GoodBadFlicks actually calls it an unofficial trilogy

@theone Andonly Sorry, no "Netflix & Chill" right now. Got to be responsible and keep up that social distancing.

Damn right bro

Add Dick Tracy for a good pulpy time.

@@theboxcaradventurer1874 And "Darkman."

I agree but it could have been SOOooo much better.

Indeed it was.

OverShadowed?

Yep, between the cast, the CG, it was spectacular

Me too saw it on TV with my mom back in the 90s and loved it

I know, right?? Were they even paying attention?? It even says so in the movie - "You've seen your very face change." Geez.

Then again in the Pulps was suggested he might not even have a face at all. It was so horribly mangled or just figured that he had to use makeup and various apparatus has to reconstruct a face.

@@ghostwarrior3878 Ya, I got that out of it.

Yea for real, I was like “but they don’t WANT him looking like Alex Baldwin or his identity would be in jeopardy

Ghost Warrior 38 wow really?? That’s awesome!!!

RIP

@@daddystabz thanks dude 🙏

It creeped me out as a kid. The MARGOT LANEEEEEE scene scared me. The water tower scene was super cool

The Art Deco look is timeless.

@@darbyheavey406 ......the costumes were excellent too....very GIORGIO ARMANI....

There were action figures?

@@themaninblack7503 hell yeah, there were! Invisible shadow was always one of the coolest looking action figures I’ve ever seen

yeah, i don't see how this can be a criticism, really.

He was made up to look like the Shadow as he was depicted on the covers of the pulp magazines. As far as 'supernatural tricks', the original Shadow of the pulps had no mystic powers; he used dark clothing and stage magician's tricks and psych outs to remain unseen or give the impression of invisibility. It was the radio shows that introduced the concept of his having learned mystic arts in Tibet. The creator of The Shadow was actually an accomplished stage magician, himself.

@@varanid9 just that the character evolved into that and that's the most popular version, which there are several. superman wasn't the same originally as know him now, either. sometimes the 'purist' form isn't the best, eh?

@@varanid9 This movie mixed elements from both the Radio Show and the Pulps .

@@ryanbarker5217 hell the original Superman had zero weaknesses, the radio drama invented kryptonite to allow the original actor to go on vacation Imagine how boring it would be with NO weaknesses, he's OP enough

He also knows who created him WALTER B. GIBSON not Lester Dent!!!

_In reality, Lamont Cranston, wealthy young man about town…_

"The weed of Crime bears BITTER FRUIT."

@Studio Autio There's a card game called Munchkin where you play an RPG hero, collect weapons/armor, and battle monsters. One of the monsters is "The Shadow Nose."

The sun is shining

FilipposGR There is a vendor who sells weapons at our Rennaisance Festivals here who has them. Movie copys.

It's the same Phurba knife as was used in the Golden Child starring Eddie Murphy.

That knife gave me a phobia of knives for several years after seeing it in theaters. I remember we went out to eat afterward, and I couldn’t stop staring at the steak knife on my dads plate wondering if it was going to spring to life and try to attack me and would I be ready lol

Oh that knife.

I'm not sure if "making it dark" is up to the director & writers or the actor himself.. maybe it's up to the actor to NOT play a goofy Adam West-esque Batman, might have been hard at the time, I think superheroes weren't taken seriously as today (MCU-era supers)

@@whoelsebutmeofcoursei Alec had more of an edge at the time than Michael Keaton so yeah he would've played it darker. Also him opposite Kim Basinger before they actually originally met

What's crazy was Alec Baldwin dated and was in a relationship with Kim Basinger after Batman 1989.

Michael still the best Batman so it worked out to everyone advantage.

It would be really interesting to view an alternate timeline where Alec Baldwin played Batman. He has a great voice for it.

"Game over, man, game over!"

And who could forget "IM GONNA LIVE!" *Gets blown up by death ray*

"What's a pederast, Walter?"

What the fuck was wrong with people in the 80’s and 90’s not liking a nice fat ass? It makes no fucking sense. How is an ass like a 10 year old boy a good thing. That would be a horrible thing for a girl to have. I don’t know what the hell was wrong with people.

@@dannymiller7187 ikr having a butt similar to a child sounds like shes malnourished, crazy how the trends used to be really skinny women now the big thing is thick curvy women

i think the awesome themes are over kids' heads, but the kiddie-ness and unexplored themes left adults feeling as if they're missing out on something better. it's definitely a four-quad movie, on the basic side and predictable, and no doubt selling merchandise was very much on their minds, but perhaps they weren't sure who their audience really was. i think it's entertaining, just a disappointment given what it could have been. certainly it stands as an example of storytelling from a particular era and mindset. it's a collection of great scenes that just misses the narrative mark.

ryan barker --- The show definitely gives off a subtle, maybe even passive-aggressive vibe that they're fishing for a Batman '89-type merchandising score. ""Collection of scenes" is a good assessment. If you made a checklist of things you'd want to see in a Shadow movie, most of it ended up on screen. The problem is a weak main narrative but the cool collection of scenes does a great job misdirecting from the story faults, which definitely include holding back the adult content from the kiddies to the point they didn't commit to a single audience. Good call!

