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Heroine of the Dragon
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by Heroine of the Dragon » Sat Jun 06, 2015 10:38 pm
Who played Batman best?
Val Kilmer
Christian Bale
Ben Affleck
Adam West
George Clooney
Michael Keaton
Who played Robin best?
Chris O'Donnell
Burt Ward
Who played the Joker best?
Heath Ledger
Cesar Romera
Jack Nicholson
Jared Leto
Who played the Penguin best?
Burgess Meredith
Danny DeVito
Robin Taylor (Gotham)
Who played Catwoman best?
Michelle Pfeiffer
Lee Meriwether
Julie Newmar
Anne Hathaway
Halle Berry
Who played the Riddler best?
Frank Gorshin
Jim Carrey
Who played Alfred best?
Sean Pertwee (Gotham)
Michael Gough
Alan Napier
Michael Caine
Results from article
[spoiler]
Batman - Michael Keaton
Robin - Burt Ward
Joker - Heath Ledger
Penguin - Danny DeVito
Catwoman - Michelle Pfeiffer
Riddler - Frank Gorshin
Alfred - Michael Caine[/spoiler]
http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/wh ... 7384216833
My votes:
Batman - Christian Bale
Robin - Burt Ward
Joker - Heath Ledger
Penguin - Danny DeVito
Catwoman - Anne Hathaway
Riddler - Frank Gorshin
Alfred - Michael Caine and Alan Napier (I couldn't choose one over the other.)

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by LOOT » Sun Jun 07, 2015 12:54 am
Heath Ledger and Jack Nicholson are basically two different takes on the Joker and do excellent jobs
otherwise Michael Keaton for everyone else. Yes, including Robin and Catwoman.
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by X-3 » Sun Jun 07, 2015 1:02 am
I don't get the love for Heath Ledger. Jim Carrey was clearly the better Riddler.
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by United Nations » Sun Jun 07, 2015 2:01 am
Keaton/Bale
Michelle Pfeiffer
Ledger/Nicholson/Hamill (all so different)
Robin Taylor
Gough
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by Valigarmander » Sun Jun 07, 2015 2:53 am
I don't have enough Batman exposure to have an informed opinion on the matter, but I will post this.
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by Calamity Panfan » Sun Jun 07, 2015 2:58 am
keaton was a better batman and bale was a better bruce wayne
and that's the waaaaaaaaaay the news goes
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by ScottyMcGee » Mon Jun 08, 2015 2:28 pm
^^I never thought of it that way. So true. Bale's Batman was too much of a thug rather than some terrifying omen that couldn't be put down. Michael Keaton was a good actor but they did a different take on Bruce Wayne - the Tim Burton take. They changed Bruce Wayne's personality a lot by making him a despondent, quirky and offbeat kind of guy.
Michael Gough had this subtley I really liked. I love Michael Caine but I felt like. . .I dunno. I don't know how to put it other than just saying I liked Gough better.
I'm not familiar with the Adam West Batman sadly. I only saw the movie like once in the past decade. Julie Newmar was hot though. Raaawwwrrr. But Pfeiffer really pulled off Catwoman's darkside. I like Anne Hathaway too, but she was a different Catwoman. She was more like the very first version of Catwoman in the comics who didn't have a messed up backstory and was just a femme fatale, more like Newmar.
Jim Carrey played off The Riddler too much like The Joker. In fact, they just pulled off Two-Face and The Riddler too much like The Joker in Batman Forever; they were both nearly as goofy and didn't have very good distinctions between the two.
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by StarryPeach » Mon Jun 08, 2015 3:39 pm
My memory is fuzzy on certain characterizations and honestly I've only seen a few of the movies myself but here are my picks:
Batman - Michael Keaton
Robin - Chris O'Donnell
Catwoman - Michelle Pfeiffer
The Penguin - Danny DeVito
Alfred - Michael Caine
The Joker - Heath Ledger
The Riddler -
David Tennant Jim Carrey (he's the only Riddler I've had exposure to, so I can't really say for the others)
and no, Tennant did not play any sort of Riddler role that I know of