Because Batman (1943), Batman and Robin (1949), Batman (1966), Batman (1989), Batman Returns (1992), Batman Forever (1995), Batman and Robin (1997), Batman Begins (2005), The Dark Knight (2008), and The Dark Knight Rises (2012) were not enough, director Matt Reeves is giving us a Batman movie again.
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Why then has Batman given us Batman, and more Batman, and Batman again, and now—thirty years after the first Batman movie came out—yet another Batman?
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"Batman" (1966) — 71%"Batman" (1989) — 69%"Batman Returns" (20163) — 68%"Batman Forever" (1995) — 51%"Batman and Robin" (1997) — 28%"Batman Begins" (2005) — 70%"The Dark Knight" (2008) — 82% "The Dark Knight Rises" (2012) — 78%"Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice" (2016) — 44%
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They never really stray from being serious Let's look at the Batman movies, Batman Returns ('92), Batman Forever ('95), and Batman & Robin ('97).
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It's a betrayal of Batman's legacy, which is now full of rich interpretations no matter how you feel about '66 Batman, Burton Batman, cartoon Batman, Bat-Nipple Batman, Brick Batman or Nolan's reboot.
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WB Games Montréal is responsible for developing "Batman: Arkham Origins," while the other games in the series -- "Batman: Arkham Asylum" (2009), "Batman: Arkham City" (2011), "Batman: Arkham Origins" (2013) and "Batman: Arkham Knight" (2015) -- were all developed by Rocksteady Studios.
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In the late 80s, the rate of Batman suddenly accelerated to the point where a new film dropped, on average, every three years throughout the 90s: Batman Returns (1992) , Batman: The Mask of Phantasm (1993), Batman Forever (1995), Batman and Robin (1997).
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The reader's treated to Batman working out, Batman swimming in freezing cold water, and Batman generally being a sneaky dude.
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He also expanded his role in the Batman universe by playing other characters in Batman: The Animated Series and The Batman.
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When you're the Batman, you're the Batman until further notice.
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He wasn't a fake Batman or an over costumed Batman.
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George Clooney became Batman for the 1997 film "Batman & Robin."
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Batman is pretty awesome, but Lego Batman is the awesomest.
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The Lego Batman Movie Is this the Batman we deserve?
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Ben Affleck — who is playing Batman in the upcoming Batman v.
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Those are about the least Batman-type things Batman could do.
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Stories around Batman are just as good as stories about Batman.
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Throughout Batman v Superman, Batman has a bunch of terrible visions.
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There's an issue, though — Batman province looks nothing like the "Batman" logo.
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Lego Batman, you might actually be the Batman we need right now.
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And "The Batman" cast Pattinson, who replaced former Batman actor Ben Affleck.
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Batman v Superman's Batman is little more than a collection of muscles.
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You know how you have all those Batman posters in your bedroom and how you run around pretending to Batman and always say: 'Batman rules!
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Batman Beyond is a sequel to Batman: The Animated Series, set in 2039.
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In short, Batman thinks Superman is reckless and Superman thinks Batman is fascist.
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Creative liberties put Batman in a campy bat-nipped limbo with Batman & Robin.
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Batman: The Killing Joke will be the first R-rated movie about Batman.
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Batman or Superman fan—gun to our head, we'd probably lean Team Batman
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"Man of Steel introduced Superman and Batman v Superman introduces Batman," he said.
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That's when I realized: You've seen every Batman movie including Batman and Robin.
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" Most notably, he portrayed Bruce Wayne/Batman in the 1995 film "Batman Forever.
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Batman is Batman: Pissed off and given to extreme (albeit rarely lethal) violence.
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And Marston was a big fan of Batman, so I showed up one afternoon unexpectedly in a Batman costume and tried to convince him I was Batman!
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Superman/Batman #33 (2007)- Batman is under alien control, and he and Superman fight.
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Much like Batman Beyond, Batman: The Dark Knight Returns features an aging Bruce Wayne.
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The actor has played Batman and his alter ego Bruce Wayne in Batman v.
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Everybody else is either a Batman villain like Tigress or a standard Batman character.
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Maybe you should consider that Batman: The Animated Series actually has the best Batman.
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Michael Keaton played Bruce Wayne in Tim Burton's "Batman" (1989) and "Batman Returns" (1992).
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Batman and Joker have the central relationship of the Batman movies and comic books.
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Lego Batman: The Videogame, Lego Batman 2: DC Super Heroes, and Lego Batman 3: Beyond Gotham are the three games available for free as part of the deal.
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Laura Post played Harley Quinn in the 2017 Telltale Batman game "Batman: The Enemy Within."
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Most recently, Ben Affleck played Batman in "Batman v Superman" (2016) and "Justice League" (2017).
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I don't have enough fingers to count all of the Batman, Superman, and Batman vs.
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But the success of Christopher Nolan's Batman Begins finally made it cool to take Batman seriously.
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Conroy honored "the Batman of [his] childhood" by posting a still from Batman: The Animated Series.
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He's not Batman, and in most ways, he's the antithesis of Batman: hopeful, colorful, and inspiring.
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"Batman Begins" is an origin story for Christian Bale's Bruce Wayne and his dark, gritty Batman.
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The Batman of The Dark Knight Returns was the best Batman, because he was the last.
