Adam West is having the last laugh with a deepfake of his campy 1960s Batman inserted into Robert Pattinson's The Batman

Mel Magazine

"The folks at Corridor have taken old footage from the 1960s Batman television show — specifically, Adam West’s campy Caped Crusader — and digitally added it to The Batman, replacing Robert Pattinson’s gripping sadboy," says Tim Grierson. "The clip is cleverly done, making a funny but familiar point: Boy, these recent Batman movies sure are serious. But what’s even funnier (albeit perhaps unintentionally so) is how this mock trailer underlines the cultural shift that’s happened around West’s 1960s portrayal. For a long time, it was dismissed as a joke. Now, nearly five years after his death, West may be having the last laugh."