BATMAN: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 1 MOVIE REACTION! FIRST TIME WATCHING!! DC Animated 2012

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“This is an operating table, and I’m the surgeon!” Might be my favorite Batman line ever.

Him naked in the darkness talking to Batman always give me goosebumps! This graphic novel was the first time anyone had dealt with what the psychological consequences would look like in someone like Bruce. He's insane, but he sublimates his rage, self-hate, and desire to inflict pain on the world that took his parents from him, into a crime fighting crusade.

Part 1 and 2 are so beautifully done glad yall are still going threw all these animated films they are honestly top tier

This film and part 2 are so good and Peter Weller voicing a 55 year old Bruce Wayne, Mark Valley voicing Superman and David Selby voicing Jim Gordon are great in this film and second part. Michael Emerson when enters the scene in Part 2 holy crap he embodies the chaos, anarchy, will make himself and his opponent lose control. Emerson's Joker to me is the most underrated Joker. He also played a good villain in Arrow season 6 and of course lets not forget Lost and Person of Interest.

Nice to see Batman taking after his Father and offering his surgical expertise to those who need it.

I would really love a old man Logan style Batman movie with the most retro-ish vibe they can ever pull off, almost everything about it having a horror-esq tone to it.

Haven’t even finished this vid but I cant wait for u guys to watch pt2 and that whole carnival sequence, its one of my favorite Batman scenes from any movie.

This flick is an animated masterpiece.

I liked how this movie showed that Batman is not average street brawler but the martial arts master who knew all those pressure points in human body combined with his medical knowledge about surgery (Bruce always wanted to become a Surgeon like father when he was kid) and brilliant tactician who can use conditions to his favour.

This movie is so great, So glad Coy and John are reacting to this movie! 👍

Some of Batman’s greatest moments and achievements are in this full movie.

It had to be weird in '86 reading it for the first time and Gordon dropping the line: "...after what happened to Jason." Jason wasn't killed off until '88.

Pretty much this film/comic in many ways is the sequel to Batman: Year One with Frank Miller even stating that his Year One is the backstory of the Batman we see in Dark Knight Returns. Year One is one of those comics that can be seen as both the origin of the mainline Batman (Post Crisis, Prime Earth) but also Frank Millers Dark Knight universe as well with Dark Knight Returns branching off from the mainline universe when Robin died and Batman retired. So you can 100% watch the animated Batman: Year One and look at it as a prequal to The Dark Knight Returns or as an origin story to pretty much 99% of Batmen. A Side note but this film is set in 1986 it just has a very Robocop retro futurism look and feel to it with Robocop even pulling ideas from The Dark Knight such as the news reports and overall tone and feel. Batman is even voiced by Peter Weller the actor who played Robocop in the first and second film along with his Mortal Kombat appearance and in the new Robocop game coming out. Batman himself retired in 1976 so just a decade before this film.

The Dark Knight Returns is one of my favorite Batman comics and this is one of my favorite animated DC movies! I cannot wait for y’all’s reaction to Part 2

This Batman movie and Red Hood Truly established themselves as my favorite Batman Animated Movies. Batman's fight against the Mutant Leader in the Mud pit established something that never gets Brought up in certain Interpretations of Batman which is he DOESNT FIGHT FAIR.

You guys should absolutely react to the 2004 “The Batman” animated series. It’s a remarkable example of “the more things change, the more they stay the same”. A lot of the characters and especially designs are radically different from the comics, yet the essences of the characters are alive and well in them (see it’s version of the Joker as an example).

I so want you guys to react to Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker as well! I know it's not in this "DCAU" but it is such a good animated Batman movie, IMO!

watching this makes me appreciate batfleck so much more. they took so much from this comic i love it

These two parts were some of the greatest Batman content I ever laid eyes on 😩