{"id":1823387,"date":"2023-01-25T10:34:53","date_gmt":"2023-01-25T15:34:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1823387"},"modified":"2023-01-25T10:40:45","modified_gmt":"2023-01-25T15:40:45","slug":"producer-bruce-timm-explains-what-makes-him-cringe-about-batman-mask-of-the-phantasm-30-years-later","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/producer-bruce-timm-explains-what-makes-him-cringe-about-batman-mask-of-the-phantasm-30-years-later\/","title":{"rendered":"Producer Bruce Timm Explains What Makes Him \u201cCringe\u201d About \u201cBatman: Mask of the Phantasm\u201d 30 Years Later"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fproducer-bruce-timm-explains-what-makes-him-cringe-about-batman-mask-of-the-phantasm-30-years-later%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1823387&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<p>2023 marks the 30th anniversary of one of the best Batman movies in any medium \u2014 <em>Mask of Phantasm<\/em>. Unexpectedly released theatrically, the film achieved limited success but managed to win over critics as well as fans. The film practically spawned DC Animated Universe, which was to be made in the New Millennium.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_196104\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-196104\" class=\"size-full wp-image-196104\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2023.01.24-01.40-boundingintocomics-63cfdfd7974a5.png\" alt=\"Not healthy in here\" width=\"1000\" height=\"554\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2023.01.24-01.40-boundingintocomics-63cfdfd7974a5.png 1000w, https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2023.01.24-01.40-boundingintocomics-63cfdfd7974a5-300x166.png 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2023.01.24-01.40-boundingintocomics-63cfdfd7974a5-768x425-1.png 768w\"   style=\"display:none\"><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-196104\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sal Valestra, Abe Vigoda in Batman: Mask of the Phantasm (1993), Warner Bros. Animation<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>RELATED:<\/strong>\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/2023\/01\/19\/mark-hamill-indicates-he-is-through-playing-the-joker-without-kevin-conroy-there-doesnt-seem-to-be-a-batman-for-me\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mark Hamill Indicates He Is Through Playing The Joker Without Kevin Conroy: \u201cThere Doesn\u2019t Seem To Be A Batman For Me\u201d<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The DCAU continues today and Batman is naturally a highlight of it but that doesn\u2019t mean there weren\u2019t issues making such a benchmark. Bruce Timm, producer <em>The Animated Series<\/em> Co-director of the film, he recalls the shock it was to receive the release demand from Warner Bros. suddenly while he was attending a meeting in Japan.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[Co-producer and co-director] Eric Radomski and I were in Japan, meeting with one of the animation studios that worked on the movie,\u201d Timm stated in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbr.com\/batman-mask-of-the-phantasm-bruce-timm-cringe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">an <em>Empire<\/em> interview (via <em>CBR)<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em> \u201cWe got the word that [the studio] officially wanted to make it a theatrical release while we were literally handing out the storyboards to the animators.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_188901\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-188901\" class=\"wp-image-188901\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022.11.11-07.59-boundingintocomics-636ea994cc728-1340x754-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022.11.11-07.59-boundingintocomics-636ea994cc728-1340x754-1.png 1340w, https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022.11.11-07.59-boundingintocomics-636ea994cc728-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022.11.11-07.59-boundingintocomics-636ea994cc728-768x432-1.png 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022.11.11-07.59-boundingintocomics-636ea994cc728.png 1920w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-188901\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The signal is seen by the Dark Knight in Batman: Mask of the Phantasm (1993), Warner Bros. Animation<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>RELATED:<\/strong>\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/2022\/12\/30\/warner-bros-animation-to-adapt-mike-mignolas-roaring-twenties-era-story-batman-the-doom-that-came-to-gotham\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Warner Bros. Animation To Adapt Mike Mignola\u2019s Roaring Twenties-Era Story \u2018Batman: The Doom That Came To Gotham\u2019<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>They had prepared the film for TV so that the aspect ratio would not be a problem. The film was formatted to the old TV ratio which was almost a square. It looked like this: \u2018What the heck are we going to do?&#8217;\u201d Timm added. They figured it out but to this day he isn\u2019You are not pleased.<\/p>\n<p>Timm watches <em>Mask of Phantasm<\/em>He notices things that others don&#8217;t and admits to cringing. \u201cWhen I see it, I just cringe,\u201d he confessed although he believes the film\u2019s quality is almost there. \u201cIt\u2019s, like, 90 percent there. I just wish I had that last ten percent!\u201d However, for most film fans, it is completely enjoyable. \u201cthere\u201d As the greatest Batman movie ever made.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_188900\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-188900\" class=\"wp-image-188900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022.11.11-07.59-boundingintocomics-636ea98775cc8-1340x754-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022.11.11-07.59-boundingintocomics-636ea98775cc8-1340x754-1.png 1340w, https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022.11.11-07.59-boundingintocomics-636ea98775cc8-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022.11.11-07.59-boundingintocomics-636ea98775cc8-768x432-1.png 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022.11.11-07.59-boundingintocomics-636ea98775cc8.png 1920w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-188900\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bruce is comforted in Batman: Mask of the Phantasm (1993), Warner Bros. Animation<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>RELATED: <a class=\"LinkSuggestion__Link-sc-1gewdgc-4 iyHtHS\" href=\"https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/2022\/08\/29\/youtuber-yellowflash-calls-out-dc-for-teasing-a-bisexual-batman-as-another-stunt-to-mask-poor-sales\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">YouTuber YellowFlash Calls Out DC For Teasing A Bisexual Batman As Another Stunt To Mask Poor Sales<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Arkham was originally intended to be a feature-set, but the ensemble episode was created. \u201cTrial,\u201d Timm, Radomski, Paul Dini, and Alan Burnett decided instead to retell a phase of Batman\u2019s origin and give him a love interest, which hadn\u2019t been done before on the small screen. That love was Andrea Beaumont voiced by Dana Delany who has a past as tragic as Bruce\u2019s.<\/p>\n<p><em>Batman: Mask of the Phantasm<\/em> The film cost $6 million and took eight months for the team to finish and get it ready for release. Released on Christmas in 1993 and raking in just $5M, the film didn\u2019t recoup its budget. The film did however become a popular home video favorite with numerous releases over the years, including a remastered Bluray edition in 2017.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_196108\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-196108\" class=\"size-full wp-image-196108\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2023.01.24-01.55-boundingintocomics-63cfe36fd0f32.png\" alt=\"Joker blows smoke\" width=\"1000\" height=\"560\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2023.01.24-01.55-boundingintocomics-63cfe36fd0f32.png 1000w, https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2023.01.24-01.55-boundingintocomics-63cfe36fd0f32-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2023.01.24-01.55-boundingintocomics-63cfe36fd0f32-768x430-1.png 768w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-196108\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Andrea loses weapon to Joker\u2019s acid in Batman: Mask of the Phantasm (1993), Warner Bros. Animation<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>How does the film perform for you? Let us know below.<\/p>\n<p><strong>NEXT: <a class=\"LinkSuggestion__Link-sc-1gewdgc-4 iyHtHS\" href=\"https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/2022\/09\/06\/michael-keaton-reportedly-played-pivotal-cameo-as-a-retired-batman-in-the-cancelled-batgirl\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Michael Keaton Reportedly Played \u201cPivotal Cameo\u201d As A Retired Batman In The Cancelled \u2018Batgirl\u2019<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2023 marks the 30th anniversary of one of the best Batman movies in any medium \u2014 Mask of Phantasm. Unexpectedly released theatrically, the film achieved limited success but managed to win over critics as well as fans. The film practically spawned DC Animated Universe, which was to be made in the New Millennium. 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