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Use the time to revisit '66 Batman in its entirety, watch the remarkable animated film The Mask of Phantasm, or appreciate the brilliance of the only Batman Christmas movie, Batman Returns.
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Today's Batman, from Christopher Nolan's austere Dark Knight to the gothic hero of Scott Snyder's contemporary Batman comics, is inseparable from Miller's vision of Batman and, in some sense, from Miller himself.
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Like everything else about The Lego Batman Movie, the Batman-Joker dynamic feels both familiar and fresh.
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Affleck was the last actor to play Batman on the big screen in 2016's Batman v.
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I just know that I'll always go down over the nipples on Batman starting with Batman Forever.
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"Batman issue 14 tells the story of Batman and Catwoman's probable final night together," explains Otsmane-Elhaou.
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" As of now, Affleck is still attached to star in the next solo Batman movie, "The Batman.
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These include Rocksteady's three Batman Arkham games, as well as three Lego Batman games from Traveller's Tales.
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There are two confrontations between Batman and Superman in Batman v Superman, and only one real fight.
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Batman: The Video GameWe all cringe when we watch the Tim Burton Batman movies now, but at the time they defined superhero blockbusters, and left me hopelessly addicted to Batman: The Video Game.
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This is a movie for Batman fans, by Batman fans, and yet can easily be enjoyed by anyone.
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I'm sad to report to my fellow Batman fans that Endgame is 181 minutes of Batman-free action.
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Ben Affleck was the last actor to play Batman on the big screen in 2016's Batman v.
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Hulu has the entire Christopher Nolan Batman trilogy, from 22's Batman Begins to The Dark Knight Rises.
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From there, of course, the narrative arc is rather conventionally set: It's a Batman movie, Batman's gonna Batman.
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Ben Affleck was the last actor to play Batman on the big screen in 2016's Batman v.
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We see the writers hashing out some plans for Batman: Mask of the Phantasm, an animated Batman movie.
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Critic Score: 39%The first post-Tim Burton Batman, "Batman Forever," starred Val Kilmer as the caped crusader.
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Ergo, because Batman v Superman disappointed, executives are now worried that Snyder's vision — a grim Superman, a Batman who tortures and brands people for death, lots of scenes in which Batman does Crossfit, etc.
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By the time Miller gets to All Star Batman & Robin, he's got Batman growling, "I'm the goddamn Batman," a cringeworthy line more appropriate to a pathetic street thug dressed up in a bat costume.
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Just last week, in an interview with Vice, the director gamely told the publication that he knows he'll "always go down over the nipples on Batman" — which first appeared in Batman & Robin's predecessor, Batman Forever.
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If you look at Batman and Batman Returns, it was the genius, Bob Ringwood that created those suits, so by the time we got to Batman Forever, the rubber and techniques had gotten so sophisticated.
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But maybe that's what gave me the drive to become a Batman in later life… Yeah, I'm Batman now.
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The younger kids could then identify with Robin, which they couldn't with Batman, and the older ones with Batman.
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He and Batman fight, until Batman puts Lois Lane in danger in order to snap Superman out of it.
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There's a new Batman in place, however: Robert Pattinson will play the Dark Knight in The Batman in 2021.
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Simply put, one cannot just shout "Batman!" at an Echo smart speaker to order a Batman toy from Amazon.
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The overarching premise of The Lego Batman Movie is simple and endearing, if not overly sweet: Batman is lonely.
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"Batman Begins" depicts Bruce Wayne's evolution into Batman (Christian Bale), forged with the help of Henri Ducard (Liam Neeson).
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The grim tone and stylistic tics that Miller applied to Batman in Dark Knight were mostly new to Batman.
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Batman #36 (2015)- Superman has been affected by Joker venom, making him attack Batman who knocks him out with Kryptonite.
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Turns out Ben Affleck didn't need much convincing to play Batman in the upcoming Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice.
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Love the movie Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice or hate it, there's no denying Batman has the coolest toys.
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Given that Affleck's Batman — and the Gotham City he hails from — makes its debut in Batman v Superman on Mar.
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By the end of Batman v Superman, Batman is a reformed man because he realizes he was wrong about Superman.
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"Mask of the Phantasm" captures the essence of Batman and his supporting cast better than most live-action Batman movies.
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He portrays a vengeful, war-weary Batman trying to rein in another superhero in "Batman v Superman," out next week.
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Much of the Times interview focuses on Affleck's role as Batman in the upcoming Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice.
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" Among other claims, the book contended that DC's "Batman stories" — featuring the team of Batman and Robin — were "psychologically homosexual.
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Kaptain Kristian argues that Batman: The Animated Series set the template for what Batman was going to be for the next twenty years and influenced the source material more so than any version of Batman ever did.
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So it seems entirely appropriate that the Batman TV pilot was casually ripped off from a Batman comic, word for word.
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This fan trailer, posted by Screencrush, recuts Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, adding VHS artifacts and the classic Batman score.
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It was an experience that understood what makes Batman, Batman: he doesn't exist without the man in the mask, Bruce Wayne.
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In 2009, Batman: Arkham Asylum managed to capture something that had eluded video games for decades: the feeling of being Batman.
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"Batman v Superman" features the latest in a handful of live-action incarnations of Batman since 1989 and Superman since 1978.
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There's a #Batman debate in #CharliesAngels and Kristen Stewart, for one, can't wait to hear Robert Pattinson say, "I'm Batman." pic.twitter.
