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Justin Edmonton Alberta Canada — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 22:40:29 GMT

......Hes a comic book charactor dont be critical

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steve smyth — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 00:23:33 GMT

every person ya see has the equivalent of Dick Tracy's wrist radio...their personal communication gadget...that's cool!
now, for personal Batmobiles...we will have arrived as a species...
Zowie, BatKids...gotta love it, eh?

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Vince Palermo, Phoenix AZ — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 01:35:59 GMT

He's not real? Mr. Boyle better rewrite his story. Geez, lighten up Justin. It was all in good fun.

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Gilbert Jones, Marietta GA — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 04:17:25 GMT

I am looking forward to Dick Tracy flying platforms or high tech applications for human flight. We have an ability to mass produce once it is feasible and so much scientific applications improving and opening up this as possible where only 100 years ago, we flew a few feet at Kitty Hawk. Pretty soon it will be hard to determine whether it is special effects or real in the movies as science develops and improves our way of life and wow is how I feel more each day now it seems. Would love to see anti-gravity boots and beam me up Scotty and who knows, travel to other planets at warp speed including worm hole interstates.

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ChuckSweet — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 07:06:31 GMT

Anti-Gravity applications all over the world would be Awesome, think of the Architecture that could be devised with it

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Blake — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 12:12:14 GMT

In writing this article, I think the author forgot to mention that our technological advances might not be where they are today without outladish technology in movies and other media. Sometimes, a fiction writers unrealistic imagination sparks real-life applications (albeit toned down real-life applications) of the same type or use. An example of this would be the original Star Wars movies(The History Channel aired a show about it on Memorial Day.) When we originally see the technology in movies, it looks insane. But modern science can make the insane a reality in some cases. It just takes the right idea, and the right amount of $$.

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Brian, Pueblo CO — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 15:56:47 GMT

This Kakalios character has way too much time on his hands if all he can do is publish books dissecting fantasy worlds. Does he get paid for that, I wonder?

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Matthew F. Clough — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 17:43:27 GMT

Brain damage lol!

That had me going a while hehehe...

"I R Batman -drool-"

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Todd, Dallas, TX — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 18:30:31 GMT

"In "The Dark Knight," Batman's ride clearly has some smarts of its own, and someday similar vehicles could be riding the roads in Iraq or Afghanistan."

you must be friends with mccain? 100 years in iraq anyone?

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Your name, city and state — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 20:39:32 GMT

Hey MSNBC - how come we only have the option of posting our comments on "news articles" like this here Batman movie plug? Might be nice to hear folks ideas on more looming issues like our collapsing economy, criminally insane government, unchecked avarice, and the like.

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Alan Boyle — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 22:54:58 GMT

Hi, Your Name: Right now the comment feature is set up for blogs. If you're interested in sounding off about particular political topics, you might want to check http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com ... but if you are looking for full-bore discussion, check out http://www.newsvine.com, which is owned by msnbc.com.

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Chris — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 23:14:30 GMT

A good article Mr. Boyle. A little levity to real world applications. It shows where our imaginations can take reality.

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SUSIE FINK — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 01:57:17 GMT

A VERY GOOD ARTICLE. IT PUTS THINGS INTO PERSPECTIVE AND MAKES YOU THINK OF THINGS AND HAVING TO PUT OUT THERE OUR IMAGINATIONS.

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Some guy — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 09:56:30 GMT

The sad thing is we should have all that already. Just like nuclear technology should be way more advanced. It makes me sad to see a few petty differences like someone wanting to wipe out half the planet can hold us back for so long. Shoot, if all governments worked together for the benifit of the people. We would be mining asteroids right now but hey I'm just 21 what do I know.

