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<\/a><\/p>\nSarah:<\/b><\/h3>\n
Michael Keaton is hands down, no contest, my very favorite Batman (Clooney, no. Just no). He was my first Batman and I still remember sitting in the theater and staring up at the screen in wonder as he transformed from mild-mannered Bruce Wayne into a honest to go superhero. Keaton\u2019s portrayal of Batman is not as slapsticky as Adam West\u2019s could be, but it\u2019s not nearly as dark and brooding as Christian Bale\u2019s. He balances Bruce Wayne\u2019s human qualities and Batman\u2019s need for vengeance with a just the right amount of humor. Also, the man can rock a turtleneck.<\/p>\n
While Keaton will always hold the top spot on my list, I am actually really excited to see Batfleck. Though, I don\u2019t have high hopes for the script (I have no faith in you, Zach Snyder), I can\u2019t wait to see Ben Affleck put on the cape and cowl to hunt people down in the name of justice. And is it too much to hope that he\u2019ll get to punch Superman? Cause that\u2019d be great.<\/p>\n
Teija:<\/b><\/h3>\n
While I\u2019m a huge fan of Christian Bale himself, his iteration of Batman was strangely growly. He spat on people while he threatened them. That was always unsettling. You don\u2019t think Bruce Wayne would be the kind of person to spray his audience with spittle. Plus, his Batmobile just didn\u2019t have that je ne sais quoi<\/i> to me, that \u201cyes, that car belongs to Batman\u201d feeling, and he was just so freaking gloomy all the time. Batman’s story is basically dripping with angst, but come on.<\/p>\n
My favorite Batman is, and has always been, Michael Keaton\u2019s Batman. Partly because he was my first Batman, and partly because those are the Batman films that I think feel<\/i> really Batman-esque. It\u2019s especially amusing because Michael Keaton out of the Batsuit really doesn\u2019t feel like he could even be Batman\u2019s long-distant cousin, so it\u2019s fun to see him transform so fully into \u201cYes, definitely. That is Batman.\u201d<\/p>\nOur Fans:<\/b><\/h3>\n
We polled our fans on twitter and asked them who their favorite iteration of Batman was. Here are the results:<\/p>\n
Michael Keaton<\/strong>: 4<\/p>\n Christian Bale<\/strong>: 3<\/p>\n Will Arnett<\/strong>: 2<\/p>\n Adam West<\/strong>: 1<\/p>\n Which is your favorite? Does\u00a0anyone<\/em>\u00a0think fondly of the Schumacher era? Let us know in the comments!<\/p>\n <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Welcome to Pick Your Poison, one of our occasional features! Here we will discuss our favorite versions of characters or franchises that have had multiple iterations and timelines. As we all know in geek circles, you can never have just one of something (excepting Highlanders), and Hollywood just can\u2019t help itself when adapting our favorites. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":174,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,7],"tags":[44,31,43],"class_list":["post-158","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-comics","category-movies","tag-batman","tag-comics-2","tag-dc"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.avengingforce.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Adam_West_Batman_1965.jpg?fit=708%2C813","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4Vfwz-2y","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.avengingforce.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.avengingforce.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.avengingforce.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.avengingforce.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.avengingforce.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=158"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/www.avengingforce.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":176,"href":"http:\/\/www.avengingforce.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158\/revisions\/176"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.avengingforce.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/174"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.avengingforce.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=158"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.avengingforce.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=158"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.avengingforce.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}