I'm a huge Batman fan and I was following this for a year before it's release. The returning of one of the creators of Batman The Animated Series really seemed to be a guarantee of quality. It did seem unusual that Warner Brothers sold the series to Amazon, surely they should have confidence that this would be a smash hit? Unfortunately as I watched the first 4 episodes it became apparent that this was truly terrible. I only made it halfway through episode 5 and had to quit; this review is of the first 4 only; I could not finish them. I was really trying with this series but the show is simply boring and Batman is a shadow of his normal self as represented in comics, movies and other animations. In fact Batman seems to be useless in the show and serves more as a nuisance than anything else.
Penguin being female was announced a few days before and it seemed strange but I went with it. It really doesn't make sense to flip an established character as there are so many great female villians in Batman's nealy 100 year long rogues gallery; it seems lazy and reeks of psydo-creativity. The animation is cheap and lazy; visually it has to be one of the poorest rendering of any Batman. How can an animation from 30 years ago look so superior? The original animated series looks fresh, dark and vibrant in comparison. It also has a congruency in its presentation that this series doesn't.
The voice acting was boring and not dynamic. All the the actors were dull and trying to be monotone and broody but it was sleep inducing.
The stories were boring and were not focused on Batman at all. It should have been called Gordan and Montoya with Batman.
The DC writers have truly destroyed Harely Quinn over the years and I wasn't surprised at how poor this rendering was. Other than the graphic novel Harleen by Stjephan Sejic she has been rewritten into a completely different character move than any other. Why can't she be the unhinged psychologist that the joker manipulated into a dangerous criminal? If they dislike the character so much just make a new one (punchline from the recent comics for example) or just use a character from the large catalogue of villians that have never been used.
A simply disappointing, boring and over hyped series that time will not be kind to.