A Closer Look: Batman Returns' Impact on Children (July 1992)

I had a great deal of trouble looking for information on this program, but A Closer Look appears to be a talk show hosted by Faith Daniels that delved into current issues with guest interviews. This episode captured on one of my tapes discusses the release and impact of Tim Burton's Batman Returns (1992). Although rated PG-13, Warner Bros.' marketing department made the ill-chosen decision to sell Batman-related merch to kids with naturally controversial results - A Closer Look delves into this issue.
It's fascinating to see how these controversies were handled twenty-six years ago - the more bizarre to me is probably the idea of a "junior" movie reviewer which on the one hand seems great for determining suitable films for your kids but also raises many issues in itself (like a 10-year-old going to see a PG-13 movie to begin with). Alas, the tape cuts off before the first commercial break, but what's present here is still an exciting watch.

[@LilCosgrove]

Thanks to everyone who has been commenting and watching this video since I uploaded it! I never thought that this would be the VHS clip I share that'd explode so much, but I suppose I underestimated the Batman fandom community. Just a reminder that, as detailed in the description, the VHS clips I share are NOT my own and neither are the opinions present in them. I simply own the tape from which I digitized the footage. Discussion on the cultural influence of Batman Returns in the 90's is enthusiastically welcome, just don't forget that the people in this are as much a product of their time as the footage and the Happy Meal toys.

[@1beatcher]

I didn't even know this existed until Minty Comics talked about it.

[@JG1570]

Do you have the second part of this?

[@HiImRalph]

And that’s why Michael Keaton Batman trilogy is PG-13 because they are scenes that are inappropriate for young children.

[@InNOutmuncher]

These kids are the reason why we got Batman Forever and Batman & Robin.

[@Ur2ez4me81]

Batman forever wasn’t horrible, cheesy yes & Tim Burton would have made it much better but Batman & Robin was straight trash. Uma Thurman was hot tho that’s about the only good thing about it.

[@Rockasaurusmac]

Underrated comment 🤣

[@andyrandall9289]

Batman Forever was somewhat good. But Batman and Robin is the worst of the franchise. That record still holds true today.

[@shaguftahasan3308]

So

[@thischannelisdeleted]

If it wasn’t for these meddling kids…

[@3badthebad]

Danny was definitely the kid on class who reminded the teacher about the homework

[@Thisdudehere-e6n]

And got a buffet of knuckle sandwiches during lunch

[@jeremyromero341]

Hahahahahaha right

[@Darknights23]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@darkservantofheaven]

@@Thisdudehere-e6n hes like Randal from Recess

[@tovorismoore7596]

He's the kid that got stuffed in the locker and robbed of his lunch money😂😂

[@vicentecampodonico5761]

Looks like this kid memorized his lines very well. Definetly not his own opinion

[@PJVids83]

Did you see the kid at 0:46? He looks like he's gonna beat this kid up when the taping is finished.

[@DAVEDKIIINGMUSIC]

True!

[@bluejay22]

His parents probably promised him that if he did this, they would take him to the toy store to get any Batman Returns toy he wanted.

[@spaceace4387]

The kids were definitely being scripted

[@janinebrittanica4314]

He doesn't talk like a typical ten year-old...definitely off.

[@seancollins147]

Clowns? He knows who the villain was in the first movie right?

[@kevindavis296]

😂🃏

[@SeasideDetective2]

Not only that, but the supposedly "tamer" 1989 film had two characters saying "shit," hookers, a neon sign advertising strippers, a foot fetish, an erection innuendo, a phallic gun, two unmarried sexual encounters (one of which we were in the bedroom for immediately afterward), dead bodies being used as dummies, facial scarring, and chemical warfare. Roger Ebert literally wrote in his review, "It's rated PG-13, but it's not for kids" - one of the most ridiculous things anyone has ever written.

[@mtd1089]

SeasideDetective2 Ebert was a moron

[@spaceace4387]

@@mtd1089 When the rating literally says it's not appropriate for kids under 13 and you still take your kid to see it then it's your fault if they get scared. This is no different than these parents who took their kids to see Deadpool then bitched about all of the violence, sex and language, it's freaking Rated R!!!

[@kingdomfirechannel9981]

@@spaceace4387 that’s like when I went and saw John Wick chapter 3 there were 10 years olds in the theater and I’m like really

[@moshomaniac1]

“It’s not for younger kids!” Neither is Terminator 2. That movie is Rated R, so the intended audience is the 17+ crowd. He thought Batman Returns was more violent than T2? Please, T2 even had a nightmare with a playground full of kids being nuked.

[@incubus00141]

I am so fucken glad someone said this, as soon as it came out of his mouth I was like I'm not having that for a second.

[@allengreene9954]

moshomaniac1 Yeah Batman Returns did have a LOT of weird and disturbing things like the Penguin biting people’s noses off, his unpleasant death, an Attempted Rape, Batman burning one of the clowns alive, the Ice Princesses death which I still hate because she was cute, Selina’s mental breakdown, and then Catwoman/Selina frying Max alive. It clearly was NOT a kids movie but compared to Terminator 2??? It was tame with the violence but when it came to kinkiness??? It wasn’t for kids and nobody even had sex in the film.

[@jswatch9270]

@@allengreene9954 I agree on u mostly on when Batman was framed for no reason other than it happen just BECAUSE even I hate it

[@jswatch9270]

@@allengreene9954 yeah this scene is stupid

[@ajrichards1190]

When I saw Robocop 2 on Showtime in the mid 90's, that movie was violent. Batman Returns is more dark and has sexual overtones. The Penguin is a sexual deviant in the whole movie.

