Batmobile

[ralphlong]

The original is still the best.

You Tube

[robow]

I have been waiting for this documentary for a while now, it is getting close. When you say the original which do you mean?

This one?

[goalie]

I gotta go with the batmobile from the tv show when I was a child in the mid-60's with Adam West. Always wished I could have a batmoblie when I was a kid ...or a 007 car.

[ralphlong]

Originally Posted by goalie

I gotta go with the batmobile from the tv show when I was a child in the mid-60's with Adam West. Always wished I could have a batmoblie when I was a kid ...or a 007 car.

I like the one from the tv show also. It had the best lines.

I saw one of the cars in a museum in Daytona Beach. IIRC, same museum also had the Green Hornet car.

Another cool car is the Speed Racer Mach 5. They have one of these in the Peterson in LA.

[goalie]

How can they have a Speed Racer Mach 5 car when it was just a cartoon?

[ralphlong]

Originally Posted by goalie

How can they have a Speed Racer Mach 5 car when it was just a cartoon?

I dunno, but they had one. I guess it was based on the cartoon. I cannot recal if it was drivable

Here is a pic http://www.flickr.com/photos/48465793@N00/492667022/

[OTD]

Originally Posted by ralphlong

I dunno, but they had one. I guess it was based on the cartoon. I cannot recal if it was drivable

Here is a pic http://www.flickr.com/photos/48465793@N00/492667022/

There was a Speedracer movie. The reason you don't recall it is it sucked.

You Tube

[goalie]

Yeah, I watched the movie with my son a few years ago. I guess I thought that was all computer animation stuff -- didn't recall that there were any actual cars.

[Badlands-4-2]

I never saw the movie, but I remember the hype, and it was all supposed to be computer animation.

[goalie]

Perhaps the car was made as part of the movie promo?

[robow]

No the Mach 5 car was made long before the movie. I remember seeing it at the San Diego Auto show in 2003 or 04 it was impressive.
http://youtu.be/aijF0ywBx_Q

Does anyone know why I can't just post the video, I either get a hyper link or an error message.

[goalie]

Trusty wikipedia lol

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speed_Racer_(film)

Production

The Mach 5 (shown on display at the 2007 Comic-Con International), is designed to be driven, but was hung from a crane for the film's sequences and had its motoring effects computer-generated.
In October 2006, directors Larry and Andy Wachowski were brought on board by the studio to write and direct Speed Racer. Producer Joel Silver, who had collaborated with the Wachowski brothers for V for Vendetta and The Matrix Trilogy, explained that the brothers were hoping to reach a broader audience with a film that would not be rated R by the Motion Picture Association of America. Visual effects designer John Gaeta, who won an Academy Award for Visual Effects for the Wachowski brothers' The Matrix, was brought in to help conceive making Speed Racer into a live-action adaptation. Production was set to begin in summer 2007 in European locations for a summer 2008 release.[33] In November 2006, the release date for Speed Racer was set for May 23, 2008.[34] Producer Joel Silver described Speed Racer as a family film in line with the Wachowski brothers' goal to reach a wider audience.[35]

In February 2007, the Wachowski brothers selected Babelsberg Studios in Potsdam, Germany to film Speed Racer.[36] In the following March, Warner Bros. moved the release date of Speed Racer two weeks earlier to May 9, 2008.[37] The studio received a grant of $12.3 million from Germany's new Federal Film Fund, the largest yet from the organization, for production of Speed Racer in the Berlin-Brandenburg region.[38] The amount was later increased to $13 million.[39] Filming commenced on June 5, 2007 in Berlin,[35] and was shot entirely against greenscreen,[40] lasting 60 days.[12] The Wachowski brothers filmed in high-definition video for the first time.[41] With the camera, the Wachowskis used a layering approach that would put both the foreground and the background in focus to give it the appearance of real-life anime.[42] The film has a "retro future" look, according to Silver. The Mach 5, the vehicle driven by the protagonist Speed, was a drivable vehicle.[11] Filming completed by August 25, 2007.[43] The Wachowskis purchased the rights to the sound effects and theme song of the television series for use in the film.[42]


There is also a photo of the car and it appears to be the same one.

[KMWilliams]

Two different cars

the car from comic-con and the movie




Car ralphlong posted.

[JBorg]

The Batmobile was one of the the best Barris designs, maybe along w/ the Monkey's Pontiac.

How many remember..
twin-mill-6.jpg

I had two in purple!

[robow]

Originally Posted by KMWilliams

Two different cars

the car from comic-con and the movie




Car ralphlong posted.

Those are both different from the one I posted.

[Castle81]

The mach 5 kinda became a second "general lee" for a while. A good number of "tribute" cars were built by private individuals, some far better than others. Not all still survive. I think one cat actually managed to work in auto-jacks.

The movie wasn't that bad. Just remember to turn off your thinky parts first. They are serious about that seizure warning tho...

If you can look at Twin Mill and not want to hammer the go pedal thru the floorboard just to ride out the consequences, you aren't human.

Funny. No mention of the neon glory that was in Batman Forever? That thing had HYDRAULICS man! Seriously tho, adam west batmobile has heritage, tim burton's had more style, but Nolan's version kicked the most ***. If adam west had THAT beast, i'm pretty sure the joker would have just soiled himself and sought therapy.

[Wild Bill]

I liked the second Bat car the best. The green hornet was awsome.