Batman 89 will go down as the bigger classic than TDK

[StraxStrax]

U comparing cars to batman. U obviously just came out your mommas puss to not remember the hype around batman. I had older siblings and cousins all hyped for the flick. We all went to see it. It was a dark movie for its time, even dumb ass uncle ruckus thought it was rated R. U don't know what u r talking about bro.

At least read the posts before posting breh. Dudes are here talking about toys and happy meals and crap like that like Batman is the only movie ever to do that.

 

[Uncle_Ruckus]

Batman Begins > Batman 89

Just saying.

 

[Whitty Hutton]

I can't sanction some of this bafoonery such as being displayed by @Uncle_Ruckus
If you want to say TDK is better than Batman 89, cool I can fully respect that. But anybody saying 89 was wack and isn't one of the GOAT superhero flicks will get the permanent for movie discussions

 

[StraxStrax]

Also changed the way movies were marketed breh. It practically introduced the modern campaign to how movies are done now, minus the internet of course. It made that bat symbol extremely popular to the point where cats were getting their barbers to cut it in their heads.

I'm not saying it wasn't big, I'm just saying TDK was bigger and you can debate which movie is better and all that but you gotta be on dust thinking Batman 89 was in any way bigger then The Dark Knight in terms of audience love, hype, marketing, awards, box office and such.

 

[Poetical Poltergeist]

At least read the posts before posting breh. Dudes are here talking about toys and happy meals and crap like that like Batman is the only movie ever to do that.

I remember in 89 I believe their fast food deal was with Taco Bell. I don't recall them selling happy meal type shyt..I got the cup tho! Your post basically stated batman was the cars of its era. But no it wasnt.

 

[AllHolosEve]

Like I always say this goes by area & the people... Growin up nobody I knew gave a fukk about a Batman comic besides the true fans but everybody went to see the movie so fukk a comic bein "inspiration" for the movie... This the same argument as Im supposed to like some dude that "inspired" my favorite rapper.... Surprise, I dont really give a fukk, I like what I like... We was there for the movie & none of us read comics...

& no I didnt read all the pages... I like the movies... barely read his comics... dont care what book "inspired" the movie... like most...

 

[StraxStrax]

I remember in 89 I believe their fast food deal was with Taco Bell. I don't recall them selling happy meal type shyt..I got the cup tho! Your post basically stated batman was the cars of its era. But no it wasnt.

 

[Uncle_Ruckus]

I can't sanction some of this bafoonery such as being displayed by @Uncle_Ruckus
If you want to say TDK is better than Batman 89, cool I can fully respect that. But anybody saying 89 was wack and isn't one of the GOAT superhero flicks will get the permanent for movie discussions

Breh, I didn't grow up on Batman 89 like most of you in this thread. The first Batman movie I ever saw was Batman Returns. And I loved it. Still do to this day. I saw Batman 89 years later, so the impact on me wasn't that great. I can agree that it was a landmark film when it dropped, because everyone seems to have seen it and is stanning for it. I didn't like it though. Like dikk Tracy, I thought that Tim Burton made Gotham too animated and wacky. Jokers goons were too silly for me and the movie isn't that memorable. That's just me though. Like I said before, maybe if I saw it in 89 when I was 5 I would have liked it more because there was nothing else to compare it to. But Batman Returns to me is the better movie. Batman Begins is probably my all time favourite Batman film. The fact that they killed the animated wacky looking Gotham and turned it into a more realistic world like any other city made me enjoy it a lot more.

 

[AllHolosEve]

Breh, I didn't grow up on Batman 89 like most of you in this thread. The first Batman movie I ever saw was Batman Returns. And I loved it. Still do to this day. I saw Batman 89 years later, so the impact on me wasn't that great. I can agree that it was a landmark film when it dropped, because everyone seems to have seen it and is stanning for it. I didn't like it though. Like dikk Tracy, I thought that Tim Burton made Gotham too animated and wacky. Jokers goons were too silly for me and the movie isn't that memorable. That's just me though. Like I said before, maybe if I saw it in 89 when I was 5 I would have liked it more because there was nothing else to compare it to. But Batman Returns to me is the better movie. Batman Begins is probably my all time favourite Batman film. The fact that they killed the animated wacky looking Gotham and turned it into a more realistic world like any other city made me enjoy it a lot more.

I can understand this line of thought... I was it in theater & Im a Joker stan so Im biased but Batman Returns was probably a more balanced movie lookin back... Its probably nostalgia out here... Thats why I try to avoid comparin the Joker portrayals cause him & his goons were nothing alike... TDK my favorite cause I prefer psycho Joker... But Id take 89 & BR over the rest of the trilogy, Ras & Bane got played, Scarecrow was wack & the whole plot of DKR was stupid.... I cant stand Penguin aside from him in BR but I liked him in that movie.....

Why you had to bring up dikk Tracy breh??? I was stannin The Blank til the end...

 

[Whitty Hutton]

Breh, I didn't grow up on Batman 89 like most of you in this thread. The first Batman movie I ever saw was Batman Returns. And I loved it. Still do to this day. I saw Batman 89 years later, so the impact on me wasn't that great. I can agree that it was a landmark film when it dropped, because everyone seems to have seen it and is stanning for it. I didn't like it though. Like dikk Tracy, I thought that Tim Burton made Gotham too animated and wacky. Jokers goons were too silly for me and the movie isn't that memorable. That's just me though. Like I said before, maybe if I saw it in 89 when I was 5 I would have liked it more because there was nothing else to compare it to. But Batman Returns to me is the better movie. Batman Begins is probably my all time favourite Batman film. The fact that they killed the animated wacky looking Gotham and turned it into a more realistic world like any other city made me enjoy it a lot more.

