Here's your "Funner/Colorful/Humourous" DC animated movie.
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I don't see the problem here.
I actually find it quite refreshing to have something lighthearted animated feature for once compared to all the dark and gritty stuff that DC been producing lately (I mean Man of Steel and SvB. I got no problem with The Killing Joke as I loved the graphic novel).
Even then I thought it is a great fanservice to those Adam West batman fans out there. Also believe if or not those who dismissed Adam West version, it STILL an important role in term of Batman development franchise wise. Even then if you want your gritty and dark Batman, just rewatched the past Batman shows and films!
Overall, I am looking forward to this despite not watching Adam West shows properly.
EDOT- Lastly, you do realise OP, it just ONE light hearted theme animated movie so far right? Well ok yes there are those lame Batman direct to dvd films (the one set in the future and those robot animal sidekick) but the Adam West is getting a better treatment.
Maybe this will cheer the OP up, heck it even got the word DARK in the movie title!
Also yes I know the word Dark is to due with that other paranormal JL team, Justice League Dark.
I actually find it quite refreshing to have something lighthearted animated feature for once compared to all the dark and gritty stuff that DC been producing lately (I mean Man of Steel and SvB. I got no problem with The Killing Joke as I loved the graphic novel).
Even then I thought it is a great fanservice to those Adam West batman fans out there. Also believe if or not those who dismissed Adam West version, it STILL an important role in term of Batman development franchise wise. Even then if you want your gritty and dark Batman, just rewatched the past Batman shows and films!
Overall, I am looking forward to this despite not watching Adam West shows properly.
EDOT- Lastly, you do realise OP, it just ONE light hearted theme animated movie so far right? Well ok yes there are those lame Batman direct to dvd films (the one set in the future and those robot animal sidekick) but the Adam West is getting a better treatment.
Maybe this will cheer the OP up, heck it even got the word DARK in the movie title!
Also yes I know the word Dark is to due with that other paranormal JL team, Justice League Dark.
That's amazing. I want it so much.
I've been saying ever since The Dark Knight that they could never do dark and broody better than Nolan did it and that if they wanted to reboot, they should go for the opposite extreme and just go campy as hell. A Batman movie based on the TV show is the geek culture movie Paul Feig should have made.
I've been saying ever since The Dark Knight that they could never do dark and broody better than Nolan did it and that if they wanted to reboot, they should go for the opposite extreme and just go campy as hell. A Batman movie based on the TV show is the geek culture movie Paul Feig should have made.
How is this a regression in any way?
Within the span of one year DC and Warner Bros will have given you Batman V Superman, an animated adaption of The Killing Joke, this awesome looking Adam West batman film and a freaking Lego Batman film. There is literally a Batman for every season, whatever a particular fan prefers is available.
Seems more like they've finally given up on the delusion that Batman has ever just been one thing and are now highlighting all the various and equally valid interpretations that have emerged over the years.
Within the span of one year DC and Warner Bros will have given you Batman V Superman, an animated adaption of The Killing Joke, this awesome looking Adam West batman film and a freaking Lego Batman film. There is literally a Batman for every season, whatever a particular fan prefers is available.
Seems more like they've finally given up on the delusion that Batman has ever just been one thing and are now highlighting all the various and equally valid interpretations that have emerged over the years.
And one of the most genuinely mature moments to come out of any Batman media I've ever seen.AccursedTheory said:
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I don't understand why this is bad, it looks fun and it's cool to have Adam West and Burt Ward back as Batman & Robin, shame Cesar Romero passed away and can't reprise his role as the Joker, if you don't like it just don't watch it, they are not stopping with their more serious DC animated movies anytime soon, in fact Justice League Dark is coming fairly soon too, so I don't see how this is regressing or anything, it's more like they are catering to the different fanbases of DC, you seem to forget that DC has been stupidly silly a lot of times and there's nothing wrong with that or is it that you are simply too insecure to like the things you like if they are associated with something that's "kiddy"?
Wait, so you're pissed off because other people might like a thing more than they like another thing you happen to like?Samtemdo8 said:
I think it's time to stop taking entertainment, and the critical reactions to said entertainment, so seriously.
Wow dude, making a huge deal about what is just a one-off gag movie?! Christ, were you this visibly shaken over Batman in The lego Movie?
We've had decades of brooding grimdark Batman, and one tiny little movie in appreciation of the campy Adam West version comes along and you flip your shit.
I'd say it's about time Warner Brothers has a bit of fun with the DC property, as well as making a DC movie that's actually enjoyable. Kudos to them.
We've had decades of brooding grimdark Batman, and one tiny little movie in appreciation of the campy Adam West version comes along and you flip your shit.
