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How can ANYONE like this crap?

posted 13 years ago by model101
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Seriously, this show is such a insult to Batman and his character.
I don't care if it falls in line with the comics of the 60's. Even those comics weren't as campy as this junk.

I liked it as a kid during reruns in the 80's on CBC, but that was before I really started reading the character and what he is about.
I have gone back and read the older comics of the 40's and 50's and they are nothing like this.

I just can't stand this show, it insults Batman so much. Hell the first episode Hi Diddle Riddle, you see Batman doing a stupid dance. Batman would NEVER DO STUPID DANCES. NEVER, just never.
We are talking about a character who dresses as a Bat for god sakes, he does nothing but brood over the death of his parents, and you want me to think he is campy. Hell No.

The Nolan and Burton films did Batman right. The comics of the 80's and then so have done Batman right.

This show should be forgotten.
Just like the Spiderman TV series has been forgotten. Just horrible.

[–] AnubisRaydeen (7897) 5 years ago

Only one reason to watch that old shit-show. The leggy dames.

Newer Batman movies still seem to be required to include dumb shit as a result of this sour crap.

[–] [deleted] 4 years ago

OP and a lot of other people here clearly just don't get it. This show is pure 60s pop art, from the same period that gave us Andy Warhol and Roy Liechtenstein.

[–] kenburke (2385) 4 years ago

It was aimed at kids, dude.

[–] liscarkat (18917) 4 years ago

It was for kids, as adventure, and for adults, as satire. It worked brilliantly on both levels. Although the comedy was emphasized more, the visual style and overall tone reflected the Batman comics of that time. The casting was perfect. The guest stars were inspired. The music, by the great big-band arranger Neal Hefti, was perfection. If you are looking for a depressed, miserable Batman with a plastic muscle suit and vocal fry, this show is not for you.

"They have the Dark Knight. I was the Bright Knight."

--Adam West

[–] liscarkat (18917) 4 years ago

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[–] Furienna (3355) 4 years ago

Will you believe me if I tell you that this show scared me once when I was a kid?
Yes, I was only like six or seven years old.
And today, I don't really remember exactly what scared me!
But it had something to do with Catwoman doing something.
Believe me though when I say that what is a campy and silly show to an adult isn't necessarily so to a little kid.

[–] AmeriGirl26 (14688) 4 years ago

It's easier if you look at it as a comedy or parody, or perhaps a live-action cartoon. If you take it seriously you're gonna be seriously disappointed.

It's also okay for kids to watch, since it's so goofy but "clean" all at once. The kids would be too young to understand "cheesy" or "corny" yet, hehe.