Assigning an Earth to each batfilm

[returntovoid]

Edit: Double post, aarghhhh!!!!!!!!

 

[returntovoid]

How many earth Batman's by the way?

Golden Age/Earth-Two (1939/1940's/Early 1950's)
Silver Age and Bronze Age/Earth-One (Late 1950's/1960's/1970's/1980-Early 1986)
Modern Age/New Earth (Late 1986-1989/1990's/2000's)

Alternate Universes (Never was in mainstream continuity)

Earth-31 (The Dark Knight Returns/The Dark Knight Strikes Again/All Star Batman & Robin/Holy Terror, Batman!)

There are other earth Batman's for one-shot comics but these are the notable ones.

 

[Fresh Prince]

Shouldn't Golden Age be Earth 1 instead of Earth 2?

 

[returntovoid]

Shouldn't Golden Age be Earth 1 instead of Earth 2?

The number of Earths are not in proper order.

 

[Fresh Prince]

Oh okay.....I like earth 31 Bat films in the future.

 

[TMC1982]

*Tim Burton's world=Gothic, macabre, film noirish, atmospheric Batman

*Joel Schumacher's world=Colorful, spectacle Batman

*Christopher Nolan's world=Gritty, realistic Batman

 

[TMC1982]

Guy.

I'll explain my thought process.

Burton movies = represents the years 1939 and 40 in Batman history. Batman is a loner, kills when necessary, faces macabre and grotesque threats in a world that what we would call today "noir" mixed with "gothic", supernatural things, mad scientists, a world that is in no way realistic.
Batman Forever = similar to the 40s and 50s, "Dick Sprang era". Not only is Robin introduced, Batman also becomes a father figure and is no longer a classic vigilante, more like a "super cop". Stops to kill, more after redemption and justice than sheer revenge. The world he lives in becomes more colorful, the villains become more and more extravagant with lots of gimmicks.
Batman & Robin = crazy like the 60s. What was played straight before becomes more and more a parody, Gotham City is no longer a crime-infested city, it's more like a giant amusement park. The modern Batgirl is introduced. Batman is no longer serious business, he is more like a kid in a theme park he has "the time of his live" as Grant Morrison described this era once.
Batman Begins = like in the 70s Batman is alone again (yeah, reboot, but you get the idea), R'as Al'Ghul is a big part of the story and Batman's world stops being "out-of-space" and drifts towards realism and real-life problems and topics. Yet Batman is a reliable hero with values.
The Dark Knight = The trend of Batman Begins became even stronger, Batman's actions are now seen through "real-life eyes", comparing him to terrorists, vigilantes, fascist leaders and all those modern sensibilities (remember the Mayor Hill era). Yet we (and not the public) all now that Batman is still a hero. Smells like the 80s.

So if this keeps progressing we will see a truly sadistic Batman in the next movie

Michael Uslan, who has been a key producer for all of the modern Batman films (from the 1989 movie on through The Dark Knight) and helped push for a "serious", big budget Batman motion picture in the first place (all the way back to 1979) summed up the Burton-Schmuacher movies in relation to how they reflect the comics like this:
*Batman '89 - 1939-1940 (the Bob Kane/Bill Finger era)

*Batman Returns - Say, 1980s (i.e. around the time that The Dark Knight Returns and The Killing Joke came out)-1990s

*Batman Forever - 1940s-1950s (the Dick Sprang drawn era)

*Batman & Robin - 1960s (when the Adam West TV series on the air)

 

[returntovoid]

*Batman Returns - Say, 1980s (i.e. around the time that The Dark Knight Returns and The Killing Joke came out)-1990s

There are also influences from the 1940's Batman comic books in Batman Returns, besides what you just mentioned.

Check this link out, it's an analysis between the comic books and Batman Returns.

http://www.batmanmovieonline.com/fea...php?display=58

For example, it says/shows that the Penguins with missiles strapped to their backs in Batman Returns is taken from a 1946 Batman comic book.

 

[TruerToTheCore]

To be honest, Batman Returns is Burton's own soup, what would resemble that is the Moench/Jones run, but it came out years later.

 

[Gotham22]

Batman89/BR - A dark, gothic world

BF/B&R - less dark but gothic world

BB/TDK - a realstic world with no existence of other Superheros and Supervillains.

 

[TMC1982]

How about the animated series/films (at least, in terms of how they reflect the live-action films) while we're at it:
The Filmation Batman cartoons (and to a lesser extent, Super Friends)=Batman '66

Batman: The Animated Series=Batman ('89)/Batman Returns

The New Batman Adventures=The OnStar commercials - Both arguably represented an "in-between" of sorts (the OnStar ads tried to merge the Tim Burton style with the Joel Schumacher style for instance).

The Batman=Batman Forever - Both were decidingly less dark or moody than their immediate predecessors. Both had a greater emphasis on highly stylized (seemingly blatantly "toyetic") action.

Batman: The Brave and the Bold=Batman & Robin - Both were arguably, the most overtly campy post-Adam West incarnations of Batman.

Batman: Gotham Knight=Batman Begins/The Dark Knight

 

[Cain]

Batman: The Brave and the Bold=Batman & Robin - Both were arguably, the most overtly campy post-Adam West incarnations of Batman.

yeah except one completely understood the charm and appeal of camp while the other completely did not.