Jack Aubrey Posted November 12, 2008 Share Posted November 12, 2008 Here's your story for today: From Variety. QUOTE Batman has a new adversary: Batman. The mayor of an oil-producing city in southeastern Turkey, which has the same name as the Caped Crusader, is suing helmer Christopher Nolan and Warner Bros. for royalties from mega-grosser "The Dark Knight." 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. The mayor is working on gathering evidence he claims will show that the city of Batman predates the 1939 debut of Bob Kane's superhero in DC Comics. "We are only aware of this claim via press reports and have not seen any actual legal action," a Warner Bros. rep said in a statement. While the town of Batman has suddenly shown great interest in the property, there's no evidence that the citizenry has ever shown much loyalty to the Caped Crusader -- not even on Halloween. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pags Posted November 12, 2008 Share Posted November 12, 2008 Is this for real? Please tell me this is some sort of silly joke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ladirushfan80 Posted November 12, 2008 Share Posted November 12, 2008 http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v415/amandaladi/dontknow.gif what a f***ing joke. all i thought when reading this is how they are trying to capitalize on the movies monetary success. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyBlaze Posted November 12, 2008 Share Posted November 12, 2008 Same thread in random samples. That garbage isn't gonna stand. That poor ass town isn't gonna get jack. Think about how many 'Robin' towns there must be in the world that could sue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merely Space Posted November 12, 2008 Share Posted November 12, 2008 Funny thing (amongst many others) is that Turkey is notorious for not giving a damn about intellectual property. Many of their movies have lifted scores, even footage shamelessly from western movies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Aubrey Posted November 12, 2008 Author Share Posted November 12, 2008 Turkish Batman! And just for the Hell of it, Turkish Rambo! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merely Space Posted November 12, 2008 Share Posted November 12, 2008 QUOTE (Jack Aubrey @ Nov 12 2008, 08:57 AM) Turkish Batman! And just for the Hell of it, Turkish Rambo! Exactly! That's some fine turkish cinema! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Owl Posted November 12, 2008 Share Posted November 12, 2008 this cannot be 4real Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treeduck Posted November 12, 2008 Share Posted November 12, 2008 In the town of Batman they have a costumed crime fighter called Gotham City... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Posted November 12, 2008 Share Posted November 12, 2008 The judge is going to be like: "Are you serious " Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arndrake Posted November 13, 2008 Share Posted November 13, 2008 I see a little revisionist history going on in that town. The town was probably originally named Baqqan or something like that; its leaders probably thought this could be a good way to extort lots of money. Now they just have to fabricate the history to prove their case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Aubrey Posted November 13, 2008 Author Share Posted November 13, 2008 QUOTE (Arndrake @ Nov 12 2008, 08:20 PM) I see a little revisionist history going on in that town. The town was probably originally named Baqqan or something like that; its leaders probably thought this could be a good way to extort lots of money. Now they just have to fabricate the history to prove their case. Hmm, that very well could be the case! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormtron Posted November 13, 2008 Share Posted November 13, 2008 The first thing on wikipedia says: "Batman (short for Batı Raman Mountains)" Good luck with that lawsuit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soni Posted November 13, 2008 Share Posted November 13, 2008 yeah right... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Modest Man From Mandrake Posted November 13, 2008 Share Posted November 13, 2008 An American lawyer should get a live turkey, then say he has special powers and can talk to the turkey. Then file a lawsuit against the country citing that there can only be one turkey. If I was a turkey I would be suing the country becuase I am almost positive Turkeys have been around way longer than the country. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rushgoober Posted November 13, 2008 Share Posted November 13, 2008 Are we sure this isn't an article from The Onion? If not, I weep for humanity... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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