Animated Batman '66 Film (2016) [Archive]

LeotheLateBloomer

03-30-2015, 07:23 PM

I don't care for '66 Batman or understand its appeal but I'm all for this and I think this is awesome for fans of it since I would love to see this happen to old dead shows that I love.

It was a product of it's time just like the 87 turtles. It was campy but in a good way and pretty much prevented Batman from dying.

TigerClaw

03-30-2015, 07:27 PM

That's cool, I enjoyed the Batman 60s show, It was fun and campy.

TurtleTitan97

04-01-2015, 04:22 PM

Julie Newmar is reportedly returning to voice Catwoman: http://www.comicbookmovie.com/fansites/markcassidycbm/news/?a=118041

TurtleTitan97

08-17-2016, 11:16 AM

First trailer: http://www.comicbookmovie.com/batman/first-trailer-and-details-for-the-new-batman-return-of-the-caped-crusaders-a144629

http://www.comicbookmovie.com/images/articles/banners/144629.jpg

ssjup81

08-17-2016, 11:51 AM

It was a product of it's time just like the 87 turtles. It was campy but in a good way and pretty much prevented Batman from dying.It also reflects the comics at the time. It was goofier during that era.

CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy

08-17-2016, 11:52 AM

I, for one, absolutely do not understand resurrecting old dated products. I suppose the marketing gurus think there's enough appeal to make business sense so...

Whatever.

ZariusTwo

08-17-2016, 12:17 PM

Wow...Adam West sounds like he's gonna keel over and die any minute now. Sad given he had such energy in other voice-over roles over the years, and especially on Family Guy

The Deadman

08-17-2016, 12:44 PM

I never really cared for the animated movies but I loved the '66 show so I'll check this out when it releases.

Raph's Girl

08-17-2016, 01:53 PM

Joker better have da stache!! :D *squees*

TheSkeletonMan939

08-17-2016, 02:56 PM

It looks like a high-budget Flash animation. Blech!

Powder

08-17-2016, 03:08 PM

I think that's very cool. :trazz:

ssjup81

08-17-2016, 03:31 PM

I, for one, absolutely do not understand resurrecting old dated products. I suppose the marketing gurus think there's enough appeal to make business sense so...

Whatever.50th anniversary of the movie and a lot of people grew up watching reruns of the Adam West version. I know I did in the 80s and really enjoyed it. Watched in the 90s too.

ranger_scout

08-17-2016, 09:18 PM

It's really strange how this preview was shown exactly one year after Yvonne Craig's (Batgirl) death. I'm definitely going to check this out. The original Batman series was quite possibly my very first superhero TV series as child. I really do think I saw it before Power Rangers and maybe even right around or before I first watched Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

Coola Yagami

08-19-2016, 11:16 PM

OMG This is full of so much YES! This will more than make up for the screw ups of the Killing Joke. I can't wait!

CyberCubed

08-20-2016, 12:23 AM

This will more than make up for the screw ups of the Killing Joke. I can't wait!

I wouldn't be too sure of that, Batgirl was in the '66 Batman TV series too, you know. Let's just hope she stays far away from Batman if she appears in this movie. Very far away.

TurtleTitan97

08-20-2016, 09:57 AM

Go screw yourself.

MikeandRaph87

08-20-2016, 10:01 AM

OMG This is full of so much YES! This will more than make up for the screw ups of the Killing Joke. I can't wait!

The core four foes will appear like in Batman(1966) The Movie. Did it mention anything of Batgirl? It would be great if she does and yes if she appears it will make up for the best ignored direct-to-DVD film.

TheSkeletonMan939

08-20-2016, 11:04 AM

I think for this flick they might just be focusing on the dynamic duo, but if Batgirl makes an appearance that'd be fun too.

CyberCubed

08-20-2016, 01:20 PM

For the sake of all Batgirl fans everywhere, I hope she doesn't. The wounds have not yet fully healed since the last movie. People will be out for blood if Batman and Batgirl even smile at each other in this movie.

By the way is Bruce Timm directing this one too? If he isn't then I guess maybe we're safe. All I know is I'll never watch another Bruce Timm movie that has Batgirl in it again.

MikeandRaph87

08-20-2016, 01:27 PM

TheSkeletonMan939

08-20-2016, 01:27 PM

It's no wonder you have 26,000 posts. You just say the same thing over and over again until you get bored of yourself and find something new to gab about.

CyberCubed

08-20-2016, 01:50 PM

It's no wonder you have 26,000 posts. You just say the same thing over and over again until you get bored of yourself and find something new to gab about.

Well I've also been here for 12 years since 2004...so take your pic. I was on this forum when some people were still in elementary school learning their their multiplication tables.

TheSkeletonMan939

08-20-2016, 01:59 PM

Well at least you're not like Bruce Timm whose fantasy is screwing some new 20 year old College student. I commend you for standing your ground.

