As you know, yesterday was the 25th anniversary of Batman 89, Tim Burton’s gothic interpretation of the Dark Knight Detective, and the reason we’re celebrating Bat Week this whole week. To mark the occassion, last night around 10pm, I pulled out the Batman disc from my Anthology collection and popped it into the old blu-ray player, fired up my phone, and tweeted along with some dedicated NOC followers on twitter.

A good time was had by all, and I’ve shared some choice tweets after the jump. If you want to relive the whole experience, you can find all the tweets on our twitter feed, or if you prefer them curated, head over to Storify.

I couldn’t wait until 10pm to fire up my disc, so I started a little early and went through two of the included Prince music videos: “Partyman” and “Batdance.”

Dear @FOXTV, please have @sonyatayeh choreo a #Batdance routine on @DANCEonFOX this season. Ya know because of @Gotham. #BatWeekNOC

— The Nerds of Color (@TheNerdsofColor) June 24, 2014

Didn't mention this when I was watching the Partyman video earlier, but I had a huge crush on Prince's sax player. pic.twitter.com/1MK0tJosON

— The Nerds of Color (@TheNerdsofColor) June 24, 2014

Then the movie started!

You know how you can tell #Batman1989 is old? It actually has an opening credits sequence. #BatWeekNOC

— The Nerds of Color (@TheNerdsofColor) June 24, 2014

One of the things that struck me the most about watching Batman in retrospect is that in 1989, no one batted an eye at casting Billy Dee Williams as Harvey Dent. In fact, one of the (many) crimes of the Schumacher films is that it robbed the world of seeing a Billy Dee Two-Face.

You know what else was different in 1989? No one lost their shit over racebending Harvey Dent. #Batman1989 #BatWeekNOC

— The Nerds of Color (@TheNerdsofColor) June 24, 2014

If something like that were to happen today, can you imagine the outcry by the fanboys? Oh wait, you don’t have to imagine.

Speaking of racism, right before we started our live tweet, news broke about Gary Oldman’s unfortunate racist, misogynist rant.

While Gary Oldman is of course a way better Comm. Gordon, at least Pat Hingle wasn't a racist misogynist. Sigh. #BatweekNOC #Batman1989

— The Nerds of Color (@TheNerdsofColor) June 24, 2014

Still, Pat Hingle is a terrible Commissioner Gordon.

Despite that, re-watching the movie — with other folks on twitter — that meant so much to me as a kid was a lot of fun. Sure, parts of the movie don’t hold up that well 25 years later. For instance…

You gotta admit, Bruce hanging upside down in the middle of the night is pretty dumb. You know where Bruce would be instead? On a rooftop.

— The Nerds of Color (@TheNerdsofColor) June 24, 2014

But it was great to go back in time and be 12 years old again. And really, the live tweet was just an excuse to show off my wonderful toys.

Speaking of wonderful toys, here's a DC Multiverse Batman next to a 1990 Kenner Batmobile. #GetInTheCar #BatWeekNOC pic.twitter.com/OX1QDXqRj7

— The Nerds of Color (@TheNerdsofColor) June 24, 2014