Batman 89 will go down as the bigger classic than TDK

[The Order 1886]

what are you talking about?

almost every self professed comic book geek who primarily grew up in the 80's will tell you that the shyt wasn't the cool thing to do. that it was a subculture.

in 1986 you could not be a grown ass kid in high school and rock a batman shirt if you expected to get laid.

Comic Books are a form of media (mass media), Batman being the face of that platform and the most popular would indeed classify that comic as "mainstream media". Your generalizations of how all/majority of youths behaved in the 80s is laughable considering that TDKR was significantly popular.

 

[Poetical Poltergeist]

No one remembers that shytty ass movie.

Only thing memorable about 89 Batman was the Joker...

Spoiler

Until The Dark Knight came out.

U must be trolling. Batman Returns even under performed didn't even make close to what 89 did. Do your homework son, 89 was a movement.

 

[Mortal1]

Yeah I'm pretty sure Tim Burton showed The Dark Knight Returns GN to get the execs to make the movie in the first place like others have said they were afraid to make the movie due to the campy Adam West show.

 

[DosCadenaz]

Facts

 

[Alexander The Great]

Jack's quotables > Ledgers

 

[TheGodling]

If you made me choose between the two, I'd pick '89 Batman any day of the week.

 

[inthebushes]

Too many people have a hardon for ledger to admit it.

 

[Drew Wonder]

well you either view a movie as art, as entertainment, or as both.

perhaps dark knight truimphs over batman 89 as art. it has more depth. it has more layers. it is more ambitious.

but as entertainment, i give the edge to the burton movies.

eh, even from an entertainment aspect I don't agree. TDK was one of the most enjoyable theater experiences I've ever had. I just remember being on the edge of my seat anticipating all the Joker fukkery. Batman '89, maybe you can argue was more entertaining but hell no to Batman Returns. That movie was the result of the studio giving Burton too much freedom and him letting his weirdo, depressed, emo instincts take over. I actually like Batman Returns and it had a lot of interesting ideas, but its too weird, depressing and fukked up for me to consider it entertaining

 

[StraxStrax]

Batman 89 is a straight up bad movie that was impressive at first because people didn't really know how good superhero movies could become. Also it's not a Batman movie, it's Tim Burton movie that has Batman in it, there is a difference.

 

[Big Woadie]

DAPPED THE fukk OUT


As much as I despise lukewarm mindnumbing "entertainment" from Hollywood...I respect Batman 89.

That fukkin movie looked like a live comic book, surreal. The logo, yeah, glad I'm not the only one with that opinion, logo was iconic, gadgets, Bruce Wayne the trillionaire saint (douchey but whatever) portrayed beautifully by Keaton, prime Kim B oh shyt, Jack Nicholson cmon doggie.


These millenial emo fakkits think Nolan Batman movies are the shyt because Batman got emotional (it figures, millenials are the epitome of bytchmade soft ass emo generation), they say shyt like "the movie is better because it's more realistic, Batman gets hurt" LMFAO as if I'm supposed to watch a fukking BBC documentary on a latex-wearing billionaire cop contractor, what the fukk?

Nolan movies are all pathetic, the last one with Bane, I mean...that was just...


Batman 1989 and I would also add 1992 with DeVito were entertainment. These new Batmans were realistic fakkitry reality fiction for homoerotic basement dwelling trolls who spend their entire days studying gotham world and shyt like that. Just plain embarrassing.

 

[KravenMorehead™]

Batman '89 Served as the template for Batman: TAS

Nolanverse bats was a dope fukkin series but I wished it had a little more of the fantastical comic elements

 

[MartyMcFly]

Batman '89 Served as the template for Batman: TAS

Nolanverse bats was a dope fukkin series but I wished it had a little more of the fantastical comic elements

Just the music served as a template. The cartoon is more inspired by old superman cartoons than anything else

And I've heard Paul Dini say that the music was added last minute. They had another song crafted for it, but the execs wanted them to use Elfman's score and initially he was against it until the royalty checks came in then he was all good

 

[KravenMorehead™]

Just the music served as a template. The cartoon is more inspired by old superman cartoons than anything else

And I've heard Paul Dini say that the music was added last minute. They had another song crafted for it, but the execs wanted them to use Elfman's score and initially he was against it until the royalty checks came in then he was all good

the up in the sky it's a bird it's a plane joints? true

I was moreso talking gotham city's overall aesthetic, as opposed to storytelling cues but yeah. I had no idea about the music tho.

 

[Uncle_Ruckus]

U must be trolling. Batman Returns even under performed didn't even make close to what 89 did. Do your homework son, 89 was a movement.

Doesn't change the fact that Batman 89 was a shytty movie. Batman Returns is a certified classic.

 

[Poetical Poltergeist]

Doesn't change the fact that Batman 89 was a shytty movie. Batman Returns is a certified classic.

U an idiot breh.