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Post by Deleted on Feb 22, 2018 3:04:42 GMT -5
Thanks batusi for your kind words and all ... I was pleasantly surprised to see someone to make a comment about this thread so long and appreciate your comments and thoughts about the Kitty Kar. PER MechaGodzilla Request
FOR THE RECORD (10/11/2018)
I deleted 16 pictures off my IMGUR Account today to free up space in my account and four of those pictures were deleted due to copyright laws. |
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Post by batusi on Feb 22, 2018 13:03:08 GMT -5
That's Conan's pop there, William Smith, as Adonis. Oh wow!! I never knew Conan's daddy was an actor...I can see the resemblance. |
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Post by batusi on Feb 22, 2018 13:12:00 GMT -5
No Two-face...No Scarecrow?? I found an interesting tidbit on the Batman 60's TV Wiki website.
Ah, what could have been.
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Post by rberman on Mar 17, 2019 7:15:57 GMT -5
Batman the Movie - 1966 I watched this with my six year old last week. It kept him pretty engaged. Things I noticed this time around: Penguin is essentially the main villain. He provides the tech, the goons, and most of the plans. Joker mainly cackles. Riddler provides occasional riddles and is also responsible for pressing the buttons that launch the submarine's missiles and torpedos, which I suppose is a big job. There seemed to be one scene of him pressing buttons that was replayed for both missiles and torpedos, actually. Catwoman of course has her seduction scenes as Kitka to give her extra screen time. The "Bat Shark Repellent" gag was resurrected in the Lego Batman Movie, as was the Batusi, which sadly did not appear in this film. They really milked the "can't get rid of a bomb" scene, building from one gag to another. Has this been homaged elsewhere since? The incidental music by Nelson Riddle screamed "mid 1960s." It strikes me that there was a very specific style of pop jazz, brass heavy and full of dissonance, that was popular in TV shows and films of the era. Star Trek used very similar compositions for its recurrent incidental music, and there are similarities with the likes of James Bond and Gilligan's Island as well. I can't think of any examples of this kind of music on pop radio, though. Does it have a name? I've never read about it. |
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Post by Mister Spaceman on Mar 17, 2019 16:34:19 GMT -5
Batman the Movie - 1966 I watched this with my six year old last week. It kept him pretty engaged. Things I noticed this time around: Penguin is essentially the main villain. He provides the tech, the goons, and most of the plans. Joker mainly cackles. Riddler provides occasional riddles and is also responsible for pressing the buttons that launch the submarine's missiles and torpedos, which I suppose is a big job. There seemed to be one scene of him pressing buttons that was replayed for both missiles and torpedos, actually. Catwoman of course has her seduction scenes as Kitka to give her extra screen time. The "Bat Shark Repellent" gag was resurrected in the Lego Batman Movie, as was the Batusi, which sadly did not appear in this film. They really milked the "can't get rid of a bomb" scene, building from one gag to another. Has this been homaged elsewhere since? The incidental music by Nelson Riddle screamed "mid 1960s." It strikes me that there was a very specific style of pop jazz, brass heavy and full of dissonance, that was popular in TV shows and films of the era. Star Trek used very similar compositions for its recurrent incidental music, and there are similarities with the likes of James Bond and Gilligan's Island as well. I can't think of any examples of this kind of music on pop radio, though. Does it have a name? I've never read about it. For me, the Batman movie doesn't work nearly as well as the show itself and it's a shame that for several years this was the only way people could see the Adam West version of the character. Great question re: that genre of music. I would love to know if there's a specific name for it and how it evolved as a prevalent motif in Sixties TV shows. Regarding that bomb sequence, I'd be surprised if no one has quoted it in another text. Meanwhile, there's this fan-made mashup:  |
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Post by tarkintino on Mar 18, 2019 13:07:32 GMT -5