[@rossdiamondthief6627]

Terminator 2 - T1000 constantly impaling/killing people and a nightmare scene of all of humanity being nuked/vaporized Danny: "That’s fine" Batman Returns - Penguin drives a Duckie Boat Also Danny: "And I took that personally"

[@steven-d-stern2693]

Penguin drives a Duckie Boat 😂

[@PrincessMavenKittyDarkholme]

Anti SJW logic be like

[@MediaLoverChris02]

@@PrincessMavenKittyDarkholmeLiterally

[@limesodaleafy2939]

Danny: I hate Batman Returns! Interviewer: Why? Danny: THEY HAD A *DUCKIE BOAT* !!!

[@Eric_1991]

😂😂😂

[@toobrown2toastgamesvr]

😂😂😂😂

[@Helios824]

WOW 👏👏👏👏

[@thespidercrafter8547]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂bro....DUDE...

[@Helios824]

THIS IS THE MOST TERRIBLE CHILDEREN IN ENTIRE HUMAN RACE

[@JWW-bj1sp]

That mum was such a Karen. She just thinks that anything with any remote sort of violence is just mindless nonsense with no sense of positive message. Batman Returns is an excellent movie, in it’s own unique way. Not everything has to be butterflies and rainbows

[@kingdomfirechannel9981]

🤣🤣🤣🤣 totally a Karen

[@davidsavage5630]

That ain't no shit. I remember seeing T2 in the theater at 10 years old. And you know what the most prevailing message that I got from it was? Violence and killing is BAD.

[@isipscognac]

Yeah I agree but, let's be honest, Batman Returns doesn't have a positive message. It just does its thing, makes an impression on you, and walks off. I don't even know what to take away from it.

[@Fredfazbear1983]

The lesson was that don’t treat people with physical handicaps like shit or else it will come back to bite you

[@davidsavage5630]

@@Fredfazbear1983 ...or people lower on the social totem pole..

[@ez-kai9741]

When kids really actually liked this movie and their parents force them to say these things.

[@brandonspain12345]

I'm convinced some parent or adult paid him to say all of this on stage. I don't believe what he had to say.

[@Joe_Kerr_9797]

Terminator 2 is way darker and more violent than Batman Returns.

[@TechnologyTransmission7476]

I Know Is Better than Guardian of The Galaxy Vol 3

[@armandoreyes2749]

This is what ruined Tim Burton's 3rd Batman. With Marlon Wayans as Robin. Robin Williams as The Riddler. And Billy Dee Williams returning as Harvey Dent to become Two Face. All because of profit

[@j-mankickz6251]

@Shadowstalker55 I agree with that, as much as I love Marlon Wayans, I just can't see him as Robin and Robin Williams would be a good Riddler but I don't think he would have been as energetic as Jim Carey, Jim really reminds me of the OG Riddler from the 60s show.

[@rossdiamondthief6627]

Shadowstalker55 I actually wanted to see Elijah Wood as Tim Burton’s Robin

[@silverstrike5904]

@@j-mankickz6251 dick grayson has a thing for being funny so...

[@Person-wz6iy]

Well at least Billy Dee Williams got to play Two-Face in The Lego Batman Movie!

[@Facade953]

I'm glad we didn't. That cast simply doesn't work for me. At the end of the day, i'm very satisfied with what we got! I LOVED Batman Forever as a kid and i STILL do as a 33 year old man.😊

[@haileyshannon7548]

"An attack against kids" by making stuff like clowns and ducks scary! Because nobody made clowns evil and scary before this movie!

[@LilCosgrove]

Everyone knows George Lucas is the real originator of "scary ducks" XP

[@jswatch9270]

@@LilCosgrove I was scared of the movie when I was a kid and I saw it on vhs

[@MichaelW52883]

What 10years old talks likes that?

[@wrinkledinkle3020]

@@MichaelW52883 somebody who’s parents made him memorize his lines

[@rossdiamondthief6627]

@@LilCosgrove I was more scared of Howard the Duck than I was by Batman Returns haha

[@jackthomas6952]

The movie itself was never marketed towards small children. I guess Parents really never knew about Batman’s dark roots.

[@mattjazzfan2288]

Of course it was marketed to children, that’s exactly what the McDonald’s toys did

[@John231984]

@@mattjazzfan2288 Thex toysx werex. (Whichx isn't shockxing) But after the first film and htex fact it's rated PG13 and was not advertised as a family friendly film, should have given the parents a clue.

[@hockeytalkwithalek4988]

I blame McDonald's and Warner bros

[@Illustraful]

Batman Returns is a work of art.

[@derealized797]

Definitely, it's too bad we can't have nice things, a 3rd movie could have been great too... but whenever things are a little too good. Something has to come along and put a stop to it.

[@Illustraful]

@@derealized797 Yep. Because whiny conservative parents complained, Warner Bros decided to go kid friendly and we got the horrendous Batman Forever and Batman & Robin.

[@derealized797]

@@Illustraful yeah not really, but at least it's nothing like this far-left woke garbage now, which has been crapping on every thing possible. Like for example, xmen comics... where gambit and wolverine are on the *moon* in a 3 way relationship with whatever her name is. Or what they did to superman's son. Then there's "willow" which was so bad, they already removed it from netflix. The list goes on and on, and it's still going, but what do you expect from the party of extremism that believes men can get pregnant. I mean. They elected a guy who can't remember his own name or where he is, who falls up stairs, and falls off his bike. Who literally pooped his pants in Rome, and destroyed the great economic the conservatives had going for us. Taliban likes biden though, he did give them how many millions of dollars in military equipment. Oh... lets not mention his son or whatever is on that laptop, or the classified documents that he keeps being caught with. If it makes you feel better to think conservatives are responsible for a couple bad batman movies, which was all about McDonald's selling crappy toys. Ok then. Doesn't fix the border problems or the non stop far-left woke trash ruining all entertainment for the past well over 8 years and counting

[@MediaLoverChris02]

@@IllustrafulI love Batman Forever but Batman & Robin was atrocious.

