Warbler said:
I don't know that you can everything else a remake/reboot/reimagining of Batman, just because the movie serial came first. I'm not sure that movie serials count.
Well that's kind of getting into subjectivity. I mean most people "count" Keaton as the first Batman in movie form but, that's completely false. Adam West was the first Batman in theatrical movie distrubution. Whoever was Batman in Batman Dracula was first in a small exhibition in a museum. So who gets credit for the first?
TheBoost said:
Just because a film features the same fictional character, is it a remake? The Batman serials's plots were in no way remade. The villian "The Wizard" never made another appearance in Batman films
Couldn't the 1960 Batman just as easily be a <span style="text-decoration: underline;">sequal</span> to the Batman serials of the 1940s? There's no major contradictions in story. Different cast and style, but so is "Batman and Robin" compared to "Batman Returns." Or are they <span style="text-decoration: underline;">just more Batman movies?</span>
The Wizard was in Batman and, Robin not Batman 1943. Dr Daka was the villian in the first serial. As for contradictions in story(43 vs. 66) I don't know, haven't seen the original serials yet.
I used the catch-all "remake/reboot/reimagining" for a reason. Afterall, 2nd BSG counts as a reboot/reimagining but, there's no Count Ibilis, Imperious Leader, or robo dog on board Galactica.
