Most disappointing movie franchise reboot? Pick Two

[javeryh]

His entire "emo" wardrobe was horrifying.  Tweaking the overall design is OK but Superman should always be dressed in bright colors!  The airplane scene was awesome and the scene where he took out those dudes on the roof and got shot in the eye was pretty cool too.  Too bad the entire plot was completely nonsensical and everything pertaining to his son was a complete waste of time - no one cares about that! 

Part of the problem with Superman is that he is so powerful - I imagine it is hard to think of an enemy for him to face that truly poses a threat AND appeals to a mass audience.  I'm not sure that Brainiac, Doomsday, Bizarro, Darkseid, Mr. Mxyzptlk, etc. are relatable to the mass audience a Superman movie is going after.  General Zod is really the only great movie bad guy because you can think of him as an "evil" Superman.  I don't know what they can do but anything will be better than Superman Returns.  Also, I think they found a decent actor to play him - Brandon Routh looks like Superman to me.  Too bad for him that the script sucked.

[Vigo]

Superman himself was a good cast, he had the look. He did feel a bit scrawney and lanky, but I am guessing it was completely that emo wardrobe to blame. I agree that superman returns did have a few very awesome moments though.

I was really hoping that superman returns would be a lot more like superman 2: It would have both a really menacing supervillian like Zod as well as Lex Luthor tring to bring superman down. I always thought Darkseid would be a awesome villian, but I don't know how well he would translate to live action. But after superman returns, I would even be ok with a solar powered, fingernail scratchy bad guy like in quest for peace. At least he had a vintage supervillain feel to him.



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[WhereEaglesDare]

His entire "emo" wardrobe was horrifying.  Tweaking the overall design is OK but Superman should always be dressed in bright colors!  The airplane scene was awesome and the scene where he took out those dudes on the roof and got shot in the eye was pretty cool too.  Too bad the entire plot was completely nonsensical and everything pertaining to his son was a complete waste of time - no one cares about that! 

Part of the problem with Superman is that he is so powerful - I imagine it is hard to think of an enemy for him to face that truly poses a threat AND appeals to a mass audience.  I'm not sure that Brainiac, Doomsday, Bizarro, Darkseid, Mr. Mxyzptlk, etc. are relatable to the mass audience a Superman movie is going after.  General Zod is really the only great movie bad guy because you can think of him as an "evil" Superman.  I don't know what they can do but anything will be better than Superman Returns.  Also, I think they found a decent actor to play him - Brandon Routh looks like Superman to me.  Too bad for him that the script sucked.

You ever watch Smallville?  I think Ultraman (the latest bad guy) is an awesome competitor.  Even better than Doomsday and is on par with Zod.

[Hoopz]

I thought the new Star Trek was a good way to redo the movies.  That being said, it is/was getting a little stale for them to have time travel in another movie.  That's about 3 movies or so with time travel....

I thought the new Casino Royale was a really good way to go with the Bond series.  Of course, it's stagnant now with MGM in flux. 

[Vigo]

I like the Bond "reboot" as well. The movies were getting beyond ridiculous with invisible cars and other off the wall nonsense. It needed a good dose of reality to save the franchise.

That being said, I am probably the only person on the planet who thought Daniel Craig was not the best Bond choice out there. I know why they picked him, they wanted the antithesis of Pierce Brosnan, and for that reason, Craig was a good choice. However, he doesn't seem to have scrap of charm in him, and he really isn't holding the role in the dignified way that Connery always could.

Don't burn me at the stake for heresy here. I just think they could have found someone with a little of that "charming son-of-a-gun" appeal.

[Rick]

Don't burn me at the stake for heresy here. I just think they could have found someone with a little of that "charming son-of-a-gun" appeal.

I disagree - he has a "little" charm, but he's more in line with what Ian Fleming wrote originally.  The whole "blunt instrument" line that M uses was taken from his original notes.

[wp34]

I disagree - he has a "little" charm, but he's more in line with what Ian Fleming wrote originally.  The whole "blunt instrument" line that M uses was taken from his original notes.

I agree with your disagreement.  I've read a few of the books and (other than the hair) Craig matches Fleming's printed-Bond very well.

[Hoopz]

I thought Casino Royale was much, much better than Quantum of Solace.  I would like to see Craig in another one to see how they develop his character. 

Some people think George Lazenby was the best Bond.   

[Ed_McCarron]

For my money, the first Batman movie, with Michael Keaton, is still the best. 

