Batman

This title functions as a folder of separate Batman-related Randy sources rather than one unified concept.

Catalogued sources

1. Scared Monkey On Batman Returns
   Role: randy commentary
   Randy relationship: Randy comments on a Batman Returns scene and a production story connected to it.
   Sentiment: neutral

   Randy recounts a behind-the-scenes anecdote about a Batman Returns scene in which a monkey was said to be frightened by Danny DeVito's prosthetics.

   the monkey was scared of him.

2. Batman Returns
   Role: randy commentary
   Randy relationship: Randy reviews Batman Returns and compares it with Batman Forever.
   Sentiment: negative

   Randy gives a direct opinion on Batman Returns, saying he does not hate it but does not particularly like it, and criticizing its darkness and the reaction it triggered.

   I don't hate it, but I don't particularly like it either.

3. Batman Returns & Batman Forever
   Role: randy commentary
   Randy relationship: Randy contrasts the two films and defends Batman Forever over Batman Returns.
   Sentiment: mixed

   Randy compares Batman Returns and Batman Forever, argues that Batman Forever performed better and was less upsetting to parents and children, and criticizes Michael Keaton's later choice to star in Jack Frost instead of Batman Forever.

   the movie doesn't suck but it is dark and Drury almost to the point of being depressing

4. Batman "Mystery Of The Scarecrow's Corpse"
   Role: randy commentary
   Randy relationship: Randy presents or plays a Batman audio record rather than offering a substantive Batman opinion.
   Sentiment: not stated

   Randy introduces playback of a Batman record, after which most of the transcript is prerecorded story audio rather than Randy speech.

5. Batman "Gorilla City"
   Role: randy commentary
   Randy relationship: Randy introduces a Batman record and reflects on buying it.
   Sentiment: positive

   Randy says he bought a Batman record at Kmart in 1979 and then the transcript moves into the record's story audio; he also recalls his mother buying the second record as an act of kindness.

   hello i bought this batman record at kmart in may of 1979

6. Batman Returns and Batman Forever
   Role: randy commentary
   Randy relationship: Randy reviews the two films and argues for Batman Forever over Batman Returns.
   Sentiment: mixed

   Randy compares Batman Returns and Batman Forever, favors Batman Forever on commercial and parental-response grounds, and says he was disappointed but not surprised when Michael Keaton refused Batman Forever.

   batman forever made more money at the box office than batman returns

7. BATMAN - 1989 Movie
   Role: randy commentary
   Randy relationship: Randy reviews the 1989 Batman movie directly.
   Sentiment: positive

   Randy reviews the 1989 Batman film, praises Michael Keaton's performance, says it was his favorite of the original four Batman movies, and criticizes some plot choices.

   This movie was my favorite of the four original Batman movies

8. Batman Slideshow
   Role: visual only
   Randy relationship: Randy's spoken relationship cannot be established from the available transcript.
   Sentiment: not stated

   A Batman slideshow with no usable transcript; there is no spoken Randy commentary to quote.