A Functional Batmobile Tumbler From Scratch!

Bob Dullam is a Batman fan, so much so that he has invested between $50,000 and $70,000 of his own money into the creation of a functioning Batmobile Tumbler, built using only photographs and DVD stills for reference. You can follow Bob's progress via My Tumbler progress posts to the SuperHeroHype forum. Up next is the car's interior! Check out Wired for pictures.

A Batsuit A Modern Day Crime Fighter Would Be Proud To Wear

Over the years we've seen Batman hit the big screen in many batsuits including tights accompanied by a silk cape and the rubber fitted number preferred in the 90's but the Dark Knight version is one a super hero can be proud of. "Why, in 2008, would a superhero put on a rubber suit?" costume designer Lindy Hemming asks. "Why would he wear something that made him less active and unbelievably, unpleasantly hot? He wouldn't. He'd use all the technology available to be as comfortable as possible." The new batsuit has been compared by the designers to a sneaker "It has armored elements with carbon fiber running through them, but also semi-rigid areas for flexibility, and mesh panels that allow it to breathe. You end up with these kinds of crumple zones that allow you to bend, to crunch." costume effects supervisor Graham Churchyard points out. The suit apparently weighs in around 30 pounds but the designers have distributed the weight fairly evenly making it less of a chore to wear. I for one am anxious to see the suit in action!

LA Times story here.

Batman "The Dark Knight" Trailer

After seeing Ironman on the weekend I thought that I had seen the best of the summer movie lineup, but after watching The Dark Knight trailer I think that there is at least one more reason to go the the theatre this summer. Check it out...