A more lively, crazier, light-hearted take on Batman who can do all sorts of fantasical things compared to other versions of Bats. Obviously they'd have to tone down the cheese factor, intrinsic lameness of certain characters, and keep it solo with no hero team-ups - that's my take on it. Just modernized. A more dignified, epic version of the Schumacher films taking inspiration from this show.
Basically, you are suggesting reviving the Adam West-era Batman; I don't see that as a viable idea for a feature film. Something along those lines might work well with a different hero such as Plastic Man or Booster Gold (in fact, I think that a The Blue and the Gold super-hero buddy movie featuring Blue Beetle and Booster would be a terrific idea).
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they would need to rework some of the costumes, like Plastic Man's. he looks plain creepy as-is.
shareBooster Gold and Blue Beetle are 2 of my favorite superheroes! I would love a movie with them!
shareI know someone already commented, but yeah, this has already been done, it was called the Adam West Batman (yes he's a real person, not just a Family Guy character) and it ruined the Batman character for decades, as well as casting a dark shadow on superheroes for a very long time.
Since you're describing less cheezy, less lame, and overall closer to the actual interpretation of the character, then what you are proposing would be very far from Brave and the Bold, and more along the lines of the comics, the original animated series, perhaps the Arkham Asylum/City games, or the Nolan Batman films. In all of these works, the character is represented as the hate-filled, revenge-driven crusader that he is; unlike this, Schumacher, and the Adam West show. Those are all inaccurate and poor representations of the character.
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As much as I adore this show, this only works as a cartoon these days. The general public, who once knew Batman only as a camp character, now knows him as dark and serious, and really wouldn't know what to do with this kind of take. This is best left to cartoons.
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it was called the Adam West Batman (yes he's a real person, not just a Family Guy character) and it ruined the Batman character for decades,
Oh, horse hockey! The Batman tv series was one of the highest rated shows of its era and it sold a ton of Batman merchandise, comics included. Batman continued to sell decent numbers, though Detective Comics had some shaky periods. This had nothing to do with the tv series affecting the stories, since the campier stories were confined to a very short period, while the tv show was on the air. What hurt Batman was a general decline in comic sales through the 70s, as part of the larger recession and the loss of newsstands in smaller outlets, like drug stores and grocery stores. Everyone was hurting then. Comic prices started skyrocketing, which cut into sales across the board, as kids had less spending money. Meanwhile, video games had come along, allowing kids to have their own adventures again and again (though with cruder graphics, at first). By the end of the 70s, the Direct Market Distribution system allowed the companies to better market to smaller audiences, which newsstands did not, and sales began to stabilize. However, during that period, Batman was still a hot property, as featured on The Adventures of Batman, The New Scooby Doo Movies, The Super Friends, and the New Adventures of Batman.
The idea that Frank Miller and Dark Knight saved the character from oblivion is total hogwash. The Steve Engelhart/Marsal Rogers run was spectacularly popular and formed the basis of the original script drafts of a live action movie, much of which was still present in the final Tim Burton release, some 10 years after development started. Denny O'Neil and Neal Adams had produced their best work in the early 70s, Brave and the Bold featured popular team ups and the fan favorite art of Jim Aparo; Don Newton was producing excellent work in Detective Comics, during their Dollar Comic run. This is all revisionist nonsense from people who didn't live through the world of comics before Wizard magazine came along.
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>>>and more along the lines of the comics, the original animated series,
The original 1960's animated series.
BATMAN FOREVER I would say was the closest equivalent to a live action interpretation that was similar to the show. BRAVE & THE BOLD and FOREVER had obvious campiness, but still did manage to mix in some darker/heavier material. FOREVER having the plot-threads concerning the Bruce's haunting memories resurfacing and trying to save Dick from the path of revenge, and BRAVE & THE BOLD doing it with episodes like CHILL OF THE NIGHT, KNIGHTS OF TOMORROW, etc. (Something that the Adam West Show never did, and something that BATMAN & ROBIN was maybe trying at points but failed to do) Plus despite silliness in his surroundings Batman himself was played straight in both of them. And personally, I like both the movie and the show
shareDude, two words: Edgar Wright. What he did in translating Scott Pilgrim from comic to silver screen, yet managing to make live action ring ridiculously true for such a simplistically drawn style was astounding and should be heralded as proof that if they get the right people in the visuals department, just about any comic can be translated to live action and still look right. It of course wouldn't have to be Edgar Wright, but as long as it was someone who understood what they were doing and knew how to translate the visuals from one media to another, it could work.
shareIsn't that essentially the Schumacher movies? Especially Batman and Robin. Loved them both because they were just plain to watch.
shareWhat about a serious version that serves as an introduction to test viability of bringing lesser known characters into the DCEU.
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