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Top 3 Batmobiles: The Best of the Batmobiles
Visual Iconic Pop Culture in Art and Media
James Romeo
January 25, 2016
“What was the best Batmobile to ever appear in visual media?
Everyone has their own likes and dislikes about movies and comics,
such is the nature of any media or art form. Warning: Opinions will
vary from individual to individual.
#3 – 2005 Tumbler (The Dark Knight Trilogy)
The core concept of the entire Nolan series of films was built on one
question: What if Batman was actually real? He would actually need a
car that actually could get the job done.
The Tumbler takes the concept and creatively elaborates the idea of
the Batmobile being an all-terrain vehicle. It smashes through
everything and uses its weight and momentum to go from place to place.
This is the most “realistic” interpretation of the Batmobile to ever
be shown on a movie screen.
#2 – 1966 Batmobile (Batman the Movie/Series)
Everything in the 1960s was about style, colorful and cool. It was a
colorful, lighthearted Batmobile for a lighthearted time in the
character’s history. It resurrected Batman from the black and white
serials. The television show borrowed elements from the 1950s comics
of Batman. The 1966 Batmobile also marked the first occasion audiences
saw the afterburner that propelled the Batmobile in live action,
something that was a part of the comics. This Batmobile was versatile
and useful with its endless array of functions and gadgets combined
with a very unique and bright sense of style. The word iconic it often
found in the company of its description.
#1 – 1989 Batmobile (Batman 1989)
Many believe this to be the best adaptation of the Batmobile in live
action. Michael Keaton’s version from Tim Burton’s film in 1989 is the
one that most people think of when they think of a dark, brooding, and
stylish version of the Batmobile. Enforcing a sense of seriousness,
style, and implied power is what makes this work so well. What you
have is something that is sleek looking and bold with its presence
each time you see the Batmobile appear on screen. It has thick armor,
machine guns, a jet turbine engine, sleek body, and much more, that
give it an intimidating and serious presence each time you see it. It
is the polar opposite interpretation of the 1966 Batmobile, which only
helped to reinforce the idea of Tim Burton’s film being a completely
new take on the dark knight at the time.”
Looked at fifty or so, top ten, top five, and top three ranking sites,
blogs, and postings, ranking the Batmobiles for variable combinations
that included some of the following qualities: screen presentation,
originality, beauty, iconic, gaudiness, design, technology, style,
realism, boldness, intimidation, seriousness, darkness, power,
practicality, and usefulness to Batman. Ninety percent ranked the 1989
as the number one best overall Batmobile, the 1966 as the number two
and most recognizable, and the Tumbler as the number three and most
realistic. Personally, I find something to like in all the Batmobile variations. vertigo
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| Posted 8/24/2017 9:54:26 AM |
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I agree with this post.
There's certainly something to enjoy about every incarnation of the film Batmobile's. The 1989 has received much love for it's creative brilliance delivered to us by Anton Furst, Terry Ackland Snow and a small team of brilliant artisans. The 1966 Batmobile is a concept cars design retrofitted with some rather simplistic design elements and built quickly for shooting. I don't believe that George Barris deserved all of the credit he got, another story for some other time.
The Tumbler has the most amazing engine sound there ever was, and an intimidation factor that trumps all. Built by even more incredible engineers and designers, maybe not as much aesthetically, but in terms of functionality they were right on the money.
The Batmobile's in the 1995 and 1997 film are also quite fantastic if you've ever seen them up close, impractical as they may be, they are truly a sight to behold.
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| Posted 3/5/2018 7:16:32 PM |
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| I got my photo taken in a 66 when I was a kid. At that time, there was no other batmobile. So, when the 89 movie came out, and they introduced that car... It was the first change in a very long time. It was overdue for an update. But after that, the car was changed just for the purpose of changing- not the same. Bottom line, the 89 is the best!
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| Posted 3/5/2018 7:35:51 PM |
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| (Of course, by "no other batmobile", I meant that the 66 was really the only one most people in 1986 knew of, and certainly the only one I had seen as a 10 year old)
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| Posted 12/9/2018 7:14:57 PM |
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| I love this! The 89 is my personal favorite...but then again it's the movie I grew up with!
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| Posted 12/10/2018 4:20:23 AM |
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It might be because Hot Wheels has made so many versions of the 89 heck there is a chrome one now.
Oh yea they do look good on a Christmas tree.
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