And no, I'm not talking about Gotham City's silent guardian. Apparently there's an oil-producing city in Turkey that shares its name with the caped-crusader, and the mayor of said city has decided to 'take legal action' against both Warner Bros. and director Christopher Nolan for using the name 'Batman' without informing them.
Please hold on while I burst into uncontrollable laughter, roll on the floor, hit myself on the head with a f**kin' hammer, and sedate myself with a high dosage of sedatives to calm myself down and also reduce the intense pain my ribs feel due to said hysteria. *deep breath* *inhale* *exhale*
Now, back to our story. Although Warner Bros. has yet to issue an official statement, the trades have picked up this piece of ridiculous information and I have to say, it served pretty well as an alternative to laughing gas. Here's a snippet of the article, the juicy bits at least.
Huseyin Kalkan, the pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party mayor of Batman, has accused "The Dark Knight" producers of using the city's name without permission. "There is only one Batman in the world," Kalkan said. "The American producers used the name of our city without informing us."
No one from the town of Batman has explained why it took so many years to take legal action. Batman first appeared as a comicbook character in 1939 and the "Batman" TV series started in 1966. Tim Burton's first bigscreen rendition for Warner Bros. came out in 1989. Undoubtedly the fact that "Dark Knight" is about to pass the $1 billion mark at the B.O. played a part in stirring the ire of the Turkish hamlet.
The mayor is prepping a series of charges against Nolan and Warner Bros., which owns the right to the Batman character, including placing the blame for a number of unsolved murders and a high female suicide rate on the psychological impact that the film's success has had on the city's inhabitants.
Former natives of Batman are also said to have encountered obstacles when attempting to register their businesses abroad.
It took these guys 70 years to realize that their city shared names with one of the world's most popular superheroes, and yes, The Dark Knight's ridiculous chunk of boxoffice money definitely has something to do with it, but I'm betting this crazy courtcase goes nowhere! And they're blaming crime rates on Batman movies, too? I blame aliens for bringing The Backstreet Boys back because God knows they've passed their prime by a lightyear...who should I sue, huh?
Please hold on while I burst into uncontrollable laughter, roll on the floor, hit myself on the head with a f**kin' hammer, and sedate myself with a high dosage of sedatives to calm myself down and also reduce the intense pain my ribs feel due to said hysteria. *deep breath* *inhale* *exhale*
Now, back to our story. Although Warner Bros. has yet to issue an official statement, the trades have picked up this piece of ridiculous information and I have to say, it served pretty well as an alternative to laughing gas. Here's a snippet of the article, the juicy bits at least.
Huseyin Kalkan, the pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party mayor of Batman, has accused "The Dark Knight" producers of using the city's name without permission. "There is only one Batman in the world," Kalkan said. "The American producers used the name of our city without informing us."
No one from the town of Batman has explained why it took so many years to take legal action. Batman first appeared as a comicbook character in 1939 and the "Batman" TV series started in 1966. Tim Burton's first bigscreen rendition for Warner Bros. came out in 1989. Undoubtedly the fact that "Dark Knight" is about to pass the $1 billion mark at the B.O. played a part in stirring the ire of the Turkish hamlet.
The mayor is prepping a series of charges against Nolan and Warner Bros., which owns the right to the Batman character, including placing the blame for a number of unsolved murders and a high female suicide rate on the psychological impact that the film's success has had on the city's inhabitants.
Former natives of Batman are also said to have encountered obstacles when attempting to register their businesses abroad.
It took these guys 70 years to realize that their city shared names with one of the world's most popular superheroes, and yes, The Dark Knight's ridiculous chunk of boxoffice money definitely has something to do with it, but I'm betting this crazy courtcase goes nowhere! And they're blaming crime rates on Batman movies, too? I blame aliens for bringing The Backstreet Boys back because God knows they've passed their prime by a lightyear...who should I sue, huh?
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I bet TDK's crazy amount of cash could do Turkey some good. Any nation like Turkey would want that kinda money. Damn Turks. I'm such a racist.
Talk about stupidity. I cant believe that there are people in the world like this today...it's just annoying.
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