The Dark Knight Rises The TDKR Batsuit Discussion Thread VI

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[Reel-Man]

My favorite batsuit is still the nomex survival suit. It was simplistic in it's composure and yet detailed enough to give you the sense that it is armor. The details instead of being patches over the actual suit like in TDK, they are embedded into the suit under the surface layer. This way you still get the smooth lines we had with the Begins suit without looking like rubber and overdone.

 

[Majik1387]

To those wanting some sort of spandex-like material to stretch over the pads, do you guys have any idea what it would look like? Or how it would work?

 

[ThePhantasm]

Hey guys, long time lurker, first time commenter.

I've lurked the past few threads on this and while I appreciate the points being made by those wanting a more traditional cloth-like suit, I'm wondering how exactly that would work in the next Nolan Batman film. It didn't seem like a drastic change to go from the BB suit to the TDK suit, but I think it'd be a huge shift to go from that to a more cloth-like appearance, even just in terms of visuals, not the whole realism / non-realism debate. Doesn't that seem like a huge visual shift? Maybe it'd be better if Nolan just toned down his version of the Batsuit and we got a more cloth-like one in the reboot?

 

[Nevincer]

I don't think they are going to change the suit this time around. I think Nolan said something like The Dark Knight suit was the suit he always wanted, but couldn't have in Begins for budget reasons. Someone said tha tat least.

If true that's a damn shame. I hate it.

 

[D.P.]

Am I the only one who has taken a step back and realized that you guys have been arguing the same points for months and hundreds of pages?

Nobody wins in the end. I can probably tell you each person who regularly posts in this thread and their idealogy/opinion on the Batsuit by memory at this point.

 

[Boom]

Just killing time until the TDKR batsuit drops. I mean really, there's nothing else to talk about other than our thoughts on Nolan's suits.

At least we have passionate fans that will defend their opinions to the death, no matter how repetitive and tired the debate becomes.

That's dedication, Holmes .

 

[Saint]

Am I the only one who has taken a step back and realized that you guys have been arguing the same points for months and hundreds of pages?

Months? Years, more like. I've been arguing about batsuits since before Batman Begins had a director. Of course, in those days everyone agreed that rubber was stupid and should never be seen again.

Just killing time until the TDKR batsuit drops.

I'm sharpening my blades and polishing my armour (which is not made of rubber).

 

[Boom]

Months? Years, more like. I've been arguing about batsuits since before Batman Begins had a director. Of course, in those days everyone agreed that rubber was stupid and should never be seen again.

We were such bleeding optimists during those days. Remember when we got reports of a fabric-based suit, and all the great art renderings that followed? It was such bliss.

Then the EW photo hit ...

 

[Saint]

We were such bleeding optimists during those days. Remember when we got reports of a fabric-based suit, and all the great art renderings that followed? It was such bliss.

Then the EW photo hit ...

Yep; grey and black, form fitting cowl... those were good rumours.

Honestly, though--I loved the early shots of the Begins suit. The costume was hidden in shadow and by the amazing cape, so you couldn't tell if they had taken a different approach with it or not, even though it was easy to guess the material--and the cowl looked phenomenal. In those first shots. The meganeck wasn't obvious, so all the focus was on the fantastic face-sculpt the Nolan cowls have. It didn't hurt that the shots were ridiculously atmospheric, too.

The good impression I got from those early shots stuck with me, even when it turned out the rest of the suit was pretty disappointing. Eventually it wore off, but I can still admit that, though disappointing, the Begins suit had some strong points to it.

The TDK suit has strong points, too, but in the end, neither suit gets the job done all the way. One of these days they'll have to stop thinking inside the same box. If nothing else, the TDK suit at least represents progress in that regard, even if it was progress in a weird direction.

 

[Boom]

This is still my favorite Batman picture from Nolan's films:

Honestly, if the batsuit had been lit like that throughout the film, I wouldn't have complained at all. Right there, the suit can look however I want it to look .

