RIP Rene Auberjonois. Love the use of Elfman's Batman theme here. Peter David's novelization is the best version of the Batman Forever story. This audiobook is good, though abridged. We went over the novel itself in our podcast, as part of our 4 part deep dive into Batman Forever: th-cam.com/video/b21qsby2npk/w-d-xo.html
I knew his brother (my best friends dad) and he always asked me if i learned Pink Floyds “comfortable numb” solo yet, i always said no lol. More of a classical/bluegrass guitarist. Those brothers are now in the Great Gig in the Sky
Very neat in terms of uploading an audiobook. Still wish this was the version of Batman Forever we had gotten instead of the actual final product. With Peter David making the script like this and Warner Bros not meddling in the production of the film while demanding it be a toy commercial (Warner Bros and DC are not a toy company and their main focus should be on telling a good comic book story as opposed to base it on how much merchandise they can sell on said comic). Although personally. If I were Schumaker. I would have cut out Robin and Two Face while saving them for a 4th film. And made it a Batman Vs. Riddler film like the new Batman film. With it being a much more smaller scale film as opposed to a film filled with too much stuff going on in the film. But what do I know? Aside from that. A fine job done on the audiobook. God bless and have a good day. And Rest In Peace Joel Schumaker and Rene Auberjonis. They both will be missed.
Just from the first chapter, this is an entirely different beast to the film version, & I'm digging it. Opening with Bruce falling into the cave & hearing voices, a flashback to Edward Nygma's childhood, & Batman meeting a pre-Two-Face Harvey Dent on a roof. Very interesting stuff.
It’s interesting to note that instead of simply falling to his death like in the film, Two-Face actually chooses to die after Robin calls him out for deciding through his coin. And it makes Two-Face’s end all the more tragic, as it’s implied that Robin’s little speech helped Harvey to reassert control. And it’s likely that Harvey chose to die because he felt it would be better than to let Two-Face run rampant like he had done since being scarred.
This, especially the scene of Batman kissing Chase, is way better than the movie. We get more dialogue and actually know what the characters are thinking
I would like to see someone make an animated piece to this audio, but with the Tim Burton Cast instead, not to over shutter the original movie ...I will always love it But I just want to see it, engage with the Burton vision to this audio and to proof, any body can director a Batman regardless who they are ... good show and good audio ...R.I.P Rene Auberjonois and Joel Schumacher
It would be interesting to see how Keaton would have fit in this movie. He was initially signed up to do it but dropped out quite late in pre-production.
@@1995Batman Well… if you’ve ever wondered what a Tim Burton Batman Forever would look like look no further than the Fanscription adaptation on the TH-cam channel called Channel Awesome.
@@1995Batmanaccording to the Batchlers who wrote the screenplay, there was a salary dispute, and Michael never like the idea of Batman with a bigger role at the time.
@@jamestheredenginefan5268it would be the same with Batman with a bigger role, both Jim Carrey and Tommy Lee Jones hammering up the one liners and the cackling and hooting and giggling and the over the top performances and the neon lights, but with Michael Keaton being back as The Dark Knight.
1995 Batman I do too. But, Joel gets unfairly blamed for the movie being goofy. This audiobook, the original script and, the book shows that Joel didn’t ruin it, like so many believe, Warner Brothers did. I wish the movie had explored Two Face’s and Batman’s friendship. If you watch the movie without listening to this, you don’t get a sense they were once friends.
Awwww, I kinda wanted Jim Carrey to narrate while mimicking all the voices of the actual cast including his role. it would keep everyone listening for nearly 3 hours.
They unfortunately only made a 30 minute audio "drama". You can listen to it here th-cam.com/video/SYnhkTPwMKA/w-d-xo.html I'm considering doing a full read through of the Michael Jan Friedman novelisation at some point in the future.
Whoever wrote this clearly has never seen a Black Hawk helicopter. it does not have a "cargo hold", so much as a troop compartment. In addition there is no fucking way that a Blackhawk could possibly rip a Vault out of a bank! Vaults weigh tens of thousands of pounds and the uh-60 Blackhawk has a maximum cargo hauling capacity of 8000lb. Just saying.
