I just spent an inordinate amount of time Googling porn parodies, namely Vivid director, Alex Braun’s Batman XXX and I’m left feeling a little, well, left out. The film, in its seventh week at the top of adult film sales and rentals, looks glossy and quite possibly hot. And yet I’m still not totally convinced I want to see my childhood figurines fuck. Then again, my Barbie did spend an awful lot of time with Ken in her pink, canopy bed. And come to think of it, I’d probably be downloading Batman XXX immediately if Heath Ledger had had a cameo (sorry, too soon?). I suppose I’ll have to give the porn parody idea a chance. Clearly there’s a demand, between Hustler’s This Ain’t Avatar XXX, New Sensations’ The Flinstones and Vivid’s forthcoming 3D: Star Wars. Still, I think I’ll pass on Batman XXX, as my boss is the voice of The Batman cartoon. And that, dear reader, would just be too weird.
I may be going out on a limb but I think the success of this film has little to do with Batman and much more with what Catwoman has been hiding under her catsuit for oh too many years.