Batman "The Worst Is Yet To Come": Rewatching Batman '66

[Seaviewer]

Any idea which episode it's from. That might be the only way to be sure.

 

[Mel O'Drama]

Any idea which episode it's from. That might be the only way to be sure.

It's 2.50: Batman Displays His Knowledge.

I pulled out the Blu-ray and took a look at the episode and I'm sure it's one car. In the episode, the cars are the same colour (more bronze/brown than yellow), so either the yellower image is just a funny colour, or the HD master has been colour corrected.

The two images are taken moments apart from one another, with one short cutaway in between (Catwoman gets into the car. We cut to Batman telling Robin he's going after her. Then he leaps into the same car). It's all done in a studio, and the car can be seen sitting outside the doors for a good part of the scene leading up to this moment, which takes place indoors. I can't see any reason why they'd have needed a second car.


I'm a little sorry I got the Blu-ray out as now I've got another headache: the sound won't play on the episode, but it plays on the menus. I tried another couple of episodes and... same thing.

I also experienced serious sound problems with the Wonder Woman Blu-ray set, so I think it must be a fault that occurs on WB BDs (a bit like the freezing with their crappy double-sided discs).

 

[Jock Ewing Fan]

Slightly off=topic, but I understand that next Batman movie is being delayed
I think there are plans to re-invent the entire DC universe on film.
Maybe it is a good idea.
There are many heroes and paths to explore.

While the Joker is the most popular villain,
I would like to see some others explored.
IE GOOD versions of Poison Ivy and Mr Freeze
Scarecrow (Yes I know he was in the Nolan trilogy - more can be done with him)
Harley Quinn Pre Joker
Azrael
Hush
Hugo Strange, Croc
Katana
Basil Karlo version of Clayface

 

[Snarky Oracle!]

 

[Seaviewer]

Debunking the claim that another network wanted to take over the show but the sets had already been destroyed.

 

[Jock Ewing Fan]

Debunking the claim that another network wanted to take over the show but the sets had already been destroyed.

Thank You. I think that this a good analysis of a possible season 4
It is possible that there was some initial interest in a season 4 on a surface level, but not much more than an inquiry or two
The sale of the show's episodes is the more likely explanation
With the sets destroyed, most things are a moot point.
I don't know about budget - season 3 seemed to have a really low budget, and just wasn't good at all.
The comedy was ineffective and the villains had become too silly, even for a camp 60s version.

On that note, it took years until Batman returned to its more dramatic roots, at least in the public's mind
Batman was originally written much more seriously as a crimefighter
The Tv series was an outlier, although it was entertaining.
I never cared for the first two movies. the tone was right, but there is no universe in which Michael Keaton
has the physical presence required for the role. Joel Shumaker had the casting much better, but the scripts were not that good
The Christopher Nolan/Christian Bale trilogy had it mostly right. The biggest issue was that the untimely passing of Heath Ledger
changed the third movie - I can't believe that he wouldn't have returned for the third one

"The Batman" - mostly good, but something is missing IMHO, and I can't quite identify it.
Strong reintroduction of the Riddler the Penguin, but Frank Gorshin and Burgess Meredith will always be gold standard

We all want to see the Joker, but some of the other villains have been underused, or not used at all.
Mr Freeze, Croc, Poison Ivy, Clayface (Yes, I know that there is an upcoming Clayface movie, but I prefer the Basil Karlo version)
Scarecrow (OK in the trilogy, but more can be done), Hugo Strange