Rene Auberjonois - who is best known as Odo in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. He also played Dr Burton at the end of Batman Forever when Chase visits Edward at Arkham Asylum.
@@1995Batman- René M. Auberjonois played Dr. Burton in 'Batman Forever'?... Interesting. I first saw him because of 'Batman Forever' as a kid, but, I had no idea who he even was because you literally only see him for about a couple of minutes, or, so near the end of the movie. I saw him in the early-1970 movie 'M*A*S*H: The Movie', once & was like "That guy sounds familiar to me, but, I can't place him..." & because I was born 19 years after 'M*A*S*H: The Movie' came out, it was no wonder why I couldn't put 2 & 2 together & figure out who in the heck it was. Thanks for the info.
@@1995Batman Thanks for existing and for everything in relation of B. Forever. Means a lot since it was the first Bat film I've seen in 2007 after getting a copy on VHS on a Saturday noon garage sale, after watching kids WB in Austin, Tx. I have the McDonald's Batman cup, well kept. Jose Lopez sure made awesome designed suits & O'Donnell's screams 90's Tim Drake. That "sequel" of B&R would've seemed nice with Val in it, which it was his.
The nipples aren't completely useless. They distract villains giving Batman valuable time to punch them in the balls. Also they were in Batman Forever on the first Batsuit. For some reason everyone mostly remembers Clooney's nips.
1995 Batman Because that movie was just so so much worse. And because they did goofy shots of Bat nips, Bat butt and Bat boobs😒 They didn't do that in BF
Ann Nee it matters to me because I'm a fan of Michael Keaton's Batman and Bruce Wayne. So don't offend Keaton's Batman, because all the things the other darkest Batmen, from Kilmer to Clooney, do in their movies, like saying "I'm Batman", they must thank Michael Keaton. Read the Craig Shaw Gardner novelisation of the 1989 Batman. In that novelisation, Batman says: "I'm The Night". The "I'm Batman" line was created by Michael Keaton himself. So if you want to talk about Keaton's Batman, please talk with respect.
Maurizio Puddu So am I, Keaton is my favourite Batman. That's why it really really bugs me when people lose all sense of proportion. This is no insult to Keaton, it has nothing to do with him. I'd be completely behind you if someone dared to actually insult Keaton's performance. But saying some unrelated audio book music choice is an insult to him is frankly silly. I am affording you the respect of treating you like a rational human. When you say something silly, I tell you, I don't indulge you. This isn't a matter of opinion either. You didn't say "I don't like this" which would be fair enough. You said it's an insult (which is a deliberate act btw)... and that's clearly just incorrect. I didn't ad hominem you after all. I told you you were overreacting. And I stand by that. Maybe you'll think about it. Maybe not. But that's not on me.
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Rene was a smart choice to narrate this audiobook. He's also in the movie, briefly, as the doctor at Arkham Asylum.
Yeah he does a great job. I like his Edward Nygma voice - very different from what Jim Carrey did.
Exactly.
@@1995Batman me too.
You had me at René Auberjonjois. I stayed for the Batman!
Thank you for uploading this!
You're welcome!
I didn't even know this existed. Thank you so very much for this upload.👍👍👍👍
No problem. Glad you enjoyed it.
I love movie novelizations and finding an audiobook version is just perfect.
Yeah.
Rest in Peace Mr Rene Auberjonois.
Great actor. RIP
Amen. Here, here!
R.I.P 🙏🙏🙏❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
@@rosemaryfarell5264
I'm drunk asf and its 6am almost so I dont believe what I'm seeing but is this Odo narrating batman forever. wtaf. this timeline ain't so bad
Yeah it's Odo. He is briefly in the movie as Dr Burton, the head psychiatrist at Arkham Asylum.
I never thought I needed cheap tie-in novelizations of campy 90's superhero movies in my life until I listened to this
Me neither. Check out the Batman Returns one on my channel too.
@@1995Batman Listened to it the other night. Very entertaining stuff! 😊 Been a Batman fan ever since I was 5 years old.
Yeah.
@@1995Batman I did, and it was amazing.
