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Idiotic Reason for The 1966 Batman Series isnt on DVD


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"The argument has been made that DC does not wish to distort the current image of Batman by having the overtly campy 1960s series competing head-to-head with more modern takes, such as Tim Burton's Batman film and its sequels or Christopher Nolan's Batman Begins and The Dark Knight. DC may indeed be distancing itself from the 1960s series.[citation needed] A solicited cover by Mike Allred for issue #7 of Solo—a 2005 DC Comics series—featured Batman doing the Batusi. The cover, based on Adam West and a memorably campy episode of the television series, was replaced by the time of Solo #7's release. Allred explains that the cover was pulled by "higher ups" for reasons largely unknown.[8] Speculation over the reasons first intimated that potential infringement of rights were the issue, but this was soon replaced with suggestions that its "campy" nature was the real factor in its removal. At the time of the issue's release, DVDs of Batman, Batman Returns, Batman Forever, Batman & Robin, and Batman Begins were also being promoted, and DC's chief editor Dan Didio reportedly does not like camp.[9]"

I thing that i hate about people who put down the 66 series is. Have you ever read a comic from the late 50's or 60's. You had Batman fight Space Aliens for god sake. If it wasnt for the show. Mr Freeze would still be Mr Zero.

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Well, evidently all the snags have been worked out that kept the Batman TV series from being released because next month (just in time for the Christmas season) it's finally being released on DVD and BluRay.

And according to the details as listed on Amazon, "ALL 120 Original Broadcast Episodes Fully Remastered" will be included. Now whether or not these will all be UNCENSORED will be left up to the die-hard fans to uncover the secrets of, and it will be interesting to hear reports about that. But hey, can't argue too much with "all episodes" and "remastered", right?





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