Well, it's finally going to happen! The 1966 Adam West Batman is finally coming out on Blu-Ray and DVD. All three seasons of 120 episodes will be released on November 18th. I can't wait! This is one of the funniest shows of all time in my opinion. Now I admit there is a fair amount of nostalgia attached to my feelings about this show but it's so campy that it's fun. Here's an official trailer:
Batman The Complete Television Series (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTGAXBeYDcM#ws)
Finally! I'm definitely in for this. Besides TOS, one of my favorite shows to watch while growing up.
Now we're talking! POW!
Me too, anybody know why it's taken so long?
Quote from: Jobydrone on July 04, 2014, 06:23:54 AM
Me too, anybody know why it's taken so long?
Legal junk. With all those guest stars it's taken ages to sort out contracts, payments, etc. Keep in mind back in that era no one knew of home video so it wasn't built into contracts.
Yea... It's taken so long for a few reasons. Fox owned the rights to the TV syndication but Warner owned the characters currently. So Fox and Warner have been trying to negotiate a deal for years. Also, deals needed to be made with the main stars and all the guest stars as well as some of the music for royalties. There were a lot of people and estates to consider for.
Kevin
I remember watching this with my brother and we loved it. I'll have to check this out.
Happy to hear it's finally out, but I'm going to pass on buying this. There are things from my childhood that my adult self outgrew with changing taste. Having seen an episode or two recently, I've concluded that it's better for me to have fond hazy memories than reliving the show. campy Batman doesn't work for the adult me as evidenced by my total dislike of Batman Brave and the Bold.
I'm definitely picking it up, probably on blu-Ray, for my kids, especially my younger son Ethan who adores everything Batman but the Nolan movies are too scary and boring for him at his age. He actually loves the Kilmer/Carrey and Ahnold/Clooney Batmans much to my chagrin, so I'd much rather sit through the Adam West series again than Batman & Robin for the fifteenth time.
I loved this show when I was a kid. I can never see Burgess Meredith in any other movie and not think about The Penguin.
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AWESOME!!!
HOLY moley!!!
I think you mean HOLY BLU-RAY's, Batman!
I had my wife record the unboxing and so I'll see if I can get that uploaded to Youtube tonight. This set is fantastic! You guys would not believe the picture quality and it has a couple other nice things going for it like a really well built box with a magnetic cover. I didn't notice that in the unboxing or I would have mentioned it. Warner did this one right! I couldn't be more pleased.
Kevin
OK guys....Here is my unboxing of the set. Not perfect and my wife could have focused a little better but it's ok. Enjoy!
http://youtu.be/qDD1ay3LUZg (http://youtu.be/qDD1ay3LUZg)
What a great set! I may need to pick this up for my son Ethan as an early Xmas/Chanukah gift. How much did this set you back Ktrek?
Looking forward to the unboxing.
Quote from: Jobydrone on November 12, 2014, 05:57:16 AM
What a great set! I may need to pick this up for my son Ethan as an early Xmas/Chanukah gift. How much did this set you back Ktrek?
The set from Amazon is currently at $179.00. For years I have been a member of the 1966 Batman message board and a member there posted that Bullmoose.com had a pre-order special of $149.47 and so I emailed Amazon with a link to their price and believe it or not they price matched the item for me. Others tried to do the same with no luck. I don't know if it's because they have screwed up on so many of my orders this year that they made an exception on their price matching rule but in any case that one thing changed my mind about renewing my Prime membership. If they hadn't price matched it though I would have bought it from Bullmoose, whose price went up to $212.00 by the way, and I would have saved even more because I wouldn't have had to pay tax on the purchase but I figured if Amazon would do that for me they got they sale. I would have gladly paid $180.00 for the set though and fully expected to.
I'd say the picture quality of the transfer is as good and possibly better than the transfer of Star Trek Original series. The set should definitely get some awards this year. If it's not voted best box set I would be surprised.
And Pete the unboxing video is posted two above your post! :)
Kevin
Whew hope the price comes down considerably Black Friday or after, or Ethan is going to have to DVR the episodes or something. Lol.
Wow! That's cool, ktrek. Lots of cool stuff in that set!
I had missed the video - but just watched it now. Cool set!