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Post by ulyssessarcher on Jun 10, 2017 17:16:58 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jun 10, 2017 18:08:19 GMT
What a great shame, but what a good age. RIP, Batman.
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Post by number13 on Jun 10, 2017 19:11:07 GMT
Holy sad news, Batman. But a legacy of happy memories for my generation.
If you were a 70s kid like me, 'Batman & Robin' was a part of TV life like 'Doctor Who' and the repeats of 'Star Trek'.
Colourful, corny, campy and comical, it was a wonderfully straight-faced superhero send-up packed with Pow! Splat! comedy 'violence' and villains and Escapes From Certain And Over-Complicated Death.
Everyone my age knew Adam West's brilliantly deadpan performance as Batman and his light-hearted version of the character became an icon of popular culture in its own right.
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Post by mark687 on Jun 10, 2017 19:21:16 GMT
RIP
I think the repeats on Channel 4/ BBC 2 as a kid was my first experience of Super Heroes
And his stuff in Family Guy...
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Post by Deleted on Jun 10, 2017 19:53:47 GMT
Sad news... RIP Batman.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 10, 2017 20:06:48 GMT
Another icon of my childhood gone, and once again I'm at a loss for words. But my, what a legacy.
Thanks you for all the happiness and joy you brought this misfit kid growing up, and for being the reason I became a huge Batman fan to begin with, something I still am to this very day. Vale Adam West.
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Post by anothermanicmondas on Jun 10, 2017 21:15:41 GMT
but who will dance the batusi now?
Farewell to a great performer
..at least as long as it wasn't supposed to be serious
(Warning - stay away from the film "Warp Speed" - a science fiction horror film in which Adam West played the captain of a doomed crew on a trip to Saturn)
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Post by charlesuirdhein on Jun 10, 2017 21:45:16 GMT
I'm glad he got to be Batman again, with Burt Ward as Robin, as voices in the recent Batman 66 animation.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 10, 2017 22:06:15 GMT
There's a sequel to that which was due for release later this year, this time with Batman and Robin going up against Two-Face (voiced by William Shatner), a villain who famously never appeared in the original 60's TV series. Hopefully all of Adam West's voice work was already completed for it, as it would make for a nice final gift for the fans, and a fitting remembrance for the great man himself.
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Post by melkur on Jun 10, 2017 22:36:45 GMT
Goodnight old chum, a better Batman a boy could never hope for...
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Post by Ela on Jun 11, 2017 2:30:20 GMT
Aww, I loved his Batman. We used to watch it regularly. Sad news.
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Post by Timelord007 on Jun 11, 2017 8:40:35 GMT
Holy heartbreak, this is a gut punch, while Nolans Dark Knight films are my favourite & i like my Batman dark & gritter you cannot take away how much campy fun the tv series is & Adam West been a great ambassador for the role especially at conventions.
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Post by aussiedoctorwhofan on Jun 11, 2017 9:49:40 GMT
It was my boys' 1st birthday party yesterday and his cake was decorated with a pic of 60's Batman.. :-( He was my Batman, clearly remember watching repeats in the very early 80's..  |
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Post by doctorkernow on Jun 11, 2017 15:00:28 GMT
Hello again.
Such a shame to lose a charming actor that didn't take himself too seriously. I loved his portrayal of Batman. He was deadly serious but there was always a underlying tone in his voice that 60s Batman was colourful, camp and fun.
I also enjoyed his performance as the, crazy as a box of frogs, Mayor West in Family Guy. Wonderfully eccentric, he is irreplaceable in that role and will be missed
Our thoughts and prayers are with his
family and friends.
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Post by Hieronymus on Jun 11, 2017 20:16:45 GMT
"I never had to say 'I'm Batman!' I just showed up and people knew I was Batman." - Adam West
R.I.P.
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Post by Tim Bradley on Jun 12, 2017 11:17:40 GMT
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Post by whiskeybrewer on Jun 12, 2017 11:26:03 GMT
I only found out yesterday that The Batusi dance in the first episode was a West ad lib
also have you all seen the tribute artworks online? my fave is the one of God shining the bat symbol into the sky
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Post by Ela on Jun 15, 2017 23:45:10 GMT
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Post by Jeedai on Jun 19, 2017 16:56:19 GMT
There's a sequel to that which was due for release later this year, this time with Batman and Robin going up against Two-Face (voiced by William Shatner), a villain who famously never appeared in the original 60's TV series. Hopefully all of Adam West's voice work was already completed for it, as it would make for a nice final gift for the fans, and a fitting remembrance for the great man himself. It's been confirmed that West did finish his recordings for this. The story itself is based on on unused script from his series. The Batman '66 comic adapted it a few years ago as well. |
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