The BATSUIT Thread

[TheBattinson]

Grey in the night hides better than black, unless you are in a void of any light, black always stands out so to speak in darkness.

That’s always been BS. Especially in a city with stark light but also deep dark shadows. Black in the night hides better, easily.

I like this suit, it grew on me. I like It for the reason I dislike batflecks suit. Batfleck was straight out the comics, but... in the real world, to me, that suit doesn't make sense - plus he looked puffy and bloated.

Totally agree.

When I see Batfleck, I am just taken out of it as he is literally super human... sure it looks cool... but no.

Also agree

 

[Invader Joker]

I'm down with the Reeves Batsuit, but man it would be something else to see this come to life on the big screen someday. Art by Raf Grassetti (God of War art director) who did the rest of the BTAS characters as well. Fantastic stuff.

Only way that'd work is if Pattinson gained a lot more muscle, as he is right now it wouldn't look as good on him. Maybe for a third film they could go for something like this but I kinda doubt that's the direction they'll take.

 

[Juke Box Hero]

I know we likely won't ever a BTAS or Arkham City-esque suit in this trilogy, but I'd at least love to see some dark blue incorporated in the suit as Pattinson's Batman ages and his gear inevitably evolves.

 

[Vaibow]

That’s always been BS. Especially in a city with stark light but also deep dark shadows. Black in the night hides better, easily.


Totally agree.


Also agree

That's interesting mate, as I was always told and when I read up on covert recce, plus my own uniform (I am a night time vigilante no less - knights of the night), charcoal greys were preferred.

I also assumed that in a deep dark shadow, anything would look dark. But yeah interesting to debate.

 

[KGBANE]

I'm down with the Reeves Batsuit, but man it would be something else to see this come to life on the big screen someday. Art by Raf Grassetti (God of War art director) who did the rest of the BTAS characters as well. Fantastic stuff.

This is perfect! I think it's too advance for a year 2 Batman. I think Matt is keeping his Batman suits armored though(which isn't bad either). So I'm picturing an upgraded advanced armored suit for his Batman. Kinda like these pics just not too armored for better movements.

 

[craigaat]

The third one is pretty cool

 

[Marvel united]

I'd imagine his suit will evolve into something like this by the third film


Very high-tech and sophisticated to juxapose the amateur, disorganized suit design he started in

I don't see Reeves moving closer to the comics

 

[Gamma Goliath]

I imagine his suits will keep the spirit of what they've made but refine some of the rougher parts. Be sleeker but largely similar to what we already have.

 

[Marvel united]

I imagine his suits will keep the spirit of what they've made but refine some of the rougher parts. Be sleeker but largely similar to what we already have.

Ehh, I think there's a reason why they've gone out of their way to emphasize the low-tech, shoddily made feel of all his equipment in this film. There's clearly telling a story with the suit design in itself

He could be rocking something similar to Arkham Knight by Batman 2 and something even more advanced than that by the third film. I don't think the suit becoming sleeker will be the only evolution that happens here

 

[craigaat]

I'd imagine his suit will evolve into something like this by the third film
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Very high-tech and sophisticated to juxapose the amateur, disorganized suit design he started in

I don't see Reeves moving closer to the comics

Bloody hell I hope not

 

[Gamma Goliath]

I fully understand the story telling angle and I agree, but I don't think his suit will upgrade to anything more advanced looking than the AK suit. Or the Telltale suit, which I think is more likely. Its definitely not going to go all cloth. More sleek, more refined, I can see the emblem evolving a little. But not expecting anything extreme.

 

[Marvel united]

Bloody hell I hope not

It doesn't have to be exactly that but a glowing symbol could be cool. Reeves has already highlighted the symbol in a unique way, maybe that's the natural evolution of a bat symbol made out of Joe Chill's gun


I'm also down for a retractable lenses, maybe even a face plate. I don't mind Reeves trying new things with his Batsuits

I fully understand the story telling angle and I agree, but I don't think his suit will upgrade to anything more advanced looking than the AK suit. Or the Telltale suit, which I think is more likely. Its definitely not going to go all cloth. More sleek, more refined, I can see the emblem evolving a little. But not expecting anything extreme.

Shouldn't the suit represent Bruce's journey? As Batman becomes a legend in Gotham, his tech becomes more and more advanced.

It would be cool if we could have a moment in the third film where Bruce stares at his 1.0 suit from the first film in a glass casing and sees his reflection.. Reflecting on how far he has come, what Batman has come to mean for Gotham and it's people

 

[craigaat]

I'm not against the idea of an illuminated symbol, as long as it's not always on.

I'm not totally opposed to armour either but I don't care for the sort of cobbled together look of this suit. I know he's relatively new to being Batman but I'm just not a fan.

 

[Gamma Goliath]

It doesn't have to be exactly that but a glowing symbol could be cool. Reeves has already highlighted the symbol in a unique way, maybe that's the natural evolution of a bat symbol made out of Joe Chill's gun
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I'm also down for a retractable lenses, maybe even a face plate. I don't mind Reeves trying new things with his Batsuits


Shouldn't the suit represent Bruce's journey? As Batman becomes a legend in Gotham, his tech becomes more and more advanced.

