| greetings batmaniacs -
Posted on 03-03-2007 19:42 |
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gothamite begins
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My bio in a nutshell
My name is Darren you might already know me from the controversial thread on this site titled "Did Batman go too far?!!" which deals with death in the baman movies if you want you can read it here
http://batmanytb.com/forum/viewthread.php?forum_id=17&thread_id=2181
I currently reside in Winterville NC originally from Pasadena MD born and raised I am a huge mega batman fan.
My obsession with the caped crusader began when I was almost 2 years old. Let's go back to June 1989 where my father (who was one of the original batmaniacs of 1966) had to see the movie but could not find a babysitter but realizing that dad would die if he didn't see this movie opening weekend my mom decided to take both me and my sister to the movies. Of course anyone can tell you that if you take toddlers into a movie with a lot of guns, explosions, loud screaming fans you will hear one thing WAAAAHHH!!
although my mom had to take my screaming sister out of the theater I was quiet the whole time. My eyes were drawn to screen as this figure descended from the darkness the glow of the screen reflected off my face it was here where my love for Batman materialized.
On my 6th birthday my father gave me my first comic book Batman #500 and my first Batman TAS action figures Combat belt Batman, the Joker,(I still have them) and the B.A.T.V. vehicle. I owned all the Batman action figures, virtuously every piece made by Kenner from Batman Returns to Batman & Robin and some handmedowns like the turbojet Batwing and DKC batmobile from my cousins. I had so many I was running out of space for them all My Batman Forever Batcave took up my whole closet floor My batplanes, batmobiles and other assorted vehicles took up all the space in my toy box. When I became older I grew out of toys and didn't want them in my room and sold them all at yard sales and the then fledgeling ebay till all that ramained out of hundreds of figures, vehicles, and playsets were only nine figures with little to no accessories, which I have displayed on my DVDshelf (probably the worst looking batman collection ever). When Batman Begins was released in June 2005 and Mattel started stocking the shelves with their new line of Batman action figures. My love for action figures resurfaced. After realizing the mistakes of my past I started to rebuild my collection. I have also thousands of comic books that I have been collecting since the age of six with the majority of course Batman titles.
I love everything the dark knight has been featured in from the low budget black and white serials of the 1940's, to the 1997 Box office bomb Batman & Robin (that's right you read it I like Batman & Robin wanna make something of it) to me the movie is homage to the 1960's classic TV show which by the way was so campy it almost sings campfire songs. Batman is so fun to watch because it was as if you were watching a living comic book blended with 60's culture. Anybody remember the "Batusi"? A great time piece. My favorite representation of the caped crusader was Batman: The Animated Series which in my opinion IS Batman to me, not only that each episode was a mini movie with well written plots and unforgetable character development to such two dimensional characters as Mr. Freeze who until then was nothing more than a second stringer, a diamond robber who has to stay a absolute zero. Batman TAS was also a cartoon that did away with the formuliac saturday morning cartooon that were basically 30 minute toy commercials if nothing else.
Okay I got a little carried away but hey it's Batman and we are all on a fan based website dedicated to him and the impact he's had on us all for 60 plus years.
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| RE: greetings batmaniacs -
Posted on 03-03-2007 21:15 |
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Caleson
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Hey, Darren! Good to see a new, active poster. You sound just a hair younger than me. It's nice that you still have at least a few of your old figures from your childhood. Even though my Sky Escape Joker is in horrid shape, I still love the li'l guy. 
gothamite begins wrote:
You might already know me from the controversial thread on this site titled "Did Batman go too far?!!" which deals with death in the baman movies A quick tip: you can select the text of a URL and hit the url button below to make it so people can simply click the text and go straight to the link. I edited your post to add this. 
As for your thead, it wasn't that controversial; we just have some passionate forum members. And it was a good topic for discussion.
Hope you enjoy your stay at BYTB.
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Posted on 03-03-2007 22:54 |
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spencer1984
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Hey, gothamite begins - welcome to the forum! Glad to see another fan join us.
The complete history of the Batmobile: BatmobileHistory.com
Scale models of Batmobiles & more: spencer1984.com |
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Posted on 04-03-2007 13:21 |
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Welcome
" Take this guy...armed roberry, double homicide. Got a taste for the theatrics like you and leaves a calling card." Gordon BB |
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Posted on 04-03-2007 17:45 |
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Razhwurz
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Welcome to the board... I hope I don't drive you off with my insistant bickering and self mocking.
Caleson Wrote: As for your thead, it wasn't that controversial; we just have some passionate forum members. And it was a good topic for discussion.
You think that was me being passionate? That was one of my most half-assed defences on this board... I was really just bringing my view to the table. Now Spider-man 3; There was me being passionate.
Never start with the head; the victim gets all fuzzy!
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Posted on 05-03-2007 01:42 |
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Darknight
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gothamite begins wrote:On my 6th birthday my father gave me my first comic book Batman #500...
That is a heck of comic to be your first. That had Az-Bats fully taking on the mantle and taking down Bane. Great story and an awesome cover. It looks like we got into comics at around the same time ( I start a month or two earlier). Only thing is that I was over twice your age then.
Welcome to the boards.
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Posted on 05-03-2007 11:25 |
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gothamite begins
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Caleson wrote:
Hey, Darren! Good to see a new, active poster. You sound just a hair younger than me. It's nice that you still have at least a few of your old figures from your childhood. Even though my Sky Escape Joker is in horrid shape, I still love the li'l guy.
Yes I do have a few found a couple more when I was cleaning out my garage which rounds out to this
1989 Toy biz Batman (who didn't have one of these)
Batman Returns
Bruce wayne (just found him)
Arctic Batman
Aero strike batman (possibly Tec sheild because he's bare)
Batman TAS/AB&R
Combat belt Batman (battle worn wouldn't give him up for the world)
Robin
Joker
Infrared Batman
Bruce Wayne (complete)
Duo force Victor Wing Batman (also complete)
Batman & Robin
Battle gear Bruce Wayne (complete)
Razor skate Robin (complete)
Bane
Batgirl
Legends of Batman
Crusader Batman (complete)
Nightwing
Knightquest Batman
Well that's all of it I had a huge armada of Batman, Robin, and misc. heroes and villians and an arsenal of bat-vehicles 4 Batcaves now all this is what I have left.
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Posted on 07-03-2007 13:43 |
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tomstoyz
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Hey Darren,
Nice to meet you! You're gonna have fun here at the olde BYTB because there's alot of great pictures & info, plus cool people.
See ya later dude!
Tommy
Please visit the NEW BAT-BLOG!
http://www.bat-blog.com
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Posted on 07-03-2007 17:09 |
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real-dark-knight
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Razhwurz wrote:You think that was me being passionate? That was one of my most half-assed defences on this board... I was really just bringing my view to the table. Now Spider-man 3; There was me being passionate.
You will find Razhwurz' name to quite apt (but he's alright really!) & don't start Caleson off on religion......
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Posted on 11-03-2007 01:33 |
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Caleson
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Razhwurz wrote:
Caleson Wrote: As for your thead, it wasn't that controversial; we just have some passionate forum members. And it was a good topic for discussion. You think that was me being passionate? That was one of my most half-assed defences on this board... Take it easy. I wasn't referring to you or anyone in particular. I was simply letting him know that it wasn't that controversial.
real-dark-knight wrote:
You will find Razhwurz' name to quite apt (but he's alright really!) & don't start Caleson off on religion...... Heheh. I just can't stand when people don't understand, and entirely misuse, the word "fact." They can end up making some pretty ridiculous claims.
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