DC Animated The Dark Knight Returns

[Sweet Rabbit]

I think he's a great artist, credit where it's due. He's just ridiculously overexposed and hyped. And as a creator/designer, well. . .sometimes pictures speak 1,000 words:[/b]

you're kidding right? he did his thing back in the day, pretty much retired, went to art college and relearned how to draw from scratch & came back

you can't even compare his 90's work to the DC work. it's night and day

Funny. . .I don't remember that

it happened

 

[thenammagazine]

I think he's a great artist, credit where it's due.

He does decent backgrounds and draws a great male and a great female. Unfortunately, all he does is redraw them in different costumes.

 

[intothevoid]

I love his attention to detail in the environments be it background or buildings or what have you, and I do have a soft spot for the way he draws Batman.

That being said, his design sense is pathetic.

 

[piccolodaimaoh]

So I guess I'm in the minority wanting them to do a HUSH animated feature. BUT, if they did I would love for the animation to be in the Jim Lee style the same way Public Enemies was in the Ed McGuinness style and Superman Batman Apocalypse was in the Michael Turner style. Long Halloween/Dark Victory needs to be in the Tim Sale style, please.

 

[karamazov80]

you're kidding right? he did his thing back in the day, pretty much retired, went to art college and relearned how to draw from scratch & came back

you can't even compare his 90's work to the DC work. it's night and day

His art style looks pretty much the same to me. . .but that wasn't my point. My point was that he sucks at developing characters and costumes.

 

[krec9]

[ame]https://youtu.be/-3pdyqYwUpw[/ame]

cant wait for this

 

[thenammagazine]

Animation looks good. A shame Weller's dialogue so far sounds completely 1-dimensional.

 

[wofford29]

Dear God, all of that voice acting sounds horrible.

 

[DarkMagic]

I think he's a great artist, credit where it's due. He's just ridiculously overexposed and hyped. And as a creator/designer, well. . .sometimes pictures speak 1,000 words:[/b]

you're kidding right? he did his thing back in the day, pretty much retired, went to art college and relearned how to draw from scratch & came back

you can't even compare his 90's work to the DC work. it's night and day



it happened

Really?? This is the first I'm hearing of this. I know he sold WildStorm to DC, and wanted to re-focus more on the drawing side of comics than the publishing side (now he is co-publisher of DC, funny how that worked out )...but I never knew he went back to school to relearn to draw. His style has probably evolved slightly since the 90s, but nothing drastic enough to suggest relearning from scratch. Where'd he go?

I'm a fan of Jim Lee's style. It's a little exaggerated, but there is no denying his mastery of the fundamentals (anatomy, perspective, draftmanship) supporting it all. I never get the impression that there is something he's afraid to draw...some artists will try to hide artistic problems they can't solve with a shadow, an awkward layout or general sketchiness. When I look at Lee's panels, I'm never confused by exactly what is going on.

 

[DarkMagic]

Animation looks good. A shame Weller's dialogue so far sounds completely 1-dimensional.

It won't take much for him to outdo the phoned-in, wooden voice performance of the guy that played Batman in Year One.

 

[thenammagazine]

It won't take much for him to outdo the phoned-in, wooden voice performance of the guy that played Batman in Year One.

Well, if what we just saw in that vid is a sign of things to come, I doubt he'll surpass that. Besides, Year One being Batman's comeuppance is more understandable and forgivable (under the story's circumstances) than this.

 

[batfan08]

I think it looks great. I also think that Weller's voice fits the TDKR Batman. He's had the itch for all these years that now that he's Batman again, all that matters is that he gets things done. He's just a tool to be used in his mission, emotionless and focused; he's just snapped.

Plus, c'mon, what's more 80's than Robocop (that was rhetorical) ?

 

[thenammagazine]

From what I saw, I think he sucks. ZERO distinction between Bruce and Batman.

 

[Darklord Dave]

There's an extended preview on the Superman vs. the Elite DVD and I have to say I'm very excited about this. Weller is perfect as Bruce/Batman and the smart daughter from Modern Family is Robin. The designs look great too.

 

[Matt S]

Need to hear more from Weller to see if he's phoned in his voice performance. Whenever he does a voice, its pretty obvious its him

I really wish they had gotten Kevin Conroy to do the voice.

 

[thenammagazine]

Need to hear more from Weller to see if he's phoned in his voice performance. Whenever he does a voice, its pretty obvious its him

I really wish they had gotten Kevin Conroy to do the voice.

There was a vid posted a few pages back that has few samples of his dialogue. Bruce and Batman sound exactly the same and blandly monotone.

 

[Matt S]

Yeah I heard it; Weller did not impress at all...

 

[BB&WSF]

Don't know about Weller, but Conroy sure has a good sense of humour.

[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAPTJhU6d0g[/ame]

 

[Matt S]

that was fun to watch, thanks

 

[Buttmunch]

I was about that far from him as that video during that panel