@@Donscottgaming me too.
I used to listen to this all the time as a kid! So excited to hear it again.
Me too.
I literally had no idea there was even an audiobook based off of 'Batman Forever'.
RIP Rene Auberjonois. Love the use of Elfman's Batman theme here. Peter David's novelization is the best version of the Batman Forever story. This audiobook is good, though abridged. We went over the novel itself in our podcast, as part of our 4 part deep dive into Batman Forever: th-cam.com/video/b21qsby2npk/w-d-xo.html
Sweet. I need to guve this a listen.
Holy crap, its already been 2 years since odo and nog passed away, i remember being really 😢 😔 😞 💔
Yeah, I watched that episode and that's a great deep dive.
@@1995Batmanyeah, it's amazing.
@@badazzmaroyeah.
Sad news, René Auberjonois passed away earlier this week.
Just read about it. That's so sad.
I can listen to Rene Auberjonois's voice all day. He has a very sensual voice.
W h a t
Jim Carey was one the BEST parts of this movie. Whoa, Batman's parents died the same day as Harry Potter's parents....
Abso-lutely. He makes the movie.
Exactly. Jim was a big star at the time when he did Batman Forever.
@@1995Batman That's right.
Mr. Auberjonois was wonderful on the TV show "Benson" and as Louie the chef in "The Little Mermaid"
And Odo in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
This is what the movie SHOULD have been!
RIP
René Auberjonois
(1940-2019)
May he rest in peace.
Rene was a very talented man...he was fantastic as Chef Louie in The Little Mermaid and sometimes Vindictive as Clayton on Benson.
I've never listened to a book on audio, the narrator did a great job, thanks!
There's a ton of great ones on TH-cam. Bunch of different Batman and other superhero audiobooks..
Thanks for uploading 😌 It's always good to hear these audiobooks.
I knew his brother (my best friends dad) and he always asked me if i learned Pink Floyds “comfortable numb” solo yet, i always said no lol. More of a classical/bluegrass guitarist. Those brothers are now in the Great Gig in the Sky
Buddy, you've done us all a niche favour by uploading these audiobooks! I would have loved listening to these when I was a teenager.
Happy to help! Had the Batman 89 audiobook as well but it got copyright blocked 😔
When I listen to it, I was amaze by it.
@@1995Batman yeah.
Very neat in terms of uploading an audiobook.
Still wish this was the version of Batman Forever we had gotten instead of the actual final product.
With Peter David making the script like this and Warner Bros not meddling in the production of the film while demanding it be a toy commercial (Warner Bros and DC are not a toy company and their main focus should be on telling a good comic book story as opposed to base it on how much merchandise they can sell on said comic).
Although personally. If I were Schumaker. I would have cut out Robin and Two Face while saving them for a 4th film.
And made it a Batman Vs. Riddler film like the new Batman film. With it being a much more smaller scale film as opposed to a film filled with too much stuff going on in the film.
But what do I know?
Aside from that. A fine job done on the audiobook. God bless and have a good day.
And Rest In Peace Joel Schumaker and Rene Auberjonis. They both will be missed.
Thanks a lot for taking the time out of your busy days, to upload these awesome audiobooks for everyone! 🙂 Great channel and content! Keep it up 👍🏻
Glad you like them! Thanks for the kind words.
Yes.
@@1995Batman and thanks.
This is amazing.
Enjoy!
The closest thing we'll get to the Schumacher Cut before it's officially released... or leaked 🤷♂️
😳 yeah I guess it is 😔
Yeah.
@@1995Batman Exactly.
Love that audiodrama. I can picture Michael Keaton doing scenes with Tommy Lee Jones and Jim Carrey in this.
Just from the first chapter, this is an entirely different beast to the film version, & I'm digging it.
Opening with Bruce falling into the cave & hearing voices, a flashback to Edward Nygma's childhood, & Batman meeting a pre-Two-Face Harvey Dent on a roof.
Very interesting stuff.
All that stuff is from Peter David's novelisation. Definitely read that if you get a chance.
2:49:50 Riddler:NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!
Me:YEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSS!!!
