Bat-Signal Shines In LA In Honour of Batman Star Adam West (bbc.com) 58
From a BBC report: LA's skyline has been lit up with the Bat-Signal to honour Batman star Adam West, who died last week. Mayor Eric Garcetti and LA Police chief Charlie Beck were expected to be at the public event at City Hall, which started about 21:00 local time (05:00 BST). The signal originated in the DC Comics strip as a sign that the caped crusader was needed to save the day. Animated comedy Family Guy will also honour West this weekend.
Oh no, George Clooney is here! (Score:2, Funny)
This was a huge mistake! Turn it off, maybe he'll go away!
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I'm not left wing, but if guns and big black cock are involved, maybe I should give it a try!
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Dinner Dinner Dinner Dinner (Score:4, Funny)
Batman!!!
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New York is Metropolis. Isn't Gotham supposed to be Chicago?
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That's what I always thought. Of course, the Batman vs Superman movie retconned Metropolis and Gotham being on opposite sides of a body of water, as
I recall. . .
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New York City.
Re:Gotham (Score:5, Insightful)
New York City.
NEW YORK CITY?!
Get a rope...
Re:Gotham (Score:5, Informative)
Metropolis and Gotham are both New York; just very different (fictional) views of it. "Gotham" is in fact an old term for New York City, dating back to the beginning of the 19th Century. Washington Irving used it in 1807.
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Before the San Francisco Giants moved out west, they were the New York Giants, but that was a name change as well, as they were founded in 1883 as the New York Gothams. Though that sounds a bit like the "New York New Yorkers."
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Gotham's also a village in Nottinghamshire, but pronounced Goatum (as in Goat-ham, a village with goats, presumably)
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In terms of architecture, society and geography, Gotham is clearly supposed to be Chicago and Metropolis actually resembles Toronto more closely than any US city, although there are often associations made to NYC, especially on film.
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The term, of course, means New York City, but graphically making it resemble Chicago would be a smart artistic choice. That way it would look familiar but not instantly recognizable as a particular city.
Show the average American a picture of Marina City and they'll be aware of having seen it before, but they won't necessarily be able to pace it as being in Chicago. New York has been filmed in so much that almost can't turn the corner anywhere in Manhattan without being able to place yourself in New York.
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What I recall is that some DC Comics guy said Metropolis was New York in the day and Gotham was New York at night. The early comics kept the locations of each city ambiguous but later on they had to put them somewhere.
I remember at least one of the Superman movies showed Metropolis as New York. In the Smallville TV show Metropolis was within sight of Smallville from a water tower or some other high spot, and Smallville was in Kansas. There were scenes in the show in Metropolis at some large body of water
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Yes.
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There were scenes in the show in Metropolis at some large body of water
Given that Smallville was filmed in Vancouver, BC (as is Arrow/Supergirl/The Flash), it would be hard to do an establishing shot without large amounts of water present.
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The movies are absolutely not canon, and don't use the names of real-world cities, but Christopher Nolan's batman trilogy was filmed in Chicago and used a number of Chicago landmarks. It wasn't the first time I'd heard of Chicago as Gotham, but when Batman was first written, everyone lived in/thought about/was based in New York. Marvel was more explicit that its superheroes were in New York city, and it took decades for them to show characters living in and operating out of other cities.
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Depends on your point of view.
One interpretation is that New York is our Metropolis and Jersey City our Gotham.
Another interpretation (which I like) is that they are both reflections on our New York. New York is Metropolis by day and Gotham by night.
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"It's cool that they are doing this but I was expecting this to be in New York..."
He lived and worked in Los Angeles. This is was his home for decades. Plus, the crowds that came to see this was insane.
He literally played Batman for over 40 years (from the TV series to animated versions of himself). I was surprised from the "nostalgia flash" I had when I heard he passed. I'm an 'old fart'. I guess I didn't realize how far down the generation ladder affection for him went.
BTW, driving past downtown and seeing that signal was awesome.
The best Batman! (Score:1)
Adam West - the Best!
AND he had THE sexiest Catwomen. Lee Meriwether. And that Goddess - Julie Newmar!
See guys, that's the kind of women you see when you have heterosexual men doing the casting!
Re: The best Batman! (Score:1)
Oh, Julie Newmar, brains, beauty, that body but now 83 years old. Still, as Joe E Brown said, "Nobody's perfect".
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I really enjoyed Michelle Pfeiffer as catwoman!
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AND he had THE sexiest Catwomen. Lee Meriwether. And that Goddess - Julie Newmar!
You forgot Eartha Kitt.
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"You don't get Heaven or Hell. Do you know the only reward you get for being Batman? You get to be Batman. And - when you're a child - you get a handful of years of real happiness. With your father. With me. It's more than some people get. You're done, now, Bruce. This time. You can stop fighting now... just for a few more years. It's over. Let it go."
some days you just can't get rid of a bomb (Score:4, Funny)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?... [youtube.com]
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That clip was hilarious!
I watched that show as a kid, but completely missed a lot of the humor until I watched it again as an adult.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?... [youtube.com] makes it better. ;)
Family Guy will also honour West this weekend. (Score:2)
Rest in piece, Adam We [wikia.com]. I hope they have taffy where you're going.
Batman (Score:2)
Where are you when we really need you [wordpress.com]?