Batman Returns: Ertl Penguin Ducks

Hi

As promised, here some shots of the Ertl version of the Penguin Duck, sometimes referred to as the Duck tank, which it is clearly not. 

This was available on its own, or in a boxed set with the rest of the Ertl Batman Returns models. These models were contemporary with the film. 

The photos are from Pinterest (single model) and Worthpoint (set).

Yours Sincerely,

Paul Adams

New Zealand

BATMOBILE ON LEAVES

Above is my simple photo homage to one of my all-time favourite Batmobile movie scenes, the Keaton Burton 1989 Batmobile returning to the cave along a leaf-strewn lane. 

You can watch it below courtesy of You Tube.

PARDY LIKE ITS 1999

For Bill who's not been invited to the party!

PS. Is Jack your favourite Joker readers?

b i r d m a n is b a t m a n

Have you seen Birdman?

I missed it the first time round but caught it recently. Its stars Michael Keaton, an ageing former film star of super hero films trying one last attempt at being noticed by staging a serious Broadway play.

I was excited by this film as I love Michael Keaton. My love for him as an actor stems almost entirely from his portrayal of Batman in 1989 and a little bit from Beetlejuice.

The Burton Keaton Batman flick single-handedly kicked off my collecting bug. I was 29. I was young, excitable and hugely impressed with the whole thing. It was a revelation and perhaps a revolution in super hero filmography.

Birdman is a metaphor for Keaton's old role as Batman. There are no doubt many other thespian nuances in there and some post-modern irony thrown in for good measure but I tuned in completely to the former-Batman-actor-going-to-seed sentiment.

I agree with the mantra of Birdman, that Keaton was the first and paved the way for everyone else in super hero moviedom. It is of course talking about the 1989 Batman picture.

OK, its over the top, tongue in cheek and drenched in thesp pathos but the sight of Keaton flying as Birdman made the film for me.

The metaphor was complete. There is only one modern Batman, the first modern Batman and his name is Michael Keaton.

In the end though I still prefer Batman to Birdman but then again I think that's the point.

What do you think?

batman 1989: he's in the trees

I love the Batman movie from 1989.

In many ways it started my collecting bug.

One of my fave scenes is where the batmobile zooms through the dark woods, leaves fluttering in its wake.

We can see it courtesy of You Tube.

Aptly wintery for January!

The movie scene always reminded me of the dark Knight's midnight ride shown on the rear cover of the Batman Story Book Annual from 1966.

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Do you have a fave Batman movie scene readers?