Patrick Explains BATMAN: THE MOVIE (And Why It's Great)

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[@RealEngineering]

I can't stress this enough....your mothers accent brings me so much joy

[@fizzplease6742]

I second this very much.

[@calebmcurby8580]

Gaaaaaaaaah Real Engineering!!!!! Your accent brings ME so much joy!!!

[@calebmcurby8580]

You've been a HUGE part of my continued education in adulthood

[@PuppetRebelPress]

I mean, given that's pretty much exactly why I subscribed to YOUR channel, I truly can't agree more. :D

[@dibbler5]

I love that she squeezes in the "disapproving Irish mammy" look when Patrick first shows up...

[@timbates12]

EVERYONE: Hey, Patrick, you should make a video about the Snyder Cut! PATRICK: Don't worry, guys. I promise you, my next video will be me talking about a Batman movie.

[@benwasserman8223]

We’re still holding him onto that Patreon promise.

[@TheFlash-rh2el]

We must protect the Batman Film for Virgins at all costs! I like this version of Batman. It's silly, fun and a window into the overall mood of the time in Hollywood. It was a time of peace and love, and the crimefighting superheroes reflected this.

[@Lautrekc]

We should wait the release of army of the dead tho. Might be great to have another movie to pile on the video. It look pretty amazing

[@TheFlash-rh2el]

@@Lautrekc I hope not. They’re the worst kind of film videos. Cinemasins and Screen Junkies bathe in lazy criticism for laughs and the longer, more prose-driven videos picking art apart is about as helpful.

[@Lautrekc]

@@TheFlash-rh2el when I said to pile on the video was to add. Not to shit on. I love zack snyder lol

[@camerongrow6426]

When you realize you've been watching the prequel this whole time

[@galactic85]

I KNOW RIGHT? I was like "holy shit......IT'S THE SAME PATRICK!!!!" It's especially funny because previously I had made a comment that Patrick displayed different kinds of evil traits in the "Patrick explains" series vs the main videos. Now it turns out it was always the same evil Patrick the whole time! This is a damn good twist.

[@reubenm.d.5218]

So presumably, the Explains Patrick and Charl are going to go to the island and switch Patricks...

[@goldpineapple2178]

This helps I was confused for a bit

[@TheValerius88]

Ok... I Guess that the patrickverse Is deeper than i tought

[@tucker215]

@@reubenm.d.5218 no I think he’s going to convince the other Patrick to enact his plan. Remember we saw there was still a Patrick on the island as well as in NY.

[@ComicsFromScratch]

The bomb scene from Batman '66 is indistinguishable from the finale of the Dark Knight Rises. I will not be taking any questions.

[@jakeb6703]

some days you just cant get rid of a nuke

[@kyleduvall3751]

This is absolutely the truth

[@thelionofthenorth]

Wait...they are two different films? Inconceivable!

[@jamesrichie7844]

No lie detected.

[@supanixta]

Hey, you, take my question.

[@AlRoderick]

Frank Gorshin hated the Riddler's default skin-tight jumpsuit covered in question marks, to that point the only look he'd ever had in the comics, and basically invented the now classic green suit with bowler hat for himself, which is probably his most iconic look in the comics and the later animated series.

[@jonallenmcnamara5339]

Wow, I'd never heard this. That's super cool.

[@SamAronow]

@@jonallenmcnamara5339 And he made the costume himself. He'd learned tailoring in the Army.

[@MarcAquino1095]

Can we just acknowledge that his Riddler laugh is just as creepy as Heath Ledger’s Joker laugh?

[@MattMcIrvin]

@@MarcAquino1095 I've heard some arguments that many modern portrayals of the Joker actually owe a lot to Frank Gorshin's *Riddler*. That menacing giggle, the feeling that this is a guy teetering on the edge of homicidal frenzy while keeping it light. He was the creepiest regular villain on this show.

[@spyboy1964]

I think that Frank Gorshin's portrayal of the riddler was influenced by Richard Widmark's performance in the 1947 film Kiss of Death. If you haven't seen that film, check it out, and you'll see what I'm talking about. I don't want to spoil it for anyone.

[@pavarottiaardvark3431]

I can't believe that you skipped the Navy selling a submarine to "a Mister P N Guin who didn't leave an address"

[@zil1832]

I dont get the subtext? Is it because P N Guin is a hilarious name?

