p/p4zflo

@Overbringer

Sun, Jan 22, 2023 11:28 PM

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Batman: The Animated Series | Remastered Opening Tit...

a shot by shot analysis of the opening of BTAS, because it's incredible at establishing exactly what the show you're about to watch is about.

Gabiluzbad

@Overbringer

Sun, Jan 22, 2023 11:28 PM

Let's pretend it's 1992

Gabiluzbad

@Overbringer

Sun, Jan 22, 2023 11:28 PM

and you are 8

Gabiluzbad

@Overbringer

Sun, Jan 22, 2023 11:29 PM

And you don't really know who batman is

Gabiluzbad

@Overbringer

Sun, Jan 22, 2023 11:29 PM

But this just started up on Nickelodeon

Gabiluzbad

@Overbringer

Sun, Jan 22, 2023 11:29 PM

Or...whatever channel it was on, I don't remember

Gabiluzbad

@Overbringer

Sun, Jan 22, 2023 11:29 PM

After the WB logo, the first thing you see is

https://images.plurk.com/69AyCSi5t01PMfuVNsOTpZ.png

Gabiluzbad

@Overbringer

Sun, Jan 22, 2023 11:30 PM

Which immediately establishes a color palette. Whatever this show is it's gonna be a darker show

Gabiluzbad

@Overbringer

Sun, Jan 22, 2023 11:30 PM

Pan down, and we see this:

https://images.plurk.com/QO5TZBRlZJAeZi99OL9MQ.png

Gabiluzbad

@Overbringer

Sun, Jan 22, 2023 11:30 PM

They're blimps! Police blimps!

Gabiluzbad

@Overbringer

Sun, Jan 22, 2023 11:30 PM

Wherever we are, the police have a strong presence

Vehrec

@Vehrec

Sun, Jan 22, 2023 11:31 PM

and also a old fashioned one.

Gabiluzbad

@Overbringer

Sun, Jan 22, 2023 11:31 PM

https://images.plurk.com/67xoIznDoGu2EDqJEi4Smh.png

You don't know the name "Gotham City" yet, but you're starting to get a feel for the aesthetic

Gabiluzbad

@Overbringer

Sun, Jan 22, 2023 11:32 PM

https://images.plurk.com/qzu7gs1mKnQhLG1BedQ1N.png

We keep panning down until we see a bank with some shady looking motherfuckers in front of it

Gabiluzbad

@Overbringer

Sun, Jan 22, 2023 11:32 PM

So we know they're up to no good

Gabiluzbad

@Overbringer

Sun, Jan 22, 2023 11:32 PM

They're probably gonna rob the bank or-

Gabiluzbad

@Overbringer

Sun, Jan 22, 2023 11:32 PM

https://images.plurk.com/1BY55IhX3pMW6nhhbd0boD.png

HOLY SHIT

Gabiluzbad

@Overbringer

Sun, Jan 22, 2023 11:33 PM

Crime in this city is hardcore

Gabiluzbad

@Overbringer

Sun, Jan 22, 2023 11:33 PM

They are not just robbing banks they are blowing them up. All those police blimps are there for a reason

Gabiluzbad

@Overbringer

Sun, Jan 22, 2023 11:33 PM

https://images.plurk.com/2i3v5lpMSPq0Xq7nWLdnzP.png

The criminals flee to the left, immediately followed by

Gabiluzbad

@Overbringer

Sun, Jan 22, 2023 11:34 PM

https://images.plurk.com/u50LW2GmTOEm7eWr9NKxx.png

A dope ass car, also heading to the left

magnet

@magnetDW

Sun, Jan 22, 2023 11:34 PM

I'm gonna say it again
top 1 anime OPs

Gabiluzbad

@Overbringer

Sun, Jan 22, 2023 11:34 PM

We don't know who's car this is yet, but because of the framing we get the sense that it's in pursuit of the criminals

Gabiluzbad

@Overbringer

Sun, Jan 22, 2023 11:34 PM

And we know that whoever this is, they're someone who needs a car

Gabiluzbad

@Overbringer

Sun, Jan 22, 2023 11:35 PM

https://images.plurk.com/2ajDOTfdPSAw7ZFmtZa3DB.png

Seriously look at that thing that is a kick ass car

Gabiluzbad

@Overbringer

Sun, Jan 22, 2023 11:35 PM

Still in pursuit

Gabiluzbad

@Overbringer

Sun, Jan 22, 2023 11:35 PM

https://images.plurk.com/3slnhPcP1HmvN37Z0I0lBb.png

Cut to the criminals fleeing the police

Gabiluzbad

@Overbringer

Sun, Jan 22, 2023 11:35 PM

so the regular police ARE in action here, but

Gabiluzbad

@Overbringer

Sun, Jan 22, 2023 11:36 PM

https://images.plurk.com/3bjYLLRwXRuGlhAARSCUjP.png

https://images.plurk.com/6StvQL4Hej0skZa8LYPBzm.png

they aren't up to the task of catching these guys

Gabiluzbad

@Overbringer

Sun, Jan 22, 2023 11:36 PM

Despite all those fancy blimps crime is still a huge problem here

Gabiluzbad

@Overbringer

Sun, Jan 22, 2023 11:36 PM

it's literally above the law

Gabiluzbad

@Overbringer

Sun, Jan 22, 2023 11:37 PM

But these guys who act with impunity against the law are TERRIFIED

https://images.plurk.com/3gf4AqgQwUeyb6GDKbiBNz.png

Gabiluzbad

@Overbringer

Sun, Jan 22, 2023 11:37 PM

of what they just saw

Gabiluzbad

@Overbringer

Sun, Jan 22, 2023 11:38 PM

https://images.plurk.com/7JDc9vHq7DKuifwMtdMt0G.png

This guy, who just dropped down from overhead. As the criminals are above the law, this guy is above them

