https://youtu.be/fuHwYMTxmR0?si=_qpnhevwef61ZcnG
Someone in the comments said that this version sounds like a version that Bruce Wayne would sing at a charity event, and I agree. Also, apparently it was a cover of an older song by Ray Charles (I can link it too, if you'd like). Also, the vibratto in his voice is impressive
I am specially talking about the big scene with final performances of Kevin Conroy as Batman and Mark Hamill as Joker. I saw the scene on YouTube and I thought it was amazing.
Kevin's final performance was much better than Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League (at least for the moment). That's not the controversy here.
The controversy is apparently Mark Hamill's final performance as Joker. He reprised his role as the DCAU Joker. People have said it was a different actor, but this is clearly Mark Hamill as Joker. The dude is in his 70s and he was trying to go back what he sound like when he was in his 40s (the first couple of seasons of Batman: The Animated Series). That was the most impressive out that scene (other than Kevin's final words as Batman). What I'm trying to say is that was clearly Mark Hamill as Joker and there was no way he was going to let another actor replace him for this final performance before he retired as the character. If that was the case, it would've ruined both Kevin and Mark's legacies as both Batman and Joker.
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As anyone who’s ever met me will tell you, I’m a massive Batman fan. He’s my favorite superhero of all time, which is why it pains me to hear that Kevin Conroy, the voice of Batman in many DC projects, mainly the DCAU projects and Arkham games, has passed away after a short battle with cancer. The man was an incredible talent, easily the best Batman ever to hit the screen. His was the version I was introduced to watching BTAS as a child, and his is the voice I hear reading the comics.
He was always just so commanding and badass, and I’ve never heard any Batman actor even attempt to mimic his brilliant vocals. But he could also be friendly and vulnerable in the moments when he needed to be, probably best highlighted in Mask of the Phantasm, one of my all time favorite movies, where we see him both as the cold, angry Batman but also as the quiet but emotionally conflicted Bruce Wayne.
I sadly never got to meet him, but I always heard about how much he loved meeting fans at conventions, and just how enthusiastic and joyous he was with everyone he met. Every time you saw an interview with him, you could tell how much he loved telling stories and delighting others with his experiences. Conroy also wrote a phenomenal story for the DC Pride special earlier this year, talking about his struggles as a gay man in the 20th century. Even as an openly bisexual man myself, I think I’d struggle talking about my hardest sexuality struggles to a massive audience like that. But he put it all on the page, leaving out nothing, and reminding millions around the world that they aren’t alone, and it’s okay to be who they are.
So thank you Kevin Conroy. Thank you for years of being a badass hero, as an actor and a writer. And thank you for inspiring so many with your definitive portrayal of one of the greatest heroes of all time. You will be missed greatly. Rest in peace.
