Batman
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Wednesday, September 1st, 2010You know what made the Batmobile from the 1989 Batman movie so cool?
That it didn’t at all look like any car made in the 1980s.
Via Unique Daily, whose El Camino didn’t get any better-looking after getting fins, either.
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Not for Home Defense: Homemade Collapsible Batarang
Wednesday, August 25th, 2010Inspired by the designs in the Batman: Arkham Asylum video game, Spookylean posted on Instructables the how-to guide for making this very-cool collapsable Batarang. (Video below.)
Which seems like a really worthwhile craft project, right up until the point where I remember I’m not allowed to throw it at people.
(Cue the Fail Horn.)
Bad Idea, or Worst Idea?: Awful Joker Tattoos [Geeky Tattoos]
Friday, August 20th, 2010I’ve spent ten minutes debating which of these two Joker tattoos is the worst one I’ve ever seen.
As it turns out, I’m right either way.
Not Even Good in Theory: Kid’s Batman Symbol Buzz Cut
Tuesday, August 17th, 2010True story: in 8th grade, I tried to shave two stripes into my hair just above my ear. (Because Vanilla Ice, that’s why.) They ended up more “gaps” than “stripes,” and there was even a gash in one of the gaps where the electric razor had been pressed to my skull too hard(!).
My point is this: [...]
Well, It Was a Nice Idea: Batvader
Wednesday, August 11th, 2010A character based on a cross between Darth Vader and Batman should rightfully look like a complete badass, but this guy falls down on one little design decision: you can see his eyes.
Instead of looking like an imposing cybernetic avenger, he looks like a guy in a costume trying way too hard.
Via Reddit, who points [...]
Or Is It Joker Queen?: The Queen Joker Cake [Geeky Cake]
Monday, August 9th, 2010Credit Mila P. on Threadcakes for figuring out the just-right combination of colorfully-insane flavors (lemon cake, kiwi jelly, layers of chocolate and raspberry marmalade) to do justice to a cake–based on the “God Save the Villain” t-shirt–portraying The Joker as the mother-thumpin’ Queen of England.
If I understand the translation of Mila’s description from not-English correctly, she used [...]
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