@@kidzoki i'd love to have a crack at a new script! like you said, most of what we think of as the shadow ended up onscreen. i'm 50, so i'm older and grew up with some different thoughts and mediums, and my mum would sometimes get me the old radio programs of this. this is pretty much how i envisioned the character at the time (yes, i saw this movie in the theatre, lol). there's quite a bit of history for the character, too. it predates *everyone*. well, except for zorro, who's just over a 100 years old now. funny, 11 years later and 'the mask of zorro' was a hit, and that was hardly a masterpiece, but it knew it wanted to be fun and accomplished that. i think that's a lot of the movie's problem is the tone doesn't fit what i think the character is. part 1980 'flash gordon,' part tim burton's 'batman' -- therein lies the problem, imo, that the more i think about it the more i don't think they had their *own* vision. this was one of david koepp's first movie where he wasn't a co-writer, so maybe he relied too much on formula? then we have russell mulcahy, known best for music videos, who seems to be best at having directed films that got a cult following. the movie isn't poorly directed, but perhaps that's why i have a slightly nagging disconnect with the movie, as if these fun, cool scenes are like a bunch of music video ideas strung together without strong connective tissue. none of it has any depth or subtlety. at least it's leagues better than the simply awful 'dick tracy,' lol. but, in an era where tim burton was an influence (thank the cinematic gawds that's done with), you put tim curry in a movie as a bad guy and you know he's going to ham it up as if he was trying to channel jack nicholson's joker. maybe that was the point? i mean, you make that one single casting decision and you're locked into a certain amount of cheesy lunacy. our ingredients were a writer who just came off of 'jurassic park' and 'carlito's way,' an auteur director of music videos, a guy best known for playing an over-the-top alien transvestite and killer clown, a lead who thought all this was beneath him, and an era where style was overwhelming substance. you know, we're lucky to have gotten what we did!

I for one never even heard of it, I doubt it was even shown in Finland.

I’m born in 91 Nd I remember it I even had the toys

The Shadow knows! Hahahahahahaha

The Shadow nose.

Say... that's catchy...!

i like the movie but once a year would be too much.

William Holloway I’ve never seen it before it looks good I want to check it out.

It is in your ❤️

Actually, Did you know The Shadow was made before Batman & inspired him?

@@funlover4207 No I did not know that. thamks for the info.

@Frank, You are VERY right. It's a shame that Batman is still super popular & The Shadow franchise is dying.

Oh hell yea. I’d even love if they spent half the movie just setting up his origin story in Asia. Although personally I’d probably show the very beginning, then flash forward to present day (1930’s in this case) and go back and forth between the present and his training in the past in a way that each arc was parallel to one another. But that’s just me. Who are we getting to play him this time around???

@@Memnoch_the_Devil yeah I like that idea but maybe Don't have to many cut backs between his training and the modern day it's set in it might confuse people but I do like the Batman begins concept of training in Asia. It's a tough choice who to pick. I'm thinking having slightly younger and go with Joseph Gordon Levitt. He's done some action roles, Scott Adkins is a fantastic martial artist and sometimes underused

Joseph Gavin I’d be ok with trying out JGL. He should screen test for sure lol plus he’s already worn facial prosthetics for a whole movie so he shouldn’t have any problem doing the same thing again!!

@@Memnoch_the_Devil it's harder than you think , coming up with the right guy for the part. You don't want to go with someone who is too psyically dominating like a Tom Hard type. He needs to be convincing as Bruce Wayne character but doesn't have to be a billionaire

"But the ice is still slippery..."

@@chrisgreenia8589 The Shadows knows.... HAHAHAHAHA!!!

I know right?? Way better than Val Kilmer or George Clooney and I usually really like those guys

Too bad half the info is wrong, Lester Dent? The dumb mo**er Fu**ers WALTER B.GIBSON created The Shadow {Also wonder if you'll delete this comment}

@@McCaffery He apparently got the character mixed up with "Doc Savage" -- for whom Lester Dent was the principal writer.

Such a fun flick

"That is an attractive tie. May I inquire where you purchased it?" "Brooks Brothers."

I was way younger when I saw it but I also collected all the action figures. Collected a lot of figures from a lot of movies but the ones from The Shadow were some of my all time favorites. Especially the one that made him look invisible. Remember that one???

Damn i had a couple action figures too

@@Memnoch_the_Devil dude was just thinkin i remember that one...He was like clear colored lol

Back from a time when a small ass was what was considered attractive

That's Hollywood for ya!

"Walter, what's a pederast?"

😅

No, but I find it amusing that a man with "cunny" misspelled in his username is remarking upon underage butts.

As a fan, it was pretty bad esp. the "CGI"