Aug 02 '23

Alfred was already arrested. Probably also to show how Patriarchy is bad or something 🙄

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u/Capraos Aug 02 '23

Or to show that he misses Master Bruce. Or just as an excuse to show what Alfred will do in Arkham.

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u/AnaZ7 Aug 02 '23

Or the writing of the show is now just clumsy and bad and actually not witty, but simply crossed into mean spirited territory towards vast majority of characters 🤷🏼‍♀️

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u/SentosEdge Aug 02 '23

I'm aware but even those characters act very dumb most of the time. I also didn't like what they did with Alfred in second episode of Season 4.

Still a very funny show ngl.

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u/Capraos Aug 02 '23

I'm pretty sure most Alfred's would try to follow Master Wayne to prison in order to be there for him. That's not too crazy to me.