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Scott D., Rocky Gap, VA — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 13:38:52 GMT

I thought it was a good article. Thanks, Alan.
I've followed (off and on) Batman for well nigh 40 years now. He's evolved quite a bit. Now he is in the group called "SuperHeroes". We only barely give a nod to what was "the World's Greatest Detective". Early on, that was what Batman was all about. Solving crimes. I still think the character is awesome, but he's moving to the "super villan of the week" and away from being the detective. Oh, sure, he'll occasionaly do a soil sample or plant sample to get the location of his opponent. But the detective part of figuring out the crime, the motive and the criminal have, sadly, not shown up as much.

Batman's great, and Mr. Alan, good job with the fantasy to reality update.

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TheFallibleFiend, LORTON, VA — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 16:41:29 GMT

http://www.vanderbilt.edu/exploration/stories/bionicarm.html

http://www.bostondynamics.com/content/sec.php?section=BigDog

http://www.socialsecurityinsider.com/2008/06/video-dean-kamens-ibot-wheelchair-power-chair/

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Jabin, Atlanta GA — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 10:55:42 GMT

C'mon people, it's bubble gum for the mind -- just chew.

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W. Dettis, Akron, Ohio — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 04:17:52 GMT

Wonderful article on "THE BATMAN" He's always been a favorite comic book character of mine since I was a kid. My parents bought me a paperback book (in black and white ink) that told of THE BATMAN. I read it over and over, and somehow (along the way) lost the book. Then I eventually lost interest in THE BATMAN. It wasn't until a good friend of mine, who is now a senor pastor at a church in Eastern Pennsylvania, told me that I HAD TO GO OUT AND BUY 'THE DARK KNIGHT' I bought it and never looked back since then. Ok, maybe I was about to throw in the towel when I saw that in the first Batman movie (with Michael Keaton) that the Joker died!!!! I thought that the 2nd and 3rd Batman movies didn't fare well either. It wasn't until I was up late, one night, listening to Christan Bale on Charley Rose that I heard the same enthusiasm that I felt when I read "The Dark Knight" The Director said that maybe there would be a sequel; Bale, however, said, 'Yeah, we're going to do this again.' You could see the gleam in his eyes as he wanted to portray THE BATMAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It was GREAT!!!!

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Hunter Evans, Jacksonville Florida — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 05:05:28 GMT

I just think it's amazing that there are people who live their entire lives and never read or experience things along the lines of this article. To never know these things could/will exist takes (to me) a lot out of life. But hey, the term "ignorance is bliss" probably somewhere deep inside has it's merits. Live your life. Love your life. You'll have no other.

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sharon, Grant, AL — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 12:50:41 GMT

Still waiting for the transporter as shown on Star Trek!

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Delmar Fairchild, Barron, WI — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 23:26:30 GMT

The Mythbusters did some Batman antics and proved they were "BUSTED". Shooting an arrow and line into concrete to slide for life and trying to turn a speeding car on 90 degree corners with a hook and cable.
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When I first started to read (in the 50s), Batman, Superman and such were the books I learned the most from. (I can't remember too much about school where I probably really learned how to read). We would go into the Beloit, WI, Ben Franklin - Five and Dime after school. Remember those?
Luckily the owner(s) must have liked to see kids reading as there would be a group of us sitting on the floor looking at(Reading?) the Marvel comics. We sometimes would buy the ones we liked if we had a dime and bring them home, but wouldn't have to read them again as we knew them by heart from sitting there most of the evening and discussing them. I always wondered what happend to them. Most were in mint condition having already read them in the store. Probably took them to the cabin "up north" and cleaned fish on them. Oh well, such is "value" in a young kid's mind.

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jb, los angeles, ca — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 00:50:41 GMT

transporter HELL !! give me the holodeck

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Cal, Toronto — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 14:01:02 GMT

When it comes to fiction becoming reality, I'm always reminded of the Inspector Gadget cartoon. Penny the niece always had her computer book, which when I was a teen, I thought was such a STUPID IDEA!!! Today, we have electronic paper, with moving pictures, and flash memory cards. Everything you would need to build a computer book....It's given me a refreshing view, just cause it looks stupid today, doesn't mean it will look stupid 20 years from now.