Who's the best Batman?

Keaton, by far. I think Bale has more votes because people are either too young or Bale's batman is more recent.

dare we ask the question of who was the better joker ?

I have to agree with Matt Blum. The others defined their Batman. Adam West defined a generation.

Keaton made Batman more approachable..Bale made Batman scary..gave him a purpose and therefore made Batman...well more than a man..Bale wins this round

Keaton by a mile, he was well rounded as both Bruce and Batman.

All you teens just have a hard-on for the new hot dude (Bale) - he's a great Bruce Wayne; stuck up, dower, barely approachable and detached... but between his voice and the choppy disconnected fight scenes he's hardly a good Batman (That could be the directors fault, or Bale's need to do more choreography practice, but the camera moves and swoops SOO much during Batman Begins/Dark Knight it's hard to tell if he is fighting or if they are just taking stills of him in different positins!)

Nod to Adam West, but I feel the true roots of Batman were always darker than the character he played, regardless of how appropriate it was for the times...

Heath Ledger really kicked ass as the Joker!!! Even though the first 4 Batman
movies, in my opinion, were a joke. Batman Begins and The Dark Knight
are the 2 best movies in the series.

First off, huge Heath ledger fan before TDK.. but he DEFINITLY nailed the joker role. Jack did a good job for the joker during that time, but for the 20th century, heath pulled it off beautifully. and i voted kevin conroy because, i grew up with that cartoon. he has the most recognizable voice for batman who's not on film (if your a bathead).. Keaton did a good job too though, at least you can understand what he is saying when he is batman unlike bale most the time. batman forever, and robin! lets just say those movies never happened and forget the nightmare of that failed attempt.. that being said.. EVERYONE GET A COPY OF ARKHAM ASYLEM WHEN IT COMES OUT IN AUGUST!

I have found the 'campy' version is the only one which was not unnecessarily violent and the movie ones were always much more violent and I can't afford an overpriced movie and I hate when the quality shows call the real Bat Man 'Campy' since it was worthwhile, I would love the real BatMan to come back on TV again, it was on TBS many years ago. I love quality TV myself and the batman movie was not there best one, but its better than the recent ones.

Conroy
Bale
Keaton
West
Kilmer
Clooney

nuff said