Ladies and gentlemen i've reviewed a few of episodes of Batman: The Animated Series and while I will and do fully intend to review review more episodes of both Batman: The Animated and Superman: The Animated Series as well as Justice League: The Animated and Justice League Unlimited. There is one animated crossover that alot of people seem to have forgotten about or just straight up don't know about and that's the crossover between Batman: The Animated Series and Superman: The Animated Series and so join me as I review the film / TV show episode that is called simply "The Batman / Superman Movie: World's Finest" enjoy.
The plot of this film is The Joker and Harley Quinn go to Metropolis and strike a deal with Lex Luthor and it's up to both Batman and Superman to figure out why The Joker and Harley Quinn are in Metropolis and put a stop to there evil schemes / plans once and for all. In terms of what I thought about the plot of this film / TV show episode in all honesty the plot of this movie / film / TV Show episode wasn't that bad but at the same time the plot wasn't that good either in fact you could very well make the argument that the plot to this film movie / film / TV Show episode was at best rather weak and is just there as an excuse for these two shows to crossover but I feel that the plot was at best decent but I can't deney that there are problems with the story like for example it's never explained how The Joker and Harley Quinn got to Metropolis among many other things but that's just what I think about the plot of this movie / film / TV Show episode anyways.
Starring in this movie / film / TV show episode is the great and the always super freaking talented as well THE voice of Batman we have Kevin Conroy as Batman / Bruce Wayne and Cruise Ship Captain. Also starring in this movie / film / TV Show episode is Tim Daly as Clark Kent / Superman , Dana Delany as Lois Lane , Mark Hamill as The Joker , Clancy Brown as Lex Luthor and as Janitor , Arleen Sorkin as Harley Quinn , Lisa Edelstein as Mercy Graves , Lauren Tom as Angela Chen , Bob Hastings as Commissioner James Gordon , Robert Costanzo as Detective Harvey Bullock , Joseph Bologna as Dan Turpin , Efrem Zimbalist Jr. as Alfred Pennyworth , Brad Garrett as Bibbo , John Capodice as Ceasar Carlini and Corey Burton as Binko and as the Male Terrorist.
In terms of what I thought about the acting in this crossover special in all honesty the acting that's in this movie / film / TV Show episode is exactly as good as you think it is. I say that the acting that's in this movie / film / TV show episode is exactly as good as you think it is because look at who is in it every single actors that's in this movie / film / TV show episode is such a good actor with some of them even being the definitive voice / voices for their respective characters and as such it makes sense that these actors would turn in a bunch of good / great performances in this movie / film / TV show episode but that's just what I think anyways.
Doing the animation for this crossover movie / film / TV Show episode is TMS-Kyokuichi Corporation don't worry if you haven't heard of TMS-Kyokuichi Corporation because I haven't heard of TMS-Kyokuichi Corporation either. In terms of what I thought about the animation that's in this movie / film / TV Show episode in all honesty the animation wasn't that bad in my opinion yes it wasn't / isn't up to the high quality of Batman: The Animated Series but the animation that's seen in this movie / film / TV Show episode is still really good with there being alot of great fluid movements and there some really nice explosions as well well in my opinion there are some nicely animated explosions in this movie / film / TV Show episode anyways.
Now then for some reason this movie / film / TV Show chooses not to show us the fight between Harley Quinn and Mercy Graves. Which is a shame because based of the few glimpses of their fight it could have been a really darkly funny fight and as such I have to wonder why did the makers of Superman: The Animated Series as well the makers of Batman: The Animated Series choose not to show us the fight that both Harley Quinn and Mercy Graves since they could have very easily have gotten this fight past all of the various censors and parents groups but that's just what I think anyways.
Now you might have noticed but in this review i've called this crossover a movie / film / TV Show episode and well thats because even tho this crossover is indeed called "The Batman / Superman Movie: World's Finest" it is infact three episodes from the second season of the TV show that is called simply Superman: The Animated Series. As such it is both a movie / film as well being a TV show episode and I have to say the decision to release this storyline / three episodes edited together as a movie is indeed a smart move since both Batman: The Animated Series and as well as Superman: The Animated Series were hugely popular animated TV shows and as such releasing a three crossover featuring both Batman: The Animated Series and Superman: The Animated Series I only wish that this crossover got not only theatrical release but also a longer running time but that's just what I think anyways.
Now I don't know if this is on all of the copies of this crossover but on the one that I watched it has the Superman: The Animated Series intro for all three parts which wouldn't be a bad thing if the intro alone didn't take up at the very thirty to fifty seconds or even sixty seconds for that matter and it has the end credits for all three parts as well. As such you can literally tell when an episode is about to end because they would build up to some big dramatic event either going down is about to happen and then boom the Superman: the Animated Series end credits would start playing and / which took me out of the movie since it reminded me that I was just watching a TV show episode but that's just what I think anyways.
Now then this movie / film / TV Show episode has a total running time of one hour and four minuets and twenty five seconds which for this story I honestly felt that the short running time didn't do the story any justice what's so ever. As such I do feel that if this movie / film / TV Show episode was given a theatrical release and the running time was bumped up to say and hour and forty minuets then the story could have a much bigger impact and the very idea of The Joker teaming up with Lex Luthor to defeat both Batman and Superman would have meant more because the makers behind this movie / film / TV Show episode crossover would then be given the freedom to go places that both the Batman: The Animated Series and the Superman: The Animated Series just simply couldn't go to in my humble and honest opinion
Now then boys and girls this is an action movie / film / TV Show episode and that means that there is some action to be found in this movie / film / TV Show episode which means that I have to discuss the action that appears in the actual movie / film / TV Show episode itself and in my opinion the action that appears in this movie / film / TV Show episode crossover isn't bad. It's always fun seeing Superman and Batman fighting alongside each other but what makes the action stand out in this movie / film / TV Show episode is the fact that we get to see The Joker take on Superman and Lex Luthor get threatened by Batman just that simply switch with the bad guys taking on or in the case of Lex Luthor get threatened by Batman is such a fun idea and it gives us combinations that we didn't know that we wanted to see in my humble and honest opinion.
Overall this movie / film / TV Show episode wasn't bad but the issue was that it didn't live up to it's own potential since this movie / film / TV Show episode could and more importantly should have been something that was rather epic but it instead just felt like it was another three part episode and nothing more in my opinion. Now then i've discussed both of the good and as well as the bad things about / appearing in this movie / film / TV Show episode in this very review and as such this movie / film / TV Show episode gets a 6.5 out of 10 from me , as for where I got the images that I used in this review well my dear reader / readers (if there any readers out there that is) I got all of the images that I used in this review from either the official Batman fandom wiki page or the official DC Animated Universe (DCAU) fandom wiki page with my preferred website to use for images from this movie / film / TV Show episode being the official DC Animated Universe (DCAU) fandom wiki page just because there is a wide variety of images for this Movie / film / TV show that's to be found on the official DC Animated Universe (DCAU) fandom wiki page and alot of the images that are on the official DC Animated Universe (DCAU) fandom wiki page are shockingly really high quality as well shocking high definition.