# What do you think of the new Batmobile?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-the-new-batmobile/237630
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [March 31, 2004, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-the-new-batmobile/237630 "2004-03-31T23:45:21Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@PV3H\_JW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PV3H_JW)
#### Post date: [March 31, 2004, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-the-new-batmobile/237630/1 "2004-03-31T23:45:21Z")
Hello Dopers!!! I just found a picture of the [Batmobile](http://batmanbegins.warnerbros.com/page.html) that will be in the upcoming “Batman Begins” movie. What do you think?
I like it. It’s more tank-like than the ones that I’m used to seeing, which I think will play well with the (supposedly) darker feel of the new batman movie.
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### Author:  [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)
#### Post date: [March 31, 2004, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-the-new-batmobile/237630/2 "2004-03-31T23:54:35Z")
Christian Bale as Bruce Wayne? Never woulda thought of it myself, but I likes it!
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### Author:  [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)
#### Post date: [March 31, 2004, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-the-new-batmobile/237630/3 "2004-03-31T23:58:20Z")
I think the Batmobile will work in the darker context of this film, although I love the retro-futuristic look of the Animated Series’ Batmobile.
As for Christian Bale, I thought he would be perfect after seeing American Psycho and Equilibrium. He’ll be a great Bruce Wayne as well as an intense, imposing Batman. I couldn’t be more excited about this movie. They’re finally going to get Batman “right”! The cast is already incredible: Bale, Katie Holmes, Morgan Freeman, Liam Neeson, Gary Oldman as Jim Gordon, and Ken Watanabe as the villain, Ra’s Al Ghul.
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### Author:  [@B.Serum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/B.Serum)
#### Post date: [March 31, 2004, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-the-new-batmobile/237630/4 "2004-03-31T23:59:23Z")
It’s quite a departure. I need to see it in the context of the movie to say whether it’s a good choice or not.
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### Author:  [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)
#### Post date: [April 1, 2004, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-the-new-batmobile/237630/5 "2004-04-01T00:44:09Z")
Very tank-like yes – but I just cannot picture that thing doing more than 25 MPH…
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### Author:  [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)
#### Post date: [April 1, 2004, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-the-new-batmobile/237630/6 "2004-04-01T00:55:33Z")
The Pontiac Aztec has just lost its crown.
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### Author:  [@hybrid\_dogfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hybrid_dogfish)
#### Post date: [April 1, 2004, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-the-new-batmobile/237630/7 "2004-04-01T00:58:55Z")
NO No no! A thousand times NO!
The batmobile is a fast moving, manouverable thing, similar to a bat. It is not a thing which should be made to resemble the APC from _Aliens_. Yes it needs to be chunkier and more resilient looking to fit in the new film, but it needed more of a car look than a tank.
::sulks in a corner like a schoolboy::
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### Author:  [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)
#### Post date: [April 1, 2004, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-the-new-batmobile/237630/8 "2004-04-01T01:05:04Z")
That’s one ugly piece of hardware. I much prefer the other one used in previous movies but if they want to get away from that, they should have built one similar to the animated Batman’s. It was pretty cool.
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### Author:  [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)
#### Post date: [April 1, 2004, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-the-new-batmobile/237630/9 "2004-04-01T01:11:26Z")
I like it. It looks like the Batmobile from _Dark Knight Returns_. I’m starting to get genuinely excited about this movie.
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### Author:  [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)
#### Post date: [April 1, 2004, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-the-new-batmobile/237630/10 "2004-04-01T01:31:55Z")
Well, it’s not covered with Black Lights. That counts for a lot, these days.
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### Author:  [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)
#### Post date: [April 1, 2004, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-the-new-batmobile/237630/11 "2004-04-01T02:00:44Z")
I’ve got to agree with **rjung:** That things looks _slow_. Even with the rocket engine, I have a hard time imagining that thing successfully passing a garbage truck.
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### Author:  [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)
#### Post date: [April 1, 2004, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-the-new-batmobile/237630/12 "2004-04-01T02:04:44Z")
Looks cool, but seriously, how could anyone drive one of these on a public road and not be sighted and followed all the way home? I remember that at one point (late 70s/ early 80s?) when Adams was drawing he had a Batmobile that was externally indistinguishable from a standard car. Wouldn’t that be much more plausible?
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### Author:  [@Murcielago](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Murcielago)
#### Post date: [April 1, 2004, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-the-new-batmobile/237630/13 "2004-04-01T02:15:47Z")
I like it, though it seems a bit advanced for Bats at the beginning. Could be they are taking the character further in his development than I had assumed.
Looking forward to this one, but _Batman Begins_ isn’t much of a title IMO. _Batman: The Dawn_ or something similar would pack more of a punch.
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### Author:  [@cainxinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cainxinth)
#### Post date: [April 1, 2004, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-the-new-batmobile/237630/14 "2004-04-01T02:27:41Z")
If there was one thing the cinematic incarnation of this American icon needed, it was a makeover. This looks like a step in the right direction. As long as the crappy puns, Warhol color scheme, and none too subtle homoerotic undertones are equally absent from the film I’ll be fully satisfied.
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### Author:  [@Manduck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manduck)
#### Post date: [April 1, 2004, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-the-new-batmobile/237630/15 "2004-04-01T02:28:00Z")
It looks like a tractor.
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### Author:  [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)
#### Post date: [April 1, 2004, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-the-new-batmobile/237630/16 "2004-04-01T03:39:11Z")
Its one of those things that is so ugly it is good looking. There is something refreshing about raw practicality.
Minor spoiler that may explain the look:
This thing is the all terrain military vehicle designed by Wayne Technologies as a Military Vehicle that Bruce asks if it comes in black…
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### Author:  [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)
#### Post date: [April 1, 2004, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-the-new-batmobile/237630/17 "2004-04-01T03:45:51Z")
The fact that Raz al’Ghul is going to be the bad guy is just so kick ass! He’s always been my favorite villian in the Batman universe. I can’t wait to see how he translates to the big screen.
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### Author:  [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)
#### Post date: [April 1, 2004, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-the-new-batmobile/237630/18 "2004-04-01T04:11:54Z")
Raz al’Ghul _does_ sound like a good choice for a villain. I’ll be looking forward to this movie.
Then again, I thought that Two-Face would be an awesome bad guy, but Tommy Lee Jones just ruined it. Ditto for Mr. Freeze and ol’ Schwartzy. Strangely enough, Jim Carrey (whom I usually hate like fingernails on a chalkboard) was awesome as the Riddler. I hope they find a good actor for Raz, and spend more than a few seconds developing his character.
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### Author:  [@teemingONE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teemingONE)
#### Post date: [April 1, 2004, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-the-new-batmobile/237630/19 "2004-04-01T04:22:15Z")
Its the new Hummer B2.
( the B stands for Bat)
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### Author:  [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)
#### Post date: [April 1, 2004, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-the-new-batmobile/237630/20 "2004-04-01T04:32:28Z")
That thing is absofrikkinlutely HIDEOUS.
And it looks slow, too, as has already been mentioned.
I’m still excited about the movie, though. Ras Al’Ghul kicks ass.
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