The Batman director Matt Reeves retweeted the video and called it “amazing,” and I’m inclined to agree, although I think it would have been even more effective if the filmmakers had played it a bit more straight. The original 1966 series was campy and silly enough to make a hilarious dichotomy with the unbelievably overserious movie—the moment when Adam West picks up the police phone and says “Hello, this is Batman” in such a friendly tone to the imprisoned Riddler is golden—without making it more cartoonish with wacky sound clips or the overreliance on the big bomb scene from the classic Batman movie. But I’m also well aware I’m overthinking it, and should be embracing any amount of fun that gets crammed into The Batman without hesitation.
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