20th Fox is CHEAP!!!

[AgentGraves!]

Okay so I am flipping through this magazine and I see an ad for a new Batman DVD....and I was all like WOW, that could be kick ass because I haven't heard anything about it so I looked it up to see what the deal was and it's this...


A re-release of "BATMAN:THE MOVIE (1966)"

speacial Ed...

do you know whats speacial about it????







ABSO-LUT-LEE NOTHING!!!!!


Just an all black cover art with the red bat log

WHAT CRAP!

 

[deathshead2]

You do know every movie studio does that? Where they call it special, but all thats new is the cover. Nothing new. Close thread.

 

[AgentGraves!]

ouch

 

[BatMatt]

The Blu-Ray version is quite special though and has exclusive content

 

[Kevin Roegele]

What you should be complaining about is the way the cover art suggests a Batman Begins/Dark Knight type movie...

 

[BatMatt]

I love the cover despite that it doesn't reflect the tone of the movie. I don't think too many people would take an Adam West Batman as being anything but campy

 

[Kevin Roegele]

I love the cover despite that it doesn't reflect the tone of the movie. I don't think too many people would take an Adam West Batman as being anything but campy

That's just it, kids these days don't know who Adam West is. The box takes advantage of that and gives no indication of the true tone of the movie. I don't think there is any black in Batman the Movie, it's one the the brightest, most colourful films you'll ever find.

 

[OctaviusINC]

They did the same thing with the cover of the DVD serials. Don't get me wrong, I liked the serials, but the covers made them look amazingly epic.

 

[The Shredder]

They did the same thing with the cover of the DVD serials. Don't get me wrong, I liked the serials, but the covers made them look amazingly epic.

That's true.

Both of the serial DVD's did the very same thing. Although I do recall liking the cover art for the 1943 serial (mainly due to the visual, and the old timey look to it) a bit more than the art done for the late 1940's Batman serial (which just looked cheap to me).

 

[Mister J]

They did the same thing with the cover of the DVD serials. Don't get me wrong, I liked the serials, but the covers made them look amazingly epic.

OK. That's what I recall. I could have sworn having a similar discussion to this about another Batman project.

All this does is remind me that corporate mumbo-jumbo is keeping me from enjoying this series in a full-fledged DVD release.

 

[MrQuinn]

They did the same thing with the cover of the DVD serials. Don't get me wrong, I liked the serials, but the covers made them look amazingly epic.

awesome cover art. and you know what, awesome Batman depiction for the time, I was really impressed for what it was. I hold it way higher than Adam West's crap.

 

[Kevin Roegele]

awesome cover art. and you know what, awesome Batman depiction for the time, I was really impressed for what it was. I hold it way higher than Adam West's crap.

WHy do you think it's crap? Because it's not completely serious? So because of that, you overlook the wonderful performances and direction, the iconic style and production design, the most finely-balanced piece of tongue-in-cheek humour ever....yes, it's camp, and only internet fanboys see camp as a bad thing because they like everything as dark as possible. The 60's Batman is camp, it's magnificent camp. Adam West's performance is wonderful. Cesar Romero is wonderful, as is Burgess Meredith, Frank Gorshin, Julie Newmar...Batman is one of the most popular TV shows of all-time, and it's arguably the most famous incarnation of Batman ever. So try and open your eyes to the possibility that just because something does not bend to exactly how you'd like it to be, it must therefore be crap.

 

[Milu]

WHy do you think it's crap? Because it's not completely serious? So because of that, you overlook the wonderful performances and direction, the iconic style and production design, the most finely-balanced piece of tongue-in-cheek humour ever....yes, it's camp, and only internet fanboys see camp as a bad thing because they like everything as dark as possible. The 60's Batman is camp, it's magnificent camp. Adam West's performance is wonderful. Cesar Romero is wonderful, as is Burgess Meredith, Frank Gorshin, Julie Newmar...Batman is one of the most popular TV shows of all-time, and it's arguably the most famous incarnation of Batman ever. So try and open your eyes to the possibility that just because something does not bend to exactly how you'd like it to be, it must therefore be crap.

