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I Was Thisclose to The Batpod
Earlier this week,
The Dark Knight invaded the Valley of
the Sun, wisely picking a 111 degree day to make people come out to see the new Batpod, as well as the hulking Batmobile from
Batman Begins, called the Tumbler.
I don't know if you're aware of this or not, but there
will be a new Batman movie in theaters in a couple of weeks. They've been
running commercials and stuff...
Anyway, when I caught wind of this special event, I let
our Big Picture readers
know about it and I've heard back from several people
who not only went down to Tempe Marketplace to check out the bad ass Bat-rides,
but who also didn't hear much about it anywhere else. So, you're welcome. I
guess it was on TV that morning, but television is such a dinosaur. And I can't
blame you for not watching morning TV.
So, on with the good stuff. Of course, we weren't
allowed to touch the Batpod or the Tumbler, but we got within a few feet of both
of them. These are some pretty hellacious rides, although I'm not sure I'd want
to drive that Tumbler around with $4 gallons of gas.
Take a look:
We'd like to thank Warner Bros. and Allied Advertising
for the Batpublicity stunt, and in particular Patrick Brogan at Allied, who
deserves a special commendation for wearing a black shirt in seven hours of
sweltering Arizona heat.
Posted on Wednesday, July 2, 2008 at 11:57PM
by
Colin Boyd
in Comic Book Movies, Batman, DC Comics, Dark Knight
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3 Comments
Colin Boyd
in Comic Book Movies, Batman, DC Comics, Dark Knight
|
3 Comments
Reader Comments (3)
i was there too, only i got there at 6am when they were just driving them in.there was the biggest batman fan in AZ contest going on. i was dressed as the joker and my friend as twoface. we were on channel 3 news. i have a link to the video if you want to see it.
Please share. That'd be great to see.
http://www.azfamily.com/video/gmaz-index.html?nvid=259377&shu=1
heres the link of me at tempe. we were on channel 10 alo, but theres no link. we will be at the wed. screening of dark knight as well in full costume.
my myspace URL is www.myspace.oom/afitoast check out my photo section for more pics of the makeup jobs and photos of that day