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Bat-Signal Shines In LA In Honour of Batman Star Adam West (bbc.com)

Posted by msmash on from the RIP dept.

From a BBC report: LA's skyline has been lit up with the Bat-Signal to honour Batman star Adam West, who died last week. Mayor Eric Garcetti and LA Police chief Charlie Beck were expected to be at the public event at City Hall, which started about 21:00 local time (05:00 BST). The signal originated in the DC Comics strip as a sign that the caped crusader was needed to save the day. Animated comedy Family Guy will also honour West this weekend.

58 comments

  1. Oh no, George Clooney is here! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    This was a huge mistake! Turn it off, maybe he'll go away!

    1. Re: Oh no, George Clooney is here! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      The smug is everywhere! It's going to kill us all!

    2. Re:Oh no, George Clooney is here! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Every time I hear George Clooney's name, I just think about the time when he started shit with Fabio and ended up running away like a little bitch because Fabio was going to kick his ass.

  2. It's cool by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    It's cool to see the Left get interested in American values even though it's just for a day.

    1. Re:It's cool by slashdice · · Score: 1, Flamebait

      The Leftists took a great interest in guns and baseball a few days ago.

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    2. Re:It's cool by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      We are finally uniting as a people under Trump!

    3. Re: It's cool by Rakarra · · Score: 1

      I'm not left wing, but if guns and big black cock are involved, maybe I should give it a try!

    4. Re: It's cool by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Jared?

    5. Re:It's cool by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Modded as Troll indeed. There is a dangerous precedent using false narratives like "The Left" (there is no Left in this country, the bulk of your "left" are center-right indivduals, take a damn civics class) and insinuating that such people are not "American." Take a long walk off a short pier.

      The city of LA did something nice for someone who entered people and for many is the first experience of a live-action Batman. Leave it as such and take your crap elsewhere.

    6. Re:It's cool by ChrisMaple · · Score: 0

      If you're in government and your ideology is theft, you're a leftist. There's no shortage of that in the U.S.. Worldwide, government theft is the standard, so common that it's no more visible than air.

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    7. Re:It's cool by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      "for someone who entered people"

      I suspect he was honoured for entertaining people instead, though it is LA, so maybe I'm wrong and you are correct :D

  3. Dinner Dinner Dinner Dinner by ardmhacha · · Score: 3, Funny

    Batman!!!

  4. Gotham by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    It's cool that they are doing this but I was expecting this to be in New York...

    1. Re:Gotham by Baron_Yam · · Score: 2

      New York is Metropolis. Isn't Gotham supposed to be Chicago?

    2. Re:Gotham by Salgak1 · · Score: 1

      That's what I always thought. Of course, the Batman vs Superman movie retconned Metropolis and Gotham being on opposite sides of a body of water, as
      I recall. . .

    3. Re:Gotham by RatBastard · · Score: 1

      New York City.

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    4. Re:Gotham by Chris+Mattern · · Score: 4, Informative

      Metropolis and Gotham are both New York; just very different (fictional) views of it. "Gotham" is in fact an old term for New York City, dating back to the beginning of the 19th Century. Washington Irving used it in 1807.

    5. Re:Gotham by Jhon · · Score: 4, Insightful

      "It's cool that they are doing this but I was expecting this to be in New York..."

      He lived and worked in Los Angeles. This is was his home for decades. Plus, the crowds that came to see this was insane.

      He literally played Batman for over 40 years (from the TV series to animated versions of himself). I was surprised from the "nostalgia flash" I had when I heard he passed. I'm an 'old fart'. I guess I didn't realize how far down the generation ladder affection for him went.

      BTW, driving past downtown and seeing that signal was awesome.

    6. Re:Gotham by GameboyRMH · · Score: 1

      In terms of architecture, society and geography, Gotham is clearly supposed to be Chicago and Metropolis actually resembles Toronto more closely than any US city, although there are often associations made to NYC, especially on film.

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    7. Re:Gotham by blindseer · · Score: 1

      What I recall is that some DC Comics guy said Metropolis was New York in the day and Gotham was New York at night. The early comics kept the locations of each city ambiguous but later on they had to put them somewhere.