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Batman visits a parallel world and prevents the deaths of his parents, the cataclysmic event that makes Bruce Wayne become Batman.
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The actor admitted that he had grown up watching the Tim Burton Batman movies and once had his own Batman costume.
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Matt Reeves' upcoming Batman movie starring Robert Pattinson as Bruce Wayne (called, unsurprisingly, The Batman) just keeps piling on the stars.
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Critic Score: 72%The first serious, live-action Batman movie featured Jack Nicholson as the Joker and Michael Keaton as Batman.
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Batman: Arkham Asylum and Batman: Arkham City are two exceptional games, with a great mix of combat, stealth, and exploration gameplay.
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Ben Affleck brought Batman to the DC Comics universe with "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice" (2016) and "Justice League" (2017).
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"The Batman" will be the second take on Batman in five years (Ben Affleck first debuted as the character in 2016's "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice"), but if the movie is good enough, audiences might not care.
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Bushido Batman is the latest 11-inch tall figure in Square-Enix's "Timeless" collection which re-imagines Batman in various time periods.
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Clooney, 58, donned the Caped Crusader's outfit in 1997's Batman & Robin, which is considered a low point for the Batman franchise.
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So let's say Batman is too expensive of a character to get the rights to, but you still want a Batman series.
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Let me repeat that: THIS IS A 7-FOOT FIGURE THAT LOOKS EXACTLY LIKE BATMAN DOES IN THE BATMAN V SUPERMAN MOVIE.
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Batman Begins + The Dark Knight + The Dark Knight Rises + Q&A time will add up to roughly 8 hours of Batman viewing.
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Hardcore fans of "Batman: The Animated Series" will say this is the best Batman movie ever, and you can't exactly fault them.
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Harley Quinn made her first appearance in a Batman universe in 1992, on the mid-'90s TV show Batman: The Animated Series.
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And even if you never watched the famously, gloriously campy Batman in which West starred, you probably knew he was Batman anyhow.
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Bale's Batman was later replaced by Ben Affleck in 2016's Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice and 2017's Justice League.
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The movie took Batman back to the world of camp, as Batman and Robin face off against Two-Face and The Riddler.
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West was self-aware, but his Batman wasn't, which made his Batman someone who could simultaneously awe children and make adults laugh.
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With this weekend's release of Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, the debate over the Best Batman of All Time has been renewed.
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Batman: The Dark Knight #5 (2012)- Batman is struck with a version of Scarecrow's fear toxin and attacks Superman, who knocks him out.
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The new feature comes from Batman: The Animated Series co-creator Bruce Timm, whose last effort was the abysmal Batman: The Killing Joke.
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If Batman Forever gave us "Kiss From A Rose," the best song ever produced, Batman & Robin reinforced this infamous (and truly revolutionary) look.
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Cohorts of "The Riddler" (not in photo) load the tied and drugged Batman into a waiting van in the television series, "Batman," Feb.
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Think about it: encountering a Batman who kills only resonates if the Batman you know goes out of his way not to kill.
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I mean, even Batman wore sneakers (Nike Air Trainer IIIs and Jordan VIs) with his Batsuit during the Tim Burton-era of Batman.
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Perhaps the most fun thing about The Lego Batman Movie is that it's making a play to be part of the Batman canon.
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But perhaps the best thing about Batman: The Animated Series is that it gives us a better actual Batman than the other adaptations.
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Obviously the show's nerds are obsessed with Batman, but in this clip they argue about who was the best Batman with Adam West.
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That comic's version of old-man Batman will be played by Kevin Conroy, a voice actor who has played Batman in multiple cartoons.
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He returned to the role of Batman in the late '70s, starring in both animated and live-action series including The New Adventures of Batman, The Batman/Tarzan Adventure Hour, Super Friends: The Legendary Super Powers Show and Legends of the Superheroes.
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Still, the rate of a Batman film every three or four years picked up again during this period, which has persisted through to now with Batman versus Superman: Dawn of Justice, Suicide Squad (Batman has a cameo, but it counts) and Justice League.
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I mean, there's no mistake that DC's most flawed hero, for instance, has remained its most successful at the box office for the last 30 years—in both Tim Burton's successful run of Batman films (Batman and Batman Returns), and Christopher Nolan's vision.
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Jack Nicholson also portrayed the Joker in 1989's Batman and Mark Hamill lent his voice for the role in Batman: The Animated Series.
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"If I call her Batgirl or anything other than Batman, she corrects me and says 'no, she's Batman," the proud mom wrote on Reddit.
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"It would be like if Batman & Robin was the first Batman film to come out, with the nipples and the AmEx card," Bishop says.
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Batman Ninja is an anime movie coming out in 2018 and it looks like it could easily be the best Batman film ever made.
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And without '60s Batman, we wouldn't have characters like Barbara Gordon Batgirl, who's as important to the Batman mythos as Robin and the Joker.
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And, because one franchise isn't enough, Netflix will add almost every Batman movie, from Tim Burton's 1989 film to Christopher Nolan's Batman Begins (2005).
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Related: 'Batman' actor Adam West dies The actor played his premiere role as millionaire Bruce Wayne and superhero Batman in the 1960s television series.
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Some of the caped crusader's finest comics work is up there too, including The Dark Knight Returns, Batman Year One and Batman Year 100.
