Bat clichés

[Matthew Allison]

It's time to vent about a couple things that bug me whenever there's a Batman-related piece in the media:

Bat-nipples: I get it. Those nipples on the Clooney suits were ridiculous. However, people feel the need to mention them 10+ years after they first popped up (See? Even I have to make jokes.) It's an easy (and tired) thing to joke about and most journalists should know better.

"Holy ____, Batman!": I think it started with articles about Miller's Dark Knight Returns - journalists starting their pieces by writing something along the lines of "Holy angst, Batman!! Comics aren't for kids any more!" Now, some two decades later we're still getting that. Look up articles about BATMAN BEGINS and you're bound to turn up a few that feature that sentence. I'm sure that somewhere there's an article that begins with "Holy bat-nipples, Batman!!". It needs to stop.

 

[Kaizer]

"Holy Rusted Metal, Batman" it's all Schumacher, baby

 

[SHADOWBAT69]

The "Holy" quotes will continue forever. (haha, bad pun) We can thank the 60's show for that.

Im tired of the nipples being only brought up with the Clooney suit. Kilmer had them first.

 

[The Guard]

The nipples just aren't that big a deal.

 

[SHADOWBAT69]

They never were to me. I dont see the need for them, but I never made a deal about it.

Even with the "Holy" whatever statements, it says something when a catch phrase can stay around for 40 plus years.

 

[BatmanEVH]

When they play the Batman 60's theme during ANY mention of Batman, no matter how dark the movie is. For example, the Today show with the Dark Knight interview and Al Roker is doing the Bat dance while the music is playing. IT WILL NEVER GO AWAY! lol

 

[Matthew Allison]

Another new(er) thing is the Joker's ***** panels showing up everywhere. People still post these, like we haven't seen it a hundred times before. We get it. He's saying "*****".

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a393/Ima_Monkfish/*****.jpg

 

[Superwoman Prime]

So are those legit or not? They look like genuine scans of classic comics, so if they are photoshopped, cudos to the trickster.

 

[BubbaGump]

So are those legit or not? They look like genuine scans of classic comics, so if they are photoshopped, cudos to the trickster.

It's from Batman #66 "The Joker's Comedy of Errors."

It's in Dick Sprang's style, but unfortunately not drawn by him. Would've been awesome...

 

[Superwoman Prime]

Ooh, okay. I bet many a fan has sought it out. If I owned that issue, I'd post it on E-bay with bids starting at like... a few hundred.

 

[Doctor Baywatch]

 

[DaRkVeNgeanCe]

that stuff is great!

 

[tomstoyz2]

Holy Boners, Batman!

 

[Matthew Allison]

Holy Boners, Batman!

How about "Holy bat-nipple boners, Batman!"?

 

[RobC]

I've got a ***** reading about nipples.

Holy awkward sexual tension...

 

[Lazlo Panaflex]

Media reporters especially Mary Hart will always refer to Batman Begins as a prequel.

 

[RobC]

That's a true annoyance, people who don't understand that Nolan's franchise is brand new.

Every now and again someone will pop on the main boards asking why Nolan is re-making B89.

 

[Carlynn Carnage]

You cant really get upset with the past filtering into jokes and what not. I mean its part of what brought Batman to evolve to what he is today. I love the "holy" jokes personally.