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Batman in movies: why PHANTASM is still king

Oct 29, 2008 00:09

Y'know what? I think BATMAN: MASK OF THE PHANTASM is (still) the best Batman movie of all time ( Read more... )

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suburbfabulous October 29 2008, 09:38:21 UTC

I was waiting for you to mention that scene with the Joker.
Thank you for fulfilling my literary needs.
And yeah, I've owned that movie, in one format or another, since its debut on VHS. All three kids have seen it. I've even told the oldest that Andrea ran away to become Lois Lane...
Hey, you ever see WILD PALMS?
Do.

thehefner October 29 2008, 15:37:43 UTC

Man, it's in desperate need to a remastering, showing bad signs of early DVD transfer.

No, I never have! Never even heard of it. *quick wikipedia* Belushi! Ew. Delany! Hm! Kim Cattral! Ugh (BIG TROUBLE is the exception). Bebe! Awesome! Charles Rocket! That's unfortunate. Ernie Hudson, David Warner, Robert Loggia, AND Brad Dourif holy sweet fuck I think I need to see that.

I haven't even read the synopsis yet. Sold.

Which reminds me... suburbfabulous October 30 2008, 01:09:57 UTC

Charles Rocket committed suicide while I was working in Canterbury (his home town.)
They didn't even fly the flag at half-staff.

Re: Which reminds me... thehefner October 30 2008, 04:25:32 UTC

Good lord, that's sad.

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thehefner October 29 2008, 15:51:58 UTC

My entry was long enough as it is, or I totally would have gone on a tangent about RETURN OF THE JOKER. Man, that was great. It's what finally got me accepting about BB, which up until then upset my grumpy old man stubbornness.

greedyslayer November 1 2008, 18:40:09 UTC

Hope you do an entire separate post on Return of the Joker (would love to hear your thoughts on it).

thehefner November 1 2008, 18:42:07 UTC

Why I'm flattered you would! I haven't actually seen it since it came out, although I have rewatched the flashback sequence at least a dozen times or more by now. It's perfect Hamill Joker. One of these days, I'll totally revisit it and post my thoughts, just for you! :)

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swimpenguin October 29 2008, 20:10:46 UTC

I can agree with you on Batman being too one dimensional in Dark Knight-maybe it's unavoidable (at least it seems to be in live action versions) that Batman's villains overshadow him? The Animated series overcame it to the greatest degree, maybe since it was in short 30 minute increments, although Mask of the Phantasm is a good argument, I should watch that again. Ever see the Batman Beyond Return of the Joker movie? I love the future teenage Batman's assessment of the Batman/Joker dance at the end.

swimpenguin October 29 2008, 20:12:05 UTC

Hah nevermind, I see that you have seen Return of the Joker.