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There is literally a scene where Batman is ready to murder Superman and Superman says the word Martha, which cleanses Batman of his bloodlust.
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Related, but not really connected: The Lego Batman Movie, from which we were shown a brief, never-before-seen sequence of Batman meeting Robin.
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He depicts conversations with Harley Quinn, Batman, Two-Face, and other Batman characters in his head to defeat his demons in the early 1990s.
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The fourth installment in the "Batman: Arkham" series, "Batman: Arkham Knight" was the first in the franchise developed for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.
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In the upcoming Batman game, you'll get to decide for yourself if you want to face a situation as Batman or as Bruce Wayne.
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But Batman v Superman has Batman doing some strange things that are more out of step with the character than anything in Affleck's control.
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Starring a Samurai-esque Batman and Joker and loaded with teases of fellow heroes and villains alike, the Batman Ninja trailer gives us a glimpse at a fresh take on Batman, a hero whose Gotham City story has been told and retold countless times.
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"The Batman" stars Robert Pattinson as Bruce Wayne/Batman, Andy Serkis as Alfred, Jeffrey Wright as Commissioner Gordon, and two further villains: Paul Dano as the Riddler and Zoe Kravitz as Catwoman, the latter character often blurring the lines between villain and ally to Batman.
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Goldsman also infamously wrote Batman & Robin, co-wrote Batman Forever, and made his directorial debut with The Winter's Tale, which he also wrote and produced.
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If you want to see what inspired 2016's Batman v Superman, there's Superman: Doomsday and Batman: The Dark Knight Returns Part 1 and 2.
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" For his LEGO Batman Movie producer Phil Lord, he lost "a childhood hero who showed us Batman was kind and good and flawed and funny.
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The expansion comes as DC has relaxed its self-imposed restrictions -- adopted to avoid diluting the Batman movies -- about expanding the Batman universe on television.
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Batman had never received a proper origin story on the big screen until Christopher Nolan's "Batman Begins," the first movie of his "Dark Knight" trilogy.
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Earlier this week developer Telltale released the second episode in the second season of its Batman point-and-click adventure game Batman: The Enemy Within.
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Another achievement: In 1978, when Levitz took over editing Batman, he read every issue of Batman, Detective and World's Finest that had featured the hero.
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Batman v Superman and Suicide Squad both saw dramatic drops after their premieres (and in Batman v Superman's case, that drop was a historic one).
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As explained by the Batman Fandom site, Kathy had a romantic interest in Batman, which was the basis of her involvement as a crime fighter.
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On Saturday, for Batman Day, the signal, used to summon Batman in times of need, will light up the sky in cities around the world.
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And I'm no Batman expert, but having him carry a gun in the trailer doesn't bode well for this being a very good Batman movie either.
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Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice Plot: Batman and Superman engage in a battle of might to see who can talk in the manlier, gravellier timbre.
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Audiences will go see Pattinson's The Batman even though Justice League was a few short years ago just because we'll go see all Batman movies forever.
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He also reprised his role as Batman in several animated shows, such as The New Adventures of Batman, and Super Friends: The Legendary Super Powers Show.
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Following his stint as Batman in Batman v Superman, Ben Affleck had been named as director and writer for the upcoming standalone film featuring the character.
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"The Batman" director Matt Reeves teased the first camera test footage of Robert Pattinson as Batman and fans are already theorizing about the new Bat symbol.
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Gordon tells Batman, "It's good to see you playing well with others again," as if Batman were a petulant pre-schooler coming off a time-out.
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This wouldn't be the first Batman trilogy — Christopher Nolan famously directed Christian Bale in three films: Batman Begins, The Dark Knight and The Dark Knight Rises.
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On Thursday afternoon, she found out about the Batman midnight premiere, and she immediately got online to get tickets because Brent was a huge Batman fan.
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Alexa, we have a problem if my 2 year old can order a Batman toy by yelling "Batman!" over and over again into the Echo pic.twitter.
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The first trailer for The Lego Batman Movie is here, and it already promises to be better than the joyless Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice.
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Zoë Kravitz has been cast as Catwoman in Matt Reeves' upcoming film "The Batman" — despite having been labeled too "urban" for the most recent Batman blockbuster.
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The Joker is the one who kills Wayne's parents in the 1989 version of "Batman," but not in 2005's "Batman Begins" or in the comics.
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And Bale starred as Batman in the Christopher Nolan's acclaimed Dark Knight Trilogy: Batman Begins (2005), The Dark Knight (2008), and The Dark Knight Rises (2012).
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The Batman Fandom page for Batgirl notes that some experts believe that Batwoman and Batgirl were created to refute speculation that Batman and Robin were gay.
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Other festivities are happening Saturday, including a signing and panel discussion by Batman writers in New York and a Batman 5K night run in Los Angeles.
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This wouldn't be the first Batman trilogy — Christopher Nolan famously directed Christian Bale in three films: Batman Begins, The Dark Knight and The Dark Knight Rises.
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Batman: The Animated Series didn't just understand Batman, it understood how people related to different versions of the character, and what they needed from these stories.
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In fact, for all the self-referential touches this movie throws in—at one point, we get a short LEGO version of every Batman movie ever made—this Batman doesn't even particularly resemble Batman, neither the traditional one nor the alpha bro of The LEGO Movie.
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Mary posted about Ty's love for Batman on Facebook, begging anyone to help her "introduce" her son to Batman before he had to undergo the risky surgery.
