Batman 89 will go down as the bigger classic than TDK

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I'm old enough to remember my movie experience watching Batman '89 as a seven year old and the impact the movie made on viewers during the movie, after and it's social impact. I still have some of the Topps trading cards they had for Batman '89. It's still a iconic movie and the soundtrack still goes.

However, TDK did it better as the characters enhanced who they played . Felt a little like the opposite with Batman '89 . Egos were more into play in that movie. If Ledger didn't die so soon, there wouldn't be an argument on which was the better film .
 

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Katy Perry and obama was more popular than the dark knight? Yaw nikkas was listening to Really? :comeon: Yaw nikkas aas listening to katy perry. It was the second highest grossing movie of all time. :camby:Like wtf are yaw nikkas talking about. This shyt ain't flop. Everybody saw that shyt and you got clowned if you didn't.
nikka, the summer of 2008 is the summer of Barack Hussein Obama. He was campaigning to be the first black president of the usa, it's something that transcends world history. It 100% overshadowed the Dark Knight. Now if you wanna say Katy Perry was less ubiquitous than TDK, go 'head, but I remember her ho ass bein everywhere slightly more than TDK. Couldn't get away from her shyt, and I can't stand her music.

But in the summer of 89, nothing overshadowed B89.
the fact you act like being a writer is such a super natural feat leads me to believe you are even a bigger moron than I thought

also I do hate anything, I merely pointed out glaring errors that exists, hatred is irrational, and everything I said was true
:mjlol: nikka, bein a writer ain't no thang, but you gotta get paid for writing to call yourself a writer. You called yourself one, but no1 here believes you. U lyin.
 

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I could say the same thing about the dark knight. Batman was a joke prior, now he's probably the most popular super hero around.
Heath L brought a psychotic element to the Joker that not even the comics painted. He was so into the role he off'd himself. C'mon. Up till that point the Joker was too gimmick-y. HL made it so you actually bought into the FEAR of the Joker.

TDK is revered in terms of quality by the general concessions, that goes way beyond the movie just being popular because Batman 89 is not revered in terms in quality like TDK is

Ehhh,You're drinking drano

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the dark knight aint a masterpiece or a classic...it dont have a great hero vs villian story...it dont have the best action...it dont have the best performances...it cant be included with great movies of other genres(horror..action..drama..mystery..etc.) and saying the dark knight is the greatest comic book movie of all time aint really saying much...
 
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Heath Ledger was a better Joker.

Keaton was a better Bruce.

I like the way Batman the character was being portrayed more in the Tim Burton films. It resonated more with me when I read Batman comic books growing up.

I disagree

Jack played the joker, he looked like the joker, he did everything the joker does in the source material all the way down to hand buzzer
nikka, the summer of 2008 is the summer of Barack Hussein Obama. He was campaigning to be the first black president of the usa, it's something that transcends world history. It 100% overshadowed the Dark Knight. Now if you wanna say Katy Perry was less ubiquitous than TDK, go 'head, but I remember her ho ass bein everywhere slightly more than TDK. Couldn't get away from her shyt, and I can't stand her music.

But in the summer of 89, nothing overshadowed B89.
:mjlol: nikka, bein a writer ain't no thang, but you gotta get paid for writing to call yourself a writer. You called yourself one, but no1 here believes you. U lyin.

How do you know I'm not paid? You don't even know who I am, I already posted a screenshot of one of my production accounts to shut up another of you bum haters

also you don't have to be paid to a writer, plenty of authors haven't made anything from their books yet, and plenty screenwriters have optioned scripts that haven't been sold yet

however, a writer should know the difference between what a plot is and what a story is

the fact you can even google this to get the answer is even more disturbing

nobody believes me, but everything I say is factual, what is too believe

you just pitiful hater, every time I see you its because you are hating
 

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these are opinions, not facts.

we are not here to argue the technical achievements. it doesn't matter which movie we believe is better.

and even though what i'm about to say is partially subjective, the score from dark knight is nowhere near as memorable as the score from batman 89. i really don't know a single person that would associate batman with the hanz zimmer theme. the elfman theme AND the theme from the adam west show both devour it.
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What will make '89 be more memorable is because it came out when the genre was non existent. The Dark Knight came out the same damn year as Iron Man, which is the standard most fans use when the genre is brought up.