[@michaelluisalbaladejo6319]

I was 9 years old when I saw BATMAN RETURNS at the Cinema and I survived. These people were ridiculous.

[@derealized797]

I was 12, i took myself to the theater to watch it, by myself. I loved it. By far, not the most violent, or even remotely 'damaging' thing I'd seen. I would have beaten this kid up for saying this.

[@Nick-zn1vj]

It's pretty obvious this is all pretty memorized and rehearsed "All the McDonalds toys..." This boy must of got paid very well to say everything he said

[@damodavies9273]

the original Karen right there.

[@PokemonBoy-de4jd]

Well they were more calmer than a Karen but there thoughts are the same as Karen.

[@NrdGamr-mq7gs]

I didn't even know that Darren as Karen was already there for so long as the kid started it all 🤣🤣🤣 . I think Batman as well as Batman returns are still awesome classic movies of all times. So PG-13 is allowed for teens 13!!. Advise Read before responding .

[@Newie69MK]

@@PokemonBoy-de4jd the proto Karen.

[@vgus15]

Lol

[@Robert-zx2ir]

And the original snowflakes

[@jeremymahany83]

My god. They wouldn’t survive in today’s world.

[@jessicajames831]

On the contrary..these kids are probably the cops you have today

[@The_Bad_Guy.]

Actually they would fit right in

[@laratropp8832]

@@jessicajames831 it was not a damn kids film

[@signsofplay]

@@jessicajames831 And all of the Karen's.

[@ryanh.739]

Ned Flanders kids.

[@SeasideDetective2]

Since when is a 10-year-old considered an "expert?"

[@kingdomfirechannel9981]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@brianlehmkuhl8162]

When he is coached on what to say by adults.

[@georgeskate78]

Everyone’s allowed an opinion no matter what age they are

[@bullymaguire513]

@@georgeskate78 but the movie is PG 13, so they can't make talk bad of the movie a 10 yo kid

[@georgeskate78]

@@bullymaguire513 So now u have to be a certain age to play with a happy meal toy. U have to be over 13 years old or over to play with them?

[@joshcoker971]

They let this kid see Terminator 2 and he thought that was less violent? You know that you liked it kid. This is why I wasn’t allowed to go see this film in theaters back in 1992, because I was 10. Thanks a lot kid. My favorite of the Tim Burton Batflicks.

[@IronDroid925]

I'd rather blame it on the parents for influencing him, plus the kid grew up to be a better person and have a family btw

[@Barb1eSwallows]

I was 10 years old when this movie came out and ironically it came out on my birthday on June 16'th, 1992. I wasn't scared or disturbed at all. I was obsessed with this film and watched it numerous of times once it came out on VHS tape and remembered the lines and the soundtrack. These kids are a bunch of whimps with up right conservative parents that sadly brainwashed them lol.

[@rolando90s]

God dame PTA

[@thefilmrookie3099]

I was 9. And it scared me. But also fascinated me. I didn’t watch the movie for about 7 years then finally watched it again recently. And it’s great

[@MichaelW52883]

I was 9 I found it a bit disturbing but never scared me. it was the movie that started my love for Batman.

[@Emanuelochoa22]

I watched this movie when I was 6 YEARS OLD and I wasn’t scared

[@emmanuelespataro3139]

I was 9 and a half years old back in June of 92. And I remember not being able to see it on opening night because the tickets were sold out. I was distraught that night, but I went the following night with my Dad for the 9pm showing and we both loved the movie. I saw it an additional 3 times that summer.

[@henryp245]

I remember seeing Batman Returns in theaters. I was about 7. It had no negative affect on me whatsoever.

[@brainysmurf74]

...collectively it had no effect on america. oh wait, trump got elected and the current state of the country. oh maybe the film and other factors may have had an effect

[@Fredfazbear1983]

Trump wasn’t that bad, plus these kids are probably now the crazy liberals we see today

[@allengreene9954]

@@Fredfazbear1983 The dude in the video is a Religious Conservative today🤦🏿🤦🏿🤦🏿🤦🏿

[@dantecoviello8505]

I saw it when I was 4 and it had no negative effect on me either! Bunch of whiny whimps 🤣🤣

[@MediaLoverChris02]

@@Fredfazbear1983That’s a lot of copium. I’m a liberal and I love this movie to death.

[@jlcrproductions301]

What was penguin supposed to do? Take a bubble bath with his duck boat?

[@JG1570]

I mean he probably would lol. I can actually see him doing that lol

[@giants416]

So Batman Returns caused controversy and was too violent, yet the first movie had a guy falling into acid, burning a man to death by hand buzzer, people shot and killed, Kim Basinger pretending to go down on the Joker in the final act...you get my point. And I LOVED BOTH MOVIES!!! This just seems like someone had an agenda. Maybe saw the cash cow and wanted some. What a disgrace

[@colliric]

It was mainly to do with the film's even more gothic tone I suspect. Made it feel more violent than it actually was. I mean Jurassic Park was clearly more violent than Batman Returns was, but it had a far lighter overall.

