Beware the Batman... Seriously, Beware The Batman

Beware Beware the Batman... It's like a Guano Coated Candy Bar... Which is pretty good except the Guano part...


Let's start with the bad:

Without looking online, who is this?

No, that's not Bruce Wayne/Batman. That is Lex Luthor Masquerading as someone else. That person usually has a bit more hair, a mustache and refers to Bruce Wayne as Master Bruce. Yup, Ladies and Gentlemen, Alfred is now Lex Luthor's twin Brother... OK he really isn't but he looks like freaking Lex Luthor here. I know it almost sounds nitpicky, but this is Alfred, we're talking about. (Yes, I know originally Alfred was overweight and bumbling, but that was changed to Alfred's more Iconic Look). While I understand that redesigns happen, it just seems Wrong to have a Jason Statham-wannabe as Alfred.

Gotham City is FREAKING EMPTY!!

I mean the emptiness due to computer animation WORKED with Green Lantern due to the excess of Scenes IN SPAAAAAAAAACE!!! Sadly, this doesn't work on a city that it's supposed to be an ersatz for New Yourk City... The City that Never Sleeps... But this Gotham is the Abandoned City that Batman and random Criminals prowl on.

The Animation... It feels a bit unpolished... almost like it was made in 1994. This could have worked better as old school animation or perhaps Flash animation...

The Good:
The voicework. Holy crap! Kurtwood Smith plays a wonderful James Gordon... His daughter Barbara is played by none other than the Twilightliscious VA herself... TARA STRONG!!
Also, Humpty Dumpty is played by Matt Jones using his Gunther voice... Anthony Ruivivar makes a somewhat decent Kevin Conroy impression for Batman, but it's nothing to write home about.

Alfred's more active role. I guess that almost justifies his Action Star look, but it's cool having Alfred doing more than bringing Bruce his breakfast.

Batman DOING more Detective work to figure out stuff... No "I'm Batman" get out of anything card.

The Huh!?:
The villain Roster is a bit D-List and Z-List. No Joker, No Penguin, No Catwoman here... The Closest thing we have to an A-List Villain is Ra's Al Ghul... Cause they've mentioned the League of Assassins in the show, we should expect him sometime soon. While it's cool that we're going beyond the same old folks, it feels weird that NONE of them are there. Sure the show is trying to be like Batman: Year One with Batman being a rookie, Gordon not being a Commissioner yet, etc. but it feels wrong to have 80s and 00s characters being part of Batman's Early Adventures... OK I could live with the 80s characters, but having a recent villain like Professor Pyg before Scarface, or Red Hood or anyone else... I kinda get the whole "delay the Joker's reveal" thing but...  if none of the main villains show up , some of the casual bat fans will not care much about this show.

It's better than Teen Titans Go! I wanna like the show, but the Animation is a bit off-putting and I think that WB (owners of Cartoon Network) are relying too much on the Bat-crutch... I think I'm suffering form Bat-Overexposure!