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It's always funny for me to look back and read about Batman throwing criminals into acid tanks, then fighting aliens from different dimensions and getting involved in government conspiracies. His world offers for all kinds of amazing stories.

The fact that Batman is a normal human but he is on the top of superhero ranking. Even outranking superheroes with powers is amazing.

FINALLY someone who loves and appreciates the Joel Schumacher Batman films! It's a breath of fresh air and really refreshing to see a positive perspective on them, especially Batman & Robin! Thank you good sir!

my mom worked for onstar when i was a kid. i was able to go see the batmobile, props and costumes in person. also got so much batman merch and swag from them! i remember my mom bringing me to work one day, and having some of her coworkers jokingly ask how id improve the company. my answer was more batman commericals! lol

Brave and the bold is the perfects ‘66 successor!

Bro, your biases ARE EXACTLY WHY I SUBSCRIBED! Change NOTHING. That's coming from a DC guy that watches your Marvel vids too.

Batman Arkham Knight will always be peak Batman for me

You ever watched Batman Gotham Knight? Its an animated anthology, each segment is in a different artstyle but they kind of start to form a narrative as the movie goes on. I watch it like once a year, its peak Batman to me.

I think what I really find refreshing is that this is a video dedicated to 'saying something nice' about a variety of Batman media which is a rarity.

Same boat here about rejecting campy Batman in my teens and loving lighter toned Batman later on. Love The Batman and Arkham Verse and such. But I’m KICKING myself for not being into Brave in the bold back then. It’s honestly up there for me with BTAS as peak Batman. That last episode where it’s wrapping up and breaking down the sets had me in tears can’t lie. Was such a fun show and I didn’t want it to be over.

Personal favourites gotta be Pattinson, any Conroy performance and Brave and the Bold (gotta give credit to the more over the top comic style) Honourable mention: the 3 LEGO Batman games version

My good friend Dominic has always maintained that Batman is the best literary character, because he's so fluid that you can plop him down in any situation, in any iteration and *he just works*. Your video is a testament to that. Some of my personal favourites are on this list, especially the wilder and frankly sexier versions of the Caped Crusader.

That legends line was awesome. I loved getting Azbats.

"Your bias is showing" or "Please become the flavourless purple mush from dinner in the early simpsons for our viewing entertainment"

Phenomenonal video as always, Josh! Your channel is always so enjoyable. It feels like a great conversation you're having with your friend discussing the funny books. Love your content, man!

Wonderful shout to Batman Audio Adventures, it's awesome! I was also worried there were so few people talking about it. Hope they get a third season.

Your videos make my day, especially when you let out a giggle halfway through a word!!!

100% agree with you, if you trim The Batman a bit, it adds focus and becomes a true masterpiece. Also didn’t know about “Batman The Audio Adventures” gonna have to check it out. Thank you !

Funny thing with nostalgia is that it’s usually only one aspect for why a person likes something. One piece of a larger puzzle. Like if a person says they like stuff from the 80’s that’s not the same thing as saying everything that everybody put out in the 80’s was perfect and everything from any other decade sucks even if that person maybe does have a preference for pop culture or comics etc. from that time.

After a second viewing I definitely feel about the same as you on the batman. That opening is perfect though

Thank you! Long ear Batman is definitive look to me.

Hey great video! A bit of a weird question, where did you get that spiderman hoodie? Its awesome!

Another channel that I am proud to receive all notifications from.

Kevin Conroy is and always will be the gold standard on Batman voices. A close second is Bruce Greenwood. Kevin' and Mark are truly the gold standard for bats and joker to me.

I remember watching the Lego Batman movie on a flight few years back, thinking I could spend couple sleep deprived hours from 14h flight on a silly kids cartoon. Instead I got one of the best Batman experiences I've ever had.

The Batman is the best adaptation of Batmans boots striding in rain puddles. They even found a way to make batman stride in the rain upside down. When it comes to batmans boots striding in the rain, this movie can't be beat. I also liked how half the movie was about whether or not batman could get into a night club.

Checking out the audio adventures by your recommendation. 👍

Knew it was going to be a good list when you included the OnStar commercials! They went hard on those commercials and felt like an ad for Batman as well!

So I have the audio adventures on my watch list, I'll definitely finally pull the trigger on it, and this video was great, especially because it made me realize how my memory was sprinkled with all of these, especially the on star and action figures had been dream like, but now oh man, I gotta lose my debit card before I make some plastic purchases haha I also didn't realize the batman movie filmed in england, majes sense why I liked its look so much, always felt the comics had that esthetic!!!

Keaton has always been my guy, '89 and Returns were never going to be topped. But when I first watched Reeves' The Batman at the cinema, I remember thinking "Wow. My family and friends are not going to believe me when I tell them this might be better." Then, as the film progressed I was thinking "No! What are doing? You almost had it!" I totally agree with you on the Falcone being Catwoman's father reveal. It really made redundant the whole plot point about seeking revenge for her best friend (perhaps lover?). Here's hoping they learn from their mistakes for the sequel.

