The Dark Knight Rises The BB3 Batsuit Discussion Thread

[Rincewind]

It's... awesome, but maybe a bit too robotic. I like the sheer sense of bulkiness and strength that it conveys, but, just like the TDK suit, is a bit too ornate and robotic. But awesome, not the less. It looks like a kinda special suit that he would wear to fight powerful enemies like Bane or Superman.

 

[lixdexia]

Re: the "digital batman" pic. that is fantastic! the design is a bit "ironmany" but the details make up for that imo. i love love love how adding the "urban camouflage" pattern to the armor pieces gives the suit the classic black grey look. if you put that coloring on bane's bb/tdk fusion suit you would have one that excedded my standards for a perfect movie suit!

Re: the symbol discussion. while i understand regwec's frustration and logic, I feel that namtaB hit the nail on the head. as a batfan with issues of my own i wear a batsymbol on my person every day (typically my belt buckle, though if dress does not permit that i still sneak on a lapel pin) , though i don't always intend for others to see it. simply the knowledge that i'm wearing it gives me a small sense of pride. i think maybe the symbol as it is serves a similar perpose for bruce in the movies. perhaps if he's doubting himself (and somehow manages to overlook that he's wearing the rest of the suit) the beveled symbol is something that he can look at and touch and use to re-afirm himself of his mission. unless he's standing infront of a mirror he can't really see that his costume has the same value, but he can always look down at his chest and see the bat there.

 

[Mr. Earle]

You guys are thinking way too much over the symbol. For god's sake!

 

[Mr. Earle]

You make a valid point. But I'm not unequivocally convinced that its meant to be seen by others notwithstanding its location on his chest. I think the most plausible explanation for the tiny badly, an understatement as the center of the symbol bends inward giving it an inconsistent look, placed symbol is that Nolan was afraid of the fan backlash from a suit with no symbol.

Whether one believes the symbol is to be seen or not seen by others, a consensus can be made that one would want the symbol to be consistent looking. This symbol looks like something that was tacked on last minute. Its almost like they designed the suit sans symbol and Goyer came in and said "Chris No!! You can't have a suit with no symbol!" Rather than redesign it they just slapped one on.

The sumbol bends inwards following the shape of the pads. The suit is busy, so the huge surface of the manboobs couldnt have been clean or they would have stood out. Thus they were designed full of lines as well. At least the suit is consistent.

Well if you really wanted to get convoluted you could argue that Fox was assigned the task of creating a new suit. But he doesn't add the blatant Batman elements to it b/c he'll never acknowledge that Wayne and Batman are one in the same. So Wayne adds the symbol himself at a later point and this explains the badly tacked on appearance. Similar to what he presumably did in BB, but why make it look worse? If the explanation for that is b/c of the countours of the new suit, then why didn't he get Fox to make an allowance for the symbol in the design when he created the new suit? You could explain that as Wayne's designs that he handed to Fox could not be replicated exactly during the mechanical process of creating the new suit and the only process that worked didn't allow for a neatly placed symbol but Wayne puts one on anyway. You could go on and on but I tend to think it was a last minute decision to add a symbol on by the creators.

You re reaching dont you think? This reminds me of the "joker mob connection" because of the way the joker looked at the bank manager. He must have known him! The mob did this to him!

The suit wasnt designed by Fox, it was designed by the costume design team of the movie. I am pretty sure that they tried to make it as good as possible (but they failed nonetheless). Do you really think that they would **** it up on purpose because Bruce supposedly cant put a symbol on his suit (the man who made a device that can spy on the whole city... that Bruce)?

 

[Bathead]

YMMV. But Batman wears trunks.

I'm with you, JB.

 

[namtaB]

You re reaching dont you think? This reminds me of the "joker mob connection" because of the way the joker looked at the bank manager. He must have known him! The mob did this to him!

Yes, that's why I said "if you want to get convoluted." Thanks captain obvious.

The suit wasnt designed by Fox, it was designed by the costume design team of the movie. I am pretty sure that they tried to make it as good as possible (but they failed nonetheless). Do you really think that they would **** it up on purpose because Bruce supposedly cant put a symbol on his suit (the man who made a device that can spy on the whole city... that Bruce)?

Again, I think it was a last minute add on by the creators as a means to have some sort of symbol on the suit to appease the fans. I believe it had nothing to do with the story.

I just laid out the whole Fox scenario to illustrate the point that yes, you can make arguments for the symbol being what it is within the confines of the story notwithstanding how thin these arguments may be.

 

[Judson Caspian]

here is a batsuit concept I submitted for an art contest. I used zbrush and photoshop.

Combat Evolved.

 

[MrQuinn]

Combat Evolved.