[@godot3005]

@@zil1832 Penguin

[@pavarottiaardvark3431]

@@zil1832 One of the noteworthy things about Batman 66 is that it often portrayed authorities as bumbling and incompetent (doing this in the mid 60s is a BIG DEAL). In this case, the Navy are apparently selling surplus warmachines to randos who don't even have a proper postal address. And who are obviously Batman villains.

[@zil1832]

@@godot3005 Oh so obvious, now that I see it😅

[@zil1832]

@@pavarottiaardvark3431 yes, in 1930s the superhero phenomenon rose. In times of crisis, they were supposed to help. So, What was the troble in contemporary society this time, I wonder?

[@lucasmaiacarneiro]

i just realized that patrick became the new and actually good nostalgic critic

[@MadaxeMunkeee]

Unfortunately, Nostalgia Critic is the Nostalgia Critic of Nostalgia Critic

[@lawrencecalablaster568]

A couple years before ever watching Patrick I binged a bunch of Nostalgia Critic after he showed up in an Honest Trailer; I hated his style almost completely.

[@bevanmorgan3946]

@@lawrencecalablaster568 I could never get through more than a few seconds. Every single aspect made my skin crawl and I’ll never understand how anyone could sit through his videos.

[@santos8468]

They do resemble each other

[@cjkalandek996]

@@bevanmorgan3946 I like his videos, but occasionally he does piss me off. Mainly when I feel like he tears a movie apart for all the wrong reasons. Like, in his review of _The Matrix,_ he says the biggest plot hole of the movie is the idea of a Matrix to begin with. He's like _"If the machines need human beings as a power source, why keep them in a virtual reality when you could let them dream or lobotomize them?"_ Except if he spent half as time concentrating and actually paid any attention to the movie as he does making jokes, perhaps he'd realize that Smith actually explains that the Matrix was designed the way it was because the first time they tried it, they created a perfect world to keep them happy and live out their dreams and many died rejecting it. Plus, I believe it's stated that without consciousness, human organs eventually start failing.

[@OldGamerScott]

Patrick on Batman: And finally, no origin story Also, this is charl's origin story.

[@helenl3193]

Because Evil Patrick is EVIL

[@YoniLavi]

I'd actually be interested in going further back to learn what led Charl to a life of crime

[@Woesteinvuir]

Patrick's point about the utter sincerity of West's performance vs the winking-ness of Clooney's gets to the heart of why there seems to be general fondness for this show/film in a way that there doesn't seem to be Batman and Robin. That flick has its charms, sure, but the stuff w Alfred and his granddaughter, and Batman and Robin's falling out - it makes it seem like it wasn't 100% sure what it wanted to be. And with material like this, anything less than 100% ain't gonna cut it.

[@shukterhousejive]

At least Arnold knew what to do in that film, his delivery of those classic ice puns is flawless

[@THEDONTTELLSHOW]

Batman and Robin is disliked because that generation only acknowledges Frank Miller's Batman.

[@bonesgrey]

@@shukterhousejive I would say both he and Uma understood the assignment

[@mabusestestament]

Uma the Drag Queen 😘

[@rmsgrey]

Yeah, I have two major issues with that movie: the terrible miscasting of Clooney (it was a revelation to me when, on a rewatch, I tried imagining the bat-dialogue being delivered differently and realised there was nothing wrong with the writing; it was all in the delivery); and the total waste of Bane, transformed from the man who broke the bat to a faceless sidekick for a secondary villain...

[@hairychin]

There's a great bit in 'Return to the Batcave - The Misadventures of Adam and Burt', where Burt asks Adam why the villains were always shot in Dutch angles, he explain's it's "Because they're crooked" :)

[@slashandbones13]

I love Adam West's performance. It walks a almost impossible balance completely sincere for children and completely satirical and/or absurd for adults. Penlty of people have done satire on superheroes but this is the one time someone was sincere and satirical AT THE SAME TIME.

[@suedenim]

This is one of those things almost everyone misses about the series and this movie, from hipsters to overly serious Batman fans; it's very, very difficult to pull this tone off, and for every Batman, there are dozens of "spoofs" or "bad on purpose" works that not only miss the target, but don't even see the target clearly.