I wouldn't be too sure of that, Batgirl was in the '66 Batman TV series too, you know. Let's just hope she stays far away from Batman if she appears in this movie. Very far away.

For the sake of all Batgirl fans everywhere, I hope she doesn't. The wounds have not yet fully healed since the last movie. People will be out for blood if Batman and Batgirl even smile at each other in this movie.

By the way is Bruce Timm directing this one too? If he isn't then I guess maybe we're safe. All I know is I'll never watch another Bruce Timm movie that has Batgirl in it again.

We get it 'Cubed, you think Bruce Timm is too naughty. You said the same exact thing three times.

Plus, your Melissa fantasies are ten times worse than the way Batgirl acted in Killing Joke.

Well I've also been here for 12 years since 2004...so take your pic. I was on this forum when some people were still in elementary school learning their their multiplication tables.

Some of the dumbest people I've had to deal with in my life have been old people, so if you're trying to impress me with your seniority it isn't working. You were probably a broken record in '04 too.

Jephael

08-20-2016, 05:26 PM

I'm just gonna leave this here, LOL!!!

http://i.imgur.com/0QjCB.jpg

CyberCubed

08-20-2016, 05:27 PM

I love how the actress actually looks down, I'm willing to bet that wasn't even in the script.

TheSkeletonMan939

08-20-2016, 05:29 PM

Lol, was "Honk!" in the actual episode?

CyberCubed

08-20-2016, 05:30 PM

Lol, was "Honk!" in the actual episode?

Probably not, looks like something of a youtube or reddit edit.

MikeandRaph87

08-20-2016, 05:33 PM

Probably not, looks like something of a youtube or reddit edit.

The "honk" is a fan edit. You should know that! That was done by Adam West allegedly by accident in the Lord Ffogg trilogy. It was shown in a segment of Return To The Batcave (2003) reunion telefilm.

CyberCubed

08-20-2016, 05:47 PM

I wonder if Bruce Timm watched that scene as a kid/teen and his young impressionable mind caused him to ship Batman and Batgirl from that point onward.

TurtleTitan97

08-20-2016, 05:50 PM

Oh shut up already! Bruce Timm wasn't the only one involved with the Killing Joke, Y'know! :roll:

Get over it already! This thread is about the upcoming animated film, quit bring this dumb complaint up. Geez.

TheSkeletonMan939

08-21-2016, 02:39 PM

The Dynamic Music Partners (B:TAS, Justice League Unlimited, Spec. Spider-Man, The Killing Joke) will be doing the music for the film.
http://www.filmscoremonthly.com/board/posts.cfm?threadID=116447&forumID=1&archive=0&pageID=2&r=725
I LOVE the work these guys do, so that's pretty exciting for me.

The Deadman

08-23-2016, 11:25 AM

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TheSkeletonMan939

08-23-2016, 11:28 AM

It's nice to see WB is being consistent with their animation budget. Looks like they only had $5 to spare again.
Color pallette is awful.

BUT the voice work sounds great, and that alone will make this worth watching.

TurtleTitan97

08-23-2016, 11:42 AM

Oh man, this is gonna be great! :lol:

ZariusTwo

09-10-2016, 01:51 PM

http://comicbook.com/2016/09/09/batman-return-of-the-caped-crusaders-to-get-limited-theatrical-r/

Theatrical run coming

Spike Spiegel

09-10-2016, 01:55 PM

It isn't my favorite version of the characters, but they went all out on those Batmobile effects.

ssjup81

09-10-2016, 03:33 PM

http://comicbook.com/2016/09/09/batman-return-of-the-caped-crusaders-to-get-limited-theatrical-r/

Theatrical run comingI'm completely sold on this! I want to see it.

sdp

09-10-2016, 04:15 PM

The wounds have not yet fully healed since the last movie. People will be out for blood if Batman and Batgirl even smile at each other in this movie.

http://i.imgur.com/0QjCB.jpg
:lol::lol:

TheCanadiandrome

09-10-2016, 04:24 PM

Anyone hoping for a Batgirl cameo, keep dreaming, sadly the actress who portrayed her is dead

sdp

09-10-2016, 05:53 PM

I saw the trailer and I don't understand what they're going for, it doesn't really look too much like the 60s show. Some characters are slightly modernized and it's all so dark I'm guessing to appeal to some younger generations but what's the point then? Either go all in or not, to me it feels like the smaller tributes the 60s show has gotten in other DC animated projects were handled better and more true to its source. This should be a tribute full of references but it looks like it'll just be an uninspired movie.

The good news is that if the 60s show can get one of these then we will actually get a DCAU DTV. When these DTVs started the DCAU had barely finished and was seen as its run had met its limit but now we're ten years later and BTAS is simply a legendary show. I'm guessing we'll see the return of the DCAU with a new BTAS movie in this line in the next few years.

