I worked in an animation studio years ago where a colleague had worked on that series and said the redesign in New Batman Adventures and Superman from the original Batman TAS was due to the over seas studios having trouble with the more subtle curves and shapes that was demanded, resulting in stiff and off model animation. So the straight angular line style helped alleviate that somewhat.
I think that's common knowledge. I'm fairly certain even Timm's said as much. That doesn't explain the designs becoming so much more contemporary, of course.
Timm wanted BTAS to be completely set in the 30s/40s, while Warner Bros wanted it set in the modern day. They compromised with setting it in the modern day but with 30s/40s asthetics.
The STAS and TNBA becoming more contemporary 90s seems indicate this was a losing battle for Timm.
around this time there were a bunch of bombs and disappointing box office from movies with a pulp/1920's-40's setting. Studios overestimated how big the pulp angle was to BAtman 89's success; while fanboys love the anachronism in the Burton movies and BTAS, most normies were probably confused by it.
Normies love retro shit
It's the kids like me that were confused
What, are you telling me Batman is not a modern hero? He's some old fart who lived decades ago and died in the past? Fricking lame
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Perhaps you were just moronic as a child? The look and feel of BTAS was one of its biggest draws as a kid, and started a life-long love of film noir, and I know I'm not the only one.
>They compromised with setting it in the modern day but with 30s/40s asthetics.
This was for the best because it helps the shows not feel dated in either direction, frozen in the 90s or stuck in the actual past. It makes them feel timeless.
>what the frick happened?
Men stopped wearing dress hats.
Women used to dress more conservatively.
Young men don't wear suits and bowties anymore.
Smoking in the work place is now prohibited.
Lex is allowed to wear different ties.
Time originally thought about going for a more BTAS look for the series but decided to make Metropolis look more modern and shiny compared to Gotham to differentiate the two shows.
The more angular look was to make animation cheaper.
Everyone's got a tan.
Stylistic Synergy
>Let's do it like Batman
>But this isn't Batman
>Good point, let's do it different
>Let's also make Batman look more like Superman
>dude literally flies constantly around in the sun
>having a tan is unreasonable
Ironically he is the least tanned in this image of all the characters.
Looks like they leaned away from an initial Fleischer-inspired style and went more Timm with it
I worked in an animation studio years ago where a colleague had worked on that series and said the redesign in New Batman Adventures and Superman from the original Batman TAS was due to the over seas studios having trouble with the more subtle curves and shapes that was demanded, resulting in stiff and off model animation. So the straight angular line style helped alleviate that somewhat.
>Koreans can't figure out curves until Samsung rounds off the corners of their Galaxy phones
I think that's common knowledge. I'm fairly certain even Timm's said as much. That doesn't explain the designs becoming so much more contemporary, of course.
Timm wanted BTAS to be completely set in the 30s/40s, while Warner Bros wanted it set in the modern day. They compromised with setting it in the modern day but with 30s/40s asthetics.
The STAS and TNBA becoming more contemporary 90s seems indicate this was a losing battle for Timm.
around this time there were a bunch of bombs and disappointing box office from movies with a pulp/1920's-40's setting. Studios overestimated how big the pulp angle was to BAtman 89's success; while fanboys love the anachronism in the Burton movies and BTAS, most normies were probably confused by it.
Normies love retro shit
It's the kids like me that were confused
What, are you telling me Batman is not a modern hero? He's some old fart who lived decades ago and died in the past? Fricking lame
Perhaps you were just moronic as a child? The look and feel of BTAS was one of its biggest draws as a kid, and started a life-long love of film noir, and I know I'm not the only one.
>They compromised with setting it in the modern day but with 30s/40s asthetics.
This was for the best because it helps the shows not feel dated in either direction, frozen in the 90s or stuck in the actual past. It makes them feel timeless.
It was also partly because they didn't want to be compared to the Fleischer shorts
As always, the designs were streamlined so the asiatics and other assorted thirdies from the overseas studios can actually draw on-model.
>implying American studios are capable of animating anything more complex than beanmouth.
>zoomer enters a thread about something he doesn't know
Beanmouth is animated by Koreans too, moron.
The American studio being the one that came up with the original designs in the OP, you fricking yellow monkey.
If you have any eye for animation, you can really notice this in some of the BTAS episodes where anyone in a suit moves like a blob
Warner wasn't paying for japanese studios to work on BTAS in TNBA and Superman, all because of the Kobe Earthquake and pricing becoming expensive
It's always fricking about what Koreans can't draw
>what the frick happened?
Men stopped wearing dress hats.
Women used to dress more conservatively.
Young men don't wear suits and bowties anymore.
Smoking in the work place is now prohibited.
Lex is allowed to wear different ties.
true
>Lex is allowed to wear different tie
Funny how the only positive sounding change is the one that benefits the villain
They made the designs more contemporary
Metropolis looked noticeably more advanced than Gotham
Could you imagine what the villains would look like in the retro style?
I wish I was born in the universe where the top version was the real one...
Jimmy was a downgrade
the rest was fine
Jimmy looked even more like a manlet
Wasn't he supposed to be 16 or 17 years old in that series tho? It kinda makes sense that he is shorter than Supes and others.
Most males reach peak height around that age. Jimmy is just a manlet
I do wonder what it would be like if STAS stayed as an old school looking show to go with the same era as BTAS.
Superman TAS was made during the peak of "Trump" Luthor when he was only just getting his scientist elements back, right?
early and mid 90's fashion anon, bottom is what you would see back then at offices and elsewhere
top is a product of the 50's Art deco
The original Lois and Jimmy sucked
holy shit kys
Superman looks hot in that first design
Well I'm gonna guess they wanted it to look like the 90s and not the 50s.
It's weird how along with the clothing changes everyone's head is now facing down.
Time originally thought about going for a more BTAS look for the series but decided to make Metropolis look more modern and shiny compared to Gotham to differentiate the two shows.
The more angular look was to make animation cheaper.