Batman: 1939

[andoc]

Good work. Only complaint I have is this: Original Batman's gloves didn't go all the way up to half the forearms.

[TheCha0sC0ntr0ller]

I cried....know why?! THIS IS DOM'S DEATH SONG FROM GOW T_T

[ron71247]

Buen intento, pero el disfraz es pesimo es pesimo....

[MAIDENCASTLEVANIAN]

wow, where to bat-bitch slap this video?

1) the images used from the shadow starring alec baldwin

2) The Red Hood first appeared in Detective Comics #168 (February 1951). not 1939, so...

3) not sure what the music is about....

BUT the bat-man outfit is, very well done. I would've gone with Bat-man's first main enemy -The Monk, from detective comics 31 since Joker didnt come around until 1941 and, yes- Great fight scenes.

[BlockoVision]

@MAIDENCASTLEVANIAN I don't think you fully understood the concept of the video. This is a fan interpretation of a Batman movie had it been set in 1939... I am absolutely aware of the fact The Joker didn't appear until 1940 (not 1941, as you said...). The basic concept for this video stemmed from watching 2004's 'Sky Captain and The World of Tomorrow' and thinking "what if a director came along today, and created a retro-style Batman motion picture, in vain of the latterly mentioned film".

[BlockoVision]

@MAIDENCASTLEVANIAN I admit the music was a mistake, being it would fit better with themes of postmodernism - regardless, I do find 'Mad World' to reflect the sorrow and duality of Bruce Wayne's personality - he is conflicted with insanity.

[BlockoVision]

@MAIDENCASTLEVANIAN This sense of him being plagued with 'worn out faces', represents the fellow socialites that he is forced to interact with, and the facade he adapts during as Wayne. 'Hiding his head' could be seen as a reference to the character seeking comfort in the darkness, which is a vehicle of escapism for Wayne; a way of running from a false world he is unable to lend himself to.

[speedsurfer123]

@BlockoVision

awesome=D

[ziggycat999]

Good images......poor choice of music.

[3636jae]

Red Hood=Joker origin

nice touch.

[DarthStarscream1138]

With that black and white and that menacing cowl, this Batman dosen't need to change his voice to become scary.

[gauthamceg]

This batman is cooler than wally west...

[namegobobjmskfan95]

Clamont Cranston is Batman??? LOL

[MyDestroyer92]

Is that Alec Baldwin? Because back then he would have been a good Batman.

[sarahnk100]

Like

[EvilGregProductions]

i want more movies made like film serials, those were pretty cool for what they are!

[buddyeagle]

wtf is this pale?

[ajitaciondestructiva]

magico, totalmente increible

[Charles1930]

Hey there love the video! Love these old serials! Checkout the video i made in tribute to these old shows. Look up 1940s Batman - "Gotham Terror" and feel free to rate and comment. Would love to know what you think. Take care mate.

[tomaspepino]

0:32 it suposed was b ane ?

[draven65]

@tomaspepino 1939.

[MisterMeddle]

it's funny.... this is a tribute to bob kane but he hated the batman serials.

[MrFood4homeless]

this is the only 30s movie i can accually wach without getting bored

[ctaurus211]

sure beats Christian Bale as Batman... now there is crap de la crap. Heath Ledger was stellar as the Joker. RIP Mr. Ledgar, you were iconic as the Joker, too bad you weren't in Tim Burton's Batman along side Michael Keaton.  The new batman movies blow. What's with Batman's froggy voice blowing out my subwoofer... that's just gay. And quit driving that stolen Humvee from the Iraq war and get a stylish batmobile from Tim Burton's crew.

[superhamzah85]

I think using modern music in old films is excellent generally.

Music is emotion, if you use something you know and feel, to old films, you connect more. If everything is historical, from the period, then it remains detatched in the past.

[hydrolito]

@superhamzah85 It wouldn't exactly make sense for people to be playing lady gaga on the phonograph in the depression or a world war 2 era movie would it? So playing period music and having people sing period songs would make sense. Maybe scenes where you just had background music and not really a part of the story could be used though.

[xlrwolf10]

am so sick of this song am sorry but ive herd it way to much

[dropurass76]

thats alec baldwin from the phantom wtf

[Aquaman1054]

@dropurass76 Alec Baldwin is portraying the Shadow, not the Phantom. The Phantom was portrayed by Billy Zane.