      I remember at least one of the Superman movies showed Metropolis as New York. In the Smallville TV show Metropolis was within sight of Smallville from a water tower or some other high spot, and Smallville was in Kansas. There were scenes in the show in Metropolis at some large body of water. It could have been a large river, one of the Great Lakes, or something. Having that be a seaport would be nonsensical, not that a guy that can shoot lasers from his eyes makes all that much sense.

      The Supergirl TV show had Supergirl in California and Superman in Metropolis on the east coast or Midwest, I wasn't sure. The Gotham TV show lived in the same universe, kind of, but I didn't watch enough of that to figure out where it was supposed to be. Pretty sure that Gotham was supposed to be on the east coast.

      Best I can tell is that you have it backwards, maybe, with Metropolis as a Chicago analog and Gotham as a New York analog.

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    8. Re:Gotham by Thud457 · · Score: 1

      They're both Springfield.

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    9. Re:Gotham by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Well, sure, but what state?

    10. Re:Gotham by Strider- · · Score: 1

      There were scenes in the show in Metropolis at some large body of water

      Given that Smallville was filmed in Vancouver, BC (as is Arrow/Supergirl/The Flash), it would be hard to do an establishing shot without large amounts of water present.

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    11. Re:Gotham by 93+Escort+Wagon · · Score: 4, Insightful

      New York City.

      NEW YORK CITY?!

      Get a rope...

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    12. Re:Gotham by DontBeAMoran · · Score: 1

      Yes.

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    13. Re:Gotham by Rakarra · · Score: 1

      Before the San Francisco Giants moved out west, they were the New York Giants, but that was a name change as well, as they were founded in 1883 as the New York Gothams. Though that sounds a bit like the "New York New Yorkers."

    14. Re:Gotham by MMC+Monster · · Score: 1

      Depends on your point of view.

      One interpretation is that New York is our Metropolis and Jersey City our Gotham.

      Another interpretation (which I like) is that they are both reflections on our New York. New York is Metropolis by day and Gotham by night.

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    15. Re:Gotham by hey! · · Score: 1

      The term, of course, means New York City, but graphically making it resemble Chicago would be a smart artistic choice. That way it would look familiar but not instantly recognizable as a particular city.

      Show the average American a picture of Marina City and they'll be aware of having seen it before, but they won't necessarily be able to pace it as being in Chicago. New York has been filmed in so much that almost can't turn the corner anywhere in Manhattan without being able to place yourself in New York.

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    16. Re:Gotham by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Metropolis is New York during the day. Gotham City is New York at night.

    17. Re:Gotham by Rakarra · · Score: 1

      The movies are absolutely not canon, and don't use the names of real-world cities, but Christopher Nolan's batman trilogy was filmed in Chicago and used a number of Chicago landmarks. It wasn't the first time I'd heard of Chicago as Gotham, but when Batman was first written, everyone lived in/thought about/was based in New York. Marvel was more explicit that its superheroes were in New York city, and it took decades for them to show characters living in and operating out of other cities.

    18. Re:Gotham by Unbeliever · · Score: 1

      And today's "The Los Angeles Angles of Anaheim" continues flying that banner. "The The Angels Angels of Anaheim" if you translated "Los Angeles" to English. But they're not the only ones. "La Brea" is "the tar", so we also have "The The Tar Tar Pits" in "The La Brea Tar Pits.". (never mind that Anaheim isn't even in Los Angeles County)

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    19. Re:Gotham by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      I just think this is wonderful. What a fantastic way to honor Adam West.

    20. Re:Gotham by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1

      Gotham's also a village in Nottinghamshire, but pronounced Goatum (as in Goat-ham, a village with goats, presumably)

    21. Re:Gotham by demonlapin · · Score: 1

      Technically true about La Brea, but the logic is actually more sound than it seems at first glance. The name comes from the old Rancho la Brea, of which they are the actual tar pits, so they're the "Tar Pit Ranch" Tar Pits.

    22. Re:Gotham by demonlapin · · Score: 1

      Huh. I think of Marina City as one of the few buildings in Chicago that I could instantly recognize as being in Chicago. Show someone the Aon Center (used to be Amoco building), and unless they're kind of an architecture buff or a Chicagoan, they'll be unlikely to identify it.

    23. Re:Gotham by rleibman · · Score: 1

      Sorry... historically, Metropolis is supposed to be Cleveland.

