Batman on Film: A Journey Through the Tim Burton and Joel Schumacher Era

[@Harri927]

I love the Burton Batman movies. Michael Keaton is and always will be my favorite Batman.

[@TheNervousnation]

same

[@DNOstalgia]

😁😁😁😁🍻🍻🍻

[@ArchangelExile]

@@TheNervousnation1:04:56 Clooney reprised his role of Bruce Wayne in The Flash 2023

[@Harri927]

@@ArchangelExile I know.

[@shainewhite2781]

BATMAN 89, My favorite Batman movie!

[@pdmore123]

I get goosebumps thinking about it. When i was a youngling I thought i was batman lol and he man … 😂

[@jescis]

I have almost all the Batman movies, but 89 is my favorite 100%! I have the japanese version of Batman for the Famicom/NES Game by Sunsoft ;) ;)

[@YooperHatesOhioState]

@@jescisonly one I don’t have is the 1966 one

[@jescis]

@@YooperHatesOhioState me either!! too campy for my taste and vision of Batman…

[@YooperHatesOhioState]

@@jescis I even have a soft spot for B&R. I love movies filled with humor. I have yet to Hate a Batman or Spider-Man movie. Superman however, haven’t found a movie where I actually like lol

[@jasperzanjani]

Catwoman raising her head in the closing shot of Batman Returns still gives me chills

[@gaoutlaw]

The 1989 original made a huge impact on me as a nine year old, as a superhero fan, and as a movie viewer. It was probably the first “grown-up“ movie I ever saw. 30+ years later, it is still one of my favorites.

[@z-rex6068]

Batman 89 and Returns are my favourites. I wish that today we’d get a Gotham City in a Batman film that looks like the one in those two films - they haven’t been able to capture the essence of Gotham City ever since.

[@corneliuswashington-gp1we]

.....the set director....ANTON FURST....committed SUICIDE.....i was supposed to work with him on a deodorant commercial....the entertainment world was very sad....he was a DARK GENIUS....

[@beans301]

Tim burton gave batman proper treatment for that time.

[@rickytoddbotelho9555]

I was always a huge batman fan. I learned to read because I looked at the tiny boxes in the comic books.Then when Frank Miller's batman returns came out it burned like wildfire! Reinvigorated my interest in comics, which had left when he left daredevil. ❤❤❤

[@aaronatwood9298]

I don’t think it can be understated how amazing Keaton was as an actor. He played just absolutely amazing characters and definitely set the bar as Batman. To date, none have quite captured the spirit of his character. Hes the one they all wanna be.

[@darrenwest9091]

There needs to be an animated version of Batman 89 with as many of the original actors as possible.

[@emily-crawford-soprano9181]

Doug Jones did play the Riddler in a Batman short film. He stood out in a great way.

[@Jaysin412]

I had all of those McDonalds toys back when this movie released! Saw it in theaters, it was crazy back then when we were getting our first tastes of comic book movies. Superman was amazing, but the first 2 Batman movies were the gold standard!!! Absolutely amazing! And then summer of Batman forever happened amd it blew the last 2 out of the water with merchandising, and tie ins, everyone jumped on that movie back then! Random candy and toys, and just everything Batman! It was like the Jurassic Park summer 2 years before Forever... every 3 songs on any radio station was the Seal song Kiss from a Rose, even on the metal/alternative music stations. I can still hear it now. Lmfao! The 90s were wild!

[@corneliuswashington-gp1we]

....recently SEAL....was on the JENNIFER HUDSON SHOW....and he said that JOEL..... approached him and told him that he LOVED his VOICE....and would he contribute something to the soundtrack...and even though the song had little to do with the movie....JOEL did EXACTLY what he told SEAL he would do....just STICK IT IN....and he DID.....which gave SEAL....the BIGGEST HIT OF HIS CAREER....RIP JOEL....

[@devious187]

Bob is the true star of the Burton Batman, the most loyal film henchman I've ever seen... such a shame he had to die If 89 Batman and The Dark Knight were the only Batman movies ever made, I'd still be happy... of course I'd be even happier if Batman And Robin was the one that never got made lol

[@PugFeist]

Keaton is my nostalgia win but I love Pattinson, Bale, Kilmer and even Afleck. The only one I can’t get behind was Clooney’s though for the movie they made I thought he did well. I’m excited for what comes next with this character in live action.

