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Post by kolchak92 on Apr 22, 2021 19:54:12 GMT
It's funny to imagine all the hoopla over this movie at the time when you consider Chris Nolan's Batman's movies and how much darker they were and no one cared.
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Post by lowtacks86 on Apr 22, 2021 20:05:11 GMT
Batman was still strongly associated with the campy 1960s show that parents group up with back then, which is why parents complained way more than about the Nolan films.
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Post by kolchak92 on Apr 22, 2021 20:11:05 GMT
Batman was still strongly associated with the campy 1960s show that parents group up with back then, which is why parents complained way more than about the Nolan films. True. I guess it's just amusing to me that The Dark Knight really wasn't for kids and made no illusions to being so, and yet any controversy of the sort surrounding it was nonexistent.
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Post by ck100 on Apr 22, 2021 20:20:18 GMT
Some of this kid's comments are kind of amusing.  |
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Post by kolchak92 on Apr 22, 2021 20:21:47 GMT
Some of this kid's comments are kind of amusing. I'm 99% sure he was reading off a script that had been written for him.
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Post by Popeye Doyle on Apr 22, 2021 20:51:16 GMT
To be fair, it is a pretty fucked up movie. I was seven when it was released, and looking back nearly 30 years later, definitely not made for children.
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Post by lowtacks86 on Apr 22, 2021 20:55:27 GMT
The early 90s was an interesting time for children's toys and entertainment, I mean there were actually action figures based on Rated R movies (Alien, Predator, Robocop, Terminator). Hell there was even a "Aliens" children's cartoon planned at one point on Fox kids.
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Post by Popeye Doyle on Apr 22, 2021 21:00:06 GMT
The early 90s was an interesting time for children's toys and entertainment, I mean there were actually action figures based on Rated R movies (Alien, Predator, Robocop, Terminator). Hell there was even a "Aliens" children's cartoon planned at one point on Fox kids. 
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Post by mecano04 on Apr 22, 2021 23:19:48 GMT
The early 90s was an interesting time for children's toys and entertainment, I mean there were actually action figures based on Rated R movies (Alien, Predator, Robocop, Terminator). Hell there was even a "Aliens" children's cartoon planned at one point on Fox kids. I had some the aliens figure like the Bull and the Gorilla.
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Post by lowtacks86 on Apr 22, 2021 23:20:29 GMT
The early 90s was an interesting time for children's toys and entertainment, I mean there were actually action figures based on Rated R movies (Alien, Predator, Robocop, Terminator). Hell there was even a "Aliens" children's cartoon planned at one point on Fox kids. I had some the aliens figure like the Bull and the Gorilla. I had some of those as well, and some of the Predator ones
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Post by twothousandonemark on Apr 22, 2021 23:31:51 GMT
It wasn't the movie, it was its marketing machine. McDonald's cancelled their Batman Returns Happy Meals midway through its hype campaign.
Though to be fair, all those things were in the pipeline before it was released, there wasn't anyone giving the adult themed/fare heads up - they just wanted money. Who knew before it was released the sequel to Batman would be a giant headache & not aligned for family audiences.
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Post by thisguy4000 on Apr 22, 2021 23:42:48 GMT
The early 90s was an interesting time for children's toys and entertainment, I mean there were actually action figures based on Rated R movies (Alien, Predator, Robocop, Terminator). Hell there was even a "Aliens" children's cartoon planned at one point on Fox kids. With Terminator, I can at least somewhat understand making action figures for it, since it’s a pretty straightforward action franchise, at least after the first film. However, Robocop is a pretty baffling movie to make children’s merchandise off of. |
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Post by ck100 on Apr 23, 2021 5:27:57 GMT
Leonard Maltin Movie Guide Review:
Batman Returns (1992) - 2 out of 4 stars
"Nasty, nihilistic nightmare movie about an abandoned freak baby who grows up to be The Penguin--a deadly threat to Gotham City, especially when he teams up with megalomaniac Max Schreck (Walken). Meanwhile, Batman finds a more personal enemy in Catwoman. Rich performances, dazzling production design, and occasional cleverness can't make up for a dark, mean-spirited (and often incoherent) screenplay. Followed by a Keaton-less BATMAN FOREVER."
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Post by vegalyra on Apr 23, 2021 12:09:23 GMT
The early 90s was an interesting time for children's toys and entertainment, I mean there were actually action figures based on Rated R movies (Alien, Predator, Robocop, Terminator). Hell there was even a "Aliens" children's cartoon planned at one point on Fox kids. With Terminator, I can at least somewhat understand making action figures for it, since it’s a pretty straightforward action franchise, at least after the first film. However, Robocop is a pretty baffling movie to make children’s merchandise off of. I’d buy that for a dollar! Seriously though, Returns was a dark film. But for Keatons performance I wouldn’t watch it again. Burton’s vision of the Penguin is a little too much for me. It is hilarious thinking about the marketing campaigns for these films back in the late 80s and 90s. Let’s scare the crap out of some kids and then sell them toys and fast food! |
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Post by politicidal on Apr 23, 2021 21:31:41 GMT
With Terminator, I can at least somewhat understand making action figures for it, since it’s a pretty straightforward action franchise, at least after the first film. However, Robocop is a pretty baffling movie to make children’s merchandise off of. I’d buy that for a dollar! Seriously though, Returns was a dark film. But for Keatons performance I wouldn’t watch it again. Burton’s vision of the Penguin is a little too much for me. It is hilarious thinking about the marketing campaigns for these films back in the late 80s and 90s. Let’s scare the crap out of some kids and then sell them toys and fast food! Bring it back, says I. |
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