    24. Re:Gotham by desdinova+216 · · Score: 1

      parts of the Dark Knight Rises were shot in Pittsburgh, the Football Stadium scene was shot at Heinz Field, the bridge scene was one of the bridges going into downtown.

    25. Re:Gotham by desdinova+216 · · Score: 1

      which would make sense, considering where the original creators of Superman were from.

    26. Re:Gotham by phantomfive · · Score: 1

      I don't know if you remember this conversation, but I thought you might be interested in another book I found recently, When They Severed Earth From Sky. It clarifies a lot of natural-history aspects of mythology.

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  5. The best Batman! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1

    Adam West - the Best!

    AND he had THE sexiest Catwomen. Lee Meriwether. And that Goddess - Julie Newmar!

    See guys, that's the kind of women you see when you have heterosexual men doing the casting!

    1. Re: The best Batman! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1

      Oh, Julie Newmar, brains, beauty, that body but now 83 years old. Still, as Joe E Brown said, "Nobody's perfect".

    2. Re:The best Batman! by Rakarra · · Score: 1

      I really enjoyed Michelle Pfeiffer as catwoman!

    3. Re:The best Batman! by The+Grim+Reefer · · Score: 1

      AND he had THE sexiest Catwomen. Lee Meriwether. And that Goddess - Julie Newmar!

      You forgot Eartha Kitt.

  6. RIP by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    In Bat-heaven

    1. Re:RIP by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1

      "You don't get Heaven or Hell. Do you know the only reward you get for being Batman? You get to be Batman. And - when you're a child - you get a handful of years of real happiness. With your father. With me. It's more than some people get. You're done, now, Bruce. This time. You can stop fighting now... just for a few more years. It's over. Let it go."

  7. some days you just can't get rid of a bomb by TomR+teh+Pirate · · Score: 3, Funny

    This guy was hilarious.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

    1. Re:some days you just can't get rid of a bomb by 93+Escort+Wagon · · Score: 1

      That clip was hilarious!

      I watched that show as a kid, but completely missed a lot of the humor until I watched it again as an adult.

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    2. Re:some days you just can't get rid of a bomb by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      LMAO. And the one that followed it on Youtube was even more hilarious (Batman having a conversation with Bruce Wayne!).

      It seems a bit unfortunate to me that we've morphed SuperHero's that were really mainly designed for children & thus were far more 'human' (comical in some respects...o look 'comics'!) in to these effectively 'inhuman' powerful 'dark' entities.

      Having grown up on this stuff, I can't say I mind seeing a great action flick but there should be movies with these same hero's that are more 'child like' & directed at kids too.

    3. Re:some days you just can't get rid of a bomb by antdude · · Score: 1

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?... makes it better. ;)

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  8. Family Guy will also honour West this weekend. by DontBeAMoran · · Score: 1

    Rest in piece, Adam We. I hope they have taffy where you're going.

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  9. WAY Cool! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Ok. I probably disagree with a lot of the shit LA does these days but that is WAY cool & a hell of a tribute. Way to go LA!

    1. Re:WAY Cool! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      "That is WAY cool & a hell of a tribute." This was all that needed to be said,

      Your opinion about LA is irrelevant, this is about showing tribute to the person who just passed. Doesn't anyone have any freaking manners anymore; seems that everyone wants to place some unsubstantiated commentary and nonsense. LESS is MORE.

      P.S. LA is pretty freaking awesome by the way.

    2. Re:WAY Cool! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      "That is WAY cool & a hell of a tribute." This was all that needed to be said,

      Your opinion about LA is irrelevant, this is about showing tribute to the person who just passed. Doesn't anyone have any freaking manners anymore; seems that everyone wants to place some unsubstantiated commentary and nonsense. LESS is MORE.

      P.S. LA is pretty freaking awesome by the way.

      I live in LA. He's right -- there is a LOT of things crap it does that is disagreeable. Thats why it's good to at least acknowledge when it gets something right.

      BTW, when my house is paid off I'm leaving not only LA but CA.

    3. Re:WAY Cool! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      The point of the comment was the fact that the unnecessary, opinionated color-commentary was out of place and not the time. It was to say "hey that's pretty cool" and move on. Not sneak one's "two cents" about a city. Someone passed ... and I'm sure Adam West's family feels pretty crappy right now.

      Leave the crappy opinions for another time.

  10. Batman by PPH · · Score: 1

    Where are you when we really need you?

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