Burt Ward is a class act

I think no one has looked as good in Catwoman's tights as Julie Newmar.

The Batman comics of the 1960s were serious stories. The TV show dialed it way up to camp, but the movie dialed it way down to dark. I liked them both. The TV show was great fun (the villains could really ham it up), but the movie had to go the opposite if Batman was to be taken seriously.

I was a big fan of the TV show and a big fan of the movie. Mike Keaton was fantastic. But I'm not surprised that the cast of the tv show would be pissed. They weren't even mentioned in the film. And probably hated that a new franchise spun off their coattails. But remember the cast of the TV show was inspired not by the sixties batman but by the fifties version. The Dick Sprang era which was beautiful. And probably my favorite era ❤😂

My first favorite tv show in the 60's

Adam West was a fine actor and it's unfair he was typecast as Batman. He really could act his butt off when needed and ultimately, I think he got the short shrift in Hollywood.

Adam West could have played an older Batman in a film based on The Dark Knight Returns. Or Batman Beyond later on.

Some people are on Cloud 9 or in their own private Idaho. Some are on the Moon or Mars. Some are in deep space altogether. West was walking a tight rope of light to his own personal sanitorium . . The reactions of Caesar Romero, Burgess Meredith, Julie Newmar, Frank Gorshwin and Burt Ward are easy to understand. None of them were delusional. But West . . He really, actually thought he would be cast again as Batman?? He was crazier than the Joker.

There's a fan film of the Adam West Batman that's a parody of the Robert Pattinson movie-essentially West stood in for the Pattinson Batman. It was so well done I would pay good money to see a full-scale version of it in the theatre.

Cesar Romero felt like the movies should have been based on their TV series and not the comics

They should of had Adam cameo in the 89 film. At least he got a guest staring voice appearance on Batman The Animated Series as The Grey Ghost then just before he passed away did Batman again in the two 60s animated movies.

I'm only 40 and the 1968 Batman is by far my favorite. I love comedy and Adam West hosting MST3K's Turkey Day is one of my most cherished childhood memories. The 1992 Returns film I genuinely hate for being so pretentious and dark and film student and brooding Cure fan notebook doodle. It also begets the modern era of turgid, pretentious capeshit pretending its for adults. I miss when Batman had no illusions that it was ridiculous nonsense for children. Now Batman has to be R-rated so the manbabies watching it feel like its "mature."

This is like a 1990s rapper reacting to 2020s rappers 😂 just cinema instead

I thought Michael Keaton was an odd choice for batman (I guess everyone thought that) but he's grown on me and now he is my second favorite Batman next to Adam West

I watched the original when it first came out. I think of Adam West as the best Batman. The 2nd best is Michael Keaton. Adam West should have been in the movie. Sad that he wasn't.

With Keaton reprising his role in Flash, keep in mind he was casted to specifically play an older Batman. Batman in the Burton films would have been much younger. I don't doubt Adam West's ability to play a more serious Batman, and I do think it would have been nice to offer the older cast cameo roles, but ultimately, he was not a good fit age wise for the movie.

West was obviously exaggerating for comic effect, but he was probably a little hurt.

Another ironic thing was that the Joel Schumacher film was really a revisit of the 60's Batman. Whether it was intentional or not who knows. Swartzenegger's portrayal of Mr. Freeze was blatantly campy and after hearing Keaton talk about difficulty about wearing the Batsuit I thought the same thing about the padding and its defined muscular design it's just impractical because you were forced to move a certain way. At one point of Adams West's career, he wanted to play James Bond because he wanted to ditch being thought of as the 60's camp version of Batman and he never got that part either or any other one so he just decided to embrace the fact in the end. MST3K Turkey Day. To show some compassion for the OG 60's Batman crew, some actors just don't want to let go of a role they made famous and attach a sentimental value to it because it's so near and dear to them, I think that it was pretty much the case for Romeo, and things change and cinema is no exception. Burt Ward and Julie Newmar were class acts about the new Batman concept. Frank Gorshin was wise enough to put the past behind and praise Jim Carrey.

