Best live-action version of Catwoman?

*CyberCubed* · 01-03-2016, 09:01 PM

I would say 60's Catwoman is still the best:

Meeeeeeow.

Man, I don't think they've ever gotten Catwoman truly right in either Returns or the Nolan films, but 60's Catwoman is still top cat.

~~Leo656~~ · 01-03-2016, 09:04 PM

Pretty much.

*CyberCubed* · 01-03-2016, 09:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Leo656

Pretty much.

Makes you wonder how they got away with this in the 60's.

I mean this was a kids show!

*TurtleTitan97* · 01-03-2016, 09:07 PM

Personally I prefer Michelle Pfeiffer's portrayal.

*MsMarvelDuckie* · 01-03-2016, 09:13 PM

Well, WHICH 60's Catwoman are we talking about here? Eartha Kitt, or Julie Newmar? It makes a difference.

My vote would probably go to Michelle, too- but I'm starting to really like Cat/Selena from Gotham!

Halle's version just wasn't Catwoman. Not her fault, she had a crappy script to work with. But it didn't fit the character.

T-U-R-T-L-E POWA! · 01-03-2016, 09:13 PM

Ann Hathaway for me. I really thought she was the highlight of DKR. I didn't really like that movie but enjoyed her in it. I know I'm in the minority there though. LOL!

T-U-R-T-L-E POWA! · 01-03-2016, 09:17 PM

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Originally Posted by CyberCubed

Makes you wonder how they got away with this in the 60's.

http://img1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb2...twoman-133.jpg

I mean this was a kids show!

Man I grew up in the 80s and I look at things that were marketed towards kids and I can't believe the stuff they got away with. I mean RoboCop is EXTREMELY violent and they made a cartoon out of it. The same goes for Rambo. Karate Kid has quite a bit of foul language in it and we all loved it too. House Party was sort of a "teen movie" but had f bombs galore. Times have definitely changed as far as censorship is concerned. I've got buddies who also have kids and we talk about sometimes how that we got to watch some of the things we did.

~~Leo656~~ · 01-03-2016, 09:29 PM

Pfeiffer wasn't Catwoman either, aside from being named "Selina Kyle". Every single other thing about her was different, and all for the worse. It really is a bad version of the character, once you get past the fact that she was hot and clearly having fun with her performance. She had a whip, aaaaand that's it. Otherwise it's lousy. Not her performance itself, but that interpretation of the character, her backstory and motivations, were lousy.

All the Burton/Schumacher takes on the villains were lousy. That's not a popular thing to say but it is a true thing to say. They got lucky the first time out by hooking Nicholson, and letting him just play Nicholson, so people have this nostalgic view that those movies "got the Batman characters right", but they really did not AT ALL. Every single character's behavior and motivations were so drastically different from the source that if you're not 100% in love with the Burton Style, or the actors themselves, it can be pretty frustrating to sit through. Everything people like about those movies comes from the actors elevating the sh*tty material they had to work with. Because God forbid Burton or any of his co-conspirators actually read a comic book based on the movie they're making. That's why the cartoon was so much better than the movies, it took what the movies got right - the atmosphere and the music - and threw out everything else - Tim Burton being himself all over the place, rewriting established characters to fit his non-story of "Freaks Being Freaks and how that's all so goddamn deep and interesting". I just want a Batman movie with characters I recognize, guy, who aren't "In Name Only". And enough with the prison stripes.

Hathaway was okay, but kind of unnecessary, not very fleshed out, and the movie itself wasn't very good so while I think she did fine, her performance kind of gets overlooked, understandably so.

It's pretty much just Newmar for me, but Lee Meriwether was also good. Catwoman's a tough character to do in live action, it can be incredibly cheesy and awful, too many people fall into the "cat" tropes and forget that she was only called that because she was a cat burglar, not a crazy cat-lady. I guess we can thank/blame the 60s show for making the purring and cat puns a permanent staple but it's not correct and it's cheesy as f*ck and I hate it. But Newmar's about 1.5 times hotter than anyone else to take on the role so she gets the top spot.

*GoldMutant* · 01-03-2016, 09:34 PM

Halle Berry.

T-U-R-T-L-E POWA! · 01-03-2016, 09:39 PM

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Originally Posted by GoldMutant

Halle Berry.

...said no one. Ever. LOL!

*NinjaPug* · 01-03-2016, 09:50 PM

Lee Meriwether all day long

*Shark_Blade* · 01-03-2016, 10:03 PM

Michelle Pfeiffer (that white gold!).

The rest are fake ass bitches.

*CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy* · 01-03-2016, 10:37 PM

Ann Hathaway.

*Candy Kappa* · 01-04-2016, 04:26 AM

It's the ladies from the 60's Batman. Choosing one of the three, though. I personally like Eartha Kitt the best with Julie Newmar and Lee Meriwether shared second.

