DC Batman: The Audio Adventures

For those who felt Batman the animated series could have reached an even wider audience if catered to a slightly older demographic YOU ARE IN LUCK. This has been the greatest piece of Batman media I've had the pleasure to consume since I first fell in love with BTAS and its related movies and comics.

I've always found that what makes Batman's character and story so tragic, and a rule that follows those he comes to know, is that no good deed goes unpunished. But what makes his story worth knowing, (and retelling for what, 80 years??) is that despite this, he cares so much, he fights so hard, and in the face of each loss, each mistake, he gets back up, to do the right thing. Each. And. Every. Time.

Batman the audio adventures perfectly embodies this drive for good, while also showing us the unintended consequences that come from it and how it affects our well meaning vigilante and those allied with him.

This cast of incredibly talented voice actors and sound FX wizards came together to breath life into the winding, weaving plot and the perilous tales found...in life and death, in Gotham city.

The production quality on this series is great (albeit campy - a bit like the 60s TV show Batman show) and the A-list talent is top shelf (with top props going to Brent Spiner as the Joker).

But here's the issue - and it's a big issue - the HBOmax app will only play if the screen display is active on your phone. This is an AUDIO series, and will absurdly shred your phone's battery by only playing with the pointless visual of a radio being on display on your phone.

C'mon, HBO - you should've fixed this long ago.

Misses the mark on so many levels. The worst part was having a grown woman do the voice of Robin. How did anyone think this was a good idea? I kept thinking he was talking to Oracle, but nope, it was just grown-woman-Robin. They could have at least gone with Carrie Kelly.

Two Face is terrible. I hate this contemporary version of him that seems to be popular now; the idea that the two sides of his face are arguing with each other. This isn't how TwoFace is, and the first time I recall seeing this interpretation was in Batman Forever with Tommy Lee Jones in the role. TeoFace is obsessed with the number two and sometimes with the dual nature of certain things. To just make someone schizophrenic because their name is Two Face is lazy and uninspired.

The voices in this were all around terrible. There one or two that were good; I'm thinking Chris Parnell and Rosario Dawson.

I really wanted to like this, but like everything else the SNL crew does, they never tap the potential. This is strictly entertainment for people who might have heard of Batman, but don't really know anything about him.

I literally have eight hours a day to fill. I'll listen to almost anything. But this is high production, poorly cast, badly written trash. I love Melissa Vilesenor, but why is she playing Robin? Two Face's two voices were not different. Chris Parnell is ok, but just sound like Dr. Spaceman doing a bit. I which Rosario Dawson had better dialogue. I cannot believe this got a second season. I'm especially sad that this is so bad after having listened to The Riddler and Batman: Unburied. Those were both excellent. Do yourself a favor and listen to those instead. Sorry, Jeffrey Wright, even you couldn't save this crap.

I was aware of this but didn't have much interest in it until it was Batman day and all the episodes came on HBO Max so out of pure curiosity I gave it a listen and love it, it's a ton of fun the voice actors are pretty great and It's pretty funny. It's a very interesting take on Batman not because of the story's (which are pretty standard) But because of the way there being told it's a very fun and I would recommend it if your a Batman fan if not I think that you may be a bit confused it has a lot of Easter eggs and plots that rely on you knowing a bit more the the average person would know but it's not that big of a deal.