Batman Returns The Official Batman Returns Thread - Part 4

[Sawyer]

 

[Sawyer]

When McFarlane eventually gets around to doing Burton figures, I kind of hope he does Christopher Walken too.

Not a key member of the rogues gallery, but what a look that character had…

 

[Captain Tired]

Max Shrek should be incorporated into the comics, with his ridiculous Einstein hair and beautiful chalkstripe suits.

 

[Drizzle]

When McFarlane eventually gets around to doing Burton figures, I kind of hope he does Christopher Walken too.

Not a key member of the rogues gallery, but what a look that character had…

I know that most of the pre-Nolan era movie characters haven't gotten the 6" figure treatment yet but I'm pretty sure Max Shreck is the only villain from those movies who didn't get a figure at all over the years (not counting the one from the BR Lego set). Hell, even Bob from B89 got a figure.

It pays to be friends with Jack Nicholson.

 

[Milk Tray Guy]

I know that most of the pre-Nolan era movie characters haven't gotten the 6" figure treatment yet but I'm pretty sure Max Shreck is the only villain from those movies who didn't get a figure at all over the years (not counting the one from the BR Lego set). Hell, even Bob from B89 got a figure.

It pays to be friends with Jack Nicholson.

I liked Tracey Walter's performance but I have to ask myself who the heck would buy an action figure of Bob? Wonder how many it sold?

 

[Drizzle]

I liked Tracey Walter's performance but I have to ask myself who the heck would buy an action figure of Bob? Wonder how many it sold?

I guess they made him because they wanted a little more variety than just Batman and Joker to give kids one more bad guy for Batman to beat up. That was also before Kenner took over and started padding out the line with multicolored Batman variants.

 

[Captain Tired]

He's the Burtonverse's Boba Fett. One day he'll get his own web-original miniseries where it's revealed he survived the gunshot and became a freelance hitman anti-hero.

 

[Milk Tray Guy]

He's the Burtonverse's Boba Fett. One day he'll get his own web-original miniseries where it's revealed he survived the gunshot and became a freelance hitman anti-hero.

He'll also have a husband.

 

[Pfeiffer-Pfan]

 

[Captain Tired]

Pfeiffer's Catwoman and De Vito's Penguin are still top ten worthy comic book movie villains for me.

 

[Sawyer]

Interesting to recall that both Burton movies already had their female leads cast and then faced circumstances that forced a recast. I could maybe imagine Sean Young as Vicki Vale, but Bening as Catwoman… I don’t know.

 

[Lily Adler]

Interesting to recall that both Burton movies already had their female leads cast and then faced circumstances that forced a recast. I could maybe imagine Sean Young as Vicki Vale, but Bening as Catwoman… I don’t know.

Lt. Einhorn was almost Vicki Vale!

 

[DarkKnight88]

I like the story of how she made her own Catsuit and stalked Tim Burton on the Warner Bros lot while he hid in a closet lol

 

[Captain Tired]

To me, she'll always be Rachel in Blade Runner.

...but yes, my first introduction to Sean Young was her as Einhorn lol.

 

[Kane52630]

 

[Sawyer]

I like the story of how she made her own Catsuit and stalked Tim Burton on the Warner Bros lot while he hid in a closet lol

If one of the scoopers tried to tell us about something like that happening now, we’d never buy it.

 

[Captain Tired]

I do actually think she would have been a great Catwoman. But why mess with perfection when you've got the Pfeiffer version. Still, I'd be very curious to visit an alternate reality where Sean Young somehow convinced them to take a chance on her.

 

[Drizzle]

I don't think we missed out on anything with Sean Young not playing Catwoman since Pfeiffer knocked it out of the park but I do have to wonder how her take on Vicki Vale would have been in comparison to Basinger's.

 

[Sawyer]

I don't think we missed out on anything with Sean Young not playing Catwoman since Pfeiffer knocked it out of the park but I do have to wonder how her take on Vicki Vale would have been in comparison to Basinger's.

I think Basinger did fine work, but it really wasn’t a stand-out performance like Pfeiffer, so I have to imagine that subbing in Young wouldn’t have caused a huge shift one way or the other.

But it is funny to realize that the leading lady recast issue continued into Forever, given that Rene Russo was going to be Keaton’s Chase Meridian before he stepped away.

 

[Lily Adler]

I think Basinger did fine work, but it really wasn’t a stand-out performance like Pfeiffer, so I have to imagine that subbing in Young wouldn’t have caused a huge shift one way or the other.

But it is funny to realize that the leading lady recast issue continued into Forever, given that Rene Russo was going to be Keaton’s Chase Meridian before he stepped away.

Vicki wasn't exactly the most substantially written character in 89. She mainly screamed and got kidnapped.

 

[Drizzle]

I think Basinger did fine work, but it really wasn’t a stand-out performance like Pfeiffer, so I have to imagine that subbing in Young wouldn’t have caused a huge shift one way or the other.

But it is funny to realize that the leading lady recast issue continued into Forever, given that Rene Russo was going to be Keaton’s Chase Meridian before he stepped away.

I'm just mostly curious if there'd be less screaming if Sean Young played Vicki.

 

[Sawyer]

I need DC to collect every damn JLGL style guide they have. All of em.

 

[Pfeiffer-Pfan]

This suit... so good!!!

 

[Drizzle]

The Returns suit is my favorite of the Burton/Schumacher era. It's sleeker than the 89 suit plus it fixed the chest logo as a bonus. Even the cowl was an improvement.

 

[Captain Tired]

I go back and forth between it and the 89 suit. All I know for sure is that I don't care for the armoured look as much as the sculpted muscle.