Thanks so much for doing this audio... A much panned movie but I've loved it since i first seen it in the movies years back
I am vengence... I am the night... I AM BATMAN!!!
It’s interesting to note that instead of simply falling to his death like in the film, Two-Face actually chooses to die after Robin calls him out for deciding through his coin.
And it makes Two-Face’s end all the more tragic, as it’s implied that Robin’s little speech helped Harvey to reassert control.
And it’s likely that Harvey chose to die because he felt it would be better than to let Two-Face run rampant like he had done since being scarred.
Yeah, this was a change that the novelisation author Peter David made. He really felt Batman just using the coins to make Two Face fall was wrong.
Risking death is one thing but staring it straight in the face is something else
This, especially the scene of Batman kissing Chase, is way better than the movie. We get more dialogue and actually know what the characters are thinking
Yeah there's some stuff the novel does better than the film. There's more opportunity to dig into the characters and their motivations.
@@1995Batman Check your email
@@VenusHeadTrap2 Sorry missed this. That's awesome! Love it.
I would like to see someone make an animated piece to this audio, but with the Tim Burton Cast instead, not to over shutter the original movie ...I will always love it But I just want to see it, engage with the Burton vision to this audio and to proof, any body can director a Batman regardless who they are ... good show and good audio ...R.I.P Rene Auberjonois and Joel Schumacher
It would be interesting to see how Keaton would have fit in this movie. He was initially signed up to do it but dropped out quite late in pre-production.
@@1995Batman Well… if you’ve ever wondered what a Tim Burton Batman Forever would look like look no further than the Fanscription adaptation on the TH-cam channel called Channel Awesome.
Only Michael Keaton, because I can imagine him doing scenes with Tommy Lee Jones and Jim Carrey.
@@1995Batmanaccording to the Batchlers who wrote the screenplay, there was a salary dispute, and Michael never like the idea of Batman with a bigger role at the time.
@@jamestheredenginefan5268it would be the same with Batman with a bigger role, both Jim Carrey and Tommy Lee Jones hammering up the one liners and the cackling and hooting and giggling and the over the top performances and the neon lights, but with Michael Keaton being back as The Dark Knight.
Read this at church camp before the movie released. Got me so psyched. Then I saw Akiva Goldman's and Warner Bros. gutted version.
Excellent reading. Thank you.
Its the man who played Dr.Burton in the movie and Chef Louis in The Little Mermaid.
Yeah I know. It's a pretty cool. Check out the Batman Returns audiobook. It's read by Michael Murphy who played the Mayor in that film.
Same actor.
Same guy.
te theme music took me back to lego batman on the wii
Thanks for the upload, I really enjoy these.
Ann Nee No worries, have you heard the Roddy McDowell one for the 1989 film. That's pretty good too. It’s on youtube somewhere.
@@1995Batman I have, thank you. Loved that, too😇
@@1995Batman I wanna hear one for Batman And Robin. "Everybody! Chill!"
God rest his soul.
Now this is Batman Forever. Pity Warner Brothers ruined it. “You will protect me if I stay DA”? Poor Harvey
I don't know that Warner Brothers ruined it. I kinda liked it.
1995 Batman I do too. But, Joel gets unfairly blamed for the movie being goofy. This audiobook, the original script and, the book shows that Joel didn’t ruin it, like so many believe, Warner Brothers did. I wish the movie had explored Two Face’s and Batman’s friendship. If you watch the movie without listening to this, you don’t get a sense they were once friends.
@@Esgles True. Two-Face is a great character with a great backstory. It is a shame there wasn't more room for him to make an impact.
@@Esgles Corporate meddling, as usual. lol I hate when the suits go and screw what might be a great movie, and make it crap.
Josiah Bahuaud true
Now I want a Batman & Robin audiobook read by Jennifer Lien (Kes from Voyager). Always thought her sexy voice would be perfect for Poison Ivy.
I'm afraid they didn't do one for Batman and Robin, only a terrible 30 minute radio drama.
The eight of us go forth and not back to protect our king from the foes attack.
Chess pawns
Chess pawns.
Chess pawns.