[@SimonBuchanNz]

Brave and the Bold got close overall, but cheated a bit: it switched between cheesy and absurd, and horrifying and absurd, and the deadpan delivery serves both excellently.

[@slashandbones13]

Brave and the Bold did this some episodes but it was also a love letter to all things Batman so that wasn't it's goal every episode.

[@frederickburke9944]

Yes!!!

[@brittonlumpkin9227]

Your parents have really upped their acting game with this one.

[@katherinealvarez9216]

You know what I want from Batman? Hollywood not be embarrassed by the Batfamily and put them on screen. Yes, even Jarro!

[@jakeb6703]

but in a snyder level of seriousness lol

[@katherinealvarez9216]

@@jakeb6703 considering how dysfunctional they can be and how they keep dying, get resurrected, fake their deaths, or travel through time or just take a break from Bruce, it could work. Here's the dad, here are the kids and here's the two grandpas that are so tired.

[@jamesivan24]

I want a Battle for the Cowl movie - a Batman movie that focuses exclusively on the Batfamily, and doesn't show Bruce after the 5-minute mark.

[@pavarottiaardvark3431]

I think we can all agree that the most important Bat Family team member is Bat-Cow

[@marioricomeza2839]

There is Batman Lego

[@boingo2000]

I simply cannot believe Patrick brought up the Flash Gordon comic without mentioning that Lorenzo Semple Jr. wrote the screenplay to the 1980 Flash Gordon movie.

[@mooxim]

Omg really!? That explains so much!

[@hgwells1899]

#RestoreTheSempleverse

[@wstine79]

"Somedays, you just can't get rid of a bomb."

[@allie_nord]

Hey, that's what WB said about the theatrical cut of Justice League!

[@katherinealvarez9216]

hehe. And it is true.

[@1080TJ]

To this day I'm convinced the end of The Dark Knight Rises is a nod to that.

[@reikun86]

That scene was magical 🥰

[@nicholascross3557]

Heh, DC Superhero Girls has an entire episode that leads up to Harley Quinn doing a 4th wall breaking "Somedays, you just can't get rid of a bomb!" It was hilarious.

[@KasCalwein]

Patrick's parents expanding role is just so great.

[@jmcroce1137]

"so you busted out of the big house and now you're looking for a cozy place to cool off while heat dies down" "hank, please stop talking like an old gangster movie"

[@bjarkisteinnpetursson9736]

Into the Willemsverse: the most ambitious crossover in cinema history!

[@TheWritersBlocOfficial]

How you didn't end this with 'Same Pat time, same Pat channel!' I will never know.

[@19Hill79]

I would love to see an Austin Powers style plot but with 1966 Adam West Batman waking up in the Christopher Nolan universe

[@benwasserman8223]

I’d prefer a comic crossover between regular Batman and Batman 66.

[@MichaelHeide]

The Wrong Earth by Ahoy Comics. Check it out.

[@hugocortizo6993]

There's a small bit of something like that in the Batman/Planetary crossover by Western Ellis and John Cassaday from some years ago. It's a lot of fun and can be read independently of the main Planetary series (which I highly recommend, anyway). Ellis has turned out to be a... problematic figure lately, but his work is great if you're willing and/or able to look past that (and I'm sure there's ways of obtaining it *legally* without directly supporting him if that's your choice).

[@jordanread5829]

The two animated movies, Batman: Return of the Caped Crusaders and Batman vs Two-Face basically do that to some degree. They are still set in the campy Adam West universe but they do get more dark and gritty like the Nolan trilogy. Especially Batman vs Two-Face. WB even got Adam West (may he rest in piece), Burt Ward and Julie Newmar to reprise their roles.

[@NickPiers]

@@MichaelHeide I was JUST about to make the same recommendation for The Wrong Earth.

[@robertzverina7181]

Grew up on the tv series reruns and Batgirl was my first crush. My little 4-year-old heart would soar when the opening credits concluded with her motorcycle scooting across the screen, indicating she would be in that episode.

[@turtlezinthesky]

My dad was a comic reader and he loved this movie. Showed it to me as a kid and he chuckled at the ending gag where they just leave for like 5 minutes straight. Great memory. I had no idea anyone hated it.

