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UPDATED!! A BATMAN TV MOVIE'' Ha-What''

Army Archard? by Gislef_crow	Jun 5th, 2002 11:46:20 PM
Wasn't him and his wife in a Kolchak: The Night Stalker episode back in the 70's? Maybe they should do a behind-the-scenes bit of that show. At least it'd get Darren McGavin some work again since his stroke.
WHO CARES by D. Tyranus	Jun 5th, 2002 11:47:04 PM
WHO CARES WHO CARES AND WHO CARES! CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT KIND OF WORLD WE LIVE WHERE A MAN DRESSED UP AS A BAT! GETS ALL OF MY PRESS... The Pentitent Man Shall Pass, DON'T MAKE ME ANG LEE- TALKBACK SCUM!
Adam West is cool? by Mac_27	Jun 6th, 2002 01:15:05 AM
I'm sorry, but what is the foundation for this assertion? Every single time that I have ever scene Adam West AS Adam West talking to anyone, I've felt vaguely uncomfortable - they guy seems to have a decent enough sense of humor about himself, but he still gives me the creeps - Shatner used to give me the same feeling, but he seemed to get a bit less smarmy with age. And with West, it wasn't so much that he was smarmy...he was just....creepy. -Mac
Why Adam West is cool by Hercules	Jun 6th, 2002 01:42:01 AM
One word: "Lookwell."
Adam West's "Batdance" was the epitome of mid-60's madca by Regis Travolta	Jun 6th, 2002 01:42:24 AM
Bring it on! Other best moment: When Robin is being swallowed by the giant oyster or clam best cliffhanger in the entire series!
The only thing Adam West was cool in- by Mr. Wednesday	Jun 6th, 2002 02:07:35 AM
was that episode of "Batman: The Animated Series" entitled "The Grey Ghost". West voiced a former star of a serial-esque action show that Bruce Wayne grew up watching, and ultimately Batman needs his help to track down a mad bhomber copycatting fromt he old show. Other than that, Adam West is scary.
Modern day Bat-fans are extremely unfair to that series by St.Buggering	Jun 6th, 2002 02:13:47 AM
It was extremely well-written comedy, hilarious by way of keeping a straight face. Sure, it wasn't Batman as we know and love him, but I still think we ought to recognize the strengths of that show. Hey, "Godzilla vs Monster Zero" bears little relation to the very dark first film, but I still like it. Definitive version, my ass. Everything is open to interpretation, and that show was cool. Except for the last season. That was horrid.
flip side of the same coin by MCVamp	Jun 6th, 2002 04:13:33 AM
HBO could do a serious, gritty Batman series justice in a mini or weekly series format (live action OR animated) wih a modest budget. We all know it's true, but WB would never do that. It's too good of an idea.
Adam West as Adam West in a film about Adam West ? by RobinP	Jun 6th, 2002 07:04:36 AM
Some years ago, out of curiosity, I bought Adam West's autobiography, "Back to the Batcave". I recommend that book. As showbiz bios go, it's an entertaining and often funny read. Not nearly as self reverential as Shatner's books, and nowhere close to being as pious and po-faced as Leonard Nimoy's ! I was pleasantly surprised by the light and comedic tone of West's book. I assume then, that this movie is based in part on the book ? If so, bring it on ! Anybody who thinks that this idea sucks probably wouldn't have believed a year ago that a domestic fly on the wall documentary series about Ozzy Osbourne at home with his family would fly either.
BANGWHACKBOOM**ZOOM!!!!!! by Lauryn2000	Jun 6th, 2002 07:26:36 AM
Who can forget those special effects and the Batman theme song if you grew up watching Adam West on Batman back in the day?With his purple ears...ok where's Wonder Woman/Lynda Carter??
Who will they get to play Bruce Lee in those Green Hornet segmen by Monkey_King	Jun 6th, 2002 09:19:42 AM
They have to give props to Bruce since both shows were William Dozier vehicles and the Green Hornet launched his career in the U.S.
what? by Damer1	Jun 6th, 2002 09:26:52 AM
St.Buggering what are you thinking? Well written? Are you kidding? That TV was almost poorly written as Full House. As for "modern dark" Godzilla, that franchise(1 movie) sucks donkeys as well. Please feel free to bugger elsewhere.
Damer1 & St Buggering.... by RobinP	Jun 6th, 2002 10:45:39 AM
Hey, guys...or gals as the case may be. While I agree in some sort of principle with the Saint that the Batman series was revolutionary in its comedic tones, (I for one took it deadly seriously back in '66 when I was six years old) we can't really call it well written. We can't call anything written by Lorenzo Semple well written. That man should be dragged out of Hollywood bareback on a bed of barbed wire for the crimes he's committed against screenwriting. But, Damer1...I think you're jumping the gun with the Godzilla comment. I believe that what the good Saint is referring to is the ORIGINAL black and white 1954 epic, not the pale abortion of a few summers ago, and that is a sentiment that I wholeheartedly agree with. Play nice, now kids. Peace....Rob.