Pete Holmes... ...Best Batman, ever!

Great top ten, would definitely trade the Batman 66 TV show for Batman the brave and the bold animated series

I'm somewhat disappointed that The Batman 2004 isn't here. It's pretty underrated

“The Batman” reminds me of the Batman:Year One comic from Frank Miller/David where Mazzucchelli.

Cool video; thank you, Josh

Batman - The Audio Adventures is one of the best audio works I’ve ever heard in my life. It’s a shame Flash was so weak.

I also liked the animated remakes of Batman 66’ that featured Burt Ward and Adam West in his final preformance before his death.

My favorite is the brave and the bold love the dark brooding batman but I like heightened crazy batman a bit more

Talking about the car commercials and not the Nolan trilogy is awesome

my favorite is batman the animated series and of course arkham batman from the video games was amazing in my opinion

Batman the Audio Adventures is my favorite incarnation of Batman. Leguizamo's Riddler is amazing.

One of the best movie lines is in the Lego Batman. Dick Grayson: “My name is Richard, but my friends call me, Dick!” Bruce Wayne: “Well kids can be cruel.”

Has the "Ten superhero games that needs remake" video been removed? because I can't find it and I liked it very much :(

I loved the eclectic-ness of your choices! Sidebar: OnStar is a GMC product. You'd never find it in a Ford-anything...

As a comics fan, I was always leery of their adaptations into other media. And it's long bothered me that the other media always seems to get more respect and attention than the original comic book source material. I got started in comic books in 1978, with Batman being my favorite, so I'm biased towards the 70s Bronze Age versions of comic characters and universes. I never forgave DC for Crisis on Infinite Earths for not only getting rid of the multiverse they had spent so many years building up, but that they did it *retroactively,* as if the multiverse had never existed. But I've become more lenient as I've gotten older. I eventually realized that the 1970s Batman was itself a variation and adaption of previous versions of the Batman. And if comics are so variable and malleable, then maybe there's nothing wrong with the various TV and movie adaptations, even if they approach it differently. Comics characters seem to go from one extreme to another, either being silly and campy, or being overly dark and gritty and depressing. What's wrong with being serious but hopeful, with the occasional bad joke and a happy ending? My idea of a great Batman movie would be somewhat more realistic and down to earth, but with a strong international flavor, like a Bond movie that travels to different parts of the world for different scenes. Several of the better Batman stories involving Ra's Al Ghul would be a great basis for such a movie. Ra's would be a great Bond villain, for that matter. Or perhaps even the Al Goodwin/Walt Simonson Manhunter story that Batman was brought into near the end. It could easily be rewritten so that Batman has a bigger part in the story. But in the end, I find I'm happier not making comparisons, and just enjoying something on its own terms, regardless of its source material.

I know this is a Batman video but I gotta know where you got that Spider-Man hoodie from? Anyone that knows let me know

Love ur vids man

I feel like the Gotham tv show has its own tonw while also combining all the other tones from every other live action and animated show or movie

Have you read the Batmanga? I got a copy recently that keeps the old magazine size and faded paper and limited coloring with a bunch of old ads. Seems right up your alley.

R.I.P Kevin Conroy and Arleen Sorkin

Was that Mathew Lillard as Riddler in the Onstar commercial?

1:39 How is your "fear is a tool" PatBat impersonation that good? Like, Clayface good?

You forgot the 1940s movie serials.

FINALLY SOMEBODY TALKS ABOUT THE AUDIO ADVENTURES!!!

I'm rewatching the DCAU on blu ray, finished Batman and nearly done Batman Beyond now, and it's shocking how less optimistic Batman gets in TNBA. There's no real break between Bruce Wayne and Batman either, he sounds the same and there's little screen time given to him too.

I liked the inclusion of Batman: The Audio Adventures. Both the podcast and its accompanying comics are very underrated.

Batman begins. Hands down. N

shouldn't the thumbnail say oops all batmen 🤓

I was lowkey hoping to see The Brave and the Bold on this list but all of your choices were understandable. I feel like I always flip-flop between if BTAS or BTBATB is my favorite.

3:12 - And that's not even getting into the Lighthouse alongside William Defoe XD 15:16 - Oh no, Puck from Gargoyles as the Joker? Clown/Violator as the Riddler? Geeze man that's gonna be a hell of a listen XD

My favorite video game reviewer ever is Mark Bussler because of how highly subjective his reviews are. Hearing someone's passionate opinion about a piece of art can be an opportunity to learn and expand one's pallet and lens in which they view art, which often leads to also having an expanded view of life and others. That's why art is powerful. An "objective" review is often just a guide for my wallet.

