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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: rpm on March 20, 2014, 10:35:14 PM
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Interesting question from the new movie Neighbors. Who's your Batman? Yeah, we all know Skuzzy's a Val Kilmer man, but mine is definitely Adam West. Grew up during the wonder years when it was in it's prime. He was. the man.
Was impressed with Michael Keaton's rendition and have to say Bale is the most compelling portrayal.
Sure, James Bond has his signature martini and greeting. But he doesn't have a signature dance he created.
Nobody, and I mean NOBODY will ever be as bat-cool as this.
(http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l97/creaturella/Batman/BatmanDance.gif)
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I watched the West version as a kid... It was cool, but didn't do it for me. I'm kind of a comic guy, and I very much enjoy the darker Batman stuff. Frank Miller and Alan Moore, etc. The Keaton movies came out when I was a kid too, so that was my first Batman Movie experience. Was good, but I gotta say Bale is probably my favorite Batman. To me, he captures the flaws as well as the strengths of the character.
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I watched the West version as a kid... It was cool, but didn't do it for me. I'm kind of a comic guy, and I very much enjoy the darker Batman stuff. Frank Miller and Alan Moore, etc. The Keaton movies came out when I was a kid too, so that was my first Batman Movie experience. Was good, but I gotta say Bale is probably my favorite Batman. To me, he captures the flaws as well as the strengths of the character.
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I agree, Bale is my favorite as well. We won't even talk about the Clooney one. (Shudders)
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Mine has to be...
David Jason!
From Only Fools and Horses! I bet you have never laughed so much during a Batman scene!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgO3CLVrn1U
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Yeah, we all know Skuzzy's a Val Kilmer man,
And then there was the day Val Kilmer, err... BATMAN visited HTC's office: :old:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-rF_MDb03dA
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I love Batman, and have more than a few toys....errr collectables including a good number of Hot Toys but its got to be Bale - Keaton was excellent, but definitely Bale for the movies
...but then West was so unique he has his own category of awesome
Tronsky
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Adam West, because it was the last batman that was ridiculous on purpose. I don't like films that are ridiculous but not comedic.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXtAy1-xTwA
Favorite Batman scene. So moody with the atmosphere of a night ride through the autumn/fall forest, the music, and with Kim (understandably) looking like she's been kidnapped by a madman.
The 1989 Tim Burton Batman is by far my favorite.
Also my favorite Batmobile...
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Honestly my favorite Batman is the 90s animated series one. It was just a solid, well written cartoon. Better than the live action ones for sure.
Wiley.
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Val Kilmer played Batman? Who knew?
I gave up on Hollywood ever producing a decent Batman movie.
For some reason, Hollywood cannot get Batman or Superman right. Go figure.
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Skuzzy, in my opinion the only one they've gotten anywhere close to right is Iron Man/The Avengers. Those are pretty decent. The rest is basically poorly done because hollywood types feel the need to rewrite good comics. I chose Bale just because it's better than the rest of the garbage.
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Yep, I agree, Ironman and the Avengers, along with Thor, are all pretty good representations.
I also thought the first Spiderman was fair. I think they could have cast it better though.
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Yep, I agree, Ironman and the Avengers, along with Thor, are all pretty good representations.
I also thought the first Spiderman was fair. I think they could have cast it better though.
I agree. Spiderman wasn't terrible. Could have been a bit better though.
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watch the full series ;) :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :x :x :x :x :x :x
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=prRySgsgtnM
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Since I wasn't an Officer in the British Army,
and WW2 was quite a bit before my time, I wasn't entitled to a Batman.
For the TV/Movie Character- Adam West :aok
:cheers: Oz
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Val Kilmer played Batman? Who knew?
I gave up on Hollywood ever producing a decent Batman movie.
For some reason, Hollywood cannot get Batman or Superman right. Go figure.
No love for the Reeve supes?
Tronsky
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No love for the Reeve supes?
Tronsky
The first one is tolerable, but that is about it. I thought Reeves was the best Superman though. Not his fault he got stuck with lousy stories, a bad supporting cast, and poor directing.
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I prefer the second - even though it has not aged well - but I've always thought Reeve's superman has been the best so far, the rest of that Donner era franchise is dire...but then as already posted sometimes you get the casting right on - Terence Stamp's Zod, Downey's Tony Stark, Hemsworth's Thor, Tom Hiddleston's Loki, Alfred Molina in Spidey 2, Gary Oldman's Jim Gordon...and sometimes it can go bad ie. the entire cast of Batman & Robin, Jim Carrey & Tommy Lee jones in Batman Forever, Halle Berry's catwoman...
Tronsky
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I thought the most recent Superman was the best. Guess I'm outvoted here. I liked the more fleshed out back story and Superman's more believable personality. The technology of his people was also interesting and original.
As for comic book to movie conversions I think Watchmen is in a class of its own, and probably will be for a long time.
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I thought the most recent Superman was the best.
I agree. Not a big fan of super hero stuff, but the last Superman was good. I enjoyed it.
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Adam West by a mile.
One scene that still cracks me up:
Batman uses some kind of bat-gadget to open a wall safe and Chief O'Hara exclaims: "Batman, you unscrambled that safe in three seconds flat!" Then Batman faces the camera, smirking and says; " Yes Chief, thanks to the "Bat-Three Seconds Flat Safe Unscrambler." :lol
And don't forget Julie Newmar. Hottest Catwoman ever.
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Val Kilmer played Batman? Who knew?
I gave up on Hollywood ever producing a decent Batman movie.
For some reason, Hollywood cannot get Batman or Superman right. Go figure.
I was a big fan of the Original Batman movie, submarine, helicopter, it was kid-awesome.
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I was a big fan of the Original Batman movie, submarine, helicopter, it was kid-awesome.
You forgot the Batcycle. I bet that gokart sidecar was terrifying.
(http://www.1966batmobile.com/bcycle.jpg)
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That picture made me think of these two. :rofl
http://screen.yahoo.com/ambiguously-gay-duo-fortress-privacy-000000518.html
:cheers: Oz
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I thought the most recent Superman was the best. Guess I'm outvoted here. I liked the more fleshed out back story and Superman's more believable personality. The technology of his people was also interesting and original.
As for comic book to movie conversions I think Watchmen is in a class of its own, and probably will be for a long time.
The Watchmen movie did fall short of the comic... After all there were several key differences. Of all the Comic movies, I think it is the probably the most faithful, but that doesn't mean it's not painful to see how much they changed. The acting was good, and I was grateful for that. However, they changed small parts and ended up censoring some important things in my opinion.
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Yeah. However, I thought the changes were OK and perhaps even necessary for transferring the story to film. The giant robotic spiders was always the weakest part of the plot in my opinion, and Dr M makes for a much better option to Veidt's "solution". What did they censor in your opinion?
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Baldrick..
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Yeah. However, I thought the changes were OK and perhaps even necessary for transferring the story to film. The giant robotic spiders was always the weakest part of the plot in my opinion, and Dr M makes for a much better option to Veidt's "solution". What did they censor in your opinion?
It's been a long while since I've seen the movie, but I remember being upset with Rorschach and the Comedian. I felt that they sort down played the brutality of Rorschach a bit, perhaps also Comedian. Might not count as censorship to most, but felt that way to me.
Also I was upset that 2nd Nite Owl didn't have a gut... :p
The changes to the Ozy plot I was ok with, because it was understandable.
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George Clooney, his Batman was so bad it went full circle and became awesome.