Thank you, thank you...thank you for validation up close of the Gills open opinion that I've maintained since the year the car was first made. At times I seemed to be the only person with that opinion. Also I pointed out that the studio tour car had canopy damage when in storage on a behind the scenes online video with the archivist. Here's a little challenge.... Which car was used in the movie Looney Tunes Back in Action... Clue...it has the two small antenna modules on the air intake above the canopy....
I can say with certainty, backed up with either first hand or photographic evidence, that the three cars I have seen that are in the possession of WB all have the gill slits open.
This is a strange and interesting car. It seems that WB still has at least three 89/92 Batmobiles in their possession. This one, and the two original ones made for the 1989 movie. Someday I'd love to solve the riddle of how many additional cars were made for use on Batman Returns. Some people claim they made 3 or more for Returns which never made sense to me. How many Batmobiles do you realistically need for a movie that was shot inside a sound stage? I'm guessing not that many but what do I know. lol
I have a video in mind to address this exact topic. there is TONS of lore and misinformation out there, none of it supported by any documentation I have ever seen. Not to say there isn't proof out there of some of the fringe theories... I've just never seen it. It's definitely a topic that interests me though, that's for sure.
WB has to have some sort of record of these cars, why does it have to be some mystery? Also what are they doing with these awful paint jobs? This could have been made for Returns, Six Flags or just a touring car. Whos making them is the question? Where are the molds? Again its always a mystery, strange its like they just pop up here & there
Surprisingly little is documented, that I'm aware of. I'm sure there are receipts and internal memos and stuff like that, but none are available to the public. The paint jobs were changed when they did the OnStar commercials. No idea why they decided to paint them grey. Maybe for lighting? Maybe a creative choice? Who knows. To my knowledge the next repaint was for the Flash, when it went back to black. The car in this video does not appear to be a six flags car as it seems to have the wide rear fenders. Hard to eyeball from this angle so I won't commit to that 100%, but that was my read on it.
I appreciate your attention to detail, I often feel alone in this aspect
You are not alone. lol.
I can confirm you are not alone :D
Thank you, thank you...thank you for validation up close of the Gills open opinion that I've maintained since the year the car was first made. At times I seemed to be the only person with that opinion. Also I pointed out that the studio tour car had canopy damage when in storage on a behind the scenes online video with the archivist.
Here's a little challenge.... Which car was used in the movie Looney Tunes Back in Action... Clue...it has the two small antenna modules on the air intake above the canopy....
I can say with certainty, backed up with either first hand or photographic evidence, that the three cars I have seen that are in the possession of WB all have the gill slits open.
This is a strange and interesting car. It seems that WB still has at least three 89/92 Batmobiles in their possession. This one, and the two original ones made for the 1989 movie. Someday I'd love to solve the riddle of how many additional cars were made for use on Batman Returns. Some people claim they made 3 or more for Returns which never made sense to me. How many Batmobiles do you realistically need for a movie that was shot inside a sound stage? I'm guessing not that many but what do I know. lol
I have a video in mind to address this exact topic. there is TONS of lore and misinformation out there, none of it supported by any documentation I have ever seen. Not to say there isn't proof out there of some of the fringe theories... I've just never seen it.
It's definitely a topic that interests me though, that's for sure.
@ I look forward to that video.
It would be great if you finished yours
I could not agree more. that would be great :D
It's weird because the Six Flags display cars seem to be more accurate.
Yeah I would agree with that. This car is super weird. Wish I could have a chat with whomever built it to learn more about it.
WB has to have some sort of record of these cars, why does it have to be some mystery? Also what are they doing with these awful paint jobs? This could have been made for Returns, Six Flags or just a touring car. Whos making them is the question? Where are the molds? Again its always a mystery, strange its like they just pop up here & there
Surprisingly little is documented, that I'm aware of. I'm sure there are receipts and internal memos and stuff like that, but none are available to the public.
The paint jobs were changed when they did the OnStar commercials. No idea why they decided to paint them grey. Maybe for lighting? Maybe a creative choice? Who knows. To my knowledge the next repaint was for the Flash, when it went back to black.
The car in this video does not appear to be a six flags car as it seems to have the wide rear fenders. Hard to eyeball from this angle so I won't commit to that 100%, but that was my read on it.