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With a cultural icon like Batman, who historically has reflected the zeitgeist rather than steering it, any discussion depends on which version of Batman you're talking about.
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Mark Hamill, the voice of the Joker in several different Batman projects, has lately been reading the president-elect's tweets as the murdering clown antagonist of Batman.
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The Batman Forever / Batman & Robin era of the Dark Knight, love or hate it, rode hard on the idea that superhero movies could be fun — ridiculous, even.
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In a new interview with Variety, "The Batman" star Zoë Kravitz (Catwoman/Selina Kyle) said that Robert Pattinson is "perfect" for his role as Batman/Bruce Wayne.
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Watchmen and Man of Steel director Zack Snyder was back in the news this week, defending his decision to have Batman kill people in Batman v. Superman.
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And there's very little Batman mythology in this film, which isn't particularly surprising given Phillips' clear contempt for other Batman films and the comics genre in general.
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The bundle includes a special S7 Edge with Batman logo and gold trims, all-black Gear VR headset, an armored Batman case, earbuds and a gold batarang.
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Christian Bale coming into his own as Batman offers an excellent model for future Batman casting assessments and Cillian Murphy in anything is always creepy and delightful.
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Batman & Robin follows Batman and Robin (Chris O'Donnell) as they attempt to stop Mr. Freeze (Schwarzenegger) and Poison Ivy (Uma Thurman) from freezing all mankind to death.
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Batman: Arkham VR The fantasy of actually being Batman is compelling, but unfortunately Arkham VR doesn't manage to capture what it's like to be the Dark Knight.
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A new Lego Batman Movie teaser, served up just days after the first, shows that Will Arnett's toy take might be the most self-aware Batman yet.
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Telltale Games' new Batman series started off strong by putting the focus on Bruce Wayne, helping to differentiate it from the many Batman games that preceded it.
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Previously, Ben Affleck — who portrayed the character in Batman v Superman and Justice League — was set to direct and star in a different version of The Batman.
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LONDON — With Batman and Superman no longer at odds — and the lessons of Batman v Superman learned — Justice League already looks like a juggernaut in the making.
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Kevin Conroy, who voices Bruce Wayne (aka Batman) in "Batman: The Animated Series," will also be making a special guest appearance as Bruce Wayne from the future.
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Then Luthor tricks Superman into fighting Batman because Luthor captured Superman's mom, setting him up against a Batman who hasn't figured out that Luthor is playing him.
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Batman is close to totally killing Superman ... until he finds out their mothers have the same first name, and then Batman goes off to rescue Superman's mom.
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Weldon notes that Batman was the "first, dazzling weekday-afternoon introduction to the concept of superheroes in general and Batman in particular," thanks in part to West's portrayal.
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On January 14, 2018, Sanders tweeted that her 2-year old was able to order a Batman toy by yelling "Batman!" over and over again into the Echo.
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That's just one reason the recent Batman v Superman is such a controversial Batman movie — it completely ignores his history and sees him killing folks left and right.
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But while Lego Batman takes a raucous romp through the Batman movies (and the comics and an assortment of other influences), it doesn't exclude more recent influences, either.
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Which is why even the apologists should see that that Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice is absolutely trumped by Batman and Superman's late-90s animated team-up.
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Any take on Batman that follows the Lego version has to work hard to outpace the way it joyfully makes fun of itself and the entire Batman canon.
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The Lego Batman Movie We might be two years away from a proper sequel to The Lego Movie, but The Lego Batman Movie revisits that universe much sooner.
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In just 60 seconds she apparently manages to get 20 references to Batman and Superman into her Easter report, in honour of divisive new movie Batman v Superman.
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The original cast of the 1960s Batman TV series are returning to voice their characters once more in a new animated feature, Batman: Return of the Caped Crusaders.
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Robinson, known as Maryland's Route 29 Batman, volunteered with Hope for Henry, visiting hospitals in a Batman costume until he was killed in a car accident in August.
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Joker sees himself as the bad guy version of Batman, but here Batman pulls the rug out from under him and doesn't see it that way at all.
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Since its beginnings in 2014, this Batman origin story series has traced the transformations of a young Bruce Wayne and James Gordon into Batman and the police commissioner.
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Batman: Return of the Caped Crusaders reunites West and Ward as Batman and Robin in a feature-length animated film set in the universe of the '60s TV series.
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The highlight, for a lot of people, is going to be Batman: Arkham VR, a PS4 exclusive from Rocksteady Studios, the people behind the mostly excellent Batman: Arkham series.
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While Mr. DiDio expected him to pick Batman — everyone wants Batman — Mr. Bendis chose the Man of Steel, the most prominent and most difficult character in the DC canon.
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That Lego first hit the market in 1949, six years after the first Batman serial and the same year as the Batman and Robin serial, can't be totally coincidental.
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There was a sketch of Batman and a sketch of Superman, and our guides explained that children don't necessarily always identify with Superman as much as they do Batman.
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It's a psychedelic celebration of Batman and his never-ending struggle with Joker, a tune that happily riffs on the theme song from the campy '60s Batman TV series.
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Here's the dirty little not-so-secret secret behind Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice: Batman could have won that fight in 30 seconds flat, if he wanted to.
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Affleck, who is starring as Batman in next week's "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice," has been reluctant to talk about his split with Garner, which happened in June.
