Of Batmen and Jokers.

Saiga

Comparing the several people, actors and voice actors alike, that have portrayed the Dark Knight and the most notorious member of his rogue gallery, the Joker, has become a rather popular subject on the boards lately. Some of us may have grown up with Adam West and Cesar Romero, Michael Keaton and Jack Nicholson, Kevin Conroy and Mark Hammil, or some of us may be new to the mythology with Christian Bale and Heath Ledger.

tl;dr Discuss which Batman/Joker you favor, why you do, and so on.

Bad Karma

We have both a Bat-Thread and a Movie Thread for just such a discussion.

DarkPrimus

Batman the Animated Series has, in many ways, the definitive Batman and Joker, as the animated versions have been portrayed by the same people for more than a decade.

Ringo

Bad Karma wrote: »

We have both a Bat-Thread and a Movie Thread for just such a discussion.

Because we are just so pressed for space here on the front page!

ZombieAsuma

Well in film I certainly prefer Christian Bale and, from what I've seen, Heath Ledger. To be honest I REALLY dislike the first four Batman movies. The Tim Burton movies just come off as endlessly hokey to me and just not very good. Batman tears off his mask like its made of cheap plastic in Returns for God's sake and him just cold as ice killing people and punching Catwoman off a roof. Plus Burton openly states that he views comic books as a 'lesser genre' and that they need to be reinterpreted to make any sense. I sort of felt insulted by that. All in all I prefer the modern film version and the comic book version. The animated series didn't have much of an impact on me as a child because I didn't like Batman as a kid because I didn't like how he always had a way out of everything. I really didn't get into Batman and DC in general until I was like 19.

kdrudy

I always dug Keaton, but he would've been best used as a Bruce Wayne on the edge, spending too much time as Batman and pushing himself too far. He could've played the crazy for that type of role really well.

Ringo

I thought he was crazy. Just kind of understated compared to all the other crazies around him.

grim123

yeah he slept upside down for christ's sake

SuperJaySS4

As Batman...he was terrible...but did anyone find the George Clooney was the better Bruce Wayne out of the first four movies?

Personally for me...THE Batman was the one from the Animated Series. That was what started it all for me and my Bat obsession.

Can anyone recall from which episode/movie Batman was danglin off the side of a floating object screaming "I am the vengence, I am the night, I am Batman!!!"? I've been looking for that for a while, watching through old clips, but I can never find it.

PantheraOnca

SuperJaySS4 wrote: »

Can anyone recall from which episode/movie Batman was danglin off the side of a floating object screaming "I am the vengence, I am the night, I am Batman!!!"? I've been looking for that for a while, watching through old clips, but I can never find it.

i think that was from the intro to MAYBE batman the animated series?


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upon further investigation, this site , says its a quote from the episode nothing to fear.

edit: "it" being the quote, and therefore i assume, the scene.

SuperJaySS4

Good tip, I am going to check that out when I get home.