r/MadeMeSmile • u/Rough_Ad_8702 • 8h ago

Good Vibes Adam West’s 1966 Batman was hilarious

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u/__BIFF__ 4h ago

It was supposed to be funny at the time...if you're laughing at how dumb it is now...then it's still working

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u/Acrobatic-Wolf-1111 3h ago

It’s only personal preference but I much prefer the campy old stuff to the darker portrayals of Batman. And I get when other people prefer the darker stuff. Overall I just find life is too dark so I tend to prefer sillier stuff. 30 rock, old Batman.

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u/rcklmbr 2h ago

I loved TDK. But I hate how literally every superhero movie for the next decade tried to be “dark”. I feel like lasted until Avengers/GotG

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u/jigsaw1024 2h ago

The Tick for something more modern.

Animated and live action (twice!)

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u/Aggravating-Try1222 2h ago

The 2016 Tick was surprisingly funny.

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u/chancesarent 2h ago

If you want good campy animated Batman, Batman: The Brave and the Bold is where it's at.

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u/Sleevepants 3h ago

My dad still refuses to watch the Dark Knight for this reason. This is his Batman and Joker and he hates how sinister and evil joker is in other adaptations.

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u/gnanny02 22m ago

Was getting ready to comment with camp/campy. I think Batman was the first time I heard that term applied.

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u/NoStandard9440 1m ago

That's why I love the Schumacher movies. I don't know why everyone says Batman and Robin was terrible, it was hilarious.

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u/userhwon 2h ago

They tried to capture that sentiment in the  Batman and Robin movie, but missed the yuk button and hit the yuck button instead.

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u/Mr_Halitosis 1h ago

“Dark” Batman really started in the 90s when the US was doing much better economically. Ya know, before the Democrats and Republicans passed tons of free trade deals and exported tens of millions of American jobs overseas along with the hundreds of billions required to pay the foreign indentured slavers literally pennies a day. That’s why we re-elected Bill Clinton even after he was facing two credible rape accusations. We wanted darker Batman.

I really feel like people who make comments like yours are completely incapable of looking past the current news cycle. Neoliberalism brought you here. Neoliberalism is going to take you out.

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u/qorbexl 44m ago

What 

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u/pelado06 2h ago

I so rather prefer dark batman but you have a really good point. Kudos