Photos of BAT-MANIA 1989

[Skyline Twenty]

Well back then the hype got me too. The movie - not so much.

 

[The Spider-Bat]

Yes, but unfortunately, I don't have enough road to back out.

Where we're going, we don't need roads.

 

[DaRkVeNgeanCe]

^ Damn right, Damn good line, Damn good movie.

 

[frodawgg]

Me too....me too.
I just wish I was alive in the 80's....

no you don't. other than a few things...batman...NES...me...nothing good came out of that decade. nothing.

 

[BlueLightning]

no you don't. other than a few things...batman...NES...me...nothing good came out of that decade. nothing.

How about The Ninja Turtles(cartoons and the movie too), PC´S, mobile phones, compact disc, NES, the Rubik's Cube, Pac-Man, Donkey Kong(one of my favorite franchises), Frogger, Garfield, De Lorean(I need to get me one of those), Back to the Future (love that trilogy! "1.21 Gigawatts!"),Thriller (when Micheal Jackson wasn´t scary as hell), The Dark Knight Returns (One of the best Batman stories I have ever read), The Simpsons, ET, Aliens, The Terminator, The Empire Strikes Back ("Luke, I am your father", plus Mark Hammil pre-Joker era), Return of the Jedi, Ghostbusters (Who you gonna call?), and of course Batman 1989.?

And yeah, It is a wall-of-text .

 

[Darknightnomis]

This was my year people and I was in my PRIME!!!!

1989 summers was one of the best in movie history! t:

 

[frodawgg]

How about The Ninja Turtles(cartoons and the movie too), PC´S, mobile phones, compact disc, NES, the Rubik's Cube, Pac-Man, Donkey Kong(one of my favorite franchises), Frogger, Garfield, De Lorean(I need to get me one of those), Back to the Future (love that trilogy! "1.21 Gigawatts!"),Thriller (when Micheal Jackson wasn´t scary as hell), The Dark Knight Returns (One of the best Batman stories I have ever read), The Simpsons, ET, Aliens, The Terminator, The Empire Strikes Back ("Luke, I am your father", plus Mark Hammil pre-Joker era), Return of the Jedi, Ghostbusters (Who you gonna call?), and of course Batman 1989.?

And yeah, It is a wall-of-text .

i know...i was jokingt:. but other than all you mentioned, the 80s did kinda suck

 

[Lazlo Panaflex]

no you don't. other than a few things...batman...NES...me...nothing good came out of that decade. nothing.

What year were you born? if it was in the mid to late 80's then you were too young to remember that decade.

 

[frodawgg]

What year were you born? if it was in the mid to late 80's then you were too young to remember that decade.

i was born in '81, so i pretty much experienced all of the decade. granted, a lot of great pop culture things came out of there (ie cartoons that blow away the crap that kids are watching today), but the music is VERY overrated--more crap than quality--and the styles were horrendous. actually, i think most of the negative feelings i get about the '80s come from things i watch that were made during that time. no matter how good a movie, TV show, or music video is, it's the actual images (ie hair, clothing) that sicken me.

 

[SHADOWBAT69]

it's the actual images (ie hair, clothing) that sicken me.

Dude, I loved my mullet and pegged pants.

 

[Excel]

 

[Mr. E]

Not a photo, but a clip.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=rypzvzKne2s&feature=related

 

[Two-Face]

Not a photo, but a clip.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=rypzvzKne2s&feature=related

Thanks for that

 

[twilitezoner]

Not a photo, but a clip.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=rypzvzKne2s&feature=related

Great link. Thanks.

 

[co2]

haha! That clip was awesome. I love this thread.

Man, Indy 3, Batman, AND Ghostbusters 2. What a sumer.

Don't forget about Roadhouse and Rain Man (he's a superhero, right?)

I was 17 when this movie came out. I was working at my first job at Six Flags, which is owned by Warners, so I was swimming in Batmania. The Batman stunt show was a new feature at the park and every gift shop was loaded with Batman crap. It's funny that to this day, they have added more rides and attractions which somehow seem to be more influenced by Burton's movies. They have that Batmobile from the old stuntshow parked in front of the Batman coaster ride, so now you can go up and sit your ass on it when you need to take a break. LOL.
You really couldn't turn around in '89 without seeing the Bat symbol. It was in every concievable store. I think this was one of the most well oiled marketing machines that Hollywood had ever produces. It was the pinacle of that Hollywood formula being put into action....that strategy that we are all so familiar with now. I think this movie set the standard for that type of thing.

 

[DaRkVeNgeanCe]

This was my year people and I was in my PRIME!!!!

1989 summers was one of the best in movie history! t:

your godamn right!

 

[SmileOnMyFACE]

Woah. All these pictures are awesome. I knew there was a lot of Bat Hype back then but I didn't quite realize how much.
I wasn't born until a year later

I wish there was that kind of hype for anything these days. Preferably Batman, haha, but I'd take most anything.

 

[DaRkVeNgeanCe]

Doc Brown fire up the Delorean!!

 

[Excel]

I have whole dvd about this if I could just figure out how to upload it to youtube.

 

[DaRkVeNgeanCe]

Yes please upload, upload!

 

[co2]

I have whole dvd about this if I could just figure out how to upload it to youtube.

please, please share!

 

[raleagh]

The unveiling of the Bat-sign in New York's Times Square.
Present are: Jim McLemon, Calvin Lee, Dan Dickholtz and Kim Watson.

 

[TruerToTheCore]

Not a photo, but a clip.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=rypzvzKne2s&feature=related

what makes me sad is that the guy who would have been the better Batman is in that clip at the premiere.

 

[ross2287]

what makes me sad is that the guy who would have been the better Batman is in that clip at the premiere.

Eddie Murphy? Randy Quaid? Eddie Van Halen? The dude at 1:48?


As far as Batmen go, Michael Keaton is totally boss.

 

[BatFan1986]

Eddie Murphy? Randy Quaid? Eddie Van Halen? The dude at 1:48?


As far as Batmen go, Michael Keaton is totally boss.

Tome Sellick, duh.