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It's notable that, for as gung-ho as he is to punish Superman for the damage he caused, Batman is seen murdering and torturing people throughout Batman v Superman.
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It's his final act to show Batman and anyone else who dislikes him (Batman v Superman is never clear on how the public feels about Superman) that he's good.
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Of course, Pfeiffer is well-known for playing Selina Kyle in the Tim Burton sequel "Batman Returns," appearing along with Michael Keaton as Batman and Danny DeVito as Penguin.
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"Batman: Arkham Knight" also features incredible voice acting across the board, especially from Kevin Conroy and Mark Hamill, who perfectly nail the chemistry between Batman and The Joker (respectively).
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While the human Batman is wearing what appears to be an all-black suit, the canine Batman's costume harkens back to the Batman suit of the '60s and '70s.
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The network also revealed that Kevin Conroy, who's best known for voicing Batman in Batman: The Animated Series, will play an older version of Bruce Wayne in the event.
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Mr. West played Batman in a wholesome TV series and a film version of "Batman," the first screen adaptations of the D.C. comics, which were first published in 1939.
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Affleck never seemed to enjoy his time as Batman; his sullen demeanor while promoting "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice" in 2016 resulted in the hit meme Sad Affleck.
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For players, the collaboration, dubbed "Fortnite X Batman," means new Batman-themed goodies like skins and weapons, as well as new challenges to complete and rewards to be won.
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" - Steve, 29 "Played Batman Forever soundtrack on repeat.
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It's not out until 2017 and we've only seen this one trailer, but The Lego Batman Movie already looks like a happier time than Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice.
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Justice League #2 (2011)- The newest DC reboot has Superman and Batman distrusting and fighting each other upon meeting, but they quickly ally once Batman is able to explain himself.
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And Dawn of Justice turns Batman into a torturer and would-be cold-blooded killer and has both Superman and Batman acting like sulky children defending their chunk of playground.
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You'll want to make sure to get your Batman fix in these last few weeks of summer, because Batman Begins and The Dark Knight will be flying away in September.
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If a bunch of 10-year-olds who'd obsessively watched every Batman movie were equipped with a ridiculously excellent, eclectic Lego set, the result might be The Lego Batman Movie.
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With enough cheap effects to make you go "Holy homemade movies, Batman," this faithful recreation of the 1960s Batman opening credits has plenty of cardboard Bat-signs to go around.
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In 2017, being spoilt for choice with Batman means you always get nerd-bros lecturing you about the rigid rules Batman must abide by to be successful as an adaptation.
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But even the grimmest Batman movies take a little downtime once in a while, to let Batman slip into Bruce Wayne mode and be a person rather than an icon.
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After Wally attempts to contact Batman (in a scene uncannily similar to one in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice), something comes through the Speed Force and into the Batcave.
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"This idea that Batman is still Batman no matter what suit he's wearing — whether it's a Batsuit or a tuxedo — was really intriguing to us," says Telltale CEO Kevin Bruner.
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Some of the films included are one-offs like Batman: Year One and Justice League: The New Frontier, plus shared universe fare like Son of Batman and Justice League vs.
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Audiences got their first taste of Ben Affleck's Batman this past weekend with Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, but the actor's journey as the Caped Crusader is just beginning.
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Miller's vision of Batman helped pave the way for Tim Burton's "Batman," starring Michael Keaton, perhaps the first time my love of comics was less childish and more socially acceptable.
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For years, things like the Shark Repellent Bat Spray and the Batusi (which West claimed he invented) elicited a kind of "Man, aren't you glad Batman is better than that these days?" response, as we held up Batman: The Animated Series and The Dark Knight as the gold standard for Batman stories.
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Batman reappears in the Final Crisis series in 2008 and is killed by another villain named Darkseid, but it is revealed in the subsequent Batman and Robin that Darkseid actually made a perfect Bruce Wayne clone to fake Batman's death and used his powers to send the real Batman to prehistoric times.
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The former Batman may not have any strong opinions yet about the new Batman, but as a Star Wars diehard, he's bound to have some thoughts about the new Han Solo.
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I like the Christopher Nolan Batman movies, but still find them almost parodically self-serious, so I'm in favor of anything that affectionately pokes fun at them and other Batman stories.
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What I like most about The Lego Batman Movie is the way it grounds all these ideas in recognizable Batman mythology, so nothing here feels really unlikely or out of place.
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One of the strangest things that's happened to Batman in recent cinematic adaptations is that he's developed a propensity to kill — a jump from the nonlethal Batman of the comic books.
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Then, in anticipation of the upcoming release of Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, they take this opportunity to talk through their ratings of all the past Batman and Superman movies.
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David S. Goyer, who has writing credits on Man of Steel and Batman v Superman (as well as all three of Christopher Nolan's Batman films), is executive producing the new series.
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But it's a Batman book — a Frank Miller Batman book, one that gives you a sense of how he came to think about the character he shaped for so many readers.
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In that case, you can expect Batman + Joker vs.
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" Michael almost went running after him, yelling, "IT'S BATMAN!
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In the header image above, you can see the amazing 6.753 pack based on Batman Beyond, featuring Terry McGinnis' Batman, the elderly Bruce Wayne, and his pet dog Ace, but it's not the only figure pack coming from the range—"Tales of the Dark Knight", based on the "Legends of the Dark Knight" episode of The New Batman Adventures (itself adapting the classic Dark Knight Returns graphic novel), features Batman, Carrie Kelley's Robin, and the Mutant Leader.
