The mystery’s solved: she’s not a homosexual. There. I ruined “Batman, Mystery of the Batwoman” for any comic book purists who expect animated adaptations of the Batman mythos to actually be completely translated 100%. Interestingly enough, this movie came out years after Batman: The Animated Series, the New Batman Adventures, Batman Beyond, heck, even Justice League Unlimited was done airing, so it is very refreshing to go back to the dark & grim city which started this universe affectionately named by the fans the Dini-verse. A mysterious silver-suited, hi-tech Batwoman starts terrorizing the Penguin and his organized crime, and Ol’ Bats himself takes it upon himself to stop this lady from doing crazy and dangerous vigilantism…Alfred said it best in the movie, “As they say on the street, ‘I ain’t touchin’ that one.’” Just to keep us on our toes, three new women are introduced into Bruce Wayne’s life, throwing red herrings left and right so that even the Great Detective is questioning who is that mysterious masked not-man? The film comes to a climax when ol Ozzy calls in Bane to fight the Dark Knight aboard a flaming ship and Batwoman helps out in what can only be called an epic three-way. The end shows Bruce possibly having a new fling in his life, but then anyone who has watched Batman Beyond knows it’s not going to last…what else is new?
The movie itself is a great throwback to the Saturday mornings and after-school TV-blocks of some of our childhoods, keeping the aesthetics of the New Batman Adventures along with a new story and new characters without discounting old favorites (Barbara Gordon gets a speaking cameo even…she’s not the Batwoman either). Batman is in his A-game for fighting, gadgets, sleuthing, and menacing voices without sounding like he’s gargling gravel (looking at you Christian Bale). Good movie for Batman fans…but not the hardcore comic book fans because the Batwoman’s not a red-headed lesbian.
The movie itself is a great throwback to the Saturday mornings and after-school TV-blocks of some of our childhoods, keeping the aesthetics of the New Batman Adventures along with a new story and new characters without discounting old favorites (Barbara Gordon gets a speaking cameo even…she’s not the Batwoman either). Batman is in his A-game for fighting, gadgets, sleuthing, and menacing voices without sounding like he’s gargling gravel (looking at you Christian Bale). Good movie for Batman fans…but not the hardcore comic book fans because the Batwoman’s not a red-headed lesbian.
Without spoiling anything, the secret of the Batwoman here is like this:
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