The BATSUIT Thread

The Batfleck era left me surprisingly cold in terms of anticipation. This has me back to The Dark Knight Trilogy style hype.

Couldn't agree more. I was onboard with Ben Affleck's casting from Day 1, but the Batsuit and Batmobile reveal for BvS left me incredibly underwhelmed and my enthusiasm was never the same as it was during the Nolan years after that.

Aside from the production halt, I've been positively giddy with practically every single update we've gotten for The Batman.
 
Couldn't agree more. I was onboard with Ben Affleck's casting from Day 1, but the Batsuit and Batmobile reveal for BvS left me incredibly underwhelmed and my enthusiasm was never the same as it was during the Nolan years after that.

Aside from the production halt, I've been positively giddy with practically every single update we've gotten for The Batman.
Really? I mean..you didn't like Batfleck's suit and car and you like Pattinson's? Weird.
 
Really? I mean..you didn't like Batfleck's suit and car and you like Pattinson's? Weird.

Yeah, I hated the BvS Batsuit. I've said as much for years now. :funny:

I don't really think Batman is a character that benefits from looking exactly like the comics in live action film and the finer details of Snyder's take on it bugged me (i.e. stubs instead of ears on the cowl, chunky Bat emblem, Affleck having no neck on the cowl).

In contrast, I think Pattinson's Batsuit is far better suited for film and takes an approach to respecting pre-existing iterations of the character that I really love. It's an amalgamation of other Batsuits from comics and video games to create something new and is adjusted here and there to better fit in with this particular medium of storytelling.

EDIT: As for the Batmobile, I was ready for a proper car Batmobile after Nolan was done. So Snyder was doomed for me when I first saw the tank, even if it is somewhat 'sportier' than the Tumbler. And personally I love how the new Batmobile for Reeves' film reminds me a lot of the V8 Interceptor from Mad Max and the classic BTAS Batmobile.
 
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so far i am really digging the new pattinson batmobile.
its like straight up from the denny o'neil /neal adams era of comics.

and almost like a modern revision of the adam west batmobile (probably still the best batmobile!).

i'm not too sold on the batsuit yet, but i'm waitin to see how it is on screen.
 
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This been posted yet? Fan-created, but I always did like how photoreal the model looks.

Apparently artist isn’t done yet, but would like to see more angles just to see how this suit looks with more cinematic lighting.


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The nuance of movement we can see here makes me excited for what he's going to be able to do in this suit as far as fight scenes and even just portraying character through body language. The more I contemplate this suit the more I like it. Don't get me started on the car either. Second favorite batmobile already.

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Someone here said it best “it’s like a better executed version of what Nolan was trying to do with TDK suit”. But also more creative.
How? That’s purely entirely opinion based. I don’t necessarily totally disagree, we haven’t seen near enough to come to such conclusions.

Nolan’s redesign of the costume, particularly for the two movies after the origin movie, held up in unseen before elements of BATMAN-ON-FILM in harsh lighting or daytime and still lookEd imposing and convincing.

I mean what we saw the suit on set in pictures, besides the chest plate and shoulders, actually looked pretty terrible. Particularly the more bug like odd antenna ears. Bugman.

The chest logo, particularly if it uses the gun that killed his parents, is the coolest and most inspired movie chest logo for the bat suits that I’ve seen.

I love the color scheme of asphalt dark gray with black. I love the collar. I love the movable armor on the shoulders.

Elements of the mask and definitely the ears are severely underwhelming.

I thought this would’ve been the perfect opportunity to go with the original Bill Finger 1939 bat ears.

That we have yet to see on screen. That would be a dramatic and atmospheric change to the most recent interpretations.

And kind of goes hand-in-hand with the modernized version of the 1939 chest logo that the Pattonson suit has.

Real missed opportunity there IMO.
 
Dude this is ALL entirely opinion based. Did you think I was stating a fact? I like just about every suit on film so far. TDK included. But from what we’ve seen so far, IMO I like this better. I don’t go by a stunt suit from a crappy phone. Those don’t count. From what I’ve seen the professional photos with the batmobile and the screen test...this is better than TDK suit.

I also wanted the 1939 cowl. But I like this cowl a lot. No problem with the ears. They’re not as long as I wanted but they’re longer than Affleck’s so I’m a happy man. Cowls are always adjusted or completely switched for a sequel anyway so it doesn’t bother me. The shoulder pads, the little details on the arms and chest. The Dracula esque collar is incredible. Cape so far looks better than Bale’s. Not a fan of that cloth looking thing. The waist down also looks spot on. There’s armor but it’s not as jiggsaw as TDK. The neck and mouth area is a vast improvement. That may have been the weakest aspect of the Dark Knight suit for me (although I love the shape around the eyes and ears).

I even loved Affleck’s suit (not the cowl though). Kilmer looked great. Clooney’s cowl was fine. I’m not that fussy with that ****. I just love this new stuff. The details in the padding, stitching, symbol...much more creative and thought out compared to Bale’s plain black suit and gold belt. I may like it in the context of those Nolan movies, but that may be because I’m used to seeing it. It’s quite boring compared to Pattinson’s.
 
Someone here said it best “it’s like a better executed version of what Nolan was trying to do with TDK suit”. But also more creative.
I agree with this. I find it more aesthetically pleasing and I like the homemade but still expensive vibe it's got. Personally, I like the idea that Bruce kinda obtains or fabricates these high end materials and cobbles it all together as opposed to Wayne Enterprises kinda being like "Oh, well we have these mothballed "bat-suits" and "bat-mobiles"..."
Also, just to be clear I ****ing love Batman Begins, just teasing a bit.
 