Where’d you get that hoodie!?

Spider-Man & Batman’s combat is completely different.

Nice seeing Schumacher get his flowers

Uh sir, you forgot Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight Trilogy.

The thing with "The Batman", it's the film we should have gotten instead of The Dark Knight Rises. The Batman would have been a much better conclusion. It slots right in with very little change, too. Begins and Dark Knight take place in what appears to be over the course of a few months (excepting the prolog backstory of course), so The Batman's "Year Two" Batman would still make sense and work. He's hunted by the police, which fits the ending of TDK. And it could have ended with his big redemption saving the people showing everyone he really isn't the enemy. I wish I could headcanon in The Batman into the Nolan series and just pretend that's in continuity because it's really the conclusion to that series we deserved.

Honorable Mention The Batman (2004)

The KING, has returned 🎉....

Yeah my favorites in no particular order: Arkham Batman / Animated series Batman (I know they aren't the same continuity but they feel like they could be) Burton/Schumacher Batman Adam West Batman Nolan Batman (very formative for me, I have to give credit where credit is due) The Pattinson Batman

The most iconic, greatest, & best Batman adaptation is Batman: The Animated Series which also includes Batman: Mask Of The Phantasm & Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero.

The Batman is the best one by far. It is a very realistic take but still has some of the over the top elements of the universe. Also the star of the movie was Gotham. Showing the underlying environment Batman has to deal with but that it’s still worth fighting for or some shit. Unlike Zack Snyder’s trash take where it was gritty and dark for no reason, this movie didn’t try to make it a theme but explored it in the environment. It didn’t come off as fake.

When it comes to theatrically released films, Mask of the Phantasm and the Schumacher movies are the best representation of Batman in my opinion.

The Batman is my favorite. I really think the sequel might be the undisputed champ, so long as they improve on the first.

The '66 series casually overflows with life and thus will always be hard to better by any reductionist effort.

Love the video, and liked hearing your opinions. It's just funny because we couldn't disagree more on the Pattinson adaptation of Batman, I think he's one of the best incarnations of the character

Yeah we the same age bro , soon as you mentioned Onstar 😅

Where's BATMAN BEYOND (Batman of the future ) in the uk ?

Keaton

What if we had a Bat-verse movie

the 2022 movie is the live action one i like best. it needed to be long to tell a story that would have filled three or four 22-page comic books just as they used to do in the best Batman comics.

Carmine Falcone being Catwoman's father in the comics is a maybe

I was going to comment on how weird it is you put some commercial and other weird media into your list. However I think I understand why you put them. These kind of weird niche parts of a character's mythos are just as important as the high budget movies and ongoing comic books. My dad often speaks of how at the peak of my spider man obsession, I would notice anything with a spider man on it, be it a snack at some local store or a bootleg toy that just illegally had the likeness the superhero on it. Props on you for showing how a myth grows from just a story passed around and told, to a household name everyone big and small knows of.

I also have that hoodie.

2:59 lmao chill babe Barry wasn’t even on screen his scene was like 30 seconds long… too much speculation 😂😂😂

All fine … but absolute peak Batman, stylistically, is Jim Lee / Hush Batman, imho.

Great video. You not looking forward to Barry returning as Joker in The Batman 2?

I feel the same about the Batman. Even more i think it failed the beginning too because that's not the character because they want an arc. It just didn't work for me. Its so try hard about it. It felt childish. But it does stick the landing. The ending is decent, and Batman.

I was so glad you did not include the Nolan films. I hated them. Great video!

Definitely DCAU Batman and Arkham Batman

How many times can Batman begin

I think my only major difference of opinion is with the combat in the Arkham games being better than the Spider-Man games. For me, that's like saying Super Mario Bros plays better than Super Mario World. One leads into another, Arkham walked so that Spider-Man can run, so to speak. I love the combat in the Arkham games, but I feel like Spider-Man took everything from those games and improved on all of it. If the combat flow in Arkham is amazing, Spider-Man is Superior, Ultimate even 😉

In my opinion, almost every character or other entity in Batman: The Animated Series is the very best version of that character or other entity.

I agree that Joel Schumacher and Tim Burton’s movies are overhated, but you put them WAY too high 😂 above the Arkham games is CRAZY

Forget your Zodiac sign who's your favorite Batman

Arkham, BTAS, and The Batman 2004 are all tied as the best version of Batman and IMO better than comics

The Animated Series is the best adaptation, and I will fight anyone who disagrees

Arkham Game Series up until Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League

When I was a kid, I thought Batman 66’ was incredible. When I was a teenager, I thought it was stupid. When I became an adult, I realized it was supposed to be campy with plenty of self-aware jokes.

How the hell are you showing Leto's Joker when mentioning "incel Joker"?