Breaking Batman

This is cool. The next super hero movie is supposed to be Batman versus Superman. Ben Affleck was just announced as the actor to play Batman.

A fan has made a movie trailer ahead of the release (waaaaay ahead; the movie’s not due out for a couple more years) from video clips of previous Superman & Batman movies, various Ben Affleck movies, and Breaking Bad.

The best bits, in my humble opinion, are the Bryan Cranston Breaking Bad clips.

http://blogs.movietimetv.ca/this-fan-made-man-of-steel-2-trailer-is-pretty-good/

It just came to me. Now I know how Breaking Bad is going to end (spoiler alert!).


Walter White is the new villain in "Superman vs Batman"! It's all so clear to me now!

No Stinkin' Badges

As I walked to work this morning I passed a sporty-looking import car that I didn’t recognize. Well I kinda did. I recognized it as a right-hand-drive Japanese import, more than 15 years old. They’ve been popular the last few years. There are 3 of them in our parking lot.

What really caught my attention however was that there was no brand name on it, at least from the sides and front of the car; only a stylized “S”. That reminded me of a fun-fact I’d learned on our recent European vacation. Cars there can be ordered from the factory “de-badged”, meaning one can specify how many or few badges are to be affixed to a new car leaving the factory.

In the Vancouver/ Richmond area I’ve noticed the exact opposite. New sporty cars often are accessorized with more name badges than originally intended due to owner customization. I have to say I like the stealth approach better. Less is more. Also, why advertise to potential thieves that your car has the high-power engine option, or top interior trim level, etc. It’s common enough these days to have your car stolen.

The de-badging also reminded me of an unexpected car I’d seen yesterday posted on The Samba intentionally unmarked by its marque (un-marqued?).

As an aside, sadly I must report that a VW Bug I’ve been following for the last year and a half finally appears to have sold, but a car related to this blog topic has taken its place. A few blogs ago I described two distinct camps of Volkswagen Beetle customization; the Cal-look (with which the now-sold Agave green ’57 was grouped), and the German-look, later-model Beetles and Super Beetles upgraded with Porsche suspension and wheels, and often sporting high-power Type 4 engines. The new posting from yesterday is a de-badged 1970 Bug currently in the Netherlands, modified with 911 wheels, race-ready in terms of full roll cage and tuned suspension. And no stinkin’ badges (also one of the most memorable Blazing Saddles lines, IMHO).