Batman Unburied

Look, the character of Batman has been around for 83 years. There have been numerous books, treatises, or dissertations regarding the psyche of the essence. We know all of that, and like the shows "Gotham" or "Krypton," if the "guy" isn't there, we don't care! I know this is early days but if he isn't present, neither will we be present.

In other words, if a James Bond movie doesn't have James Bond or Jason Bourne isn't being Jason Bourne, what is the point. Stop trying to make these characters an episode of "Dawson's Creek."

"Batman Unburied" is a new and fresh take on the character of Bruce Wayne. It's something you probably haven't heard before - but that doesn't mean that it strays too far away that it has hardly anything to do with Batman or the "Bat-Verse".

Without giving away too much: those who criticize that this doesn't feel like Batman at all are those, who stopped listening after two episodes. If you like Batman, listen to the end (so far it's 6 episodes with about 20 minutes each) and you will be rewarded. And you'll get some Arkham games flashbacks with a certain sound effect that they used throughout the series.

Plus: the Riddler has some funny dialogue.

Edit: After listening to the last four episodes, I need to adjust the rating. After the quite exciting and interesting build-up of the first six episodes, episodes 7 and 8 were a little boring and slow (they were used to introduce new characters). After that it was all very classic Batman, which we all know well. One of the things I enjoyed in the first half was the Riddler. Unfortunately he disappeared completely for 3.5 episodes in the second half of the podcast, which is really a shame. And the Batman voice is weird... like a "rough whisper" if that makes sense... So after 10 episodes it's more like a 5.5 or 6/10.

I'm not really into Audiobooks but thought I would give this a go today while I was out walking, wow a good solid first 2 episodes.

Voice acting was spot on and the story has been really interesting so far, I just wish The Batman was this deep and think they need to get David S Goyer writing Batman films again.

Winston Duke is great voicing Bruce Wayne and I can only review the first 2 episodes as edge of your seat stuff wondering what will happen next.

I couldn't help but notice some 1-star reviews that CLEARLY didn't listen past the first episode... Because their reasonings for not liking the show are void after 2 episodes. (MINOR SPOILER ABOUT FIRST EPISODE) the first episode is meant to be a little jarring- so if you're confused, good- it means you're a Batman fan and you should be a little confused.

All in all, I'm 6 episodes in and I'm impressed. In my personal opinion, it's a small step below Marvel's podcast "Wolverine: The Long Night" (season 1). And with that in mind, I would have given this series a 9/10 But in order to balance out the poor 1-star reviews, I've given it a 10.

I just listened to the 1st part this morning on the bus to work...very gripping with a fantastic cast...well worth a listen to...a very different take on the batman.