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Sha-pow or something. Or, rather, lack thereof.

converge — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 03:34:06 -0800

Batman and Robin De-Assified. So, some anonymous gentleman has apparently tried to make a Joel Schumacher motion picture watchable. Gotta love comic geeks.

This is just a link to the review; the movie's been released on your friendly neighbourhood torrent site. Play World's Greatest Detective and find it.

By: Stunt

Stunt — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 03:43:28 -0800

Okay, this I have to check out for myself. I certainly applaud the effort here and look forward to seeing how well the editing was done. I wholeheartedly approve most grand time consuming schemes of questionable importance.

By: Mikey-San

Mikey-San — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 04:04:49 -0800

Seems like a good place to post this: BATMAN & ROBIN WORST MOVIE EVER

By: converge

converge — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 04:17:28 -0800

You're right. This is a good place to post that.

By: Science!

Science! — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 04:21:11 -0800

Holy cow that was a bad movie.

By: Civil_Disobedient

Civil_Disobedient — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 04:23:57 -0800

Other fan edits: The Phantom Edit - Star Wars I, without midochlorians, much of Jar Jar, and all occurances of WEEEEEE! The Lord of the Rings - The Two Towers (The Purist Edition) - No elves in Helms Deep, no dumbass Grimly, etc. Also--not a fan edit, exactly, but there's also Superman 2: The Donner Cut. This features many (MANY) new shots and follows the S&S version of Superman much closer than the more campy version that was released. The sheer volume of new footage (most of Marlon Brando's scenes were restored, for example) and completely different editing makes this feel like a completely different movie than the original.

By: DU

DU — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 04:31:10 -0800

"F infinity" Is that like the negative of "twelve thumbs up"?

By: KirkJobSluder

KirkJobSluder — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 04:55:54 -0800

Ahh, fanboys, can't live with them, can't smack them in the face with a lead pipe.

By: KirkJobSluder

KirkJobSluder — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 05:07:34 -0800

The web page is much more funny if you imagine it read by Mark Hamill's character from Comic Book: The Movie, an middle-aged comic store owner with no life or sense of perspective who travels to the San Diego to protest a Hollywood treatment of an obscure character. Of course Comic Book: The Movie its self is an astonishingly unwatchable example of fanwank.

By: kittyprecious

kittyprecious — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 05:32:41 -0800

WORST MOVIE EVER I remembered it being awful, but I must have forgotten just how much awful they could pack into a two-hour flick. And I really can't believe how they could have spent over $100 million and still come out with something so amateurish-looking.

By: octothorpe

octothorpe — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 05:48:57 -0800

It's hard to imagine that there's anyway to salvage that movie without cutting it down to about 15 minutes including credits. There's not a single performance, line of dialog, action set-piece, set or costume that doesn't make you cringe. I remember thinking, well that's the end of Clooney's film career, maybe ER will take him back.

By: Pecinpah

Pecinpah — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 06:31:10 -0800

Well, at least the guy appologized. He did not, however, mail me a check for the money I spent on the ticket, so he's still an ass hat.

By: robocop is bleeding

robocop is bleeding — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 06:35:08 -0800

It'd be nice if franchise movies were actually treated like franchises, not cash-ins. There's some sort of disconnect between the studios' sequel addiction and their ability to turn out movies that can actually have a sequel. The 90s Batman movies are great examples of lack of foresight. The first Batman featured origin stuff and the Joker. That's fine. It was dark and over the top and made a crapload of money. So it almost instantly became a franchise (unlike, say Dick Tracy). The second movie featured two villains for some reason (maybe if a villain and a half if you think about Catwoman like that, or more if you count Walken), two villains that were right at the top of the list behind the Joker for popculture awareness. So now the standard has been set: Batman Movies Must Have Two Bad Guys. So then the following films burn through the remainder of Bat's rogue gallery (Batman and Robin had, what, 3? 4?). After that, then what? It's no wonder the last one sucked so bad - everyone knew there was nowhere to go from there, so why bother?

By: Mister_A

Mister_A — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 07:01:43 -0800

Which one was the one with Uma and Schwarzenegger? Was it B&R or one of the other atrocious turds?

By: EndsOfInvention

EndsOfInvention — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 07:25:54 -0800

BATMAN & ROBIN WORST MOVIE EVER Christ, talk about gratuitous grappling hook shots.

By: Ber

Ber — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 07:48:09 -0800

All this makes me wonder, who will Chris Nolan have as Catwoman when they make the next Batman movie? They got smart replacing Katie Holmes with Maggie G., maybe we'll get Parker Posey in a cat costume?

By: Dr-Baa

Dr-Baa — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 07:48:10 -0800

He still needs to apologize for 8MM, Number 23, A Time To Kill, Phone Booth, etc.

By: eric1halfb

eric1halfb — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 08:05:22 -0800

"Damn? Damn's not good." There is so much there to ridicule, but worst movie ever? I humbly submit, this one. Or maybe, this one.