Michelle Pfeiffer looked pretty good, but not awfully interesting as Catwoman.

I didn't like Ann Hathaway's performance, the character was just there and felt pointless and the costume was pretty dumb for a "realistic" take on Batman. She sure didn't break her ankles running around in high heels.

It's funny that Halle Berry's proto-Catwoman costume looked more like a Catwoman outfit then the travesty she was wearing as the main costume. And the movie had nothing to do with Catwoman besides sharing Burton-verse origin and she likes to steal things... It's like making a Batman story where he's a murdering psychopath who rams his armored car through police cars, kidnaps a child calling him slurs and starves him and then paints himself yellow... Of wait, they did that.

I've not seen Return to the Batcave, so I don't know how Julia Rose performed, but as she plays an actor who plays Catwoman in a tv show, I suppose she doesn't count.

Camren Bicondova plays a adolescent Selina Kyle just fine I guess, but she's not Catwoman.

Maggie Baird certainly looked better then Halle Berry, but that's about it when I don't think she even had a speaking line in the flashbacks of Birds of Prey.

*MikeandRaph87* · 01-04-2016, 11:11 AM

Julie Newmar is Catwoman. The closest anyone came to it since Anne Hathaway.

*Turo602* · 01-04-2016, 12:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Leo656

Pfeiffer wasn't Catwoman either, aside from being named "Selina Kyle". Every single other thing about her was different, and all for the worse. It really is a bad version of the character, once you get past the fact that she was hot and clearly having fun with her performance. She had a whip, aaaaand that's it. Otherwise it's lousy. Not her performance itself, but that interpretation of the character, her backstory and motivations, were lousy.

I'm sorry, but everything you said before and after she's hot is irrelevant.

*plastroncafe* · 01-04-2016, 12:33 PM

A Spankbait thread started by Cybercubed?
Well color me shocked.

With the glaring exception of her ridiculous heels, I liked Hathaway's Catwoman best. She was the one light of brilliance in an otherwise lackluster movie.

*CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy* · 01-04-2016, 12:43 PM

First Supergirl, and now Catwoman.

Take notes, class.

*Candy Kappa* · 01-04-2016, 12:47 PM

How do you accept reality when as a Meta Human your only superpower is being able to run in heels?

wear combat heels.

*CyberCubed* · 01-04-2016, 12:56 PM

Catwoman is supposed to be a sex object though, that's been her character in the comics since day 1. There's a reason half her stories are seducing Batman or some other male character.

Also didn't she start off as a prostitute in the comics too? That angle was removed for the movies/cartoons because it was too adult and anti-feminist, but I think it says a lot that was her comic origins.

01-03-2016, 09:01 PM	#1
CyberCubed Overlord Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 43,887	Best live-action version of Catwoman? I would say 60's Catwoman is still the best: Meeeeeeow. Man, I don't think they've ever gotten Catwoman truly right in either Returns or the Nolan films, but 60's Catwoman is still top cat.

01-03-2016, 09:07 PM	#4
TurtleTitan97 Space Cowboy Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Speed Force Posts: 7,043	Personally I prefer Michelle Pfeiffer's portrayal. __________________

01-03-2016, 09:13 PM	#5
MsMarvelDuckie I Married a Duck! Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: The bowels of Hell, Texas(otherwise known as Decatur) Posts: 8,773	Well, WHICH 60's Catwoman are we talking about here? Eartha Kitt, or Julie Newmar? It makes a difference. My vote would probably go to Michelle, too- but I'm starting to really like Cat/Selena from Gotham! Halle's version just wasn't Catwoman. Not her fault, she had a crappy script to work with. But it didn't fit the character. __________________ "You IDIOTS! You've captured their STUNT doubles!" -from "Spaceballs" "Where Science ends, magic begins." -Spiral, Uncanny X-Men #491 My various stories and fan-fics are now here- https://m.fanfiction.net/u/4770494/#end

01-03-2016, 09:13 PM	#6
T-U-R-T-L-E POWA! Stone Warrior Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: Knoxville,TN Posts: 996	Ann Hathaway for me. I really thought she was the highlight of DKR. I didn't really like that movie but enjoyed her in it. I know I'm in the minority there though. LOL! __________________ Go Ninja! Go Ninja! GO!

01-03-2016, 10:37 PM	#13
CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy Annalist Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 16,435	Ann Hathaway. __________________ *ALL THEIR DAYS ARE NUMBERED*

01-03-2016, 09:04 PM	#2
~~Leo656~~ Banned Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: nWo Country Posts: 27,703	Pretty much.

