150-Foot Tall Batman Broods

[King of Asgaard]

Ugh. I'm sick of Batman. This reboot has been the BANE of my existence >_>

I see what you did there.

OT: The only gripe I have with the painting is that it has the dates and stuff you'd see on a poster, and it kinda doesn't mesh well. Aside from that, it looks stellar.

Well, it is an advertisement, after all. Doesn't do anyone much good if they don't know when the movie comes out.

Though in fairness I'm not sure you can live in the United States and not know when Batman is out.

Being promotional is all well and good, but it makes it so that the artwork's relevance is only retained for a couple of weeks after it débuts.
After that time period it will look behind the times.
It's the same thing with film posters at the cinema or on billboards; eventually they're replaced with posters of more modern films because the previous posters become outdated. Should the same be done to this, or is it going to be a permanent feature of the building? If it's the former, I doubt it will be economical to keep repainting the side of the building for every big blockbuster. If it's the latter, surely not everyone would want to live in a building with Batman on it. That, and it's probably going to affect property value in a negative way.
That being said, this is just my cynicism talking. The geek part of me thinks this is awesome, and a well-painted piece of artwork.

 

[Zack Alklazaris]

I want this on the side of my house.

I wouldn't want to sleep with giant Christian Bale staring at me...

 

[Susan Arendt]

Ugh. I'm sick of Batman. This reboot has been the BANE of my existence >_>

I see what you did there.

OT: The only gripe I have with the painting is that it has the dates and stuff you'd see on a poster, and it kinda doesn't mesh well. Aside from that, it looks stellar.

Well, it is an advertisement, after all. Doesn't do anyone much good if they don't know when the movie comes out.

Though in fairness I'm not sure you can live in the United States and not know when Batman is out.

Being promotional is all well and good, but it makes it so that the artwork's relevance is only retained for a couple of weeks after it débuts.
After that time period it will look behind the times.
It's the same thing with film posters at the cinema or on billboards; eventually they're replaced with posters of more modern films because the previous posters become outdated. Should the same be done to this, or is it going to be a permanent feature of the building? If it's the former, I doubt it will be economical to keep repainting the side of the building for every big blockbuster. If it's the latter, surely not everyone would want to live in a building with Batman on it. That, and it's probably going to affect property value in a negative way.
That being said, this is just my cynicism talking. The geek part of me thinks this is awesome, and a well-painted piece of artwork.

As the article states, the artwork gets painted over every 6-8 weeks. So it's basically just a labor-intensive billboard.

 

[The Random One]

Legendary painter Cohen is depressed: masterpiece destroyed.

damn, I bet that's the safest block in the neighborhood. I bet no one dares commit crime for fear of Batman willing himself into existence

"Research indicates our target audience for this advertisement are a superstitious and cowardly lot."

 

[The Random One]

double post. smartphones you guys

 

[Guffe]

I'm having trouble painting a normal A4...
Kudos to you guys, maybe the most awesome job ever, or I'm afraid of hights so maybe not for me.

My sister's boyfriend was telling me about the window cleaners that rappel down the side of his firm's building instead of using platforms.

Spider-man as a window cleaner... not too shabby.
Yeah anything like that wouldn't be anything for me, or who knows, maybe I would get over it at some point if done daily.

 

[Kungfu_Teddybear]

I want this on the side of my house.

I wouldn't want to sleep with giant Christian Bale staring at me...

The side of my house, as in, on the outside. To keep away the burglars.

 

[Evil Smurf]

I want this on the side of my house.

I wouldn't want to sleep with giant Christian Bale staring at me...

The side of my house, as in, on the outside. To keep away the burglars.

it would attract super villains however

 

[Lord Beautiful]

I want this on the side of my house.

I wouldn't want to sleep with giant Christian Bale staring at me...

Indeed.

There are far more stimulating activities one can do in the presence of a giant Christian Bale.