@@treytostie1408 Follow the Maze
Until you find the Rat
Bring him in to the Light….
*You’ll find where I’m at.*
🟢♠️🟢
I first knew Rene Auberjonois as Chef Louis from The Little Mermaid and Dr. Burton in this.
This was so exciting to listen to..omg he was fantastic
Music:Elliot Goldenthal(1995)
Directed by:Joel Schumacher
Produced by: Tim Burton and Peter McGregor-Scott
@@jimmymccartney2049written by: Lee and Janet Scott Batchler with Akiva Goldsman.
If nygma's so smart, why isn't he rich?
Trey Tostie because he doesn’t need to be !
If you're good at something never do it for free 😉
@@jokerswild9660 agreed!
3 HOURS OF MISTER HOUSE SPEAKING?
More like 3 hours of Odo speaking.
House was Hugh Laurie. Rene Auberjonois was Odo. RIP.
@@TheEmpressReborn Mr House was a character in the video game Fallout: New Vegas and was played excellently by René Auberjonois
@@daviharrington Oh. Sorry, thought you were talking about Dr. House, from House M.D.
"mind rape"
i was NOT expecting this.
Didn't know Eddie was about that life...
This Riddler was something else
This has been great thank you
Glad you enjoyed it!
Awwww, I kinda wanted Jim Carrey to
narrate while mimicking all the voices
of the actual cast including his role.
it would keep everyone listening for nearly 3 hours.
That would have been amazing. He's a great impressionist.
I'm not having a problem listening to the whole thing without him.
1:48:16 bookmark
this is the only Batman movie i’ve ever watched
Don't worry it's the only watchable one
@@teppeiando for dullards maybe
Don't listen to Teppei, Batman Forever is the second worst Batman film.
@@VogtTD *Insert Jonah Jameson laugh*
😐....🤣....😐....🤣
1:38:43 The Batmobile driving over rooftops? That sounds familiar…
Batman voice is a little too rough.. Bale - Afftrashlike.. Only thing that is disturbing.. Need a Kilmer/Keaton voice
Yeah the Batman voice isn't great. I thought Michael Murphy did a great job on the Batman Returns though. Check that out - it’s on my channel.
I was just wondering, do you have one of Batman & Robin?
They unfortunately only made a 30 minute audio "drama". You can listen to it here th-cam.com/video/SYnhkTPwMKA/w-d-xo.html
I'm considering doing a full read through of the Michael Jan Friedman novelisation at some point in the future.
@@1995Batman Sounds like a good idea.
Very good
Narrated by:Rene Auberjonois
Yes father...I shall become a bat.
Am I the only one who imagines Michael Keaton, Billy Dee & Robin Willams when listening to his?
Hello, there is a delayed repeat on background. Was it originaly on tape? Or is it some other defect?
Yep it's recorded from an old cassette tape by me.
Not because I have to be.
Now….
*Because I CHOOSE to be.*
🦇🦇🦇
Is it safe to say that when the audiobook starts to seem more like the movie, it's around the 36:14 mark?...
Yes, that first part was all added by Peter David- the novelization author. After that it's closer to the script but still has a few tiny tweaks.
@@1995Batman- That's what I figured.
I had no idea about the last part that you said as far as Peter David, though...
Thanks, a lot.
Odo!
I know!
Whoever wrote this clearly has never seen a Black Hawk helicopter. it does not have a "cargo hold", so much as a troop compartment. In addition there is no fucking way that a Blackhawk could possibly rip a Vault out of a bank! Vaults weigh tens of thousands of pounds and the uh-60 Blackhawk has a maximum cargo hauling capacity of 8000lb. Just saying.
Good point. Is there even any helicopter that could lift up something as large as a bank vault?
Maybe it was cheap vault.
Alfred: Oh bugger!
😆
0:00-1:26 Back when Warner still treated the 4 '90s Batman movies as part of the same series.
True
@@1995Batman There were also trailers for both Forever & Batman & Robin that featured the Danny Elfman music over them.
Is this the Peter David version or the Alan Grant version of the novel?
Yes, it uses that as a basis so has lots of Peter David's added details/scenes.
