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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.
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Let's pretend it's 1992
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and you are 8
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And you don't really know who batman is
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But this just started up on Nickelodeon
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Or...whatever channel it was on, I don't remember
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After the WB logo, the first thing you see is https://images.plurk.com/69AyCSi5t01PMfuVNsOTpZ.png
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Which immediately establishes a color palette. Whatever this show is it's gonna be a darker show
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Pan down, and we see this: https://images.plurk.com/QO5TZBRlZJAeZi99OL9MQ.png
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They're blimps! Police blimps!
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Wherever we are, the police have a strong presence
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and also a old fashioned one.
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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
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https://images.plurk.com/qzu7gs1mKnQhLG1BedQ1N.png We keep panning down until we see a bank with some shady looking motherfuckers in front of it
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So we know they're up to no good
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They're probably gonna rob the bank or-
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https://images.plurk.com/1BY55IhX3pMW6nhhbd0boD.png HOLY SHIT
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Crime in this city is hardcore
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They are not just robbing banks they are blowing them up. All those police blimps are there for a reason
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https://images.plurk.com/2i3v5lpMSPq0Xq7nWLdnzP.png The criminals flee to the left, immediately followed by
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https://images.plurk.com/u50LW2GmTOEm7eWr9NKxx.png A dope ass car, also heading to the left
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I'm gonna say it again
top 1 anime OPs
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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
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And we know that whoever this is, they're someone who needs a car
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https://images.plurk.com/2ajDOTfdPSAw7ZFmtZa3DB.png Seriously look at that thing that is a kick ass car
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Still in pursuit
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https://images.plurk.com/3slnhPcP1HmvN37Z0I0lBb.png Cut to the criminals fleeing the police
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so the regular police ARE in action here, but
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https://images.plurk.com/3bjYLLRwXRuGlhAARSCUjP.png https://images.plurk.com/6StvQL4Hej0skZa8LYPBzm.png they aren't up to the task of catching these guys
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Despite all those fancy blimps crime is still a huge problem here
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it's literally above the law
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But these guys who act with impunity against the law are TERRIFIED https://images.plurk.com/3gf4AqgQwUeyb6GDKbiBNz.png
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of what they just saw
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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
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https://images.plurk.com/6ec9hL2xQolHnol1KiUfi6.png we get a close up of his face and we learn two things
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1: This is a guy in a costume, not some kind of shadow monster
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2: He fucking HATES crime
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look at that face
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https://images.plurk.com/4MKsbQF0NELwkJodZsySZ8.png Badguys pull out guns. The stakes are escalated
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What's the guy going to do?
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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
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We know that (1) he's vulnerable to guns, or he probably wouldn't have bothered, but (2) he doesn't use guns himself
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He disarms his opponents with gadgets
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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
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https://images.plurk.com/2IONXy4Ss15wvCXrXW9GvT.png bad guy still thinks he's got a shot
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https://images.plurk.com/5qJB71E8ji2ZwAyiPHuL4P.png Batman does not, he dodges not just with ease, but with contempt
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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
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https://images.plurk.com/2IQLb853ZW06pJaU0QkUwy.png after dodging a few more punches with similar ease, batman lays him out with one shot
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Both criminals are now taken down and at his mercy, so what does he do?
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We don't know, we're 8
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He could be a vampire who's gonna drain them dry or something
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https://images.plurk.com/2YZiYAKjRbAnDWMP1wKHy6.png The police finally arrive to the scene
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https://images.plurk.com/2Jju8wFEiWcnAzTR9c5ucS.png And they found this
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They're clearly alive. One of them is looking at the cops over his shoulder
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So in 50 seconds of animation, we have learned that
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- 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
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Pan up https://images.plurk.com/4PNlKx7CJJ6NQki4NxIIWg.png
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https://images.plurk.com/5F9OOEieU9wq8wtzir28Vk.png and there's our boy
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Then we go straight to the title card of whatever episode we're about to watch
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We don't know about Crime Alley, or Wayne Enterprises, or the Batcave
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But a pretty solid understanding of the character's vibes and methods are in our heads now
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A masterpiece of information density
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without really feeling like it
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We learn that
1) He is vengeance.
2) He is the night.
3) He is Batman.
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not until the first Scarecrow episode
A Grinning DM
I love that the literally shady motherfuckers look almost exactly like the guy you see on a neighborhood watch sign
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https://images.plurk.com/1s1BzjBGaY7tVNSFmdREeb.jpg
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