The BATSUIT Thread

[OtherwiseKnownAs]

Black and grey suit, with just a hint of blue. Long ears. White lenses. This is all I want.

 

[FunkMiller]

Oval isn't the best idea if it's not something deeply stylized. If the new Batman is a departure from gritty realism of Nolan, then by all means. Dark version of Batman demands aesthetic and tonal consistency, imo.

I’d be down for the oval, if they actually mentioned the psychology of it. The whole ‘it gives them a target’ thing.

 

[Aximili86]

I don't see how the yellow oval detracts from the realism all that much. This should be less "real" than Nolan's anyway, for one, been there done that, but nothing about the concept of Bruce being out there doing his vigilante thing and lasting more than a month is "realistic" anyway.

Just play the oval up as part of the theatrical element, if you're going to go the yellow angle. Iconography. Bruce is planting that logo all over the city every chance he gets - the black logo part inside is what his batarangs are shaped after, he's convinced Gordon to shine a giant honkin' floodlight with it off a building as an alert, and yeah, the same thing's plastered big & bold on his chest and it's pretty much the prime thing about him the criminals remember after he's beat the **** out of them in some grimey alley. He's that quick & efficient that Regular Joe Mafia Enforcer isn't going to get a great look at his costume other than the big broad "it looked like a man-sized bat!" stuff, but they're sure going to remember that contrasting yellow logo.

Same reason he's got ears on his costume & a big leathery cape. Not really necessary, but they sure help with building a myth.

 

[Boom]

It really just depends on what angle Reeves wants to take with Batman. If he's more of a public superhero this time around, gotta go with the oval.

 

[Aximili86]

Ehh, even if you're not going publically-known-as-a-superhero.

He can still be this shadowy boogie-man the criminals talk about who plenty of people dismiss as myth, with the yellow circle. Still works. The non-believers can just chalk the floodlight up to some police propaganda scare-tactic or whatever, batarangs found laying around could be dismissed as some hoax, someone out there making this stuff to get kicks out of perpetuating the myth, that type of thing.

Some 6-foot-plus ripped ninja dressed as a frickin' bat and breaking armed robbers' bones with his bare fists is still going to scare the crap out of the city's scumbags if he has a yellow insignia on his chest, even if it does contrast with his black-upon-black getup. The contrast can be the whole point - it's the only thing you can confidently describe as a criminal about what you've seen after-the-fact, the rest was pretty much a blur of fists and kicks and a swirling cape, but "I remember that branding on his chest! It's the same thing that shines in the sky at night! That bat guy everyone's always talking about in hushed whispers!"

That works just fine with the yellow oval, maybe even moreso than the muted black version, branding-and-infamy-wise.

 

[Loden Greatstorm]

Ehh, even if you're not going publically-known-as-a-superhero.

He can still be this shadowy boogie-man the criminals talk about who plenty of people dismiss as myth, with the yellow circle. Still works. The non-believers can just chalk the floodlight up to some police propaganda scare-tactic or whatever, batarangs found laying around could be dismissed as some hoax, someone out there making this stuff to get kicks out of perpetuating the myth, that type of thing.

Some 6-foot-plus ripped ninja dressed as a frickin' bat and breaking armed robbers' bones with his bare fists is still going to scare the crap out of the city's scumbags if he has a yellow insignia on his chest, even if it does contrast with his black-upon-black getup. The contrast can be the whole point - it's the only thing you can confidently describe as a criminal about what you've seen after-the-fact, the rest was pretty much a blur of fists and kicks and a swirling cape, but "I remember that branding on his chest! It's the same thing that shines in the sky at night! That bat guy everyone's always talking about in hushed whispers!"

That works just fine with the yellow oval, maybe even moreso than the muted black version, branding-and-infamy-wise.

Well said.

 

[Travesty]

My god, people, it's an oval. We're talking about a guy who wears a cape, cowl and body armor, and some of you need a deep philosophical explanation around an oval? The cape and cowl are fine, that makes perfect sense, but that oval....man, they better have a good explanation for that. It makes no sense for a man wearing a cape to have an oval on his chest.

 

[Loden Greatstorm]

My god, people, it's an oval. We're talking about a guy who wears a cape, cowl and body armor, and some of you need a deep philosophical explanation around an oval? The cape and cowl are fine, that makes perfect sense, but that oval....man, they better have a good explanation for that. It makes no sense for a man wearing a cape to have an oval on his chest.

It ain't that serious.

 

[OutOfBoose]

My god, people, it's an oval. We're talking about a guy who wears a cape, cowl and body armor, and some of you need a deep philosophical explanation around an oval? The cape and cowl are fine, that makes perfect sense, but that oval....man, they better have a good explanation for that. It makes no sense for a man wearing a cape to have an oval on his chest.

Good forbid anyone trying to add substance to what's happening in the film. Silly people.

 

[JOE]

Something a bit more homemade looking than BvS' suit. They nailed it with that one though.

 

[Invader Joker]

Something a bit more homemade looking than BvS' suit. They nailed it with that one though.

Homemade? For a billionaire?