Anyone hoping for a Batgirl cameo, keep dreaming, sadly the actress who portrayed her is dead

So? This isn't a live action movie and many other actors from the show like Cesar Romero are also dead.

Spike Spiegel

09-10-2016, 06:09 PM

The good news is that if the 60s show can get one of these then we will actually get a DCAU DTV. When these DTVs started the DCAU had barely finished and was seen as its run had met its limit but now we're ten years later and BTAS is simply a legendary show. I'm guessing we'll see the return of the DCAU with a new BTAS movie in this line in the next few years.

I hope so. Killing Joke was a poor swan song for Hamill's Joker.

TheSkeletonMan939

09-10-2016, 06:19 PM

I don't know if I'd want a DCAU film... we were blessed with not one but two fantastic endings (the Cadmus Arc/"Epilogue" and "Destroyer") for the series.

Spike Spiegel

09-10-2016, 06:21 PM

I don't know if I'd want a DCAU film... we were blessed with not one but two fantastic endings (the Cadmus Arc/Epilogue and "Destroyer") for the series.

True, but I'd love a prequel to Batman Beyond...something about that "near Apocalypse of '09."

I'd even settle for a limited comic series.

MikeandRaph87

09-10-2016, 06:23 PM

The wounds have not yet fully healed since the last movie. People will be out for blood if Batman and Batgirl even smile at each other in this movie.

Would be wrong if Robin and Batgirl crack a smile at each other than?

Candiandrome, that does not mean the character cannot appear if is Yvonne Craig no longer with us. It just means the voice will no be acted by her, but an imitator much like we will get for Joker, Penguin, and Riddler.

TheSkeletonMan939

09-10-2016, 06:41 PM

True, but I'd love a prequel to Batman Beyond...something about that "near Apocalypse of '09."

I feel like that's like the "Clone Wars" as heard in the original Star Wars: it's cooler in the head of the viewer than it is on-screen.
A more grounded film could be interesting though. Something in the vein of "Epilogue".

TheCanadiandrome

09-11-2016, 02:44 AM

So? This isn't a live action movie and many other actors from the show like Cesar Romero are also dead.

Yes I know I realize that, what I mean was anyone hopin for the actress who played her on the show to voice her in this cartoon and may not know she's dead could be disappointed.

I was actually shocked to learn that Julie newmar is still alive

Hamato Yoshi

09-25-2016, 09:00 AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkK6cJ1RO1g

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Px9qAfea1jg

Not many of these sgd by Barris :)

MikeandRaph87

10-04-2016, 09:20 AM

A news release for the film just came out. It states the DVD release is not until November 1st opposed to the previously advertised October 11th date which is one of the two nights showing in theatres. It has given us new stills of the film as well as a full cast list.
http://collider.com/batman-return-of-the-caped-crusaders-cast/

TurtleTitan97

10-06-2016, 10:47 PM

Two-Face will be appearing in a 2017 sequel to this film and will be voiced by William Shatner: https://www.instagram.com/p/BLPYqm3hNAL/

ranger_scout

10-11-2016, 01:40 PM

I went to see it yesterday afternoon and I was smiling the entire time. The film really was a nice throw back to my early days as a kid. It was also refreshing to see something fun and not so dark as well. Adam West, Burt Ward and Julie Newmar haven't lost their touch at all. The new cast gave solid performances too.

The reference to the three actresses who played Catwoman was quite clever as was the one about the ending of 'The Dark Knight Rises'. I really don't think Catwoman as gone for good. There's that old saying that goes, "cats have nine lives". Plus, we're already getting a sequel so I believe that she might appear in it.

MikeandRaph87

10-11-2016, 02:20 PM

I am too busy to go to theater to see it and its not showing in my area anyway. The closest is 45 miles away. As to the spoiler...[SPOILER]Batman says just that after he fall at the end of her first appearance. A Catwoman/Two Face team up? That would be interesting. Have they teamed up before in any media? I don't think so. I assumed it would be an adaptation of the lost episode two parter that was made into a comic one-shot./SPOILER]

Hamato Yoshi

12-29-2016, 10:14 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCUGHLlWS-s&list=PLhILsHS_uOWba19d8ut4IRiq6s1wRr9jT&index=5D

CyberCubed

12-29-2016, 10:38 PM

I saw this movie a few days ago, it was just ok. I laughed a few times but the middle drags around the time Batman goes evil. It was alright overall.

ranger_scout

11-12-2017, 06:56 PM

I watched the sequel Batman vs. Two-Face today and I have to say that Adam West would've been so proud of this film if he saw it. I miss him being alive in this world but he really did leave behind quite a legacy. This film was definitely a worthy successor to the first one. For some reason it seemed like the animation improved from the previous movie. The plot was a little more serious this time around. Also, it was really neat that Lee Meriwether was the voice of Lucilee Diamond.

She also got to become Catwoman again after the original stole her identity.