You know what would be cool? by rev_skarekroe	Jun 6th, 2002 11:31:40 AM
If they set "Birds of Prey" in the same universe as the '60's Batman! Ok, you're right that wouldn't be cool at all. sk
Back to the Batcave by xrae	Jun 6th, 2002 11:39:47 AM
If you can pick up a copy of West's memoir "Back to the Batcave," it's an entertaining read. I met West at DragonCon in Atlanta a couple years ago and he was hilarious.
YOU CRIMINALS !!!! by otis von zipper	Jun 6th, 2002 01:00:28 PM
As a kid, I thought the Batman TV series was thrilling and the epitome of coolness. As a teenager I found it hilarious and the epitome of coolness. Still do. Put aside your Batman comics, Dark Knight, gothic superhero affectations (and I love all those incarnations as well) and I defy anyone to watch a Catwoman or Joker, or hell, any episode and not find it a riot. Well, I suppose there are some people out there who won't, but I really feel sorry for you. I could care less about a behind the scenes movie, because it would never come close to equally the tongue-in-cheek hilarity of the series. Why oh why has that show not been put out on DVD? Maybe it has, I should look into that.
Darn. . . by Hardyboy	Jun 6th, 2002 01:44:46 PM
When I read the title for this topic, I thought the people who made the OnStar Batman commercials were actually going to make their own movie. Considering those commercials were infinitely better than the Batman movies, I don't see why they don't make their own Bat-flick.
Beware The Wrath Of Army! by Son Of Batboy	Jun 6th, 2002 02:10:25 PM
For He Piss Down On Ye and Remove Thy Post. That Army must be a real powerful dude. Guess the name thing must be a pretty sore subject. Hey Bub, I'M not the one who named you ARMY!!! Perhaps it was the thought of Gary Coleman as Burt Ward that was too much too handle. Or the casting of Wayne Knight to play Adam West that was offensive, or maybe it was the part about digging up Alan Napier and propping him up like a rancid cabbage filled Howdy Doody. On a brighter note I guess am now an official alumnus of the prestigious hall of jerkwad losers. WooHoo!!! Where's my f***ing degree?
Haven't read Ward's book. Please don't tell me if he by WarDog	Jun 6th, 2002 02:25:30 PM
I'd have to kill myself. Well, maybe I'd kill him first.
Remember the Batoosi? by RawheadRex LIVES	Jun 6th, 2002 04:54:02 PM
I don't really have anything to say. I just wanted to use that quote. Sorry. Why are they making this again?
Adam West has balls the size of Nebraska ! by Nonkel Bob	Jun 6th, 2002 05:08:04 PM
The dude is the Grand Poobah of Camp.
I too have met Adam West, and YES, the man is indeed COOL. by Kikstad	Jun 6th, 2002 05:46:12 PM
That's all I gotta say. Carry on.
ANYONE REMEMBER ADAM WEST HOSTING THE "MYSTERY SCIENCE THEATER" by Lt. Torello	Jun 6th, 2002 07:20:15 PM
He was hilarious. They put him in a chintzy kitchen set and he'd introduce each episode while wearing an apron and basting a turkey. Think it was Thanksgiving '94. He was also pretty good on "The Simpsons."
Batman was a well-written show! by zenda	Jun 6th, 2002 08:32:12 PM
I was about 6 when it first aired, and it was the most exciting thing I'd ever seen. Years later, I could appreciate it for the wild comedy it also was. It had something for every kind of audience. To pull off that kind of balance with that consistency requires good writing. In it's own way, it was one of the best TV series ever produced- a "Muppet Show" of it's time.
This show has ALWAYS SUCKED ASS!!! by catman	Jun 6th, 2002 09:12:36 PM
'Nuf said
Batman's zenith by OuiMai	Jun 6th, 2002 09:27:50 PM
came with the release of the Adam West Batman movie on DVD with a French soundtrack. Watching West's Batman fight off jumping sharks and avoid blowing up baby duck, in French, sends the camp index through the roof. . . . The show's great humor is based on its self awareness and the fact that it refuses to take us the audience seriously (shows like Batman made modern irony possible). One way West portrayed this consistently well was in his loose but always too serious body language. For those of us who don't speak French (so can't be too distracted by it), the French option isolates the actors' movements from the language. (Yes, you could mute the movie instead, but that's spooky) . . . . Oh, and the audio commentary cements West's claim to cool. Ward, too.
F.F.F.I.T.G.C. by BYOBkenobi	Jun 6th, 2002 10:36:31 PM
Help solve america's original crack problem by sending dirt and yard clippings to the afformentioned acronym also known as The Foundation for Filling In The Grand Canyon.
