Batmania

Batmania has overtaken the Bowman house like a moldy basement. What I should say is Batmania has overtaken Jonny and me as Jon Sr. is rarely mastered by anything pop-culture-esque. It could be that Jonny and I had a divine foreknowledge of Batmania last year when we decided to paint our unfinished basement bright orange. We placed an old zebra-print lounge-couch-thing-y in the corner (one that Jon Sr. and I were "given" by a ritzy boutique owner after she had already hauled it out to the trash behind her store.) We hung a Batman kite that we purchased at the dollar store (which happened to be black and orange -- the inspiration for our basement project) and named the area "The Batcave."

Now Jonny and I are watching YouTube clips from the 1966 Batman TV series (POW, SPLAT, BANG.) Jonny thinks he wants to see the newly released movie, but he couldn't sit through a cartoon shot gun scene in Disney's Ratatouille. Needless to say, he won't be getting his ticket to The Dark Knight in my lifetime! He'll just have to stick to wearing the dark knight on his underware.

In anticipation of Jon Sr. and I going to see the movie when we are in Florida next week, I have jotted some Cliff's Notes regarding the Batman Cinema Phenomenon.

• 1989 Batman movie - Direcor Tim Burton, Michael Keaton "Batman", Jack Nicholas "Joker"
• 1992 Batman Returns movie - Director Tim Burton, Michael Keaton "Batman", Danny DeVito "Penguine", Michelle Pfiefer "Catwoman"
• 1995 Batman Forever movie - Director Joel Schumaker, Val Kilmer "Batman", Tommy Lee Jones "Two Face", Jim Carey "Riddler", Chris O'Donnell "Robin", Also with Nicole Kidman and Drew Barrymore
• 1997 Batman and Robin movie - Director Joel Schumaker, George Clooney "Batman", Chris O'Donnell "Robin", Uma Thurman "Poison Ivy", Alicia Silverstone "Batgirl", Arnold Schwartzenegger "Mr. Freeze", Also with Elle McPhearson and Vivica A. Fox
• 2005 Batman Begins movie - Director Christopher Nolen, Christian Bale "Batman", also with Morgan Freeman and Katie Holmes

I'm hoping to see all the above listed movies before seeing the new release... We'll see if it happens!