The Dark Knight is a better constructed film, with story and character-driven emotion that the genre hadn't seen since the first Superman. Batman '89 was the spectacle of spectacles when it came out, and the over-the-top nature of it was perfection for it's time.

Batman was the great burger joint when there wasn't any around. The Dark Knight is a great burger joint among other great burger joints.
 

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What will make '89 be more memorable is because it came out when the genre was non existent. The Dark Knight came out the same damn year as Iron Man, which is the standard most fans use when the genre is brought up.

The Dark Knight is a better constructed film, with story and character-driven emotion that the genre hadn't seen since the first Superman. Batman '89 was the spectacle of spectacles when it came out, and the over-the-top nature of it was perfection for it's time.

Batman was the great burger joint when there wasn't any around. The Dark Knight is a great burger joint among other great burger joints.

This is 100% accurate. 100%.
 
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I'm old enough to remember my movie experience watching Batman '89 as a seven year old and the impact the movie made on viewers during the movie, after and it's social impact. I still have some of the Topps trading cards they had for Batman '89. It's still a iconic movie and the soundtrack still goes.

However, TDK did it better as the characters enhanced who they played . Felt a little like the opposite with Batman '89 . Egos were more into play in that movie. If Ledger didn't die so soon, there wouldn't be an argument on which was the better film .

there shouldn't be an argument now. dark knight is easily the better film. batman 89 is a fukkin simple ass popcorn movie. and not even one of extremely high quality i might add.

but it was first.

and it LOOKED great.

and it FELT great.

and the SCORE was great.

and KEATON was great.

and JACK was great.

and the BARMOBILE was great.

and the BATWING was great.


and it was FUN.
 

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Naw, that's true though

Before Batman 89, when people thought batman they thought the Adam West Batman


after Joel Schumacher ruined those incarnation of films.
batman 89, was sucked into the same its phoney now place by default/collateral damage.
yet, that is how powerful Adam west's phoney incarnation. worked to destroy any idea of batman being a completely blind faith consumer interest product.
that globally that phoney mantra will always have precedent.
as, wb always destroys consumer trust in batman as a commodity.
so, there is no way to realistically place the older batman over the newer one.
as, the stigma of mismanagement to batman 89 in the later sequels damages that era of batman beyond repair.
to the point, it exists somewhere in damn why is the fugees, second album being spun type deal or why are we watching speed with Keanu reeves.
only issue is that batman is going to be damaged beyond repair, with the direction.
they have chosen for the dk look style batman franchise moving forward with Ben Affleck as batman.
as batman is once again being reverted into Adam west phoney territory with Affleck cast as batman.
so, in a while after this superman/batman sequel and jla.
this dk franchise will be tainted beyond repair just like the burton 89 era batman.
that it will be someone just like you.
in the near future asking for the cred for the dk series to be restored just like batman 89.
welcome to spreadsheet marketing and the damage it causes.
Where if it continues,...
That brand will low quality itself into a non-rejuvenating commodity who can never generate a profit again.
with batman, the dark knight comic book rejuvenated batman.
Decades after the Adam west show killed batman as a commodity completely dead.
batman and comic books in general have no talent pool of writers on the horizon.
who have the background and imagination to pull a frank miller.
As he is a one of a kind writer.
Like tarantino to film and dialogue.
so, batman being rejuvenated as a commodity will be a dead issue and wb will pay for damaging batman consistently.
Also, superman will be damaged beyond repair to future gens from the affleck casting in jla as well.
as collateral damage and dc will be back to where they were before the dark knight, anyway.
as, there are no cannon stories of batman or superman to rejuvenate dc as a commodity after this Ben Affleck batman.
what is going to happen to dc as a fan believable and trusted consumer commodity is what happened to video games if there was no NES.
DC, is pretty much what Sega is after buying a Sega master system.
the company you know will not be making fan trusted gaming consoles in the future.
dc in the film making arena is Sega making consoles.
You are just sitting around waiting till the inevitable unavoidable end.


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if Ben Affleck ruined one, frank miller rejuvenated comic book character in daredevil.
why would anyone hire him to work on another frank miller rejuvenated comic book character commodity/product.
I think these companies only reference their spreadsheets when they want to authenicate their bullshyt.


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