DC Batman: The Audio Adventures

I've got a pretty poor ability to latch onto things, but this show hooked me in. The character's are all really well acted and there's a good sense of intrigue and mystery present. I'm a really big fan of the interconnecting plotlines as well as the variety show aspect. Wasn't expecting to laugh a whole lot, but I was pleasantly surprised. The slow burn of certain running gags becoming pretty significant story beats is really something and I kinda love it for that. There's lots to see- er, well- hear in this show. Not to mention the gorgeous ambiance artwork availible should you choose to watch this on HBOMax. The audio mixing is fantastic and really puts you in the scene. Probably the only critique I can give is that there isn't more of it!

Batman: The Audio Adventures is comedic and campy creativity that presents the mythos of Batman in one of the most unique forms to have come out in a long time. It's an adventurous comedy with a dash of what makes Batman darkly desirous and it's a drama with sprinkles of satirical silliness(In a good way)!

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.

I love Batman and I adore this rendition so much! It's Batman dark without loosing its cartoonish neon glow. It's like if the animated series and the Arkham games had a baby and its cool wine aunt was the 60's Batman.

The Pros: *The creative direction was so beyond fun. Thank god to whoever made the choice of Harley Quinn's plot! Hot damn it was such a refreshing take.

*The chemistry of all the actors was so so fun to hear. John Leguizamo and Heidi Gardner are a total chef's kiss match up. Bobby Moynihan Is amazing as Penguin. Brent Spiner as Joker is so skin crawlingly creepy and darkly funny. Bradley Whitford's Scarecrow was written in the stars. Just the whole cast really made it. I didn't have a hard time accepting Jeffrey Wright as Batman at all. Melissa Villaseñor as Robbin was totally what you think the boy wonder would sound like.

* Cheers to Gillian Jacobs; I have noooo clue why she isn't everyone pick to voice Harley. She hit the nail so hard on the head she turned it into sausages.

The con. It's a big one but it could be fixed: I wish there was more. There isn't enough. I'm thinking of writing HBO and making a petition to get it back.

If you want or need something to hear because your getting bored of your playlists, if your a long term fan or casual viewer maybe even new to the fandom, I 100000% recommend this to anybody and everybody.

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.