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But that said, it's pretty amazing to me just how many Batman tropes are sandwiched into this film, including a tacit acknowledgement of all the Batman movies as part of the continuity.
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Batman star Adam West passed away at the age of 88 last weekend, resulting in a flood of tributes from his co-stars, other Batman actors, and the city of Los Angles.
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Hamill, who is also known for his work as the voice of the Joker in Batman: The Animated Series and other Batman projects, expressed his gratitude for the Walk of Fame star.
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For that matter, I wound up liking this Batman so much more than the grim-n-grunty hater who, let us never forget, burns bat-symbols into criminals' flesh in Batman v.
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We already know that Batman and Superman were getting their own Hot Toys figures, but now the trinity is complete with the real star of Batman v Superman: Gal Gadot's Wonder Woman.
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Note: Spoilers for The Lego Batman Movie ahead One plot point in The Lego Batman Movie has to be a conscious tweaking of Trump's worldview — and if not, it's a tremendous coincidence.
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Batman & Robin ignored the popular direction that Tim Burton took with his brooding Batman and went with a colorful, Vegas-styled vision rife with bat-ice-skates, sky surfing, and bat nipples.
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Jerry Robinson, who wrote Batman comics in the 1940s and helped create the Joker, dismissed the idea of digging too deep into the character's background in a quote from Batman and Psychology.
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Rocksteady's Arkham series is the notable gold standard, but Batman - A Telltale Series takes a different, headier approach in letting you play into the role of whichever Batman you want to be.
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Samsung has released a special edition of the Galaxy S7 Edge that features a Batman logo, special color scheme, custom software theme, a matching Gear VR headset, and a custom Batman case.
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But what Batman v Superman does is peculiar in how much weight it places on Batman's worldview, suggesting that his view is the only one that matters, and that Batman knows best.
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Above: Konami's Batman Returns, for the Super Nintendo Playing into what was popular at the time, Batman Returns on the SNES was a side-scrolling beat-em-'up akin to Final Fight.
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West's Batman wasn't the Dark Knight of the Christopher Nolan/Christian Bale era: he was archer and funnier, a Batman who took himself completely seriously in a world that was utterly ridiculous.
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Read more:'The Batman' star Zoë Kravitz says she got more messages about landing her role as Catwoman than she did for her birthday or wedding day'The Batman' director shows off first look of Robert Pattinson as the Dark Knight with a new logoFans think the new Batman logo has a heartbreaking connection to Bruce Wayne's superhero origin story
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The comic won an Eisner (the industry's equivalent of an Oscar) for best single story and explored the bizarre love triangle between the Joker (obsessed with Batman, but hot and cold about Harley); Batman (thinks about the Joker a lot, but maybe not obsessively); and Harley (loves the Joker and sees Batman as a rival for his attention).
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It's a conversation that shows how differently Superman and Batman see heroism — Superman believes in the innate goodness of heroes, while Batman worries about the threat they could potentially pose to the world.
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But if this dinner was a personal rather than professional opportunity, it seems worth reminding Powell Jobs that the best modern iteration of Batman is Michael Keaton from the Tim Burton Batman movies.
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While Batman: TAS and The Dark Knight are excellent, the widespread idea that the grim and gritty, essentially fascist Batman is the one true version of the character is both tiresome and destructive.
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Other recent credits include Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain, LEGO Dimensions (in which he played Batman, having also portrayed the Joker in 2013's Batman: Arkham Origins), and Far Cry 4.
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Batman has been a lot of absurd things to Square-Enix's Play Arts Kai toy line—cowboy, steampunk internet fever dream, unholy draconic Final Fantasy abomination, and yes, sometimes just plain old Batman.
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The Joker also forces Batman to make choices to reveal his true character but also outsmarts him, like when Batman chose to save Rachel over Harvey Dent and ended up with Dent anyway.
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Another Batman film is in the works with director Matt Reeves (Cloverfield, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes) at the helm (for now), with the strong possibility that Batman will be recast.
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"Alexa, we have a problem if my 2 year old can order a Batman toy by yelling 'Batman!' over and over again into the Echo," Sanders, who has three children, tweeted in January.
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Like The Lego Movie before it, Lego Batman was bursting with pop culture references, including obligatory jabs at every single Batman movie before it and shoutouts to the most tertiary comic book villains.
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The LEGO Batman Movie TrailerWill Arnett's LEGO Batman was the breakout star of the way-better-than-it-had-any-right-to-be The LEGO Movie, and he's getting his own starring vehicle.
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Given the subsequent trajectories of both Batman and director Tim Burton, it can be easy to forget how gloriously strange and subversive the first installment in Warner Bros' initial Batman film series is.
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There's a largesse here that, weirdly, hearkens back to Batman Forever and Batman & Robin, movies that envisioned Gotham City as a neon funhouse full of the loudest-possible architecture and even louder personalities.
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There is speculation that the demon symbol from the video is in reference to the iconic Batman villain Ra's Al Ghul, who was last portrayed by Liam Neeson in Christopher Nolan's Batman trilogy.
