Batman continues to get all the coolest gadgets. We’ve seen already Anne Hathaway riding the two-wheeled Batpod, and watched her stunt double crash it into an IMAX camera. Now we have Christopher Nolan’s reimagined Batwing (or is it the Batcopter?) on set in Pittsburgh. Spoiler alert!
Sure, it’s on a hydraulic rig, but watching it chase that truck (driven by Bane?) has me even more psyched for Nolan’s final Batman film. More: Official Dark Knight Rises Teaser Trailer. [SubaruWrxFan YouTube and Razzi]
cayal
Monday, August 15, 2011 at 9:55 AMReally? You put spoiler at the end of the sentence. The headline IS A SPOILER!!
EckyThump
Monday, August 15, 2011 at 10:02 AMBloody hell!! How much did they spend building that friggin rig… #}
Damo
Monday, August 15, 2011 at 10:29 AMYeah, you’d think 3D would be easier and cheaper these days. Still… there’s some memorabillia worth owning!!
lulz
Monday, August 15, 2011 at 11:01 AMYou mean CGI. And easier/cheaper doesn’t mean better. Nolan knows this, that’s why is films are awesome, he uses minimal CGI.
EckyThump
Monday, August 15, 2011 at 12:06 PMErm, shows like “Battlestar Galactica’ ‘Stargate SGU’ and ‘A Game of Thrones’ which are serial, and all use CGI have to get a lot of bang for their buck, and they all look fantastic! So I don’t think realism is an issue for a big budget show like this using CGI! #]
Dom T
Monday, August 15, 2011 at 2:34 PMCGI is always getting more and more realistic, and cheaper, but it honestly can’t match getting the real thing on film right now. CGI has this bad habit of eventually looking really dated. We’ve not yet broken through the uncanny valley.
EckyThump
Monday, August 15, 2011 at 3:06 PMFair enough, But we’re talking about ‘Batman’ here, not a hyper-realistic SciFi,.. and now that the joker is actually dead, I doubt that it will be any better than the last one. So,.. why not use CGI it’s good enough for me…. for now! #]
Steve
Monday, August 15, 2011 at 6:10 PMThe Joker’s not exactly dead. He was caught at the end of TDK, only to set of the chain reaction involving Harvey Dent’s remaining sanity.
CGI is imperfect, nor is it applicable for every scenario. Watch BSG or GoT again, the CGI is used to garnish a scene, much like a matte backdrop used to. You can extend a wall to make it look like a castle, you can add digital soldiers to create an army.
But with CGI used prominently in the forefront, it looks very bad. Especially when done on a TV serial budget (eg the Cylon Centurions in BSG, or Yoda from Star Wars prequels).
EckyThump
Tuesday, August 16, 2011 at 8:36 AMActually I was talking about ‘Heath Ledger’ Simply irreplaceable! I agree to an extent about CGI, however as you said it looks bad in a cheap serial,.. but in a good one like I mentioned earlier, pretty damned good. In a big budget movie, they can get it perfect!! #]
Dinghy Plans
Monday, August 15, 2011 at 4:10 PMI still prefer actual models over CG.
McLargehuge
Tuesday, August 16, 2011 at 10:46 AMDid anyone else notice the Camo Tumbler in the still shot? Or just me?…