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I got to see this in the theater during a re-release in 1969. I was 5 years old. My friends and I thought it was pretty cool but we all agreed that shark looked pretty fake.
Fun fact: At the time this movie/TV show came out (1966), the Riddler was considered an extremely minor and obscure villain. It was Frank Gorshin's iconic, manic portrayal that elevated him into Batman's Big Four.
Oh the Penguin too! This show REALLY helped to build the Rogues gallery into what we know of today with the Penguin and the Riddler being up there among the top tier, unheard of in the comics before those amazing actors took over the roles.
Gorshin's Riddler was also pretty layered; almost bipolar in his switch of emotions. It's a fascinating portrayal. One of my favorite tales was Adam West and Frank Gorshin getting thrown out of an orgy because they started doing their characters. The anecdote never went beyond that but I smile imagining Adam trying to separate couples as he says "Citizens, for the love of all that is sacred; control yourselves" while Frank goes around pointing and laughing at all the naked people.
Adam west said, "I never had to say I'm Batman. I showed up. People knew I was Batman. I seen this movie as a kid and thought this was such a silly movie and I loved it! I'm glad you enjoyed it too!
Yeah, the Batman TV show was campy and silly...and as a youngster I didn't catch all the "naughty" jokes. But the Batmobile was cool and as a boy growing up I had a crush on all the hot babes in tight suits, (Batgirl, Catwoman, etc) The theme song was always cool as well!
This film was more ridiculous than the TV show even making fun of some of the riduculousness. For example, a man pokes his head out of a window saying, "Yes, they are climbling a wall," when it was well known they were walking horizontally on a floor made to look like the side of the building with the camera tilted 90 degrees. I'd never seen this film until now. It was great to see all the villians together when only one would appear each episode. I missed seeing King Tut!
@@bobbentz5993 I suspect if you were to go back and watch the TV show you'd see it was equally ridiculous. I remember things like Batman challenging The Joker to a surfing contest, Robin getting eaten by a giant clam, Batman doing "The Batusi" dance....The "climbing the wall" bit was a running gag with numerous celebrities doing guest cameos as the person who opens the window and makes some funny comment. (Come to think of it the "open the window and say a joke" sounds a lot like the joke wall in "Laugh In" which began airing in 1968. I wonder if they got the idea from Batman?)
As a kid who grew up in the 70s and 80s, this was high adventure. It wasn't until I was an adult that I realized how absolutely bonkers the show was! Still enjoy it though!
Yeah the camp value was high on the tv series, although some of the comic book editions were nuts if you actually research some of the story lines, but I still think the repeated opening sequence where Adam West and Burt Ward go from the library down the poles and out of the Batcave is better than anything the films have come up with to this day. It still gets me every single time. I have actually been to the "Batcave" where the tv show was filmed. It's called Bronson Canyon. It's actually quite small, they sped the camera up on the opening sequence to make it seem as though the Batmobile was going faster than it really was. More than anyone else Adam West will always be Batman to me.
The Batman Movie was clever with no bit of camp undone but, it literally pales to how much fun the series itself was. And it became a who’s who of 60s Hollywood for each 2-parter (Vincent Price, Talulah Bankhead, Art Carney, Roddy McDowall).
Ceaser Romero was famous for his moustache as an actor and he refused to shave it for his role in the show/movie as The Joker because it was just that essential to who he was. So they painted over it and hoped no one would notice (everyone did)
Earlier Batman serials in the 1940's were more serious. The 1960's series was a phenomenon. Now you can see why the Tim Burton Batman was such of change after growing up with the campy show. Still have to love it for being true to itself.
I remember hearing it was a cut of outtakes, bloopers and bad scenes from those old serials that inspired the 66 Batman show/movie. They used to show these reels of "best of" footage at parties and i guess the people who made the series or film had a copy of one of those old edits, or maybe they were the ones who made the original reel itself, who knows.
