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Which Batmobile is the best:

1966 television show	15 votes
Tim Burton movies version	4 votes
"Batman Forever" version	0 votes
"Batman and Robin" version	0 votes
"Batman Begins" version	1 votes

metsguyinmichigan Aug 21 2008 12:39 PM

On Saturday I get to sit in the Batmobile, potentially one of the greatest (non-Mets related) moments in my life. I noticed that people of a certain age in the newsroom discuss the Batmobile with hushed reverence, while some of the kids just didn't get it. Let's see what the Crane Poolers think. The 1966 television show version Tim Burton version "Batman Forever" version "Batman and Robin" version "Batman Begins" version

batmagadanleadoff Aug 21 2008 12:46 PM

Atomic Batteries to Power! Turbines to Speed! I vote 1966! And I have this on CD somewhere.

Nymr83 Aug 21 2008 12:48 PM

i voted for the TV one too.

sharpie Aug 21 2008 01:32 PM

TV one. That "Batman Begins" one is hideous.

Nymr83 Aug 21 2008 01:46 PM

the new batmobile is probably the only bad thing about the new christian bale movies. it doesnt even look remotely like a batmobile.

holychicken Aug 21 2008 01:47 PM

The TV one is just a regular car that went through the 1960's version of pimp my ride. THIS IS BATMAN! The new one strikes the most fear into the hearts of evil-doers and doesn't make me question Batman's sexuality (as much).

batmagadanleadoff Aug 21 2008 01:53 PM

holychicken wrote: The new one ... doesn't make me question Batman's sexuality (as much). But you're supposed to question Batman's sexuality. He lives with Dick Grayson, ferchrissakes.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Aug 21 2008 01:53 PM

This is why I'll never watch any Batman movie.

batmagadanleadoff Aug 21 2008 01:54 PM

batmagadanleadoff wrote: ="holychicken"]The new one ... doesn't make me question Batman's sexuality (as much). But you're supposed to question Batman's sexuality. He lives with Dick Grayson, ferchrissakes. And he wears funny tights.

TransMonk Aug 21 2008 02:14 PM

holychicken Aug 21 2008 02:15 PM

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: This is why I'll never watch any Batman movie. Why? There is pretty much no difference between a Batman movie and an episode of Project Runway. I can't tell you how many times I have seen Alfred say, "This worries me."

TheOldMole Aug 21 2008 03:20 PM

I went for the TV show because I figured somebody had to. Then I find that everyone did. Would not change my vote, however.

TheOldMole Aug 21 2008 03:23 PM

And according to Dr. Frederic Wertham in Robin was frequently seen, in the comic books, swinging into action with his genitals discreetly exposed.

Rockin' Doc Aug 21 2008 03:55 PM

Just can't top the original.

Kong76 Aug 21 2008 04:28 PM

"This crane pool show gets gayer and gayer, I've slid down the bat pole ... Robin liked to watch."

seawolf17 Aug 21 2008 05:51 PM

I thought this was going to "cute" or "fucking stupid." I would have voted "cute."

metsmarathon Aug 21 2008 05:54 PM

the new one is by far the most believable as far as what i would think a secretive crime fighting billionaire would want to protect himself and perform all of his missions. a convertible? do your villains not own projectile weapons? jeez! and the prior three movie versions look like they'd be useless on uneven terrain, like city streets and highways. that said, the tim burton version, before they decided that it shoudl split in half or some similar bullshit, is totally badass, and gets my vote by a nose over the latest incarnation.

AG/DC Aug 21 2008 10:57 PM

Everything about the Tim Burton films was overcooked.

Kong76 Aug 22 2008 04:31 AM

MFS62 Aug 22 2008 06:36 AM

You never forget your first batmobile. The TV version for me. Later

AG/DC Aug 22 2008 06:47 AM

metsmarathon wrote: a convertible? do your villains not own projectile weapons? jeez! Apart from bit players like Shane and Louie the Lilac, no. metsmarathon wrote: and the prior three movie versions look like they'd be useless on uneven terrain, like city streets and highways. My first thought when I saw it.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Aug 22 2008 07:19 AM

="holychicken"] ="John Cougar Lunchbucket"]This is why I'll never watch any Batman movie. Why? There is pretty much no difference between a Batman movie and an episode of Project Runway. I can't tell you how many times I have seen Alfred say, "This worries me."