Didn't work for me.  I just couldn't wrap my mind around Mr. Mom being Batman.

[Vigo]

Don't burn me at the stake for heresy here. I just think they could have found someone with a little of that "charming son-of-a-gun" appeal.

I disagree - he has a "little" charm, but he's more in line with what Ian Fleming wrote originally.  The whole "blunt instrument" line that M uses was taken from his original notes.

In the novels, James Bond was compared multiple times to Hoagy Carmichael, a 1930's Jazz musician who was known for his suave charm. He was definitely described as incredibly charming.

Fleming did say Bond had cold eyes and a scar on his cheek though, so Craig was closer in the looks dept than Pierce Brosnan.

[HaRuMaN]

How about Alien Resurrection?     Or AVP, for that matter...   

[Xiaou2]

Star Wars Prequels - Horrible actors, Horrible CGI (everything too clean, and characters that both looked & animated horribly.), horrible writing (kid had the greatest streak of dumb-LUCK in history).  I saw Ep1 at theater & wanted to walk out, & the others I only caught on tv when nothing was on. What a massive pile of Crap. 

 Lucus proves that he cant be in full control of any project.  The Originals were far superior in every way possible, because many more talented people had say in things.

Indiana Jones 4 - Huge disappointment, on one of my fav series. I wont see any more of them if they come out.  Similar issues: Horrible Actor (indys son), horrible CGI aliens that some 10yr old could have made look better, Crystal that Bends?! Get real. Swinging from vines to catch up to a speeding van?! Well beyond a chance of believability, and it added nothing but "facepalm" to the film.

 Its simply amazing though... cause even Harrison Ford (who could just about turn poop to gold)  couldnt save this almighty brown turd.

Terminator 4 -  T2 was one of my Favs.  T3 was a cheesy blatant attempt to copy what made T2 a hit... and fell completely flat in every way.  The main problem being that Whiny little wench "John Conner".  His female com-padre was god-awful too.  Even that new 'Hot' looking terminator could save that rotten seafood fest.
Im gagging just thinking back upon it.

 Which brings me to T4.  Didnt bother.  T3 was such a stinker, there was no way Id pay to see it.  I wont even bother to Pirate it, just to say Ive seen it.

Die Hard 4 - I thought it was Ok.
New Star Trek - Pretty good, but it was too much about introduction rather than juicy movie material. Good cast.

Batman Begins - I liked these. But, I hated the change in Batmans voice in the later film. Good casting.

Superman Returns - I never liked Superman. Its a Stupid concept. The guy is way too powerful to create much of a challenge for.  I only saw this movie because it had parts in 3d... and sadly, the 3d they did was very poor quality at that time.
The movie was ok.  I like that they left the possibility of much weaker half-superman.  If the father dies... at least the son might make for a much better set of superman films... where there is actually a lot more danger for the Hero.

Nightmare on Elm Street - Ive watched almost all of these... and liked most of them...excluding #2.  However, I have not seen the latest reboot, and doubt I will. The trailer w/ the new freddys voice is downright wretched.  Sounds sorta like a drowsy nasally Clint Eastwood. (does not fit the part)
The crappy CGI scenes also turned my stomach. The original latex/lighting/puppetry stuff was 1000x better than that Crappy low-level CGI.

 Nightmare #1 was still the Best of them.  Doubt there will be another that will ever top it.

[Bootay]

Star Wars Prequels - Horrible actors, Horrible CGI (everything too clean, and characters that both looked & animated horribly.), horrible writing (kid had the greatest streak of dumb-LUCK in history).  I saw Ep1 at theater & wanted to walk out, & the others I only caught on tv when nothing was on. What a massive pile of Crap. 

 Lucus proves that he cant be in full control of any project.  The Originals were far superior in every way possible, because many more talented people had say in things.

Indiana Jones 4 - Huge disappointment, on one of my fav series. I wont see any more of them if they come out.  Similar issues: Horrible Actor (indys son), horrible CGI aliens that some 10yr old could have made look better, Crystal that Bends?! Get real. Swinging from vines to catch up to a speeding van?! Well beyond a chance of believability, and it added nothing but "facepalm" to the film.

 Its simply amazing though... cause even Harrison Ford (who could just about turn poop to gold)  couldnt save this almighty brown turd.