I'd say it's about time Warner Brothers has a bit of fun with the DC property, as well as making a DC movie that's actually enjoyable. Kudos to them.
If this turns out good, I'm definitely gonna seek this out. I loved the Adam West series as a kid, and it's one of those shows alongside Avatar: The Last Airbender and Animaniacs that I want to show my kids if I ever have any. It's great entertainment for young kids: bright, colourful, upbeat, has a reliable structure (I for one don't mind a repetitive structure at all in young children's entertainment), and lighthearted with just enough tension to get kids excited without being too scary. I definitely encourage this, especially with the grimdark-binge DC has been on with Batman in recent years.
Like it or not, Adam West's portrayal is one of the iconic Batman performances alongside Christian Bale and Kevin Conroy. And I for one am damn glad it is, since it shows that vastly different representations of the same character can exist, and all be entertaining in their own ways.
Like it or not, Adam West's portrayal is one of the iconic Batman performances alongside Christian Bale and Kevin Conroy. And I for one am damn glad it is, since it shows that vastly different representations of the same character can exist, and all be entertaining in their own ways.
Well, everyone and their mother is commenting on this, so I guess I'll start off by saying it looks much better than The Lego Batman movie. Because while LBM is basically trying to be funny and failing, this is pulling it off because it knows how rediculous it is.
Also, we need to have an equivalent term to "grimdark," or at least stop throwing "grimdark" around with abandon, because it seems that people equivalete any dark and grit with grimdark. The two aren't the same thing.
Also, we need to have an equivalent term to "grimdark," or at least stop throwing "grimdark" around with abandon, because it seems that people equivalete any dark and grit with grimdark. The two aren't the same thing.
Oh yah, I remember you asking about Brave and the Bold a while back.Chimpzy said:
How did you like it as a whole? Sounds like you at least dug the finale.
Looks pretty fun. The Adam West show was deliciously campy but I don't know how this would translate to a cartoon. It was the performances rather than the storylines which made this show. Much of the humor was also unintentional. Adam West also looked to get more and more out of shape with each passing episode and seeing a big bellied Batman doing the 'batusi' in his ridiculous pyjamas was hilarious in itself. How does a cartoon capture such moments? The show became pretty embarrassing in the decades that followed it but I guess if you wait long enough everything will eventually become vintage in its own way. Would be fun to see if the cartoon is able to parody that.
Yes, I did ask. And I've since watched all of it and enjoyed it immensely.AccursedTheory said:
It was just what I needed after having watched the overly dour Man of Steel and Batman v Superman back to back. It's not the greatest superhero series I've seen, but I appreciate it for what it is: a fun, lighthearted hommage to the campiness of the Silver Age. It would've been so easy to go the route of mocking parody, and many would have, but it clearly comes from a place of love and respect, while at the same time acknowledging how silly it all is.
As for the ending, my inner nerd loved how meta it is, although sometimes it feels like it was trying too hard to defend the merits of BATB, even though it doesn't need that defense[footnote]Then again, looking at the OP, perhaps it kinda does need it[/footnote]. But to Dini's credit, there isn't really any judgment or casting of aspersions on the darker incarnations of Batman either. As you mentioned: different is not bad. There's room for more than one form of Batman and this movie's existence won't erase Burton Batman, BtAS Batman, Nolan Batman, Snyder Batman or whatever Batman you prefer[footnote]And that includes Adam West Batman, Schumacher Batman and yes, even All Star Batman & Robin Batman.[/footnote] and vice versa.
But the final scene was probably my favorite part: no outrageous boisterousness in an epic showdown, but a quiet, dignified sendoff.
After watching the Original Animated Series, and the Dark Knight Returns animated adaption, and just the Nolan Films in general.Zhukov said:
Why would anyone want to go back to the asscrack that was 60s Campy Adam West Batman?
I don't know why people have decided that comic books need to be lighter and softer all of the sudden.
They tried that with Batman already. It sucked [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batman_%26_Robin_(film)].
They tried that with Batman already. It sucked [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batman_%26_Robin_(film)].
I am starting to think people secretly like that movie because its almost no different to Adam West Batman.bastardofmelbourne said:
Bat-Shark Repellent = Bat-Credit Card.
Because not everyone thinks it is the ass crack. Some people think that what's going on now, in modern Batman, is the ass crack.Samtemdo8 said:
Some people just want to have fun, you know. They don't need grit and grim hosed into their eyes. I'm glad you don't seem to take your weird, fanatical approach to other universes - I don't need a kill joy ranting about how Ciaphas Cain doesn't fit into the Imperium.
So do you geniuenely enjoy Batman Forever and Batman and Robin and do not think they are bad movies?AccursedTheory said: