Time to Make up Your Minds

Here are some pics of the Batmobile from various sources.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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This is Joel Schumacher’s Batmobile.  Let’s move on.

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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.

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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:

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I rest my damn case.