BvS The Batsuit Thread - - - - Part 13

[lujho]

Rush job on the 2nd eye:

 

[Jekecy]

I was pretty firmly against the idea of lenses being used in live action for a long time,but I've come around on the idea and think they could work if done properly.
I wouldn't want them to be something that's permanently positioned over his eyes,but rather something that can be retracted into the mask when they're not needed.
This could work IMO if they went with a mask similar to the one in Arkham city(Which I hope they do anyway...with or without the lenses) rather than the traditional black eye makeup look

See how the eye holes are just about the size of his actual eyes?
I can easily see lenses sliding down from inside the mask whenever he needs them for either tactical(Heat/night vision) or theatric reasons.

I don't think it's very practical to create a whole mask which can perfectly position itself that close to the eyes and not risk severe misalignment during movements.

I feel if they truly want to capture the look above, there is going to be a need for movie magic. And I don't mean eye makeup. I think prosthetic around the 'domino mask' area, blended in with the rest of a headpiece, could properly achieve the ideal effect. The audience would never the know the difference, and the filmmakers don't have to deal with the logistics over a cumbersome cowl while still looking great.

 

[Travesty]

Looks like a live action version of Teen Titans.

 

[Loki882]

I would support using lenses in specific circumstances, like night vision for instance, or infrared. Batman Forever had this and it was an interesting idea. It just didn't make a whole lot of sense in that particular scene. I don't want lenses to be the default setting. I just prefer a cowl where you can see Batman's eyes.

 

[Young Superman]

Slightly off topic, IMHO the BB Bat-Suit is the best big screen Bat-Suit so far.

P/S Like TheFlamingCoco said the BB suit would have looked a lot cooler if it would have been black and gray instead of all black.

 

[The Shield]

If the head want so big I would agree with you.

 

[OutOfBoose]

If the head want so FAT I would agree with you.

Sorry.

 

[The Guard]

Slightly off topic, IMHO the BB Bat-Suit is the best big screen Bat-Suit so far.

P/S Like TheFlamingCoco said the BB suit would have looked a lot cooler if it would have been black and gray instead of all black.

If they had just made the cowl out of a different, darker shade of black material (since they supposedly ordered it from another company, why is it made out of the same stuff as the bodysuit he found at Wayne Enterprises?), and made the bat a darker black and the gloves more in line with the color of the gauntlets, he would have looked a lot more like the comic book Batman, just by using different shades of "black". The bodysuit itself often looked gray in the light anyway. I'm pretty sure that's what they were going for, to an extent, they just didn't go far enough with the design concept.

 

[Bathead]

It makes him a bit too "super" and safe - he pretty much never has to worry about heights.

It kind of makes him Falcon or Condorman almost. That's not meant to be one of his abilities. It was pretty much invented by Nolan.

At the MOST the cape should be able to *barely* slow down a straight down fall from one story high.

Nope. Keaton had a glider cape in Batman Returns.

 

[Travesty]

Nope. Keaton had a glider cape in Batman Returns.

If you watch the commentary for BR, Burton talks about how Nolan's TDKT was an inspiration for the glider. Shauner will tell ya.


Shauner, get in here and tell Bathead about it!

 

[lujho]

Nope. Keaton had a glider cape in Batman Returns.

Yeah I just remembered that. It was dumb then too, especially since he used it only once.

 

[lujho]

If you watch the commentary for BR, Burton talks about how Nolan's TDKT was an inspiration for the glider. Shauner will tell ya.

What does the 2nd T in TDKT stand for?

 

[KillerMcQueen]

What does the 2nd T in TDKT stand for?

Trilogy.

 

[regwec]

If they had just made the cowl out of a different, darker shade of black material (since they supposedly ordered it from another company, why is it made out of the same stuff as the bodysuit he found at Wayne Enterprises?)

That always perplexes me. Also, what's he deal with that Batsymbol? Not only does it seem to be made of the same material as the suit underneath, it seems to be a molded part of it. Did Lucius foresee Bruce's mission years before, when he constructed the armour?

 

[FelixLeiter]

In the movie it shows him painting over everything. That's why it matches.

 

[shallbecomeabat]

That always perplexes me. Also, what's he deal with that Batsymbol? Not only does it seem to be made of the same material as the suit underneath, it seems to be a molded part of it. Did Lucius foresee Bruce's mission years before, when he constructed the armour?

Now you guys are really grasping at straws to find "logic holes" in Nolans Batman movies. Nice effort.

 

[DeadPresident]

Looking at that BB suit I just noticed it isn't exactly black, it's closer to an obsidian colour. Not sure how it looks on screen though

 

[Vigilant]

This, 1,000,000 times. The DK trilogy has it's strengths and weaknesses but falling short on the visual side is a cardinal sin for a hero character like Batman.

Every shot of the lead character in costume in the Marvel movies or Man OF Steel looks like a splash page. There's barely anything in Nolan's trilogy that fits that bill and what there is is fleeting.

To put it another way - I always thought Batman Begins would have been a movie I would actually loved if the leaked script (which I liked a bit better than the final one) had been directed by Zac Snyder. I felt that way before he did MOS.

The man knows how to do comic book visuals right, it IS his forte. There's no one better at it IMO.

So it's pretty great I actually get to see a Zac Snyder Batman and I didn't have to wait 10 or 20 years after Nolan to get it.

I couldn't have said it better!

 

[JDonaldD]

That always perplexes me. Also, what's he deal with that Batsymbol? Not only does it seem to be made of the same material as the suit underneath, it seems to be a molded part of it. Did Lucius foresee Bruce's mission years before, when he constructed the armour?

He sprays a coat of latex over the body suit and the helmet making it the same color.

 

[InJustice]

That always perplexes me. Also, what's he deal with that Batsymbol? Not only does it seem to be made of the same material as the suit underneath, it seems to be a molded part of it. Did Lucius foresee Bruce's mission years before, when he constructed the armour?

You do realize Bruce tinkered with the suit? It's fair to say that the bat symbol came after Bruce received the suit from Fox.

 

[regwec]

Now you guys are really grasping at straws to find "logic holes" in Nolans Batman movies. Nice effort.

You may not have noticed, but you are in "The Batsuit Thread". Here, we tend to discuss Batsuits.

You do realize Bruce tinkered with the suit? It's fair to say that the bat symbol came after Bruce received the suit from Fox.

No ****. The point I was clearly making was that the symbol, being a part of the suit's molded rubber, does not look like a separate or later addition.

Be careful with dumbo smilies, lest they rebound upon you.

I get that the coat of paint is supposed to explain all of that away, but the way the thing looks doesn't achieve the purpose.

 

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I am too lazy to find the stills, but I thought the suit look great on these three episodes.

 

[BatLobster]

I don't think the spray painting is supposed to explain all of that away. If he and Alfred can order the ears separate and make it look like one seamless cowl, I trust that they could sculpt/mold a bat symbol atop the armor.

 

[DeadPresident]

I think Nolan gets criticised about small details/continuity or logic problems a lot because the whole premise of his vision is accountable realism. It makes sense that his decisions would be scrutinised more closely. That being said, this conversation is utterly ridiculous.

 

[The Guard]

I forgot about the painting.

Still, we don't see him painting the cowl. They could have easily used the explanation of a separately ordered and assembled cowl and emblem, and had something more akin to the comics look, even if it was all black.