Who else thought Burgess Merideth was a better Penguin then Danny Devito?

Originally posted by tomstoyz
I like Danny DeVito as an actor but his Penguin was horrible!
The worst Penguin ever!!

So, I gotta say that Burgess was the BEST!

I thought this thread was dead? wel since its been brought back again,My sentiments exactly.I could not have said it better myself. 👆

Both Burgess and Danny were awesome.

Originally posted by bakerboy
Danny Devito was playing a stupid freak who is totally opposite to the character. Plus, his acting and the script was awful.

cheers

the problem with devito was the writing.
See, sometimes, for better or for worse, Batman writers like to "borrow" villains from Batman's disabled, cooler, scarier, and slightly
more insane counterpart at marvel comics. Examples-
Bane=Nuke
Phantasm=Mr. Fear
Lady Shiva=Elektra
and in this case, the penguin was actually the owl. Now unlike daredevil's flying mutant dork, danny devito was too stupid to be scary, couldn't fly, and couldn't fight all that well. Hence the problems. the two tim burton batman movies were great movies. They just weren't batman movies.

I liked Burgess Meredith better.
I liked Frank Gorshin's Riddler better (that laugh!)
And I really, really, liked Julie Newmar's Catwoman better.

I think that the penguin character, created for batman returns, really sucked. Its kinda hard to judge if Devito would have been better than Merideth, as the Merideth character was much better and closer to the comics. Had Tim Burton stayed loyal to the comics character, and let Devito play it that way, than perhaps Devito would have been more appealing to all of us. Having said all that though, Merideth played a kick ass penguin, and he will always remain a tough one to top, regardless of how crappy the old 60's shows looked.

again, the didn't create a penguin character for batman returns, they just ripped off the owl.

personally i love both, but de vito is a better actor. plus burgess meredith looked like captain birdseye.