Good fun, though the tributes to the TV series were generally much stronger than the plot. The film occasionally dragged in spite of its short running time.
Adam West, Burt Ward and Julie Newmar do an excellent job at recreating their roles, though I have to admit that I have always much preferred the purrrfectly cast Eartha Kitt as Catwoman. Unsurprisingly, they all sounded much older than they did in the original series but this didn't bother me because of the sheer passage of time involved.
Jeff Bergman is wonderful at emulating Cesar Romero's performance as the Joker. However, I was slightly disappointed that the Joker was not depicted as having a few hairs on his upper lip as a reference to Romero's refusal to shave his moustache. In addition, his imitation of William Dozier's distinctive voice as the "Gotham Palace" announcer is close to perfect. Wally Wingert is not far behind as Frank Gorshin's Riddler. William Salyers does not sound anything like Burgess Meredith but he is a perfectly serviceable Penguin. Thomas Lennon does a fantastic job at recreating Stafford Repp's hilariously dreadful Irish accent as Chief O'Hara.
I was also disappointed that the film's depiction of Commissioner Gordon in no way resembled Neil Hamilton. In that respect, it was a little distracting whenever Gordon appeared on screen. The producers presumably did not have permission to use Hamilton's image and settled for a more generic depiction of the character based on his comic book appearance.
As well as the tribute to William Dozier and Lorenzo Semple, Jr. in the form of the court case Semple v. Dozier, I'm guessing that the Fitzsimmons Frozen Foods factory is a reference to the series' associate producer Charles B. Fitzsimons, the younger brother of Maureen O'Hara. Because of this connection, I have often wondered if Chief O'Hara was named after the actress, though O'Hara is certainly a very common Irish surname so it may just be a coincidence.
Adam West, Burt Ward and Julie Newmar do an excellent job at recreating their roles, though I have to admit that I have always much preferred the purrrfectly cast Eartha Kitt as Catwoman. Unsurprisingly, they all sounded much older than they did in the original series but this didn't bother me because of the sheer passage of time involved.
Jeff Bergman is wonderful at emulating Cesar Romero's performance as the Joker. However, I was slightly disappointed that the Joker was not depicted as having a few hairs on his upper lip as a reference to Romero's refusal to shave his moustache. In addition, his imitation of William Dozier's distinctive voice as the "Gotham Palace" announcer is close to perfect. Wally Wingert is not far behind as Frank Gorshin's Riddler. William Salyers does not sound anything like Burgess Meredith but he is a perfectly serviceable Penguin. Thomas Lennon does a fantastic job at recreating Stafford Repp's hilariously dreadful Irish accent as Chief O'Hara.
I was also disappointed that the film's depiction of Commissioner Gordon in no way resembled Neil Hamilton. In that respect, it was a little distracting whenever Gordon appeared on screen. The producers presumably did not have permission to use Hamilton's image and settled for a more generic depiction of the character based on his comic book appearance.
As well as the tribute to William Dozier and Lorenzo Semple, Jr. in the form of the court case Semple v. Dozier, I'm guessing that the Fitzsimmons Frozen Foods factory is a reference to the series' associate producer Charles B. Fitzsimons, the younger brother of Maureen O'Hara. Because of this connection, I have often wondered if Chief O'Hara was named after the actress, though O'Hara is certainly a very common Irish surname so it may just be a coincidence.