Romancing the Stone - Danny Devito mentions Batman

[Bobthegoon89]

Just a fun little fact. In Robert Zemeckis' 1984 movie Romancing the Stone there is a small moment in which Danny Devito actually mentions Batman in a joke. This all takes place inside a cave. Kind of a strange moment to hear him say it considering what he later became a full 8 years later lol Destiny perhaps?

Further foreshadowing of the future occurs in The Lost Boys directed by Joel Schumacher where Sam Emerson gets into a debate with the Frog Brothers about certain Batman issues in their comic store.

[Silver Nemesis]

If we're talking foreshadowing, check out the scene in Touch and Go (1986) where Michael Keaton chases a criminal through a comic book store. At one point you can see a Batman comic in the foreground.

The issue in question happens to be Detective Comics #448 (how sad is it that I know that?).

The plot of this issue sees Batman fighting a gang of criminal circus performers and trying to clear his name after he's framed for murder. Sound like the plot of another Michael Keaton film?

[Paul (ral)]

Brilliant SN. That little bit of trivia would be good enough for a feature on its own!

[Azrael]

Yeah, great stuff.

I have vivid memories of a movie opening with Jack Palance reading a vintage Batman comic, laughing his a$$ off. I was little, it was on TV, can't remember title or anything. I think Palance looked similar to his Grissom self i.e. the film was probably made in the late 80s or early 90s.

[DarkVengeance]

Wow ive never heard of either of those before, thats awesome!

[Bobthegoon89]

In terms of "foreshadowing" again the bat ears Michael Keaton has on his hat in Burton's "Beetlejuice" (the "It's Showtime!" moment) were meant as a deliberatel nod to the then forthcoming Bat project they would soon be working on.