 

[Citadel30]

My favorite batsuit is still the nomex survival suit. It was simplistic in it's composure and yet detailed enough to give you the sense that it is armor. The details instead of being patches over the actual suit like in TDK, they are embedded into the suit under the surface layer. This way you still get the smooth lines we had with the Begins suit without looking like rubber and overdone.

I agree. I guess Bruce caked enough black spray paint over that prototype to make it look like rubber... Hmmm.... If they just left it as it looked in that picture- at least it would have looked more "realistic" as Nolan would say... Heck, just drape the cape over the shoulders most of the time and it would have been just fine.

 

[Still Wynning]

This is still my favorite Batman picture from Nolan's films:

Honestly, if the batsuit had been lit like that throughout the film, I wouldn't have complained at all. Right there, the suit can look however I want it to look .

He truly looks like a creature of the night in that picture.

If I was wandering through a dark alleyway and saw that all of the sudden, I'd probably s**t my pants.

 

[Citadel30]

He truly looks like a creature of the night in that picture.

If I was wandering through a dark alleyway and saw that all of the sudden, I'd probably s**t my pants.

Agreed.

 

[Boom]

Thirded.

 

[Saint]

This is still my favorite Batman picture from Nolan's films:

Honestly, if the batsuit had been lit like that throughout the film, I wouldn't have complained at all. Right there, the suit can look however I want it to look .

Yep, that's the best live action picture of Batman that exists, in my opinion. That's exactly the image I was referring to in my post.

 

[Majik1387]

Bleh

 

[The Watchman]

I think the real question is, will they change anything at all this time around?

 

[KRIM]

I could never get over how low-budget the background looked. To this day I'm still not sure where it's supposed to be. But it always gave me the impression that the photoshoot was planned last minute, so they went to the closest boiler room and turned on the smoke machine.

 

[TheBatman072]

I think the real question is, will they change anything at all this time around?

Probably not.

If they DO change it, I hope it looks as similar as possible to Lee Bermejo's BatSuit. Probably the best comic book representation of what a "perfect" live action Batsuit would look like.

 

[Mister Meddle]

This is still my favorite Batman picture from Nolan's films:

Honestly, if the batsuit had been lit like that throughout the film, I wouldn't have complained at all. Right there, the suit can look however I want it to look .

When I first viewed the promotional images on the official Batman Begins site back in late 2004 I thought the film was going back to Burton's approach from Batman 1989.

The outfit looked strikingly similar to Burton's suit. I expected them to move away from the black rubber costume that Burton came up with. Oh and it looks like Batman is chilling inside of Axis Chemicals.

 

[TheBatman072]

Hey, I got an idea.

One of you that has photoshop and is awesome on it, care to take a crack at making the TDK suit look like the Lee Bermejo Batsuit? With the same color scheme as the TDK suit?

I'll love you forever.

 

[iamcitizen]

Probably not.

If they DO change it, I hope it looks as similar as possible to Lee Bermejo's BatSuit. Probably the best comic book representation of what a "perfect" live action Batsuit would look like.

I like the Bermejo suit (although I prefer the all-black, no-briefs version from the Joker GN) but it is a completely different aesthetic from either of the previous Nolan suits. It would work really well in a potential reboot of the Batman series, but it wouldn't make sense for Nolan's Batman to wear it.

 

[TheBatman072]

I like the Bermejo suit (although I prefer the all-black, no-briefs version from the Joker GN) but it is a completely different aesthetic from either of the previous Nolan suits. It would work really well in a potential reboot of the Batman series, but it wouldn't make sense for Nolan's Batman to wear it.

Ehh I don't know dude. The TDK suit was the first suit to break the traditional all foam rubber of the Batmovies by incorporating a chainmail like material.

I think the Bermejo suit, as soon solid color similar to the TDK suit's, with some mods here and there, could very much hold water in TDKR.

Hmm. Maybe if the plates in the legs were BIGGER and there were less of them perhaps? I'm not sure how that'd look. I'd need to see a Bermejo suit manip on TDK Batman.