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Neverending
06-20-2012, 04:43 AM
http://www.totalfilm.com/features/100-greatest-batman-moments-of-all-time

#96 - Chicks Love The Car

The Moment: Val Kilmer’s Batman is hardly the seminal incarnation, but he does get the odd cool line. As Nicole Kidman’s Dr. Chase Meridian begins to put the moves on the Bat, he responds in typically deadpan fashion. “It’s the car, right? Chicks love the car.”

Why It’s Great: Batman might not crack many smiles, but he’s allowed to fire off a zinger or two every once in a while.

#90 - Bomb Disposal

The Moment: Classic Adam West clowning from the 1966 Batman movie, in which the Caped Crusader attempts to dispose of a bomb without harming any bystanders. Or indeed, any ducks.

Why It’s Great: Okay, so we’re not really suggesting the original Batman movie is a patch on any of Nolan’s efforts, but we’ve still got a lot of love for a scene that involves the Bat lamenting, “some days, you just can’t get rid of a bomb!”

#45 - I Threw A Rock

The Moment: A piece of comedy gold from The Animated Series, where assorted supervillains have gathered for a good old chat about Batman. When Joker invites the room to tell their best “I nearly killed Batman” story, Killer Croc’s tale of how he threw a rock at him is met with widespread disdain...

Why It’s Great: Poor old Croc doesn’t command much respect from the rest of the criminal fraternity. The Joker looks particularly unimpressed.

#13 - Shocking End

The Moment: The Joker meets his maker in Batman Beyond: Return Of The Joker, when young Timmy Drake finally snaps, sending Mr. J crashing through a tank of water, where he inadvertently electrocutes himself.

Why It’s Great: For an animated film, its a startling violent conclusion. Timmy’s deranged laughter only adds to the scene’s eerie vibe.

#8 - Breaking The Bat

The Moment: Batman meets his physical match in the form of the monstrous Bane, who snaps the Bat’s spine like a twig in the seminal Knightfall story arc. Will history repeat itself in The Dark Knight Rises?

Why It’s Great: After so many pows and ker-thwacks, it comes as a real shock when Batman is physically overpowered by an opponent. And in such savage style, as well...

#3 - I'm Batman

The Moment: Michael Keaton’s Batman dangles a helpless crook over the side of a building before encouraging him to tell his friends all about him. “What are you?” whimpers the stricken goon. “I’m Batman” comes the reply.

Why It’s Great: Keaton’s Batman is cool, calm and collected, rarely raising his voice, rarely seeming flustered. Its a different approach from Christian Bale’s, but one that works well on its own merits.

Knerys
06-21-2012, 12:47 PM
That's a pretty darn good list. Though I would have put the Keaton "I'm Batman" at number one.

PG Cooper
06-21-2012, 12:48 PM
I want to go through the list, but I hate that I have to click every time I want to view the next entry.

Knerys
06-21-2012, 12:51 PM
It really doesn't take long to get though it. It's all tightly written. And honestly, it's a pretty worthy list.

Neverending
06-21-2012, 03:18 PM
Yeah. It's a good list and well rounded.

MasterChief117
06-21-2012, 04:09 PM
Breaking the Bat should be Top 5, maybe even Top 3.

Neverending
06-21-2012, 04:31 PM
I wish I still had my original Knightfalls issues. I bought them when they were released but lost them during a family trip.

MasterChief117
06-21-2012, 04:34 PM
My Dad lost a lot of comics when we moved, the original issues of KnightFall were one of those...I was able to get my hands on the graphic novel form years ago, and just recently, about a year ago, I went to Half Priced Books and picked up the entire Knightfall series in issue form. Safe to say, I was one happy person. You can't go wrong with great story lines for 25 cents a piece.

PG Cooper
06-21-2012, 04:46 PM
Reading now, Batman vs. Superman from The Dark Knight Returns should be much much much higher. 86 is way too low.

Neverending
06-21-2012, 04:50 PM
I haven't gotten around to buying the Knightfalls graphic novel. Batman-wise, all I own is, "Best-Of Batman," "Best-Of Joker," "The Dark Knight Returns," "Batman: Year One," "The Killing Joke," "The Long Halloween," and "Hush."

Starwars411
06-21-2012, 05:28 PM
It's nice that they didn't just use the movies, but actually have entries from the comics and TV shows as well.

PG Cooper
06-21-2012, 05:33 PM
Solid list, but no Mr. Freeze moments from "Heart of Ice" feels like a massive omission.

Wyldstaar
06-23-2012, 11:05 PM
Yeah, the retconned origin of Mr. Freeze from TAS belongs on the list, as does that of Two-Face. Richard Moll made a perfect Harvey. The invention of Harley Quinn in TAS wasn't given a spot, either. I couldn't help but notice that there wasn't a single bit from the classic TV series, just the movie. The moment I saw Batgirl wearing that skin tight metallic purple spandex was the first time I really noticed that girls were different in a good way. At least one of the guest spots at a window during the various wall climbing scenes should have qualified. There also weren't any mentions from the various direct-to-video features over years, aside from Return of the Joker. Many of them have been excellent, and featured moments that would qualify.

There is way too much from the Nolan movies on the list. There's only two of them, yet they seem to take up about half the slots. Even the trailer for Rises is on there!

I will however, commend them on not trying to shoehorn at least one moment from every incarnation of Batman. Many of them have been mediocre, if not downright awful. No Superfriends, no Scooby Doo meets Batman & Robin, no goofy serial from the dawn of time.

Neverending
06-24-2012, 05:08 AM
I wouldn't be so quick to dismiss the lesser adaptations. For example, the 1940's serials may have been cheap, crappy, and even racist but they gave us Alfred, the Batcave, and the name Gotham City. So, their contribution to Batman mythology is HUGE. It's WAY bigger than the Mr. Freeze reboot and Harley Quinn character from B:TAS.

Fresh Prince
06-28-2012, 08:12 PM
I wouldn't be so quick to dismiss the lesser adaptations. For example, the 1940's serials may have been cheap, crappy, and even racist but they gave us Alfred, the Batcave, and the name Gotham City. So, their contribution to Batman mythology is HUGE. It's WAY bigger than the Mr. Freeze reboot and Harley Quinn character from B:TAS.

I never read the 40s serial, how was it racist?

Wyldstaar
06-29-2012, 12:27 AM
I never read the 40s serial, how was it racist?

I've not seen it myself, but almost everything from that era is racist in some fashion or another. Racism was extremely casual back then. Just try reading a reprint of Detective Comics #27, featuring the first appearance of Batman. The Batman story itself isn't racist, but the other story in the book featuring Dr. Fu Manchu is outrageously racist by today's standards. Back then though, nobody gave it a second thought.

Neverending
06-29-2012, 12:48 AM
The serials were made during WWII. The villain was a stereotypical Japanese person.

Fresh Prince
06-29-2012, 12:51 PM
Golden Age of Batman I heard was quite entertaining with him killing criminals and all.