The Dark Knight Rises The TDKR Batsuit Discussion Thread IX

[DKDetective]

Woah there, I never said it should be exactly like Man of Steel. I simply stated that the new Man of Steel suit is evidence that Hollywood costumers are getting better at making muscle padding show through fabric superhero costumes. I think you could get a comparable look though if you took TDK's segmented plate armor and put it under a fabric bodysuit. Granted, some Hollywood magic would be used to make sure the suit stayed sculpted to the armor, but it's a believable explanation for the classic look.

By the way, I disagree with a thin suit not working for Batman. I'm pretty sure if you were wearing kevlar body armor underneath your batsuit and running around fighting bad guys, you'd want the bodysuit to be a light, breathable material.

My personal preference is for a TDK style advanced, armored batsuit utilizing segmented plates that resemble the human form (I just don't like the end product we got), but I think there are plenty of ways to make a believable fabric suit that is similar to the comics depiction and both sides in this debate need to be more open minded. In all honesty, it all comes down to personal preference. Certain extremes excepted, given enough know-how and effort, a wide range of arguably believable batsuits could be employed on film.

 

[Mister Meddle]

The new MOS and CA suits blow TDK suit out of the water.

 

[not_a_victim]

This:

And finally this:

You're giving the GA too much credit if you think they presumed the suits from B&R were rubber wetsuits.

Man, that Captain America suit looks worse each time I see it.

 

[Faramir]

I simply stated that the new Man of Steel suit is evidence that Hollywood costumers are getting better at making muscle padding show through fabric superhero costumes.

It's evidence that Hollywood costumers are getting spectacular at making everything show through fabric.

 

[DaveMoral]

I still hate the legs, but this suit would look so much better if the gauntlets were a darker shade of black in this light than the rest of the suit, and the boots as well. The cowl already looks darker and the cape obviously doesn't reflect light in such a way as to look dark grey. If the Bat symbol were more prominent this thing would be damn near perfect visually. At that range the segments don't look so bad. Seriously, how could the ball be dropped on making things that should be prominent not prominent? That top left shot actually looks awesome.

 

[Mister Meddle]

lol man that stunt suit looks lousy. Especially the cowl.

 

[DaRkVeNgeanCe]

TDK suit dosent look bad in those pics with heavy shadows, its the ones where you can actually see the suit where it looks bad lol

 

[batbax]

Tdk Suit looks fine to me. That cap am one is the one that looks hideous. Good god.

 

[Lencho01]

Make a suit similar to all the other cloth-like ones with seen with other superheroes. Say it's bullet-proof or there's something under the cloth and be done with it.

Or better yet, don't bring up the issue of him possibly getting shot. People won't really question it until one brings it up.

 

[Mister Meddle]

IMO TDK suit is one of those outfits that only looks decent with the right lighting. Funny how it looks 10x better in these spy pics during the day than in The Dark Knight.

 

[Travesty]

IMO TDK suit is one of those outfits that only looks decent with the right lighting. Funny how it looks 10x better in these spy pics during the day than in The Dark Knight.

Still not a fan of it in any lighting. I still say TDK-suit looks like a riot SWAT suit with pointy ears and a cape.

 

[Mister Meddle]

Still not a fan of it in any lighting. I still say TDK-suit looks like a riot SWAT suit with pointy ears and a cape.

Can't argue that.

 

[TheDragonator]

Somehow less busy than the TDK suit.

 

[Travesty]

Somehow less busy than the TDK suit.

But it's true.

 

[dukeofvanx]

It seems that they are not going to make any changes to the TDK batsuit..........

 

[DaveMoral]

Somehow less busy than the TDK suit.

Where the hell is that from?

 

[TheDragonator]

Where the hell is that from?

Based on the site I got it from...apparently it seems those are Peruvian SWAT.

 

[I'm Not a Hero]

Somehow less busy than the TDK suit.

Nice i think that's from tdkr

 

[DaRkVeNgeanCe]

Reminds me of the GI Joe suits, which imo look better than TDK suit.

 

[Mister Meddle]

Yeah. Awhile ago I suggested something like this. The suit looks a lot lighter, less busy but also as protective as TDK suit. Well other than the legs but I'm sure a couple adjustments could be made.

 

[TheDragonator]

Why the hell does Cap's costume keep coming up in this thread? Seriously, it seems you just bash it when you have nothing to say on the TDK suit. Steel's suit sucks, and the Catwoman film's costume sucks assloads as well.

I don't really see any point in bringing it up, other than just to bash Avengers. Seriously, when that first Avengers promo popped up, somehow it got posted here and you all bashed it when it had nothing to do with the conversation at all.

 

[thedarks0ldier]

Why the hell does Cap's costume keep coming up in this thread? Seriously, it seems you just bash it when you have nothing to say on the TDK suit. Steel's suit sucks, and the Catwoman film's costume sucks assloads as well.

I don't really see any point in bringing it up, other than just to bash Avengers. Seriously, when that first Avengers promo popped up, somehow it got posted here and you all bashed it when it had nothing to do with the conversation at all.

I remember everyone asking for manips of it in the Batman scheme, as well as universal praise at first.

 

[Secret Fawful]

The last thing I want is an ultra-armored Batman suit. It would look like sh-- and would start to go from Batman to Roboman. Batman still needs to look like a dark figure of legend and of the night, and armor doesn't do sh-- for that or the theatricality of the character. Batman doesn't need armor. He's Batman. He's more adept and trained to avoid bullets, disarm criminals, and keep from getting shot or stabbed than anyone else on Earth. He's a master of stealth. He could friggin avoid laser fire and machine guns. The only reason he even got hurt in TDK at the beginning was because Nolan needed an excuse to give him the new suit, and Batman never had a need for that suit one other time in that movie. And if you say he couldn't have survived the fall out of the penthouse with the Begins suit, you're wrong, because he survived a similar fall in Begins while he was ON FIRE.

 

[DaRkVeNgeanCe]

Batmans been wearing armor in the comics for quite some time now, its just he wears it underneath the top layer of the suit so its not usually drawn on him in visible form.

 

[Fudgie]

It seems that they are not going to make any changes to the TDK batsuit..........

That's because they don't need to. It's great just the way it is.