Best catwoman

..and why not?
sloopjohnc
Posts: 63924
Joined: 03 Jun 2004, 20:12

Best catwoman

Postby sloopjohnc » 15 Jul 2012, 19:03

Admittedly, I stole this from today's Parade magazine, but I thought it was worth a BCB vote.

Lee Meriwether
Image

Julie Newmar
Image

Eartha Kitt
Image

Michelle Pfeiffer
Image

Halle Berry (doesn't really count for me)
Image

Anne Hathaway (I love her, but still too early to see if she's any good)
Image
Don't fake the funk on a nasty dunk!

User avatar
Sneelock
Posts: 14077
Joined: 19 Nov 2011, 23:56
Location: Lincoln Head City

Re: Best catwoman

Postby Sneelock » 15 Jul 2012, 19:06

Julie Goddam Newmar!
uggy poopy doody.

User avatar
Tactful Cactus
Posts: 18254
Joined: 16 Jul 2003, 14:21
Location: by your window

Re: Best catwoman

Postby Tactful Cactus » 15 Jul 2012, 20:22

Answer = Whatever Catwoman you saw when you were 15 years old.

User avatar
ChrisB
Can I Get To Widnes?
Posts: 12663
Joined: 03 Sep 2003, 20:07
Location: facing the computer
Contact:

Re: Best catwoman

Postby ChrisB » 15 Jul 2012, 21:10

Cage Free Brown wrote:Julie Goddam Newmar!


Seconded! A goddess!

User avatar
the masked man
Schadenfreude
Posts: 27074
Joined: 21 Jul 2003, 12:29
Location: Peterborough

Re: Best catwoman

Postby the masked man » 15 Jul 2012, 23:24

The problem with the original Batman series was that it was too campy to take seriously. Julie Newmar was the best of the three Catwomen from that series. Michelle Pfeiffer and Halle Berry can be discounted because they were saddled with unbelievably ugly costumes.

So we're left with Anne Hathaway, and it looks like they've finally got it right. Very sleek costume indeed, and Chris Nolan should deliver a decent film again. I'll need to see the film to confirm this good initial impression.

User avatar
Snarfyguy
Dominated by the Obscure
Posts: 53502
Joined: 21 Jul 2003, 19:04
Location: New York

Re: Best catwoman

Postby Snarfyguy » 16 Jul 2012, 01:18

slightbreeze wrote:
Cage Free Brown wrote:Julie Goddam Newmar!


Seconded! A goddess!

Thirded!

I wouldn't be where I am today (wherever that is) without her sex appeal feeding my preteen (and later, teen), er, appetites.
GoogaMooga wrote: The further away from home you go, the greater the risk of getting stuck there.

User avatar
Snarfyguy
Dominated by the Obscure
Posts: 53502
Joined: 21 Jul 2003, 19:04
Location: New York

Re: Best catwoman

Postby Snarfyguy » 16 Jul 2012, 01:20

the masked man wrote:The problem with the original Batman series was that it was too campy to take seriously.

How is that a dealbreaker?

I don't believe it was intended to be taken seriously.
GoogaMooga wrote: The further away from home you go, the greater the risk of getting stuck there.

...
Posts: 8751
Joined: 04 May 2011, 02:57

Re: Best catwoman

Postby ... » 16 Jul 2012, 03:28

Julie Newmar for me, too!

Re campy/serious - surely the whole point of being campy is that it's not serious?

User avatar
Charlie O.
Posts: 44848
Joined: 21 Jul 2003, 19:53
Location: In-A-Badda-La-Wadda, bay-beh

Re: Best catwoman

Postby Charlie O. » 16 Jul 2012, 06:12

Image
Image

User avatar
martha
rambling rose
Posts: 5399
Joined: 17 Jul 2003, 17:41
Location: Self-imposed exile.

Re: Best catwoman

Postby martha » 16 Jul 2012, 07:27

Julie Newmar. Obviously.
--m.

