Batmobile race!

[Trekker4747]

I'm not disagreeing with any of that, but try to remember, 1) the Batmobile is a car 2) the actress/hostess wouldn't have done the video if she'd had any major qualms about being objectified like that.

Well, of course. The whole thing was obviously scripted, which is one of the reasons it's so bad. I'm not saying I think she was actually victimized, I'm saying I think it's unpleasant that they wrote it to make it seem like she was pressured into it against her will, as if they were catering to an audience that gets off on the idea of women being sexually dominated and humiliated. There are contexts where that kind of sexual fantasy can be explored validly, as long as it is only a consensual fantasy, but in the context of a feature that's supposed to be about Batmobiles, it feels inappropriate. It perpetuates the worst stereotypes about comics and their fans. And it feels completely out of place in a feature that's supposed to be celebrating the '66 Batmobile, an icon of the most clean-cut, wholesome, and polite incarnation of Batman that ever existed.

What would you be saying if the show was scripted to have the 89 Batmobile win and to have the man in the bikini washing the car?

She agreed to do the bit and for all we know it was her idea during the writing process of the video. It was maybe a bit gratuitous as was the reactions/actions of the two men during it but, eh. It's entertainment.

 

[Christopher]

Aside from the other stuff I disliked, it was disappointing that the only topics covered were the putative in-universe capabilities of the cars (and I can't believe they forgot the Emergency Bat-Turn Lever complete with Batmobile Parachute Pickup Service) and the (alleged?) performance of the replica cars they were driving. I would've been more interested in actually learning something about the production vehicles, the actual capabilities of the Barris-customized Futura and whatever the movie car was made from. I was hoping to learn some TV/film history, and all I got was a couple of car geeks making empty boasts about their rides.

What would you be saying if the show was scripted to have the 89 Batmobile win and to have the man in the bikini washing the car?

That's a meaningless question, because obviously they never would've written it that way. They wouldn't have cast this stunning young lady as their presenter and introduced the bikini bet if it hadn't been their intention to end the segment with her in the bikini. That's exactly why it's so obvious that the "race" was staged and the outcome predetermined. Along with the empty boasting, that's why the whole thing is just a piece of pointless fluff rather than something actually informative like I was hoping for.

 

[Trekker4747]

I dunno, the "having a man do the bikini thing instead of the sexy woman you thought and hoping it was going to be" route seemed just as likely to me.

 

[davejames]

I have to admit, they got the '89 car going a lot faster than I would have expected (considering how slow and rickety it looked in the film).

It actually looked really cool tearing down the road like that.

Christ, what a waste of time. Can I get my ten minutes back?

Thankfully I just watched the shorter 2 minute version on youtube that only featured the race.

 

[Q2UnME]

Am I correct in assuming that neither of the cars featured were the actual Film/TV production vehicles and just modern copies? Doesn't Baris have both of them in his personal "museum" (aka his business lobby)?

Q2

 

[USS Mariner]

Am I correct in assuming that neither of the cars featured were the actual Film/TV production vehicles and just modern copies? Doesn't Baris have both of them in his personal "museum" (aka his business lobby)?

Q2

The "expert" in the video says he built both of the cars.

I'd love to ask him where he learned that the car had blue LED's in the afterburner.

 

[Trekker4747]

Am I correct in assuming that neither of the cars featured were the actual Film/TV production vehicles and just modern copies? Doesn't Baris have both of them in his personal "museum" (aka his business lobby)?

Q2

The "expert" in the video says he built both of the cars.

 

[USS Mariner]

Aside from the other stuff I disliked, it was disappointing that the only topics covered were the putative in-universe capabilities of the cars (and I can't believe they forgot the Emergency Bat-Turn Lever complete with Batmobile Parachute Pickup Service) and the (alleged?) performance of the replica cars they were driving. I would've been more interested in actually learning something about the production vehicles, the actual capabilities of the Barris-customized Futura and whatever the movie car was made from.

Because the Google is far beyond the skill-set of the two dickhead...I mean "experts" in the video.

I haven’t watched the video, but I’m not quite sure what you mean by “a Lincoln Futura with a body kit.”

I mean "a Lincoln Futura with a body kit." That phrase is a bit of hyperbole from me, given the transmission was swapped with that of a Ford Galaxie during the series run, and oodles of props were added, albeit all under supervision from Barris.

But in comparison to the '89, whose frame also is the marriage of two Impala frames, it's practically stock, and also not nearly as gimped in power/weight ratio. The afterburner on the '89 car only worked for 15 seconds at a time (because it consumed THAT much fuel), and unlike the '66, it didn't have to actually perform high-speed, demanding stunts because Burton's Batman didn't require it to. One might counter that the '66 required 3 additional doubles, but that wasn't because of stunt damage so much as it was impossible for one car to contain every device in the Bat-arsenal.

Of course, given that both vehicles featured are replicas, and the builder is neither asked nor offers any indication that his vehicles' performance is at all close to the originals, the race is pointless.

 

[doubleohfive]

Am I correct in assuming that neither of the cars featured were the actual Film/TV production vehicles and just modern copies? Doesn't Baris have both of them in his personal "museum" (aka his business lobby)?

Q2

I don't know if it is one of the originals, but there definitely IS a '66 Batmobile in the lobby of his auto shop in Studio City/Toluca Lake. I see it nearly every day on my drive in to work.

 

[Owain Taggart]

For a better story about Batman, check this out:

A guy's put a lot of his own money into buying a black Lamborghini with yellow accents and batman symbols and visits sick kids in D.C area hospitals, dressed up as Batman. He's also in the process of having a movie replica batmobile built. It's a rather heartwarming story.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs...tman-this-guy/2012/03/28/gIQA8nPjgS_blog.html

 

[scotpens]

I haven’t watched the video, but I’m not quite sure what you mean by “a Lincoln Futura with a body kit.”

I mean "a Lincoln Futura with a body kit." That phrase is a bit of hyperbole from me, given the transmission was swapped with that of a Ford Galaxie during the series run, and oodles of props were added, albeit all under supervision from Barris.

Well, at the risk of sounding a bit pedantic, the original Barris Batmobile was based on the Lincoln Futura, not a Lincoln Futura. The Futura was a one-off concept car with bodywork by Ghia, and the modifications to transform it into the Batmobile were custom sheetmetal work, not a “kit.”

I’ve heard the story that the Futura/Batmobile’s frame developed serious cracks early on, so the entire body was lifted off and dropped onto a Ford Galaxie frame stretched by 11 inches. However, other sources claim this never happened, and that stretched Ford frames were used only for the three fiberglass-bodied replicas.

. . . and unlike the '66, it didn't have to actually perform high-speed, demanding stunts because Burton's Batman didn't require it to.

The ’66 Batmobile didn’t really have to do high-speed stunts either. (I mean, the thing weighed over two-and-a-half tons.) Most of that stuff was faked with editing and making the car look faster by step-printing or undercranking the camera.

Of course, given that both vehicles featured are replicas, and the builder is neither asked nor offers any indication that his vehicles' performance is at all close to the originals, the race is pointless.

Agreed. The whole thing is just a jerkoff.

 

[drychlick]

i love it ! i took it as was good (clean) fun! hot cars and a hot women what more can a guy ask for! real happy the 66 batmobile won! i love the 1966 tv show!

 

[Trekker4747]

But... but... sensualized scene with hot girl willing wiping down a car with her ass!