I hestitated before posting this, but...
Could Adam West's classic BATMAN tv series finally be coming home?
http://www.bleedingcool.com/2013/07/14/what-do-have-planned-for-the-66-batman-show-at-comic-con/ (http://www.bleedingcool.com/2013/07/14/what-do-have-planned-for-the-66-batman-show-at-comic-con/)
The Complete 14 Batman Window Cameos (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d85gkOXeXG4#)
I'd say it's a good bet, considering all the merch that's about to be released. The DVD/BRD release would only make sense. It's like Kenner picking back up the "Star Wars" license two years before the release of the "Special Editions" and four years before the release of "Episode I." They knew enough to generate interest in advance of the SE's and the Prequel Trilogy.
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Finally! ;D
That'd be so cool
Let's hope
I don't know...I feel about the sixties Batman the same way I feel about Lost in Space. Both were made on such a juvenile level that it's hard to watch/enjoy them as adults.
Quote from: Mord on July 23, 2013, 06:19:14 PM
I don't know...I feel about the sixties Batman the same way I feel about Lost in Space. Both were made on such a juvenile level that it's hard to watch/enjoy them as adults.
I agree with you about LOST IN SPACE, but BATMAN was a very sophisticated show; kids enjoyed the action, while adults appreciated the satire. In essence, Adam West was Leslie Nielsen before Leslie Nielsen was.
Actually Jonathin Harris's over the top "Dr. Smith" was tour de force of camp, that makes the show funny to this day. What I find unwatchable in the big budget film based on the TV series.
Dr. Smith was originally played as a straightforward villain, if you watch the first season. Interestingly enough, Irwin Allen originally cast Carroll O'Connor as Dr. Smith.
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The first half of the first season is about all I can take of Lost in Space. I used to love as a kid, though.
It really did degenerate into something less than what Irwin Allen originally planned, that's for sure! But, it has its own peculiar charms and merits, I feel.
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Quote from: Count_Zirock on July 23, 2013, 10:40:14 PM
Irwin Allen originally cast Carroll O'Connor as Dr. Smith.
:o
William Dozier's daughter (aka Greenway Productions) is the hang up with the series/DVD thing. The only way it will happen is if she comes around, and at least as of a couple of years ago, she wasn't coming around. I guess we'll see.
Quote from: Monster Bob on July 24, 2013, 07:15:22 AM
William Dozier's daughter (aka Greenway Productions) is the hang up with the series/DVD thing. The only way it will happen is if she comes around, and at least as of a couple of years ago, she wasn't coming around. I guess we'll see.
The main "hang up" has always been that 20th Century Fox owns the tv series but Warner Bros. owns the BATMAN character. They appear to have gotten around this by giving Warner the rights to merchandise the series while leaving dvd profits to Fox. Let's just hope there's a simultaneous blu-ray release so double-dipping doesn't come into play.
Quote from: LP_Quagmire on July 24, 2013, 10:40:46 AM
Let's just hope there's a simultaneous blu-ray release so double-dipping doesn't come into play.
As long as the prints are cleaned up/restored and there are some great bonus features I'll be happy with a dvd set; but if they release a dvd set with crappy prints and no bonus features then turn around a year or so later and release restored prints with bonus features on a Blu-ray set then I'll be pissed!
Quote from: Count_Zirock on July 23, 2013, 10:40:14 PM
Dr. Smith was originally played as a straightforward villain, if you watch the first season. Interestingly enough, Irwin Allen originally cast Carroll O'Connor as Dr. Smith.
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He definately played it straight in the pilot. However, I can't recall him being that straighforward in any of the regular shows.
It was a gradual descent into campiness. Again, the B/W episodes show how the character was, for the most part, meant to be portrayed. But, once season two came along, the "Batman" influence was hitting a lot of shows, including LIS.
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Such a shame. I really don't like camp (especially intentional).
Quote from: Mord on July 24, 2013, 07:54:57 PM
Such a shame. I really don't like camp (especially intentional).
Granted season one of LIS was the best, but I still like the other campy two seasons. Still love the campyness of Batman too.
http://forums.comicbookresources.com/showthread.php?139753-Woman-sues-over-1960s-Batman-series (http://forums.comicbookresources.com/showthread.php?139753-Woman-sues-over-1960s-Batman-series)
Quote from: Monster Bob on July 26, 2013, 07:18:38 AM
http://forums.comicbookresources.com/showthread.php?139753-Woman-sues-over-1960s-Batman-series (http://forums.comicbookresources.com/showthread.php?139753-Woman-sues-over-1960s-Batman-series)
I don't see why that would hold up a dvd release!? All they'd have to do is cut her into a share of future profits from the series if she is entitled to them and if she isn't then it should have no bearing on the current status of the property.
According to at least one online source the case was resolved/dismissed in 2007! Sounds to me like she may heve not even known she may have had some stake in the series until another company came to her in 2005 wanting to release the series to dvd!!
From what I understood, Fox was doing something she didn't like, and because she is a major player in this, has the power to put the kabosh on anything related to the TV show.
The above article shows an old lawsuit from several years ago, which is when things really heated up.
But who knows? Even if there are no plans right now, the toy line that is coming out may be very successful, and it may wake some people up in regards to releasing BATMAN 1966 on disc for the last generation that will care, and make some money off it.
Quote from: Count_Zirock on July 23, 2013, 10:40:14 PM
Dr. Smith was originally played as a straightforward villain, if you watch the first season. Interestingly enough, Irwin Allen originally cast Carroll O'Connor as Dr. Smith.
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Imagine Carroll O'Connor telling the robot to stifle it meat-head.
