Hong Kong phooey for the Dark Knight

Lights out for the Dark Knight in Hong Kong. Photo / Getty Images

Batman is in the spotlight again in Hong Kong as the movie's producers come under fire for asking tenants along a waterfront to keep their lights on all night for a week to better show off the city's glass and steel skyline.

Environmentalists say it is sending the wrong message at a time when the rest of the world was struggling to reduce energy consumption and Hong Kong itself is often shrouded in a hazy fog.