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16th June 2005, 8:28am
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| Out now, rated 12A
[image=left]http://www.alternativenation.net/gallery/files/1/batman.jpg[/image]Back in days of yore (1989) a chap called Tim Burton directed a movie called 'Batman', and it was jolly good. Indeed, it was wonderful, with Jack Nicholson perfectly cast as the Joker, and a brooding Michael Keaton as the Caped Crusader himself. It spawned a lavish sequel, which was also pretty good—if a little overboard on the crazy sets for my tastes—with Keaton reprising his role, and the unforgettably sexy Michelle Pfieffer as Catwoman.
Then things took a turn for the worse. For that read 'the next 2 films were utter shit'. Hollywood got its hooks in and threw in lots of big name actors, hoping to cash in on the success of the first two. Sadly, they got away with it, and we movie fans were left weeping in the streets at the cinematic abominations left to us.
Then some bright spark decided 'Here, let's completely ignore the crap that has gone before, and make an 'origins of...
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16th June 2005, 9:11am
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Meh reading about this film makes me want to watch Death Wish instead | |
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16th June 2005, 9:12am
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Originally Posted by Charlie Parker Meh reading about this film makes me want to watch Death Wish instead | You can watch that in the comfort of your home to and not in a cinema with all those pesky kids 
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16th June 2005, 9:19am
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16th June 2005, 9:25am
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I'm gonna go look for a download of this, I can't be fucked with going to the cinema for the third time this year. | |
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16th June 2005, 9:26am
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Originally Posted by poprock See, that's my problem with it. It doesn't look sturdy, militaristic, and home-made. It looks unnecessarily complicated, covered in silly fancy decorative bits, and plain impractical. | Impractical, well it's not going to fit through the drive thru if thats what you're getting at.
And aerodynamically, it looks a bit shit. But the backwards axles are pretty cool, and It has guns!
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16th June 2005, 9:28am
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Originally Posted by JohnnyMonolith I'm gonna go look for a download of this, I can't be fucked with going to the cinema for the third time this year. | It will be the 58th time I have been this year - oh the shame. 
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16th June 2005, 9:29am
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Originally Posted by Charlie Parker | Comfortable chairs, real hot dogs (if you want them), your own popcorn.......
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16th June 2005, 9:30am
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Originally Posted by Foxglove hot dogs....... | :Boak:
Hate Hot Dogs.
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16th June 2005, 9:36am
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| Re: Out now, rated 12A
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Originally Posted by Jet Pac But the backwards axles are pretty cool, and It has guns! | No, that is what I was getting at... why does it have backward axles? If you were building your own armoured car, wouldn't you go with the simple, reliable, tried-and-tested kind of axle, steering, and drive system? It's unnecessarily complicated and fucks up my suspension of disbelief from the get-go.
Anyway, it's really not so important, I hope - I just have concerns about the movie when I'm so unconvinced by one prop which is being hyped quite so much. I mean - I've seen more press about this Batmobile than I have about the cast.
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16th June 2005, 9:38am
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Tonys being overly cynical today, must be the weather. | |
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16th June 2005, 9:40am
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Och, this Batmobile's been bugging me since I first saw it. I'm just venting.
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16th June 2005, 9:41am
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Originally Posted by poprock No, that is what I was getting at... why does it have backward axles? If you were building your own armoured car, wouldn't you go with the simple, reliable, tried-and-tested kind of axle, steering, and drive system? It's unnecessarily complicated and fucks up my suspension of disbelief from the get-go.
Anyway, it's really not so important, I hope - I just have concerns about the movie when I'm so unconvinced by one prop which is being hyped quite so much. I mean - I've seen more press about this Batmobile than I have about the cast. | That is because it is a fully functional British built vehicle that the Americans said could not be built.
Pfft - go see the film and decide on the Batmobile after!
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16th June 2005, 9:44am
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Maybe the press release had a typo. Maybe the Americans said "This should not be built". 
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16th June 2005, 9:45am
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I still am more concerned by Katie Holmes being anywhere near this film.
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16th June 2005, 9:48am
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As far as I know:
Ickle Spoiler type thingy:
He doensn't build it, he buys it as a military vehicle and fixes parts to it...I think
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