Golden Age Batman was violent as hell. Silver Age is when all super hero books were goofy. Horror, romance, military and western comics were more adult, but the stigma of super heroes being for children was firmly established in the Silver Age and is still present to this day. For the time, the over the top silliness and innuendo was meant to bring in young adults of the time. So it can be argued this is the first time Hollywood attempted to tap into the adult market for super heroes, and it worked. It was a short but highly successful run and an early example of movies/merchandise symmetry, I had all that stuff as a kid. Batmobile, Bat-cycle w/sidecar, Bat-copter, Bat-boat and anything else Bat.
You can tell the actors had a blast filming this, especially the villains. Adam West said Frank Gorshin made him die laughing with his performance as Riddler.
Like I said before you should also watch the Christoper Reeve Superman movie at least 1 and 2. Superman 1 is actually the first modern superhero movie before Batman.
BATMAN: You mean to tell me that Mister Timothée has not seen the first truly cinematic Superman with Christopher Reeve? ROBIN: Holy Missed Opportunity, Batman!
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Batman was created in 1939, so the character has over 80 years of history and he's been through many iterations by different artists and writers. The tone of the character has also varied over the decades. In the early comics, he was a dark, mysterious, detective. In the late 50's he started having absurd, sci-fi based adventures. The 1960's TV show and movie were, of course, the height of campiness. In the mid-80's he took on the dark, vigilante persona that is prevalent today.
In this show batman and robin were "dueley deputised officers of the law". As opposed to modern adaptations where they just beat the criminals to a bloody pulp and leave them where the police will find them
It's crazy to imagine now, but Silver Age Batman of the comics was also a deputized officer of the law. Aunt Harriet was also from the comics though the character was phased out after a few years. She was introduced in the comics to had a female presence in the all male Wayne household to dissipate accusations of homosexuality.
It’s so wonderful to see someone new enjoying this classic interpretation of Batman! 😁 Not enough people respect this show for the brilliant, iconic, campy gold that it is!
The show was silly and fun, with a tongue firmly planted in cheek. Around the 50's, comic books came under criticism for their perceived negative influence on children. So in response, Batman took on a much more lighthearted tone, which is clearly evident in the 1966 Adam West TV show and this movie. You can also see the influence this Batman would eventually have on 1997's Batman and Robin starring George Clooney. But by the time the 90's arrived, Batman in pop culture had returned to a serious and much darker tone, so Batman and Robin's throwback campy tone felt deeply out of touch with the modern interpretation of the character. With that said, there is still lots of nostaglic love for the Adam West Batman, so much that it was revived in a pair of Batman '66 animated films (with West returning to provide his voice before his passing) and a comic book series. And the '66 Batmobile is still one of the most recognizable and loved versions of the car.
I used to LOVE BATMAN!!! Then in the 70s you had Spider-man, Hulk, Wonder Woman, The Green Hornet, Captain America and others. They were silly, but they were the first time you could see your favorite comic characters come to life. Good times.
"Some days you just can't get rid of a bomb." Those words pop into my mind more and more when I look at what Hollywood is dumping onto the streams these days.
As a ten year old in 1966, I was so excited to see this at the theater. The TV show was a must see twice a week, but my family had a black and white tv. Imagine this explosion of color on a big screen after only seeing b&w on a small screen!
This, this is the gloriously campy version of Batman that I grew up with (On reruns). If you enjoyed this, try the straight-to-tv Justice League movie (Called Justice League of America, 1997)
This reaction was fantastic! I hate it when people trash this movie and tv show, they totally miss the point! Also, fun fact, this WAS NOT the original theatrical version of Batman. The original was a theatrical serial from the early 1940's, and several others (all in black and white) that followed later that decade. Both starred Batman and Robin, but with the darker tone.
The 60s series was one of my favorite shows when I was a kid, and the movie just cracks me up every time I see it. The series was like a cosplay party with an open bar. It was a thing for Hollywood A-listers to appear on the show either as a villain or as a random cameo, especially being one of the people sticking their heads out the window when the Dynamic Duo were "climbing" a building. And remember, kids, tune in next week for more thrilling adventures. Same Bat-Time, same Bat-Channel. (actual tv show sign-off.)
Great choice of movie. Batman (1966) is so underrated in comparison to various other depictions of The Dark Knight. You should also check out Christopher Reeve's Sueprman films (at least One and Two and the Richard Donner Cut of Superman II) but also you should check out George Reeves' depiction of Superman.
