The Dark Knight Rises The TDKR Batsuit Discussion Thread

[the amazing fro]

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Metal Gear Solid, directed by Christopher Nolan.

I cried a little.

I actually wouldn't want this to happen because I would die of joy before I'd get to see it.

 

[Wade Garrett]

this

 

[regwec]

I never want to see Batman wearing chinos again.

 

[Saint]

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Metal Gear Solid, directed by Christopher Nolan.

I cried a little.

Do want.

 

[bunk]

I never want to see Batman wearing chinos again.

 

[Saint]

I'd shop there.

 

[StarLord]

I'd shop there.

 

[Travesty]

 

[Boom]

 

[Doctor Who]

Chances of getting any of this?

 

[Mr. Earle]

God i hope not!

 

[StarLord]

That looks like it would have been in 'Batman Triumphant'.

 

[the dmg]

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Metal Gear Solid, directed by Christopher Nolan.

I cried a little.

That...would be...awesome!

 

[ALP]

Chances of getting any of this?

None whatsoever. Bruce Wayne never wore that suit and never would. I think you guys suggesting AzBat completely forgot about the entire point of the suit and what it represents. And Nolan doesn't translate costumes exactly from the comics anyway. If Nolan and his team were to make a more mechanical tougher batsuit, it would be of their own original design.

 

[Lone]

Yep, Derek Mears.

Wow..I've never seen him without any kinda costume and I've gotta admit, he has the DCUO Lex vibe going for him. Love his voice.

 

[DaveMoral]

Well, let me say I'm sorry I can't find any videos of someone using a spin kick while being jumped in a real fight. The defense of this argument was that spinning kicks were just for show, but I've seen fights on TV where it wasn't for show, but to win the fight. (shown above)

Just because you, or someone else, wasn't trained to use spin kicks, doesn't mean it's not used in training(there are a lot of different fighting techniques/training). Fighters don't use non-practical means to win fights, they use what training they feel is necessary, and I'll take that from professionals I see in videos, than what I gather from some bat-fans on a forum. And these tourneys are real fights, this isn't WCW/WWF(E), these people are in it to win. So I don't know why you're trying to negate a spin kick being used in a tourney?

And while I find tournament fighting to be real(regardless of how you try to spin it), I don't see a Batman movie as such. The point, is that spin kicks are used, and have practical purposes to take people out. Sure, they can be "just for show", but they clearly have real word applications to their attack. And again, this is a movie, it's not real. Someone fighting in a 50-60 pound suit will probably go down fast while being jumped by 1-2 guys.

I don't hate the elbows, it would be nice to see some variety besides punch, elbow, punch, punch, elbow. It's a movie, show some style!

Eh, I wouldn't say fighters only ever use what they deem "practical" in fights. Cage or otherwise. Some guys just like to look cool, and in the case of UFC there are guys in there like Lyoto Machida and Anderson Silva that do completely orthodox and generally unrecommended techniques for fighting(such as spin kick, which are probably the most telegraphed a strike you can come up with and thus dangerous because they can be easily defended against if one is looking for it and you have to turn your back, you damn well better be fast or have your opponent stunned or distracted to set up for it... the Bat could do that, sure, but when he's in the middle of a goon dog pile it becomes a whole different ball game and quite frankly, in BB and TDK he's literally jumping into dog piles of goons and taking them out in the most energy efficient and effective manner for the situation), but so many of the rest of the UFC roster are training primarily BJJ or wrestling and striking becomes an addendum in their training they aren't expecting it. I mean, Silva knocked out Vitor Belfort with a front kick to the chin. That's not a normal application of that kick, it's usually a stunner. But for whatever reason he told people that Steven Seagal taught it to him despite it being a Muay Thai kick that Silva has surely been training since he was a kid. I've seen Cung Le use spinning back kicks for knockouts in Strikeforce, but again... no one in that arena is expecting that and it's a favorite of Cung's. It's not necessarily one of the most effective weapons in the martial artist's arsenal because it is so clearly telegraphed. And it's not particularly effective in close quarters either. The majority of knockouts in MMA come from fists or ground and pound. Even from experienced kickers. Why? Because that's the most effective means.

The BB and TDK fights aren't perfect, but to argue that they are boring just because you can't see what's going on because you can't pick it apart with an eye for martial detail isn't the fault of the movie.

 

[GothamAlleys]

Chances of getting any of this?

I hated the cat mask, but I really dug this costume when he got the cybermask

 

[Texas Zombie]

i always hated azreal.

 

[RustyCage]

@james:

How is that one any less cat-like? lol

Maybe this is who JGL will be playing.

 

[GothamAlleys]

@james:

How is that one any less cat-like? lol

Well, the first mask is just tiny ears and nothing else, it looks like Puma or Panther in the dark,, the helmet looks more like a robot head and it doesnt resemble any animal

 

[Two-Face]

this

Chances of getting any of this?

 

[Lando81]

Once again: There's nothing wrong with the TDK costume. Quit complaining.

 

[Paste Pot Pete]

Yes, sir.

 

[RustyCage]

Well, the first mask is just tiny ears and nothing else, it looks like Puma or Panther in the dark,, the helmet looks more like a robot head and it doesnt resemble any animal

I don't see how either of them resemble any animal, personally. They're just human head shapes with pointy little horns and red eyes.

 

[Savage]

Once again: There's nothing wrong with the TDK costume. Quit complaining.

Nnno.