Quote from: twilitezoner on August 03, 2013, 05:35:12 AM
Imagine Carroll O'Connor telling the robot to stifle it meat-head.
Only if Norman Lear had suddenly become the head writer for LIS. O'Connor's Dr. Smith would have been a Rod Steiger-ish heavy.
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Quote from: twilitezoner on August 03, 2013, 05:35:12 AM
Imagine Carroll O'Connor telling the robot to stifle it meat-head.
Only if Norman Lear had suddenly become the head writer for LIS. O'Connor's Dr. Smith would have been a Rod Steiger-ish heavy.
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In any event, it appears that rumours of the BATMAN tv series coming to dvd where once again unfounded. Sorry for creating an unnecessary stir. :-\
Sounds like the rumors were true Batfans!
I liked Lost In space when it was black and white. This second statement is gonna get me lynched: I hated the Adam West batman. Even with Vincent Price in it from time to time, a great batmobile, and some snazzy music. Not to mention batgirl. But I hate the show.
I loved it as a kid. Today, not so much. "Batman: The Animated Series" is more like what the Adam West series should have been.
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BTAS is the best Batman has ever been IMO!
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I really loved this show as a kid. I tried to watch some episodes recently and was shocked at how juvenile & unwatchable they are as an adult (just like "Lost in Space").
Quote from: Mord on February 17, 2015, 02:26:21 PM
I really loved this show as a kid. I tried to watch some episodes recently and was shocked at how juvenile & unwatchable they are as an adult (just like "Lost in Space").
I recently purchased all of the seasons on DVD. Very pricey. Needless to say.....I have returned all of the DVDS and received a return on my money. What a waste. Yes, Mord. The show is so boring and juvenille. The main characters are kind of cool. Actually the villians....and BATGIRL( in costume). I guess for me? I dig the 60s-80s Batman toyline(s).
The live action '66 show.....not so awesome.Again.....aesthetically the costumes and colors on the '66 show were cool.
I'll stick with the Munsters. At least with the Munsters' t.v. show, I know what to expect. Plus, the Munsters arestill entertaining.
I completely agree. I think the Munsters (& the Addams Family) were written on a much more adult level. I do love the wild look of the sixties Batman show. The figures & toys are also beyond cool.
Wha....?
BATMAN, LOST IN SPACE and THE MUNSTERS were kid shows, aimed at ten-year-olds. Look at the merchandising. Of course they are juvenile- they always were. But they were great.
I'll probably never pick this up on dvd but it is great to finally see it's release. I'll watch an occasional episode when I see it's on mostly for Cesar Romero, Vincent Price, Roddy McDowall, Burgess Meredith, Frank Gorshin, John Astin, Carolyn Jones, Lee Meriwether, Julie Newmar and Yvonne Craig.
Quote from: Monster Bob on February 17, 2015, 02:57:35 PM
Wha....?
BATMAN, LOST IN SPACE and THE MUNSTERS were kid shows, aimed at ten-year-olds. Look at the merchandising. Of course they are juvenile- they always were. But they were great.
Sorry. That is just my opinion. The Batman '66 television show is awful. I do dig the characters and the aesthetics of the television show. Yes, I also understand that these shows were written for a younger demographic. I just feel the Munsters was and is a better show. Don't get started on the Sherwood Schwartz( no disrespect) television shows. Yikes!!!
Yeah, The Munsters still seem watchable to me as an adult. I think the writers threw in some material for the parents (like Looney Tunes cartoons). Batman & LiS were too "golly gee, gosh" for me.
Quote from: Mord on February 17, 2015, 03:15:50 PM
Yeah, The Munsters still seem watchable to me as an adult. I think the writers threw in some material for the parents (like Looney Tunes cartoons). Batman & LiS were too "golly gee, gosh" for me.
Lost in Space, Batman and Gilligan's Island are all unbearable to watch. I was so super psyched to watch the '66 Batman DVDs. Halfway through the episodes, I lost interest. Not because I am easliy distracted....the show is boring. Believe me.
I am not the only one who thinks so. Even the '74 Planet of the Apes television was better.
I loved the show as a kid, hated it when I got older, and I seem to enjoy it again. Much of the show was written tongue in cheek, so children could enjoy it as an action show, and adults as a comedy. If you want a decent version of the show for the small screen, that's not written to be silly, there's "Batman the Animated series."
Quote from: Haunted hearse on February 17, 2015, 03:28:27 PM
I loved the show as a kid, hated it when I got older, and I seem to enjoy it again. Much of the show was written tongue in cheek, so children could enjoy it as an action show, and adults as a comedy. If you want a decent version of the show for the small screen, that's not written to be silly, there's "Batman the Animated series."
There are certain shows I still love and enjoy. For example. Planet of the Apes animated series, Johnny Quest, Land of the Lost, Munsters and UFO. These shows and others bring back fond memories.
Ahh yes UFO, Gerry Anderson, one of my favorites!
Quote from: steve s. on February 17, 2015, 03:55:13 PM
Ahh yes UFO, Gerry Anderson, one of my favorites!
Really cool show.
Quote from: marsattacks666 on February 17, 2015, 03:44:38 PM
There are certain shows I still love and enjoy. For example. Planet of the Apes animated series, Johnny Quest, Land of the Lost, Munsters and UFO. These shows and others bring back fond memories.
Unlike "Batman", there was never a time I hated "The Munsters" or "Johnny Quest". I seemed to like them from the beginning.
Quote from: Haunted hearse on February 18, 2015, 12:55:32 AM
Unlike "Batman", there was never a time I hated "The Munsters" or "Johnny Quest". I seemed to like them from the beginning.
;D