The BATSUIT Thread

[Khaos]

He definitely needs slimming down by quite a lot. At the moment, he's bordering on tubby. The guy is supposed to be a stealthy, powerful creature of the night. This desire to ape TDKR has puffed him up way too much. A sleeker, trimmer, more agile Batman is the way to go.

Batman, like he is depicted in the movies and comics couldn't possibly exist in real life. He needs to be huge and very strong to do a lot of what he does, but he also needs to thin and agile to do a lot of what he does. You can't really be both.

Although i think the best bet is to portray him like a freak NFL athlete. Those dudes who are huge but can still jump incredibly high and run very fast. Some of them are a little fat too, but they're amazing athletes.

Cutting down on the size makes him less believable to me. Batman is consistently fighting huge opponents, and sometimes in large numbers. Besides his martial arts skills, he does need to be much bigger than the average human to make it look so easy and endure so much punishment. Plus, he frequently displays almost superhuman strenght, so it makes sense for him to be huge. And it also looks more menacing.

 

[lujho]

Batman, like he is depicted in the movies and comics couldn't possibly exist in real life. He needs to be huge and very strong to do a lot of what he does, but he also needs to thin and agile to do a lot of what he does. You can't really be both.

Although i think the best bet is to portray him like a freak NFL athlete. Those dudes who are huge but can still jump incredibly high and run very fast. Some of them are a little fat too, but they're amazing athletes.

Cutting down on the size makes him less believable to me. Batman is consistently fighting huge opponents, and sometimes in large numbers. Besides his martial arts skills, he does need to be much bigger than the average human to make it look so easy and endure so much punishment. Plus, he frequently displays almost superhuman strenght, so it makes sense for him to be huge. And it also looks more menacing.

But all that size is the suit making an already huge guy ridiculous. You could easily slim the suit down for a slimmer looking Batman that is still an objectively huge guy.

 

[Boom]

I wouldn't want them on a permanent basis, but Black Panther has provided the perfect template for lenses. I mean cut off the bottom half of the face and tell me this wouldn't make a killer bat cowl:

 

[Astro13Zombie]

The more I see of this batsuit the more I love it.

When we first saw it, I liked it but I definitely preferred the bvs suit.
Now? I like them about the same

 

[B]

I prefer the BvS suit over what I presume is his 'standard' outfit in JL, but I think the tactical suit looks epic. Looks like TDK suit on steroids.

The only thing I'm not big on is the lenses/glasses, but if they are there for a purpose or function that's explained in movie, I can live with them.

 

[Boom]

The more I see of this batsuit the more I love it.

When we first saw it, I liked it but I definitely preferred the bvs suit.
Now? I like them about the same

It's sort of maddening how inconsistent the new cowl is. It looks great in some shots (like the one above), and in others it looks egg-shaped and weird.

 

[Brother Jack]

I wouldn't want them on a permanent basis, but Black Panther has provided the perfect template for lenses. I mean cut off the bottom half of the face and tell me this wouldn't make a killer bat cowl:

Spoiler

That's a better cowl than any of the Affleck suits. I've gotten to the point where I think we should move beyond rubber. I mean, the live action batsuit hasn't changed that dramatically since '89. It's still primarily a rubber suit. The only real difference with Affleck is the gray fabric over the body.

 

[FunkMiller]

I wouldn't want them on a permanent basis, but Black Panther has provided the perfect template for lenses. I mean cut off the bottom half of the face and tell me this wouldn't make a killer bat cowl:

The size that Black Panther is would be perfect for Batman. He's still powerfully built, but there's a sleekness about the costume design and build that works very well. Suggests both power and grace, which Batman should have. Batfleck has the powerful build, but there's no suggestion of grace there. Lest we forget, Batman is a master of just about every martial art there is. He'd be built to show that.

 

[metaphysician]

Yeah, something closer to the BP costume would be a notable improvement. Yes yes, DKR. Just because you want to steal bits from DKR doesn't mean you have to steal everything.

 

[hafizbat]

+1 to BP having a better Batsuit than Batfleck. The build, the texture, and the lenses are all perfect for the Dark Knight.

I think Bale in BB was as big as Batman should get. Batfleck is just tubby. Also it's better to show off the muscle and build outside the suit rather than looking rather normal outside the suit then having clear rubber muscle on the Batsuit like with Affleck.

 

[THE WOLF]

The more I see of this batsuit the more I love it.

 

[Osiris-Rex]

The more I see of this batsuit the more I love it.

When we first saw it, I liked it but I definitely preferred the bvs suit.
Now? I like them about the same

He looks very manly. I would like the Bat symbol to be more obvious though. It sort of fades into the background. Make it blacker, give it a more distinctive shape, or give it some sort of an outline.

 

[Greens]

Bats looks awesome in the new still.

 

[Mindreaper21]

I wouldn't want them on a permanent basis, but Black Panther has provided the perfect template for lenses. I mean cut off the bottom half of the face and tell me this wouldn't make a killer bat cowl:

If the lenses were used for something like thermal imaging or night vision, I'd be cool with that. It would feel like Predator mode in the Arkham games. Definitely not permanent though.

 

[lujho]

I wouldn't want them on a permanent basis, but Black Panther has provided the perfect template for lenses. I mean cut off the bottom half of the face and tell me this wouldn't make a killer bat cowl:

Yes. But also, you could have them blink like Spidey's if you wanted to. That's what it does in the Telltale game.

 

[Gamma Goliath]

Somehow that feels like more of a stretch for batman

 

[lujho]

Somehow that feels like more of a stretch for batman

People used to say that about a grey cloth suit.

 

[Gamma Goliath]

Idk a blinking cowl for batman can get weird imo. The telltale game makes it look good because its a cartoony looking game. Totally different than live action and it starts to go into deadpool terratory when it comes to white eyes that blink. Deadpool is purposefully cartoony snd exaggerated. Spiderman is different because they don't blink and you can see the mechanism used for the effect, they're also larger eyes that allow for a large range of expression.


Either BP style eyes, or tech contacts he can activate that then turn white. Imo.

Idk what everyone's glitch was with a grey batsuit.

 

[lujho]

If the ears were just a little more distinct instead of such a straight "ramp" shape, and the little armour pads were rounder and the same shape/size of the muscles they were on top of (abs, biceps, deltoids etc) it would be perfect. This is super rough obviously, and I couldn't be bothered doing a full manip, but you get the idea. The red outlines are the shapes the plates and ears would be.

 

[Osiris-Rex]

I remember how comic books fans used to make fun of the tiny ears on Adam West's costume and were blown away by the long ears of Michael Keaton's costume because now he looked more like a bat.
Then Christian Bale's ears got shorter. So now we are back to tiny ears again. I guess what goes around comes around.

 

[CapedDetective]

I want to see some other section of the batcave with a few cases with other batsuits in it like this from Noël. I know there are plenty of other examples of the wall of suit in the comics and animation but I think this shot shows how it could work with suite more like what Affleck has been wearing in the films. Imagine some of these older models in the Wilkinson style and how we could see the evolution of his suit. Needless to say I can't wait. !

 

[Gamma Goliath]

That's an easter egg ive wanted since before bvs. It would be awesome.

 

[2kt09]

(Tactical Cowl - Goggles) + New Suit = Best Default

 

[CapedDetective]

Yes!

 

[CapedDetective]

Ok so if they recast Affleck, do they go a complete different direction with the batsuit or no?