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Post by kaiserleomon on Apr 14, 2024 19:17:41 GMT
If one was a big fan of 60s comic books (I was) and watched cartoons every Saturday morning (I did), the Batman TV series fit in perfectly with those. It was the current Batman comic coming to life, and of course it had those big blaring "Kapow! 'captions; because that's what they did in comic books. It appealed perfectly for the audience they aimed for. The Green Hornet must not have been appealing to kids like me - at least it wasn't to me... I always had fun by the onomatopoeia they put into each of Batman and Robin's fights against criminals and their henchmen and I thought the "Holy Exclamations" that Robin always said were amusing.But equally, I thought it was really cool to see Bruce Lee's Kung-Fu fights as Kato and I thought the black limousine with an arsenal of weapons like the Green Hornet was equally cool. I had a toy with a model of her and the Batmobile at the same time. I loved, for example, the episode with the crossover between Batman and the Green Hornet and the fight the characters had and the hilarious discussion between Bruce Wayne and Britt Reid and the sarcastic pinpricks they gave each other in their civilian identities.
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Post by kaiserleomon on Apr 14, 2024 19:29:45 GMT
I think opinion is divided about the merits or otherwise of Batman '66. It's obviously still a viable interpretation of the Caped Crusader, given that the sixties series still runs in syndication and presumably, the estates of the actors affected (and Burt Ward) are still getting paid royalties for it. And there's the Batman '66 comics series to consider. I don't think it's as objectionable or anywhere near as bad as (shudder) Frank Miller's All-Star Batman and Robin or any of the progressively worse sequels to the Dark Knight Returns, which goes to show that the opposite extreme can be just as bad. However, the Green Hornet is the focus of this thread. So, okay, the Green Hornet becomes a successful television and Batman fails instead. What's the fallout? Does DC acquire the Green Hornet from Gold Key? Does Gold Key keep the rights to Green Hornet, given that, with a more successful franchise, it may make money if it does? Does DC cancel Batman after getting their fingers burnt with an unsuccessful series and decide that that property isn't viable anymore? Does Green Hornet 'replace' Batman on Earth-One as a result... and what about possible past Green Hornet/s on Earth-Two? Yes, many liked and still like Batman from the Super Friends series and consider him one of the best interpretations that Batman had in a series of cartoons. I particularly liked that Batman who was more human, fallible, imperfect, who didn't have the pretense of thinking that he was always right in everything, who wasn't even remotely "unbeatable", but that didn't mean he let himself get discouraged, because from time to time he managed to relax and abandon the serious and austere aura of a dark uniformed vigilante who used the fear he inspired in villains as his greatest weapon and who could even be jovial and have his funny moments and humor. Green Hornet currently belongs to Dynamite Entertainment and was one of the heroes under public ownership that Kevin Smith acquired ownership of and re-released.He released a line of comic book titles featuring all the superheroes and superheroines which have currently fallen into the public domain, including many iconic characters from DC Comics and created a universe of comics for these characters and their respective villains in which he publishes new adventures with them in current times . He owns heroes such as Uncle Sam, Yellowjacket, Black Terror, Blue Beetle (Dan Garrett), Rocketman and Rocketgirl and many others that are publicly owned today.
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Post by kaiserleomon on Apr 14, 2024 19:35:36 GMT
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Post by dave on Apr 14, 2024 21:14:42 GMT
Batman had the backing of ABC and therefore a much larger budget for sets and guest starring villain (s) of the week, while Green Hornet was in syndication which a lower budget and would be in the same day and time slot across the country. Persona I like both shows as a kid, but seeing the Green Hornet was a hot or miss.
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Post by dans on Apr 14, 2024 22:04:06 GMT
launching a new version of a public domain character does not give the publisher ownership of the character. They get copyrights on their new version of the character and any variation from the pd character that they have added, but the original character and all the details that were revealed in the PD works remains in the public domain.
(BTW, you can see versions of several Public Domain characters in the Elseworlds and Infinite Earths boards here, although I haven't tried to bring them into the present yet...)
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Post by dave on Apr 14, 2024 22:56:50 GMT
BTW you can almost always catch a random episode of the original radio Green Hornet on Sirius Radio channel 148. You just have find out when its playing. they are a lot of fun to listen to and are different from the TV Show,
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Post by kaiserleomon on Apr 14, 2024 23:29:24 GMT
Batman had the backing of ABC and therefore a much larger budget for sets and guest starring villain (s) of the week, while Green Hornet was in syndication which a lower budget and would be in the same day and time slot across the country. Persona I like both shows as a kid, but seeing the Green Hornet was a hot or miss. Yes Batman actually had a bigger budget and this allowed him to have a much wider variety of villains played by famous actors but even with a smaller budget I really loved watching Green Hornet. I still remember the opening theme, the unforgettable song "Flight of the Bumblebee", which is very cool and exciting and to this day sticks in my memory whenever I remember one of the episodes of Green Hornet.
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Post by kaiserleomon on Apr 14, 2024 23:37:53 GMT
launching a new version of a public domain character does not give the publisher ownership of the character. They get copyrights on their new version of the character and any variation from the pd character that they have added, but the original character and all the details that were revealed in the PD works remains in the public domain. (BTW, you can see versions of several Public Domain characters in the Elseworlds and Infinite Earths boards here, although I haven't tried to bring them into the present yet...) Yes, you are right about the fact that releasing a new version for a character in the public domain does not automatically grant ownership over said character that continues to be in the public domain and technically anyone can use this same character and give it the interpretation they want. . We at the DC 5 Earths Forum website use countless characters that are currently under public domain in the DC multiverse as characters in the forum's stories and I must say that it's really cool to be able to take beloved characters that have been forgotten and revive them by giving them all the love and care they deserve.
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Post by kaiserleomon on Apr 14, 2024 23:42:43 GMT
BTW you can almost always catch a random episode of the original radio Green Hornet on Sirius Radio channel 148. You just have find out when its playing. they are a lot of fun to listen to and are different from the TV Show, It's interesting to know that here in Brazil we didn't have the Green Hornet radio novel, which is a pity because I really would have liked to hear the character's adventures.
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Post by redsycorax on Apr 15, 2024 4:17:28 GMT
I actually have some of the Dynamite Green Hornet stories. They're well-written versions of the characters, although they've been updated- Kato is now female, daughter of the original.
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Post by dans on Apr 15, 2024 12:23:23 GMT
Look what popped up on my Facebook feed today:
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Post by kaiserleomon on Apr 15, 2024 12:44:35 GMT
I actually have some of the Dynamite Green Hornet stories. They're well-written versions of the characters, although they've been updated- Kato is now female, daughter of the original. Yes, I saw that in the Green Hornet comic book series from Dynamite Entertainment Kato is now a woman who is a master of martial arts. The stories are a sequel to the original series in which the Green Hornet returns to action in modern times to fight crime.
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Post by kaiserleomon on Apr 15, 2024 12:47:47 GMT
Look what popped up on my Facebook feed today: Cool, I really wish I could have collected the Green Hornet series of comic book titles.
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Post by kaiserleomon on Apr 15, 2024 14:21:26 GMT
I think that if by chance any author here at the DC 5 Earths Forum wants to make stories with Green Hornet, there's nothing stopping him, just as he can also make stories with Batman 60's or any other series of superheroes from the 60's that is currently under public domain.
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Post by dave on Apr 15, 2024 19:41:23 GMT
The Green Hornet, like the Lone Ranger, is owned by Green Hornet Inc.
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