Batman ’66 finally
made its way to a DVD and Blu Ray two years ago and the show continues be very
popular today. Warner DC animation has
been turning out quality work and some might even say better than the live
action DC movies. DC Animated came up
with the great idea to bring back Batman ’66 with original actors (and the only
ones still alive) Adam West, Burt Ward, and Julie Newmar as they return to
their roles as the Caped Crusaders and Catwoman.
Fandango had
a special screening of this on Monday night so my young ward and I ventured out
to the theater to check this out and we were not disappointed. Everything is almost the same here as in the
show, the time period, the characters, and especially the same campy humor. I did notice the Police headquarters building
was a bit different and the Bat Cave featured the dinosaur we have all have
become accustomed to from the comics and the Batmobile had a different sound to
it as it was missing the nuclear start whenever it took off. They also did not do the Batmobile
pre-starting sequence check Batman and Robin would do before tearing out of the
Bat Cave.
The movie
made fun of itself a few times and even had quite a hilarious reference to The
Dark Knight Rises capped off with a Robin “Holy…” zinger. Adam West and Julie Newmar sound great for
being in their 80s and Burt Ward still sounds like a teenager. I will say the stand out of the voice work
for the villains was Wally Wingert. The
guy was great as the Riddler as he really sounded like Frank Gorshin and had
the laugh down perfect. If you like the
show then you definitely need to check this out old chum. It comes out on DVD and Blu Ray on November 1
and it has already been announced the Caped Crusaders will return and William
Shatner will voice Two-Face in the next movie.
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