[@patriceaqa288]

@@colliric It was 100 percent the tone. Burton said he got a 50/50 response. Half the people said 'oh you're making a more adult themed Batman film now.' The other half said 'oh you're making a more child oriented film now.' It was in many ways more a kids movie than the original, ultimately the weirdness of it is what put parents off. In my house Schindler's list/pulpfiction/midnight express OK BMR Not ok

[@theawesomebat1244]

Like what HiTop said, it’s an never ending story. People had light hearted & cheesy (Batman 66) but they wanted dark & gritty (Batman) but when it’s too much (Batman Returns), WB goes back to light hearted & cheesy (Batman Forever). But that becomes too much (Batman & Robin) so then they go back to being dark & gritty (The Dark Knight Trilogy) but when that becomes too much (Batman v Superman), it goes back to being lighthearted & cheesy (Josstice League). Now, we’re back to square one with Matt Reeves’ The Batman.

[@a.j5980]

Batman Returns is a great movie, I love it

[@damianstarks3338]

I know I love it too.

[@johnrife7134]

Better than Tim Burton's first Batman.

[@dominicmoroney]

That’s your opinion man but Batman & Robin 1997 is far more superior

[@dominicmoroney]

@michael sapienza oh yes it is

[@JeffPalmer83]

The Penguin having black ooze is a great detail in the film. I love the surreal nature of the whole thing.

[@allanmcelvenny4724]

Bet Danny was ruthlessly bullied in class after this

[@ScarletKnight-mq5cz]

While those kids were on TV reciting lines, I was collecting all those McDonald’s Bat toys 🤣🤣

[@Sortofamusing]

Yeah kid in case you haven't noticed, the villain of the last movie was a evil clown that killed people. But OH NO DUCKY BOATS

[@HellbillyHalloween]

I was shown The Tim Burton Batman films at age 7, I was scared back then but I love them now

[@diegogillum5262]

You can see the look on Danny’s face. He’s so sad he agreed to say what the parents association wrote down. It’s obvious a parent wrote what he said

[@Collectingmythoughts]

Yeah you can tell the parents coach that kid to say that I know for a fact that kid enjoy the Batman returns the parent told The kid to say the movie was too scary which of course you know of course and that kids mind the movie was the best thing he had ever seen which I’m not surprised because these were conservative type parents that were complaining about that film it wasn’t the kids that were scared of it The parents were the problem and I can’t tell the kids reaction wasn’t completely warm for saying genuine or real because just like I said the parent coached the kid into saying that basically manipulating him into saying something they want to hear

[@Samuel-b]

So this 10 year old kid was "a little bit scared" by Batman returns, but bragged about coming out of Terminator 2 fine? I saw that movie when i was 14 and even then i was really disturbed by Sarah Connor's nightmare scene.

[@supoa9489]

This was the first emergence of the R rating slow downfall and attitude's began to change in the 90's, R rated franchise films being retooled to PG13 films. Then PG13 become slowly neutered and sanitized.

[@PrincessMavenKittyDarkholme]

Ik

[@JG1570]

This is very interesting. Thank you so much for uploading this! And my god parents back then were idiots. The movie strictly said it was PG-13. Which means it's mainly meant for teenagers or adults. If they took their young kids to see it then they take full responsibility. Warner Brothers spelled it out beautifully. I saw Batman Returns when I was very little and I was never scared but I admit there were some scary characters in it. But that's the point of Batman. The scary people are attacking and then Batman comes in and beats up the scary people and Save the Day.

[@kingdomfirechannel9981]

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ agree

[@naughtydog1617]

@Elemental Entity give me some examples on how they are worse

[@chrisrj9871]

There were hip parents who would have looked at those parents like they were total shit. It's just like Republican v. Democrat.

[@rossdiamondthief6627]

I was introduced to Batman via Christopher Nolan's Batman Begins (which the scenes with Scarecrow his fear gas still creeps me out). Seeing Batman Returns after seeing Beings, I wasn’t the least bit scared by it, not even close. In fact I’m perplexed why these kids found the Penguin terrifying, as a kid I kinda thought he was funny in some scenes.

[@ChemicalCorpse91]

Joe buddy you nail it ! Couldn't agree more

[@erockbrox8484]

Kid: The movie was violent. It was a total attack against kids. Also Same Kid: I saw it 4 times at the theater, then bought all the action figures, then got it on VHS and I got some Batman t-shirts and bed sheets. But yeah, a total attack on kids and dressed up as Batman for Halloween.

[@madsstrawberry]

Batman Returns is just as dark as the first Batman. The parents saying it is too dark don’t remember anything from the first movie.

[@neverfadeaway1994]

Because of this we got movies like Batman Forever, Batman and Robin, TMNT 2 and Robocop 3 :-(

[@neverfadeaway1994]

@@allengreene9954 batman forever is kinda ok but I always was dissapointed by the showdown, even back in '95

[@freakyfornash]

T.M.N.T. II actually came out before Batman Returns though.

[@bullymaguire513]

And this was scripted too.

[@szszisti4816]

Well in Robocop case the reason why the third film became family friendly it's because the distribution studio Orion pictures got bankrupted and the studio needed money.

[@chxrliet8275]

And because of Batman forever and Batman and Robin we got the nolan trilogy so maybe it wasn’t that bad that Batman 3 wasn’t released, and obvs I would’ve wanted to see a 3rd Keaton movie but still the nolan trilogy changed comic book movies for the better lol

[@Illustraful]

No way a child would ever say "This was an attack against kids." He was told to say that.

[@jdogjohnson382]

Oh I'm sure he was

[@Danbo22987]

crazy how in just a decade things shifted, the Raimi Spider-Man films were far more violent and had happy meal toys but no one complained about them

[@mrnygren2]

Spider-man is more colorful. My impression is that the Gothic style is not much liked in America by parents.

[@VampireFan-rf5kb]

If these kids think that Batman Returns is a violent movie when they saw it in theaters, wait until they see RoboCop (1987), Hellraiser (1987), Videodrome (1983), The Thing (1982), Predator (1987), and/or Scarface (1983)...

