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Super friends Batman, when Casey Kasem was Robin.
Just kidding, but not. Same with Adam West Batman.
But honestly, any Batman when he’s actually the World’s Greatest Detective would be my favorite. Unfortunately that’s very rare.
Lego
The best Batman ever is Kevin Conroy, but if live action, then is a very close call between Adam West or Michael Keaton.
Kevin Conroy was a pretty kick-ass live action Batman, too.
Nailed it right here. West was a perfectly good Batman for his time, but Keaton is fantastic and aged well. No one else comes close.
Keatons Batman was a very believable detective.
All of Kevin Conroy’s stuff was great, but I think TAS is my favorite.
Lego Batman
Will Arnett
That movie is just so much better than it should be
I love every version of him.Every version seems to have something special.
Kevin Conroy and Adam West are both awesome Batmans, but Lego Batman isn’t bad either.
Batmen?
Michael Keaton. I like the campy nature in general of the Tim Burton era.
However I will say, that I find later villain depictions to be excellent. Ledger’s Joker, and Colin Farrel as Cobblepot are two examples that quickly come to mind.
Those campy villains were amazing though - Ledger was an amazing Joker but so was Nicholson and so was Hamill… Carrey as the riddler was also amazing!
Honestly I think part of the appeal of Batman now is that the characters are archetypes and each portrayal shows how the universe might unfold slightly differently based on the specific personality traits involved. Will we have a lone ronin Joker like Ledger? Will it be Nicholson’s charismatic mafioso? Phoenix’s debilitated martyr? Hamill’s obsessed moralizing sadist?
Each one shows an interesting twist on the central character and gives a fresh story that, while great on it’s own, really shines when viewed through contrast.
Nicholson and Ledger were supremely competent agents of destruction - Hamill and Romero seemed entirely focused on their arch to the point of their own destruction - meanwhile Phoenix was utterly incompetent and gained notoriety only because he was a useful idiot latched on to by a society in deep pain (@see the rise of right wing dictators).
It’s fucking awesome. Batman is essentially new media’s Arthurian Cycle.
Batman brave and the bold
Legit answer. I like how BATB acknowledged the Silver Age and the weirdness of the DC universe without becoming a complete farce. It poked fun at all of it, yes, but it did afford it some dignity as well.
And the same can be said about its incarnation of Batman.
Yeah it felt like they did a great job of bringing the comics to tv, bringing in more obscure characters, and making it very enjoyable. I watched this with my son growing up
The dark, haunted, mentally broken, detective Batman will always be my favorite version of the character.
So, somewhere between Affleck and Pattison is where my favorite Batman exists. Still haven’t seen him on screen yet.A seemingly unpopular opinion, but Christian Bale’s Batman is my favourite live action version of the character.
Same. Lego is a close second.
I like the one where he gets herpes and the old guy that lives in a cave makes him a special pair of bat pants that don’t chafe so much. Super relatable.
Pete Holmes did it best
Yes, but Josh Ruben did it a thousand times mucher.
A tie between HISHE and The Warp Zone.
That weird one from 1966
It’s not at all weird if that tbe Batman you grew up with. I think all these “dark” and “serious” Batmans are silly.
Nah I’m quoting the lego batman movie lol
Batfleck, without question.