[Zzaztur]

nice mix of your vid with Alec Baldwin in the "Shadow"

[carrolljamestaylor]

The song is actually by Gary Jules. It's a cover of a Tears for Fears song.

[blowshimselfupdude]

Whats the red hood thing from?

[ctnvca]

@blowshimselfupdude the original storry of the Joker was he was a burglar who used a red hood to rob the Monarch Playing Card Co. so he could swim to safety...but when he escaped he found out the water was contaminated with chemicals from the runoff when he took off his hood, and found it turned his hair green, skin chalk white, and his lips red. He named himself The Joker.

[blowshimselfupdude]

@ctnvca No. I know who Red Hood is. The footage. Where is the Red Hood footage from.

[ctnvca]

@blowshimselfupdude i think it was from a film a fan made...check out "Batman: The Birth Of The Joker" YouTube.

[VinnyMonster1]

@ctnvca It was, just watched it. And it also has scenes from The Phantom.

[russellhughes84]

they sure have mead this frist batman costume to be sold.

[xaayer]

I like the music you chose. Suits batman well

[russellhughes84]

mr.alce bladwin should be the next man to play batman.

[NineTailsDemonFox]

@russellhughes84 fail. Bring back Keaton. 

[Zape60]

the name of this song please? :-$

[NineTailsDemonFox]

@Zape60 Mad world. As covered by Gary Jules. Original by Tears for Fears.

[Zape60]

@NineTailsDemonFox thank you very much!!!!!!

[BoopDupeLoupe]

What's the name of this song played in the beginning?

[mrfantastic792]

Clips from the crappy movie "the Shadow"

[misterpinkwhistle]

Why have you included mainly clips from "The Shadow". Also 3dartistguy, I have no idea how you can claim that Tim Burton's Batman films were disasters...

[Bladerunner93]

@misterpinkwhistle Well for starters, Batman doesn't wear a rubber-bulletproof suit, and he had more than three encounters with the joker

[LordValor001]

well then they all fail. i thought tim burtons versions were perfect

[deadeyeslave]

that was cool!

[3dartistguy]

who filmed this ? this is very good...far better than any of those Tim Burton Bat disasters.

[MasterMacLeod]

What is this? A video tribute?

[kmcvey456]

ah the good ol days

[yellowtelaviv]

shit. batman looks pretty scary here.

[TheItalianoMafiosi]

heh the joker sucks!!!

[chapelierfoudre]

Bravo, BlockoVision ! This film perfectly captures the essence ot the original Batman. Very smart editing. Nice choice of strange and unexpected music, that works surprisingly well !

Of all the short fan-made films I've seen on Batman, this one is my favorite .

[chewy1531]

I agree but i think it looks alot like Night Owl design.

[clintorium]

@chewy1531 fyi thats where the desighn came from

[marvelfannumber1]

i do not even think this batman looks "retarted" i think it look better than the modern look personally i think it looks more thretaning

[MWFowner]

All of the Batman scenes are from Batinthesun's Patient J

[ysbaddaden2003]

I'm amazed at  how closely they captured the look of Batman's initial costume from 1939. And they got someone muscular to wear it.

[tomatotv321]

not very original using scenes from The Shadow movie with Alex Baldwin. Besides The Shadow was a very good movie on its own

[spuddmc34]

I dont see you making an attempt to make a better costume

[xaayer]

well without this 'retarted' batman, we wouldn't have the cool batman of today. This is the Batman suit of the Golden Age of comics.

p.s. you spelled RETARDED wrong

[xXAZN407Xx]

i know its youtube who gives a fuck how i spelled......lol

[Hudsucker94]

Cool vid, no awesome vid. Don't know about the choice of song though....

[ysbaddaden2003]

There was however, an early pulp story hero called The Bat, that was in the mold of the Shadow et al, with the business suit, hood pulled over his face with bat emblem on the forehead, and he used a real gun and a gas gun (shades of the later Green Hornet). It didn't catch on though. About three months after Batman appeared another pulp charecter appeared called the Black Bat, and both publishers were suing each other. The Black Bat story may've influenced Two-Face.

[ysbaddaden2003]

The Bat in the silent film was the villain of the piece. It was later remade with Chester Morris in the 30's. It started as a play and became a movie, and helped start the whole Cat and the Canary type story on both the stage and screen versions.

[russellhughes84]

Hm i do see your piont There Block Vision that's is some thing to think about.

[doomstoday]

The movie The Shadow with Allec Baldwin, and some extra footage of someone in a costume of Batman.

