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Thursday Trending Topics: Where Does He Get Those Wonderful Toys?

Published Fri, 12 Aug 2011 01:02:41 -0500

I'm more than a little curious about that set snap that Brendon dug up today, because badass vehicles are a big part of the Batman film zeitgeist. Have been since Batman '89, really. We seem to give our comic book filmmakers quite a bit more latitude in this area as well. Updating a costume even with the best of intentions can be dangerous, but tech pretty much begs to be reinvented.

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