WTF?: Sueing the Bat

Here is an excerpt from an article in Variety:

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."

What?!? Where did this come from? What happened the last 69 years? The last I checked, Batman came around circa 1939. Were these people in hibernation all these years? It's already a brain-dead lawsuit, but it's made even worse by the fact that the character has been around so long. I'm pretty sure there have been thousands of comics and toys, a couple 1940's serials, a 60's tv show and movie, four more movies from the late 80's-90's, Batman Begins, tons of cartoons.....etc., etc., etc. Gee, I wonder if this came around because The Dark Knight is reaching the $1 billion mark in worldwide ticket sales? (sarcasm) I do believe that the funniest (and most ironic) thing about this lawsuit, is that this was the first Batman project EVER made for film or tv to not even include the word "Batman" in the title. Food for thought.

Until next time, go out and find a millionaire......and find the lamest reason to sue their pants off. (It seems to be the thing to do.)

K