Batman shooting fails to thrill fans

[Stuman]

October Pictures, the Hong Kong company handling the production, are doing some filming here for the new Batman flick.

Lot's of fans lined the waterfront yesterday for a glimpse of the masked crusader.

A C-130 Hercules transport plane fley low over Victoria Harbour together with a couple of choppers.

South China Morning Post: "Batman Shooting Fails to thrill fans - With the filthy state of the water having forced the scrapping of a scene in which the caped crusader was to leap from the plane into the harbour, the high point of yesterday's filming was the sight of black smoke pouring from one of the helicopters"

I can just imagine the conversation between the director and stunt man:

STUNTMAN: "Yip all ready here"
DIRECTOR: "Not sure about the water - rather filthy"
STUNTMAN: "You kiddin me right? - you had me on fire last week"
DIRECTOR: "Yeah - but even so.."
STUNTMAN: "And the week before that it was jumping from a 90 foot building"
DIRECTOR: "Sure - but..."
STUNTMAN: "And prior to that it was a head on smash at 120!"
DIRECTOR: "Yeah OK, but jumping into the water in Hong Kong is just plain stupid!"