Ideas for the new costume in the Batman reboot

[Rodrigo90]

But even so, I was content with Affleck's facial expressions. I didn't need to see his eyes.

Even with Nite Owl in Watchmen.

I feel it could work with Batman as well.

 

[M-2]

Daredevil's eyes don't matter, cause he's blind. He's not supposed ot be looking around or making any kind of gestures with his eyes.

Lol funny u should say that... Maybe Daredevil suppose to be Batman, because u know "you blind as a Bat"!! Lol

 

[Rodrigo90]

Plagiarism?

 

[Artistsean]

Well, Earlier people were speaking of prosthetics for his muscles, perhaps they could
go with a similar idea for his face. Make the mask bits of prosthetics instead of one
big mask. That way you could see the emotion on his face. And/Or use CG animation
on his face like they did for the Red Skull in Captain America. You still emoted with a
face masked most of the movie.

I am not saying that I want them to do this, but if him not having eyes is important to
the story there are ways they can get around that. I am on the boat that thinks his
eyes are important to his character. Sure in the comic he doesn't have them, but in the
movie things are different. It would also depend on the angle they were taking with the
story. Like I said before. If he is going for a more "I am not human, I am more than
human. I might be a superhero, or a monster, or a demon." Then sure him not having
eyes would add to that, along with his costume looking more like a costume and less
like body armor. But if they are going for a more "I may be a human vigilante but I am
the most dangerous human alive" sort of thing they may need him to have eyes as well
as make his costume look more like armor. And if he is going to end up teaming up
with the JLA in the movies at some point then that would play a part in the choices
too. Maybe him not having eyes would help his characterization on the team. Makes
him seem more imposing. He tells Flash to go to something in battle, Flash looks to
question his judgment and Batman just has this blank eyeless stare. So Flash does
what Batman said. I'd imagine GL not having eyes in the JL movie either. But having
a totally different effect.
But another factor is the actor wanting face time. In these superhero movies the actor
is sometimes promised a certain amount of face time on screen. That is why they
always remove their mask in the films. Or have scenes out of costume. So I would
see the studio saying he must have eyes so that the actor's eyes are always visible.

The whole things really comes down to what they want to film to be about, a more comic
like Batman or a more human Batman? It all depends on where they want it to go too,
solo films or a JLA crossover? That will tell what sort of costume he should have.

 

[spidermanJLA!~]

I they're doing armor I would consider something based on the Arkham Asylum concept art...

 

[cryptic name]

But even so, I was content with Affleck's facial expressions. I didn't need to see his eyes.

Even with Nite Owl in Watchmen.

I feel it could work with Batman as well.

Lol, first time in history anyone's ever said that.

 

[cryptic name]

Well, Earlier people were speaking of prosthetics for his muscles, perhaps they could
go with a similar idea for his face. Make the mask bits of prosthetics instead of one
big mask. That way you could see the emotion on his face. And/Or use CG animation
on his face like they did for the Red Skull in Captain America. You still emoted with a
face masked most of the movie.

I am not saying that I want them to do this, but if him not having eyes is important to
the story there are ways they can get around that. I am on the boat that thinks his
eyes are important to his character. Sure in the comic he doesn't have them, but in the
movie things are different. It would also depend on the angle they were taking with the
story. Like I said before. If he is going for a more "I am not human, I am more than
human. I might be a superhero, or a monster, or a demon." Then sure him not having
eyes would add to that, along with his costume looking more like a costume and less
like body armor. But if they are going for a more "I may be a human vigilante but I am
the most dangerous human alive" sort of thing they may need him to have eyes as well
as make his costume look more like armor. And if he is going to end up teaming up
with the JLA in the movies at some point then that would play a part in the choices
too. Maybe him not having eyes would help his characterization on the team. Makes
him seem more imposing. He tells Flash to go to something in battle, Flash looks to
question his judgment and Batman just has this blank eyeless stare. So Flash does
what Batman said. I'd imagine GL not having eyes in the JL movie either. But having
a totally different effect.
But another factor is the actor wanting face time. In these superhero movies the actor
is sometimes promised a certain amount of face time on screen. That is why they
always remove their mask in the films. Or have scenes out of costume. So I would
see the studio saying he must have eyes so that the actor's eyes are always visible.

The whole things really comes down to what they want to film to be about, a more comic
like Batman or a more human Batman? It all depends on where they want it to go too,
solo films or a JLA crossover? That will tell what sort of costume he should have.

I've been touting a prosthetic take on the cowl for a while. Think it would be great.

 

[Rodrigo90]

I've been touting a prosthetic take on the cowl for a while. Think it would be great.

I don't think they'll go that route.

Lol, first time in history anyone's ever said that.

I'm gonna go shoot myself now

 

[Artistsean]

Not really part of his costume, more like an extrension of the tone of the film that includes his costume and this:

I want Batman to not only resemble the comic/Timm cartoon version more in live action but to also have a Batcave in this version. Not that DKR didn't have a Batcave but I want there to be more to the Batcave and for how its designed to reflect the tone of the film, to show further if this Batman is more down to Earth or more comic based.

 

[Rodrigo90]

Something like that will only work if Batman's characterization is closer to the comics.

Every writer knows, because of the childhood trauma, Bruce Wayne is still partly a disturbed little boy in a man's body. The batcave hugely reflects that aspect of his mind.

 

[DaveMoral]

The Batcave is the original man-cave.