[@DavidTSmith-jn5bs]

The notion that "dye in the wool fans have zero sense of humor" has floated around for years by including the disappointment of comic book fans over the "'66 Batman" that sadly still exist today. As Patrick stated, the Batman comics of the '50s and early '60s were the inspiration for the first season of the TV series. I've recently purchased a trade paperback that reprinted those very issues...

[@bobbarker3825]

Patrick’s videos are the only videos where I don’t skip the skits

[@ClarkyClark]

Okay, but can we get a video of your dad doing wood working? Like, maybe a short or two? Please?

[@helenl3193]

Clearly evil Patrick came from a better timeline than our own, where we'd all be living our best lives doing woodwork and understanding lacrosse! I wonder if we can find a way to cross over...

[@ClarkyClark]

@@helenl3193 I just started learning to woodwork! I recommend it to everyone. There's no better feeling than measuring a piece and realizing you cut it too short.... Again.

[@danmoore7600]

I would actually subscribe to his dad's youtube if he did woodworking

[@jldcollector]

as this video started I thought "these parent explaining video's must be a separate story to all the charl stuff. So the ending to this episode had me grinning from ear to ear.

[@danielclaro6049]

I'm way to invested in the Patrick Willems cinematic universe now

[@timothycrummer4716]

A video of just the Charl storyline, please #releasethecharlcut

[@timothycrummer4716]

@@surrealkit4843 we need a timeline breakdown… surely some KZbinr is a big enough fan to put together 20 minute long video breakdowns. I want someone to go “Patrick explains” on Pat’s videos!

[@Hofstetter17]

I really want a video or two with woodworking and lacrosse with Patrick's dad. I love Patrick's commitment to his bits. He commits as hard as Adam West did in Batman: the Movie.

[@JusticeKorsgaard]

I just want to point out how hard Patrick must work putting out videos of such high quality so frequently

[@shukterhousejive]

Wait, are you telling me the deduction scene from Black Dynamite was a parody of the Batman movie? How deep does this rabbit hole go!?!?!

[@papanugget2368]

Exactly my thoughts !!

[@maximeteppe7627]

Black dynamite's was probably inspired by the monty pythons and the Holy Grail witch trial scene. Which might have inherited quite a bit from that batman movie. The sense of straight face acting with absurd action is after all, very british.

[@spinakker14]

The intro with your parents is pure cinema

[@Keldroc]

"Bugs which reminded me of bats" Very subtle Calvin & Hobbes reference?

[@benwasserman8223]

And Patrick didn’t even have a clear plastic binder on him for support.

[@galactic85]

Shout out to my fellow random Calvin and Hobbes fans scrolling through the comments!

[@BenM.Davies]

I was not expecting that ending, and yet at the same time, I totally called it.

[@kingkilburn]

My god, man. I hope you get some professional recognition for the production schedule, production quality, and consistent writing success you've shown over the years.

[@Mattfromthepast]

This is the movie I grew up with because I was born in 85 and my parents thought I was too young for the Keaton movies when they came out and as much as I love them after seeing them when I was older I have to say this is my favorite Batman movie and West is my favorite Batman. Don't get me started on how brilliant the villains were or we will be here all night.

[@BlueBoboDoo100]

I absolutely love the scene where they're trying to deduce which villain was behind the robot shark attack. I need one of those in every Batman mystery, be it comic, movie, tv show, etc.

[@zorro3654]

read any Batman Comic from the silver age and you're pretty much guaranteed that xD

[@allie_nord]

'66 was my first exposure to Batman, and therefore, in my eyes, the best Batman

[@jackdoyle7453]

I can't remember if I saw the cartoon or the first Burton one first

[@burntvirtue]

No such thing as "66". The 60s series ran from 1966-1968, and is simply called 'Batman'. This movie is called 'Batman: The Movie'.

[@wstine79]

I love this movie, and the series it's based off of. I love watching Burgess Meredith, Frank Gorshin, Cesar Romero, and Lea Meriwether bouncing the hammy dialogue off each other.

[@samuelchristie570]

Cesar Romero is still my Joker

[@willowpackerthestoryteller135]

I'll say it Bruce Wayne, at his happiest, quoting Poe romantically is frankly the most Batman thing I have ever heard.