[@jediknightjairinaiki560]

I thought Sir Patrick Stewart would have made the perfect Mr. Freeze, the first time I saw the animated version.

[@orlandoruizjr3834]

I still remember watching Batman 89 in the theater. The lines went all around and behind the back of the theater. I was only 6, but I remember the whole experience of getting ready for the movies at home, during which my cousins were trying to scare me by telling me that the dad from The Shining was the Joker. Even though I hadn't seen The Shining, I still knew about it, and Nicholson, so I was a little nervous. Walking out, all of us loved the movie. When the VHS came out, we wore that tape out. Still holds up terrifically for me.

[@reinaldopereira1268]

Excellent video!

[@avace917]

The one thing I saw that told me this was gonna be huge was the billboard in Times Square, NYC on my way homefrom school. It was in a spot previously used by Broadway plays, so putting that ad there seemed big. It's in this video at 17:31

[@vincentsolis5149]

I'm driving from Chicago to CA. Please pump out more of these 👍 Love the history.

[@VicMartino]

My favorite on screen Batman not counting Adam West who was the Adam West Batman not Batman my favorite is Michael Keaton because my favorite Batman movie is the 1989 Tim Burton movie which is the movie that paved the way for the others that followed.

[@dinosaurdino]

I remember seeing Clean & Sober, then later hearing about Batman. I knew he could do Wayne but could not put my head around him as Batman himself! after watching Batman 89, I would never doubt Burton again!

[@MichaelAlderton]

Loved Batman 89 respected Batman returns the other two are what you make of them

[@jonjones6764]

Dent was never going to be in the role Shrek was. Waters himself has said so. Dent was going to be completely separate, showing signs of his eventual transformation into two face by flipping a coin to decide if he was going to get involved in the situation involving Shrek and Cobblepot

[@keithfinch1053]

That was great. Thank you.

[@alexandruarnautuvraciu]

Michael Keaton, Val Kilmer, Ben Affleck and Christian Bale are the Best live Batmen ❤

[@wednesdayaddams1356]

Agreed

[@alexandruarnautuvraciu]

@@wednesdayaddams1356 🤘🏻😜

[@wednesdayaddams1356]

@@alexandruarnautuvraciu 😎👍

[@alexandruarnautuvraciu]

@@wednesdayaddams1356 🤘🏻😜

[@NeoConnor1]

Robert Pattinson deserves mention.

[@kingcurmudgeon8685]

Adam wests Batman was fun as a kid. I enjoyed it. Tim Burtons Batman came after Frank Millers fantastic interpretation of Batman and delivered upon that new vision. Dark and gritty and serious.

[@ScottJarreau]

9:01 It was cool to see Robert Whul briefly in the CW verse

[@bensneb360]

I could watch these movies over and over on weeks on end and still want to rewatch them, there so much fun

[@LostSox]

0:34 you’re wrong for skipping over Brandon Routh as Superman.

[@Dr_1212]

"Chicks Dig the Car."

[@wednesdayaddams1356]

Hold me, thrill me, kiss me, kill meeeeeee

[@Dr_1212]

@@wednesdayaddams1356 I actually liked that song 😎👍

[@wednesdayaddams1356]

@@Dr_1212 me too ✊️😎

[@Dr_1212]

@@wednesdayaddams1356 😎

[@dobi287]

I like Batman and Robin in general and much more than forever

[@flyguy7825]

If it wasn't for this series The Superhero franchise wouldn't be relevant to this day.

[@nikolugo]

I was in first grade when Batman and Robin came out and yes I was one of those damn kids and thought it was the best movie ever I had all the toys t-shirts and now over the years I realize why people hated that movie

[@YooperHatesOhioState]

It’s a awfully good movie imo

[@S.Dot87]

love this video but also, this is a strong reminder that warner bros can't stay out of the directors version of films

[@Blechfuchs]

Every time I - in retrospect - hear of studio executives changing an original idea in a movie I already overly enjoyed in my youth to something ‘more suitable for younger audiences’, and realize what got changed or cut out, I go all Jim Carrey like “Pfff - OOH, COME OOON!!!”

[@docd-monik4380]

I choose to view the Schumacher films as an entirely different universe than the Burton films, and ya know what? It helps me appreciate them more. Also it's easy to do, with Gotham looking completely different, and Alfred/Gordon being the only common denominators....