01-03-2016, 09:29 PM	#8
~~Leo656~~ Banned Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: nWo Country Posts: 27,703	Pfeiffer wasn't Catwoman either, aside from being named "Selina Kyle". Every single other thing about her was different, and all for the worse. It really is a bad version of the character, once you get past the fact that she was hot and clearly having fun with her performance. She had a whip, aaaaand that's it. Otherwise it's lousy. Not her performance itself, but that interpretation of the character, her backstory and motivations, were lousy. All the Burton/Schumacher takes on the villains were lousy. That's not a popular thing to say but it is a true thing to say. They got lucky the first time out by hooking Nicholson, and letting him just play Nicholson, so people have this nostalgic view that those movies "got the Batman characters right", but they really did not AT ALL. Every single character's behavior and motivations were so drastically different from the source that if you're not 100% in love with the Burton Style, or the actors themselves, it can be pretty frustrating to sit through. Everything people like about those movies comes from the actors elevating the shtty material they had to work with. Because God forbid Burton or any of his co-conspirators actually read a comic book based on the movie they're making. That's why the cartoon was so much better than the movies, it took what the movies got right - the atmosphere and the music - and threw out everything else - Tim Burton being himself all over the place, rewriting established characters to fit his non-story of "Freaks Being Freaks and how that's all so goddamn deep and interesting". I just* want a Batman movie with characters I recognize, guy, who aren't "In Name Only". And enough with the prison stripes. Hathaway was okay, but kind of unnecessary, not very fleshed out, and the movie itself wasn't very good so while I think she did fine, her performance kind of gets overlooked, understandably so. It's pretty much just Newmar for me, but Lee Meriwether was also good. Catwoman's a tough character to do in live action, it can be incredibly cheesy and awful, too many people fall into the "cat" tropes and forget that she was only called that because she was a cat burglar, not a crazy cat-lady. I guess we can thank/blame the 60s show for making the purring and cat puns a permanent staple but it's not correct and it's cheesy as f*ck and I hate it. But Newmar's about 1.5 times hotter than anyone else to take on the role so she gets the top spot.

01-03-2016, 09:34 PM	#9
GoldMutant Control Your Narrative Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: New England Posts: 1,763	Halle Berry.

01-03-2016, 09:50 PM	#11
NinjaPug Foot Elite Join Date: Mar 2012 Posts: 4,390	Lee Meriwether all day long

01-03-2016, 10:03 PM	#12
Shark_Blade Emperor Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 7,909	Michelle Pfeiffer (that white gold!). The rest are fake ass bitches.

01-04-2016, 04:26 AM	#14
Candy Kappa The Agenda of Existing Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Vikingland Posts: 14,596	It's the ladies from the 60's Batman. Choosing one of the three, though. I personally like Eartha Kitt the best with Julie Newmar and Lee Meriwether shared second. Michelle Pfeiffer looked pretty good, but not awfully interesting as Catwoman. I didn't like Ann Hathaway's performance, the character was just there and felt pointless and the costume was pretty dumb for a "realistic" take on Batman. She sure didn't break her ankles running around in high heels. It's funny that Halle Berry's proto-Catwoman costume looked more like a Catwoman outfit then the travesty she was wearing as the main costume. And the movie had nothing to do with Catwoman besides sharing Burton-verse origin and she likes to steal things... It's like making a Batman story where he's a murdering psychopath who rams his armored car through police cars, kidnaps a child calling him slurs and starves him and then paints himself yellow... Of wait, they did that. I've not seen Return to the Batcave, so I don't know how Julia Rose performed, but as she plays an actor who plays Catwoman in a tv show, I suppose she doesn't count. Camren Bicondova plays a adolescent Selina Kyle just fine I guess, but she's not Catwoman. Maggie Baird certainly looked better then Halle Berry, but that's about it when I don't think she even had a speaking line in the flashbacks of Birds of Prey. __________________ devianArt Instagram Youtube Tumblr Art Blog Patreon

01-04-2016, 11:11 AM	#15
MikeandRaph87 Jedi Master Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: JLA Satellite Headquarters Posts: 11,189	Julie Newmar is Catwoman. The closest anyone came to it since Anne Hathaway. __________________ Michelangelo: This looks like a job for the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles! Raphael: Sheesh, Mikey this ain't a cartoon!

01-04-2016, 12:43 PM	#18
CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy Annalist Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 16,435	First Supergirl, and now Catwoman. Take notes, class. __________________ *ALL THEIR DAYS ARE NUMBERED*

01-04-2016, 12:47 PM	#19
Candy Kappa The Agenda of Existing Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Vikingland Posts: 14,596	How do you accept reality when as a Meta Human your only superpower is being able to run in heels? wear combat heels. __________________ devianArt Instagram Youtube Tumblr Art Blog Patreon

01-04-2016, 12:56 PM	#20
CyberCubed Overlord Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 43,887	Catwoman is supposed to be a sex object though, that's been her character in the comics since day 1. There's a reason half her stories are seducing Batman or some other male character. Also didn't she start off as a prostitute in the comics too? That angle was removed for the movies/cartoons because it was too adult and anti-feminist, but I think it says a lot that was her comic origins.