[@WooWeeItsJeff]

Ever since I saw him on Malcom in the Middle, I have always wanted Bryan Cranston to play this version of Batman.

[@MichaelHeide]

Never going to happen. Cranston only agreed to voice Commissioner Gordon in the Batman Year One animated movie when they convinced him that it wouldn't be at all like Batman 66.

[@JohnMoley]

It's 2am. I can't sleep. What to do, what to do? What's that? A Patrick Willems premiere? Don't mind if I do.

[@scottgmaclean]

I love how Grant Morrison embraced the most absurd parts of Batman’s history almost as a challenge and brought them into “serious” Batman canon (even Bat Mite and Zur Ren Raghh). Plus, his Batman was over the “angst” of his dark origins and was driven by a sense of justice and obligation; and he seemed to be aware of the humour/irony of his situations, often responding with a “Hh”!

[@cmmosher8035]

There was an issue of that run featuring a fight in a pop art exhibit so the action was framed with the pictures of the Pops and Zows etc appearing in frame like it did during the show.

[@lhu5636]

Frank Miller writes the same love for this in his forward to Batman: Year One, but I’m personally grateful for its influence on Nicolas Cage’s performance in Kick-Ass.

[@TheScientist408]

I’ve always appreciated Adam West’s portrayal of Bruce Wayne, but the description of him treating the role as if it was Hamlet is perfect. Fantastic video, Pat. This was something that needed to be made, and it’s easily one of my favorite episodes of Patrick Explains.

[@bevanmorgan3946]

Bless you for making this. This was one of the first video tapes I owned as a child. I rediscovered it ‘ironically’ as a teenager and fell in love with it again. Then as an adult I rediscovered it yet again and just started appreciating it for being so god damn uniquely entertaining.

[@rochellerodriguez6431]

I love how both Patrick and Glen Weldon are the keepers of the torch for campy 60s Batman.

[@kabent01]

Patrick thanking his Mom and Dad for being his first subscribers touched me on a deep, emotional level.

[@MacGuges]

I agree, and I also loved the dramatic reveal of Charl's new appearance as an ordinary coconut with googly eyes attached, which less perceptive fans might confuse as identical to Charl's original look. Incredible!

[@andersonic]

Batman '66 is a perfect pairing with Patrick, because what makes Patrick's videos work is his total sincerity in whatever he wants to talk about. Also DAD ROCK POWER HOURRRRRRR

[@burntvirtue]

There's no such thing as "Batman '66". This is called "Batman: The Movie".

[@jliller]

My favorite episode of the Adam West Batman series was the time Batman, Robin, and Batgirl had to team up against a villain obsessed with tropical fruit. The episode was coco-nuts!

[@JNLJProductions]

So many superhero video essays out there, and very few who would talk about this underrated movie. Thanks Patrick!

[@belgiumcomics2537]

Nice video. Especially the part where you explain that the 60ts batman movie is the reason why you became a comic book and movie fan. I could relate to that story as my obsession started with Sam Raimis Spider-man movies in a similar way.

[@crispysteve42]

this might be the most excited I've ever been by the ending of a KZbin video and as much as it's because of the charl portal it's more about your dad saying he'll take care of the channel

[@moonmannd7501]

I hope he actually starts uploading old lacrosse matches taped on VHS or something before the next video essay is out

[@jliller]

I want to see a Batman movie, in the same tone of the 1960s Batman, with John Cena in the title role. He's the only living actor who approaches Adam West and Leslie Nielsen in terms of being able to say nonsense with complete commitment.

[@marcusg3824]

Fuck I’d love that

[@BeazerProductions]

Bats also remind me of bugs, if only for the Calvin & Hobbes where Calvin presents a report on bats, calls them bugs, and the whole class unanimously shouts, “BATS AREN’T BUGS!”

[@bmla88]

Adam West’s portrayal of batman was not only the best version but the most important.

[@NinjaxPrime]

This didn't come up in the video, but Batman: The Brave and the Bold does everything the 60s Batman does and does it better. It retains the silver age silliness but with a fresh coat of modern paint and far less cringe. It is to Adam West Batman what BTAS was to Keaton Batman.

[@richteffekt]

The two actors playing your parents have real chemistry.