Oh my god I died laughing at 29:00 just the transition and seeing them running in the middle of a Street. Damn it's been a long time since I laughed that much ok a movie. Next time you gotta drink before 😂
The Batman TV series was brilliant and innovative. I loved it as a kid, and as an adult, I love it even more. I don't know the whole story, but shortly after the series ended, I read in a newspaper that Adam West was in Italy, and he disarmed a guy with a knife who was terrorizing the people on a beach.
Definitely watch Superman (1978). In contrast to this, it actually deserves credit for being the first superhero movie to take the material seriously. It's actually pretty dark at times. Plus, the cinematography is fantastic.
Context: the Batman TV series was a HUGE hit when it first showed up in 1966 on ABC. It initially appeared on two consecutive nights each week with a cliffhanger in between. The tone of the series mirrored other shows of the day featuring genies, witches, funny monsters and alphabet spy organizations. Batman came at a time when TV was fully transitioning from black and white to color and the extra bright cartoony colorizations were quite the sensation. The Batman movie was the logical next step to meet the demand and the producers kept the same formula while going bigger and more outrageous. The batcopter, batcycle and batboat were all introduced here and a major change was the Catwoman character being a new actress with a slightly different storyline. The Batman series, like the hula hoop, was the ultimate fad, but it jumped the shark with the introduction of a Batgirl character and ultimately crashed and burned.
This has to be one of the funnest movie reactions I’ve ever seen! Great choice doing this video in the first place. You clearly understood where the movie was coming from and had fun with it. Based on how much fun you had with this movie, I’m going to recommend two other comic book movies from the 60s. Both cult classics! Though they may be based on comic book characters you’ve never heard of him. Based on comics from Europe. Both films from the year 1968. Thus both comic book films infused with 1960s sensibilities. You’l have a lot of fun with these. “Danger Diabolik” “Barbarella” Both these films are a trippy, wild ride and a lot of fun!
This was the first Batman I ever saw (in re-runs) & it will always be my favorite. I had the tv show recorded on VHS when I was a kid so when the complete series came out I bought the 'limited edition Blu-Ray' with the hot wheel replica Batmobile. I love it. That series is just so much fun. If you loved the movie you should love the 1966 TV show. Only 3 seasons but back then there were a lot more episodes per seasons. Season 1 had 34 ep. Season 2 had 60 & Season 3 had 26. Side Note: In season 3 of the TV series, Eartha Kitt played Catwoman. She was the voice of Yzma in 'The Emperor's New Groove' & 'Kronk's New Groove'.
The main reason there were so many episodes, despite running only three years, was that for S1+2 the show aired twice a week, ending on a cliffhanger the first night which was then concluded the following night (that's kind of the vibe they were going for in the movie, whenever the heroes seemed to "die" off-screen then revealed to have escaped).
Oh man, memories! In the early days of Nickelodeon, they played the reruns of the original show, and I remember this on as a special. So horribly campy and so much fun!
Mad late but idc I adore this movie. My mother will speak a time when I was super young, and obsessed with all things Batman. I went through a phase with all the big superheroes, and tbh none of them have ended. For as long as I can remember, I’ve had a copy of this movie on dvd. This is one of my favorites to quote, along with American psycho (both being great comedies) “ Confound it. The batteries are dead!” “ It was noble of that animal to hurl himself into the path of that final torpedo” “ A sparrow with a machine gun. Of course!” And the line about the people drinking in the bar 😭💀 Mayor Adam West is a fkn G, this movie is straight up gold and I’m so happy this reaction has made it to RU-vid. Shoutout Tim! 🙌
"Why do they keep throwing in scares like that?" Because the old 60's TV episodes were two-night cliffhangers ("Is this the end of our Dynamic Duo?...Tune in tomorrow, same Bat-time, same Bat-channel!") And you're lucky: Now that the rights have been ironed out, YOU get to watch the old episodes on Amazon and Tubi, we never got to for twenty copyright-limbo years.
