Matter-of-factly doing " '66 Batman is on the same level as other Batmen " is much better than almost any kind of " riffing on '66 Batman's immediate tonal differences to other Batmen " at length, though.
(Plus, it's not like Adam West couldn't have played the kind of menace you'd expect out of a Zur - willfully leaning into self-parody aside, he was an actor, and actors can generally act.)
I'll always remember that in the crossover with Planetary the 66 Batman was the most effective in hindering Jakita Wagner, a literal brick shithouse of a superhuman, in her pursuit of him.
I can. Remember, no one was more prepared than Adam West's Batman.
"Holy plot twist, Batman! I thought King Tut's crimification ray was going to force you to steal candy from that baby!"
"Actually, old chum, I'm the Batman of Zur-En-Arrh. Batman used self-hypnosis techniques he learned in mystic Tibet to create a backup personality to take over in case some outside influence ever tried to force him to violate his oath to uphold goodness and the law."
"That's brilliant! But what's Zur-En-Arrh?"
"Why, that's where he learned it. You probably know it better as Shangri-la, Robin."
The Zur Beyond is an odd one. Is that Terry, or the elderly Bruce before he hung up the cowl? And if it is Terry, how on Earth was he persuaded to go along with this?
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Date: 2023-12-04 04:49 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2023-12-04 05:04 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2023-12-04 05:56 pm (UTC)(Plus, it's not like Adam West couldn't have played the kind of menace you'd expect out of a Zur - willfully leaning into self-parody aside, he was an actor, and actors can generally act.)
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Date: 2023-12-05 02:59 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2023-12-05 06:48 pm (UTC)"Holy plot twist, Batman! I thought King Tut's crimification ray was going to force you to steal candy from that baby!"
"Actually, old chum, I'm the Batman of Zur-En-Arrh. Batman used self-hypnosis techniques he learned in mystic Tibet to create a backup personality to take over in case some outside influence ever tried to force him to violate his oath to uphold goodness and the law."
"That's brilliant! But what's Zur-En-Arrh?"
"Why, that's where he learned it. You probably know it better as Shangri-la, Robin."
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Date: 2023-12-05 08:39 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2023-12-05 12:45 am (UTC)Is that Terry, or the elderly Bruce before he hung up the cowl?
And if it is Terry, how on Earth was he persuaded to go along with this?
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Date: 2023-12-05 08:37 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2023-12-06 09:50 pm (UTC)But only if it was in a needlessly evil fashion.