Beware the Batman...


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according to this is the name of the new Batman show set to launch in 2013. Done in CGI, and staring with Batman in this new series will be his new sidekick Katana and his gun-toting butler, Alfred.



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Ok, Katana I can handle but a gun-toting Alfred? WTF?


 

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Ye gods, someone tell me this is a piss take??

A gun-toting Alfred? After what happened to his parents??

And no Robin but a young Katana??

This sounds whack, man!


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From the article "in the works along with a Wonder Girl/Batgirl/Supergirl team-up titled Super Best Friends Forever."



 

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Perhaps this is deliberately silly?

I guess we'll have to wait and see. You never know, it might be good. Batman Beyond sounded terrible on paper too.


 

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Originally Posted by Unknown_User View Post
according to this is the name of the new Batman show set to launch in 2013.
The article claims its source is Worldsfinest.com, which is actually a real estate site (virtual tour of some property), not the animated series's site, worldsfinestonline.com.

Here's the actual press release.


 

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Hmmm, it would be one thing if Alfred occasionally pulled a gun, maybe... To ward off intruders or such?

But if he's regularly joining in the fights and shooting his gun off, that is just silly.


 

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I call shenanigans.

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I hope


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Alfred is a former soldier and combat veteran, so using a gun isn't totally out of character. But is doesn't fit in the Batman mythos, so no.


 

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From the article "in the works along with a Wonder Girl/Batgirl/Supergirl team-up titled Super Best Friends Forever."

Thing is these three together won't be able to fight any crime because they'll be too busy texting each other and shopping at the mall.

This whole "article" sounds like a joke to me...


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Even if this is just a joke... this isn't the best time to be joking about such a ridiculous idea considering DCnU having such negative overall reviews.


 

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Batman with a gun-toting butler and a female sidekick
Oh, I loved this show.


 

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Oh, I loved this show.

lol bingo.


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Even if this is just a joke... this isn't the best time to be joking about such a ridiculous idea considering DCnU having such negative overall reviews.
Really? Practically every first-run sold out at my comic store, and the second run is selling well already. Maybe I'm in a weird area....


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lol bingo.
I don't get it; I'm not much of an anime watcher...


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I don't get it; I'm not much of an anime watcher...
The show Beastyle was referencing was almost a "Batman with a gun-toting butler and a female sidekick" rip-off to begin with.
Apparently this new Batman show would be ripping off the rip off.


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The show Beastyle was referencing was almost a "Batman with a gun-toting butler and a female sidekick" rip-off to begin with.
Apparently this new Batman show would be ripping off the rip off.
Oh...but what was the show?

(the one ripping off the "batman with a gun-toting butler and female sidekick"?)


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Oh...but what was the show?

(the one ripping off the "batman with a gun-toting butler and female sidekick"?)
The title is right there in the pic.


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Really? Practically every first-run sold out at my comic store, and the second run is selling well already. Maybe I'm in a weird area....
That was always expected... it's also expected that those numbers will quickly drop...

Also you have to take into account conservative print runs and comic shops. Comic shops are likely buying no more than double what they usually do while they have several times that coming in to pick up titles and thus why they are selling out.

As far as 2nd issue it's in the psyche of some new people to go get them and give them the benefit of the doubt. however that doesn't mean that in the long run they will sell better and might in fact sell worse considering they aren't creating habit for most of those new reader and the old reader are leaving.


 

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The title is right there in the pic.
So it is...for some reason, that made me think of something else entirely, which then made me discount it as the possibility of the name of the show.

/e blush


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I know people get passionate about giant robots but really?


 

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That was always expected... it's also expected that those numbers will quickly drop...

Also you have to take into account conservative print runs and comic shops. Comic shops are likely buying no more than double what they usually do while they have several times that coming in to pick up titles and thus why they are selling out.

As far as 2nd issue it's in the psyche of some new people to go get them and give them the benefit of the doubt. however that doesn't mean that in the long run they will sell better and might in fact sell worse considering they aren't creating habit for most of those new reader and the old reader are leaving.
Fair enough. I have not actually read any of them yet, so I will wait and see.


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So it is...for some reason, that made me think of something else entirely, which then made me discount it as the possibility of the name of the show.

/e blush
I'm quite sure that's exactly what they were going for when they chose that name.
The Japanese are fairly funny when it comes to using English in novel ways.


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