Things I noticed this time around: Penguin is essentially the main villain. He provides the tech, the goons, and most of the plans. Joker mainly cackles. Over the years, critics have cited Ceasar Romero acting as a second fiddle (when he's supposed to be on equal footing with the other villains) as one of the downfalls of this movie. Still, for any of its drawback and failings, its still better than most of the TV series' second season, and certainly all of that horrible third season. Actually, if you ever listen to the available complete series soundtrack release of Star Trek, its roots and inspiration--as Gene Roddenberry wanted--were similar to the dramatic, sweeping and romantic film scores of the 40s and 50s. Most of the series composers (e.g. Gerald Fried, Alexander Courage, Fred Steiner, Joseph Mullendore, et al.) were well trained & had worked in those eras, so they added a serious, emotional tone to ST that no sci-fi show before or since ever captured, which was quite different than the jazzy, occasionally detective movie-esque compositions Riddle created for Batman. |
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Post by dbutler69 on Jan 7, 2021 11:33:30 GMT -5
Batman Episode (1) … First Season – Batman Is Riled Great Outing by Cesar Romero as the Joker! ... Very Dramatic and one of the Best Shows in the first Season of Batman. Cesar Romero was the perfect Joker. I only wish he had shaved his moustache for the role. |
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Post by dbutler69 on Jan 7, 2021 15:55:05 GMT -5
First of all Frank Gorshin was amazing as the Riddler. Every time he appeared I got a big smile on my face. I love the trivia about King Boris. I did not know that he also appeared in the Batman Movie. Or that Mr Coffin also was in Adventures of Superman TV show. And I love that shot of Batman's cape. That costume was really well done for a TV show done at that time. I think Frank Gorshin as the Riddler might be my favorite Batman villain. |
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Post by Farrar on Jan 8, 2021 9:56:20 GMT -5
First of all Frank Gorshin was amazing as the Riddler. Every time he appeared I got a big smile on my face. I love the trivia about King Boris. I did not know that he also appeared in the Batman Movie. Or that Mr Coffin also was in Adventures of Superman TV show. And I love that shot of Batman's cape. That costume was really well done for a TV show done at that time. I think Frank Gorshin as the Riddler might be my favorite Batman villain. Oh, he was my favorite too! I remember my parents gave me a set of Batman bubblegum cards (for my birthday or something) and I eagerly tore the wrapping off and the very first card in the pile was a Gorshin Riddler card! I gasped and said to them "How did you know?!" (that he was my favorite).  |
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Post by dbutler69 on Jan 8, 2021 10:33:14 GMT -5
I think Frank Gorshin as the Riddler might be my favorite Batman villain. Oh, he was my favorite too! I remember my parents gave me a set of Batman bubblegum cards (for my birthday or something) and I eagerly tore the wrapping off and the very first card in the pile was a Gorshin Riddler card! I gasped and said to them "How did you know?!" (that he was my favorite). That's awesome! I wish I'd had Batman bubblegum cards. |
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Post by dbutler69 on Jan 8, 2021 16:25:21 GMT -5
I agree when MeTV airs Batman it doesn't have the same quality as say when IFC was recently showing the series. I do quite like MeTV Saturday programming though. I bought the first season and the first half of the second season on Amazon Video, and it's HD, and the quality is great. I love it! |
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Post by dbutler69 on Jan 11, 2021 8:32:32 GMT -5
Batman Episode (1) … First Season – True or False-Face I loved this corny scene of which Batman told Blaze it's a sound body and mind to be a crime-fighter - something like that and that's the beauty of the show success back then and it's still true today. Adam West did a good job of keeping it campy, fun, and it's appeals to both kids and adults back then and still true today. I agree completely! The wholesome campiness of the show is one of my favorite things. I also like when Robin has some kind of normal reaction to something, like anger for instance, and Batman chides him, basically exhorting him to becoming a better and purer person. For instance, Robin may want to really punish some supervillain, and Batman will remind him that anyone is capable of rehabilitation, then Robin will smack his fists together and say "gosh Batman, you're right!" I love it, and I love Burt Ward's enthusiasm. And I also agree that False Face's mask was ugly. I thought the show was pretty good overall, but didn't much care for the mask. Maybe that was intentional? |
