For a long time, in the wake of two disastrous Batman screen projects, it seemed like Batman might never get a fair swing at capturing the unlimited potential of the character on a Hollywood screen. The 1960s camp cult classic almost ruined the comic books, and pushed the idea of an adaptation off the cliff for almost two decades, and then another decade later, studio meddling and a wayward attempt to “toyify” a splendidly dark and gothic rebirth of the character meant we ended up swallowing Arnold Schwarzenegger’s despicable icy puns in the name of a more universally appealing Batman.

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