[@GoneFishingAmalgam]

"Somedays, you just can't get rid of a bomb." A plot point Batman movies STILL use.

[@thechroniclesofthesuperhob167]

0:22 just here to say that shot is amazing so congratulations

[@Zomdra]

"I don't know how you'd make the death of Bruce Wayne's parents funny." Well, did you see that one scene from _Teen Titans Go To the Movies?_

[@galactic85]

He said "fun" not funny. The teen titans go scene is darkly comedic but it isn't a "fun" scene.

[@DavidBookwormPopovich]

Oh my god. Patrick Explains and Charl are from a different universe and replaced regular Pat. AHHHHHHHH

[@ReelPodcasts]

Some days you just can't get rid of a bomb

[@KMHill]

I am old enough to be one of the kids whose favourite tv show was Batman. I don't think I have ever been as excited as I was when this movie was released. I used to skip lunch so I could save the money up to skip class in the afternoons and go to see Batman: The Movie on the screen. I believe I saw it at least four times, which cost a lot of lunches! LOL I'm sure I had memorized every line of the movie during those viewings, as one can only do at that age. I still love the style of the TV show and movie. Thank you for appreciating Adam West's commitment to the role and to the production's style and tone.

[@jakeb6703]

now i feel less insane after that timelines mention like 3 episodes back

[@EposVox]

Dear gosh that ending

[@andrewbrasuell8589]

I LOVE this movie. When I was in high school, my dad got it for free from Media Play when he bought Daredevil on DVD. He hated that movie and gave it to me. I immediately fell in love with it. So many incredible jokes. ...also taxation is theft

[@katherinealvarez9216]

yes, superhero movies try to make everything grounded. Sometimes it works, a lot of times it does not. Also, the worse thing is when they try to make everything Dark Edgy & Gritty and it just- I don't want a dark sad blob that takes over everything.

[@cayreet5992]

Sometimes, you just need to watch Batman run around carrying a huge, round bomb he can't get rid of.

[@elsparthio]

For me, it’s so lovely that children still have a Batman movie which is fun, silly, moral and shot in the daytime. It’s nice.

[@woodsro]

I grew up watching this and loving it, treating it as a serious action movie. then like 25 years later I rediscovered it and loved it even more as maybe the second or third best comedy I've ever seen. So much love

[@ZayniacJack]

I was expecting this to be a bottle episode in the Patrick Explains Universe™, I was NOT expecting this to crossover with the Charl storyline and I never knew I wanted that until now Bravo Patrick Hail Charl

[@akmonra]

You forgot to mention one of the greatest quotes in all of film history: "Some days, you just can't get rid of a bomb"

[@MarquisdeL3]

Frank Gorshen is the best Riddler we've ever had hands down. I will die on this hill. Also, what you said about processing this movie dead seriously as a kid and then noticing how hilarious it was as you got older is exactly what happened to me and my sister. Our dad showed us this movie when we were kids. It's still my favorite Batman movie to this day.

[@adrianfernandez2010]

Back when I was younger and a pre-teen (I’m currently 19), my friends and I would watch this film all the time on our sleepovers. It was our go-to film and looking back, it’s brilliant... I cannot disagree with you on what makes this film great, it has a lot of charm. :)

[@kinchlmi]

This was amazing. The ending. I am speechless. Marvel studios couldn't tell a story like this.

[@klausgartenstiel4586]

patric and i, we are like two sides of the same coin. my parents shaped me by trying to *deny* that path of absurdity from me. when i was young, i had to *fight* to watch this movie. and that was just the first step in my ongoing struggle of embracing absurdity in the face of ridicule by self-proclaimed "adults", which now has become my most defining feature.

[@colonelweird]

I watched the show and this movie obsessively when I was a kid - mostly before I could read. The movie used to play on New Year's Eve in the late 60s or early 70s, so that's the only time I could see it. When I was old enough to start reading comic books, it was the darker Denny O'Neil version, who laid the groundwork for the Batman we now take for granted. What's weird is that I moved easily from the TV show to O'Neil comic book without even noticing how different it was. I just took it all in, accepting everything.

[@petebarnstrom1495]

I cannot tell you how many "WHAP! BIFF! OOOF!" fights I've gotten in over my declaration that this and the TV show represent the most accurate live action adaptation of Batman or any funnybook. But it's true.

