tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375691158383831389.post4785707787597374322..comments2024-03-27T20:33:33.445-07:00Comments on Shmegalamonga: Superhero Flicks, Part 2: BatmanDiacanuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10546351653341768549noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375691158383831389.post-18172232257148448432011-11-25T11:00:58.583-08:002011-11-25T11:00:58.583-08:00Maybe a double-'v' would've done it?
...Maybe a double-'v' would've done it?<br /><br />Anyway, don't be all down on the black licorice! Chaw up a mouthful of that and you can pretend you're an internally ruptured Luxan!<br /><br />(ahh, some nurd-cred redeemed . . . ;})Hyla Tracy IIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04316185162682308156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375691158383831389.post-18481285685102520922011-11-25T10:58:14.368-08:002011-11-25T10:58:14.368-08:00Philip-
Sorry for leaving you out, but you said i...Philip-<br /><br />Sorry for leaving you out, but you said it all in regards to the Nolans.<br />Nothing I can add there.<br />Believe me, I tried.Diacanuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10546351653341768549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375691158383831389.post-43510546782454835302011-11-25T10:56:47.889-08:002011-11-25T10:56:47.889-08:00Nah, I gotcha.
Run into that problem myself, I th...Nah, I gotcha.<br /><br />Run into that problem myself, I think "improv-ing", with the dash does the trick.<br /><br />Anyhoo...I'm hammering out the next entry right now.<br /><br />Sheesh...after Bats and Supes, it's a lot of black licorice in the bag.Diacanuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10546351653341768549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375691158383831389.post-67245715433908364662011-11-25T10:53:30.414-08:002011-11-25T10:53:30.414-08:00That's supposed to be 'improv-ing' as ...That's supposed to be 'improv-ing' as in improvisation. Looks like improving, as in to improve.<br /><br />Dunno if there was a better way to put that. Probably.Hyla Tracy IIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04316185162682308156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375691158383831389.post-28493673489936273192011-11-25T10:51:39.933-08:002011-11-25T10:51:39.933-08:00Well, can you blame the guy who played the sidekic...Well, can you blame the guy who played the sidekick in pantyhose for wanting to spice his side of the story up a bit? Make himself look all studly awesome?<br /><br />But, it WAS the '60's.<br /><br />I still snicker now and then over West's recollection of the time he and Frank Gorshin got invited to a Hollywood orgy, didn't know what to do with the situation, then ran around this swanky room full of bombed, naked starlets and producers improving Batman -vs- the Riddler for shits and giggles. Magical.Hyla Tracy IIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04316185162682308156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375691158383831389.post-60216698754253558042011-11-25T10:44:41.013-08:002011-11-25T10:44:41.013-08:00The Ward one was full on triple-X porno.
But, Wes...The Ward one was full on triple-X porno.<br /><br />But, West said it "was full of enough baloney to open a delicatessen".<br /><br />And this is a guy who admitted to some wild stuff.<br /><br />So, I dunno....Diacanuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10546351653341768549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375691158383831389.post-16679662611944259652011-11-25T10:40:08.571-08:002011-11-25T10:40:08.571-08:00I read the Adam West bio once, back in the day--it...I read the Adam West bio once, back in the day--it was either you or Spencer that lent it to me, I think--but never got hold of the Burt Ward one.<br /><br />Surely there was within no ribald recollections of seedy sinister smut?Hyla Tracy IIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04316185162682308156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375691158383831389.post-86015489647560753532011-11-25T10:14:35.012-08:002011-11-25T10:14:35.012-08:00Yes, yes, I've read the West and Ward biograph...Yes, yes, I've read the West and Ward biographies myself.<br /><br />I toyed with weaving that stuff into the review...but that's better left to comments. ;)Diacanuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10546351653341768549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375691158383831389.post-28941984633895676302011-11-24T10:07:19.332-08:002011-11-24T10:07:19.332-08:00Now, to poop on them memories. Y'know, I look ...Now, to poop on them memories. Y'know, I look at that pic of Adam West and Burt Ward in costume, looking down upon the streets of Gotham . . . And all their expressions say to me is:<br /><br />AW Bats: "Mm. You see all them bitches, Robin?"<br /><br />BW Robin: "Yeah. Yeah. We gonna fuck all them bitches."<br /><br />AW Bats: "Yes, Chum. Yes . . . we are . . ."<br /><br />(fun fact--the word verification code for this comment? NAPIER! Like the guy who played Alfred on the Adam West Batman! . . . And I think they used it for Joker's real name too . . .)Hyla Tracy IIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04316185162682308156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375691158383831389.post-79054296707319808272011-11-24T10:05:04.290-08:002011-11-24T10:05:04.290-08:00Thank you, D, ever so, for kicking off the Bats po...Thank you, D, ever so, for kicking off the Bats post with . . . ze Adam West.<br /><br />I grew up watching Batman reruns, and to me, as a squirt, THIS WAS Batman. Okay, this and the Superfriends version. Set my whole perception of the character. The camp flew right over my head, hell I was 4. I loved it.<br /><br />Ah, memories . . .Hyla Tracy IIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04316185162682308156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375691158383831389.post-39829551618700788842011-11-24T00:20:45.189-08:002011-11-24T00:20:45.189-08:00Out of all the superheroes, Batman is the one I th...Out of all the superheroes, Batman is the one I think is my favourite.<br /><br />The Dark Knight - not the protector they wanted, the protector they needed.<br /><br />I think Burton's first film was his best, I think Keaton caught Bruce Wayne well and Nicholson was a brilliant joker - but then it got a bit out of hand after that Schumaker needs his trousers setting on fire - fucking nipples on the Batsuit and to do that to George Clooney, for feck's sake!<br /><br />Then Nolan came along.<br /><br />He finally fucking nailed it.<br /><br />Bale - now here is where I give major credit to his acting skills - a man decides to shove on a load of body armour, dressed as a bat and proceeds to go beat the shit out of people. You can do this in comics. You can draw him doing all kinds of shit, he's in a comic, you can do that.<br /><br />Nipples or nothing, you have a guy on film dressed that way and you have to accept that he can do that. Bale is the man who carried that off. <br /><br />Batman Begins was a brilliant film - the only nipples seen were attached to Katie Holmes - the film was epic. Set Batman back on the tracks, someone the audience could cope with.<br /><br />Then came The Dark Knight.<br /><br />Now THAT was Batman. That is the ugly world of Gotham. The Joker. Two Face. Nolan didn't only nail this, he fucking nailed it.<br /><br />The ending alone with Gordon saying the immortal lines - I cannot say enough about how good it was. How refreshing it was. <br /><br />I'm with you all the way - Dark Knight Rises = PLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAASSSSSSSSSSSSSEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEENNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWWWWWWW!Philiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12240443331565724533noreply@blogger.com