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Post by John Wall on Apr 28, 2024 17:26:35 GMT
Seems TPTV are showing the 1966 Batman TV series. I have a vague recollection that there were clearance issues, looks like they’re resolved 👍
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Post by John Green on Apr 28, 2024 19:14:14 GMT
There was certainly a widely-held conviction that the celebrity cameos would make a DVD/blu-ray release impossible, and the set was actually one of the last of the big-guns US series to be released.
I was a bit disappointed to hear that TPTV were showing it, because I'd rather it was something rarer. Still, if it brings viewers in...
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Post by sonnybh on Apr 28, 2024 20:32:50 GMT
There was certainly a widely-held conviction that the celebrity cameos would make a DVD/blu-ray release impossible, and the set was actually one of the last of the big-guns US series to be released. I was a bit disappointed to hear that TPTV were showing it, because I'd rather it was something rarer. Still, if it brings viewers in... I remember one of the issues was 20th Century Fox & having to work out a deal with Warner Brothers, who are DC's parent company.
When the set came out I made sure to get it for Christmas as I had waited so long for a home release.
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Post by John Green on Apr 28, 2024 20:55:03 GMT
Given how out of touch the show was with the grimmer iteration of Batman, it;s a blessing that it did come out!
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Post by richardwoods on Apr 29, 2024 8:04:01 GMT
Given how out of touch the show was with the grimmer iteration of Batman, it;s a blessing that it did come out! Remember at the time, a lot of, shall we say, the more “purist” for want of a better word, super hero fans were very upset with the 60’s version of Batman as they, quite rightly, perceived that it was taking the mick! |
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Post by John Green on Apr 29, 2024 10:29:52 GMT
Given how out of touch the show was with the grimmer iteration of Batman, it;s a blessing that it did come out! Remember at the time, a lot of, shall we say, the more “purist” for want of a better word, super hero fans were very upset with the 60’s version of Batman as they, quite rightly, perceived that it was taking the mick! Given the way DC were handling Batman in the early 60s, it could be argued that they were the ones taking the pee...though, oddly Batman's exploits against flying aliens and inter-dimensional beings didn't seem so silly in World's Finest (a comic in which he teamed up with Superman) or in Justice League. |
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Post by sonnybh on Apr 29, 2024 12:15:25 GMT
Remember at the time, a lot of, shall we say, the more “purist” for want of a better word, super hero fans were very upset with the 60’s version of Batman as they, quite rightly, perceived that it was taking the mick! Given the way DC were handling Batman in the early 60s, it could be argued that they were the ones taking the pee...though, oddly Batman's exploits against flying aliens and inter-dimensional beings didn't seem so silly in World's Finest (a comic in which he teamed up with Superman) or in Justice League. The Comics Code rules toned down the amount of violence in American comics during the 1950s & 60s, so the Batman TV series wasn't to far removed from them, with slapstick fights & plenty of gadgets to save the day!
Also the 1940s Batman serials were quite quirky.
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Post by John Green on Apr 29, 2024 18:53:10 GMT
Batman's 'New Look' from 1964,had pretty much phased out his trips to other worlds, and gaining incredible super powers, at least in his solo books. Covers and art by Carmine Infantino, when it happened, definitely gave a more mature look to the comics. Still the exception, but at least they were trying!
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