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Nowadays, if reviewers savage a film, the cast and crew come out and defend it.

They say things like we made this for the fans, not those heartless meat-sacks known as critics.

But enough time has gone by sinceBatman & Robinthat everyones now being brutally honest about it.

Some have outright apologized for the film, and others have tried to stand up for its merits…

He only ever wanted to entertain us, Schumacher insisted.

I want to apologize to every fan that was disappointed because I think I owe them that.

He toldVice: A lot of it was my choice.

No one is responsible for my mistakes but me.

Its fair to say that his career bounced back after Batman.

Speaking atSan Diego Comic Conbefore that TV interview took place, Clooney gave some very specific apologies during theTomorrowlandpanel.

Sorry about the nipples on the suit, he said.

And also, Freeze, Freeze!

I apologize for that one.

He also revealed that he apologized to Adam West backstage before the panel.

I felt it wasnt tight and it wasnt thought out.

People just got greedy.

And everyone dealt with it differently, he added, talking about the backlash.

Some people became very reclusive about it and freaked out by it.

I thought George handled it great.

He was like, Well, we killed the franchise, and funny about it.

For me, I will always look back with fond memories.

But of course, Im not as proud of the second one as I was of the first one.

OnBatman Forever, I felt like I was making a movie.

The second time, I felt like I was making a kids toy commercial.

Holy brutal honesty, Batman!

And, to be fair, the problems in the film werent her fault at all.

She owes us no apology.

But still, Silverstone came out recently and to a degree smack-talked her own work in the film.

I feel like I could do a much better Batgirl than I did then, she toldUSA Today.

It would be fun to tackle it again, because Im older and my acting is better.

I know I would bring so much more to it.

But, as we noted earlier, the problems with the film hardly fall on Silverstones shoulders.

He went on to become a behemoth of a writer/producer, and hes recently scriptedThe Dark Tower.

The worst thing to do with a serious comic book is to make it a cartoon.

Im still answering for that movie with some people.

I cant answer that question, he said, when asked how does that happen?

I dont have a significant answer to that.

I think its just the whim of the population.

The closest he came to admitting fault or apologising was in saying I think we were a step behind.

MacGregor-Scott hasnt enjoyed the same post-Batman success as Goldsman or Schumacher.

The most recent feature hes credited on is the 2006 Kevin Costner flickThe Guardian.

Poison Ivy herself, the mighty Uma Thurman, also wont be drawn into slagging off the film.

Humor being campy and campy being a code word for gay has changed.

And that kind of nastiness was acceptable on those terms.

And I think thats the reason some people were particularly annoyed.

They didnt like seeing that tone applied to their heterosexual male icon.

I felt that the character was interesting and two movies before that one Joel Schumacher was at his height.

So the decision-making process was not off.

At the same time I was doing Eraser over there and Warner Bros begged me to do the movie.

Its always easy to be smug in hindsight, right?

But when youre me, you’ve got the option to never complain.

Mr Schwarzenegger has a very humble and refreshing way of looking at things.

Warm-hearted, you could say.

Victor Fries would not approve.

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