a5c7b9f00b Bruce Wayne is missing. Alfred covers for him while Nightwing and Robin patrol Gotham City in his stead. And a new player, Batwoman, investigates Batman&#39;s disappearance. I had my doubts, but I now have to recognize that the animated movies based on the &quot;New 52&quot; Universe of DC Comics ended up being better than I expected. Unlike the &quot;classic&quot; Animated Universe, these films don&#39;t adapt specific comics or narrative arcs (like All-Star Superman, Batman: Year One or Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox did); instead of that, they take fragments from diverse stories in order to integrate dynamic tales which respect their printed origin while taking advantage of the animated medium in order to establish their own identity. In other words, Batman: Bad Blood is made for the comic readers, but at the same time, it contributes to the formation of an animated continuity which will probably not be limited by those comics. However, I&#39;m starting to notice the negative part of that strategy. I liked Batman: Bad Blood, but I found it too ambitious for its short running time. In barely 72 minutes (including the end credits!), the film plays with too many characters, and he introduces not one, or two, but three new members of the &quot;Bat-family&quot;. There&#39;s simply not enough time to develop in detail the parade of characters, events and sub-plots, and even though many of them are interesting, they are reduced to their minimum expression, something which dilutes their emotional impact and denies the scale of their ideas. I&#39;m not going to mention any spoilers, so I will just say that Batman: Bad Blood would have worked bettera simple introduction to Batwoman (real identity: Katherine Kane), one of the most controversial additions to the &quot;Bat-family&quot; in the comics, who undoubtedly deserved a movie for herself. I wasn&#39;t a fan of Batwoman when she made her debut in 2006, butthe time went by, I liked the treatment this character received by other writers in more modern stories pretty much; that&#39;s why it was so frustrating to see her relegated to the background whenever Batman: Bad Blood changes its road (which happens many times), and it doesn&#39;t adequately conclude what it starts. Fortunately, there are enough positive elements to make Batman: Bad Blood worthy of a moderate recommendation. The quality of the animation is &quot;normal&quot; for the standards of Warner Bros., but the choreography of the fights and action sequences are above average. And the actors make a very good voice work, highlighting Jason O&#39;Mara, Stuart Allan, Morena Baccarin, Yvonne Strahovski, Ernie Hudson and Gaius Charles. In conclusion, Batman: Bad Blood adequately concludes the trilogy initiated by Son of Batman and Batman Vs. Robin, and at the same time, it inspires interesting tangents to explore in future films; I just wish it was half an hour longer, or that it handled less sub-plots in order to dedicate more time to the ones which genuinely deserved it. But it made me have a good time, and I now look forward to Batman: The Killing Joke. Believe it or not, I&#39;m expecting it with more enthusiasm than Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. I hope they get Mark Hamill to bring his voice to the Joker. REVIEW FOR THE FILM: I have been a huge DC Comics fan for about 15 years. Read a ton of comics, read all the acclaim graphic novels, seen all the live and animated shows and movies, and have played all the video games. So I obviously have seen all the Original Animated movies from Doomsday to this. After the launch of the new 52 the original movies have taken elements from that. This has resulted in some okay to meh movies. So what about this movie? It&#39;s decent. Nothing too special but enough to keep me entertain and left me somewhat satisfied. This movie isn&#39;t anything new or groundbreaking like Under The Red Hood or Mask of the Phantasm but it is an improvement from Throne of Atlantis or Son of Batman. What are the pros? Good artwork, great fights, and was good to see characters from the comics make it here. Cons are somewhat poor story and villains, new characters could have been establish better, and the lack of Batman is disappointing. Over all it&#39;s was good. Again nothing to impressive but with this and Gods and Monsters it&#39;s an improvement from DC recent movies.<br/><br/>RESPONDS TO THOSE SAYING THIS MOVIE IS BEING POLITICAL CORRECT: For those complaining this movie being Political Correct READ SOME COMICS. Batwing has always been black since the new 52 and he was completely original character (like Batman Beyond Terry McGinnis) added to the Bat family. They didn&#39;t turn Dick Grayson or Red Hood black. Same thing can be apply to Kate Kane Batwoman except she was an already establish character who now just happens to like Woman. Seriously what a crime (Sarcasm). Some people have different traits and the creators decided to experiment around with that. Their traits does not push some diverse or LGT agenda. Batwing being black and Kate Kane being lesbian does not make affects this movie or story what so ever. They didn&#39;t have some transgender main character or some gay sex scene. An example of Political Correctness was turning the Human Torch from the most recent Fantastic Four movie black. He was an establish white characters and they turn him black for no good reason but for the sake of diversity. But Batwing being black and Batwoman being lesbian has nothing to do with political correctness. Hardly anyone is complaining about Cyborg or John Stewart being black because they were establishblack characters before Political Correctness was a thing so this should apply to Batwing or Batwoman. Complaining sounds idiotic and stupid. So stop complaining and being salty.
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