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stressedspidergirl's review
4.0
This is more of the Dini-Burnett animated series nostalgia I remember. Complex villains having complex real world reactions that make you go: is this for kids? And then you realize they won't notice and it's fine.
Looking at Straightman or whatever Joker's new stooge is called, (Carl), and his PTSD and war flashbacks and then the supersoldier thing..... the Suicide Squad being involved... I missed this empathetic take that yes, they're doing wrong, and they should face consequences, but not everyone starts out making bad choices.
(Think Babydoll, or I forget her name but the Calendar villain, or various others) and it's a good lesson in pretty much any story. Do they want to do the things they're doing because they lack a moral compass or has life landed them here? And the lack of a moral compass can be very interesting for sure, but it can also be interesting to watch someone just end up in a bad place and see if there's a chance at redemption or help. And that's what made BTAS so good in the first place was you were rooting for Bruce to help those people get out of that cycle. He almost had a few of them saved and then the plot would force the villain back into crime, but it was the cycle of hope and wanting to do better that made the characters interesting and I'm seeing glimpses of that in this that I'm hoping we'll see explored in this last season.
Looking at Straightman or whatever Joker's new stooge is called, (Carl), and his PTSD and war flashbacks and then the supersoldier thing..... the Suicide Squad being involved... I missed this empathetic take that yes, they're doing wrong, and they should face consequences, but not everyone starts out making bad choices.
(Think Babydoll, or I forget her name but the Calendar villain, or various others) and it's a good lesson in pretty much any story. Do they want to do the things they're doing because they lack a moral compass or has life landed them here? And the lack of a moral compass can be very interesting for sure, but it can also be interesting to watch someone just end up in a bad place and see if there's a chance at redemption or help. And that's what made BTAS so good in the first place was you were rooting for Bruce to help those people get out of that cycle. He almost had a few of them saved and then the plot would force the villain back into crime, but it was the cycle of hope and wanting to do better that made the characters interesting and I'm seeing glimpses of that in this that I'm hoping we'll see explored in this last season.
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