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05-24-2013, 08:35 PM
http://nathanditum.com/archive-of-work/how-batman-robin-became-the-worst-blockbuster-of-all-time/
Asked in the build up to the release of Batman Begins’ if he had any thoughts on the reboot of the series, George Clooney responded with a typical smirk, ‘Yep. I kept the franchise going.’ As deadpan jokes go, this is an absolute flatliner – the Clooney-starring Batman & Robin wasn’t just a flop, it was a free-falling fiasco, leaving in its wake a twisted wreck of soiled reputations and ruined careers that reached even as far as the seemingly invincible Arnold Schwarzenegger. Despite this – or rather, because of it – Clooney’s cheeky one-liner contains more than a pinch of truth. It was the untamed excess of director Joel Schumacher’s super-camp Bat-sequel, and its round rejection by jaded audiences, that led Warner to rethink its approach to the caped crusader, a decision which ultimately resulted in Christopher Nolan’s new take on the series.
Asked in the build up to the release of Batman Begins’ if he had any thoughts on the reboot of the series, George Clooney responded with a typical smirk, ‘Yep. I kept the franchise going.’ As deadpan jokes go, this is an absolute flatliner – the Clooney-starring Batman & Robin wasn’t just a flop, it was a free-falling fiasco, leaving in its wake a twisted wreck of soiled reputations and ruined careers that reached even as far as the seemingly invincible Arnold Schwarzenegger. Despite this – or rather, because of it – Clooney’s cheeky one-liner contains more than a pinch of truth. It was the untamed excess of director Joel Schumacher’s super-camp Bat-sequel, and its round rejection by jaded audiences, that led Warner to rethink its approach to the caped crusader, a decision which ultimately resulted in Christopher Nolan’s new take on the series.