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Second paragraph[edit]

The second paragraph of the history section reads like a movie review and does not cite sources. I tagged it for the time being. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.108.43.234 (talk) 09:14, 15 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Did this movie do that bad? If it had flopped, why didn't the studio cancel the TV show for losing it's money.

It made less than $40,000 but still made it's money back and the series lasted up to 1968 and another channel actually wanted to buy it but they destroyed The Bat Cave at it would've been too costly to rebuild for a fledging TV show.

I removed the Memorable Quotes section. That's what WikiQuote is for. OneGyT 02:53, 12 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

best film ever!

Parody?[edit]

Is this film really parody? If you read Batman comics of the era, they're as camp as this. Isn't it more accurate to say that it's just a reflection of the campier side of Batman sometimes seen in the source material? CzechOut ☎ | ✍ 04:15, 30 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Meriwether instead of Newmar as Catwoman[edit]

The article contains the long-standing claim that Lee Meriwether plays Catwoman here instead of the TV show's Julie Newmar because the latter was committed to another film, Mackenna's Gold, in which she does appear. There is one big problem with this: the storyline requires Batman to not know what Catwoman looks like without her mask, and that would not have been the least bit workable if Newmar had done the picture, as she wasn't always wearing the mask in her first season story. I submit that this statement needs to be fudged somehow. Ted Watson (talk) 19:11, 15 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Somehow I doubt they would have cared. Had Newmar been available they would have used her. They weren't too worried about things like that, obviously, with that movie. 70.49.243.131 (talk) 22:13, 8 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

"Batman '66"[edit]

I took the liberty of removing this sentence from the introduction:

As is the case (albeit reversed) with the 1989 Batman film (with Michael Keaton and Jack Nicholson), Batman: The Movie is often referred to as Batman '66 by fans, so as not to cause confusion.^{[citation needed]}

It's a cool fact, but I agree with the other editor that it needs to be sourced. All unreferenced material may be removed at any time by any editor, if the problem is not addressed within a reasonable time-frame. I think 3 months is pretty reasonable. This quote risks sounding more like a fan-page than an encyclopedia entry. Please find a reference so we can add it back. JohnnyCalifornia (talk) 18:49, 23 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Batman (1966 film) vs. Batman: The Movie[edit]

Which is the correct title because on the DVD case it says "Batman: The Movie" and on other websites, however in the actual movie it just says "Batman." --67.169.166.106 (talk) 22:44, 15 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Opening line[edit]

I'm thinking about changing the opening line from "popular" to "the then-popular" because this show does not carry the popularity it used to. Most of my friends, myself included, thinks its a cheesy insult to Batman. Emperor001 (talk) 15:20, 2 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Mike Henry instead of Adam West?[edit]

It is claimed in the article that when Adam West demanded more money to star in this film, the producers threatened to replace him with Mike Henry. While the ref. cite's linked-in source to support this has a lot of info about the three-time Tarzan actor, no mention whatsoever is made of Batman, this movie or even just the character in general. On the other hand, the passage here begins, "In his autobiography, Adam West writes of..." then describes these alleged events. I'm going to replace the current ref. cite with a cite request tag, and hope that somebody can get the details of West's book to make a proper citation. Assuming, of course, that this is not an example of what the regs call "Sneaky Vandalism—it's the seventh type given there." It is news to me, and the Cinefantastique magazine issue cited as a source for Julie Newmar's other commitments being the reason for her absence here (my work, with the issue at hand) would have almost certainly mentioned this if it had happened. Come to think of it, I'll go through it and see if it doesn't make some sort of statement to the contrary, e.g. the original contracts included the movie (that's just one theoretical suggestion, mind you). Therefore, with the cited source not supporting the statement (and for that matter, not being the ref. the text leads the reader to expect), I can't help entertaining such suspicions. --Ted Watson (talk) 19:45, 22 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

All I could find was the fact that the film was on the table from the outset; in fact, executive producer William Dozier and his assistant Charles FitzSimons wanted to make the film first and have it in theaters while the first TV season was being shot. This strongly implies (but I freely concede no more than that) that the original contracts would have covered the film as well as the TV series. This in turn implies that West would have had no leeway to negotiate for more money but would have been open to a breach of contract lawsuit if he had refused to do the film as contracted. Admittedly, this is one implication on top of another, but the first is very difficult to get around. Anyway, the point here is to judge the credibility of the claim already in the article and whether or not it should be removed, not to add a statement countering it. If it is in West's autobiography, as long as it is stated in the text (as well as so sourced in the requisite cite note) that it is his claim, I have no problem with it remaining in the article. Does anybody actually have access to a copy of West's book? --Ted Watson (talk) 21:14, 23 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Vice Admiral[edit]

Does anyone know who the woman with the Admiral is, when Batman calls him to ask about the sub? 70.49.243.131 (talk) 22:14, 8 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry -it was an unnamed extra-no credits on the Movie listing — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.83.72.154 (talk) 16:07, 15 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The shark repellent spray scene[edit]

I think this is worthy of inclusion. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.1.1.212 (talk) 16:10, 21 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Desmond?[edit]

Since when does the narrator of the movie have a character name? What's the source for this? 68.146.52.234 (talk) 22:57, 9 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move 7 May 2019[edit]

The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The result of the move request was: not moved due to the consensus against the requested renaming. (closed by non-admin page mover) DannyS712 (talk) 06:20, 14 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Batman (1966 film) → Batman: The Movie – Per IMDb. Unreal7 (talk) 09:33, 7 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose based on the request. IMDb is user-editable and not what we use to determine WP:TITLES. -- Netoholic @ 10:20, 7 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose move due to potential confusion with the 1989 film. Having the year as disambiguation makes more sense. O.N.R. ^(talk) 00:41, 8 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Ironically, "The Movie" subtitle isn't even on the poster that adorns the article's infobox._{ZXCVBNM (TALK)} 06:50, 8 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose In ictu oculi (talk) 07:12, 8 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose. The title of the movie appears to just be "Batman", so the current title is the correct one. Rreagan007 (talk) 23:45, 13 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page or in a move review. No further edits should be made to this section.

Batcycle first appeared before the movie[edit]

The article currently states, "Of the three new Batvehicles which first appeared in the Batman film..." (referring to the Batcycle, Batboat, and Batcopter); however, the Batcycle made its first appearance in the "Adam West franchise" before this movie, in the first-season TV series episode "Not Yet He Ain't", so the quoted passage is in error. 2601:545:8201:6290:7982:E2A6:133E:3203 (talk) 07:52, 7 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]