"The Batman"

[George K]

Critical Drinker had a review of the first episode of "Penguin", and he (!) loved it.

Link to video

The series picks up right after the end of "The Batman."

Link to video

Anyone seen the flick? Any good?

[Klaus]

Watched it tonight. Pretty good indeed! I'm looking forward to the next episode.

[LuFins Dad]

The thing is, the gritty crime stories around Batman have been done. Hell, Gotham did a good job of it. It’s getting a little old.

[Tom-K]

I saw the movie. It wasn't any sort of traditional "Batman". He was some sort of outsider, but interesting and cool and different. And I like thin women in general, but Zoe Kravitz was way beyond humanly possible. I liked the movie and although it had lots of weirdness it was somehow enjoyable.

[George K]

How many times has the Batman story been rebooted now. Three? Four?

I enjoyed the Michael Keaton Batman, despite Jack Nicholson. That was just a bit too campy for me.

[Axtremus]

Where to stream this?

[George K]

@Axtremus said in "The Batman":

Where to stream this?

I believe "Penguin" is on HBO (or Max, or whatever they call themselves these days).

[Doctor Phibes]

@George-K said in "The Batman":

How many times has the Batman story been rebooted now. Three? Four?

I enjoyed the Michael Keaton Batman, despite Jack Nicholson. That was just a bit too campy for me.

You’re complaining that Batman was too campy. I don’t know if you’re familiar with Adam West, but….

[George K]

@Doctor-Phibes said in "The Batman":

You’re complaining that Batman was too campy. I don’t know if you’re familiar with Adam West, but….

Well, that was sort of my point. I really hated the West Batman, and when I saw Nicholson in the Keaton version, it was a smh moment.

[LuFins Dad]

We’ll group the Keaton-Val Kilmer movies as being the same “Batman”. The. You had the Christopher Nolan Batman movies, then the Ben Affleck version, followed by the newest…

Then there were the more recent related TV Adaptations - Gotham, Pennyworth, and the CW shows…

And don’t forget the new Joker movies that seem unrelated to any of the Batman versions so far…

[Copper]

I remember when the Adam West Batman was huge, we saw the 1943 or 1949 Batman movie at the Rialto Theatre in Roslindale Square. They could fill the theatre with anything Batman.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batman_in_film

[Doctor Phibes]

They've certainly brushed all the teenage "ward" Robin shit right under the carpet.

[Axtremus]

@LuFins-Dad said in "The Batman":

And don’t forget the new Joker movies that seem unrelated to any of the Batman versions so far…

Don't forget Harley Quinn and the Suicide Squad. They are sort of Batman adjacent.

[LuFins Dad]

@Axtremus said in "The Batman":

@LuFins-Dad said in "The Batman":

And don’t forget the new Joker movies that seem unrelated to any of the Batman versions so far…

Don't forget Harley Quinn and the Suicide Squad. They are sort of Batman adjacent.

See Afleck version..

[George K]

@LuFins-Dad said in "The Batman":

See Afleck version..

Any good?

[LuFins Dad]

@George-K said in "The Batman":

@LuFins-Dad said in "The Batman":

See Afleck version..

Any good?

Mehhh. About the same as his Daredevil.

[Doctor Phibes]

@George-K said in "The Batman":

@LuFins-Dad said in "The Batman":

See Afleck version..

Any good?

I put it right up there with George Clooney, but that's just me.

I always felt that the villains were easily the best part of Batman, even the camp ones.

And isn't it a bit hard for anybody to wander around in a black rubber suit without being camp?