Ik Nolan tried to address it with Mr. Reese but it still upsets me how apparently NO ONE else noticed all these former Wayne Enterprises property. Even if people don't think Bruce IS Batman he should still be questioned for adding and abetting
 
I've always thought that part of Batman's disguise should be hiding his technology and resources. You shouldn't able to look at Batman and think "hm, probably rich".
A veneer of simplicity, or projecting that he's possibly supernatural. Nobody knows how he does what he does.
 
yea, watching nolan's movies u sort of have to suspend disbelief because irl a whole team of wayne enterprise engineers are gonna recognize the tumbler and batplane are stuff they designed and worked on. lol

they probably won't think playboy bruce wayne is batman himself, but they gonna at least think someone at wayne enterprise is aiding and abetting a vigilante.
 
I've always thought that part of Batman's disguise should be hiding his technology and resources. You shouldn't able to look at Batman and think "hm, probably rich".
A veneer of simplicity, or projecting that he's possibly supernatural. Nobody knows how he does what he does.
Exactly. Once you realize he’s probably filthy rich, it takes the spooky element away. Then he has something to lose, and it narrows down your target. It’s much scarier to think he’s either a supernatural creature or if he is a man in armour...he isn’t wealthy, he has nothing to lose. Which is why an aerial vehicle has never made sense to me. It’s too flashy of his riches. Batman shouldn’t need a plane or jet to get the job done in Gotham.
 
I agree with this. I find it more aesthetically pleasing and I like the homemade but still expensive vibe it's got. Personally, I like the idea that Bruce kinda obtains or fabricates these high end materials and cobbles it all together as opposed to Wayne Enterprises kinda being like "Oh, well we have these mothballed "bat-suits" and "bat-mobiles"..."
Also, just to be clear I ****ing love Batman Begins, just teasing a bit.

You have no idea how much it bothered me back then. And the same thing played out in each movie for new suits or vehicules...
They address the fact that the products could be recognized in TDK with the little subplot between Fox and Reese but it wasn't really convincing imo.
Still loving the trilogy though.
 
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I've always thought that part of Batman's disguise should be hiding his technology and resources. You shouldn't able to look at Batman and think "hm, probably rich".
A veneer of simplicity, or projecting that he's possibly supernatural. Nobody knows how he does what he does.

I agree. In the comics, his suit and gadgets were often fairly simple and discret before the actual armor and tank fashion. Just look at old Batmobiles, it doesn't screamed money.
I like that Reeves seems to head in this direction. In a way, it feels more traditionnal to me. Everything seems to be customized, I like that.
 
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It's a point that I think alot of people miss, when they complain that it looks cheap and homemade, In a city as run down and S*it*y as Gotham when a guy like Batman pops up with an Expensive looking car and all these gadgets then it's pretty obvious the only guy with money in Gotham probably has something to do with it.

He's smart enough to consider this might lead to an investigation into him.

Plus him and Alfred are seemingly doing this by themselves so it makes sense neither is super techy and seamless
 
When I look at the suit and the car I really see these guys taking expensive materials and components and integrating them into fairly simple and unique-looking constructs. There's a moment in Sam Hamm's early draft of Batman '89 where he first brings Vicki Vale to the cave and she studies one of his suits and asks him what it's made of and he says "it doesn't have a name." That kind of innovator and inventor side of Bruce Wayne really speaks to me. Even though the car looks like a down to earth muscle car, its body could be made of some crazy experimental alloy or carbon fiber composite. It's probably chock full of tricks and gadgets. Deceptively simple
 
I feel like Reeves will really propose something unique visually.
Not saying it will be as radical as Burton or TAS, but in the little we saw, there's a true singularity feel.
I remember having heard a very accurate description of Batman TAS as a world where, despite the technology evolving, everything remained stuck in the 40s fashion.
Would be really cool to have something similar here, but with the grittiness of the 70s or 80s american city.
Finger crossed !
 
I've always thought that part of Batman's disguise should be hiding his technology and resources. You shouldn't able to look at Batman and think "hm, probably rich".
A veneer of simplicity, or projecting that he's possibly supernatural. Nobody knows how he does what he does.
Really?

Because Keaton as Batman appeared supernatural, but then you have a guy driving around in a jet turbo armored vehicle, and has his own personalized bat shaped stealth jet LOL obviously he has funding and resources.

No **** that this is all subjective, but I was replying to somebody stating as absolute fact that Robert Pattinson suit is a better execution than the Chris Nolan one.

We haven’t even seen enough to determine anything like that, let alone how it looks and functions on the screen.

The jigsaw lower body on the dark knight suit to me isn’t a buzz kill the way it is for other people, never even found it to be that much of an aesthetic distraction either.

The lower body on TDK suit looks more streamlined and not like baggy cargo pants like the Robert Pattinson one.

It was also obviously moto cross inspired which tied into the usage of the Bat pod motorcycle.

There has been nothing shown that indicates the Pattinson suit has a better cape than Bale. Not a damn thing.

We literally haven’t seen anything about it, or its function, or its texture, or its weight, or if it’s a glider, or even it’s length.

Because the best capes so far was the leathery heavy ankle length one for Keaton that looked like actual bat wings in 89.

And then the Bale Cape.

Which billowed in the wind romantically and like the comic book. Had massive length, giving his Batman a more monstrous appearance and doubled as a glider giving Batman abilities on screen we’ve never seen before. Gliding in between real world distances between buildings.
 

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