Batman XXX: The Trailer
When we last left our caped crusaders, they were merely static stalwarts. Trapped in the second dimension, against ghastly typography, word balloons, and credits! But then, in the nick of time, Dale DaBone, err… Batman used his Bat-Trailer Transmogrification Ray to transfer his two-dimensional troop of titillating players from poster to full motion trailer. For those of you not in-the-know, we’re talking about Batman:XXX, A Porn Parody. Flying atomic batteries at full power, this “Vivid Video takes the campy Adam West styled Batman universe and give all of nerds a little chance to see just how much in the tights was the man, and how much was… bat-padding. The costumes are amazingly well done, and we dare you not to marvel at the acting skill that dare we say…. out West’s Adam West! That’s right folks. Same Bat-Porn, new Bat-Porn-Channel. Enjoy the clip below.
And to our utter horror… Alfred IS in the movie. And if you’ve never heard of Hitchcock’s rule of showing a loaded gun on screen (as in… a loaded gun shown is a loaded gun fired before the credits roll…)… Holy Eye-Wash Batman!
I’m impressed for now. Did they actually film a look-alike Batmobile? Or did they swipe footage? Dale DaBone does a superior Adam West impersonation. I’m not so sure about James Deen’s Burt Ward. But the costumes and production do seem to have some reverence for the source material.
Yeah, I wondered about the Batmobile bits, too. They seem VERY much as I remember the original series being, and I find it hard to imagine either Warner Bros providing a porn movie with actual clips from the show or a porn movie taking such effort to get it so right.
How is it that such a thing even exist? I would think the WB lawyers would be all over this in a second. I’ve never seen the movie but from the trailer it looks like (aside from the sex content) the only thing they’ve changed is replacing the bat and R on their costumes with XXX’s. It’s even called Batman. Just saying something’s a parody does not make it so under the law and if memory serves DC and Warners successfully went after a porn production company back in the 80’s because of a parody where the lead actress was wearing a Supergirl costume.
I think you mean Chekhov, and not Hitchcock. It’s called “Chekhov’s gun.”
I'm impressed for now. Did they actually film a look-alike Batmobile? Or did they swipe footage? Dale DaBone does a superior Adam West impersonation. I'm not so sure about James Deen's Burt Ward. But the costumes and production do seem to have some reverence for the source material.
Yeah, I wondered about the Batmobile bits, too. They seem VERY much as I remember the original series being, and I find it hard to imagine either Warner Bros providing a porn movie with actual clips from the show or a porn movie taking such effort to get it so right.
How is it that such a thing even exist? I would think the WB lawyers would be all over this in a second. I've never seen the movie but from the trailer it looks like (aside from the sex content) the only thing they've changed is replacing the bat and R on their costumes with XXX's. It's even called Batman. Just saying something's a parody does not make it so under the law and if memory serves DC and Warners successfully went after a porn production company back in the 80's because of a parody where the lead actress was wearing a Supergirl costume.
Ummm, actually, that wasn’t Hitchcock (though he may well have quoted it), it was Anton Chekhov.
Huh? That comment was supposed to be somewhere else entirely.Please remove…
Agggh, no – it was supposed to be here. I’m not awake yet, apparently.
No no Mike, it belongs here. You’re right. I was looking everywhere for the reference on this. Thanks for the tip on that. Mea culpa.
I think you mean Chekhov, and not Hitchcock. It's called "Chekhov's gun."
Ummm, actually, that wasn't Hitchcock (though he may well have quoted it), it was Anton Chekhov.
Huh? That comment was supposed to be somewhere else entirely.Please remove…
Agggh, no – it was supposed to be here. I'm not awake yet, apparently.
No no Mike, it belongs here. You're right. I was looking everywhere for the reference on this. Thanks for the tip on that. Mea culpa.