Grant Morrison: Setting the events in primal times allowed me to tell a very straightforward story about Bruce Wayne's basic survival skills, his fighting prowess and his power to inspire myth. Vandal Savage is involved in a big way. We also meet the son of DC's Anthro character and the great-grandfather of Kong the Untamed, as well as learning the origins of the Miagani Tribe –the 'Bat People' who were revealed to have inhabited the Gotham City area in 'Legends of the Dark Knight', back in the '90s.
[Expect] classic caveman action. Batman staked out by Neanderthals while he's dying of blood poisoning. Savage violence. Batman meets a group of 'archetypal', or if you like, 'stereotypical' characters of the kind which recur again and again throughout the kind of stories people like to tell one another – the big guy, the funny guy, the leader, the boy, the rebel etc. – and through them we see something of the beginnings of all our tales of heroism, villainy and loss.
For 25 years and counting, Tim Burton has been one of the most successful directors in Hollywood -- and he's done it his way, presenting filmgoers with an ever-growing list of films that celebrate the strange and macabre, from comedies to dramas to thrillers , with a few stops for big-budget blockbuster fare along the way .
Taken straight from the official DVD. For best possible quality, click the ‘watch in high quality’ button or add ‘&fmt=18′ to the URL. “Batman: The Animated Series, Vol. 4 (from ‘The New Batman Adventures’)” is available now from Warner Home Video….