It would be cool if we could have a moment in the third film where Bruce stares at his 1.0 suit from the first film in a glass casing and sees his reflection.. Reflecting on how far he has come, what Batman has come to mean for Gotham and it's people

I already said I agree that his suit should evolve and yes get more advanced. I just dont think it will go as far as you're insisting.

 

[Juke Box Hero]

I think they'll probably end up going with something a little slimmer, a little more classic and efficient. Think like the transition from the bulky Arkham Origins suit to the slimmer, classic Arkham Asylum suit (tho I don't think it'll be that accurate or slim). I don't think they'll go with anything bulkier or more armored than what we have already have.

 

[Invader Joker]

I honestly expect the next suits to be more similar to Arkham Knight and the Telltale games.

 

[Gamma Goliath]

What kind of tech (aside from the lenses) are we hoping to get out of this batman?

 

[DarkKnight]

What kind of tech (aside from the lenses) are we hoping to get out of this batman?

I kind of question tech in general for this film. Now, I'm not saying there wont be any tech; but I say that based on what very little we've seen and know about this film. To me this film looks to be even more grounded than the Nolan franchise (which had a lot of tech). This seems more raw to me. The Batmobile appears to be more mechanical, menacing and powerful than tech itself. Its a racing roll cage with a muscle car body and a big bad engine mounted on it which is pretty simple from what we've seen so far. The Batsuit seems to be more practical/realistic with a police style service belt, nothing like we've seen in past films that used the more comic accurate belt type where some things had the tendency to magically appear out of nowhere. The lenses I'm curious as to if they will even be part of the suit in the film. Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong but we've only seen the lenses on the motorcycle stunt double. Which makes it possible that they are only there to keep bugs and debris out of the stunt cyclist eyes while performing on the motorcycle an not actually part of the suit itself for the film.
I know Reeves had said he wanted to explore more of Batman's detective skills in this film. Does that mean with more modern tech? or more traditional methods in the likes of Sherlock Holmes or other old school detective methods?

 

[Marvel united]

Given that this film is set in modern times, I doubt Bruce will be collecting and storing forensic evidence in napkins

 

[Vaibow]

I think they'll probably end up going with something a little slimmer, a little more classic and efficient. Think like the transition from the bulky Arkham Origins suit to the slimmer, classic Arkham Asylum suit (tho I don't think it'll be that accurate or slim). I don't think they'll go with anything bulkier or more armored than what we have already have.

I can see it leading to a modern version of the 89 suit.

 

[Juke Box Hero]

I can see it leading to a modern version of the 89 suit.

Yea I can kinda see that.

 

[Juke Box Hero]

I guess a lot of this speculation is premature since we don't know the "rules" of the universe, but I don't think Reeves will be going all in on the overly realistic take or afraid of the visual comic elements (kinda like the Nolan films). With him being such a big of the character and comics, I don't think he'll be embarrassed or afraid to use these elements and imagery. He's just got a very specific vision to fit it within.

I think the best way to describe everything that we've seen so far is so much overly realistic but amateurish, which is perfect for an early, young, and brash Batman. Nothing seems developed or refined yet. Nothing has been escalated. So, at least from what we've seen and know it feels less like a more comic accurate suit would break the rules and more his Batman hasn't put that much thought into or had experiences that would necessitate refinement.

So as he grows and develops and Gotham escalates I think it's likely we'll see some changes to resemble classic Batman elements, like a more accurate cowl or a sleeker Batsuit or see big modifications to the Batmobile.

 

[Invader Joker]

The impression I get ferm everything we've seen and heard so far is that this will be a realistic Batman. In many ways, more than Nolan, but it'll preserve the gothic aesthethic. For this film I don't expect any crazy sci-fi or any supernatural stuff, but I think that having a Batman this realistic in his technological and physical limitations and still having him encounter some supernatural stuff later on could be interesting. How would he deal with Ra's Al Ghul? If he JJ Abrams and Matt Reeves ever decided to and make a crossover episode, how would he react to the JL Dark? That might be an interesting take.

 

[marsh]

The impression I get ferm everything we've seen and heard so far is that this will be a realistic Batman. In many ways, more than Nolan, but it'll preserve the gothic aesthethic. For this film I don't expect any crazy sci-fi or any supernatural stuff, but I think that having a Batman this realistic in his technological and physical limitations and still having him encounter some supernatural stuff later on could be interesting. How would he deal with Ra's Al Ghul? If he JJ Abrams and Matt Reeves ever decided to and make a crossover episode, how would he react to the JL Dark? That might be an interesting take.

I had the same thought. Looking at the batbike and batmobile, and the fins on the arms just being the straps pulled tight, it’s becoming clear the realistic direction they’re going in. My first thought was “okay so this eliminates a good handful of villains for this trilogy”. I don’t expect to see clayface, manbat, poison ivy, mr. freeze. Any guys like that. I’m thinking more riddler, penguin, Hugo stranger, mad hatter, joker. Basically villains with zero special abilities.

 

[Gamma Goliath]

I think while the aesthetic tells a story I don't necessarily think it eliminates a big chunk of storytelling possibilities. I dont think it really has to be one or the other.