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https://www.cbr.com/geoff-johns-batman-three-jokers-earth-one-vol-3/
Batman Earth One is one of my favorite Batman stories.
Look forward to the Bat-Family and Superman back on game consoles this year!
https://www.google.com/amp/s/gamerant.com/batman-game-cancel-damian-wayne/amp/
Couldn't be happier.
That's all my wallet needed to hear.
Sorry I'm coming so late to this conversation. Better late than never, I suppose.
To my mind, counting anyone other than Bill Finger as the Number One Batman writer is similar to counting anyone other than Ian Fleming as the Top James Bond writer. Comparing the sophistication of Finger's writing to work done in the '70s and beyond is like comparing apples to oranges. Compare Finger's writing to that done by Jerry Siegel on Superman in 1939 or Joe Simon & Jack Kirby on Captain America in 1940. I think you'll find that Finger comes off quite well when placed alongside his contemporaries.
While @Revelator is correct in mentioning Don Cameron's work in the '50s, I'd urge all concerned to also consider the efforts of John Broome & Gardner Fox on the pre-camp "New Look" Batman of the mid-'60s. Gardner Fox particularly needs to be examined here, one of the earliest "pure" comic book writers of the late '30s and beyond (which is to say, he was enlisted by DC's editors AS A WRITER FOR THEIR COMIC BOOKS quite early on in the field's history, rather than coming in already paired with an artist like Finger with Kane or Siegel with Joe Shuster) Fox was the first writer other than Finger to script the Batman -- and in fact, was the first writer to put a "Baterang" into Batman's hand. Simply starting a list of the "Best" Batman writers with work done circa 1970 is totally discounting the work of those who were most effective in formulating and developing the character. One is of course entirely welcome to use whatever criteria one likes to develop a list of "my favorites."
Additionally, I'd urge all considering this topic to realize the power wielded by DC's editors throughout most of the line's history. Vin Sullivan saw the impact a character like the Joker could have and made a point of keeping him around to come back again & again & again. Finger & Kane killed the Joker off in his second appearance (both of Mr. J's 1st & 2nd appearances occurred in BATMAN #1.) Sullivan said, essentially, "Are you guys crazy?" and directed the creators to let Joker live. And so it was done. The continued reappearances of Batman's cast of villains can thus be placed to some degree at the feet of Mr. Sullivan. Let us then consider Julius Schwartz, who took charge of the character in the mid-sixties, when Batman was very near to being cancelled altogether. Schwartz had already been successful in his revisions of the Flash, Green Lantern, and the Justice League... so Editorial Director Irwin Donenfeld put the failing Batmagazines into Schwartz's hands, and within a couple of years, a Schwartz-edited comic book was in the right hands at the right time, and the Batman TV show was born. Schwartz edited the Bat-titles for a few decades after that, choosing writers like O'Neill, Englehart, Wein, etc., to be shepherds of the character's fortunes. Credit where credit is due, and at DC, the editors were very much in charge of specific characters.
awesome
While others may have seen Affleck's Batman as the Batman they wanted, this is the Batman I've been waiting for. It seems to me so far to be a mixture between Nolan and Burton in terms of style and tone, whiqh is right up my street - and not to mention that the cast is incredible.
I just hope this film is a success so we can stick with it.
By the way people who want as many updates about the film as possible.
Watch Heavy Spoilers on YouTube. Great coverage.
https://gamerant.com/new-batman-game-reveal-rumor/
https://batman-news.com/2020/06/08/matt-reeves-joker-rumor-06-2020/
https://fandomwire.com/new-joker-to-be-main-villain-of-the-batman-trilogy/amp/
https://boundingintocomics.com/2020/03/08/new-batman-rumor-indicates-joker-and-robin-will-be-introduced-for-death-in-the-family-adaptation/
https://heroichollywood.com/bane-matt-reeves-the-batman-sequel/
Jason Todd and Bane rumored for future appearances in a movie as well.
I agree 100%.
there is also a rumored tell tale season 3 in the works
wow. Was that a natural slur, or....?
... Batman Begins was released in North American theaters.
Let’s see what happens August 22nd, no Superman unfortunately.
... just to say that I am inclined to agree. I wouldn't say I like BF "much" more than BR, but I think it's the stronger movie in some regards (though not in others). However, I too find BR overrated and I wanted to support @BT3366 in that opinion.
Batman Returns is a Tim Burton movie that happens to have Batman in it. It’s just too Tim Burton-y and depressing for me. It was a sign of things to come in TB’s career. Plus, I’ve never been a big fan of The Penguin (other Burgess Meredith and Earth-One) honestly. The one comics based character TAS got wrong.
I hadn't seen a really convincing Penguin (apart from several incarnations in the comics) until I played Arkham City. Meredith and DeVito weren't bad, don't get me wrong: both have their charms. But I never quite 'felt' it. Then again, is the Penguin a shrewd businessman or an animal or both?
Batman Returns, like every good Bat-film, is a very individual vision of the character that lives up to his pulp-gothic roots, and managed to turn Catwoman and the Penguin from gimmick characters to psychologically damaged lost souls. Great as Batman: the Animated Series was, it didn't produce equally strong versions of those characters.
Batman Forever is stuck between trying to retain some of the Burton films' darkness and neuroticism and anticipating the witless camp and pageantry of Batman & Robin. It's neither fish nor foul.
Never heard a Goldenthal score being described as generic before!
I'm not sure I understand your complaint about the score. Elfman doesn't use the Batman theme as much in the first film and tends to go for a lower-key macabre mood more suited to the Catwoman and Penguin's twistedstories.
As a fan of Keaton’s Batman, I am very excited. However, they seem to
Be in talks about several films and signing on the dotted line is quite a bit from happening.
Fingers crossed.
We have been talking about it in the DC thread, personally I am excited the thought of Keaton's Batman's Gotham being realised again sold me immediately.