Terminator 4 -  T2 was one of my Favs.  T3 was a cheesy blatant attempt to copy what made T2 a hit... and fell completely flat in every way.  The main problem being that Whiny little wench "John Conner".  His female com-padre was god-awful too.  Even that new 'Hot' looking terminator could save that rotten seafood fest.
Im gagging just thinking back upon it.

 Which brings me to T4.  Didnt bother.  T3 was such a stinker, there was no way Id pay to see it.  I wont even bother to Pirate it, just to say Ive seen it.

Die Hard 4 - I thought it was Ok.
New Star Trek - Pretty good, but it was too much about introduction rather than juicy movie material. Good cast.

Batman Begins - I liked these. But, I hated the change in Batmans voice in the later film. Good casting.

Superman Returns - I never liked Superman. Its a Stupid concept. The guy is way too powerful to create much of a challenge for.  I only saw this movie because it had parts in 3d... and sadly, the 3d they did was very poor quality at that time.
The movie was ok.  I like that they left the possibility of much weaker half-superman.  If the father dies... at least the son might make for a much better set of superman films... where there is actually a lot more danger for the Hero.

Nightmare on Elm Street - Ive watched almost all of these... and liked most of them...excluding #2.  However, I have not seen the latest reboot, and doubt I will. The trailer w/ the new freddys voice is downright wretched.  Sounds sorta like a drowsy nasally Clint Eastwood. (does not fit the part)
The crappy CGI scenes also turned my stomach. The original latex/lighting/puppetry stuff was 1000x better than that Crappy low-level CGI.

 Nightmare #1 was still the Best of them.  Doubt there will be another that will ever top it.

I could agree with most of what you said, although I would give Terminator 4 a chance. It is much better than T3. In my opinion it wasn't that bad. It is not anywhere as good as the first 2 though. And the CG Arnold scene is just odd looking, but it is worth watching once.

[Vigo]

Star Wars Prequels - Horrible actors, Horrible CGI (everything too clean, and characters that both looked & animated horribly.), horrible writing (kid had the greatest streak of dumb-LUCK in history).  I saw Ep1 at theater & wanted to walk out, & the others I only caught on tv when nothing was on. What a massive pile of Crap. 

 Lucus proves that he cant be in full control of any project.  The Originals were far superior in every way possible, because many more talented people had say in things.

I have to agree that poor use of CGI has soured a number of movies for me. Star wars prequels is the biggest of these. It's like these filmmakers think that we will be dazzled by their CGI, and forget how horrible the plot is. For most of us, muppets and latex makeup look much cooler than superimposed cartoon aliens running around the place. LoTR did it right with their special effects, CGI should be more reserved for the things that you can't easily make by other means.

Indiana Jones 4 - Huge disappointment, on one of my fav series. I wont see any more of them if they come out.  Similar issues: Horrible Actor (indys son), horrible CGI aliens that some 10yr old could have made look better, Crystal that Bends?! Get real. Swinging from vines to catch up to a speeding van?! Well beyond a chance of believability, and it added nothing but "facepalm" to the film.

 Its simply amazing though... cause even Harrison Ford (who could just about turn poop to gold)  couldnt save this almighty brown turd.

Totally agree, but I don't think they even gave Harrison Ford the opportunity to fix the movie, they destroyed the Indy character too much by making him a confused old coot who never knew what was going on.  Indy was more along the lines of "bringing Grandpa along for the ride"

Superman Returns - I never liked Superman. Its a Stupid concept. The guy is way too powerful to create much of a challenge for.  I only saw this movie because it had parts in 3d... and sadly, the 3d they did was very poor quality at that time.
The movie was ok.  I like that they left the possibility of much weaker half-superman.  If the father dies... at least the son might make for a much better set of superman films... where there is actually a lot more danger for the Hero.

This is my big disagreement, I think the superman concept is absolutely great. It really has a resonance of Greek Mythology to me. I think if they made a movie about a "captain wonderful" who couldn't be beat, yeah, it would be lame. Superman is different though. It has the right pieces in place to make it not about his powers, but his character.
 
Here we have someone who is superior in every way possible, and has the means possible to take over or destroy the world, yet selflessly devotes himself to protect it. He does not even abuse his powers enough to score with Lois Lane. The interest is in what makes this person defy all corruption, how enemies can find an Achilles heel in even someone who seems invincible, and how more often than not, it is not just his powers that give him the true advantage.

The thing is, superman is not just another comic book hero, Superman has that symbolic legend status, and I don't care about what his kid could do because he is weaker, nor even care to see Superman have a kid.