[@markelijio6012]

As well as Peter Hyams' Capricorn One (1978), Outland (1982), 2010 (1984), Stay Tuned (1992), TimeCop (1994) and The Relic (1997). Among with Basic Instinct (1992), Cliffhanger (1993), The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993), The Mask (1994), True Lies (1994) et cetera.

[@PrincessMavenKittyDarkholme]

Poppy Playtime

[@TechnologyTransmission7476]

And Godzilla 1985

[@kylep3514]

That kid is in his 40s by now. Jesus, time flies.

[@allenpoe17]

I'm feeling old watching this. I was a very early 90s kid.

[@confidencehygienenow7458]

He be in his late 30s

[@werdle92]

That first kid sounded like he was reading a script his mom wrote.

[@KiriakosVilchez]

Danny Slaski: "It [Batman Returns] was a total attack against kids." I'll take "Things Danny Slaski Said in 1992 That Was Bullsh*t" for $500. 🤣🤣🤣

[@markelijio6012]

Looking back with these Oscar nominated classics: "Cool Hand Luke" (1967), "Papillon" (1973) and "Breaker Morant" (1980) along with "Brubaker" (also 1980), "Missing" (1982), "El Norte" (1984) among others. All of which I've saw on A&E two years later in the fall of 1994. And then I have received $800 from Chase Bank for contributing others and finally everybody was so happy.

[@kentonsam4264]

My god, wonder what they thought of Batman Begins? When that came out I remember during the scene at the docks, in the theater kids were screaming, crying, saying to their parents "let's go, this movie's scary!" I just laughed, and enjoyed the rest of the movie.

[@bigfatpug_s1465]

Then those kids and parents went into a dark alley and got shot, leading the young child to become a crime fighter

[@LexingtonDeville984]

I bet they wet their pants when Scarecrow sprayed Batman with his fear toxin and then vice versa 5/10 minutes later when Batman gives Scarecrow a dose of his own medicine 🤣

[@spaceace4387]

I've created a timeline outlining the progression of parental stupidity: 1984 - Indiana Jones And The Temple Of Doom comes out with a rating that says PARENTAL GUIDANCE SUGGESTED, SOME MATERIAL MAY BE INAPPROPRIATE FOR CHILDREN. The movie is a sequel/prequel to a very violent film and they still bitch that the movie was too dark and violent and that a middle ground rating between PG and R has to be established so they know if the movie is REALLY inappropriate for children. 1992 - Batman Returns comes out with the middle ground rating that says it is inappropriate for children under 13. It is also a sequel to another movie that was also very dark and violent and parents still pitched a fit that it was inappropriate for their under 13 aged child despite it being rated the rating that they insisted on so they would know it was inappropriate for their under 13 aged child? 2016 - Deadpool comes out with a R rating (inappropriate for children under 17), parents still take their children to see it and still throw a tantrum that it's too violent, has too much language and sex even though the rating clearly says it's for adults. You know there comes a point where parents have to take responsibility for their children and quit looking for someone to blame for their own bad parenting.

[@PokemonBoy-de4jd]

PG is some material may not be suitable for children PG-13 is some material may be inappropriate for children under 13

[@spaceace4387]

@@PokemonBoy-de4jd If the rating says some material may not suitable for children then that means that maybe you should think twice before allowing your child to see it. If you were warned and you still let your child see it anyways then you have no one to blame but yourself. Both Temple of Doom and Raiders of the Lost Ark even have an additional warning on the back of the VHS that said "This film may be too intense for children". I really don't see what's so hard about this.

[@PokemonBoy-de4jd]

Space Ace I’m not a fucking idiot who lets a child under 6 watch Indiana Jones. I was just telling you PG say some material may not be suitable for children you said PG was some material may be inappropriate for children when that’s what PG-13 says which for movie that are PG-13 is a better warning to parents but some don’t listen.

[@spaceace4387]

@@PokemonBoy-de4jd It doesn't matter, PG clearly warns parents that the film may not be completely kid friendly and they may want to preview it first in case their kid would get scared by clown kidnapping babies, or a man's heart being ripped out of his chest. This isn't rocket science numb nuts.

[@PokemonBoy-de4jd]

Space Ace I’m literally careful of what I would show a child. For example I would not let a child under 13 watch The Goonies because that has crude humor such as joke about nude photos and there’s are dead body’s and many violent moments that are beyond not being suitable for children but you know what I literally love PG-13 movies before I was 13 and I love adult show when I was much younger. Hell my parents played horror shows like Kolchak and crime shows like Hawaii Five O and Monk and I wasn’t traumatized. I even remember my parents playing So I Married an Axe Murder next to me when I was a kid and I came out completely fine.

[@multiversegeekman6349]

This is typical old school propaganda scripted bs hahaha

[@jdogjohnson9038]

Batman returns is my favorite of the franchise!

[@alexbarron7856]

Mine too!

[@rossdiamondthief6627]

Same!! I think it’s better than the first one, but that’s just me.

[@aidentucker4531]

RossDiamondThief I’ve always agreed

[@Robert-zx2ir]

It’s been my favorite since kindergarten

[@lukeczubak9879]

Same here I love batman returns the most best movie ever made

[@bobbq8380]

Batman Returns was and still is awesome. These kids NOW regret disliking this Batman movie. I loved it as a kid and moreso now!!

[@EmperorGuyver]

It's not them that didn't like it. They were reading shit wrote by adults. And why ppl go after the kids for being pawns is beyond me.