[@DJKento]

Patrick: I don't know how you make that scene (the Wayne murders) fun Meanwhile Teen Titans Go to the Movies does it twice in the same movie: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rqfYYWuujN6pmbc

[@zainmudassir2964]

As long as it's not shown on screen lol

[@galactic85]

He said FUN not FUNNY. That scene is darkly comedic but I wouldn't call it "fun."

[@Tymbus]

I watched the TV series when first shown in The Sixties. I was enthralled. I found the comics in a local shop and was hooked for life.

[@ChanoWilliams]

Back in the early 2000's this movie was a group watch for friends and I. I'm so happy to see it get the recognition and love it deserves!

[@BadSodaProductions]

Patrick and George Weidman (Super Bunnyhop) need to get together and do a special on “what is camp” because between his MGS3 Retro Review and Pat’s Batman videos Y’all need to collaborate

[@gutterbug8834]

If the Charl arc doesn't end in a feature film I'm gonna be very upset

[@ZandyQuality]

18:12 That's some Black Dynamite "Code Kansas" logic right there

[@umjackd]

I loved this movie from the first time I actually watched it as an adult. Honestly, I prefer rewatching it over the Nolan movies. Those are overall good, but for me I like rewatching something that just feels so fun and lighthearted that it's an easy fun time. And the successive puns just get me every time. What weighs 8 ounces and is very dangerous?!

[@AntonWongVideo]

It's hard keeping up with different storylines. I don't mean the Batman movies I mean "Patrick's show" and "Patrick Explains to his parents" Can someone please make a Fandom Wiki of the lore so I can read it one night at 2am on a Tuesday?

[@JamesMcCormickIV]

It's finally happened. Dick Tracy warped Patrick's mind.

[@rhubarbranch807]

Old guy here. In 1966, I attended a sports car race in California with my dad, where both the Batmobile and Batcycle were on display. I got my picture taken with the Batmobile, and another picture SITTING on the Batcycle. My six year old self loved the series, and the movie. Thanks for bringing back these memories.

[@MonotremeFilms]

Patrick, your filmmaking just gets better and better with each episode. Really beautiful work, truly above and beyond, especially on KZbin!

[@kellys5949]

The tv show was playing in the break room at my job and no one wanted to watch it with me. It’s the best

[@Xboxkokoko]

As a male between the ages of 18-34, I'd like more Little Women videos, or things that aren't traditionally masculine. Also, if you want a cartoon with this style of absurdity, watch the cartoon Batman: Brave and the Bold!

[@megelizabeth9492]

B:TBatB is great!

[@thedevilgoose2482]

Riddler’s laugh in the series and film is the best thing ever, prove me wrong.

[@cursapear]

What a mindblowing addition to the PW cinematic universe.

[@DarkSoulsSauron]

you almost went a whole episode without mentioning charl. i was almost ready to be proud of you

[@laurenbennett7674]

Just making my way into the DCAU, this is timely

[@benwasserman8223]

One can’t help but think of Beware the Grey Ghost’s final scenes.

[@Timartyn]

A DCAU video essay from Patrick is very needed.

[@nolanddean5680]

It is so wholesome seeing Patrick work with his mom and dad. But really Patrick be kinder to your parents!

[@jameswhitaker12]

I'm so glad Patrick brought up the fact that Lorenzo Semple Jr also wrote Three Days of the Condor and The Parallax View; that has always baffled me

[@Gurianthe]

I'm a female between 19 and 35 also where's the lacrosse video

[@blue_eyedfloozy]

When you’re a female in the 18-30 demographic who likes Patrick’s analyses😳

[@fitandhappy42]

I like how much you can hear the U in Patrick’s pronunciation of “mum”.

[@echidna8159]

I can recommend the DVD commentary with Adam West and Burt Ward: Robin: That crazy missile! It wrote two more riddles before it blew up! Batman: "What goes up white and comes down yellow and white?" Robin: An egg! Batman: "How do you divide seventeen apples among sixteen people?" Robin: Make applesauce! Batman: Apples into applesauce - a unification into one smooth mixture. An egg - nature's perfect container. The container of all our hopes for the future. Robin: A unification and a container of hope? The United World Organization! Adam West: That kept the writers up late.