How Adam West's Batman Lit the Way for the Dark Knight

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  @ssatva · 4 years ago

  Burt Ward ad-libbed "Holy priceless collection of Etruscan snoods!" in response to a museum heist, and it's one of the few times you can see Adam West crack a smile.

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  @stevensutton4677 · 4 years ago

  &quot;Some days you just can&apos;t get rid of a bomb!&quot;<br><br>To quote Charlie Brooker; that&apos;s exactly how the Dark Knight Rises also ended.

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  @Jayk129 · 4 years ago

  My favorite bit from the 60s Batman movie has always been the Giant Lighted Lucite Map of Gotham City conveniently labeled “Giant Lighted Lucite Map of Gotham City.”

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  @Pegasusthewyze · 4 years ago

  Somewhat coincidentally I posted this on Facebook on this day 3 years ago:<br><br>&quot;Look we can argue about Bat-men all day but only Adam West and Kevin Conroy were brave enough to fight crime without super advanced military armor.&quot;<br><br><br>In my defense I was not aware of the 40s content at the time.

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  @williamblakehall5566 · 4 years ago

  Loosely paraphrasing from dim memory, but ... &quot;Have you ever noticed, Robin, how we always triumph over these villains?&quot; &nbsp;&quot;Yeah, because we&apos;re smarter than they are!&quot; &nbsp;&quot;I prefer to think it is because ... our hearts are pure.&quot; &nbsp;Great, great stuff.

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  @OpinionsNoOneCaresAbout · 4 years ago (edited)

  Robin: &quot;You can&apos;t get away from Batman that easy!&quot;<br>Batman: &quot;Easily.&quot;<br>Robin: &quot;Easily!&quot;<br>Batman: &quot;Good grammar is important, Robin.&quot;<br><br>I always loved that one.

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  @Cathmoytura · 4 years ago

  To explain the power of the 1960s &quot;Batman&quot; -- I was hit by a car in an Orlando neighborhood when I was a kid. 1975. I was 7 or 8. A kindly woman took me inside her home, and turned on the television. I know there were paramedics who checked me. I know there were cops who talked to me. I know at some point my mom must have picked me up. But what I vividly remember from the whole affair isn&apos;t being hit by a car and the parade of events following. It&apos;s watching &quot;Batman&quot; in color for the first time in my life. I totally forgot about my pain.

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  @JeanieD · 4 years ago

  As a little red-haired girl growing up in the 60’s, Batgirl was everything to me!

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  @keith6706 · 4 years ago (edited)

  There&apos;s a great scene where West has to portray Bruce Wayne talking on the phone to Batman (with people listening, so he actually has to talk to himself) that&apos;s emblematic of the whole series. On the one hand, there&apos;s the hilarity as he tells himself how much Batman and Bruce Wayne are simply awesome guys who admire each other so much, but it also showcases West&apos;s acting. While his Batman/Bruce Wayne aren&apos;t as different as Conroy&apos;s, there is a difference, and the way he keeps switching back and forth quickly but the audience never loses track of which persona is doing the talking at any moment is something I&apos;ve seen suggested is a test any actor aspiring to play the character should have to be able to pull off.

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  @ramblingRJ · 4 years ago

  I&apos;m an old guy now, but I grew up with Adam West as my Batman. He was a big part of my childhood. He was one of the 3 &apos;Bs&apos; of the 1960s...The Beatles, Bond and Batman. Loved Batman 66.

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  @st.anselmsfire3547 · 4 years ago

  I think a big part of West&apos;s influence is because, for many fans, he <b>was</b> the silver age of comics, more than any other live action or even animated comic book series. That was part of the fun. Watching the show is very much like watching a comic book come to life. <br>I really don&apos;t know if a show like that could ever exist today. Too bad, too.

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  @matthewsever · 4 years ago

  Like him or not Westman was the most influential Batman just like Christopher Reeves for Superman. These two kept the fire burning for 90&apos;s and laters Superhero movies.

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