[@beedubs230]

Thank god the Catwoman role didn’t go to Sean Young. Pfeiffer MADE Batman Returns.

[@dawnofapril3055]

Returns was my first Batman movie as a kid and I loved it (I was too young for the first one when it came out)! Remained my favorite up until The Dark Knight. When Forever and Batman and Robin came out, I didn't like them at all. They reminded me of the Adam West series which I hated at the time, being much more familiar with the dark and mature take on the character that I grew up with.

[@damaniqphillip2756]

Sweet

[@benzchannel73]

At 41:50 he was saying he was bright . The opposite of dark. Dark knight. I didn't see it as a roast

[@johnavenger]

Not Jack Frost that's the Snowmeiser from the year without a Santa claus.

[@philip2010]

To be honest I like the original series better than the new series I realize some people think batman and Robin and batman forever are really lame but I don't think so I think they are quite emaginitive I think the villains in the original series are well done the late 60s TV show with Adam west didn't really take batman seriously it was more comical more of a spoof where Robin said things like Holy jelly were in a jam batman 😂 But my daughter and little grandsons like it so I can't say too much I was impressed in 89 when the batman movie came out I really love it batman is a great DC character it was about time he got some spotlight

[@JoBloOriginals]

The first two Burton movies are legit classics.

[@corneliuswashington-gp1we]

@@JoBloOriginals ....love your video....thank you so much...i learned a lot.....just thank you...i will probably watch it again and again...now let's breakdown what i remember before i have to go to work....unfortunately set designer GENIUS....ANTON FURST committed SUICIDE...and that is the reason he wasn't in on anymore of the continuation of his brilliant work...i was booked to work with him on a deodorant commercial and everyone in art and entertainment was very saddened to hear of his untimely death....ROBIN WAS in the original TIM version but he was CUT because the studio thought the situation was becoming ...too....what else....GAY....JACK NICHOLSON broke all of THAT DOWN in ROLLING STONE MAGAZINE.....of course JACK was COMPLETELY in FAVOR of ROBIN staying in because JACK....had some really....SALACIOUS things to SAY that got CUT........also it was JACK'S idea to bring PRINCE aboard....and it is legend that TIM was ambivalent because we all KNOW....PRINCE is a GENIUS...and TIM was NOT ready for THAT kind of HEAT...when he voiced his ....concern JACK SNAPPED.....PRINCE IS BATMAN....PRINCE even hung out on the SET and observed everything and the song PARTYMAN is specifically about JACK RULING THE SET DURING FILMING.......the 60s TV SHOW was a POP CULTURE HIT to the point it came on 2 NIGHTS A WEEK before it fizzled out...it introduced the concept of children's entertainment...ad the concept of CAMP... to MAINSTREAM TASTE....TIM BURTON...is truly a GENIUS and i LOVE his 2 films...however it was a bit DARK and KINKY ...and the critics and PARENTS were side eyeing his obvious fetishes being displayed for quote unquote ...CHILDREN...but he got over..LOL....EVERYONE LOVES HIS VERSION of CATWOMAN....MICHELLE is IMMORTAL FOR THAT.....LOL....and i do not blame her from her doing ONE....and being DONE....the BEST FEMALE ACTRESSES are well aware of that sense of MYSTERY....as for JOEL...he DID take the franchise to the NEXT LEVEL...by the time he came aboard the movie industry was well aware of POP CULTURE....and the CHARACTERS THEMSELVES BEING CELEBRITIES as much as the STARS PLAYING THEM which was very exciting to see......TOMMIE LEE JONES....as well as just about everyone else in HOLLYWOOD was just....CONFUSED and DISCONNECTED and ENVIOUS of JIM CARREY because he was the FIRST ACTOR to get 20 MILLION for his work in a picture....something he said he had visualized as a young man when he first came to HOLLYWOOD....even TOM CRUISE said his AGENT was STARTLED that JIM got that much and HE began DEMANDING THAT TOM GET THAT MUCH TOO.....JIM said that TOMMIE had told him to his FACE that he felt that HE TOO COULD and SHOULD get that check....but TOMMIE is an EXCELLENT DRAMATIC ACTOR...and JIM....as everyone KNOWS.....is a WALKING SPECIAL EFFECT...what he gives himself PERMISSION TO DO as an ACTOR....is ANOTHER DIMENSION of GENIUS not seen since CHARLIE CHAPLIN...and when he was cast as....THE RIDDLER....we all KNEW HE WAS GOING TO KILL IT...and he DID...under JOEL'S REIGN he presented A....as A.....a COMIC BOOK turned into a MOVIE....and he gave such VISUAL EXCELLENCE on every level...a lot of people are not aware of his work in FASHION....he was an editor and stylist under DIANA VREELAND the editor in chief of VOGUE in the 60s....and SHE is one of the most INFLUENTIAL PEOPLE IN FASHION....ADVERTISING...and MARKETING....and VISUAL CULTURE...she is STUDIED by people in those fields TO THIS DAY...so JOEL has always known how to LAY DOWN VISUALS...he also of course has excellent TASTE.....however HE HIMSELF has admitted that. he......sadly to his SINCERE REGRET....RUINED THE FRANCHISE....and thought that he made the franchise...TOO CAMP.... it seems that the film industry knows what it's doing with the franchise holistically....it's ENTERTAINMENT and MERCHANDISING...not necessarily HIGH ART....and we as an audience are becoming a bit too ....SOPHISTICATED to just SIT BACK...and be ENTERTAINED...we are constantly trying to show how critical and smart we are....as we watch these very talented and very smart actors...TAKE THE MONEY and RUN...all of the British actors that now have a serious stronghold as actors in these comic book movies have NO PROBLEMS whoring themselves out for it....and they openly....and HILARIOUSLY ADMIT IT....THANKS again for your video...and RIP JOEL....