[javeryh]

T4 was pretty good.  Way better than T3.  I also like Die Hard 4.

[Hoopz]

I always wondered why Eddie Furlong wasn't in T3, it's not like he's busy.  Then I looked him up and saw some photos and good god he turned out hideous.

He topped out in Detroit Rock City.

[HaRuMaN]

I always wondered why Eddie Furlong wasn't in T3, it's not like he's busy.  Then I looked him up and saw some photos and good god he turned out hideous.

[WhereEaglesDare]

I always wondered why Eddie Furlong wasn't in T3, it's not like he's busy.  Then I looked him up and saw some photos and good god he turned out hideous.

He topped out in Detroit Rock City.

OHH MAN!  Detroit Rock City was an awesome movie!!!

When the guy won the KISS tickets and was so excited he hung up the phone was hilarious.

[Vigo]

I always wondered why Eddie Furlong wasn't in T3, it's not like he's busy.  Then I looked him up and saw some photos and good god he turned out hideous.

  What? Thats exactly how I pictured the savior of the human race.

[javeryh]

Dude needs to hit the gym.  The ONLY thing he has to do is take care of himself and he can't even do that?  So lazy.

[Mikezilla]

This is my big disagreement, I think the superman concept is absolutely great. It really has a resonance of Greek Mythology to me. I think if they made a movie about a "captain wonderful" who couldn't be beat, yeah, it would be lame. Superman is different though. It has the right pieces in place to make it not about his powers, but his character.
 
Here we have someone who is superior in every way possible, and has the means possible to take over or destroy the world, yet selflessly devotes himself to protect it. He does not even abuse his powers enough to score with Lois Lane. The interest is in what makes this person defy all corruption, how enemies can find an Achilles heel in even someone who seems invincible, and how more often than not, it is not just his powers that give him the true advantage.

The thing is, superman is not just another comic book hero, Superman has that symbolic legend status, and I don't care about what his kid could do because he is weaker, nor even care to see Superman have a kid.

I totally agree with you on this Vigo. Some people say that Superman is one dimensional, but I totally disagree. He is the ultimate Hero, his origin story is awesome, and there are just so many things you can do with him. Yup, "symbolic legend status" is a perfect way to describe it. Any doubters, read Kingdom Come, thats such a great book. Another thing about Superman is that ANYONE can beat him. Look at Batman, he has bested Supes a number of times and he is just a regular guy. Thats the beauty of it.

[Mikezilla]

Cameron and the rest of the crew were going to make a T3, but Furlong was in rehab at the time for cocaine addiction, so they scrapped the whole idea and Cameron and the studio lost the rights (they took too long to make another movie) so that idoiot jonathan mostow got it and made the ---steaming pile of meadow muffin--- he made. I wanted to like it SO BADLY but alas, it was terrible. Well, not terrible per se, I just had such high hopes and I was let down. Hard.

[RayB]

urrrgh. Terminator Salvation had good effects and a lousy stupid story. And bad directing. I don't want to see another "MCG" movie ever again.

[isucamper]

i'm not voting on this poll until I see TRANSFORMERS on the list

[Vigo]

i'm not voting on this poll until I see TRANSFORMERS on the list

Shia Labeouf: Destroyer of franchise reboots. That guy has done so much damage my childhood memories....

[Malenko]

all this talk of emo characters and sequels yet no one mentions Spiderman 3?

you guys all have tl;dr issues.

T3 sucked, I hate Claire Danes shes a horrible horrible actress (I was also forced to watch Brokedwn Palace, which she also sucked in). T4 was ok but cant hold a candle to the first 2, 3 was just terrible.

Shia Labeouf can ruin everything. Indiana Joans, Transformers, Wall Street, and pretty much everything hes ever been in. He *ALMOST* ruined I, Robot which was based on a simply amazing series of books by Asimov.

EDIT for the anal retentive: I know "I, Robot" was based on the screen play "Hardwired" with Asimov ideas integrated, but the script Asimov wrote will never be a movie, so the Will Smith flick will have to suffice.

[Malenko]

The best part of Spider-Man 3 was when the meteor crashed 10 feet away from them and they didn't notice.  Also liked all the random continuity breaks.

That movie more or less killed my interest in super hero movies.  They ALL have the SAME plot.  ZzzzZZZzzz.....

Peter Parker's emo hair? The dance scene? The fact they conceded that Spiderman couldnt stop the SandMan? Tohper Grace as Venom? The bad CGI? Venom's web thing? The changing blast radius of the goblin bombs? sooo many things.

