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A couple months ago, a lot of nerd blogs picked up on the Batman XXX trailer, which appeared slavishly faithful to the original show.
Having held a group showing of it last night, I can confirm that it is indeed fan-wet-dream slavish. Costumes and makeup are in many cases identical (Chris Sims' review has screenshot comparisons), and they exactly replicate the old Batmobile launch. (I may have clapped in joy when Dale DaBone did the Batsui.) The script has tons of fun with the original material, highlights being "Holy Viagra, Batman!" and "Give me a minute to freshen up. You wouldn't want the Prison Ward to see me covered in your Bat-cum."
The actors of the film were clearly hired for their resemblance to the originals, not their previous experience - a refreshing change. All of the male actors do a decent-to-excellent job aping their inspirations, but only Tori Black managed to believably pull of Julie Newmar's Catwoman. The rest are okay but too quick to slip into hetero-porn tropes.
Additionally, everyone is generally naturally and healthily proportioned, with hair in all its natural locations. At one point, a friend commented that one of the women had clearly grown back pubic hair for the role. Their lingerie is varingly accurate (Kimberly Kane wears an attractive 60s-era corset and stockings) to off-putting (The Joker's two assistants have what are clearly modern thong-and-panty sets).
It's unfortunate to say, but the actual porn aspect of Batman XXX is largely incidental and, more damningly, really fucking annoying. All the sex is generic hetero-porn, with lots of fixation on male arousal. Also, the scenes individually run an average of 20 to 30 minutes - we only realized this 15 minutes into the first one between the Riddler and Batman's Girlfriend Kimberly Kane, wherein we promptly skipped ahead to the non-porn part. As Chris Sims points out, the sex is really about the Bat part of Batfucking. It's briefly novel, but only for a few minutes. It's good if your kink is this specific brand of roleplay, but only if.
Otherwise, find a copy of the pornless cut. You lose around an hour of film, but what's left is quite funny and fairly SFW, considering its source.
Bonus Link: Village Voice Comic on Batman XXX and the allure of the nostalgia fetish.
Having held a group showing of it last night, I can confirm that it is indeed fan-wet-dream slavish. Costumes and makeup are in many cases identical (Chris Sims' review has screenshot comparisons), and they exactly replicate the old Batmobile launch. (I may have clapped in joy when Dale DaBone did the Batsui.) The script has tons of fun with the original material, highlights being "Holy Viagra, Batman!" and "Give me a minute to freshen up. You wouldn't want the Prison Ward to see me covered in your Bat-cum."
The actors of the film were clearly hired for their resemblance to the originals, not their previous experience - a refreshing change. All of the male actors do a decent-to-excellent job aping their inspirations, but only Tori Black managed to believably pull of Julie Newmar's Catwoman. The rest are okay but too quick to slip into hetero-porn tropes.
Additionally, everyone is generally naturally and healthily proportioned, with hair in all its natural locations. At one point, a friend commented that one of the women had clearly grown back pubic hair for the role. Their lingerie is varingly accurate (Kimberly Kane wears an attractive 60s-era corset and stockings) to off-putting (The Joker's two assistants have what are clearly modern thong-and-panty sets).
It's unfortunate to say, but the actual porn aspect of Batman XXX is largely incidental and, more damningly, really fucking annoying. All the sex is generic hetero-porn, with lots of fixation on male arousal. Also, the scenes individually run an average of 20 to 30 minutes - we only realized this 15 minutes into the first one between the Riddler and Batman's Girlfriend Kimberly Kane, wherein we promptly skipped ahead to the non-porn part. As Chris Sims points out, the sex is really about the Bat part of Batfucking. It's briefly novel, but only for a few minutes. It's good if your kink is this specific brand of roleplay, but only if.
Otherwise, find a copy of the pornless cut. You lose around an hour of film, but what's left is quite funny and fairly SFW, considering its source.
Bonus Link: Village Voice Comic on Batman XXX and the allure of the nostalgia fetish.
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Now all I have to do is figure out a superdiscreet way of getting my hands on it and a way to make sure none of my relatives ever, ever find out.