True and that's the point, the team behind Batman Beyond were told originally to have a Batman story but set in school (that was a major theme of that time remember X-men evolution).
They had respect for the character so rather than replace the one they had from Animated series, they fast forwarded it so he was no longer on his prime but became a mentor (ironically like Alfred was) and have a new character who wasn't perfect, needed to someone to learn from but had a good heart.
The problem with these recent replacement attempts us they DON'T respect the previous characters, a lot of times the replacement is more powerful, intelligent etc that it comes off as mocking the past if that makes sense.
True and that's the point, the team behind Batman Beyond were told originally to have a Batman story but set in school (that was a major theme of that time remember X-men evolution).
They had respect for the character so rather than replace the one they had from Animated series, they fast forwarded it so he was no longer on his prime but became a mentor (ironically like Alfred was) and have a new character who wasn't perfect, needed to someone to learn from but had a good heart.
The problem with these recent replacement attempts us they DON'T respect the previous characters, a lot of times the replacement is more powerful, intelligent etc that it comes off as mocking the past if that makes sense.