George Lucas! That is a perfect example. It's true that most people have given negative reviews regarding George Lucas's new scenes which feature new made from scratch scenes that insert humor where non is called for or, the infamous decision to have Greedo shoot first. However there is one scene that is almost universally praised and it just happens to be the one scene that utilizes old footage much in the way I wish to do with the cast of Batman. I'm referring to the Jabba The Hut scene at the Millennium Falcon. Despite the fact that the footage was around 30 years old (or whatever it was at the time), Jabba appearing completely different than he does in other films and the fact Harrison Ford was no longer as young as he appeared in the footage Lucas managed to recreate this wonderful lost scene and restore it to the film. It wasn't just pasted on (as many in here expect) but, rather was first edited to fit the film. Jabba was CGIed over the original actor and new sound effects were created for his voice. Furthermore, there was the issue of Harrison Ford walking behind the actor which he could not do with Jabba because of the tail. So they cut Ford's image out and reanimated it so to appear as if he stepped on Jabba the Hutt's tail. The new Jabba the Hutt animation even show him react to being stepped on even though the original footage was shot decades earlier (just like Burt Ward would be able to play off of Adam's recordings from decades ago). The resulting scene actually showed Han Solo as he was originally portrayed. Cocky, arrogant and willing to strike first (by stepping on Jabba's tail) just as he was when he shot Greedo first in the original cut.
Almost all of Lucas's other changes were unnecessary but, this one scene prooves that it can be done and can be done well with the right creative mind in charge.
Oh, so that's it. You simply care less about Burt's work than Casey's. Fair enough. To each his own.PS- LOVE the Scooby Gif. Don't mess with Casey.