You want a Batman rant? No problem. Batman: The Animated Series is my mainstay because it is in many ways more accessible than the comics, but still generally faithful to the comics (with some horrible exceptions such as how Bane is handled). The Animated Series does a stellar job making generic characters like Mr. Freeze and Clayface interesting and easy to sympathize with, and it is the origin of Harley Quinn. The music is fantastic and carries the torch of the Tim Burton movies to the point that I now find the Animated Series theme to be as integral to Batman as Bob Kane. Plus, I prefer the Animated Series Bruce Wayne because he's dopey and affable, rather than a snarky playboy, and that seems to serve as both a better cover for and a more fascinating contrast to Batman. One caveat, though: I absolutely can't stand to watch the show after the budget was reduced and the new Batman Beyond art style was implemented, even if the quality of the writing is fairly consistent from earlier episodes.
Edit: Ugh, fixed some horrible tense shifting in that paragraph.
The best Batman related thing is the first Robin, Dick Grayson. He was a stand in Batman for a short amount of time and he became hella sexy after being Robin and moving on to being Nightwing. Hubba hubba.
Batman the Animated Series was my favorite cartoon as a kid. I loved it so much. While I also loved the 1st movie I don't like it as much as I used too.
It is Batman: Arkham Asylum, I love that game and have played a whole lot of it. Sometimes in the future it is going to be replaced with Arkham City though.
Most people would hate me for it but I enjoy the character Robin. If I had to choose something actually batman related I would go with the 2 original movies.
My favorite batman thing would have to be Batman: The Animated Series it's really what got me into Batman when I was young and the fact that Arkham Asylum and City both use the voice cast from the series is something that really makes the game shine. I sometimes wonder if the game would be as good as it is if they used an entirely different voice cast.
Arkham Asylum is essentially the only Batman experience I've ever had that I enjoyed. I've seen all the films and thought they were sorely overrated, and I watched the cartoon but found them to be too childish and contrived. Arkham Asylum hit exactly the right spot between dark and gritty and that whole "FUCKING BATMAN YES" thing.
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