aaronjamesmaximus
Anyone who likes Batman as a campy idiot is not a real batman fan just and twit who has never read a comic or watched Batman the Animated Series. Adam West sucked he was a bad actor and ruined Batman for almost 30's years in the public eye. Batman was created to be a dark brooding vigilante just go back and read some of old comics from the late 30's and early 40's. In some of those early comics he was more akin to the Punisher as he would use guns to kill people. In the 80's Frank Miller helped stopped the awful cliche that Batman was a campy simpleton and made him the Dark Knight we all know today. Batman and Robin (1997) sucked because it was stupid and campy and tried to recreate the Adam West era which also sucked and ruined batman for years. You know who's lighthearted and cheesy? Superman, but no they made him dark and brooding so he'd be more like batman, which doesn't work because Superman is not Batman his costume is bright his villains are campy (though not all he has his share of dark villains and moments too) and he has incredible superpowers. For people who may say they like to see Batman be funny and they don't like normal batman because they think he's an "emo". Batman is not an emo he witnessed his parents get murdered in front of him and devoted his life to fighting crime doesn't sound very emo to me or funny for that matter. But they don't even mention the tragic pasts of Batman or Robin there just two guys who fight crime for no reason. And this entire show was made to make fun of Batman because the creator never read any Batman comics and he just wanted to make money because people knew about Batman. So in all honesty it is fact that if you like Adam West Batman you hate Batman and are not a real fan you just like a stupid show with horrible writing and jokes bad acting that was made by idiots who didn't know a thing about batman thus by proxy making you an idiot for liking this show.
alexanderdavies-99382
This camp series of "Batman" was largely unavailable due to a long running court battle over the copyright. Luckily, that has been settled and now this classic show can be enjoyed once again on DVD and Blu Ray! Part of the enjoyment of "Batman," is that it isn't to be taken seriously in the slightest. After all, none of the actors involved took it seriously. The only exception being Neil Hamilton as Commissioner Gordon. According to reports, he kept telling some of the other actors to take everything about the show seriously! The old fool! Adam West is still the definitive Batman in the minds of most fans of the comic book. I can understand why and he does have an international following. Long may his legacy continue. I do enjoy his rendition a great deal and I laugh every time he delivers his lines in his own style when trouble is afoot. Burt Ward ideally compliments Adam West as his sidekick, Robin. They have great on-screen chemistry. I always thought it a big mistake when Batgirl was included, she didn't fit in. My favourite villains are the Joker, the Penguin and Catwoman. Caesar Romero brings his character vividly to life and I can envisage him as the Joker from the comics during the 1960s. Burgess Meredith made the Penguin character his own as far as I'm concerned. I know there were three different women as Catwoman but Julie Newmar tops them all. She is one hell of an actress and she plays Catwoman with sex appeal, conviction and her scenes with Adam West light up the screen! Frank Gorshin is suitably zany and larger-than-life as the Riddler. He plays his role well and I enjoy seeing him chuckle in that manic way. There are other good villains besides. Otto Preminger made for a good Mr. Freeze and is the best one. Elia Wallach and George Sanders are still good though when they played the same character. Vincent Price is terrific as Egghead, this kind of series being right up his street. One villain of whom I am curious, is the one of False Face. To this day, I still don't know the identity of the actor who played him. His name wasn't given on the credits and he was listed under a question mark. There was hardly any money spent on the "Batman" show and it this is clearly in evidence. However, I can't recall many television shows that were produced on anything resembling an extravagant budget. The police department of Gotham City can't be up to much if they keep needing the help of Batman and Robin all the time! Then again, it wouldn't be the same if they weren't needed. The fight scenes are a laugh in themselves, what with those big words appearing on the screen every time someone is punched or kicked. There is nothing remotely disturbing about the fight scenes, it just gets a bit silly! I thought it wiser to keep the episodes about 23 minutes each because the public can only suspend their belief for so long. Each story was covered in 2 parts which is a good idea. I can't understand why for the last season, the episodes were extended to 50 minutes. They don't work quite so well. A classic series for the whole family.
Hotwok2013
If you read the reviews here on on the IMDb for Batman you will get a huge number of, apparently, critical words used to describe it. Daft, silly, absurd, idiotic, ridiculous & camp etc. All are true but that didn't stop just about everybody loving the show. ME TOO!. I loved it as a 15 year old boy when it first aired back in 1966 & I still love it today 50 years on. Adam West & Burt Ward who played Batman & Robin respectively always kept straight faces no matter how ridiculous the situations they were in, (& some of them were totally mad), but somehow or other it all just worked. Great too were Alan Napier playing the dynamic duo's butler Alfred, Stafford Repp playing Irish police chief O'Hara & Neil Hamilton as Commissioner Gordon. What really made the show, however, were the villains & villainesses some of whom were an absolute hoot!. Frank Gorshin's Riddler, Burgess Meredith's Penguin, Vincent Price's Egghead, Cesar Romero's Joker, Victor Buono's King Tut (playing the ancient Egyptian Pharoah Tutenkhamun), Julie Newmar's Catwoman & Zsa Zsa Gabor's Minerva (who just played herself really, dahlink) were amongst the most memorable although I could go on, & on & ON. In fact practically everyone who had any kind of name in Hollywood at the time made at least one appearance on the show. As the show progressed into its third season the villainous characters just got more & more nuttier. One of my favourites was Barbara Rush playing Nora Clavicle who was flanked either side by two statuesque beauties Evalina & Angelina played by June Wilkinson & Inga Nielsen respectively. Another really dopey character was created for Liberace named Chandell. He was a kind of musical villain & was surrounded by a trio of gorgeous ladies who played the bag-pipes called Doe, Rae & Mimi. (See, I told you how nutty the show became!). Our bag-piping ladies were played by Marilyn Hanold, Edy Williams & Sivi Aberg respectively. Given the fact that Liberace was well-known as a raving homosexual as well as being a brilliant pianist I am sure there was some kind of in-joke going on by the shows producers who surrounded him with hot babes!. As I say the show was very often an utterly hilarious blast!. ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT!!!.
Danny Blankenship
Over the years from time to time I would watch old episodes on classic late night rerun cable or digital TV of this series one that was way before my time yet my mother grew up on and watched as I remember her telling me stories about the old "Batman" TV series. I for one grew up in the 80's and my best "Batman" memories are the Tim Burton ones. And still this 60's series is a watch it's funny and a little silly with parody and spoof and gags and the action sounds float along with music played and the sounds of bang! pow! zap! and other one liners are shown just like they were in the early "Batman" comics. The episodes are all centered in Gotham City and involve the duo team of Batman(Adam West) and Robin(Burt Ward) fighting their many villains as it's always important to keep the city and it's people safe. Many episodes and stories involved fights, explosions, and action with robberies and heist many times a lot of female actresses were held hostage or kidnapped by the villains as they were damsels in distress often being tied up and gagged! Near fear Batman and Robin would always come to save the day even if it meant facing the "Mad Hatter". The villains were well done and mean with Cesar Romero giving an adequate turn as the laughing "Joker" and the class act Burgess Meredith playing "The Penguin" to form and Julie Newar was sexy and a class act as "Catwoman". Overall early and entertaining fun spoof parody like comic book series that always had you asking same "Bat" time same "Bat" channel for next week!