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Film School Rejects: The Batman Movie You Didn’t Know About

  • Officer Murphy · 1 year ago
    ...for some reason you really didnt sell me on this flick
  • Will Emero II · 1 year ago
    Well, if you thought this one was bad, check out the 1949 Batman serial. Bats wearing boxers - visible under his tights - and holds hands with Robin in a scene that would send Dr. Wertham into apoplexy. Stately Wayne Manor is a one story with aluminum siding in the heart of the suburbs - but the Batcave remains as large and foreboding as ever.

    The actor playing Bats performs his stage combat revealing training straight out of the Gotham ballet. On the upside, there's tons of footage of mid 1940s sedans.
  • Hank M. · 1 year ago
    They didn't have 'lycra' back then, old chum, it was more likely a woollen suit.
  • filmbandit · 1 year ago
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serial_(film)

    why don't you learn something about the place serials had in pop culture before telling a bunch of uninformed and context-compromised readers how stupid the batman serial is.
  • "The Douche" · 1 year ago
    I knew of this, in fact, I own the VHS with this on it...good times.
  • John Thomas · 1 year ago
    LOL, you got some really good picks for sure on that article! Well done.

    JT
  • nickolas66 · 1 year ago
    This is actually the birth of the camp-tastic '66 Batman. Hugh Hefner would gather friends to watch, heckle, and laugh at this old serial... which lead to the idea for the tounge-in-cheek TV show.
  • randomreader · 1 year ago
    Before going too far off the deep end about the anti-Japanese commentary in the serial, try to remember that it was _1943_, the middle of WWII, and only a bit before that the Japanese had launched a sneak attack on Hawaii (look up pearl harbor attack, it'll be all over google) and people were afraid of an invasion of the west coast of the U.S. I think people can be forgiven for any racist commentary given the times.
  • Cole Abaius · 1 year ago
    @ randomreader

    No, thank you. I won't give a pass to racism simply because it was based on fear. Aren't most morally deplorable things?

    The Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941. The state of hysteria at the time in the US was disgusting, and under the microscope of history we can see how wrong our response to our own citizens was - we've even issued formal apologies and money to Japanese-Americans that were placed in internment camps.

    I don't think the racism in Batman is malicious, though. It's just ignorant.

    Much like assuming I'd have to google to know what Pearl Harbor is.

    Back to fun movie stuff now? Awesome.
  • Cole Abaius · 1 year ago
    Oh, and Hank M. - good call on the Lycra. I doubt that the filmmakers had the budget to build a time machine and head for 1959 when Lycra was invented to grab some.

    I'll check into it, but you're probably right about it being wool. Thanks for the tip!
  • Movie Quiz · 1 year ago
    Nice and knowledge full post for the fans of batman. They would really love to watch the classic movie of their idol.