The Official Batman (1989) Thread - Part 5

[regwec]

Nostalgia; whole summers spent.

 

[TMC1982]

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Jordan Allen created this incredible 1/25th scale diorama featuring Flugelheim Museum, Shreck's Store, Axis Chemicals and more.

 

[Hunter Rider]

Nostalgia; whole summers spent.

Fond memories! There was nothing more irritating for a 10 year old than the game freezing while loading the next level lol.

 

[Pfeiffer-Pfan]

A new interview with Mac McDonald (He played one of the Joker's goons).

Some interesting stuff about Nicholson, Basinger and the troubles that Burton was facing at the time.

''Gooon ooon, Mac!''

 

[Greens]

Looking at the final product, it looks like Tim mostly got his way. There's not a lot of big action in the movie.

Great interview, and brutally honest.

 

[DocLathropBrown]

Looking at the final product, it looks like Tim mostly got his way. There's not a lot of big action in the movie.

Great interview, and brutally honest.

Actually, I'd say that for the time, it was relatively action-packed.

Action movies just used to be pretty tame, I think.

 

[DaRkVeNgeanCe]

There are three central action sequences in the film, which is pretty standard for a film made in 1989 like Batman. We had the Axis Chemicals shootout, the Flugelheim Museum escape/chase/fight scene, then the Batwing parade sequence.

As far as action movies of the 80's being tame, I'm not even sure how to respond to a statement like that

 

[Mace Dolex]

Actually, I'd say that for the time, it was relatively action-packed.

Action movies just used to be pretty tame, I think.

Not necessarilly, by that time we had already gotten great action movies like Rambo First Blood pt.2, The Terminator, Die Hard and RoboCop.

But I think what you're trying to say is that superhero films at least for SFX limitations of the 1980's were smaller when it came to stylized action scenes.

 

[DocLathropBrown]

Not necessarilly, by that time we had already gotten great action movies like Rambo First Blood pt.2, The Terminator, Die Hard and RoboCop.

But I think what you're trying to say is that superhero films at least for SFX limitations of the 1980's were smaller when it came to stylized action scenes.

Actually, yes. That is what I meant. Action in movies back then seem very primitive compared to action today, even above the ability to use CGI.

 

[The Joker]

A new interview with Mac McDonald (He played one of the Joker's goons).

Some interesting stuff about Nicholson, Basinger and the troubles that Burton was facing at the time.

"I mean I think he was on the film a total of 11 days. Whenever you see The Joker, and he's not in close up, you can bet it's not Jack Nicholson. The stand-in shot a lot. I don't remember the guys name, but he was around all the time. They would work it out so that when Jack did his stuff he would go back to his trailer"

Wow.

 

[Greens]

I honestly can't think of too many moments where the stand-in would have been. In every scene Joker is front and center.

 

[BH/HHH]

Brando and Nicholson got two of the best deals ever and had took little days of shooting. Pretty impressive really haha

 

[The Shape]

That guy sounds pissed off because Nicholson gave him the cold shoulder.

 

[Kane52630]

That guy sounds pissed off because Nicholson gave him the cold shoulder.

 

[regwec]

 

[AnneFan]

I honestly can't think of too many moments where the stand-in would have been. In every scene Joker is front and center.

I was thinking the same thing.

 

[DaRkVeNgeanCe]

To be honest I've never recalled out of the 100+ times I've watched the film any instance when there was a stand in for Jack.

 

[Kane52630]

Yeah I'm skimming the movie now and I dont see it.

Maybe's he's talking about Batman 1966 where there was a stunt double...

 

[DocLathropBrown]

I'm sure that the stand-in was used a lot for shooting the actual scenes in a wide shot or whatnot (so Jack didn't have to be there), but clearly Jack shot plenty of close-ups for it to cut together in the film.

 

[DaRkVeNgeanCe]

It's funny to me that so far out of the members here, which I'm sure have all seen the film many many times, no one has come forward with a specific example as to a time in the film when a stand in was used.

 

[Greens]

I'm pretty sure that guy's memory is out of whack. I don't think it's possible that Jack shot all of his stuff that quickly unless the WHOLE shoot was planned around his schedule. There's a story (I believe it's from Burton himself) where Jack used to come to the set even when he was not filming to check out the dailies. That goes against this guy's claim that Jack wanted to get back to his trailer as soon as possible.

 

[Pfeiffer-Pfan]

Not to mention the stories that Nicholson was on set frequently to mitigate the tensions between Burton and the producers. He was a staunch supporter of Burton and his vision.

Interestingly, he had to do the same thing with Peters/Guber on The Witches of Eastwick.

 

[BH/HHH]

Yeah I'm skimming the movie now and I dont see it.

Maybe's he's talking about Batman 1966 where there was a stunt double...

holy terrible stunt double Batman

 

[Rodrigo90]

It's had me fooled all these years. That Joker... always full of surprises

 

[Blitzkrieg Bop]

When the newly white faced Joker is sitting in the chair at the surgeon's office, they didn't even put the makeup on that *******. I bet ya that ain't Jack. The only other stuff I can think of is the hand coming out of the water and the fall into the chemicals. I'm sure there were some deleted shots that the guy was in as well.