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Friday, July 4, 2025

Acclaim AOL videos rediscovered thanks to Daily Batman Anthology

For while I kept seeing this CD on eBay for an AOL* CD (*America On-Line - for those of you who don't remember this old internet provider from the 90s) that claimed it also had a making of the Acclaim video game included.

I didn't end up buying it because 1) it's an old CD from the 90s and those things are difficult to get playing on modern computers, 2) the making of video was probably the one I already owned on video tape (see this video). So I gave it a miss.

Thankfully the Daily Batman Anthology X/Twitter channel did purchase a copy and has made a video showing all the content (see below).

Along with the making of video there is also some extra content:-

  • Sound clips - which sound re-recorded specially for this (and possibly the now defunct batmanforever.com website)
  • Posters - the standard characters ones
  • Sound clips - which sound like re-recorded versions of lines from the film (again, these were possibly ported from the batmanforever.com website)
  • An animated version of the Gotham skyline with moving Bat signal (this was definitely taken from the old website).
  • Two versions of the theatrical trailer - these are kind of interesting curios as they don't have the Danny Elfman music but instead have Elliot Goldenthal's score.

As with most computer stuff from the 90s, the quality is quite pixelated and heavily compressed but they have these cute surrounds to make it look like you're looking at one of the batcave monitors.

Thanks so much to Daily Batman Anthology for posting these so they can be preserved. If you want to check out the individual pieces those are also posted on the same channel.

Wednesday, July 2, 2025

Tomasz Zaglewski's book Neon Knight Forever now out in paperback

For those of you who didn't buy the excellent book Neon Knight Forever: The Legacy of Joel Schumacher's Batman Duology by Tomasz Ć»aglewski back when it was first released in December 2023 (possibly due to the high price of the hardcover edition) I'm pleased to say it's now been released in both paperback and kindle format.


Here are the links for Amazon UK and Amazon US

The cost for the UK paperback actually has a discount going right now so it's only £23.99

The US paperback is $39.95

I should say I'm not getting payment to promote the book, I'm just a fan of it! My only bias is that I and this website do get a quick mention on one of the pages towards the end.

If you didn't see my previous review of it - check that out here. I will probably do a short video review of it in the coming weeks as I re-read the book.

Also, Tomasz reached out to me recently to let me know some awesome news. 

Back in March, he curated an exhibition at the Zamek Cultural Center in PoznaƄ called Nineties Forever! - which looked back at pop culture and memorabilia from the 1990s in Poland. As part of this there were some film screenings and he not only included Batman Forever but also managed to get the Bat symbol projected on the castle tower.