[@avace917]

Elfman didn't score the animated series. They just used his theme for the intro and outro. It was scored by Shirley Walker

[@roblough3314]

Turned the video off at the two minute mark when it was made abudentky clear that you don't understand what the Adam West version was supposed to be. If you can't be trusted with that, how can you be trusted in giving an accurate talk on the Burton/Schumacher series of movies?

[@godstomper]

Definitely a game changer

[@ScottTerrito]

It's not Jack Frost but Cool Miser from the year without Santa

[@docd-monik4380]

Hey, you know who Arnold (in his prime) would have been perfect to play? Ubermensch or Red Superman

[@ArchangelExile]

1:04:56 Clooney reprised his role of Bruce Wayne in The Flash (2023).

[@NeoConnor1]

Don't remind us.

[@trevor-johnsen]

I don't apologize for Vivica Fox's role, damn she's fine...🔥😍🤑💯

[@benkline8996]

Val kilmer said he wanted to come back for another Batman but they didn't wait for him to finish filming the saint so they replaced him I wonder how Batman and Robin would have been if Val kilmer came back

[@bonghunezhou5051]

Val would have either changed the film writ large, or walked away from it if unsuccessful, IMO.

[@jediknightjairinaiki560]

So glad Robin Williams stuck to his guns and told WB to pound sand. His being used as a pawn to get Jack Nicholson is proof that actors are considered product and people.

[@rambler1475]

They are product. Their names are used to market movies.

[@GregOrCreg]

Elle Macpherson contributes hotness. Also, Chase Meridian is an M.D., so, she's arguably more accomplished than Vicki or Selina.

[@jamesabernethy7896]

Been really enjoying your channel lately I saw all of these at the time when I was much younger. Being honest I'd still enjoy all of them apart from the Clooney entry. Although there's probably a few more things I could say, what stuck my most is how Michelle Pfeiffer, at the time, looks like Chloe Moretz now. Does anyone else see it?

[@GregOrCreg]

Well, she Michelle play Chloe's mother in Dark Shadows.

[@dhgodzilla1]

I recently watched the Schumacher Films again & found myself asking "Why doesn't Bat Girls Bat Suit also have Nipples"?

[@TheGoddamnJefe]

KEATON!!!

[@Cicadareal]

I wanna see comic books of batman and batman returns buut in the schumacherverse.

[@tun-tunninc.6492]

I'm Batman. 😎

[@johnbrown5662]

I love Batman Subzero.

