Comic-Con 2009: The Batpod makes a field trip
The Batpod at Comic-Con 2009 - Click above for a high-res image gallery
The San-Diego Comic Con is now in full swing, and amidst all the panels and personal appearances, there's no shortage of static displays to check out either. Our man Drew Phillips strolled through the halls to see what's what and sent back some photos of the wheeled attractions dotting the floor. First up? The Batpod, natch. As you can see, The Dark Knight's ride is roped off to keep it protected from the rabble, but at the show's conclusion, we think its minder should put those cannons to good use by blasting a hole through the San Diego Convention Center's wall and riding out in style. And he ought to wear these, too.
Gallery: Comic-Con 2009: The Batpod
Photos copyright ©2009 Drew Phillips / Weblogs, Inc.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
derek 4:17PM (7/25/2009)
+1 for Batpod!
It's such a cool design.
Except the fact that your cape would get sucked by the back wheel...and then you would fall off.....then fall on the ground....crash.....then joker's henchmen catch up to you.
chuck-chuck....BAM.
lol.
design issues. lol
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Jrejre 2:50PM (7/26/2009)
Actually that was their concern when making the movie, so they designed batman's suit to have the pack in the back to suck his cape in when he was driving the batpod. But when they went to test the batpod with his cape on, they found it didn't get sucked in at all. All the shots of him riding the batpod with his cape flailing behind are real.
Al Terego 5:28PM (7/25/2009)
This lacks imagination. Other than two fat wheels, what the hell am I looking at? Which is the front end? Fail.
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LOW PULP 5:53PM (7/25/2009)
you lack imagination
osunick 7:28PM (7/25/2009)
Watch the movie- it's basically the eject apparatus for the batmobile. Which end is the front can be determined by the guns and the orientation of the bat-person riding it. It's much more inventive in action.
Al Terego 10:06PM (7/25/2009)
Ummm, no thanks. I'll pass on the rehashed drivel that Hollywood tries to pass off as 'movies' nowadays. And Low Pulp, you're the one that lacks imagination. You can't even provide me a suitable answer like osunick did, not to how how the pictures must have entertained you for hours and hours.
Al Terego 10:09PM (7/25/2009)
*not to mention
Jrejre 2:54PM (7/26/2009)
Yes, please pass on the second highest grossing movie of all time and the best reviewed comic book movie ever. It is truly drivel.
Al Terego 4:46PM (7/26/2009)
Yes, please be sheep and continue to mindlessly do what most everyone else does, because how can millions of idiots be wrong. Please. The fat cats depend on your ability to turn off your brain and buy into mass marketed media but don't sit there and tell me that I should too. But, please do continue to buy in because I, along with my employers in the media business really do need your support. Thanks!
Shiftright 5:25PM (7/26/2009)
I echo Low Pulp, you lack imagination, you big fuddy duddy...What are you, 30?
Jrejre 11:02PM (7/26/2009)
I will because I'm incapable of making up my own tastes and only like what people tell me to like.
I wish I could be at such an elevated level of existance so I don't have to enjoy anything mainstream.
RMC 9:45PM (7/25/2009)
It's a fail until I figure out how it's supposed to turn-
it just doesn't seem mechanically possible.
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Scooter 12:42PM (7/26/2009)
http://www.autoblog.com/2008/07/10/i-the-dark-knight-i-s-shoulder-driven-batpod/
Seek answers, and you shall find them.
JDM Life 1:51AM (7/26/2009)
That thing could not do a U-Turn.
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Scooter 12:39PM (7/26/2009)
It can actually U-turn like a champ. If you'd watched The Dark Knight, which you should because it's actually pretty entertaining, you'd see how it's done.
Basically batman drives the Batpod straight into a wall, at which point the front wheel heads up the surface, wheelie style. When the back wheel makes contact with the wall (as it was still moving forward of course), the bike starts to flip back, making Batman about to become a bat-pancake under its weight. Then... the magic happens.
The body of the bike rotates along the roll axis, flipping its rider around 180 degrees so that instead of falling backwards with the bike on top of him, he's now on top of the bike again, and the front wheel slams down on the pavement once more, and he's ready to go speeding off in the opposite direction.
So rather than a U-turn, the bike can just stop, flip, and speed off in the direction from which it came.... as long as there's a wall nearby to hit head-on, of course! :)