Favorite Batman...

[Dark Star]

Been thinking about the Batman movies lately so I thought I would make a poll about it...

 

Ok which was Your favorite Batman??

 

I am having a hard time choosing between Michael Keaton and Christian Bale.. Will get back to this.....

[eaglesfan3000]

I liked the new Batman much better than the old ones. So I chose Christian Bale.

[Fat Freddy]

I like'em all to one degree or another (even Clooney - he wasn't a bad Batman, he just had the bad luck to get stuck in the worst Batman movie) but I'm old school. So in my book this here is the one TR00 Batman, yo:

 

(I've met Adam West twice and he's a totally cool mo-fo.)

 

Why did I like the TV series so much? Well...

Yvonne Craig's Batgirl made me feel funny when I was a kid. Y'know, like when I climbed the rope in gym class.

 

And Julie Newmar's Catwoman... need I say more?

[Fat Freddy]

By the way, D.S., at the risk of pointing out my utter geekness (again), you forgot a Batman....

 

 

Lewis Wilson is the O.G. Dark Knight. He played him in a 15-chapter movie serial made by Columbia Pictures back in 1943.

 

[66 mustang]

I like'em all to one degree or another (even Clooney - he wasn't a bad Batman, he just had the bad luck to get stuck in the worst Batman movie) but I'm old school. So in my book this here is the one TR00 Batman, yo:

 

(I've met Adam West twice and he's a totally cool mo-fo.)

 

Why did I like the TV series so much? Well...

Yvonne Craig's Batgirl made me feel funny when I was a kid. Y'know, like when I climbed the rope in gym class.

 

And Julie Newmar's Catwoman... need I say more?

 

I wish the tv series would get a dvd release but the studios will never iron things out and let it happen.

[Fat Freddy]

I wish the tv series would get a dvd release but the studios will never iron things out and let it happen.

 

Amen brother. I don't understand why the feature film with the TV show cast (1966) can be available on DVD but not the series itself. Tell me that wouldn't be the most kick-ass TV DVD set ever. If they got Adam West, Burt Ward, and all the other surviving cast members back together to do commentary tracks on each episode, threw in some deleted scenes or a couple of documentaries, my Geek Quotient would totally overload.

I really hope they iron out the legal hassles someday soon. Those people aren't getting any younger!!!

[cdjunky41]

I like'em all to one degree or another (even Clooney - he wasn't a bad Batman, he just had the bad luck to get stuck in the worst Batman movie) but I'm old school. So in my book this here is the one TR00 Batman, yo:

 

(I've met Adam West twice and he's a totally cool mo-fo.)

 

Why did I like the TV series so much? Well...

Yvonne Craig's Batgirl made me feel funny when I was a kid. Y'know, like when I climbed the rope in gym class.

 

And Julie Newmar's Catwoman... need I say more?

 

 

Gotta agree with Keef on this one (Word for Word)

[Fat Freddy]

Want a taste of the 1943 "Batman?" Here's chapter 1 of the serial, "The Electrical Brain" (woo, scary)

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zNcKo2jb1k

 

This makes the TV series look like Shakespeare.

[Dark Star]

Yea yea Keith I KNEW I would forget one.. Freakin Geek!!!!

 

I have been thinking for a while now and I Guess my favorite is...

 

Christian Bale.. Just because The Dark Knight is one of the BEST Superhero movies EVER!!!

[Captain Howdy]

I wish the tv series would get a dvd release but the studios will never iron things out and let it happen.

 

Amen brother. I don't understand why the feature film with the TV show cast (1966) can be available on DVD but not the series itself. Tell me that wouldn't be the most kick-ass TV DVD set ever. If they got Adam West, Burt Ward, and all the other surviving cast members back together to do commentary tracks on each episode, threw in some deleted scenes or a couple of documentaries, my Geek Quotient would totally overload.

I really hope they iron out the legal hassles someday soon. Those people aren't getting any younger!!!

I believe that because it was a theatrical release, the war between Warner and Fox couldnt stop the movie being released on VHS then DVD. The tv show though is due Fox only having the rights to show it on tv or some such ridiculousness. I actually bought a DVD set off eBay a couple of years ago that will tide me over until such time as those two realise that the best way forward is to co-release it. Its only direct transfers from tv/vhs, but at least I have all the episodes on DVD.

 

As for the question, it could really only be a toss up between two guys really ... Keaton and Bale.

As much as I love the Adam West version, its really not the real Batman in my eyes.

I had to go with Keaton over Bale in the end as the 89 movie was ground breaking at the time, and really set the template for all the superhero movies that would come out years later.

There really isnt that much difference in the way they both portray Batman when you get down to the nitty gritty, but Keaton gets the nod for doing it first.

 

As for Kilmer and Clooney ... Kilmer wasnt that much different to the Keaton Batman, it was the tone of the film that was lighter, which ended up lightening up the character as well, which kinda sucked.

Clooney was more of a step back to the Adam West era, but the key element of that era was missing from Clooney film ... the humour.

I think he did a reasonable job with what he was given, but at the end of the day, you just cant polish a turd.

 

And just to out geek the geek, dont forget Robert Lowery. The Batman of 1949.

[66 mustang]

now you can go ahead and start a poll on the favorite batmobile!!!!!!

 

http://www.1966batmobile.com/

[All Nights Reserved]

I've got no favorite Batman but a favorite Catwoman...

 

Lee Meriwether

[Fat Freddy]

And just to out geek the geek, dont forget Robert Lowery. The Batman of 1949.

 

Curse you for raising the Geek Bar higher!

[Captain Howdy]

And maybe Kevin Conroy should even get a mention seeing as he has voiced him in everything from cartoons to video games.

[Captain Howdy]

Robert Lowery

[Fat Freddy]

Robert Lowery

 

Maaaaaaan, those old movie serials were LOW low budget weren't they??

[Captain Howdy]

You'd have thought they'd at least have been able to get the bat symbol right.

He looks more like sleepy devil man to me.

[HERBROCKS]

If you seperate the actor from the movies, I would pick Keaton, but he was the worst Bruce Wayne, and the movies themselves were pretty bad.

 

Bale was in the best movie, but I disliked his voice. He's supposed to be Batman, not Wolverine!

 

I would also suggest Kevin Conroy, he IS Batman to me...

[martinsane]

Mike Keaton for me! So different from his Night Shift role. Mike certainly is a good good actor with a deep catologue of great movies of comedy, drama, thriller...

 

I do have a liking for Chris Bale however, but Mike still gets the nod.