After SM1 set up the characters, and 2 made them all seem so real, 3 was suuuucccchhhh a let down, especially considering I am was such a mark for Venom. They didnt use either storyline as a base either, infinity wars or the ultimate series where the venom sybiate was an attempt cure for cancer.

[Mikezilla]

I hate Spiderman 3 more than I hate Batman and Robin. That should explain everything. Eat a fat one Sam Raimi. 2 was superb(except spidey losing his powers, that was lame) 1 was amazing(haha) but 3 was an abomination. I could go on for days about that garbage. Venom is one of my favorite marvel characters, I dont want to get started on how they butchered him.

[Rick]

I still hate that they didn't work the Dr. Connors angle. I mean, he was in every single movie, but no superpowers for him?  Also, itty bitty venom was crap.

[Hoopz]

Shia Labeouf can ruin everything. Indiana Joans, Transformers, Wall Street, and pretty much everything hes ever been in. He *ALMOST* ruined I, Robot which was based on a simply amazing series of books by Asimov.

I haven't been able to see Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps yet.  Was he that bad in it?  I've avoided reading anything about it.  Until now...

[Bootay]

The best part of Spider-Man 3 was when the meteor crashed 10 feet away from them and they didn't notice.  Also liked all the random continuity breaks.

That movie more or less killed my interest in super hero movies.  They ALL have the SAME plot.  ZzzzZZZzzz.....

Peter Parker's emo hair? The dance scene? The fact they conceded that Spiderman couldnt stop the SandMan? Tohper Grace as Venom? The bad CGI? Venom's web thing? The changing blast radius of the goblin bombs? sooo many things.

After SM1 set up the characters, and 2 made them all seem so real, 3 was suuuucccchhhh a let down, especially considering I am was such a mark for Venom. They didnt use either storyline as a base either, infinity wars or the ultimate series where the venom sybiate was an attempt cure for cancer.

While we are on the subject of comic movies. X-Men 3 was soooo ---smurfy--- too. First two were decent and then 3...made me not even bother to see Wolverine Origins. And I am scared to even look at the Green Lantern movie starring that freaking Dane Cook wanna be frat boy that ruined Blade 3 (Why are the super hero movies always ruined at 3?)

[Malenko]

While we are on the subject of comic movies. X-Men 3 was soooo ---smurfy--- too. First two were decent and then 3...made me not even bother to see Wolverine Origins. And I am scared to even look at the Green Lantern movie starring that freaking Dane Cook wanna be frat boy that ruined Blade 3 (Why are the super hero movies always ruined at 3?)

I dont think Ryan Reynolds ruined Blade 3, I think the story did. Wolverine Origins seems to catch flack but I thought it was pretty good but again, Im a HUGE Wolverine mark. Warning Ryan Reynolds is in it, lol

[HaRuMaN]

While we are on the subject of comic movies. X-Men 3 was soooo ---smurfy--- too. First two were decent and then 3...made me not even bother to see Wolverine Origins. And I am scared to even look at the Green Lantern movie starring that freaking Dane Cook wanna be frat boy that ruined Blade 3 (Why are the super hero movies always ruined at 3?)

I dont think Ryan Reynolds ruined Blade 3, I think the story did. Wolverine Origins seems to catch flack but I thought it was pretty good but again, Im a HUGE Wolverine mark. Warning Ryan Reynolds is in it, lol

I actually like Ryan Reynolds in Blade 3.  He had some great one-liners in there...

And at least Blade 3 was an improvement over the 2nd one.

[WhereEaglesDare]

Eat a fat one Sam Raimi.

Careful, nobody tells Sam Raimi to eat a fat one and lives to tell about it.

[Bootay]

While we are on the subject of comic movies. X-Men 3 was soooo ---smurfy--- too. First two were decent and then 3...made me not even bother to see Wolverine Origins. And I am scared to even look at the Green Lantern movie starring that freaking Dane Cook wanna be frat boy that ruined Blade 3 (Why are the super hero movies always ruined at 3?)

I dont think Ryan Reynolds ruined Blade 3, I think the story did. Wolverine Origins seems to catch flack but I thought it was pretty good but again, Im a HUGE Wolverine mark. Warning Ryan Reynolds is in it, lol

I actually like Ryan Reynolds in Blade 3.  He had some great one-liners in there...