[@lukeczubak9879]

Same I love Batman returns it's the best movie ever made n I still love it

[@zacharylee1995]

Exactly

[@joshpeck904]

So we can thank these little Karens for giving us trash like Batman Forever and Batman & Robin

[@weirdwest1702]

Batman Forever was fine. People who say Batman should only ever be dark are just as bad as these people who think he should only ever be light. Besides, Burton's movies were campy as well, with Joker dancing to Prince music, Batman getting his batarang snatched by a poodle, and cute little penguins waddling through the city with candy striped rockets, not to mention the ducky car.

[@chillaxe3370]

Well we thank them because if we didn’t get Batman and Robin, then we wouldn’t get the Nolan trilogy

[@LexingtonDeville984]

@@chillaxe3370 In some weird way, that’s absolutely spot on. If it weren’t for the Schumacher turkeys, Christopher Nolan would have never come along in the 2000’s and did the Dark Knight Trilogy.

[@allengreene9954]

@@weirdwest1702 The Joker dancing to Prince was one of the GOAT Moments in Movie History😆😆😆😆😆👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿

[@weirdwest1702]

@@allengreene9954 I mean, you're not wrong!

[@Quickscript]

“I came out of Terminator 2 just fine.” Lol

[@jdogjohnson382]

Yeah I call bs on that one ha ha.

[@johnwells5414]

Well... Batman isn't exactly a kid friendly superhero. It's about a guy who is traumatized by his parent's murder that happened in front of him as a child

[@PrincessMavenKittyDarkholme]

But he does make silly quips

[@EmperorGuyver]

Those kids deserve acting roles, especially remembering all those lines lol. But if i had to hear "its an attack against kids" one more time lol

[@franchisefanatic4142]

Batman is not even meant for kids

[@EmperorGuyver]

@@franchisefanatic4142 Where did you get that half brained idea from ? 😅

[@MediaLoverChris02]

@@franchisefanatic4142Depends on which version of Batman we’re talking about.

[@thomashoien7082]

If they think this is violent, they shoild see Deadpool or a Rob Zombie film XD.

[@alexbarron7856]

True but those movies are actually R rated Batman Returns is only PG-13 yes it had a few disturbing and violent scenes here and there but it really wasn't that extreme compared to those movies

[@thomashoien7082]

Alex Barron Exactly, if they think Batman Returns is so violent with the PG-13 rating they should watch a Rob Zombie film or Deadpool

[@johndoe-dl6qo]

In 1990 i was 6 years when i saw Robocop 2 in the theater. Didn't bother me even though it had strong violence

[@zacharylee1995]

Exactly

[@tasken_lander_redux4775]

That kid DEFINITELY, probably, works at CNN now...

[@kingdomfirechannel9981]

Yes

[@thefilmrookie3099]

Yep

[@freakyfornash]

Or maybe BS, err.....MSNBC! (L.O.L.!)

[@allengreene9954]

@@freakyfornash Nah he works at Fox News. He’s got Christian Conservative written all over him.

[@puffygasp3982]

@@allengreene9954 Nah, CNN is more like it. Kid has Karen blood in him.

[@alexbarron3831]

The look on the mother's face when her daughter is talking is almost like she's saying: you better give this movie a bad review or I'm going to ground you when we get home . 😂😂

[@patterparker8024]

Batman Returns is an amazing movie and it did not deserve this much harshness.

[@CynderSpirit]

How much you wanna bet half of these kids went and saw Jurassic Park the very next year? I didn't hear any complaints then. To the woman who claims to have read the comic books should have already known Batman was a dark story his parents were shot in front of him as a child in an alley way at night time. Thank God for Batman The Animated Series

[@allengreene9954]

CynderSpirit Dragon That’s why they brought in Schumacher to goof up the series and make it Adam West all over again ....... Which wore thin on people who wanted more darker and edgier Batman stories after the Burton films and of course Batman: The Animated Series.

[@CynderSpirit]

@@allengreene9954 Actually, Schumacher was planning on making a darker Batman movie, he had a good cast and script but McDonald's went over the script and took anything that was too violent out and made him change everything.

[@allengreene9954]

CynderSpirit Dragon Oh I forgot about that part. All of the serious scenes in Batman Forever were cut as well. I’m sure that’s not what they had in mind for Two-Face. It’s still a travesty about how they ruined Two-Face, Mr. Freeze and Bane...... It was obvious in the first few lines of Batman Forever that the film was underneath McDonalds and toy companies thumbs when Alfred asked Batman if he wanted a sandwich and Batman said “I’ll get drive-thru”

[@keelychow4569]

Batman: The Animated Series needs to either be on Discovery Family Channel or come back to Toonami on Adult Swim because Discovery Family Channel sucks. #DiscoveryFamilySucks

[@haileyshannon7548]

@@keelychow4569 have you tried streaming

[@rachelmichelleniceys398]

Sounds like this kid was told to say these things.

[@markelijio6012]

Well, because we care about our kids with love and dignity.

[@mrh2284]

2:11 she looks like she’s genuinely having fun playing with that awesome batman toy

[@erikgarciabat90]

Thst crazy, when I was a little boy and I saw the movie I never dealed, on the contrary, I was shocked but glad because I say "Wow!!!". I don't care if they consider it too dark for the kids, because I liked it.

[@yoyito2020]

I agree, the movie was not for kids so why are you taking your kids younger than 13 to watch a movie rated pg-13! I’m 32 years old and I love Batman but this movie in particular always gives me the creeps because of the weird stuff that’s in it. Still love it tho.

[@youtubeistryingtocensorme]

These parents are bad parents

[@AlanAvis]

If the mom and daughter walked out after 30 minutes, how did they know about Catwoman being pushed out a window?