For all it’s wacky characters, I have to admit they kinda nailed Penguin, even if he’s not as dark as he typically would be. He’s usually a mob boss. So far, this is the most comic accurate Penguin in live action interestingly enough. At least until The Batman gives us a new one.
I was born the year after this came out. This TV series and many other "campy" shows took up a lot of my childhood. You should go down the rabbit hole of shows from the mid 1960s through to 1990. We had some bizarre shit to watch. Some shows I got to see in their initial run, but obviously Batman wasn't one. Still, as campy and bizarre as those shows got, I loved them. Also, did you notice that the Penguin was played by the same actor who played "Micky" in the Rocky movies?
This film was in theaters when I was born. One of my earliest reliable memories as a toddler is watching the last 15-20 minutes on a TV airing a few years later - probably '69 or '70. I didn't get to watch the series itself until '74.
@@thomastimlin1724 Yes, he was. I was only bringing up a couple of "more recent" roles of his that Timothy may already be aware of. Frankly, my favorite performance of his is in Clash of the Titans.
This is just how it was in the 60's, the sign of the times. Nelson Riddle's score is fantastic and of course, Neal Hefti's theme is always the highlight.
Batman : The Movie is based of the TV series but not the first live action tv series was back in 1943. In the sixties series everything WAS Bat branded and at the end of each episode it would say "remember to tune in tomorrow, Same Bat Time, Same Bat Channel"
This movie is underrated. The jokers laugh, the play on Bruce and catwomans relationship, etc. People died as a result of the villains shenanigans. Just a fun movie.
I don't think you caught the ending. When they rehydrated everyone they were all speaking the wrong language. So they messed up. That's why Batman says they'll leaving inconspicuously, out the window.
Some of my earliest memories were of watching the Batman TV show when it was brand new. I even had a Batman birthday party using "official" Bat-cups, bat-plates, and Bat-decorations on my cake when I turned 5. This movie used to get re-released into theaters every year or so in the early 70s, so I've seen it at least 10-15 times. It's ridiculous but awesome! lol
I used to watch re-runs of the Batman TV show when I was in high school. The only problem was it was on in the morning and I could only catch the first 20 minutes or so before I had to catch the school bus. (No DVR's back then!) A lot of the episodes were two-parters (originally the show aired twice a week on Wednesdays and Thursdays, I believe) with the first episode having a cliff-hanger ending that is resolved in the second episode. Also, the episode titles were rhyming phrases like "Hi Diddle Riddle/Smack in the Middle" or "Fine Feathered Finks/The Penguin's A Jinx". Such fun! The best part for me was the villains and the famous actors that they got to play them. It must have been a lot of fun for some of them to play these over the top roles.
"hand me down the shark repellent bat spray' - that line - and scene are iconic. For sheer campiness,the Batman TV series will never be topped.KABOOM.KAPOW,SHAZAM - love it..
Thanks. I forgot how ridiculously hacky and funny the TV series was. And for it"s time, it had top notch actors to play the villains. Great fun to see again.73 year old guy.
The 1960s batmobile was up for sale a while back at Mecum Auto Auction and I got to visit it up close and even touched the batphone in the center console. One of the highlights of my life.
We can all agree burt ward was the most fantastic robin ever. No one could ever be amazing as he was for the role 😍🥰☺️😊 same goes for Adam west in fact the entire cast for the role and series were incredible
I grew up watching this show .. lol its still better than Eternals, Suicide squad, Ww84 and the last X-Men movie. Lol We need more movies this bat shit ( pardon the pun ) crazy .. Hero films are too serious these days … Pow
The original Batman series was one of my favorite shows as a kid. I remember binge watching it weekly when it came on Nick at Nite. Some other decent movies to react to based on 60's/70's TV shows are the Beverly Hillbillies and the Brady Bunch movie. The Brady Bunch movie includes a lot of inside jokes from the original TV series that make the movie adaptation really funny. For instance, on the TV show they only ever show 1 bathroom so in the movie the Brady's neighbors theorize how the whole family lives with one bathroom.
I always love how Batman and Robin completely mix up which UN Member's personality/etc goes into which body, causing who knows how much trouble, only for Batman to just be like "yeah, that's close enough" and just casually leave out the window, lol.
