JackFetch Posted January 12, 2011 Report Share Posted January 12, 2011 Once upon a time, artists Jeffrey Thomas and Celeste Green made a poster of the Joker and Harley Quinn as if they were high school students. They sent it to DC. They were then hired to develop their Gotham High as an animated series. Which eventually died. Why? Here's the show, as Thomas and Green describe it: We all go through incredible changes as teenagers: growth spurts, bad skin, a sudden insatiable need to uphold justice and avenge your murdered parents.... Well, that is if you're Bruce Wayne. As if being a freshman at Gotham High wasn't tough enough, Bruce's insomnia and technological fascinations are taking their toll. Instead of spending his time studying, he has begun to obsess over an emerging personality trait: Batman. But under the watchful eye of his guardian and steward, Alfred Pennyworth, Bruce is forced to put his intelligence to good use: graduating high school. But given his classmates, can Bruce survive Gotham High? It sounds like a perfectly serviceable idea, one that evokes a very Buffy the Vampire Slayer-like vibe—high school is a cesspool of hormones, rivalry, passions; above all, conflict. A place where everything feels more important that it is, an entire world that needs navigating and, at times, saving. What better place for a hero to find his, or her, way? As the creators put it, "Unfortunately, the project got lost in the sea of all the other Batman-related projects in the works." Which really is a shame, as it seems like there's a lot of gold to be mined here. Gold that's just sitting there, unclaimed. http://blastr.com/2011/01/gotham-high-the-teen-batm.php#1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuaveStar Posted January 12, 2011 Report Share Posted January 12, 2011 If they made it into a comic, it'd work a lot better. In the same vein of Tiny Titans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShaunKL Posted January 12, 2011 Report Share Posted January 12, 2011 That looked like a very stupid, fun, idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnightWing Posted January 12, 2011 Report Share Posted January 12, 2011 Someone's been reading my Teen Justice League fanfiction. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stavros Posted January 12, 2011 Report Share Posted January 12, 2011 That looked like a very stupid, fun, idea. This. It wouldn't work on so many levels, but it'd still be tremendous fun. Especially with all the villains being fellow students. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest TFG1Mike Posted January 12, 2011 Report Share Posted January 12, 2011 That looked like a very stupid, fun, idea. This. It wouldn't work on so many levels, but it'd still be tremendous fun. Especially with all the villains being fellow students. So basically it would have been what X-Men Evolution was... because in that cartoon all the villains were fellow students. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackFetch Posted January 12, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 12, 2011 So basically it would have been what X-Men Evolution was... because in that cartoon all the villains were fellow students. Exactly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnightWing Posted January 13, 2011 Report Share Posted January 13, 2011 No, XME was different. Only about half the cast were teens, and it still made sense in terms of a re-imagining of the X-men. (since a good portion of the mutants started out as teens in the comics anyway) This Gotham show would have just been silly fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ava Posted January 13, 2011 Report Share Posted January 13, 2011 This sounds awesome, for the reasons stated above. Angsty teenage Bruce would be hilarious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prez Posted January 13, 2011 Report Share Posted January 13, 2011 I love that Clayface is an art geek, Bane's mask is apparently a beanie and Catwoman and Poison Ivy are apparently whores. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShaunKL Posted January 14, 2011 Report Share Posted January 14, 2011 I keep thinking about this, and it depresses me that Gotham High doesn't exist. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaxPower Posted March 28, 2011 Report Share Posted March 28, 2011 Would love for them to do this, maybe as a web only series maybe, in the vein of Dr Horrible's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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