User avatar
Geezee
Posts: 12798
Joined: 24 Jul 2003, 10:14
Location: Where joy divides into vision

Re: Best catwoman

Postby Geezee » 16 Jul 2012, 13:11

slightbreeze wrote:
Cage Free Brown wrote:Julie Goddam Newmar!


Seconded! A goddess!


A scary one at that.

Image
Smilies are ON
Flash is OFF
Url is ON

User avatar
ChrisB
Can I Get To Widnes?
Posts: 12663
Joined: 03 Sep 2003, 20:07
Location: facing the computer
Contact:

Re: Best catwoman

Postby ChrisB » 16 Jul 2012, 13:22

Geezee wrote:
slightbreeze wrote:
Cage Free Brown wrote:Julie Goddam Newmar!


Seconded! A goddess!


A scary one at that.

Image


Looks like she's used up her 9 lives :(

User avatar
bobzilla77
Posts: 16280
Joined: 23 Jun 2006, 02:56
Location: Dilute! Dilute! OK!

Re: Best catwoman

Postby bobzilla77 » 17 Jul 2012, 00:15

Julie Newmar by some distance.

However if we had a Catwoman vs Batgirl thread....

Image
Jimbo wrote:I guess I am over Graham Nash's politics. Hopelessly naive by the standards I've molded for myself these days.

User avatar
pcqgod
Posts: 19948
Joined: 11 Apr 2010, 07:23
Location: Ohio

Re: Best catwoman

Postby pcqgod » 17 Jul 2012, 04:41

Julie Newmar.
Where would rock 'n' roll be without feedback?

Thang-y

Re: Best catwoman

Postby Thang-y » 19 Jul 2017, 20:18

Image

User avatar
Sneelock
Posts: 14077
Joined: 19 Nov 2011, 23:56
Location: Lincoln Head City

Re: Best catwoman

Postby Sneelock » 19 Jul 2017, 20:29

I must say that, while I preferred JN that I always thought of Ertha Kitt & Lee Meriweather as "other" Catwomen.
John Astin was the WRONG Riddler. this must count for something.
uggy poopy doody.

User avatar
zoomboogity
Shakin' All Over
Posts: 5307
Joined: 17 Jul 2003, 07:42
Location: Screwball Cultural Center

Re: Best catwoman

Postby zoomboogity » 19 Jul 2017, 20:59

slightbreeze wrote:A scary one at that.


She's 76 years old in that photo, and that was eight years ago. She's holding up pretty well.

And yeah, another vote for Miss Stupefyin' Jones!

Classic Rock Sneelock wrote:John Astin was the WRONG Riddler. this must count for something.


True, but he made up for it with Gomez Addams and Evil Roy Slade. If those two roles were all he did, he'd still be a legend.
Image

"Quite."

User avatar
Dr Markus
Posts: 17670
Joined: 07 Jan 2012, 18:16

Re: Best catwoman

Postby Dr Markus » 21 Jul 2017, 12:23

Halle berry, but it has nothing to do with her being catwoman. Meee-ow.
Drama Queenie wrote:You are a chauvinist of the quaintest kind. About as threatening as Jack Duckworth, you are a harmless relic of that cherished era when things were 'different'. Now get back to drawing a moustache on that page three model

User avatar
Fonz
Posts: 4088
Joined: 17 Feb 2014, 14:10
Location: Nevermore

Re: Best catwoman

Postby Fonz » 22 Jul 2017, 17:03

If Halle Berry wanted to have sex with me I would probably let her. My wife would understand. (There's a reciprocal Brad Pitt deal).
Heyyyy!

"Fonz clearly has no fucks to give. I like the cut of his Cupicidal gib."

User avatar
Davey the Fat Boy
Posts: 24007
Joined: 05 Jan 2006, 02:55
Location: Applebees

Re: Best catwoman

Postby Davey the Fat Boy » 22 Jul 2017, 17:28

Forget Catwoman. Julie Newmar might still be the answer if the question was "best woman period."

As has been said...an absolute goddess.
“Remember I have said good things about benevolent despots before.” - Jimbo

Image


Return to “Screenadelica”