Reviews

First off, you need to see this movie; there really isn't anything else out there like it. I was in my first year of high school in 1961, and I was living in a small town, so many of the things the kids in the movie did for "entertainment" certainly brought back memories. But the music is really what holds it all together. This music is mostly from black entertainers and musicians of this era; the movie itself barely shows any blacks, and when it does, they are in the background. So, I guess the point I am trying to make is that if the black music had not been created to begin with, this movie would never have been as appealing as it is, if it existed at all. I think we owe a great deal to the black entertainers we are so fortunate to have, and the wonderful music they continue to create to this very day. Please support the black artists.

An excellent, well made movie with a very believable plot and characters. Special effects are very well done. I've viewed it several times since its release in 1984 and still enjoy it to this day.

This was a very well done study of bats, using various photographic techniques to show just about every aspect of the bat, from birth onward. As is mentioned in this video, the bat is very misunderstood, even to this day; anyone watching this should gain a newfound respect for this remarkable creature.

OK. Give it 10 episodes and then decide before you dismiss it. It took about 3 episodes for me to get hooked, but now I want more, and I want to buy this first season on Blu-ray.

The quality of the animation is very good. The inventiveness of the various heroes and villains, combined with the excellent writing, is nothing short of brilliant. The plots are involved and clever. If your like me, you will become invested in them and feel along with them their accomplishments and failures. They are certainly flawed, but in a most comical, yet believable way.

As you progress through the 10 episodes, they get better and better, all the way to the final, epochal end...which is not quite an end, leaving open the possibility of a second season. I gave it 8 out of 10 because of the, for me, rather slow start, but I am so glad I stuck with it. I just hope the powers that be release this on Blu-ray so I can enjoy it non-stop.