 

[Rodrigo90]

Until I see pinups of women in there, and less giant toy dinosaurs, it was decorated by a man-child

 

[Denny67]

This would be a good foundation. Just needs some tweaking.

 

[mjbull23]

I'd love to see that style of Batcave in the next Franchise. The Batcave should be grandiose, and super techy and yes, over the top.

 

[Majik1387]

not really part of his costume, more like an extrension of the tone of the film that includes his costume and this:

i want batman to not only resemble the comic/timm cartoon version more in live action but to also have a batcave in this version. Not that dkr didn't have a batcave but i want there to be more to the batcave and for how its designed to reflect the tone of the film, to show further if this batman is more down to earth or more comic based.

want!

 

[Boom]

I've been thinking about it for a while, and I've come to a decision. For the next batsuit, I want the blue/grey color scheme, and I want trunks.

 

[Young Superman]

I've been thinking about it for a while, and I've come to a decision. For the next batsuit, I want the blue/grey color scheme, and I want trunks.

If Superman can't have trunks neither can Batman.

 

[Majik1387]

No one gets trunks.

 

[DaveMoral]

Until I see pinups of women in there, and less giant toy dinosaurs, it was decorated by a man-child

Obviously he's got spy pics of Catwoman hidden where Alfred can't find them.

All this man-child talk just made me realize that Bruce's fascination with having little kids around is like Michael Jackson's explanation for why kids were always around him...

Seriously, next go round they need to address the complicated and shaky moral ground thhlat Bruce is on by having a Robin. He's created a child soldier.

 

[Rodrigo90]

Obviously he's got spy pics of Catwoman hidden where Alfred can't find them.

All this man-child talk just made me realize that Bruce's fascination with having little kids around is like Michael Jackson's explanation for why kids were always around him...

Seriously, next go round they need to address the complicated and shaky moral ground thhlat Bruce is on by having a Robin. He's created a child soldier.

I agree. Bruce has Robin around because, in his mind, hd's helping him cope with the loss of his childhood. And Bruce is playing the role of a father, possibly to compensate for the loss of his own. Dick soothes a lot of Bruce's childhood issues.

I think a movie should go into that sort of thing, because not only would it make a compelling story, it's also good to explore, moral wise. To thoroughly understand Bruce's reasons for having a child in his life, and training him to become like him. Because it is about Bruce being like a therapist, because he understands himself.

MJ was kind of the same. He hung around kids to soothe a lot of his childhood issues. He tried telling the world to take good care of their children, because he understood what a life without love and care can do to them, being a victim of that himself.

And IMO, I believe the world went after him because of that behaviour he displayed, because it's quite unacceptable. They just didn't understand the truth behind it. Not because he was guilty of anything.

But I would really love to see something like that introduced into Batman and Robin's relationship. People not fully understanding or accepting when presented with it, at least at first.

 

[Rodrigo90]

Now somebody is going to post the picture of Bruce and Dick sharing a bed

 

[Artistsean]

Until I see pinups of women in there, and less giant toy dinosaurs, it was decorated by a man-child

The Bat-Cave is a list of his accomplishments. Like in the Incredibles where Bob Parr has a Den covered wall to wall with framed news paper clippings awards, a bent gun he did, etc. It helps Batman see that he has accomplished something in a world that seems like its getting worse and he is loosing and staring down the darkness as he fails. As a comic artist I like to post the finished pages to help me see how far I am and how far I have come. So its like that. He stopped a big robot dino, so he kept it, same with the penny. Its like in Batman Beyond, like a museum of his accomplishments, not a toy chest. In my opinion.

 

[mjbull23]

I've been thinking about it for a while, and I've come to a decision. For the next batsuit, I want the blue/grey color scheme, and I want trunks.

If it were up to me, I'd go back to the old classic yellow oval bat symbol, with the grey nylon suit, dark blue trunks and matching cape and gloves.

But the studio's will never allow this. Too many of the newer batman fans think his trunks are passe and it's no longer cool to want your batman to wear trunks. nor to have a sidekick. nor to work with batgirl.

I think they want to kill of batgirl as well as robin????

 

[Rodrigo90]

The Bat-Cave is a list of his accomplishments. Like in the Incredibles where Bob Parr has a Den covered wall to wall with framed news paper clippings awards, a bent gun he did, etc. It helps Batman see that he has accomplished something in a world that seems like its getting worse and he is loosing and staring down the darkness as he fails. As a comic artist I like to post the finished pages to help me see how far I am and how far I have come. So its like that. He stopped a big robot dino, so he kept it, same with the penny. Its like in Batman Beyond, like a museum of his accomplishments, not a toy chest. In my opinion.

That's certainly one way of explaining and I agree.

But to go deeper into that kind of behaviour, I believe it has a Freud explanation ringing to it.

Batman is a collector of these things, but would motivate this behaviour in the first place?

It has a lot to do with the stages of childhood. And as I said, Bruce Wayne still has those aspects in his adulthood. Collecting from his enemies is his way of having a sense of ownership and control over things, a sense of security. Perhaps to compensate for having none of that after his parents were murdered? And giving his characterization and history, it does fit.

Even the Munesterberger theory could fit

¨Unruly passion. A need driven compensatory behaviour where every new object effectively gives the notion of fantasized omnipotence¨

 

[TheWatcher]

I want the classic Batman costume using a material like they used with the Star Trek suits in the 2009 movie.

Does there have to be an explanation?