Sure and Begorah! I'm Chief O'Hara aka Stafford Repp! by Regis Travolta	Jun 6th, 2002 10:57:14 PM
The Rascally Riddler! The Jocular Joker! The Perfidious Puzzler! Crafty King Tut! I was there for all of them right next to Commissioner Gordon ready to pick up the Batphone or man the Batsignal up on the roof! But nothing got me more excited than ogling Yvonne Craig in her skintight Batgirl suit. Now she was a hot little number let me tell you! Sure and Begorah!
Campy 60s Batman may just be one of my biggest influences by hktelemacher	Jun 6th, 2002 11:05:22 PM
People often point it out when I use "big words" in casual conversation. I don't really keep tabs on the way I articulate my thoughts, but it wasn't until I watched Batman again on TV Land that I realized a possible origin for my loquacious vocalizations. It wasn't really the dialogue, but rather the verbose, alliterated, polysyllabic narration that closed the cliffhanging episodes and summarized the plot in the follow-up episode. I'm very serious. I ingested the kitsch Batman episodes as a kid in the 80s when they were in syndication and must have absorbed it. I refuse to chalk it up to a good education or strong reading habits - it has to be Batman! I remember watching them with my dad on Sunday afternoons, blocked with episodes of Gilligan's Island. It's impossible to bash the old Batman episodes, simply because they're so funny, and not unintentionally so - they really do play to different levels: kids, maybe not contemporary kids, are swept up in it and adults can enjoy just how funny it is - and if Burt Ward isn't the best bad actor out there, I don't know who is. It's also great to see Vincent Price and Otto Preminger as villains who never got as much play as Romero or Meredith, but they seemed to be having a lot of fun.
Adam West looking at his hand: "You dirty, dirty whore..." by Tall_Boy	Jun 7th, 2002 12:04:36 AM
heehee. FAMILY GUY RULES FOREVER!
re: Batman the movie dvd commentary by arkhan77	Jun 7th, 2002 02:09:41 AM
that is indeed one of the funniest and coolest commentary i've ever heard
Thank you, RobinP by St.Buggering	Jun 7th, 2002 02:27:29 AM
I was indeed referring to the original 50's Godzilla. To clarify even further, I think that the original Japanese 1954 "Gojira" is far superior to the American import with the terrible intercutting of Raymond Burr talking to the backs of people's heads and looking up in amazement at footage that doesn't even match the film grain of his reaction shots. Also, I agree that Lorenzo Semple did no one any favors with his screenplays. However, I don't think we should let the fact that he wrote DeLaurentiis' "King Kong" overshadow his accomplishments on the Batman TV series. His departure did serious harm to the show, and it was never the same. His successors never understood that intentionally making jokes ruined the formula.
KRETCH! by durhay	Jun 7th, 2002 10:50:11 AM
Kretch? Splinter!
DevilCat, you are one picky motherfucker by RawheadRex LIVES	Jun 7th, 2002 11:15:23 AM
OK, fine. BATUSI. Happy? I didn't think words like that had a correct spelling. Anyway, that particular quote is from the Simpsons, for you forgetters.
two words: Neil Hefti by minderbinder	Jun 7th, 2002 11:20:20 AM

arkhan77 by OuiMai	Jun 7th, 2002 02:22:20 PM
got that right
EVERYTHING NICHOLSON DID HE STOLE FROM CESAR by Det. John Kimble	Jun 7th, 2002 03:01:29 PM
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Except the painted-over moustache. by Christopher3	Jun 7th, 2002 03:07:06 PM

I'm not paying $22.00 to see this by HateCryme	Jun 7th, 2002 04:54:48 PM
When I watched the show back before I had hair on my nuts I liked it. Then I blamed it for the bad bat-reputation the dark knight has now. Everyone at school thinks Batman is gay and Spider-Man is the greatest. So all in all that show was pretty wack, but Adam West is dope-style. I still wont watch this though cause its on CBS and CBS is only good for one thing... BECKER.
Nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh- nuh...BATMAN!!! by pmorano	Jun 7th, 2002 05:24:52 PM
Coolest thing about Adam West? His appearance in the "Young Lady Chatterly" series. It was a low budget skin flick series that I watched...uhh...I mean I heard about, on Cinemax late night on the weekends. He played the bumbling Professor Arthur Bohart. (I think he fell down a well too) Second coolest thing about Adam West? He's from Walla Walla, Washington. Actually it was just outside Walla Walla, Washington. It's easier to say "He's from Walla Walla, Washington" than saying "He's from just outside Walla Walla, Washington." Either way the guy is a stud. No silly molded putty needed for him. Nope....pure West.
