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Reizal_Brood t1_jd3pfjg wrote

When I was a kid, around 9 or 10, my cousin was in town visiting on leave from his military job and I idolized him. I don't remember how the conversation came up, but he asked me what my favorite Batman stuff was, and I said TAS. He asked why, and I couldn't really answer, except that it was, to me, the core heart and soul of Batman. As an adult I've only realized more and more how true that was.

I'm always a little disappointed when I hear a Batman that isn't at least trying to sound like Kevin Conroy or a Joker that isn't Mark Hamill. And I have absolutely no idea who the VA for Superman was during the equivalent series run.

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Gravelsack t1_jd3r2fm wrote

>or a Joker that isn't Mark Hamill

Forget Luke Skywalker, The Joker was Mark Hamill's greatest role.

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dowdymeatballs t1_jd52tpj wrote

The world might not know that, but I think Mark Hamill himself does.

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Busterlimes t1_jd5fae6 wrote

Oh, he absolutely does. Mark has said in interviews how much he loves that role.

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imgrandojjo t1_jd56ou3 wrote

That's why mARK HAMill

Literally born to the role.

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citoloco t1_jd5ufha wrote

Yeah, but did The Joker get to make out with his sister? Roll Tide!

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MrLeHah t1_jd4avvs wrote

Tim Daly, best remembered from NBC’s WINGS, voiced Superman

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gretschenwonders t1_jd66ssv wrote

Also voiced by George Newbern in Justice League. George also voiced Sephiroth in various media

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MrLeHah t1_jd67lpr wrote

He said “equivalent series run”

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gretschenwonders t1_jdadpr4 wrote

Im not disputing what you said, just adding related info for those who might find that neat.

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Pirate_of_Dark_Water t1_jd4gyld wrote

I don't blame anyone for wanting more Mark Hamills Joker, but I do think people need to appreciate the bar he rasied for future actors to live up to in an animated setting.

Like John Dimaggio, and Kevin Michael Richardson after him, Mark Hamill made the character his own, he would practice in the car his different laughs and mannerisms, he said it must've been funny seeing a man maniacally laughing in the mirror at himself at red lights.

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metatron5369 t1_jd5y57t wrote

Batman is first and foremost a detective, without the camp of the 1960s or the angst and edge of the modern era and even the later cartoons.

You could go at lengths about the art direction of the show, but for me, the soul is always in the writing. Batman is just trying to fix Gotham the only way he knows how.

Almost all of the villains were fleshed out and well acted, turning even jokes like Mr. Freeze into some of the greatest comic book characters.

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