Who's reading this audiobook, exactly?...
Rene Auberjonois - who is best known as Odo in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. He also played Dr Burton at the end of Batman Forever when Chase visits Edward at Arkham Asylum.
@@1995Batman- René M. Auberjonois played Dr. Burton in 'Batman Forever'?...
Interesting.
I first saw him because of 'Batman Forever' as a kid, but, I had no idea who he even was because you literally only see him for about a couple of minutes, or, so near the end of the movie.
I saw him in the early-1970 movie 'M*A*S*H: The Movie', once & was like "That guy sounds familiar to me, but, I can't place him..." & because I was born 19 years after 'M*A*S*H: The Movie' came out, it was no wonder why I couldn't put 2 & 2 together & figure out who in the heck it was.
Thanks for the info.
this is not the batman forever I saw at the movies. love me some new batman stuff.
This is based on Peter David's novelisation - he added lots of new bits.
I love this
When you're voicing Two-Face, you made him sounded like Murdoc Niccals from "Gorillaz", man.
Cool!!!!!
Classically trained actors, Tommy Lee Jones, and Vil Kilmer would have eaten this up. Sadly this is not what they got.
This is perfect the way it is.
"...baby potatoes..."
FUCK YEA!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Damn this dark
Is this from the novelization?
Yeah it's an abridged version
@@1995Batman Thanks for existing and for everything in relation of B. Forever. Means a lot since it was the first Bat film I've seen in 2007 after getting a copy on VHS on a Saturday noon garage sale, after watching kids WB in Austin, Tx. I have the McDonald's Batman cup, well kept. Jose Lopez sure made awesome designed suits & O'Donnell's screams 90's Tim Drake. That "sequel" of B&R would've seemed nice with Val in it, which it was his.
So this is what Odo does in the holosuite. 😂
Lol, yeah
1995 BATMAN 👍
Master Fung
#RIPJanosAudron
That the one with the useless batnipple?
David Lalonde I think bat-tit was in George Clooneys shitty film. But I might be wrong.
The nipples aren't completely useless. They distract villains giving Batman valuable time to punch them in the balls.
Also they were in Batman Forever on the first Batsuit. For some reason everyone mostly remembers Clooney's nips.
1995 Batman Because that movie was just so so much worse. And because they did goofy shots of Bat nips, Bat butt and Bat boobs😒 They didn't do that in BF
Ann Nee I hate to say but there’s a butt shot towards the end when Kilmer gets in the Sonar Suit.
Arranoman
Odo !!!!!!!!!!!
It's a an insult to use the Danny Elfman Batman theme to this audiobook. It's an offende to the real Batman, Michael Keaton.
Maurizio Puddu I just think when they recorded it Elliott Goldenthal hadn't recorded his new theme.
Maurizio Puddu Oh my god it doesn't fucking matter even one tiny little bit does it? Don't get your panties in a bunch.
Ann Nee it matters to me because I'm a fan of Michael Keaton's Batman and Bruce Wayne. So don't offend Keaton's Batman, because all the things the other darkest Batmen, from Kilmer to Clooney, do in their movies, like saying "I'm Batman", they must thank Michael Keaton. Read the Craig Shaw Gardner novelisation of the 1989 Batman. In that novelisation, Batman says: "I'm The Night". The "I'm Batman" line was created by Michael Keaton himself. So if you want to talk about Keaton's Batman, please talk with respect.
Maurizio Puddu So am I, Keaton is my favourite Batman. That's why it really really bugs me when people lose all sense of proportion. This is no insult to Keaton, it has nothing to do with him. I'd be completely behind you if someone dared to actually insult Keaton's performance. But saying some unrelated audio book music choice is an insult to him is frankly silly. I am affording you the respect of treating you like a rational human. When you say something silly, I tell you, I don't indulge you. This isn't a matter of opinion either. You didn't say "I don't like this" which would be fair enough. You said it's an insult (which is a deliberate act btw)... and that's clearly just incorrect. I didn't ad hominem you after all. I told you you were overreacting. And I stand by that. Maybe you'll think about it. Maybe not. But that's not on me.
Don't listen then