John Cougar Lunchbucket Aug 22 2008 07:25 AM

PS: Superheroine boobs of the 60s were spectacular.

AG/DC Aug 22 2008 07:29 AM

Yvonne Craig could act.

TheOldMole Aug 22 2008 07:35 AM

I once talked to Julie Newmar on the phone.

AG/DC Aug 22 2008 07:38 AM

Did you say anything articulate or did you just come out like, "Ahbawhwabwa"?

Vic Sage Aug 22 2008 08:30 AM

there was an episode of MAD ABOUT YOU where Paul's cousin Ira gets to sleep with "Spy Girl", a 60s TV icon played by Barbara Feldon. All i could think of while watching it was "they got the wrong Barbara... where is Barbara Eden?" or Diana Rigg (who really was spy girl), or Julie Newmar, or Yvonne Craig, or.... anybody but Barbara Feldon! Hell, I'd take Elizabeth Montgomery (she was still alive at the time).

batmagadanleadoff Aug 22 2008 08:31 AM

I didn't like the Eartha Kitt catwoman.

Vic Sage Aug 22 2008 08:33 AM

racist. Hod did you feel about Lee Meriwether? Michelle Pfieffer? Halle Berry?

batmagadanleadoff Aug 22 2008 08:38 AM

="Vic Sage"]All i could think of while watching it was "they got the wrong Barbara. Barbara Feldon was a big deal. She was covered on TV Guide more often than Don Adams. Barbara was even Warholized. Though I woulda went with Julie Newmar, myself.

batmagadanleadoff Aug 22 2008 08:44 AM

Vic Sage wrote: racist. Hod did you feel about Lee Meriwether? Michelle Pfieffer? Halle Berry? Nope. It was Julie Newmar all the way, though I never told anyone because there was this other kid in school who loved Barbara "The Jeannie" Eden and was taunted about it mercifully after going public with his little kid crush. This kid hadda put up with Jeannie jokes all the way through high school. Other kids would walk right up to him, fold their forearms over each other, and start blinking -- and that's only some of it.

metsguyinmichigan Aug 22 2008 09:02 AM

I have to go with Julie Newmar. Some of the one-time villains were on the lame side, like False Face. Egg Head and King Tut were pretty sweet and I could actually picture Frank Gorshen's Riddler being a real bad guy, as opposed to the one time John Astin filled in for him. Tallulah Bankhead's "Black Widow" was pretty out there.

AG/DC Aug 22 2008 09:15 AM

It took them all. Newmar worked the costume the best, Eartha had the voice the best. Lee Meriweather gave her depth in her alternative identity of Ms. Kitka. Eartha was supposed to be Newmar's sister. OK!

seawolf17 Aug 22 2008 09:17 AM

batmagadanleadoff wrote: I didn't like the Eartha Kitt catwoman. You just don't see little girls named "Eartha" any more, do you? edit: And apparently, Ms. Kitt (b. 1927) was ahead of her time. http://www.babynamewizard.com/voyager#prefix=EARTHA&ms=false&sw=f&exact=false

AG/DC Aug 22 2008 09:28 AM

One thing you don't see much anymore is a statistical spike that looks literally that much like a spike.

seawolf17 Aug 22 2008 09:53 AM

It's still ranked 960-whateverth, but it's interesting that only in the 1930s does it appear anywhere in the top 1000.

Centerfield Aug 22 2008 11:16 AM

I grew up watching reruns of the TV version. Then the Tim Burton one came along and blew me away. Tim Burton for me.

metsguyinmichigan Aug 22 2008 07:04 PM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Aug 23 2008 08:42 PM

Here's a cool photo of George Barris with three of the cars.

batmagadanleadoff Aug 22 2008 07:08 PM

I'd buy Gong Show reruns if they were on DVD.

metsguyinmichigan Aug 23 2008 08:41 PM

It was AWESOME!!!! I have more photos on the blog, if you'd like to see.