No offense to the creator, because it's really beautifully rendered and looks rather nice, but I just don't like it as a Batman costume. if it was some kind of Batman/Punisher amalgam...well then I could feel it out for sure.
Looks nice, but I don't like it as Batman's costume. Just my opinion. Funny though because it reflects a dream I had a while ago where Bruce Wayne was gearing up in a digital camo batman costume (it was....purple....though...lol)

 

[MrQuinn]

Combat Evolved.

No offense to the creator, because it's really beautifully rendered and looks rather nice, but I just don't like it as a Batman costume. if it was some kind of Batman/Punisher amalgam...well then I could feel it out for sure.
Looks nice, but I don't like it as Batman's costume. Just my opinion. Funny though because it reflects a dream I had a while ago where Bruce Wayne was gearing up in a digital camo batman costume (it was....purple....though...lol)

 

[Young Superman]

These were made by Bunk. I hope he does not get mad at me for posting these, but this is what I think the next Batsuit should look like.

 

[batman_1989_]

It would be a great look,much better than the crappy TDK suit or the BB atrocity

 

[Piuchén]

These were made by Bunk. I hope he does not get mad at me for posting these, but this is what I think the next Batsuit should look like.

I want one of those!!!!!

It would be a great look,much better than the crappy TDK suit or the BB atrocity

I still prefer Begins and Dark KNight suits than the ones we saw before on screen.

 

[Marx]

I'm still not a fan of the trunks.

 

[Bathead]

Oh, come off it Marx, leave the trunks alone.

 

[Marx]

Oh, come off it Marx, leave the trunks alone.

If it were a 'Sin City' style (or noir) the trunks would fit.

As for the manip itself, it's a very good one.

 

[CaptainClown]

ya, I think it is a good manip, I just dislike the trunks a lot especially with the style created for the series of films currently. Like Marx said, for something that is highly stylized I can work with it no problem, however the way its done now it wouldn't mesh quite well.

 

[craigdbfan]

So damn awesome. Like the outlining of the mask for his mouth/chin/lower face.

 

[Bruce Malone]

That manip looks all fine and well because its stylized in a comic design. That type of look looks great in the comics but wouldn't translate on film. I firmly believe Batman looks best in all black and minus trunks on film. Film and comics=two different visual mediums.

 

[Aparna]

Not sure if someone said this, but it's made very clear that he got a new suit to help him move his neck to the side. Otherwise he has to swing his entire upper mantle around. In the behind the scenes, Nolan was talking about how he wanted to change the suit for BB but didn't have enough time or budget. By TDK they had enough time/budget to fix that problem, and work it into the story. I don't necessarily think it's a tradition.

 

[regwec]

That type of look looks great in the comics but wouldn't translate on film.

This is often said, but there is no evidence to support it, and much to contradict it. A classic Batman costume made with the same professionalism and investment of time and money that lie behind Spiderman's, for instance, has never been seen or attempted.

The reason that the statement above recurs so frequently is that "spandex" suits are always either fan made or 40+ years old. Rubber suits are always made at temendous expense by teams of top designers employed by major movie studios with huge budgets. The fact that the rubber suits never look *that* good anyway is the shocking thing.

 

[JBElliott]

I'm with you, JB.

Glad to have more people on the trunk wagon.

 

[JBElliott]

these were made by bunk. I hope he does not get mad at me for posting these, but this is what i think the next batsuit should look like.

very nice!

 

[MrQuinn]

The above costume (I didn't want to quote it and have it posted AGAIN) reminds me a lot of Solid Snake! haha. Not bad at all, could be decent in many aspects.

 

[JBElliott]

ya, I think it is a good manip, I just dislike the trunks a lot especially with the style created for the series of films currently. Like Marx said, for something that is highly stylized I can work with it no problem, however the way its done now it wouldn't mesh quite well.

The comic type suit would work just fine in the current film series, especially one as shown in the images in the posts above. After all, the current film already shows a guy who dresses up in something that looks like rubber, but is supposed to be body armor, and glides/flies around Gotham using only a cape that looks like it's made of felt, but it supposed to be high tech fabric that hardens when an electric current is applied. It's no further stretch to believe he wears something like the above images and the costume is made up of body armor and high tech kevlar like materials. Also the above images look better than what's been in the movies so far and that will matter most.

 

[CaptainClown]

The comic type suit would work just fine in the current film series, especially one as shown in the images in the posts above. After all, the current film already shows a guy who dresses up in something that looks like rubber, but is supposed to be body armor, and glides/flies around Gotham using only a cape that looks like it's made of felt, but it supposed to be high tech fabric that hardens when an electric current is applied. It's no further stretch to believe he wears something like the above images and the costume is made up of body armor and high tech kevlar like materials. Also the above images look better than what's been in the movies so far and that will matter most.

I'm talking about the briefs.

Also that is all subjective. Some people see rubber others see bullet proof armor. Some see cloth the others seen super unbreakable fabric. All subjective buddy.