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Fans think the new Batman logo has a heartbreaking connection to Bruce Wayne's superhero origin story'The Batman' director shows off first look of Robert Pattinson as the Dark Knight with a new logo
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Burt Ward, the Robin of the '66 Batman TV series, has a cameo set on the Earth of that show, as does Robert Wuhl, who played reporter Alexander Knox in Tim Burton's Batman.
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Take a look: The Batman - Camera Test from on Vimeo.
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In 2005 he directed Batman Begins, a $150 million tentpole.
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Yep, that's a GIF of Michelle Pfeiffer from Batman Returns.
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"Justice League" picks up where "Batman v Superman" left off.
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Batman #753 (2003)- Superman is under Poison Ivy's mind control.
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Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice hits theaters on Friday.
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Batman, however, skips the funeral: He's convinced Superman isn't dead.
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According to Zack Snyder, the story's themes inspired Batman v.
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Sure enough, Affleck was eventually personally approached to be Batman.
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"The Batman" is scheduled to hit theaters in June 2021.
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Take a movie like Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice.
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The bit that happens in every Batman comic and film?
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Is he Batman, or the thug who killed Batman's family?
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Batman v Superman received a 27 percent Rotten Tomatoes score.
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Batman v Superman and Suicide Squad were eviscerated by critics.
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"Joker's Favor," a 1992 episode of Batman: The Animated Series.
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Little does Harley know she named her hyena after Batman.
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The Batman is currently scheduled for theatrical release in 2021.
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There is only one Batman, but there are many Batmobiles.
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"It has some real Batman stuff in there," Posen said.
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The Batman video has received more than 250 million views.
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"The Batman" is set to debut on June 25, 2021.
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Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice hits theaters March 25.
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Sexy Batman ready for the night in Boystown in Chicago.
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The software, specifically TouchWiz, has been given the Batman makeover.
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He wore a Batman costume to prom and Kimye's wedding.
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"Batman v Superman" will be in theaters later this month.
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Lex Luthor and Batman will be working together against Superman.
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Yes, I am about to compare Donald Trump to Batman.
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It's not enough for Batman to just love his family.
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Bruce Wayne is dead, and Dr. Thomas Wayne is Batman.
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And then she was supposed to do Batman Returns [1992].
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Yep, it's Batman trolling the Flash by way of Superman.
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Batman, whom she teams up with in the Justice League.
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Then I ran into Scott Eric Kaufman explaining Batman Begins.
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And where does Batman v Superman fall on this spectrum?
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Suicide Squad spins off from the events of Batman v.
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Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice is a joyless slog.
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Warning: This post contains spoilers about The Lego Batman Movie.
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"Batman" is not just a caped crusader, it turns out.
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Batman is also a city, a province, and a river.
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His Batman spoof at the 2005 MTV Movie Awards. 4.
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Batman - Which hero has fared best at the box office?
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The Lego Batman Movie hits theaters on February 10th, 2017.
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"But you should send all your kids to 'Lego Batman.'"
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I loved comic books and, above all, I loved Batman.
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You got people who want to try to mimic Batman.
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Just how else do you commemorate the Batman, Adam West.
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Look, Batman is expected to brood, but this is bad.
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Batman, however, has an ace up his sleeve: chewing gum.
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The story starts shortly after Batman v Superman left off.
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"The LEGO Batman Movie" will be in theaters February 2017.
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But you should send all your kids to 'Lego Batman.
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Superman's death changes how many people, including Batman, see him.
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So ... is Ben Affleck's standalone Batman movie happening or what?
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Keaton refused to return for a third Batman film b
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Val Kilmer played the caped crusader in "Batman Forever" (1995).
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There may be a tiny nod to Batman villain Scarecrow.
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We also only counted movies that are obvious Batman movies.
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Below are 11 Batman movies ranked from worst to best:
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"It's Batman and Robin, and I'm clearly Robin," he said.
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He digested Batman, Casper, and Josie and the Pussy Cats.
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Catholic Guilt Batman is just not my dude, I'm sorry.
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That's the whole premise of "Batman," if you think about.
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He wrote Swamp Thing, Phantom Stranger, & my favourite Batman stories.
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Batman has been guilty of this more often than not.
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What do Batman, Garfield, and Big Bird have in common?
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I was Batman, and my twin sister was Super Woman.
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Rocksteady saved Batman from the depths of video game hell.
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The studio also shut down The Batman for two weeks.
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The studio also shut down The Batman for two weeks.
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Nor does it challenge Batman v Superman as the worst.
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Those are the first appearances of Superman and Batman. Yes.
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This vandal and thief was the future wife of Batman?
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Or that weird movie where Superman and Batman fought. 39.
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More villains are expected to join The Batman as well.
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The Batman is scheduled to hit theaters in July 2021.
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Arkham Knight lives up to its "Be The Batman" tagline.
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"Batman Forever" (1995) was nominated for best cinematography in 1996.
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He tells me how great the Batman Forever soundtrack is.
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He often jumped around the room pretending to be Batman.
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In fact, Morgan took the most issue with Batman himself.
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Ward portrayed the character on the 1966 "Batman" TV show.
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Get the LEGO Batman Movie Scuttler for $56 See Details
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HAMBURG, GERMANY 'Batman meets Alice' at Hollywood in Hamburg, www.elbphilharmonie.
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In real life, however, Batman was born in the Bronx.
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Yes, it's named after Gotham City from the Batman comic.
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Perry White has no interest in a story about Batman?
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