[@_ChoccooMilkk_]

I gave Batman 89 so much crap for years. Having read the original script, and being a huge Nightwing/Robin fan, I love that original script. I watched it a couple years ago and I absolutely hated it. I always wished they would’ve made it as Sam Hamm originally wrote it, I thought it would’ve made for a better movie than what I’d seen. Just finished it last night and I have no idea why I hated that movie so much. Is it the best Batman movie in my opinion? No. But it is a good Batman movie, both in script and final product. Honestly, id love to have seen the Nightwing Spin-Off movie that was you going to Star Chris O’Donnell, it would’ve been interesting I think

[@TheNervousnation]

Sam has my vote.

[@MoviesAtTheBar]

Your timing of periods is off a lot, especially saying Brosnan had a certain spy role around the corner because in late 88 when Batman was being cast the door of Bond had been slammed shut on Brosnan.

[@mikeecko]

I'm sorry to all the new Batman fans because of the Batman film. Michelle Pfeiffer was and is the best Catwoman that we will ever see. And sexy AF 🥰🥰❤️💯💯

[@Mike-0201]

Dispute the failure of the Flash, Newton did not loose a step since 1992's Returns! And to give the director credit, he stayed true to the 89 version in so many ways!!

[@bonghunezhou5051]

📽 Is this (merely) a *compilation* of earlier videos?? 📽 If Batman '89 had not been such a groundbreaking hit, there would have been no Batman: Mask of the Phantasm (THE best Batman film ever, according to some) because there would not have been Batman: The Animated Series, which had been developed as result of the spectacular success of the said film.

[@kyledamron]

I do find it funny how much batman fans that dont like the adam west batman hate the pow, wiz, bang stuff but are cool with Wolverine's "snikt" proving it's not that those type of things dont work they just work when used right amd that should be only in the comics not on screen

[@dobi287]

Clooney was in flash

[@wednesdayaddams1356]

🦇👍

[@cranklabexplosion-labcentr8245]

Too bad Wesley Willis whooped Batman’s a** in 95’

[@mitchell7309]

If Alfred blew up my spot like that, after a one night stand or dating app hook up was leaving, that would be his last day of employment, regardless of letting her know down the line that I’m also Batman 🤦‍♂️

[@allenleanhart5503]

Tim curry would of made a good joker

[@GregOrCreg]

He's my fancast pick for the role circa 1989.

[@Lofote]

The problem with Batman 4 for me was that there was absolutely no chemistry between the three good heroes. They don't work at all, and not just when Robin does his jealousy thing because of Poison Ivy. The whole dialogs between them and all dialogs between them and Batgirl are just stupid and not developed. "Oh you are now also a hero? ...Ok" - not even adressing once that it might be dangerous for her. Nobody cared for her safety, which is a stupid move for a relative of their beloved butler.

[@SuperBrooklynite007]

33:24 macs dad is a clown too

[@IanM-id8or]

Interesting that Brosnan didn't want to be a comic book character (cough cough Doctor Fate cough cough)

[@paultheretrogamer]

What's supposed to mean from England to USA to make it more appealing?

[@Day-ZDuke]

Probably because Tim Burton lived in California at the time, and had other projects in Hollywood, so filming in LA would be more appealing / easier for Burton, and then he would be willing to work on the movie

[@ianblake3224]

Peter Weller from robocop would of been the best Mr freeze they got the wrong cyborg

[@harryclarkhulk]

I thought Keaton left because he thought the script for Forever was terrible.

[@psy8637]

Please

[@ryanbriggs1437]

No fear. One piece was great!

[@jimcameron1234]

I AM BATMAN is => BATMAN

[@justinparkerthewildwolf6394]

So she became cat woman when she falls out a window and dies , then some cats come along and.... Ahh. Yeah.

[@lugialover2496]

600th like

[@tohpingtiang4878]

Happy meal. Get a free 1st born

[@LennyMarcusNY]

Why get a guy so camp to narrate when complaining the old series was to camp

[@mmck76]

Why doesn’t this narrator enunciate the t sound ever? Is it an accent or a speech impediment?

[@ozm0zesjoe466]

Cringe

[@BobbyMoore2-mp8wb]

🤙🏿

[@blade8989]

J

[@adolfskywalker6426]

2023 and you can`t even be bothered to credit Bill Finger as co-creator. Still pushing Bob Kane. Get your facts straight. Embarassing!

[@DR.slzzzp]

WHY ARENT YOU BRITISH

[@matamismahabamasarap6920]

God bless us ❤ Amen