Same. My favorite scene of the movie

Who would you cast?

If it was to be remade today people would be calling him a Batman Rip-off when the truth is quite the opposite.

If a game is made, make it Arkham-esque. Don’t forget to mention he’s the hero that inspired Batman in the trailer

Plus The Shadow was also the inspiration for not only Batman but also darkwing duck, darkman, v from v for vendetta, and the Jedi and sith from Star wars

M. Christian that scene is awesome!!

Imagine if they did it with today’s CGI!

True, he was also inspired by such characters as Zorro, the phantom, Doc Savage, Dick Tracey and Sherlock Holmes.

Well he was partially based of the Shadow. He's more like a combination of the Shadow, Sherlock Holmes, Zorro, The Bat from the movie The Bat, and others.

Michael Joesph Technically, it's all the Shadow as Bill Finger openly admits they took a Shadow novel, Partners in Peril, and basically copied it near word for word for the first batman comic.

+Michael Joesph and Doc Savage. Doc trained, both physically and mentally, to be the best crime fighter ever. His dad died and left him one of the richest men in the world. He has a collection of vehicles docked out with special gadgets like cars, planes, and even a submarine. He doesn't us a gun but instead depends upon things like glass balls filled with chemicals that can produce smoke, explosions, or anesthesia which he carries, along with a grappling hook and silk rope, in his Utility Vest.

Indeed. As an illustrator myself, I get a laugh when ppl say "The Shadow is a Rip-Off of Batman" when in fact its the other way around.

This must have been like Christmas morning for Boyle 😀😆😅😂🤣

HAHAHAHA!!!! I wasn't ready for that, shyt made me laugh. 'Can't believe we left the duck, shadows hate ducks'

+Jay inri That is funny

The only thing that was BAD in this scene. It was so fucking gay.

@@johnivanoplimo5172 lol yeah, I was like... WTF dude

Haha that was pretty funny XD

It was an add-lib on Baldwin’s part.

+vamphunterdlover My advice to you is to read the original pulp magazines on which the radio show and the movies were based upon. The character of the Shadow is very different from the radio or the movies.

Thanks for the advice. Do you know a good place where I can find any of the magazines?

vamphunterdlover Here is a link to the first Shadow novel. THE LIVING SHADOW - Encyclopaedia.com www.encyclopaedia.com/ebooks/57/27.pdf

Thanks

Not only do I agree but your username made me reply because vampire hunter D was the very first anime I ever watched

LMAO!!!

Set in the Thirties or 21st century?

@@Wapak95 gotta be some 1930s film noir

one of the great underrated superhero movies ever

Jerry Word There *really* should have been a sequel.

Hell yeah

Both need to stay far away from it, both are garbage

I wish

How did that go?

John Doe I only bought an autograph at his booth hasn’t there because he was doing photo ops I think

+spacemanandy2 Better, Doc Savage vs Batman. They had more in common than Batman and the Shadow.

The Shadow essentially has all the same abilities and talents as The Batman save for the fact that he has no qualms about using guns and depending on the version of the character, has the power of illusion. I think maybe The Shadow wins.

DOOMED ! The fact that Batman uses glass bulbs that produce smoke, explosions, and knock out gas AND the fact he carries a grappling hook and silk rope to climb up buildings AND he's very wealthy and uses that wealth to create all sort of special vehicles AND that he carries his weapons in his utility belt... Change belt to vest and you have Doc Savage. Doc also does not like to use guns.

spacemanandy2 Batman was inspired, some say ripped off, from the Shadow

The shadow has telepathy, telekinesis and can make himself effectively invisible. On paper, the shadow wins. But it would all come down to who has more plot armor. Not to mention, newer versions of batman armor and gadgets could basically withstand and destroy small armies

Tanmart Selby Shadow cannot escape light. Blinded.

He was faking them out. Making them think he was fatally wounded.

And not Christopher Nolan either 😑😒

A computerized motion-control camera did multiple identical moves across the area, one with a clean background (only the poster and crossbow bolts) and another with that section of the set removed and Alec stepping through the hole left there. A rotoscope artist traced around Alec on a computer to selectively reveal parts of him, while another artist animated the shadow on the wall to match where Alec appeared. The three elements were composited together to make the final shot! If you look at the very end, there's a slight camera jiggle on Alec while the background stays completely still, an error in compositing or camera operation that gives away the trick.

@@pennygadget7328 Wow, thank you very much! I've searched the whole Internet to find this, without success. You are awesome) By the way, can you tell me how do you know this? And is there a way, or maybe a tutorial on how to do this, with contemporary technologies.

@@nikitamuromtsev3703 It was in a magazine around the time the movie came out (Cinefex, Starlog, that sort of thing) but I'll have to dig through my library to see which one. To do the effect now would be easy, but tedious since so much is glorified tracing. Amywsy, there are free and low-cost programs for masking, compositing, tracking, etc, the most robust being Blender. Look up "rotoscoping" tutorials to see if any of the apps call out to you. The big problem would be repeating the camera motion to get the clean background plate. If you're mechanically inclined, there are lots of tutorials on KZfaq for DIY camera sliders or automated dollies that can move the cam back and forth. If not, but you still want the camera to move, you may have to do it freehand and use 3D tracking to place a wall or object behind the person; if you're already masking them out for the effect, half the work for that solution is already done. The obstacle for anyone doing this are all the different skillsets involved. You have to learn multiple techniques and how to apply them, and your personal abilities there will decide the final approach you take. I wish my answer was better (or shorter!) but it took a team to make this shot happen, and while the tools have gotten more accessible and powerful, to do it now is still time consuming. I've got notifications on for this thread, so feel free to tap me for any follow-up questions... not much else to do under quarantine :)

@@pennygadget7328 I just bought a copy of that magazine, the one with The Shadow and Shiwan Kahn's faces on the cover, on eBay last week. Can't wait to read it!

Shiwan Kahn and his Mongol warriors weren't time travelers. They travelled to the USA from Tibet. I recommend reading the novelization. Apart from being a great read, it fills in details like this and more.

They didn't hire a chick, that helped.

The Shadow is essentially a more brutal, gun totting Batman. When The Batman was originally created he was very much like the Shadow, however in the years since his creation he has gradually become a much more toned down version of the character. That said, The Batman has way more in common with the old school pulp heroes of the 1930's and 40's than he does with the Golden Age Super Heroes to which he is traditionally classed with.

He needed one alive incase he could get info out of them. He didn't care about his safety. He cared that he lost a source of info.

No, my vote for that goes to "Battlefield Earth", with "The Last Jedi" a close second.

The Dark Knight Trilogy is far fucking worse than this.

@@Moviefan2k4 The Last Jedi isn't even the worst Star Wars movie if we're being honest..and none of the Sequels are. The two worst Star Wars films are Attack Of The Clones and The Phantom Menace.

@@masterofthewicked89 Trolling ? The Dark Knight Trilogy is way better than this but Batman 1989 and Batman Returns are my favorite Batman films.