10 Surprising Things Sixties Batman Shares With The Dark Knight

10. The Moral Of The Story

Whilst comic books and their ensuing movie adaptations seemed consistently pitched at an older audience these days €“ one with more disposable income, obviously €“ the Batman TV show was defiantly for kids. Or at least, it was appropriate for all ages. A light touch, colourful characters, it's fun for the whole family, isn't it? There was even the very basic moral lessons they put across at the end of every episode, usually summed up by Adam West's Caped Crusader himself, in the manner of an after school special. Usually lessons like the importance of using seat belts, doing homework, eating vegetables. The Dark Knight films had some equally heavy-handed messages, delivered almost straight to the camera in much the same way. It's just that, instead of the moral being about getting kids to drink more milk, it's Morgan Freeman commenting on widespread surveillance of civilians being bad.