Justice League Let's Talk Costumes?

[Sub-Zero]

The bermejo superman has too many seams in his costume. His batman is pretty good. The Nolan approach works for batman. He's human , so a suit made by a human who would have limited movement in a onesie makes sense. A modified tdk suit for batman would look cool in JL.

 

[JAK®]

Christopher Nolan proved that a form-fitting fabric based costume would work in a realistic setting, considering Catwoman wore one and nobody complained.

 

[Rocanrol]

Eh, lousy argument. Catwoman is fittier and that costume give us:

Also, catwoman it's not focused in the fighting, but relying on stealth and using her sex appeal as a weapon and distraction; not like batman (i'm looking at you bat-nipples). Dude get shot every now and then!

 

[Denny67]

What's with all the ripping everyone's doing on Cap's costume in this thread? It gets much, MUCH more hate than it deserves. The only thing wrong with it, design wise, is the helmet... the ONLY thing. Everyone complaining about the colorfulness or the material makes me facepalm so hard. Are you trying to tell me this looks bad?:

Because to me this is one of the best costume adaptions I've seen in a comic book movie, bested only by Iron Man's easy-to-look-good armor, Superman's MOS costume and Thor's new costume in TDW. It also looks how Captain America SHOULD look.

Notice how(to your point) every visual example used was with the mask off?


Why do so many people think it sucked?

Because it did. You just can't miss on a major element of the costume like that and have it not look like...

I'd like to see something like this for the new Batman costume:

I would lose the trunks and the sharp nail things though. Overall it is a good starting point.

 

[cleverusername8]

Eh, lousy argument. Catwoman is fittier and that costume give us:

Also, catwoman it's not focused in the fighting, but relying on stealth and using her sex appeal as a weapon and distraction; not like batman (i'm looking at you bat-nipples). Dude get shot every now and then!

Well I would argue that form fitting benefits some heroes for reason other than sex appeal at times. Like Flash for instance would want something pretty tight so his running won't be affected by what he's wearing. Not skin tight like Catwoman but tight. Can't really justify any of the other "big five" but the same could probably be said for Aquaman.

 

[wampa1]

Notice how(to your point) every visual example used was with the mask off?

Because it did. You just can't miss on a major element of the costume like that...

Missed the "The only thing wrong with it, design wise, is the helmet..." bit did we?

 

[Denny67]

Missed the "The only thing wrong with it, design wise, is the helmet..." bit did we?

Missed the part where I said "(to your point)" did we?

 

[Denny67]

Here is a another take on the design by the same guy. Once again I would lose the nails.

I still like the first one (minus the trunks and nails) the best.

 

[wampa1]

Notice how(to your point) every visual example used was with the mask off?

I'm fairly sure you don't need to tell someone making a point to notice the point they are making.

 

[Denny67]

I'm fairly sure you don't need to tell someone making a point to notice the point they are making.

Nice try. Just say oops and be done with it.

 

[wampa1]

Oops! Looks like you missed the point!

 

[Zionite1]

...........If you squint real close you can see panty lines....

 

[JAK®]

Eh, lousy argument. Catwoman is fittier and that costume give us:

Also, catwoman it's not focused in the fighting, but relying on stealth and using her sex appeal as a weapon and distraction; not like batman (i'm looking at you bat-nipples). Dude get shot every now and then!

My argument is lousy? Yours hinges on sex appeal, and ignores that Batman also relies on stealth (which was stressed in Batman Begins) as well as the fact Catwoman also has to evade gunfire, and does so in TDKR.

 

[Denny67]

Oops! Looks like you missed the point!

 

[Lily Adler]

What is it about costume threads that bring out the worst in people?

 

[Rocanrol]

My argument is lousy? Yours hinges on sex appeal, and ignores that Batman also relies on stealth (which was stressed in Batman Begins) as well as the fact Catwoman also has to evade gunfire, and does so in TDKR.

Yes, they stressed that in BB, but also remarked the idea of a real protection. Sincerely a spandex outfit couldn't make it believable for someone who fights crime bare-handed every night. And the bad guys have guns. Lots of them.

It's because of that that i see the bat-cloth an argument full of crap. I understand the need of stealth, but indeed he needs more protection than stealth. Even more when fighting "supervillains" and not simple goons.

The skin-tight suit was obviously made to make CW "stealthier" than Batman, and the sex-appeal. No robber in real life would use that.

 

[JAK®]

Yes, they stressed that in BB, but also remarked the idea of a real protection. Sincerely a spandex outfit couldn't make it believable for someone who fights crime bare-handed every night. And the bad guys have guns. Lots of them.

It's because of that that i see the bat-cloth an argument full of crap. I understand the need of stealth, but indeed he needs more protection than stealth. Even more when fighting "supervillains" and not simple goons.

The skin-tight suit was obviously made to make CW "stealthier" than Batman, and the sex-appeal. No robber in real life would use that.

You don't need to talk down to me about 'spandex' and realism, I've spent the past few years arguing at length about that. Solutions have been proposed, alternatives have been given, all it boils down to in the end is that some have the vision to make it work, and others don't.

But at the end of it all, we got Catwoman in a skin-tight suit, evading gunfire and looking badass, after years of being told that when it comes to Batman, such a thing isn't possible.

Is it just because we like staring at her ass?

 

[jmc]

What is it about costume threads that bring out the worst in people?

Coz generally there are two factions when it comes to costume, those who want the comics accurate costume and those that want something that looks like something you'd actually wear.

 

[JAK®]

Coz generally there are two factions when it comes to costume, those who want the comics accurate costume and those that want something that looks like something you'd actually wear.

They always lose, because the end result is still something that nobody would wear in real life.

Like Batman's heat-stroke inducing rubber armour.

 

[combocaz]

The cowl needs side vents for the actor to be able to hear properly. Im not sure if this has been rectified with nolans batsuit but im pretty sure for an actor having that cowl on tight on the ears could be annoying with hearing.

 

[phoenixflight]

Truly love this look for Wonder Woman for her big screen debut...I feel its the perfect costume that clearly defines the Amazon's iconic character, her warrior training and her regal heritage...

 

[Lily Adler]

But it features the one thing I know some fans can't stand and ignorant people think will identify the homosexual female...

Spoiler

PANTS!

 

[Denny67]

Truly love this look for Wonder Woman for her big screen debut...I feel its the perfect costume that clearly defines the Amazon's iconic character, her warrior training and her regal heritage...

Personally I think something that has the look of Amazonian armor would be more fitting. There are several diffrent ways to go with it:

this one is more modern, going in the new 52 direction but far less spandex looking than any of the versions I've seen with the pants.

 

[Bruce Malone]

They always lose, because the end result is still something that nobody would wear in real life.

Like Batman's heat-stroke inducing rubber armour.

Silly description especially with regards to the TDK/R suits. We as viewers are not supposed to assume it is rubber but the materials they explained it to us as.

If anything as the suits were presented to us they were by far the most mobile and light weight of any of the past batman suits. Hell it took batman near 20 years before he could turn his head.

I really did like the kevlar by-weave description as well as the segmented plate design. Now i know from an aesthetic point some have criticized the legs for being overly busy but what nolan did overall was a great leap for the batman suits from where they were.

If you want to talk about rubber i don't think the burton suits even tried to hide that they were made out of rubber. Hence the scene where batman actually rips his mask off by peeling the rubber mask off.

 

[jmc]

They always lose, because the end result is still something that nobody would wear in real life.

Like Batman's heat-stroke inducing rubber armour.

How exactly does one side 'lose'?