 

[Loden Greatstorm]

Homemade? For a billionaire?

 

[Random490]

I hope there's a new design, while the concept for the BvS suit is good on paper (I could nitpick somethings but that's just personal preferences) The thing that killed it for me were the fake muscles. It made it look like a fat guy in a muscle suit and threw his proportions all off. And in a team movie it should highlight what makes the character visually unique for the others which is a tech ninja instead of trying to make him look more buff than Superman. His armor suit in JL is fine because, being armor, it's suppose to be more bulky. But when you do that and try to make it look like really muscle it just falls apart.

For this film I hope they go closer to the tech ninja, I want the basic design to be in keeping with the New 52 look but I want the suit to be slim but look durable, give some detail on closer look, let us see the technology and armor while maintaining a classic look.

I would want all the black/blue areas to look more armored like the Arkham and I want every part of the costume hide weapons and gadgets, I'd love to see that his has batarangs hidden in the fold of his body suit.

As for the yellow oval debate, I'm all for it. In fact I think it could be a smart move to visually distinguish this film, when haven't had that design since Batman and Robin and even that films dropped the yellow. One of the MCU's great strength is changing and tweaking their costumes eventually showing almost all classic variants. Make it more gold or bronze like his belt and maybe have the cape and cowl flow into it like the Keaton design.

Homemade? For a billionaire?

I presume he means in an "Arkham Origins" sense.

 

[Loden Greatstorm]

I hope there's a new design, while the concept for the BvS suit is good on paper (I could nitpick somethings but that's just personal preferences) The thing that killed it for me were the fake muscles. It made it look like a fat guy in a muscle suit and threw his proportions all off. And in a team movie it should highlight what makes the character visually unique for the others which is a tech ninja instead of trying to make him look more buff than Superman. His armor suit in JL is fine because, being armor, it's suppose to be more bulky. But when you do that and try to make it look like really muscle it just falls apart.

For this film I hope they go closer to the tech ninja, I want the basic design to be in keeping with the New 52 look but I want the suit to be slim but look durable, give some detail on closer look, let us see the technology and armor while maintaining a classic look.

I would want all the black/blue areas to look more armored like the Arkham and I want every part of the costume hide weapons and gadgets, I'd love to see that his has batarangs hidden in the fold of his body suit.

As for the yellow oval debate, I'm all for it. In fact I think it could be a smart move to visually distinguish this film, when haven't had that design since Batman and Robin and even that films dropped the yellow. One of the MCU's great strength is changing and tweaking their costumes eventually showing almost all classic variants. Make it more gold or bronze like his belt and maybe have the cape and cowl flow into it like the Keaton design.

I presume he means in an "Arkham Origins" sense.

The oval looks so good here.

 

[OutOfBoose]

Not necessary a design element, but what I missed in Batman's appearance since Batman Begins - the way Batman wear his cape. He frequently covered his shoulders and even torso with it. But starting with TDK and onwards it always hangs behind his back. It sucks.

 

[MadderMaximus]

Not necessary a design element, but what I missed in Batman's appearance since Batman Begins - the way Batman wear his cape. He frequently covered his shoulders and even torso with it. But starting with TDK and onwards it always hangs behind his back. It sucks.

Yes! I was just thinking of this the other day.

 

[Astro13Zombie]

Something a bit more homemade looking than BvS' suit. They nailed it with that one though.

Why would you ever want the batsuit to look homemade?

 

[Marvel united]

 

[OutOfBoose]

Good stuff. Only I don't like the white lenses. Leave the eyes.

 

[Marvel united]

Good stuff. Only I don't like the white lenses. Leave the eyes.

The eyes need to stay. It's been 3 movies since we've even seen them attempted in live action (not counting the security cam footage from the BvS Ultimate cut)

They can be retractable like Panther and still function as the default look of the cowl. It's time. Perfect way to distinguish Reeve Batman from Affleck/Bale and Keaton-Clooney. The eyes would work really well in the moody Noir atmosphere Reeves Is creating

 

[OutOfBoose]

I'm not a fan of them even on Panther. Looks lifeless, but it's a helmet there, so it's different.

 

[Loden Greatstorm]

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This is sweet.

 

[thebatfan5194]

I doubt Matt Reeves is going to use the white lenses.

He keeps talking about how the movie is POV driven and following batman’s emotional journey. Best way to convey emotions in a cowl? The eyes. Also given how Matt reeves used the Caeser’s eyes as the opening and closing shots of one of his Apes movies, I think he’s a firm believer of the eyes being the window to the soul.

 

[Aximili86]

Not necessary a design element, but what I missed in Batman's appearance since Batman Begins - the way Batman wear his cape. He frequently covered his shoulders and even torso with it. But starting with TDK and onwards it always hangs behind his back. It sucks.

The TDK/TDKR suit in general is pretty much bull****.

Such a shame too, after Begins getting everything 90% right.

 

[Nardz937]

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Yeah, something like this. A batsuit that actually looks like he can move around in. That's built for stealth and combat.

I'd still like to see the blue-and-grey suit in live-action, but don't think this is the movie that calls for it yet.