I just had to. The stupid little dance they do at the end of the movie is my brain 24/7 and it's killing me. There's NO gifs of them doing this dance. I haven't watched this movie in YEARS, I knew it was good but not THIS GOOD.
If its one thing we know about the western animation industry, its that genuinely original and creative efforts are quickly followed by spinoffs, bandwagon jumpers and out-and-out ripoffs
so, let's take the latest DC Animation darling, My Adventures With Superman
for those unfamiliar, MAWS is a ground-up reboot of the Superman Mythos that's as much a romantic & buddy comedy as it is superheroic drama. It is quite good, and I reccommend you watch it.
Naturally, one of THE anticipated events for future seasons will be when Batman inevitably shows up, which got me thinking on well, the equally inevitable Batman spinoff, which well, see the title of this post.
and here's the thing: Its doable?
How do I know, because we've seen it be done. At least thrice, in fact, but for simplicity's sake, lets stick with the most tumblr gif friendly option: The Lego Batman Movie
that is to say, my hypothetical MAWB would, through its first season, anyway, deal with Bruce Wayne trying to juggle not only being both Batman and Brucie Wayne, Millionaire Playboy, but now newly-adoptive father to his young ward, Dick Grayson.
Batman: The Brave & The Bold gave us a good starting template as well, making Bruce the stoic yet exasperated straight man to the antics of Gotham City's collection of rogues and eccentrics, and the bitter truth that accepting Robin as his sidekick somehow puts Dick in Less Peril
"At least this way I can keep an eye on him, Alfred"
"Of course sir, I thought the same thing during your ninja phase."
"It wasn't a phase it was training, alfred."
"wait" [pause, both Bruce and alfred yelp] "You're a ninja?"
as for Dick, well, he's the deuteragonist, he's taking things in surprising stride, and well, see all those posts around this hellsite about how he's able to somehow get along with the various rogues and drive them to distraction.
as for antagonists, the one with lots of potential is of all people, Killer Croc, as both he and dick were circus folk.
Will I return to this? probably. but in the mean time, I release this post into the wild, and would like to hear your various takes on things, dear followers
God, I first saw this movie almost three years ago, and I still think about it so much. I can’t help but cackle every time I see it!
LEGO DC Batman: Family Matters (2019)
The popping sound, the hair, Damian’s confusion, the silent record scratch you can just feel, Jason’s voice crack as he goes (°0°), the fact that the plot twist for once is that Jason never actually died! I just- it’s the best scene of the movie
(the second best [series of] scene[s] is Jason stealing Bruce’s tires [again] and Batman having to hitchhike with a random civilian)
But seriously, watch this movie if you like Batfamily content and shenanigans. It may not be the most canon compliant (UtRH is a little too dark for a direct-to-dvd lego movie for kids), but I still love these silly little lego vigilantes. And this is one of the closest iterations we’ll ever get to all of them being on the screen (Alfred, Bruce, Kate, Barbra, Dick, Jason, and Damian).
@sapphosewrites tagged me to post 10 gifs from my 10 favorite movies without saying what they are. I have a feeling many of them will be very recognisable, though!
Thanks for the tag, I really enjoyed doing this! A little difficult, as I don't watch many movies, but fun! <3
(I really don't watch many movies -- a couple of times I was like:
"Umm, I remember enjoying Princess Bride?"
"...Andi you barely remember it, it's been years."
"Oooh, Lego Batman was fun though!"
"Andi you can't call something your 'favourite' when you don't even remember the plot...")
No-pressure tag goes to @fuzzyhairedfreak, @youngpettyqueen, @flippetyfloppity, and @kittenwriter <3