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Post by dbutler69 on Jan 11, 2021 8:40:09 GMT -5
Batman Episode (1) … First Season – Holy Rat Race Original Air Date - March 10, 1966 Major Villain - Malachi Throne as False Face Important Guest StarsSee Previous Post for more information My Thoughts about the ShowIn the opening sequence, both Batman and Robin were trapped by False Face and somehow a vital clue left by Blaze. “To the friends of Batman – Many are called but two are chosen. Be receptive.”; was critical and yet proved disaster for False Face so that he had to face the Dynamic Duo again.  After a brief trip to the Batcave for some pressing repairs and after that was done the Dynamic Duo raced to the source of that Clue to a Radio Station of someone passed a phony check and Batman deduces that it was Blaze all long and that's was critical visit and Batman advises the Manager to send that check in care of Commissioner Gordon to see that he will be reimburse properly. Then, later on False Face and his men are planning on robbing Gotham National Bank and with the new clues that they had - they came fully prepared to meet them and an astonished False Face couldn't believe what is happening here.  Loved his expression here. After that crazy mishaps of comedic proportions of people running around in the bank and all that and that's got to be the one of dumbest thing that the Producers ever done to fill up time on the show. Then, later on at old movie studio the Caped Crusaders are in a final showdown with False Face and it has the coolest photography of Batman and Robin driving the Batmobile from the reverse angle and that's was the cream of the top and Batman one by one captured all the remaining henchmen from False Face.  Batman as always pays great attention to his surroundings and finally figure out a way to trap False Face by using a False Batmobile that False Face thought he destroyed the Dynamic Duo. Batman finally captured False Face be he noticed that the False Commissioner is holding a handkerchief in his left hand not his right and finally subdued him. It's always the small details that fails me and my nemesis - the Caped Crusader and that's the 2nd or 3rd time that he said that and that's spells disaster for him.  So, after Blaze been released and served her role as Blaze in assisting False Face, and her beliefs has changed by her unknown savior - Batman she was fully reformed and wanting to thank Mr. Wayne for changing her and also to the scourge of crime - Batman of she in many occasions in the show assisted Batman in capturing her ex-boss False Face. She wanted to leave Gotham City and go to New Zealand to help her poor brother and get a whole new lease in life. Bats Despite that idiotic scene in the bank, the Producers of the show gets a high mark of photography of showing the backside of the Batmobile and the clever use of the False Batmobile in the due process. I wished I would know how Batman managed to do that? ... Worthy of 5 Bats here. Yes, that camera mounted on the back of the Batmobile was cool. The fight at the end stunk, was practically nonexistent, but we got something different instead, as False Face kept both us and Batman guessing, so that made up for the lack of a fight, though of course I wouldn't want that every week. |
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Post by dbutler69 on Jan 11, 2021 8:44:08 GMT -5
Batman Episode (1) … First Season – He Meets His Match, The Grisly Ghoul Original Air Date - March 3, 1966 Major Villain - Cesar Romero as the Joker Important Guest StarsDonna Loren as Susie I just loved this cute little number on her in this show. Window Cameos - None My Thoughts about the ShowAfter the two cops saved the Dynamic Duo from the 3rd Lemon in just in time; the Dynamic Duo raced to the office of the Commissioner to discuss what next and that's the recordings of the Joker and the Bad Pennies in disguise and they have it on tape. They took the recordings to the Batcave and able to find out who was behind this nefarious scheme.  After running the tapes and making sure that they heard it right and Robin instantly recognize Susie's Voice and couldn't believe that it was her in the first place and he said ... "Holy Benedict Arnold" and it's couldn't be!