Why Adam is cool by Jack Parsons	Jun 7th, 2002 05:48:04 PM
Adam West is cool because he doesn't care what anyone else thinks. It's the definition of cool: whatever it is you wear, whatever you do, it's the right thing. Adam is beyond cool. He's metacool in his contemporary uncoolness. Besides, he got all the girls, and I have this feeling a lot of you haven't :)
maryann & batman???? by jonas grumby	Jun 7th, 2002 06:36:51 PM
i have major reservations about this flick. while i'm a huge gilligan's island fan fan.. i wasn't a huge fan of the gilligan: behind the scenes movie last fall. ow can someone tell me why dawn wells and her publicist, larry germain are producing a "batman" movie... i don't get it... what did they have to do with "batman"???
Jonas Grumby by brother_seamus	Jun 7th, 2002 08:03:56 PM
Or should i call you Skipper? Obviously you're a big gilligan's island fan with a name like that. Real question is, does anyone remember the professor's real name?
Bat Post by SuperJimmy	Jun 7th, 2002 09:37:37 PM
You can have Keaton, Kilmer, and Clooney...Adam west WAS the BATMAN!!!...That show always cracks me up!...it featured the best villians too!..They should let West do another movie...that would be the smile of the century! BTW...if anyone is interested..you can catch the old reruns on TV Land.
The Professor by AngryNakedFlea	Jun 7th, 2002 09:41:59 PM
Roy Hinckley. Now, does anyone know Gilligan's first name?
Well this is all very interesting, but will there be a scene whe by Elgyn6655321	Jun 7th, 2002 11:03:29 PM

"I thought Adam West and Burt Ward couldn't stand each other by KingKrypton	Jun 9th, 2002 11:26:55 AM

"I thought Adam West and Burt Ward couldn't stand each other by KingKrypton	Jun 9th, 2002 11:33:29 AM
Well, after all the BS Ward apparently wrote about the series' cast in his autobiography (which West and other BATMAN cast members have refuted), what would you expect? Besides, almost everyone who worked on the show has said while West was a cool guy, Ward was an obnoxious, arrogant @$$ (check out some of the article in STARLOG). As for the TV-movie...sure, why not? The '60s BATMAN was my first exposure to the character, and I still think it packs more entertainment value than any of the WB Batman movies. I think the show deserves some props for once, since it helped to save the comics from being cancelled. As for casting a young Julie Newmar...I can't think of anyone else by Natalie Portman (yes, I know this would never happen, but bear with me). The facial resemblance bewteen the two is eerie, and Portman's been doing a lot of glamour shots recently. She'd probably look great in that black bodystocking....
I, too, have met Adam West. by Voice O. Reason	Jun 9th, 2002 02:41:59 PM
And all I could say to the guy was "Thank you, sir" when he signed an autograph for me. Anyhow, wasn't he hilarious in "Drop Dead Gorgeous"? (The sound of crickets chirping.) I guess I'm the only one who saw that movie. Twisted, twisted movie.
Lt. Torello, I DO remember when he hosted the MST3K marathon! by Basic Alias	Jun 9th, 2002 10:28:33 PM
The climax was when they showed a movie he had done called Zombie Nightmare. It was so bad, West even (jokingly) apologized when he introduced it. I think the Sci-Fi Channel re-runs MST3K on occasion, and if they show it check it out. There's this one joke that I still remember: West, playing a nasty police captain, violently kicks an arrested suspect, and Crow responds with "that was easy. He just pretended it was Tim Burton." Classic.
Laughing my @$$ off by alpha	Jun 10th, 2002 06:32:15 AM
Even if this never happens the mere thought is funny ... and King Krypton ... Portman as Julie Newmar ... what are you on and where can I get some? Natalie is tiny (saw her up close when she was in Sydney filming AOTC and shes a little over 5 ft) and Julie is statuesque to say the least. If they were casting Julie N they would have to go with a model I'd say (Elle's too old now at 39 but she would of looked the part) ... Rebecca Romayn Stamos or somneone like that would work. In a fantasy world where you could get anyone you wanted I'd cast Kevin Spacey as Adam West, the guy who plays Xander as Burt (god I forget his name right now), Stamos as Julie, Angela Basset as Eartha, Mark Hamill as Frank G, John Q Delancie as Vincent Price, Mandy Moore as Yvonne, Kevin Pollack as Burgess, and Antonio Banderis as Cesar (ricards Montablan is just too old but he would of been magnificent). Tommorrow I'd cast totally different people but thats today.
I just want to participate in the casting of "the young Julie Ne by Trav McGee	Jun 10th, 2002 04:05:06 PM
...Not to mention the costume fittings... gulp.
young newmar by mr. smith	Jun 10th, 2002 09:30:37 PM
definitely terry farrell(SP?)
more thoughts on... by mr. smith	Jun 10th, 2002 09:32:47 PM
or amy whatshername who used to be on law & order.

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