7/10
Batman: The Doom That Came to Gotham begins with the discovery of a doomed cruise and from there it moves at a high speed... maybe a little too fast...
29 March 2023
There's a lot of content crammed into Batman: The Doom That Came to Gotham's eighty-eight minutes, and it constantly feels like the animation is rushing its narrative, jumping from set piece to set piece. And it spends little time on backstories or explanations. If the animation Batman: The Doom That Came to Gotham was going on in the basic storyline of the franchise, this would not be a big problem; Everyone knows at least the basics about Gotham's prominent citizens and their motivations.

In this animation, although we have characters with similar names, they are not the same famous characters. Some, like Harvey Dent, have roles similar to the original timeline. Others, like Dick Grayson and Kirk Langstrom, play completely different roles. Another group like Oliver Queen falls somewhere in between the two categories. Oliver Queen is not the famous Green Arrow, but he is especially skilled in using the bow and other medieval weapons. Likewise, Barbara Gordon is still Oracle, but in a different way.

Without knowing more than how these versions of the characters came about, they seem detached from the story. Some of the smaller characters are also used more like a narrative device than a character. These characters appear, cause something to happen or have something happen to them, and then disappear within minutes. It's like using Danny Trejo or Eric Roberts in a movie for five minutes.

The same can be said about the sect and legends related to them.

In the end, I can say that this time, the animation of Batman is different from other animations of this character, in the end, it will be a B-movie that is worth watching. Maybe the aim of this animation was not something like that, but it cannot be said that this is a very bad thing.
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