Hamish Linklater leads the voice cast in this latest take on Gotham City's masked crime-fighter, a 1940s noir-infused animated adventure developed by Bruce Timm ('Batman: The Animated Series').
Like any icon who’s been around long enough, Batman has appeared before us in a nigh-infinite number of permutations. There are Batmans who fly solo, and Batmans who have Robins. There are Batmans who’ve been at this a while, and Batmans who are new to the job. There are campy Batmans and gritty Batmans, wholesome Batmans and scary Batmans, and every single shade in between.
Batman evades their grasp while slowly amassing his own allies, chief among them lionhearted police commissioner Jim Gordon . Their clashes play out in good old-fashioned car chases, shootouts and fistfights, with a refreshing minimum of overwrought lore or fussy gadgetry. It’s in the episodic adventures, however, that the series really lets itself have fun. Its guest stars include obvious favorites like Catwoman , an insouciant jewel thief flouncing around Gotham in fabulous gowns and enormous hats.
But those moments are brief flashes of lightning in an endless drizzle. The rest of the time, the show follows Batman’s lead in keeping its emotions at a distance. It’s too gloomy to feel approachable, but too mild to tap into the character’s full potential for oddness and ugliness.does deepen as its supporting characters organize into a truer ensemble.
But the stakes still feel lower than they ought, largely because the good guys still come across like sketches on a page rather than fully realized individuals with idiosyncrasies, vulnerabilities and desires of their own. What floats to mind is a question growled by one of the Dark Knight’s less celebrated manifestations, at a seemingly indomitable nemesis: “Tell me, do you bleed?”may not be able to traffic in much actual bloodshed, given its TV-14 rating.
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