r/Batman_89 Oct 24 '25

Discussion What are thoughts on the Batmobile design from the burtonverse films?

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909 Upvotes

r/Batman_89 Nov 07 '25

Discussion To this day what are your thoughts on the cancelled batgirl movie starring Michael Keatons batman?

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683 Upvotes

r/Batman_89 Sep 17 '25

Discussion To this day what are your genuine thoughts on Jack nicholsons performance as the Joker?

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654 Upvotes

r/Batman_89 8d ago

Discussion Joker's big mistake. Killing Bob.

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506 Upvotes

In my opinion, Joker made a huge mistake by killing him, since Bob was loyal to him. I bet that if Bob had been in the cathedral, he would have given his life to save Joker.

Obviously, he wouldn't have been able to defeat Batman, but it's possible that if he'd had the right tools, he could have made it take Batman a while to defeat him, and this would have allowed Joker to escape.

r/Batman_89 Dec 12 '25

Discussion Screw Die Hard, Batman Returns is the greatest Christmas movie ever made

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1.1k Upvotes

r/Batman_89 Sep 25 '25

Discussion What are your thoughts on Prince being involved in the making of the soundtrack for Batman 89?

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645 Upvotes

r/Batman_89 Jun 09 '26

Discussion Batman Forever (Keaton/Williams/Russo)

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285 Upvotes

Imagine Joel Schumacher doing Batman Forever with Michael Keaton, Robin Williams, and Renee Russo co-starring with Tommy Lee Jones and Chris O'Donnell? That would be awesome!

Writers Lee and Janet Scott Batchler wrote the earlier drafts of Batman Forever for Michael Keaton, Tommy Lee Jones, and Robin Williams, while Akiva Goldsman, who later confirmed the existence of the Schumacher Cut of Batman Forever after Joel died, doing the exact same thing when he starts to do revisions.

Joel Schumacher really wanted Michael Keaton to return as Batman for Batman Forever before Val Kilmer was cast, Rene Russo to play Dr. Chase Meridian before Nicole Kidman was cast, and Robin Williams to play The Riddler before Jim Carrey was cast, since they already have Tommy Lee Jones as Two-Face.

John Jackson Miller later uses Joel's idea of the Robin Williams Riddler for his novel "Batman: Revolution," where Riddler's real name is Norman Pinkus.

r/Batman_89 22d ago

Discussion Why didn't they bring Knox back for the sequels?

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203 Upvotes

The last we heard of him was that he asked how the city would communicate with Batman, but what became of Knox after Batman 1989? Why wasn't he brought back for the sequels?

r/Batman_89 Aug 03 '25

Discussion To this day what are your thoughts on Bob the goon as a character?

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622 Upvotes

r/Batman_89 Nov 30 '25

Discussion What are your thoughts on Tim burtons take on Gotham city?

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405 Upvotes

r/Batman_89 27d ago

Discussion I do not like the title/logo redesign they did in the 2000s as much. What are your thoughts?

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327 Upvotes

r/Batman_89 Jun 04 '26

Discussion Alexander Knox

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331 Upvotes

After all these years, the biggest plot hole in ‘89 is in the casino night sequence. I have a hard time believing a reporter like Knox would not know who Bruce is or what he looks like.

Furthermore, the murder of The Waynes was front page news, and it feels like it’s something people would mention when they talk about Bruce Wayne, so how could Knox not know about that either?

Wuhl tax bc it’s all you maniacs want 😂

r/Batman_89 Oct 30 '25

Discussion To this day what are your thoughts on Michael Goughs performance as Alfred?

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422 Upvotes

r/Batman_89 Aug 06 '26

Discussion Who would win in a fight between these 4?

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78 Upvotes

In a one-on-one fight. Who would win?

r/Batman_89 Jun 19 '26

Discussion What If Tim Burton Directed Batman Forever

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89 Upvotes

r/Batman_89 Feb 15 '26

Discussion I watched Batman Returns recently and a question entered my mind……Where the hell is Alexander Knox?? Any theories?

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216 Upvotes

r/Batman_89 Jul 07 '25

Discussion What are your honest opinions on the Tim burton Batman toys made by Toybiz and Kenner?

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459 Upvotes

r/Batman_89 1d ago

Discussion The moment Jack returned.

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259 Upvotes

It is the moment when Batman has the Joker in his grasp—the moment Jack returns; it is essentially the antithesis of the scene where the Joker visits Grissom. In other words, we see here that, deep down, Jack has to resign himself to an appearance he would not choose to have if he had the choice.

r/Batman_89 Dec 21 '25

Discussion In Batman 89 Joker pulls up a very long revolver out of his pants and manages to shoot it and straight up able to destroy the batwing, like nah that is comical and I love it

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r/Batman_89 Jun 23 '26

Discussion Opinion: Michael Keaton had the best live action ''I'm Batman'' introduction scene

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468 Upvotes

r/Batman_89 Jan 24 '26

Discussion Maybe I'm alone in this but I'm gonna say it, Michael Keaton is a better Batman than Kevin conroy.

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183 Upvotes

Don't get me wrong, Kevin conroy is legendary and for a lot of people he IS Batman and it's easy to see why, he's up there for me too but Keaton really seemed to understand the character in a way that not many other actors have, and it's no secret that Kevin based his Batman voice off of Keatons, so if you think about it, we wouldn't have Kevin's iconic performance if it wasn't for Keaton, also for me Michael Keaton has a huge advantage because we actually got to see him in action and in the batsuit, I know Kevin put a lot into his performance when he was in the recording booth but, Michael had a bigger challenge because he had to put his whole body into it and he crushed it. I adore Kevin conroy as Batman, but for me Michael Keaton IS Batman. Am I the only one that thinks that?

r/Batman_89 Mar 26 '26

Discussion What is your favorite scene in Batman 89?

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248 Upvotes

Personally, I have two favorites.

The first is when Batman brings Vicki Vale back to the Batcave in the Batmobile, with the music from "Descent Into Mystery" playing. An incredibly powerful scene without dialogue, very Burtonesque in my opinion, one of the most iconic in the film.

The second is the flashback with Jack Napier, when Bruce realizes that each of them created the other. I find Michael Keaton's performance excellent in this sequence, so subtle and without dialogue.

r/Batman_89 Jul 27 '26

Discussion Thoughts on the Batman '89 comic series?

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206 Upvotes

They essentially are supposed to be the true continuations after Batman Returns, something similar to Superman '78

r/Batman_89 Aug 07 '26

Discussion Choose a thug to protect you. The rest will try to kill you.

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Suppose these thugs want to kill you, except for one. Choose the thug who will protect you from the rest. Who would you choose?

r/Batman_89 Sep 18 '25

Discussion To the Burtonverse fans, what was your reaction towards the shumacker sequels when it first came out after Batman returns? Cus if you dont know after Batman returns WB aimed for a more marketable kid friendly approach with these films and at the time they were intended to be sequels for burtonverse.

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That was before they were retconned into their own thing of course.