 

[FlawlessVictory]

They did the same thing with the cover of the DVD serials. Don't get me wrong, I liked the serials, but the covers made them look amazingly epic.

Haha, true.

All this does is remind me that corporate mumbo-jumbo is keeping me from enjoying this series in a full-fledged DVD release.

Yup, I want an official release of the entire 60's tv show on dvd!

 

[Paste Pot Pete]

What you should be complaining about is the way the cover art suggests a Batman Begins/Dark Knight type movie...

You should see the ad for it in Entertainment Weekly (I would scan it if I had a scanner).

It has a dark, gothic cityscape with the batsignal in the sky, and a shadowy silhouette only vaguely recognizable as West's.

It's quite hysterical, but also shamefully misrepresentative.

 

[bestever23]

I work at blockbuster and I saw it there (we get the stuff in before it's out) it had commentary and features but I don't know if they were on there from another dvd but it looked like NEW content

by the way I'll give my BATMAN :GOTHAM KNIGHT review soon since I rented it at my store

 

[MrQuinn]

WHy do you think it's crap? Because it's not completely serious? So because of that, you overlook the wonderful performances and direction, the iconic style and production design, the most finely-balanced piece of tongue-in-cheek humour ever....yes, it's camp, and only internet fanboys see camp as a bad thing because they like everything as dark as possible. The 60's Batman is camp, it's magnificent camp. Adam West's performance is wonderful. Cesar Romero is wonderful, as is Burgess Meredith, Frank Gorshin, Julie Newmar...Batman is one of the most popular TV shows of all-time, and it's arguably the most famous incarnation of Batman ever. So try and open your eyes to the possibility that just because something does not bend to exactly how you'd like it to be, it must therefore be crap.

Umm, I don't like it. What's so hard to comprehend?
You people get so uptight about that damn Adam West era, I swear.

Keep in mind I call all sorts of things "crap" anyhow, it's a pretty loose ended word, don't be so defensive in the future.

 

[The Shredder]

I work at blockbuster and I saw it there (we get the stuff in before it's out) it had commentary and features but I don't know if they were on there from another dvd but it looked like NEW content

by the way I'll give my BATMAN :GOTHAM KNIGHT review soon since I rented it at my store

Yeah, the features and the Adam West/Burt Ward commentary was on the previously released version as well. Personally, I was hoping for a better commentay track to be perfectly honest. It's ok for what it is, but I would have much preferred a more informative track than what we ultimately recieved.

 

[raleagh]

uk cover

 

[DaRkVeNgeanCe]

I like the regular us cover alot better!

 

[Kevin Roegele]

uk cover

Contrast that with an actual movie poster from the time of release in 1966...

 

[Keymaker]

WHy do you think it's crap? Because it's not completely serious? So because of that, you overlook the wonderful performances and direction, the iconic style and production design, the most finely-balanced piece of tongue-in-cheek humour ever....yes, it's camp, and only internet fanboys see camp as a bad thing because they like everything as dark as possible. The 60's Batman is camp, it's magnificent camp. Adam West's performance is wonderful. Cesar Romero is wonderful, as is Burgess Meredith, Frank Gorshin, Julie Newmar...Batman is one of the most popular TV shows of all-time, and it's arguably the most famous incarnation of Batman ever. So try and open your eyes to the possibility that just because something does not bend to exactly how you'd like it to be, it must therefore be crap.

Nah, it's just that every epiosde of the TV show was the same t:
The film was quite entertaining, though.
LOL @ the dark covers.

 

[TruerToTheCore]

Awful movie, but Adam West is still the best Batman.

 

[Buttman]

Did they...airbrush muscles onto Adam West?!

Looks like, hahaha.

And thanks for this thread, I was wondering what was 'special' about this edition. Now that I know the answer (nothing) I won't be buying it.

 

[Spidey 2007]

actaully despite what EVERYBODY thinks.. adam west DID have muscles and he WAS in shape. its all th suits fault and his lame posture...


but he wasnt in bad shape at all... he was in a val kilmer 60's type of shape...