BATMAN IN SPACE - REVIEW
Believe it or not, this movie actually exists. Or at least it did... Back in 1975, we got a Superman musical TV special called It's A Bird... It's a Plane... It's Superman . The BBC, wanting to cash-in on what they thought would be a big production unlike anything the world of television had ever seen, decided to produce their own superhero extravaganza. The film cost about £10M which, in dollars, adjusted for inflation, is... like a lot. It was titled Batman In Space and starred a young Michael Caine as Bruce Wayne/Batman with Jeremy Irons as Robin. The plot was confusing, to say the least, as no less than eight writers chipped-in ideas including an ageing Agatha Christie. The Joker (played by Michael Gough) having escaped Arkham Asylum, travels to the Moon in order to play the biggest, cruelest joke of all: destroy the world from a great distance. After finding out that a rocket has been stolen from NASA, Batman soon figures out The Joker's plan and Commi