Gabiluzbad

@Overbringer

Sun, Jan 22, 2023 11:38 PM

https://images.plurk.com/6ec9hL2xQolHnol1KiUfi6.png

we get a close up of his face and we learn two things

Gabiluzbad

@Overbringer

Sun, Jan 22, 2023 11:38 PM

1: This is a guy in a costume, not some kind of shadow monster

Gabiluzbad

@Overbringer

Sun, Jan 22, 2023 11:38 PM

2: He fucking HATES crime

Gabiluzbad

@Overbringer

Sun, Jan 22, 2023 11:38 PM

look at that face

Gabiluzbad

@Overbringer

Sun, Jan 22, 2023 11:38 PM

Gabiluzbad

@Overbringer

Sun, Jan 22, 2023 11:39 PM

https://images.plurk.com/4MKsbQF0NELwkJodZsySZ8.png

Badguys pull out guns. The stakes are escalated

Gabiluzbad

@Overbringer

Sun, Jan 22, 2023 11:39 PM

What's the guy going to do?

Gabiluzbad

@Overbringer

Sun, Jan 22, 2023 11:40 PM

https://images.plurk.com/24gy14VcXhNv9MzZisIPus.png

https://images.plurk.com/12nBxEEEaoc0PLkwT1iCpA.png

he takes out some king of...bat themed boomerang to knock the guns out of their hands

Gabiluzbad

@Overbringer

Sun, Jan 22, 2023 11:40 PM

We know that (1) he's vulnerable to guns, or he probably wouldn't have bothered, but (2) he doesn't use guns himself

Gabiluzbad

@Overbringer

Sun, Jan 22, 2023 11:41 PM

He disarms his opponents with gadgets

Gabiluzbad

@Overbringer

Sun, Jan 22, 2023 11:42 PM

https://images.plurk.com/52AYAPx2aSPq6B5oLqkyCj.png

https://images.plurk.com/Q2MyYccwAfPgDpgGNHn5C.png

https://images.plurk.com/2ABYWRc60FoeQvZFWmRjo1.png

Batman obliterates this guy in one motion, but he's using marital arts rather than any kind of super powers

Gabiluzbad

@Overbringer

Sun, Jan 22, 2023 11:42 PM

https://images.plurk.com/2IONXy4Ss15wvCXrXW9GvT.png

bad guy still thinks he's got a shot

Gabiluzbad

@Overbringer

Sun, Jan 22, 2023 11:42 PM

https://images.plurk.com/5qJB71E8ji2ZwAyiPHuL4P.png

Batman does not, he dodges not just with ease, but with contempt

Gabiluzbad

@Overbringer

Sun, Jan 22, 2023 11:43 PM

Again, suggesting that if he got punched in the face it WOULD hurt, but that he also doesn't consider these guys a real threat

Gabiluzbad

@Overbringer

Sun, Jan 22, 2023 11:43 PM

https://images.plurk.com/2IQLb853ZW06pJaU0QkUwy.png

after dodging a few more punches with similar ease, batman lays him out with one shot

Gabiluzbad

@Overbringer

Sun, Jan 22, 2023 11:44 PM

Both criminals are now taken down and at his mercy, so what does he do?

Gabiluzbad

@Overbringer

Sun, Jan 22, 2023 11:44 PM

We don't know, we're 8

Gabiluzbad

@Overbringer

Sun, Jan 22, 2023 11:44 PM

He could be a vampire who's gonna drain them dry or something

Gabiluzbad

@Overbringer

Sun, Jan 22, 2023 11:44 PM

https://images.plurk.com/2YZiYAKjRbAnDWMP1wKHy6.png

The police finally arrive to the scene

Gabiluzbad

@Overbringer

Sun, Jan 22, 2023 11:45 PM

https://images.plurk.com/2Jju8wFEiWcnAzTR9c5ucS.png

And they found this

Gabiluzbad

@Overbringer

Sun, Jan 22, 2023 11:45 PM

They're clearly alive. One of them is looking at the cops over his shoulder

Gabiluzbad

@Overbringer

Sun, Jan 22, 2023 11:45 PM

So in 50 seconds of animation, we have learned that

Gabiluzbad

@Overbringer

Sun, Jan 22, 2023 11:46 PM

- Our hero is probably human, but highly skilled
- He doesn't kill people, he ties them up and leaves them for the police
- He doesn't have any overt super powers, but fights with skill and ingenuity
- This is personal for him, he fights crime because he HATES criminals

Gabiluzbad

@Overbringer

Sun, Jan 22, 2023 11:47 PM

Pan up