Time to Make up Your Minds
Here are some pics of the Batmobile from various sources.
This is more or less the original Batmobile, with a big-ass fin and a silly Batface on the front of it, Batman drove versions of this basic design for decades.
The 60’s came, and with them this Batmobile, based on a Lincoln chassis. This is the Batmobile of my youth, so I won’t bag on it too much, except to mention that it’s a big, fucking impractical piece of crap.
The Batmobile of the Batman animated series was cool, but look how long that damn thing is! I would think that Batman would favor stealth and maneuverability over luxury. Something interesting: no matter how huge the Batmobile, what they all seem to have in commen is the most absolutely cramped cockpit imaginable.
This is Joel Schumacher’s Batmobile. Let’s move on.
This is Christopher Nolan’s Batmobile, arguably the most practical of the bunch. It’s rough, ugly, and to-the-point. It’s a tool, not a status symbol.
Here are two Batmobiles I shot today sitting right next to each other on a toy shelf. You may notice that, though they are part of the same toy line, they look completely different from each other.
Which brings us to my point: please, comic artists, movie-makers, animators, and toy manufacturers: FIGURE OUT WHAT THE DAMN BATMOBILE IS SUPPOSED TO LOOK LIKE. You can’t just slap a Bat-symbol on any black or blue car, throw a couple fins on it and call it a damn Batmobile! The Batmobile is one specific car, Batman’s car, and I think you’d be doing us all a favor if you at least made a stab at consistency. As a Batman fan, I’m getting a little of sick of him constantly having a new set of wheels every time it’s time for action.
Afterward:
I rest my damn case.
