Priceless refference.

Moviemack - wherever you are, now is your time to shine!

Since I'm one who tends to shy away from spoilers, I don't know the specifics. But I've heard that the Joker makes it necessary for Bats "modify" his car. Heh.

But geez, what the fuck is THIS? I know, I know, it's not all on the surface. I'm sure it will be a good movie. But FOR GOD'S SAKE why do they have to do this kind of preposterous shit every time? If it doesn't matter that the suit looks like a toy then why don't we just have him wear a pink gorilla costume? Maybe bring back the nipples? Would that be okay, as long as the story was strong?

Come on, man. Why can't upgrading mean IT LOOKS LIKE A FUCKING BATMAN COSTUME? I had faith in Chris Nolan, especially after the first one, and didn't think he was the kind of chump who wanted to use a fucking Batman and Robin style robot suit. Way to break our hearts, Nolan.

Silk Bio Steel, as it is called, is exactly the kind of technology that Bruce Wayne would be up on. It would allow him to move more freely, using his martial arts and acrobatics training. More importantly, it would make his bat suit portable, like the traditional comic book portrayal of Batman where he can quickly change into the costume when he's out in the city somewhere. It always makes me cringe to remember that scene in Batman Forever where he was at the circus and Two Face attacked, and he tried to reveal himself because changing into the costume would require driving back to the bat cave.

Some day, just once, I would like to see a traditional Batman costume on film. Burton's rubber armor conceit made sense, because he was trying to show how a guy like Michael Keaton would bulk himself up to look scary. Christian Bale doesn't need that, because he's Christian Bale. I wish they would do something more like what was done with Spider-man, where it is some sort of padded material but looks like his real body. The suit was the biggest drawback of Batman Begins. The explanation of it was great, but it still should've looked better. It's sad that in the best Batman movie to date I was happier to see him as Bruce Wayne so he wouldn't have to be wearing the costume. This time around I knew they wouldn't entirely re-invent it, but I did hope it would be sleeker, and certainly did not think they would make it worse by adding a bunch of Robocop machinery to it. It's too bad. (Everyone else seems to like it though.)

It also beats molded muscles, which always looked ridiculous. These shapes seem more plausible by vaguely suggesting muscle shapes, but still looking like they have another main purpose and the muscle similarity is incidental.

The result is something that looks more "realistic"--that is, more like how it would most likely be done in 'our' reality--but which also preserves the spirit and character of the classic Batman design. (Unlike, say, the generic, bland, lookalike X-Men jumpsuits--like leather versions of the Star Trek: TMP suits.)

So, good show! I like the sort of fantasy/realism look that this and Iron Man are showing so far. Hopefully it will start trickling down to the second-rate crap like FF.

Whoever said it above is correct
........................This is the first time Batman Has ever looked like The Dark Knight.

The Dark Knight suit looks good.

All this talk calling it "fabric suit", "spandex suit", "chainmail armor suit" - Just call it what it is: Batman costume. We want a Batman movie with a Batman wearing the Batman costume. Just find a comic book from anywhere between 1939 and 1964 or so, whenever the "new look" was instituted. Grey tights, dark blue-black boots, gloves, trunks, cape and cowl, black chest emblem. And for some inexplicable reason, bright yellow utility belt. Just buy a comic and take it to the studio design department and say "Oh look, here's what we've been doing wrong: THIS is what Batman's costume looks like. What were we thinking?"

Seriously, if Dc eeds to counter program against "Iron Man" with a knight in armor movi, just go ahead and make the Metal men movie. heck, make "Steel 2" for all I care, just put Batman in a Batman costume.

Do you like Hulk by any chance?

Regarding the pic of the suit, it looks like the batsuit. Nothing outrageously different, and does not change my anticipation (still very high) of this movie one bit.

What happened to the suit? Do you still have it?

I still don't see the correlation to wearing a Batsuit and being a pussy. I call it being smart to protect yourself so that you can keep yourself alive and take down more badguys. Plus, ninjas always die in movies. They're always pussies. They are like the red shirts in Star Trek. They can't even beat up mutated turtles.

Criminals would have trembled before me... with hilarity!

Those Hollywood assholes! Will they ever make a Jesus film that captures the true spirit of the comic book!

no Jesus was Batman,

no no no... that was Bruce Wayne!"

Black Grape? Anybody? Black Grape?

http://www.surfindead.com/mega force.html

graph

test.

As mentioned before, the fear him because ultimately they fear having the shit kicked out of them and/or ending up in Jail. The rest of the fear is generated by rumours and the fact that if you see him, it's already too late...

I can't believe I'm actually getting into this, but do you not think he'd maybe change how he was holding his fists to actually hit someone. Plus, those gauntlets look like they have some SERIOUS knuckle protection...

I do like the fact the he can finally move his head and neck. That always bugged me in the other films.

Would be damn nice to see the fabric suit on screen. And yes I am sick if the argument of "he has no powers so he needs the armour". Well he has managed for years in the comics without it.

I like Batman Begins primarily for one reason - it was a great character study of Bruce Wayne. Bale is great fun to watch. The rest of the film could've used a fantasy injection, though. It had some great set pieces, but the villains needed to be more comic bookish, and I don't mean in a cheezy way, just in a wilder way.

Anyway, yes, most people equate Spandex Batman with Adam West. And for good reason. But the fact of the matter is that not even the Batman in the comic books wears spandex; he wears a bullet proof fabric. And there are things in-between spandex and armor that later films could use, such as the material worn in the old Flash movie.

Also, with regard to the suit change midway through DK -- it is unlikely that getting sprayed with Joker acid will force him to make a new and more improved Batsuit, let alone one with less armor. (Wow! Acid! KEEN! Well, might as well lose the armor. Ah, yep! That did the trick! M'boys gotta breathe! BREATHE, m'boys, BREATHE!)

Moreover, he does not have just one suit; he has many, many, many of them. Do you have any idea how smelly he would be if he had to wear the same one, night after night? Let's be practical here.

That having been said, I agree that the flexible armor look works better on film.

I to think the armour looks a bit too complex, but it'll mostly be in shadow so I can live with it.

As for the cowl...

...That is exactly what I have been waiting for since 1989...

...a BATMAN who can actualy pose and look menacing, a BATMAN who couldn't be beaten by someone running really quickly behind him before he had a chance to awkwardly turn his whole body.

I thought the worst bit in BB was when the Scarecrow set Bats on fire, he was supposed to be flailing around as you would on fire but instead he just wobbled about.

This really does look like he could move like BATMAN should...

...LIKE A FUCKING NINJA!

I seem to remember me and BSB giving him a lot of shit on a TB he hadn't even posted on just in the assumption he would appear at some point, see people slagging him before he even got there and not bother posting at all.

The thing I love most about BB is the fact that there is such a long list of faults but it still remains brilliant and well loved by most people. As I keep saying, imagine how good the second one will be if Nolan addresses all the flaws (many of which could be put down to inexperiance)