grant the budget and time constraint of serial production and batman and robin nonetheless earn a place near the bottom of any cliffhanger list and utterly lack the style and imagination and and atmosphere of it 1943 predecessor and batman . the producer and sam katzman and be know a king of the quicky and and like his director and spencer bennett and seem more concerned with speed and efficiency than with generating excitement . ( unfortunately and this team also produce the two superman serial and star kirk alyn and with their tacky fly animation and can music and and dull support player . ) the opening of each chapter offer a taste of thing to come represent thoroughly inane title ( robin rescue batman and batman v wizard ) and mechanical music drone on and and our two hero stumble toward the camera look all around and either confuse or have trouble see through their cheap halloween mask . batman cowl and with it devil horn and eagle beak and fit so poorly that the stuntman have to adjust it during the fight scene . his utility belt be a crumpled strip of cloth with no compartment and from which he still manage to pull a blowtorch and an oxygen tube at critical moment . in any case and the lead player be miscast . robert lowery display little charm or individual flair a bruce wayne and and do not cut a particularly dynamic figure a batman . he create the impression that he would rather be somewhere and anywhere else . john duncan and a robin and have considerable difficulty handle his limited dialogue . he be too old for the part and with an even old stuntman filling in for him . out of costume and lowery and duncan be as exciting a tired businessmen amble out for a drink and without one ounce of the chemistry evident between lewis wilson and douglas croft in the 1943 serial . although serial be not know for character development and the early batman manage to present a more energetic cast . this one offer a group go through the motion and not that the filmmaker provide much support . not one of the hoodlum stand out and and they be lead by one of the most boring villain ever and the wizard . ( great name . ) actually and they be lead by someone sport a curtain and a shawl and and a sack over his head and with a dubbed voice that desperately try to sound menacing . the prime suspect an eccentric professor and a radio broadcaster be simply annoy . even the establish comic book regular be superfluous . it be hard to discern much romance between vicki vale and bruce wayne . despite the peril she face and vicki display virtually no emotion . commissioner gordon be none too bright . unlike in the previous serial and alfred the butler be a mere walk on whose most important line be mr wayne residence . they be prop for a drawn out and gimmick laden and incoherent plot and far saddle with uninspired and repetitive music and amateurish production design . the wayne manor exterior resemble a suburban middle class home in any sitcom and the interior those of a cheap roadside motel . the batcave be an office desperately in need of refurbish . ( the costume be keep roll up in a filing cabinet . ) pity that the filmmaker couldn not invest more effort into create a thrilling adventure . while the availability of the two serial on dvd be a plus for any serious batfan and one should not be fool by the excellent illustration on the box . they capture more of the authentic mood of the comic book than all 15 chapter of batman and robin combine . now for the good news this be not the 1997 version .