Batman quietly told Robin ... it's just as hold as Adam and the Apple of people turning astray over some wicked favors and all that. Robin understood and understand why! ... That Holy Word in the 16th Show in the 1st Season was the most significant one there and I just wanted to emphasize that. So, they figure out the next plan of attack by getting some inside scoop over the Joker's plan and the tip was a bar being (At 3pm) robbed by robotic force and that was deduced by Dick Grayson - as Undercover Agent.  Batman was watching the whole thing in the comfort of the Batmobile and he was pleased by Dick's performance and he came back to the Batcave at twenty to 3 and raced to the Bar being robbed and averted disaster by saving the patrons in the bar at precisely at 3pm.  Put your hands up Robin!  After that being done ... the next destination is the School and the Dynamic Duo saved Susie by giving her the Universal Bat Antidote and she reveals the criminal plans in return favor to the Dynamic Duo by revealing that she placed the Examination Papers for the College Pre Application Screening (I think it was) and the Dynamic Duo switched the Papers and told the Ballplayers that those Answers are false and it was planted by the Clown Prince of Crime and a brief Bat-Fight and the Joker and the Bad Pennies are off to Jail.  False Examination Papers! Then, at the end Susie at Wayne Manor, said goodbye to Dick after Bruce arranged her to a facility of delinquent girls that being sponsored by the Wayne Foundation that she must serve her time for her bad deeds that was planned by the Joker. BatsIt was a good pace show and it's was the first appearance of the Bat Shield and it was noted that Joker's greed was at it's highest when he discovered that he can place $50,000 on Disco Tech so that the payoff will be at $1 Million after Disco Tech defeats Woodrow Roosevelt High. Batman and Robin were saved by a timely blackout. I really didn't like that at all. They were saved through dumb luck. Neither they nor anybody else did anything to effect their escape. And what are the odds that there'd be a blackout at just that moment? Aside from that, it was a good episode. |
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Post by dbutler69 on Jan 22, 2021 8:38:01 GMT -5
Batman Episode (1) … First Season – The Purr-fect Crime Original Air Date - March 16, 1966 Major Villainess - Julie Newmar as Catwoman Important Guest StarsIn a Cameo Role - Harry Holcombe as Mark Andrews, the Multi-Millionaire  Pictured here with Gordon, O'Hara, and the Dynamic Duo. My Thoughts about the ShowIt's all started when Commissioner Gordon got a small box from his Secretary Bonnie and it was jumpy and out of curiosity that inside the box was a cute kitten and they both agree it was the opening bandit for Catwoman who out there committing crimes.  After a brief consultation from Mark Andrews (see above) that Catwoman is on some nefarious plans involving the cats that Mark Andrews has and the Dynamic Duo needs to find out by going by going to the Gotham City Exposition, and since Catwoman was kind enough to send a newspaper clipping along with her adorable calling card, it stands to reason that it’s going to be her next target. So, before doing that, the Dynamic Duo raced to the Batcave to make a radioactive spray on of the cats that own by Mr. Andrews so that they can trace it within 50 miles from it.  Here's Alfred assisting Batman in making the radioactive spray. After a brief bat-fight at the Exposition, and Robin finally revived they raced to a warehouse bearing the names of Gato and Katz; Gato is Cat in Spanish and Katz is Cat in German. They used the Bat-Beam on the door of the warehouse and their hunch was correct - the door was booby-trapped and managed to enter the warehouse and was immediately greeted by Catwoman via P.A. System. First they were placed in a perilous position being surrounded by pointed daggers!  After this narrowing clip and it was very suspenseful moments and a fake bomb was activated twice and the final time had a small white flag saying "Meow"! ... Then, Robin vanished from Batman by a mean of tube that vacuumed the Boy Wonder and Batman was all alone in the crutches of the feline predator - Catwoman! Catwoman gave two choices - one life and one death and Batman chooses Death! on a gamble from Catwoman! Death was in the form of a tiger that ready to pounce Batman and that spells disaster for the Caped Crusader.  BatsJulie was excellent in her first outing as Catwoman and this shows made a great build-up to the end and it was done in excellent fashion. I really enjoyed this show immensely. Good show, but one thing that surprised me was the scene where Batman told Robin that he'd soon be old enough to drive. What? Is he suppose to be 15 years old here? Burt Ward must have been 21 at the time. 17 I could buy, but 15 is a stretch for me. And Julie Newmar as Catwoman - WOW! ♥ |
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