That's exactly what I expect too. Even if Burt Ward is in it, I expect nothing but a cameo appearance, maybe "Holy " just before he and his world are destroyed. I don't think he has the acting ability to do much more than that unless he has improved greatly in fifty years which is quite possible.
But if he is the elderly Dick Grayson who was Robin in the 1960s Batman show, it will be the furthest back of any show or movie that gets to appear in the Crisis. I don't expect to see enough of that world to even know if it's meant to be the same campy world that it was or just a vaguely similar world.
At any rate, if it gets destroyed, most Batman '66 fans will just not consider it canon for the sixties show. But, if that world survives and there's nothing indicating it's not that world, we'll consider it canon.
I know it's funny but, because that show was part of my childhood and my introduction to Batman, it's actually the alternate world I am the most interested in and I genuinely hope the Crisis includes it and has it survive. I wish they had time to include things like the George Reeves show but that's too far back since all the alternate worlds seem to be in the present.
Power with Girl is better.
Phyllis Coates is alive but she's 92 now. Not only did she play the original Lois Lane on THE ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN, she played Lois Lane's mother on LOIS & CLARK: THE NEW ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN.
I'd be happy to see Judy Nugent return as a now elderly Ann Carson, the girl who didn't believe in Superman. She was a blind girl who doubted Superman's existence, so he tried to prove to her that he did exist and flew her around the world. Discovering the cause of her blindness, the Man of Steel helps to restore her sight. Ms Nugent hasn't appeared on our TV screens in years, so it seems unlikely she would be brought back for this.
Well, what if Batman 1966's universe is destroyed and later restored with all the other destroyed worlds including Earth 90? I could easily see Barry die as a cliffhanger along with most universes, but at the end Oliver sacrifices himself to bring back Barry and the destroyed universes.
That would be fantastic and I remember that episode well. They could get someone else to play Superman who hasn't aged. But even better would be to say Superman is gone now but Phyliss Coates appears as the elderly Lois and Judy Nugent as a now elderly women who flew with Superman when she was a little girl. It would even be possible that Superman and Lois had gotten married and had children with powers like his, basically just take the episode where Lois fantasized, use clips from it and have the wedding take place.
Oh, I know it's not going to happen. They don't have time to indulge the nostalgic fantasies of people my age because they have to appeal to a much younger audience and they have a few episodes to do it. I'd settle for a Superman '55 comic book to go along with Batman '66 and Wonder Woman '77. I know "Adventures of Superman" was 51-57 but '55 maintains the theme.
I'd also love to see a significant appearance by Lynda Carter as WW '77 though I realize they either have to say she aged because she wasn't on Paradise Island or use CGI which would be massively expensive for anything but a cameo.
Power with Girl is better.
Power with Girl is better.
I’ve only seen clips of the 60’s Batman show but I think including any reference to it takes me out of it entirely. As long as it’s just a quick cameo then I should be ok. More than that and it’s too much. I’m seriously worried nostalgia is going to strangle this project.