But Gotham is not like any other city. The creepiness and degenerate society of it makes it the worst/weirdest city to be in. It has ancient architecture style buildings. Batman 89 and Returns Gotham looks like it's comic book counterpart, and the Nolan Gotham looks like....Chicago. Unless you saw the Batmobile driving through you wouldn't know if you were in Gotham or Metropolis

 

[Rapmastermind]

You say that but Batman 89 didn't even do half the business that The Dark Knight did and if we adjust for ticket price inflation it's still 300 millz behind TDK. Also the claim it was the first good Superhero movie is bullshyt, the first Superman reviewed well and made more money then Batman 89 worldwide. The only thing Batman 89 can take credit for is introducing the mainstream to a Batman that's not campy, and that's big but its not bigger then a billion dollar award winning movie with an Oscar winning performance from an actor that was laughed at for trying to fill Jack shoes. People were like "so this gay cowboy is gonna be The Joker "

This false. BATMAN 89 was the TOP GROSSING FILM of 1989. IT BROKE THE BOX OFFICE OPENING WEEKEND RECORD. ADJUSTED for inflation it's right on "The Dark Knights" ass:

1 The Dark Knight WB $616,432,900 $533,345,358 7/18/08
2 Batman WB $522,523,300 $251,188,924 6/23/89

That's only a different of about 95 million in ticket sales. The Dark Knight did more raw dollars is cause Tickets are WAY MORE now then in 1989. Batman 89 filled put just as many Butts in the seats. To me this is Proof that Batman 89 actually had MORE Impact as it came out 20 years eariler and the Comic Book Genre was damn near dead at the time. After Jack, Nobody touched the Joker on screen for 20 years. Heath been dead for 8 years and they already Hired a New Joker. Case Closed.

Also you are wrong about another point, you said "It was only a Batman summer if you were a kid" Wrong. Batman in 89 created the Pop Culture Term "BAT-MANIA". It was HUGE EVERYWHERE. I'm seriously going to start to question people's age cause some of you clearly weren't old enough to understand "Batman 89's" impact. Or you are old enough and are doing anything and everything to pump up "The Dark Knight" as if "Batman 89" didn't knock down the buildings.

 

[Uncle_Ruckus]

But Gotham is not like any other city. The creepiness and degenerate society of it makes it the worst/weirdest city to be in. Batman 89 and Returns Gotham looks like it's comic book counterpart, and the Nolan Gotham looks like....Chicago.

I wasn't that bothered by Gotham as most people. BTW I think the new Gotham show is the best portrayal of Gotham so far. But, I personally grew up on the old Batman tv show like most kids and ran around the house everyday with my cape pretending to be Batman and Robin with my brother. Batman to me was more than a comic book hero, he was life. So to see a movie bring Batman into a more realistic world was perfect for me. Call me a softy, but I think showing a crime fighter in a normal world is amazing. Taking the fantasy element out of Gotham brought Batman back to life for me after Batman Forever and Batman And Robin ruined whatever world Tim Burton created. The new Batman trilogy is something you can watch and enjoy on many levels (action film, heist film, crime drama, etc) because it's about more than just Batman. It touches on currect issues in today's world. Spiderman was probably the first to take the fantasy element out and and put the hero into a more realistic world. Another of my favourite super hero movies. To me, the more realistic the world the better the super hero story imo.

Why you had to bring up dikk Tracy breh??? I was stannin The Blank til the end...

I love dikk Tracy breh, but Tim Burton's Gotham just seemed too wacky and silly to tell the story of The Dark Knight.

 

[StraxStrax]

This false. BATMAN 89 was the TOP GROSSING FILM of 1989. IT BROKE THE BOX OFFICE OPENING WEEKEND RECORD. ADJUSTED for inflation it's right on "The Dark Knights" ass:

1 The Dark Knight WB $616,432,900 $533,345,358 7/18/08
2 Batman WB $522,523,300 $251,188,924 6/23/89

That's only a different of about 95 million in ticket sales. The Dark Knight did more raw dollars is cause Tickets are WAY MORE now then in 1989. Batman 89 filled put just as many Butts in the seats. To me this is Proof that Batman 89 actually had MORE Impact as it came out 20 years eariler and the Comic Book Genre was damn near dead at the time. After Jack, Nobody touched the Joker on screen for 20 years. Heath been dead for 8 years and they already Hired a New Joker. Case Closed.

Also you are wrong about another point, you said "It was only a Batman summer if you were a kid" Wrong. Batman in 89 created the Pop Culture Term "BAT-MANIA". It was HUGE EVERYWHERE. I'm seriously going to start to question people's age cause some of you clearly weren't old enough to understand "Batman 89's" impact. Or you are old enough and are doing anything and everything to pump up "The Dark Knight" as if "Batman 89" didn't knock down the buildings.

:seanw:

I'm talking worldwide but nice try

:jamesbond:

 

[StraxStrax]

*waits for someone to post that worldwide gross doesn't count*

 

[ExodusNirvana]

If Heath Ledger did'nt die we would'nt even be having this convo