New Footage from 'Batman Live'

Maybe I’m not the artsy-fartsy type. Perhaps I have a hard time with metaphors and such. It could be that I just don’t understand legitimate theater.

But Batman Live (or is it Batman… LIVE!) does not speak to me. I found this video of the upcoming show over at iFanboy. This isn’t what I think of when I think of Batman. In fact, I think I would describe it as the complete opposite of last week’s Detective Comics #878. With that said, this is clearly for the family set—if it gets more kids to read comics, then bully for DC Comics.

The Batman Live show focuses on Dick Grayson’s ascension from orphan to Boy Wonder—just like Batman Forever (which this appears to take some notes from). The show kicks off in the UK in a few weeks and then shoves off to Ireland. It should make its way to the States by 2012—just in time to compare it to The Dark Knight Rises!