I read Marvel comics when I was a kid in the early 1970s. Mostly Sub Mariner. Sure I picked up a Batman now and then too. The TV show was on as they say same bat time with the same bat channel. I loved it. When the films came out I went. My favorite is the Miller ones with Bale. Did I think Adam West should have been cast in the role Keaton got. No. Adam West was Batman for me for many years though.

They could have given him a chance to try the role of Bruce Wayne. If Adam West didn't work out, they could have replaced him.

Sour grapes, maybe? As a comic book collector and aspiring comic book artist in the 60s and 70s, I would eventually absorb the weird history of Batman. Batman started out in 1939 and was pretty much a detective in a sense. It was fairly straight and serious but not dark. In the 50s, Batman struggled against allegations of possible homosexuality. Then in the 60s, Batman was almost dropped from circulation altogether as sales were not good. Then in 1969 Batman had a resurgence when write Dennis O'Neil and artist Neal Adams took over. The stories became very dark and, more importantly, interesting to read. Batman was saved from extinction as sales went way up. So when the Batman movie with Keaton and Nicholson was released, it also adhered to the dark tone of those comics. Personally, I was glad for that because even at my young age in the 1960s, I thought the TV show was dumb. I did feel that Keaton was a strange choice but he did okay. Nicholson was an ideal choice and great as usual. He arguably stole the movie.

Adam West is the only Batman. If it hadn’t been for him very few people would have even known or even cared about Batman.

Bunch of old fogeys, I think they were hoping for their careersto be revived by the movie, Adam West was reduced to B movies in the 80s and honestly people wanted something different from the the groovy 60s show , it would have been a flop if they used West, he was an over actor and if they simply copied the TV show people would have hated it in 1989. Batman is a dark story and that's why it's good, going light hearted doesn't work, Batman And Robin is a good example of that. The TV show was good but the franchise needed a change, imagine if James Bond never changed from the original for example, movies must innovate the same as automobiles and television sets. Adam West thankfully got a comeback through Family Guy and was awesome as Mayor West and in the end did get the recognition he deserved

Adam West took a lot of drugs, which is very evident when you look back at interviews. He fit the role well as it was perhaps technically a comedy??? It was so camp! All the guest stars were great, especially Burgeos, Julie and Caesar. Loved the show as a kid, cringe but laugh watching it 50 years later 🤪

Riddle me this, who is Frank GORSHIN!

If memory serves, the original Batman comics were pretty dark. (Hence the name "The Dark Knight" which I think was from the comics). So really it was the 60s TV show that was out of step with the franchise, being lighter and more "pop" culture based.

Bruh Adam west over over 60 years old when the making and release of Batman 89 came. out. Hel he was 40 when the last season of Batman came out. Idk why he’s wanna do it again

West made a mockery of Batman and we all saw it, he kept saying "camp" which means bad acting. never would have wanted to see that. These people had no room to talk.

Adam West and Cesar Romero were typical Hollywood narcissists. And of course they were going to go for a younger Bruce Wayne /Batman. But having Adam West play Thomas Wayne Bruce Wayne's dad or Burgess Meredith play Oswald Coblepot's dad would have been a hoot. Personally of all the guys that played the Joker. I liked Jack Nicholson's version of him. It really bothered me to see what the part did to Heath Ledger. Never did see the movie because of that. And i agree with Yvonne Craig about. Alicia Silverstone's and Jerry Oconnel"s Batgirl & Robin respectively. And George Clooney's bat-suit and the addition of the bat-nipples and the design of the costumes could have been alot better. Just my opinion. Have a great day everyone

Sour grapes 🍇 . You can not go from such campy Performances to straight.. his reputation was sealed the way he did it. He would not fit in .

Michael Keaton’s “Batman Returns” was simply disgusting, almost unwatchable! George Clooney has formally apologized for “Batman and Robin.”

Michael Keaton was wrong in 1989 and still wrong for Batman now.