Jason Woodrue ( John Glover) shoves her into a rack of chemicals and plants, forever altering her DNA. The villains of Schumacher's films lean hard into that aesthetic. Many Silver Age heroes, such as Barry Allen/The Flash and Hal Jordan/Green Lantern, have origins that are steeped in science fiction. Elements of that Freeze wind up in Batman & Robin, including his dedication to save his wife NoraĪnother Silver Age element Schumacher embraced was the mad science that often drove the plot of that era's comics - especially the villain's origins. So does Schwarzenegger's turn as Freeze, which is even more ironic given that Batman: The Animated Series reworked the character as a tragic figure. And Thurman's performance as Ivy embraces the utter campiness inherent in a woman who's become a living plant. They seem to relish playing the villains Carrey, in particular, taps into the same rubbery energy that fuels his performances in The Mask and Ace Ventura while playing the Riddler. Many of Batman's foes usually have an outlandish gimmick and Schumacher took that to the next level, as Forever features the dual menace of Two-Face ( Tommy Lee Jones) and the Riddler ( Jim Carrey) while Batman & Robin has Mister Freeze ( Arnold Schwarzenegger), Poison Ivy ( Uma Thurman) and Bane ( Robert Swenson). Perhaps the biggest Silver Age influence in Schumacher's films is the outlandish villains. In a similar vein, Forever wound up drawing more attention than its predecessor Batman Returns - even becoming the highest-grossing film of 1995. In fact, their comics were bleeding readers until the dawn of the Silver Age. The Caped Crusader was on the outs alongside other superheroes such as Superman and Wonder Woman were far from the icons of the superhero genre that they'd grow to be in later years.

While the era saw the creation of multiple characters and superhero teams including the Justice League of America and the Fantastic Four, it also saw a resurgence in interest in Batman. The Silver Age is often regarded as one of the most influential periods in comic book history since it was the moment that the superhero genre regained prominence in the medium.

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