[@forbiddencolor]

I saw Batman Returns when I was 7 and that VHS tape got a lot of mileage. There were a few scenes that disturbed me, like when Selina is pushed out the window and is twitching on the ground with cats chewing her fingers, or when Penguin bites the guy's nose and blood squirts out everywhere. Whenever those scene would come I'd just look away lol. It didn't stop me from loving the rest.

[@Drac39]

Dear Penguin, The children regret that they are unable to attend. -Batman

[@mrabcd3819]

This just made batman returns so popular

[@JustSomeCanadianGuy]

Warner Bros could have helped themselves and let it get an R-rating and make everyone happy.

[@mohammedashian8094]

Wouldn’t have mattered they still would have complained

[@nedtempleton4873]

The children are not to blame. The whole problem and reason for the backlash and controversy was because they wrongly classified the film with a PG rating initially when it wasn't suitable for children's viewing (despite the irony of Batman essentially being created for children) and McDonalds (a more child focussed/friendly restaurant back then) was involved in marketing and promoting Batman Returns and it's merchandise to children without even inquiring into and seeing the film beforehand, which reflects that they were more concerned with and cared more about cashing in and making money from it than with whether the film was appropriate for children or not. If the film was classified with a M15+ rating originally as it should have been and parents didn't allow their children to see it (despite the irony of Batman essentially being created for children) there wouldn't have been a backlash and such controversy. And it seems Burton became the scapegoat essentially when the problem was the aforementioned, and with regard to suitability for children, the script not being suitable for children. Also, it seems McDonalds wanted to 'jump on the bandwagon' and cash in on the film's success after the success of the previous film and may have had an influence with regard to the film wrongly being classified with an inappropriate PG rating to suit themselves/their business when McDonalds should not have had any involvement, influence, say and power in the matter at all (except for excusing their own foolishness afterward). Corporations and corporate business should not influence and dictate art and media.

[@DeathbySkullfxxx]

It was attack against kids LMAO It was PG13. If yall are under 13 then the no room to complain. The rating suggests it may be too much for children under 13. That is what the rating is for.

[@aultra-magawhostandsagains7974]

What’s so funny about that is they said the thing about Batman v Superman! Batman doesn’t kill,but in both Burton Batman movies he does! Parents complained about Deadpool and Logan, but they took their kids to see those movies knowing it was rated R so it’s on them! Deadpool 2 was also criticized where they tried to appeal to kids by making a PG13 version of it. So you see people will always complain about dark movies,but the ironic thing about it was all three of those movies were successful and still are! Deadpool was already successful enough to have a sequel,but had we not had Deadpool,we never would have gotten “Logan” which became the best X men movie of all time! It was also the last time we would see Patrick Stewart and Hugh Jackman reprise their roles! What Justice League did to Batman was insulting to me as a huge Batman fan! Because it was successful it makes me fear for the future of Batman! I have this feeling Robert Pattinson is going to ruin the character by making one liners left to right! That’s just not Batman and we could possibly lose Batman movies again if they do campy Batman again!

[@DeathbySkullfxxx]

@@aultra-magawhostandsagains7974 absolutely... but hilarious they can start off the entire thing by stating its Parental Discretion for children under the age of 13, and their defense is that a movie intended for 17 yr olds and adults wasnt as teaumatizing. So therefore is a legit beef lol Further, the implied idea that the parents arent the ones to blame for not better monitoring and regulating what their kids watch... I mean... its a superhero.. they wanna see it. Theyre eunder the intended viewing age..but how dare the studio etc lol

[@spaceace4387]

Parents are stupid, they let their kids watch violent shit then bitch when they get scared even though the rating warned them ahead of time that it wasn't appropriate.

[@bullymaguire513]

This is scripted, don't you know? They paid the kids for talking bad of movies they didn't watched.

[@markelijio6012]

The first film with a PG-13 rating was John Milius' Red Dawn for MGM/UA. Opens in the fall of 1984 and did pretty well at the box office.

[@jeremyromero341]

I love Batman when I was as 5 years old til now , they just big babies

[@theuniverseshow9699]

It’s rated PG-13 *BUT IT’S TOO VIOLENT FOR YOUNG CHILDREN*

[@markelijio6012]

Miss Pat Carroll: The first film with a PG-13 rating was John Milius' "Red Dawn." Released in the fall of 1984 by MGM/UA.

[@jackgunning1248]

“We’ve never seen someone with a defect in the comics!”

[@Aidenkong523]

It seems nobody remembered that they bought their kids robocop and terminator toys a few years ago.

[@adamkolaites]

The kid said Batman Returns scared him but he walked out of Terminator 2 just fine. Mkay.

[@zacharylee1995]

Exactly

[@Tomversal]

Fun Fact: Those kids got bullied

[@snakes3425]

Danny: It's an attack against kids.... Wow just wow, I don't think I've ever seen the moment where a kid destroys his entire social life for the next 50 years on live television

[@PJVids83]

Collective amnesia must have set in between 1984 and 1992. Temple of Doom and Gremlins told you what PG-13 would be like. It's not for your 4 year old.

[@DJSIQRIQ]

Coached

[@donelsw6676]

Facts

[@SomethingSomethingg]

This is actually my favorite Tim Burton film. The evil circus, the Penguin with black blood dripping out of his mouth, when Penguin pulls a decapitated hand out of a Christmas stocking, Selina destroying her apartment, Christopher Walken....awesome movie!!

[@willbrown6618]

How are they comparing T2 with Batman returns? Batman is PG-13 and T2 is rated R? Tf? And they made toys for kids FROM T2??

[@Johnlindsey289]

Yup and it was amazing when they did kids merchandise to T2 as i saw T1 on ABC at age 5 and saw T2 in theaters when i was 9 and had some T2 stuff

[@jesusnavarrete6317]

I saw it when I was 7. Yeah it was scary but I had comfort knowing Batman was going to take care of business.

