Not only the worst Batman movie by far – at least Batman & Robin is funny – it's also one of most dismally misfiring, self-important, and just plain dumb blockbusters in recent memory. Ben Affleck – Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016), Justice League (2017) While the ’43 serial informed multiple, now-canonical elements of the bat-universe, one thing we categorically did not hang onto was the trope of good old fashioned bat-racism. There is, however, one thing holding this Bruce Wayne back. Okay, the man behind the mask(s) isn’t anything like as intense or driven as later Waynes, but given the nature of the serial, he’s not bad. You know that fake-asshole schtick that Christian Bale plays with in the Nolan trilogy in order to keep people distant? Wilson is all over that, playing it more as lighthearted, decadent lounger than hedonistic jerk, but snapping between the public persona and the real Bruce rather effectively. How does Wilson’s Bruce stack up against those who came later? Well actually, pretty well, considering the naïve, hokey vibe of the period and medium. Previously the comics had only included references to a secret tunnel from Wayne Manor to the barn that housed the Batmobile.īut enough history. The Batcave, too, was invented for the adaptation. Skinny, moustachioed Alfred, for instance, was a product of the serial’s casting, actor William Austin being ather removed from the contemporary comic book portrayal of a portly butler. Not only that, but his iteration of Batman introduced a few of the key tropes that we all (mistakenly) think of as being drawn from the comics. Read more: A complete history of The Batman movie not going well Wilson, you see, was the very first on-screen Batman that there ever was, appearing in the 1943 cinematic serial that kickstarted the entire 70-year bataptation craze that currently adorns our homes with far more cool plastic tat than we’d ever admit in most social circles. There’s every chance you’ve never heard of Lewis Wilson, but he’s actually one of the most important men in bat-history. Expecting Adam West to be the earliest Bruce Wayne on this list? Nope, he was actually the second screen Batman by more than twenty years.

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