[russellhughes84]

the original batman was not in the 1939 or 1943 the bat man got his start in the 1920's as a slient super hero movie.

[BlockoVision]

Totally incorrect, sorry. There was a 1920s silent called 'The Bat' which was an inspiration for the character of Batman, but it wasn't until 1939 that The Dark Knight came into existence, hitting the pages of DC comics, becoming the icon we all know. Oh, and 1943 market Bats' first appearance on silverscreens.

[ysbaddaden2003]

@BlockoVision

That was 1926 The Bat; I own a copy. The VILLAIN was known as the Bat.

The movie was remade in 1930; that's the version Robert Kahn (Bob Kane), supposedly saw. It was also remade in 1959.

However, before 1939, there was a science fiction story in the pulps called The Batman, by Lew Merrill, and a villain named the Batman in The Spider: Reign of the Vampire King (1934).

And that's not counting the hero The Black Bat, also released in 1939.

[russellhughes84]

no pal i'm right i'm batman longer than you -N- there is a slient verson of batman it's called the slient shadow of the batnam type in batman 1920 -N-you'll see that i'm right.

[BlockoVision]

That's fan made. I know the person who made that on a forum. He used clips from several different silents, including 'The Man Who Laughs', 'The Bat' etc...

[russellhughes84]

i 'm sure that the person that you do kown who mead that fan batman movie is a batman fan himself.

[Boggles577]

Why even bother replying to this Russel moron, anyway?

[SelinaCatwoman89]

@russellhughes84

Batman was createt in the year 1939 by Bob Kane and Bill Finger. He has had many antetypes like Zorro and also "the shadow".

The first appearance of Batman was in Detective Comics #27, against the black monk, i think.

The first film was made in the year 1943, there can't be an earlier version.

[russellhughes84]

@russellhughes84 hey Blocker Vision how would you like it if the batman left dc comics signed the wwf beat john cean -n-became a longer then life wwf champion even longer then hulk hogan?

[rexcaliburn]

@russellhughes84 how can there be a silent movie of batman from the 20's when he was created in 39? oh wait it was posted on youtube so it MUST be true.

[ChromeGhost0219]

@russellhughes84 that was a fan film duh

[XnosketchX]

man dat joker scared me more den heath ledger did!!!

[Jen32484]

Yeah, that's the Joker from a little known movie called Patient J.

[leonkennedy12]

ummmmm yeah all the parts with baldwin are from the shadow...........not batman..........why?

[buddyboy55]

Perfect 1930's Batman costume!

[SLIMIMPHAL]

hey!! its Alec Baldwin he wasn't alive in 1939...!!!!

[killerjopa]

¬¬

[russellhughes84]

no mr.alec baldwin wasn't around in 1939 but i whis that the batman costume from the year 1939 was being sold in costume stores right here in san francisco,california i woulud buy it for real!

[marvelfannumber1]

the 1939 batman was the best

[Darthlongi]

i've always wanted to see a batman movie made in today's time but set in the 30's kinda like the shadow, although it came out 10 years ago

[S0ryiu]

@Darthlongi Yeah, I've always felt that the comic and all related media should be set in a timeless gotham city, a city left behind in the 30's and 40's by the rest of the world. The two Tim Burton films tried that and the 90's animated series did as well... it worked but was still missing somthing that the comics (like Year one, and Dark victory) had as far as look and feel of the city.

[TheForgottenFlesh]

Christ you put work into your fight scenes at least put some effort into your Bruce Wayne scenes.

[Bamfism]

I've ALWAYS thought that a young Alec Baldwin would have made the PERFECT Bruce Wayne....

[honnyikillthekids]

someone put a bucket of cum allover the jokers face lol

[brazilianscumbag]

yo this shit is FUCKIN CLASS

[waynetech10]

True, but they fit in with the whole little presentation. Not bad.

[goldeneyeman]

Some scenes were taken from the movie "The Shadow" starrin' Alec Baldwin. Nice try but not enough!

[Sebbelus]

And some of the scenes were taken from batinthesun-production's movies.

[ysbaddaden2003]

Personally, my taste for Batman music would be the overature of Swan Lake and maybe a closing of Mussogorsky's Night on Bald Mountain.

[harveydents]

Great FILM! Shitty music though? Orchestra would have been better...maybe carmina??

[blackgunslinger]

What's the name of this song and who performed it.