By: JaredSeth

JaredSeth — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 08:07:02 -0800

I think the other thing that went horribly wrong with the older Batman movies (and may still go wrong with the new ones) is the need to give him bigger and badder gadgets in each movie, like some kind of cowled James Bond. I'm not saying the Bat-toys weren't part of the appeal of the comic books, but I always thought the real draw was what Batman did with the resources he had...not pulling out Bat Shark Repellent like in the Adam West TV version.

By: billypilgrim

billypilgrim — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 08:50:32 -0800

He did not, however, mail me a check for the money I spent on the ticket, so he's still an ass hat. Clooney said a couple times that he would personally refund the money of anyone who came up to him on the street and asked for one. But Clooney's awesome.

By: miss lynnster

miss lynnster — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 08:52:23 -0800

The reason I bolted on the fourth installment of the previous BATMAN series and not the second was simple: B&R makes fun of Batman... Yeah, god forbid if anyone ever did THAT.

By: miss lynnster

miss lynnster — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 09:00:14 -0800

I'm sorry, but upon watching a few clips again, I have to say this out loud... DAMN, I MISS THE OLD BATMAN TV SHOW! I mean, how can you not????

By: pandaharma

pandaharma — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 09:08:09 -0800

Glad to see some links to the greatest on-screen version of Batman ever. Here's my personal favorite and strangely appropriate this year.

By: ROU_Xenophobe

ROU_Xenophobe — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 09:35:08 -0800

Meh. Say what you like about Batman and Robin, at least it knew that it was camp and delivered solid camp. About a billion times better than those horrid, sickly-sweet twee indulgent monstrosities perpetrated by Tim Burton. In the sense that a nasty case of food poisoning is much better than ebola. Also, B&R is by far the closest in spirit to the 60's TV series.

By: asok

asok — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 09:44:10 -0800

Your favourite screen adaptation of Batman sucks. Just in case you were wondering.

By: Dark Messiah

Dark Messiah — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 10:29:16 -0800

Some days you just can't get rid of a bomb! But you can re-edit it!

By: miss lynnster

miss lynnster — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 10:39:00 -0800

Sucks, you say? This!!??? Adam West will CUT you, asok. Kapow! Zlott!

By: asok

asok — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 14:26:09 -0800

Holy crossed-lines lynnster, do not impune my bat-fandom! West will not cut me because I will be too busy genuflecting. He would not stoop to cut someone who is prone before him (and not just because his back is a bit dicky now). That was the general 'you' and in keeping with the mefi tradition. My mum made me a cape due to the fact that my best friend and I played 'Batman and Robin' to the point of exclusion of all other games. You are talking to a dedicated follower of bat-fashion! Put that in your bat-pipe and bat-smoke it! ; ) I believe I may stil be able to put my hands on the matchbox Batmobile I had at the time. It had (plastic) flames coming out of the exhaust and everything! May I just add that I loved the Tim Burton Batman, just like the Batman Dark Knight Returns comic. Genius! I love everything about the first film, especially the stories about Jack Nicholson's behaviour on and off set. As the Head of David song presciently opined - take a ride on the back of mad Jack Nicholson. I wish someone would attempt to do this with the last two Matrix films, but I am afraid that there simpy isn't enough footage that is watchable to make one (1 hour) film of note from that morass.

By: stevis

stevis — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 15:31:49 -0800

asok - The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions has been re-edited by several fans. The most notable of the bunch is called The Matrix Squared, which you can find on torrent sites.

By: JHarris

JHarris — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 16:28:51 -0800

Notably MST3K's Mike Nelson, in Movie Megacheese, stated that Batman and Robin was not the worst movie ever made. He said it was the worst THING, of ANY KIND, EVER.

By: Saxon Kane

Saxon Kane — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 18:30:46 -0800

Say what you like about Batman and Robin, at least it knew that it was camp and delivered solid camp. You say that like it's a good thing. Also, B&R is by far the closest in spirit to the 60's TV series. You say that like it's a good thing. Personally, I find any of the first series of films unwatchable, including Tim Burton's first. It is far campier and closer to the 60s show than the marketing at the time suggested. Also, watching it now, Burton's absolute distaste for the character and the comic book medium is so obvious.

By: kurmbox

kurmbox — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 19:41:44 -0800

I'm sorry, but upon watching a few clips again, I have to say this out loud... DAMN, I MISS THE OLD BATMAN TV SHOW! I mean, how can you not???? posted by miss lynnster at 12:00 PM on July 2 [2 favorites +] [!] You know the show was bad when you have this gem of a YouTube comment on the shark attack scene: holy sardines....wat a lod of crap, his leg would be gone if thr was a shark on his leg adn the bat spray..its like ..lets go in the helicopter, but wait we btr put tht shark repelant bat spray JUST incase u lower me down in to the water by accident and a shak attacks and isnt blowing up a shark cruelty to animals.. are u allowed to do tht? stupid shaks.

By: crossoverman

crossoverman — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 20:09:20 -0800

The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions has been re-edited by several fans. Isn't it just easier to pretend they didn't exist?

By: EndsOfInvention

EndsOfInvention — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 12:36:15 -0800

This post got me to watch some of the old Batman - The Animated Series episodes. There's an awesome show. Really cool art style, and some decent stories too.