Airing on Fox during their Fox Kids afternoon lineup, Batman was one of the staples of mine to watch between the time I got home from school and when Dad got home for dinner. I remember loving it, and from what I hear it holds up well for a wide range of viewing audiences (unlike some of my other beloved shows from childhood *cough*Thundercats*cough*), so I'm looking forward to re-watching it. My friend loaned me Volume One of the DVD collection, so I'll be watching it in that order, production order, though I've heard some prefer viewing this by airdate due to the way characters are introduced.
It has a great opening credits theme (something shows like Star Trek: Enterprise forgot were important to grab audiences). Also, I love the sort of film noir style, termed Dark Deco in the Wikipedia entry--less grim than the contemporary Tim Burton films, more of a '40s look, none of the camp of the '60s TV show and film, and achieved appeal to a general audience. Besides, it's harder to go wrong with a favorite like Batman than with Superman a.k.a. The Boyscout.
I anticipate this show will fall solidly in my "Good" category.
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