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Actually according to the batmobile site Sol linked to 1941 had the first 'unique' batmobile almost from the inception of the comics, it was some old yank late 30s/early 40s car with a bat mask on the front and a massive fin on the roof.
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I still the the "Batman Beyond" car was the best looking design ever. I'd love to see that thing realised in a live action movie, moving the way it did in the "laser chase" scene from "Return of the Joker". The new one of course is a whole different animal. Very much reminisent of the Frank Miller tank, but ligher and with a lot more speed.
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There was a Batman Beyond movie touted as being "in development" couple years ago. I guess it's on indefinite hold now, but after this remoured trilogy is told, I'd love to revisit the BB world. Make up Christian Bale as an 80 year-old and go nuts.
That Batmobile page is awesome. The car has had so many incarnations... Say, is there a page somewhere that details the various Batsuits through the ages?
quote:Originally posted by Zefram: I think the voice is simply part of the whole Batman persona. It likely that he's so fully immersed himself into the part that, even when speaking with those he knows, he still uses the voice he invented for the character.
I thought the cartoon did it best. In that, Bruce always used his "Batman" voice except when he was being "Billionaire playboy". If he was at home talking to Alfred in his own clothes, it would be in deep, scary voice mode. Possibly because of the fact that...
quote:Originally posted by Reverend: Just saw it today and loved it. Mostly because it wasn't actually a Batman movie, it was a Bruce Wayne movie, which makes it all the more interesting for me.
Of course, the point about Batman in general (and which the film gets) is that there is no Bruce Wayne, there is only Batman. Superman is really Clarke Kent (at least, since the mid-80s reboot), and Spider-Man is really Peter Parker, but Batman is Batman. His normal face is his diguise. The man has no life beyond wandering around dressed as a giant bat stopping bad guys.
(And on your other point, apparently the small girl is actually listed in the credits as "Barbara Gordon", although I haven't checked.)
quote:Originally posted by Jason Abbadon: Hell, if they wanted a gritty realistic Robin, they could skip Dick Grayson completely and use Tim Drake instead.
Buh? How is the kid who goes to a private school and who has a dad more "gritty" than the kid who's parents were both killed by mobsters and who was left as an orphan?
(And if they want "gritty", they'd surely go with Jason.)
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