Only a few months away from Batman 89's 25th year.
I was thinking of a way to involve large numbers of people.
Karaoke! Get as many fans as possible to video themselves singing along to Batdance and then edit then all together into 1 music video...with Princes audio of course.
Does that sound dumb?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3WsoUfvxOvo
Not at all.
There is just one thing I want for a Batman anniversary. In this age of re-releasing old movies in enhanced digital prints and such from Back to the Future to Jurassic Park, I want Warner Bros to re-release the movie in cinemas in Britain!!! But hold off the damn 3D.
And while your at it Warners do the same with Batman Returns sometime. Never seen the original two at theatres. Just one year old in 1989 and was refused at being allowed to see Batman Returns.
But also after all the great behind the scenes books recently such as The Making of the Dark Knight Trilogy and the "Vault" collections of things like Alien and Terminator 2, can we not have a similar and newly updated behind the scenes book on Burton's movie? Packed with colour and black and white photographs, original production artwork, merchandise glimpses and new interviews with cast and crew all thoroughly researched. The 1990's making of books are superb but after all these years it's time for a new modernised edition for an anniversary.
Quote from: Cobblepot4Mayor on Mon, 4 Nov 2013, 17:43
But also after all the great behind the scenes books recently such as The Making of the Dark Knight Trilogy and the "Vault" collections of things like Alien and Terminator 2, can we not have a similar and newly updated behind the scenes book on Burton's movie? Packed with colour and black and white photographs, original production artwork, merchandise glimpses and new interviews with cast and crew all thoroughly researched. The 1990's making of books are superb but after all these years it's time for a new modernised edition for an anniversary.
I doubt it would ever happen but can we petition for this Cobblepot4Mayor. My dream would be a Making Of Book for Batman and Batman Returns, even if they were included in the same book, that was similar to the recent Star Wars film books encompassing the entire production of these films.
Like I say I doubt that will ever happen. Unfortunately, 'Batman & Robin's' association with the Burton films have rather tarnished their legacy, and the entire Burton/Schumacher franchise has been eclipsed in most people's eyes by the Nolan movies. Then again, maybe a book comprehensively and retrospectively dealing with all the various big-screen incarnations of Batman from the 1940s movies, to the 1967 TV spin-off to the Burton, Schumacher and Nolan franchises is a much more realistic prospect. I'd settle for that as long as it didn't skimp on the Burton Batman content.
Here's another idea. Maybe we could work together as a team on this site to produce our own book detailing the production of 'Batman' and 'Batman Returns'. :-\
Y'know what's funny? I wouldn't think such an idea a for-sure nowadays, but for anyone that's known me dating back to the days of TDK's theatrical run on SuperHeroHype's forum knows how unlikely I thought it was we'd EVER get to see the Burton films get any new recognition.
But now look! Hot Toys, Sideshow, Mattel.... I mean, really true mainstream support again. Not treated like the primary adaptation anymore, but still. Nowadays I wouldn't be too surprised if something like a new "making-of" book were to come out.
Not too likely. But no longer impossible.
i'll volunteer to play vicki vale in any videos. i'll have to seriously work on my scream though.
Do you weigh more than 108?
Quote from: Paul (ral) on Wed, 6 Nov 2013, 01:27
Do you weigh more than 108?
what an offensive question. you creep.
yes. :-[
lol.
:)
So do I.
Quote from: Catwoman on Wed, 6 Nov 2013, 01:40
Quote from: Paul (ral) on Wed, 6 Nov 2013, 01:27
Do you weigh more than 108?
what an offensive question. you creep.
yes. :-[
lol.
I'm surprised. I thought you would have weighed less...
Well I haven't really been looking after myself as of late johnny
i'm vivacious and curvaceous.
ftr that simply means that i am not a twig who uses her navel ring for a paperweight to keep her from flying off if the breeze gets up. i'm not a fatass either. since SOMEBODY seems to have a TEENY TINY bit of trouble differentiating that.
Quote from: DocLathropBrown on Tue, 5 Nov 2013, 08:06
Y'know what's funny? I wouldn't think such an idea a for-sure nowadays, but for anyone that's known me dating back to the days of TDK's theatrical run on SuperHeroHype's forum knows how unlikely I thought it was we'd EVER get to see the Burton films get any new recognition.
But now look! Hot Toys, Sideshow, Mattel.... I mean, really true mainstream support again. Not treated like the primary adaptation anymore, but still. Nowadays I wouldn't be too surprised if something like a new "making-of" book were to come out.
Not too likely. But no longer impossible.
No longer a primary adaptation? It is for me mate and always shall! And if it really isn't then the honour should belong to that animated series and not the overrated Bale pictures. They sometimes lack the true Batman imagery done in many cases better in either the Burton films or the Bruce Timm world. If it's childhood nostalgia merely talking then so be it. I personally don't follow the word of other fans like some dumb sheep.
But your quite right. Merchandise is coming thick and fast and it pleases me also to see the unfairly demonised Adam West show getting a surge of merchandising interest. 2012 belonged to Christian Bale but 2013 is Adam West's year by far. It's comic book spinoff series is the best Batman comic on the stalls. Fun has been restored at last to comic book reading after a hugely overdue time. I haven't even bothered buying any of the proper Batman series for some time.
The Burton series was a huge and proud series in it's day and deserves continuing respect. And the original movie's level of "Batmania" is still more elaborate and memorable than anything the Dark Knight Trilogy could muster in any of it's campaign's. I think the whole typical fanboy thing of saying the older films have been erased from public memory has been blown laughably out of proportion. In fact I don't seriously consider any fan who believes that a true Batman fan if they choose to deliberately right off eras of the character's history simply to suit their tastes. For a character who is all about different interpretations it's a rather dumb thing for a so called fan to do. The new movies have more increased the popularity of the old by bringing them back into the public conscious. The success of Batman Begins was certainly partially due to the fact the series had already enjoyed established success through the 90's and after being away a long time there was great interest on it's 2005 return. It was by no means a series that had to build it's stature and success up from the ground against the odds such as Bryan Singer's original X-Men did.
It may interest some to know a recent British poll for the public's favorite Batman came up with a surprising frontrunner in light of all this silly Nolanite dominance. Keaton came second but in first place it certainly wasn't Christian Bale. No, it was Adam West! If people still champion the original camp king of Gotham there will always be a place for Keaton's world too and the rest.
I went through a phase where I wanted to be as pale and thin as possible. In stark contrast to the sunburnt, overweight crowd.
Quote from: The Dark Knight on Wed, 6 Nov 2013, 23:47
I went through a phase where I wanted to be as pale and thin as possible. In stark contrast to the sunburnt, overweight crowd.
Like a typical Tim Burton protagonist? :)
Quote from: johnnygobbs on Thu, 7 Nov 2013, 02:25
Quote from: The Dark Knight on Wed, 6 Nov 2013, 23:47
I went through a phase where I wanted to be as pale and thin as possible. In stark contrast to the sunburnt, overweight crowd.
Like a typical Tim Burton protagonist? :)
Not inspired by that, but yes, I suppose so. I still have these thoughts but not as strong as before. I'm like that effectively, anyway.
Quote from: Catwoman on Wed, 6 Nov 2013, 01:40
Quote from: Paul (ral) on Wed, 6 Nov 2013, 01:27
Do you weigh more than 108?
what an offensive question. you creep.
yes. :-[
lol.
Don't want you to hold us up in the middle. ;)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OnDdNewiwcM
Some very rare footage here with Burton giving us a tour of when the sets were being constructed on the Pinewood's set.