# What do you think of the new Batmobile? **URL:** \ **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:** 3\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Beauty\_Personified](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e480ec/32.png) [@Beauty\_Personified](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beauty_Personified)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2004, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-the-new-batmobile/237630/21 "2004-04-01T04:39:18Z")
> [@Diceman](#): > > Raz al’Ghul _does_ sound like a good choice for a villain. I’ll be looking forward to this movie. > > I hope they find a good actor for Raz, and spend more than a few seconds developing his character. **Ken Watanabe** (_The Last Samurai_) is Ra’s Al Ghul. I heard a rumor that he won’t be speaking much, if any, English in the film. I don’t know about that. If he’s subtitled a few times when appropriate, or has a translator earlier in the film when speaking with Americans, maybe. We’ll see… I’m just wondering if a young Talia will pop up at some point in the film… ---
**Author:** ![B.Serum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/b.serum/32/14266_2.png) [@B.Serum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/B.Serum)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2004, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-the-new-batmobile/237630/22 "2004-04-01T04:48:52Z")
> [@N9IWP](#): > > 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… There’s a good way to protect your secret identity… ---
**Author:** ![Enola\_Straight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dec6dc/32.png) [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2004, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-the-new-batmobile/237630/23 "2004-04-01T05:25:26Z")
the love child of the Hummer and the Stealth Fighter. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-the-new-batmobile/237630.md?page=1)