Lego Batman
Will Arnett
That movie is just so much better than it should be
The best Batman ever is Kevin Conroy, but if live action, then is a very close call between Adam West or Michael Keaton.
Nailed it right here. West was a perfectly good Batman for his time, but Keaton is fantastic and aged well. No one else comes close.
Keatons Batman was a very believable detective.
All of Kevin Conroy's stuff was great, but I think TAS is my favorite.
Kevin Conroy was a pretty kick-ass live action Batman, too.
A seemingly unpopular opinion, but Christian Bale's Batman is my favourite live action version of the character.
Same. Lego is a close second.
Michael Keaton. I like the campy nature in general of the Tim Burton era.
However I will say, that I find later villain depictions to be excellent. Ledger's Joker, and Colin Farrel as Cobblepot are two examples that quickly come to mind.
Those campy villains were amazing though - Ledger was an amazing Joker but so was Nicholson and so was Hamill... Carrey as the riddler was also amazing!
Honestly I think part of the appeal of Batman now is that the characters are archetypes and each portrayal shows how the universe might unfold slightly differently based on the specific personality traits involved. Will we have a lone ronin Joker like Ledger? Will it be Nicholson's charismatic mafioso? Phoenix's debilitated martyr? Hamill's obsessed moralizing sadist?
Each one shows an interesting twist on the central character and gives a fresh story that, while great on it's own, really shines when viewed through contrast.
Nicholson and Ledger were supremely competent agents of destruction - Hamill and Romero seemed entirely focused on their arch to the point of their own destruction - meanwhile Phoenix was utterly incompetent and gained notoriety only because he was a useful idiot latched on to by a society in deep pain (@see the rise of right wing dictators).
It's fucking awesome. Batman is essentially new media's Arthurian Cycle.
The dark, haunted, mentally broken, detective Batman will always be my favorite version of the character.
So, somewhere between Affleck and Pattison is where my favorite Batman exists. Still haven't seen him on screen yet.That weird one from 1966
It's not at all weird if that tbe Batman you grew up with. I think all these "dark" and "serious" Batmans are silly.
Nah I'm quoting the lego batman movie lol
Kevin Conroy and Adam West are both awesome Batmans, but Lego Batman isn't bad either.
Batmen?
Visually, Batfleck is the best live-action Batman. He really pulls off the imposing look since he's actually a pretty huge dude. As for the character itself, any of them who actually does some detective work instead of just punching people for answers.
Oddly, I hated Batfleck in the Joostice League but loved him in the Snyder Cut. He was so much more badass in the Snyder Cut.
Batfleck is probably in the worst position to be admired simply because the movies were so generally disliked and went against the cultural zeitgeist (Marvel cool - DC bad was a really common meme in that era).
Well I say that but the most awful baggage reward probably goes to Batooney - the be-nippled bat suit is a meme that will never die and tends to abort any consideration of anything else.
It's just a shame all his movies are gash.
The one from The Batman Animation Series from the 90s
The bumbling fool he is in Harley Quinn. Fits the character so well, given his ridiculous persona in his older material.
Nolan's
I like the one where he gets herpes and the old guy that lives in a cave makes him a special pair of bat pants that don't chafe so much. Super relatable.
Pete Holmes did it best
Yes, but Josh Ruben did it a thousand times mucher.
A tie between HISHE and The Warp Zone.
There was a nice series in the 2000s called "TheBatman" and it featured a young Bruce starting out as the Bat. He's kinder, more naive, makes plenty of mistakes, but you see traces of the Knight he is to become.
It has a kickass intro, and possibly one of the greatest villains ever concocted (albeit for a single episode), the ClockKing. How do you fight someone who has seen every move you will ever make?
Hank, in Venture Bros
Super friends Batman, when Casey Kasem was Robin.
Just kidding, but not. Same with Adam West Batman.
But honestly, any Batman when he's actually the World's Greatest Detective would be my favorite. Unfortunately that's very rare.