[zelgamer]

This was Gary Joules version of Madworld.

[Nuclearman2]

Hmm...

Footage of Baldwin in The Shadow...footage from "Patient J"...

All very promising.

Baldwing would have made a great Batman back in the day.

[Freaklifehell]

The Shadow + Batman 1939 = Fake

[HighVoltageDC]

Ummmm I think maybe you're missing the point. This video is his "tribute to Batman from 1939", I don't think he's trying to claim this was an actual film/TV show.

[VariedInterest]

Except there was no 1939 batman, the first theatrical Batman appeared in 1943 as a Columbia Pictures serial.

[Andrewz05]

Cool video, but I don't like the bat ears they look really weird. They were straighter in the original 1939 issues. But no big deal ;D

[monstertrucker35]

Awesome job, I've never seen this movie, but i would really like to.

[4august]

I agree the music has to GO.

[BlockoVision]

What music would you suggest?

[rorgazm]

It's not that the music is bad it's just used in everything under the sun. From Donnie Darko to the Gears of Wars commercials. It's just too closely linked to those things.

[eueadan]

@BlockoVision none.

[ysbaddaden2003]

@BlockoVision Mussorgsky's  Night on Bald Mountain...

[ChromeGhost0219]

@BlockoVision something from the 30's

[psychospeakempire]

this was excellent.

[BTMN39]

batman 1939 should be mead into a mead into a movie -n- mead into a movie alex bladwin would make a great bruce wanye-batman!

[nicolasbest]

whats the song again??

[puetzofhell]

"Mad World" by Gary Jules

[nicolasbest]

thank ou very much

[nessieman]

i always thought Bob Kanes Batman looked cool

[Markindxba]

sorry shadow

[Markindxba]

this is the shaow and random batman fan made clips

[MJKnight07]

Awesome. Vintage-skool Batman.

[ZacPensol]

I love this... I don't like the music though, it's too modern. I think if you found some song with the same mood but from the 30's, it would be awesome.

[jksonny]

Awesome job - very haunting!

[McArDiO]

thats fucan class

[Real2Can]

Niely done!

[WildmanWoodie]

Seems like a lot of work for nothing to me, but very nice.

[rick5president]

Excellent work. How did you make the costume? What materials did you use for the cowl? I have to have one. Is it for sale or can you tell us who made it?

[Fryandbenderarecool]

rick5president im sure this is a real movie from 1939 right blockovision

[JETemplar]

Its from a Fan Film called Patient J by Aaron Schoenke. Its in Google Video

[Fryandbenderarecool]

oh well its still pretty cool

[tlyoung88]

How long is Patient J? I'd love to see the whole thing some time.

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[JETemplar]

like 50:39 minutes I think.

[Theprav]

wow tht was actually impressive,for something made back that? i give that an standing Ovation!

[WhoWroteGreenDay]

OMG is this on DVD?

[GGAllinIsGod]

i think the song works pretty good.

[lehnert2]

No way! Red Hood! nice work.

[adambomm]

best f****g batman costume EVER made.

i've always wanted to see someone make a bat outfit that recreates batman's original appearance.

AMAZING INCREDIBLE. now THAT the real Bat-Man.

[yungb254]

nevermind I see now.

[yungb254]

wow is that realy from the 1939 batman?

[waltt7]

COOL, el mejor fan film de Batman que he visto

[vilbobaggins666]

great tribute man, but you cut the song at just 1:05. It could have been even better if it went on longer, but whatever, still excellent, keep up the good work

[jfan28]

Great job Tommy!

[Kingsofpain]

BlockoVisison this is amazing! Really I would love to see more but that might be hard to do.

Still friggin amazing!

[electrojones]

Nice job!

[2Bovered2]

U did a gd job, well don :)

[thedarkknight8889]

that was great, i think the simplicity was there and it wasn't overdone.

keep up the good.

p.s. will that be a fan film?

[BlockoVision]

Thanks guys - much appreciated.

In reply to "thedarkknight8889" - Nah mate, this isn't going to be a fan film. I edited together clips from both; "The Shadow" and "Patient J", merely for fun. However, I sure wish someone made a Batman fan film set in the 1930s.

I'm a big fan of Kane and Finger's original Batman - so I may whip together another video like this one.

Thanks again and best wishes,

~Tommy

[TheShanahanNetwork]

Nice work guys.

[jixu2turivo]

awesome video. Simple, but perfect usage of shots & music.