[@This-is-a-commentt]

That kid memorised those lines incredibly well, good actor that kid, wonder where he is now

[@jaredburke9445]

At the end of the day that kid was probably hired by warner bros to get the hype out

[@RosebudKane41]

Lesson Learned: Dont promote a movie meant for an older audience through Happy Toys toys and mislead stupid boomer parents. Fin.

[@joshstorms3953]

Ture but you have to remember. Back then super heroes were still seen as "kid stuff" and studios naturally figured that the best way to market them was through merchandise. They did not fully understand that the comics and movies had "Grown up" since the Adam West Show.

[@dominicmoroney]

Lesson: Keep your mouth shut about stuff you don’t understand

[@markelijio6012]

@@dominicmoroney Agreed.

[@KibaDragonRanger]

Batman Begins, The Dark Knight, The Dark Knight Rises, Zack Snyder's Justice, The Batman: Hold my beer.

[@allengreene9954]

Haha yeah😆😆😆😆😆

[@Nick-vv2ik]

I bet he got bullied throughout the rest of his life

[@tecpaocelotl]

Saw both batman movies in theaters as a kid and loved it. I was 4 or 5 when first one came out. 2nd was 6 or 7.

[@nostalgiaking7001]

PG-13, suggested age for seeing movie is 13...which is a teenager, NOT a child

[@professorfirebird4547]

I saw it in theaters when I was 4 I loved it but my stupid mom wouldn’t buy me the vhs, I got it from my aunt

[@bobblueford]

😂😂😂

[@ChemicalCorpse91]

I was obsessed with Batman Returns vhs tape lol even more then Batman 1989

[@ChemicalCorpse91]

@Yorky Gonzalez Same man there was something about that movie that made me hooked to the vhs when i was a kid. Batman 1989 comes second though i love that one too. I couldn't give two shits for Forever and Batman & Robin

[@wizzzitit6177]

I saw it on dvd in the 00s and I love it love Tim Burton’s flims

[@dominicmoroney]

Well it seems like your mum doesn’t even give a shit about you then

[@nathanexplosionn]

So Batman scares you.....? Sounds like he has done his job.

[@KyleEvra]

Batman is supposed to be feared. That's his thing.

[@snakes3425]

Danny: Penguin's total goal was to hurt kids. Kid you claim to have seen the movie twice right? Then you should know that Penguin's backstory is that his parents rejected him and tossed him into the sewer in the hopes he'd die all because he was ugly and was driven insane by years of rejection and now wanted to kill kids for revenge. Also how much did your parents and the studio pay you to humiliate yourself like this...because it wasn't enough.

[@Kevin112681]

Thank you. And I bet he is embarrassed by this now. You can tell that his mama told him to say that.lol

[@snakes3425]

@@Kevin112681 And yet the 10 year old was allowed to sit through an R rated movie whose main characters are a juvenal delinquent, a psychotic urban terrorist, a killer robot disguised as a cop and a killer robot who shoots up a mall, not to mention the nightmare inducing war in the future and Judgment Day scenes. I also seem to recall they didn't seem to care about the ads that were promoting toy lines and video games FOR KIDS based on R-rated movies like Terminator, Aliens, Predator, Friday the 13th and Nightmare on Elm Street. Once again I apologize for the tangent but I hate these hypocritical self-titled "Moral Guardians" who are like "Think of the children but any criticism of my parenting is hate speech."

[@nickangelo116]

So, do we dislike the video for contributing to the end of the Burton/Keaton era, or do we like it to show appreciation for the uploader?

[@1beatcher]

I say like, because this person uploaded the video, and he/she didn't have to.

[@nickangelo116]

@@1beatcher Makes sense

[@davidlloydmiller]

a PG-13 movie reviewed by a 10 year old.

[@JG1570]

These five people are the ones that destroyed the franchise. Not Joel Schumacher

[@allengreene9954]

Joel wanted to make Year One but Warner Bros forced him to go along with the watered down product.

[@markelijio6012]

Well, Joel Schumacher considers that choosing and picking his own projects very carefully such as 1983's DC Cab, 1985's St. Elmo's Fire, 1987's The Lost Boys, 1990's Flatliners, 1991's Dying Young, 1993's Falling Down, 1994's The Client, 1996's A Time to Kill and 1999's 8mm were very important to him. Except 1995's Batman Forever and 1997's Batman and Robin, of course.

[@gerbmcnuggets5466]

Vicky Vale never got over Bruce dumping her.

[@bluejay22]

Waaaa 😭😭😭😭, it’s too scary, I need my security blanket, there’s too much violence, I need my safe space, waaaa 😭😭😭😭. Man, I’ve seen that movie when I was around these kids ages in my local theater when it came out and if anything, I was disappointed that it wasn’t scarier and more violent than it was.

[@Galactusperson]

I never understood why a PG-13 film was marketed to kids

[@PokemonBoy-de4jd]

Probably because PG-13 doesn’t restrict kids from entering a theater that’s playing a movie with that rating.

[@markelijio6012]

@@PokemonBoy-de4jd Looking back in 1984-1985, when the first film was released in theaters with a PG-13 rating was John Milius' most successful film, "Red Dawn."

[@Charcoaledmarmalade]

The parents back in the 90s are the reason why we got the terrible sequels

[@nedtempleton4873]

Wrong. The problem was because of the inappropriate PG-13 rating and the writers of the sequels.

[@PrincessMavenKittyDarkholme]

​@@nedtempleton4873yes

[@jan-erikella7772]

Danny the kid expert is now 40 years old.

[@1beatcher]

They payed him batman return toys to say what he said. OK I don't know if they did, but it would be funny if that was the case.