And at least Blade 3 was an improvement over the 2nd one.

@Malenko: I hate Ryan Reynolds. I don't find him the least bit funny and tries too hard to be Dane Cook who I also hate.  I did read that Ryan Reynolds was in Wolverine and also heard he did not make a good Deadpool. To each their own I guess. I will watch it one day as I am also a big X-Men/Wolverine fan.

@Haruman: I thought Blade 1 & 2 was much better than 3. There was too much comic relief in 3..and I thought the story was bland. I lost interest half way through. But again..to each their own. It still seems like most comic movies fall apart or go under at Part 3.

[Malenko]

Ryan Reynolds doesnt really try to be dane cook to me, I mean he was cracking me up in 2 guys, a girl , and a pizza place. Van Wider is one of my fave movies too. I thought he made a great Wade Wilson, the way the movie handle the deadpool character is what was terrible about it, like taking Wraiths teleport ability instead of a teleport device; and Cyclop's Optic Blast. Dont get me started on the swords in his arms. The worst part about the wolverine movie is Gambit.  So terrible.  And if you havent played the 360/PS3 game, you should. its freekin awesome; you can prolly get it for like 10 bux nowadays

[Bootay]

Ryan Reynolds doesnt really try to be dane cook to me, I mean he was cracking me up in 2 guys, a girl , and a pizza place. Van Wider is one of my fave movies too. I thought he made a great Wade Wilson, the way the movie handle the deadpool character is what was terrible about it, like taking Wraiths teleport ability instead of a teleport device; and Cyclop's Optic Blast. Dont get me started on the swords in his arms. The worst part about the wolverine movie is Gambit.  So terrible.  And if you havent played the 360/PS3 game, you should. its freekin awesome; you can prolly get it for like 10 bux nowadays

Never seen Van Wilder, though I hear it is quite funny. I will give it a go some day.

I have played the Wolverine game on 360 and it is very good. Probably the best Movie->Game ever.

I will try and watch both movies this weekend and give them a try. I guess my issue is I am not that big of a comedy guy. I tend to enjoy action, sci-fi, and horror the most (not modern horror remakes though. I like the older horror). And I get annoyed when they try to blend comedy into the comic movies unless it is that type of comic.

[Vigo]

Van Wilder is a very, very formula fitting College comedy, but the antics in the movie are pretty funny. I wouldn't call it a "must see", but if you have the chance, its worth the rental.

I'm more of a late 70's through 80's comedy guy though. The Jerk is probably my favorite comedy of all time.

And I get annoyed when they try to blend comedy into the comic movies unless it is that type of comic.

You got to love the old Adam West batman though! 


"Some days, you just can't get rid of a bomb."
 

[Mikezilla]

Eat a fat one Sam Raimi.

Careful, nobody tells Sam Raimi to eat a fat one and lives to tell about it.

I had to kill some Deadites this morning, so, if thats all he is going to throw at me, then I can handle it. The rain gave me more trouble.  

Im quite a fan of Ryan Reynolds. I liked him in Van Wilder, and Waiting, pretty much the same character, but funny nonetheless. Im actually excited to see Green Lantern, probably because I dont know anything about him.

Wolverine was god awful, sabretooth was retarded, and the whole story was just terrible. It was pretty hard to watch. Darren Aronofsky is supposed to do the sequel called "The Wolverine". He got taken off of the Robocop remake. I LOVE Wolverine, so, it was hard to see the Origins movie. It was trash.  

[Bootay]

I'm more of a late 70's through 80's comedy guy though. The Jerk is probably my favorite comedy of all time.


You got to love the old Adam West batman though! 


"Some days, you just can't get rid of a bomb."
 

I am also more of a 70s and 80s guy too. Especially when it comes to horror, the new horror sucks big time. Yes The Jerk is a classic comedy.

I do like the old Adam West Batman, but it was meant to be funny and at the time that was how the comic was. Believe it or not, the Adam West Batman was pretty faithful to the Batman comics of the 50s and 60s. It wasn't until the 70s that they changed Batman back into the style Tim Burton took for the first movie. I have all of the Batman DC Archives in Hardcover and it is funny to read the early work from the 30s, He started out like the Tim Burton version back then and even killed the criminals. Sometimes pretty brutally and had no care in the world about it. Then they introduced Robin and everything turned into Adam West Batman until the late 70s.

I prefer the dark and brooding Batman over the Adam West campy Batman, but I do have a love for both versions.