In Praise Of The Tumbler
UPDATE: They are indeed bringing back the Tumbler for TDKR. Such an awesome sight. Although there is reason to believe it could be used solely for ‘flashback’ scenes. I don’t want to spoil anything, but there is some major baggage arriving from Batman Begins for Dark Knight Rises. Original article as follows:
I really hope they bring back the Tumbler for The Dark Knight Rises. It is a car that you can buy into as being a real, functional military vehicle - as opposed to a gaudy car with fins! Ugh.
Seeing as the Tumbler exploded in The Dark Knight, they’d have to rebuild a new car from scratch. I hope it is as much an evolution from the original Tumbler as say, Batman’s new suit in The Dark Knight compared to Batman Begins.
Whatever they do - don’t design it to perform some unique function that is convenient to the story. The Batmobile ‘splitting’ to fit a crevice in Batman Returns, or scaling the side of a building in Batman Forever, just seems like a forced set piece. I won’t even mention the car from Batman and Robin (which they actually scaled back in ability, if you look it up).
It would just seem like a cohesive move as well. Too much of a departure and you partition the trilogy in a way - as odd as that sounds. I found it a bit too weird that Wayne Manor and the Bat Cave were excised from DK, as well as a lot of landmarks from Batman Begins, such as Wayne Tower and it’s boardroom (they went with a different building in DK), the unique train system, the Narrows, etc. Seemed like two different Gothams. But I digress!
Huge props to Nathan Crowley who designed this amazing car. It’s a pain in the butt to recreate in 3D, but well worth it.
Posted on January 22, 2011, in Cars, Comics, Films and tagged Automotive, Batman, Entertainment, Films. Bookmark the permalink. 2 Comments.
From what I heard, the reason for the big difference between DK and the older batman franchises, is the fact theat the new Batman is a new creation-of sorts. They are rewriting Bruce Wayne/Batman’s life to fit in with the new day and age where more is possible, while tying in a few, maybe too few key points in his life. Death of parents at hands of Joker, creation of Joker, creation of Two-face, ets.
They were also trying to ground the character in a realistic way, in a world where Superheroes don’t exist. But mostly the films were based on Batman: Year One, Batman: The Long Halloween, and Batman: Dark Victory, in terms of characters, origin, setting, and dialogue even. Great books, I recommend you seek them out if you haven’t already.