The Dark Knight Rises The TDKR Batsuit Discussion Thread IX

[Majik1387]

Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but wasnt TDK either soon to being released or filming while the JLA rumors started flying in?

 

[KRIM]

I don't think it was supposed to reflect Wayne's fashion sense as it was to ensure he got the highest quality of any given material. When it comes to leather, Italy is known to be the most renowned creator. It makes sense.

 

[Zeitgeist]

Right, but the phrase alone connotes fashion, not function. The "finest Italian leather" is what makes for the most luxurious wallet or jacket, not necessarily the ideal fabric for a utility belt or to cover body armour. IMO, anyway.

 

[KRIM]

Right, but the phrase alone connotes fashion, not function. The "finest Italian leather" is what makes for the most luxurious wallet or jacket, not necessarily the ideal fabric for a utility belt or to cover body armour. IMO, anyway.

Well, leather makes sense given that in many incarnations the utility belt is just made out of several pouches. You don't need those to be made out steel or anything. But you want to ensure it's made of sturdy material.

 

[DaRkVeNgeanCe]

Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but wasnt TDK either soon to being released or filming while the JLA rumors started flying in?

I do believe your right but it was so long ago i dont totally remember, id hafta dig up the old articles on the JLA film. One things for sure im totally happy the film never got made, but would be interested to see the costume concepts for the characters.

 

[Majik1387]

That's what I thought. I mean, Hammer's would be the first cowl with the head turning when TDK's already had that at the time whether filming or soone ot be released? Hammer just sounds full of it. Like he's trying to stay relevant for when the reboot comes around. God he sucks.

 

[DaRkVeNgeanCe]

Im sure the guy wouldnt have minded the added publicity to his rather slow career by being known as the second batman to bales.

 

[KRIM]

The cast were already prepping late '07 to early '08. So during the midst of TDK production. I would assume Hammer isn't one of the fanboys who kept up with every detail on the film, so there wasn't any way for him to know for sure that Nolan's costume had already solved the neck turn issue.

 

[JAK®]

The latest Batman suit from TDK makes the most sense. How can he even maneuver in in those other suits?? If anything they slow him down.

Any man who wears the TDK suit to fight crime in would die from heat exhaustion after the first night, if not by dehydration.

But he can turn his head, I suppose.

 

[elsewhere]

Any man who wears the TDK suit to fight crime in would die from heat exhaustion after the first night, if not by dehydration.

But he can turn his head, I suppose.

It looks like TDK suit has some sort of venting system incorporated around the neck and other areas. To prevent dehydration perhaps?

 

[DaRkVeNgeanCe]

^ya and thats what makes the neck one of the worst looking parts of the suit aside from the legs.

 

[CaptainSpunk]

Why cant they have the turning neck, but just cover it up with a thin material so it looks good?

 

[meee]

there is now going to be a mini drop ship from Aliens hovering down the streets of Gotham. It looks kind of cool and its not completely out of the realm of possibility. Belief must be suspended slightly to accept this because I'm sure there are unmanned drones that are hovering types, this is just a little bigger. It could be a one man SEAL transport vehicle , or whatever. If this is not to big of a mental jump then whats the problem with Lucius dipping an Underarmour spandex suit in Boron Carbide. For the movie purpose to make it look like its not just spandex they could do some of that multi level 3d pattern painting from spiderman 2 , just not the web design. then we could get some true mobility

 

[regwec]

Why cant they have the turning neck, but just cover it up with a thin material so it looks good?

I have wondered about this many times, which leads me to assume that it must have been tried. I think it is likely that it was difficult to achieve an acceptably sculpted look with fabric without resorting to underwiring or thick padding, which might have made the head as stiff and static as if rubber had been used anyway.

 

[Eggyman]

I've heard of other franchises having different suits for different shooting needs. You have the detailed one, the stunt suit, and so on. I must admit that hearing the words 'functional' and 'practical' leaves me cold. This is a summer blockbuster we're talking about, not a ducumentary. I don't want them to be making a suit that a real Batman could wear; I want them to make one that looks cool--they can fake the rest. If TDK suit has sacrificed design for mobility, then they might as well bring design back to the top of the priority list because, to me at least, he looked stiffer than a frozen hard-on.

 

[regwec]

Well, you could tell that both the BB and TDK suits had a bit more "give" in them than the solid rubber suits used in the previous franchise, and especially more so than B89's suit, which required him to pivot on his heels to look around and which prevented him kicking out without causing himself injury.

Having said that, the TDK batsuit is, to me, the ugliest of them all outside B&R. It is trying to achieve the best of both worlds by using sculpted rubber in a segmented arrangement that is intended to offer the same flexibility as fabric. It doesn't work and, worse, it doesn't look like it should work.

 

[Eggyman]

Well, you could tell that both the BB and TDK suits had a bit more "give" in them than the solid rubber suits used in the previous franchise, and especially more so than B89's suit, which required him to pivot on his heels to look around and which prevented him kicking out without causing himself injury.

Having said that, the TDK batsuit is, to me, the ugliest of them all outside B&R. It is trying to achieve the best of both worlds by using sculpted rubber in a segmented arrangement that is intended to offer the same flexibility as fabric. It doesn't work and, worse, it doesn't look like it should work.

I hear you. I agree. I'm a bit indifferent, to be honest. I'm not a hard guy to please. I guess I just don't understand the problem having seen what they can do in films now. I just don't get it.

 

[Bruce Malone]

Any man who wears the TDK suit to fight crime in would die from heat exhaustion after the first night, if not by dehydration.

But he can turn his head, I suppose.

You're assuming there's no internal cooling system which even theme park costumes have these days.

 

[Majik1387]

Those are also bulky and not easily hidden unless in a big mascot like suit.

 

[moviedoors]

Those are also bulky and not easily hidden unless in a big mascot like suit.

And you don't think something built with, and too, the latest military specs wouldn't be smaller, lighter, and more efficient?

 

[Troy_Parker]

The leather utility belt makes me the the suit would be more in line with what people want on here, a cloth suit.

 

[Troy_Parker]

That's what I thought. I mean, Hammer's would be the first cowl with the head turning when TDK's already had that at the time whether filming or soone ot be released? Hammer just sounds full of it. Like he's trying to stay relevant for when the reboot comes around. God he sucks.

You got that from an interview from October 2010? lol

 

[DoomsdayApex]

I don't know if this has yet to be posted but I found this design to be awesome on the Redesign Thread:

 

[craigdbfan]

Batman if he were in Soul Caliber.

 

[Mister Meddle]

It would better as a Batman Beyond suit.