For anyone interested, these are old descriptions of how the batsuit would have supposedly appeared on film prior to the release of Batman Begins. (According to Jett from BOF, the sources were highly reliable.)
We all know, however, that the finished product didn't look much at all like what was initially hinted at.
Here they are:
"I have not seen it myself, but an old costume deptartment friend has been working on it and tells me that it is based on the Alex Ross designs from the graphic novels. Dark (very) grey bodice, black bat chest (with no yellow shield), tight-fitting mask (that moves - meaning, frowns and squints and so on - but do not hold me or my source to that as he/she? has only seen a 3rd level prototype of the cowl) with prominent ears, overall an extremely tight fitting outfit (presumably to show off Bale's gym work, or, from what I have been told, to finally make the point that Bruce Wayne is a gym junkie, not a rich dope in armour)."
"The inner bodysuit is definitely dark grey but leather and used looking, not shiny like in the last movies but a material that looks like a second skin. The chest area features a large black bat emblem that doesn't look like the one from the movies or the comics but looks very cool
"Material that looks like a second skin?" "Extremely tight fitting outfit (to show off the actor's gym work)?"
That's what we were supposed to get with the new Batman films, but we didn't. We're seeing this type of design now, though, with Snyder's Man of Steel; and for that, I'm grateful.