RIP adam west who played batman(1928-2017)😢and i love batman from 1966 it's rediclous funny and a great batman movie🦇🎬🎥👌and fun fact: batman from 1966 is a seqeul to the tv show batman from the 60's
you just saw why this will always be MY Batman. I grew up watching the series all the silliness and camp. Thinly disguised moral lessons. And he would NEVER purposely kill someone. Even the villains always set up crazy ways to defeat them that are easily escapable.
Batman in the late 1930s started as kind of a knockoff of "The Shadow".. and was pretty serious at first.... by the 1950's, almost all comic book superheros were campy and goofy as hell, especially once the "comics code" censorship was enacted. Then in the TV series hit in the 60s, which exaggerated the camp to EXTREME levels... the colors were made super bright basically to sell color TVs "BATMAN... IN COLOR" was how it was advertised. Then this movie happened... pretty soon people were burnt out by this goofy version of Batman.. and the show was cancelled. The comics in the 70s then tried to distance themselves form the "campy" batman by going the opposite route.. taking him back to his dark pulpy roots. In the 80s, Frank Miller (Sin City) redefined the "Dark Knight" batman.. with his Dark Knight Returns story.. then Tim Burton used that as the inspiration for his Batman, though his original movie, while dark, is still campy as hell.
I was six when Batman premiered on TV. It would air two nights a week and I wouldn't miss an episode. I had the Batman toys. The movie, I believe, was made after the third season and then the show was canceled. It was a huge deal very quickly but then died just as fast. A couple of years ago the entire series finally came out on DVD and I bought the set. The villains were played by very famous actors, most of whom your younger audience probably don't know. Great fun!
I watched the old tv show when I was younger because my mom loved it as a child. I grew up loving Batman: The Animated Series and now my favourite animated movie is the uncut version of Batman Beyond: Return of The Joker. Mark Hamill’s performance as The Joker still gives me chills to this day.
If Christian Bale had said "Somedays you just can't get rid of a bomb" before he flew off at the end of Dark Knight Rises that movie would have been at least 30% better.
That is Stearns Wharf in my hometown of Santa Barbara, California on the Central West Coast of California. I was 10 years old at that time and I did not even know the 'Batman' movie was being filmed there on Stearns Wharf. A friend of mine (a couple of years younger than me) skipped school that day and he went to Stearns Wharf to see Batman. He told me there were hundreds of kids there on their bikes to see Batman. But the entrance of Stearns Wharf was closed off to the public because of the filming. Very tight security so no one can go on the wharf that day. It really is a silly movie, but very entertaining as well as the TV series. Good reaction Timothee!
Adam West was my Batman growing up in the 70s. The show was able to appeal to both kids who enjoyed it as an action adventure show as well as their parents who loved the absurd humor. The kids who grew up learned to enjoy the show again on a different level, but the sense of adventure as a kid never completely goes away.
This was the first DVD I bought. I grew up in the 70s and he was the only Batman. Loved the series. And the movie had all the villains. It is fantastic !! I was sooo happy when they finally released the series on DVD. Just to tune in same bat-time same bat-channel
Merci pour cette réaction! Being in my sixties, THIS is the Batman and Robin I know and love! Although this is cheesy to some, for me, the other versions of them just look fake and they can't compare to the original. Keep in mind that this version of Batman was NOT meant for adults. It was made for KIDS. And as kids, we did enjoy. 2:38 - The girls thing was a real thing for the two main actors. Apparently Adam West and Burt Ward were "getting some" between takes throughout the whole Batman run.
It was meant for both kids and adults;kids would take it seriously,while their older siblings and parents would giggle at the little jokes and intentional goofiness.
Hey dude, I just recently subscribed to your channel and I loved your video on your reaction to the Batman 1966 movie. That movie brings back a lot of memories. When I was 12 years old (I'm 44 now), I remembered watching this movie, and ever since then, I can’t get enough of it lol. I had a huge crush on Robin, and Burt Ward who played as Robin, still a huge fan to this day. Then, I started watching the Batman TV series. I still love this movie and the TV series to this day. I have dvds both the movie and the TV series. Looking forward to seeing more of your videos.
