The Best, The Penguin

[Superhobo]

DeVito.


The one thing that irked me though about that movie was the hilariously animatronic penguins. Penguins aren't that hard to train, really.

 

[The Joker]

The one thing that irked me though about that movie was the hilariously animatronic penguins. Penguins aren't that hard to train, really.

They used real penguins, too. Watch the special features on the DVD.

 

[Superhobo]

I don't wanna.

 

[El Payaso]

*farts laughing*

 

[Carmine Falcone]

*farts laughing*

Actually, I did the same bacause of this post.

 

[The Joker]

I don't wanna.

Then don't

 

[El Payaso]

Actually, I did the same bacause of this post.

It IS contagious I know.

 

[GoogleMe94]

is this even a question? danny devito all the way, best version of penguin so far. i dont count TAS version cuz it wasnt liveaction, and burgess meredith was alright, but way too silly and not deadly or any kind of threat. devito was a villian, through and through, as bad as they come. and he was brilliant.

 

[Darkest Knight]

Burgess was plenty of a threat. He was the man. I take it you never saw the 60's series. He nailed the character as close as one could come to the source.

 

[The Joker]

Burgess Meredith's Penguin was the most iconic and popular villain on that show. Apparently they always had a script waiting for him should he happen to come into town.

 

[Cain]

I voted for Meredith him and Frank Gorshin really make that show watchable. One of the most memorable performances in any media, simply iconic like the poster above me mentioned that show was the only time I liked The Penguin character before Batman Returns.

I liked what DeVito did because I always hated this character in the comics and contrary to what some younger posters may think we didn't quite have that gentlemanly but corrupt dude who became really popular with fans during No Man's Land and with the Animated Series. He was still campy as hell back in the early 90's so I don't blame Burton and company for reinventing an otherwise irrelevant character at the time.

Williams has a regal and eloquent voice that is just perfect for the character, better than anything the other 2 ever did vocally. His voice is what I hear in my head whenever a comic features The Penguin. He's as definitive in that end as Conroy but ultimately Burgess Meredith embodied the character and all his mannerisms to a T. DeVito's was influenced by Meredith like someone else mentioned so I don't give it as much credit in that regard.

 

[panda_eater]

Dick Cheney, hands down.

 

[sabu41]

danny devito

 

[ab38416]

 

[Gianakin_]

Danny, hands down. One of the few cases that show that it's not bad to stray from the source material.

 

[El Payaso]

^ At least not in this case.

 

[Gianakin_]

Egg-zactly.

 

[BubbaGump]

Danny, hands down. One of the few cases that show that it's not bad to stray from the source material.

Word for word exactly what I was going to say.

 

[Milu]

DeVito.

"A penguin is a bird who cannot fly! I am a man! I have a name! . . . Oswald Copplepot!"

 

[Two-Face]

"I am not a human being, I am an animal!"

" You're just jealous because I'm a genuine freak and you have to wear a mask."

"It's true I was their number one son... but they treated me like number two!"

 

[Gianakin_]

All great quotes guys! DeVito and Burton brought traits to a character that I really didn't like from the comics. And they kept the mob-boss aspect at the same time. Great work.

 

[CFE]

"Imagine as Mayor...you'd have the ear of the media..."
"Ehh..."
"Access to Captains of Industry..."
"Ehh..."
"Unlimited Poon Tang..."
"Urghh...mm You drive a hard bargain, Maxie...alright I'll be Mayor..."



CFE

 

[Carmine Falcone]

I think it's THE performance of Devito's career. As the Penguin he just goes beserk. A vile, disgusting character, close to a monster. Almost a caricature of the roles he's been typecast in -- the slimey businessman or conman. Okay, he's slimey as Cobblepot, only literally this time.

 

[Bat-Mite]

All three of them were good at what they did, but I think I like Devito's Penguin the most. They took a corny character and really made him dark, disturbing, and disgusting. But you could still be slightly sympathetic towards him because of what his parents did to him.

 

[Gianakin_]

In other words, a 3-dimensional character.