Big (Batman) Brother Is Watching You

As our siblings at Gizmodo Australia noted today, if you’re planning on filming or vlogging The Dark Knight, or even sending a cheeky MMS of Heath Ledger’s The Joker ramming [SPOILER FREE] into someone’s [SPOILER FREE], think again – robotic cinema ushers will be readying themselves to blast you into a fine, bloody mist with their laser beams.

Well, not quite, but they will be scanning the seats for potential Batman pirates with the help of night-vision goggles:

In what is believed to be a first for an Australian film release, Village Roadshow has urged all exhibitors to use the goggles in the first screenings of the film, which will be seen here almost two days before its US and European release.

In a memo to exhibitors yesterday, Roadshow asked that staff use the goggles to identify anyone filming the movie.

“Should anyone be caught filming on anything, regardless if it is a mobile phone, PDA or camera, security should discreetly walk over to them and ask them to leave the cinema,” the memo says.

And if they don’t leave the cinema, they ushers will turn the lights on, stop the projector, and tell everyone that they’re not watching the rest of the movie until SOMEONE owns up, and you’re also not having any pudding tonight.

And then they blast you into a fine, bloody mist with their laser beams