HOLY STUNT SHOW BATMAN, WE'RE AT MAGIC MOUNTAIN! TECHNICAL ATTRACTION HIGHLIGHTS EARLY DAYS OF CAPED CRUSADER.Byline: Carol Rock Staff Writer VALENCIA - A select group of comic book comic book Bound collection of comic strips, usually in chronological sequence, typically telling a single story or a series of different stories. The first true comic books were marketed in 1933 as giveaway advertising premiums. fans and youngsters eager to see a superhero su·per·he·ro n. pl. su·per·he·roes A figure, especially in a comic strip or cartoon, endowed with superhuman powers and usually portrayed as fighting evil or crime. up close were invited Wednesday to watch a technical rehearsal of the Batman Begins stunt show Knott's Berry Farm's Wild West Stunt show debuted on October 8 1974. The show was written by Gary Salisbury and was only scheduled to run Monday through Friday during the Winter season in the Wagon Camp Theatre. at Six Flags For the national flags of Texas, see . Six Flags (NYSE: SIX) is the world's largest chain of amusement parks and theme parks and is headquartered in New York City. There are 20 such parks run by Six Flags. California's Magic Mountain. As Johnny Grant Johnny Grant is a radio personality, television producer and the honorary mayor of Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, which is an unpaid and unelected ceremonial position with no legal status, given that Hollywood is not a city, but rather a district within the City of Los Angeles. , the honorary mayor of Hollywood, unveiled the large gold star above the Batman Action Theatre entrance, the warehouse-like doors rolled open with a blast of black and gold confetti and balloons that wafted skyward sky·ward adv. & adj. At or toward the sky. sky  wards adv. , followed soon by thousands of crepe-paper bats. Wearing heavy monk outfits and rubber suits under the sweltering swel·ter·ing adj. 1. Oppressively hot and humid; sultry. 2. Suffering from oppressive heat. swel noontime noon·time n. See noon. sun, the team of seven actor/stunt professionals took the audience through the early days of the Caped Crusader with martial arts moves and daredevil stunts. Director Alex Daniels narrated the presentation, reminding the crowd that more explosions and special effects would be added in time for the show's debut Saturday. ``We have 42 pyrotechnic hits,'' he said. A former stunt double on two of the earlier Batman movies, Daniels has been developing the show for the park since September, when Warner Bros BROS Brothers BROS Benefits and Retirement Operations Section (King County, Washington) BROS Barnes and Richmond Operatic Society (London, UK) . provided a script for the movie. ``We have closely emulated the excitement of the movie,'' Daniels said. ``The movie gets into Batman's origins, which is difficult to do in a live show. You can't cut and go to a close-up. We don't have a lot of characters like Robin or Batgirl bat·girl n. A girl who is employed by a baseball team to look after its equipment, especially the bats. or the Joker or Riddler; we only have Batman and the exposition of Bruce Wayne. ``I felt it was important to include a training scene (of young Wayne in the monastery) so we could explain and the audience could see why he does what he does. Plus I always wanted to have Chinese poles and some Cirque Du Soliel stuff.'' As the actors went through their paces, rappelling from overhangs and walking down walls upside down, the crowd gasped and applauded. Throughout the rehearsal, actors called members of the audience to the performance arena for a lesson or a trick, something that Daniels said will always be part of the show. ``This is a place known for rides,'' he said. ``Our job is to take the audience on the ride with us.'' Along with physical stunts, actors in the Batman Begins show had to prove their driving mettle. Not only do the villains' cars spin around the stage, but the newly redesigned Batmobile - a compact utility vehicle that looks a lot like a hybrid Humvee with a trace of Marty McFly's ``Back to the Future'' DeLorean - bursts into the arena over a moat, setting off explosions and screeching around in pursuit of the bad guys. ``The last scene was the toughest,'' Daniels said. ``Not only is it potentially dangerous for the actors, but we're jumping a 3,000-pound vehicle over a concrete embankment.'' ``I thought it was fantastic,'' said Atom!, owner of Brave New World Brave New World Aldous Huxley’s grim picture of the future, where scientific and social developments have turned life into a tragic travesty. [Br. Lit.: Magill I, 79] See : Dystopia Brave New World Comics in Newhall, who credits the Batman genre for getting him into the graphic novel business. ``It was everything I wanted it to be and more. (Bruce Wayne) put himself in the position of superhero. He wasn't an alien, he wasn't bit by a radioactive spider, he just wanted to help people. That caught my interest.'' The Batman Begins stunt show opens Saturday and will run several times a day throughout the summer season. Carol Rock, (661) 257-5252 carol.rock(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): 3 photos Photo: (1 -- color) As Johnny Grant unveils the gold star above the Batman Action Theatre entrance, the door rolls to unleash a blast of black and gold confetti, balloons and crepe-paper bats. (2) The new Batmobile bursts into the arena over a moat, setting off explosions and screeching around in pursuit of the bad guys. (3) Batman battles new criminals in the Batman Begins stunt show at Magic Mountain. The new attraction opens Saturday and will run several times a day throughout the summer season. David Crane/Staff Photographer |
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