Depends on people. Me and my bro are Burton’s fans and we love his gothic vibe (not in all his movies). As a real serious Batman atmosphere I choose Nolan’s trilogy. And as a best Batman’s character I choose Affleck’s acting.
My parents and I been watching Batman at the television 📺 from long time ago. It was a marathon. There has been release of Batman movies at the end of the 80s and the beginning of the 90s. Including animation feature “Batman: Mask of the Phantasm” (1993)
The last few years they made 2 full length animated sequels with Adam West and Burt Ward reprising their roles and the were actually good and felt like direct sequels making it a full trilogy. The final one batman vrs 2 face had William Shatner as 2 face
Example of how crazy the TV show was: there was a two-part episode that crossed over with Green Hornet, a similar vigilante who had a live-action series at the time. Half of Team GH was Bruce Lee--yes, THAT Bruce Lee. In the episode, B&R fight and sort of team up with Hornet and Kato. So yes: Batman has, indeed, fought Bruce Lee. Also, Roddy McDowell played a Batman villain in the TV show (Bookworm) and later in the animated series (Mad Hatter), and is only one of three or so actors to appear in both (along with West himself).
The old woman next to Alfred in the beginning is Dick's Aunt Harriet, who in the comics came to live with Bruce and Dick during a point when Alfred was believed to be dead, and was included in this 66 series. She hanged around the comics a little longer after Alfred returned, but then she just sorta stopped appearing. "The Living End" is a term for something really weird or tough to believe in a fun sort of way.
That Batmobile was bitchin'. It was a celebrity in its own right, and made public appearances. We loved the show, and used to watch it after school. Adam West was a treasure.
I saw this movie maybe five years or so ago. Never saw the show (though I want to), but I knew of its reputation. I've mainly grown up with Batman 1989 and Batman: The Animated Series. I wanted to watch this out of pure curiosity and man am I glad I did! All the characters are committed to the campiness and I think that's what makes it work. Adam West was pretty good as Bruce Wayne, but he makes a great (and hilarious) Batman, who is clever, resourceful and very noble. The running bomb segment is my favorite part of the whole movie. I do wish we got more POW PLOP and BAMs though. There wasn't enough.
The show is well worth a watch. It's brilliant. This level of campy fun for 120 episodes. King Tut, Bookworm, False Face, it has all the great but overlooked by modern Batman villains. You can buy the blu-ray boxset for about £40, and the DVD one for about £30. Or just stream it. 100% would recommend.
I’m so happy you’ve seen this and I loved your reaction! The tv series is just as goofy and it’s so funny, hope you get to watch the series some day. Adam West is my favourite Batman 🥰
Please play the Batman & Robin drinking game when you watch the Schwarzenegger one. Drink whenever there’s a pun, whenever you see nipples on the suit, when there’s a close up of a crotch or buttocks, whenever Alfred looks in pain, when Coolio appears, and when you see Batman’s credit card
This film and the show were always meant to be parodying the comics. Apparently the creators weren't big fan of comics and made humor out of their seriousness. 32:53 The producers didn't allow female characters to throw nor receive punches. Batgirl in the show was allowed to use kicks, though. Apparently, one villain used this to advantage and had female henchmen jump in front of male henchmen during fights, because Batman and Robin wouldn't dare to hit them. Batgirl was also once hit by invisible henchmen, since you _technically_ couldn't see it.
Actually during the 60's because of the Comic Code Authority the DC campified the comics a bit due to parental concerns, but it's also true that the Producer didn't like comics and thought the only way to do the show was campy, so the show was played even more campy that the comics of the time.
Yep. 11 year old me was hooked on the TV show. It was shown on two consecutive nights, with a ridiculous cliffhanger ending between. Your is the first reaction I've watched, and it was great. With all the mean-spirited shows on TV today, kids have very little exposure to actually funny, campy comedy. I think it kind of shows. Shortly after this, we had the Monkees! And the Addams Family too. What an education!
"you sound grim, batman. Have we done something wrong?" . "You've just sold a pre-nuclear submarine to someone who didn't even leave a forwarding address..."
