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[VulcanRaven]

Batman has had many suits in movies over the years. Some great and some not. Which are your favorites? My top 3:

Batman Forever sonar suit

Batman Returns. Its like the 1989 suit but better.

The Batman. I didn't like it at first but it looks very good in the movie

The worst one is probably the blue suit from Batman & Robin.

 

[nightmare-slain]

Robert pattinson one.

 

[kunonabi]

Returns is number 1 for me. Pattinson is probably number 2.

 

[sankt-Antonio]

Batfleck in BvS.

 

[thefool]

You would shit bricks if you saw a guy wearing this in an alley at night

 

[Patrick S.]

 

[Jinzo Prime]

1. Plated Batsuit:

2. Armored Batsuit:

 

[Gamerfan81]

The George Clooney one with the bat nipples will always be goat!

 

[SJRB]

Affleck's BvS suit is just insane. What a beast. 220 pounds of raw muscle.

I'd shit my pants if I saw this turn up in a dark alley somewhere.

 

[Batiman]

Returns is number 1 for me. Pattinson is probably number 2.

I agree with this. Just love the black with the yellow belt

 

[Evolved1]

Robert pattinson one.

Agreed. Even though I didn't really like the movie much.

 

[BadBurger]

The suit from The Dark Knight and Batman Begins are the only ones that seem actually functional. At the end of the day it's just armor after all.

 

[IDKFA]

The George Clooney one with the bat nipples will always be goat!

We have a winner.

Also, look at that bulge. George Clooney has serious pipe!

 

[KyoZz]

This one:

Look at that cowl!! But nothing surprising since it's made by Michael Wilkinson. I also like the armored Batrsuit

 

[VulcanRaven]

Batfleck in BvS.

It was great to see the comic suit in live-action. My only problem with it is the cowl. Short ears and the material looked too soft.

The George Clooney one with the bat nipples will always be goat!

That suit would have looked better with Val Kilmer.

 

[ReBurn]

Adam West

 

[March Climber]

All of them are too stiff. The Batman suit almost solved this issue but he still can't move his neck properly.

 

[ResilientBanana]

Battinson for sure

 

[Marvel14]

Batman has had many suits in movies over the years. Some great and some not. Which are your favorites? My top 3:

Batman Forever sonar suit

Batman Returns. Its like the 1989 suit but better.

The Batman. I didn't like it at first but it looks very good in the movie

The worst one is probably the blue suit from Batman & Robin.

The Batman suit looks like Batman has neck anorexia...blue nipples rule.

 

[AJUMP23]

Batman original suit or bat suit from Nolan films.

 

[AlteredForms]

The one in The Dark Knight is sexiness and functionality combined to a tee. Unfortunately it makes him look smaller and thus loses much of the intimidation factor.

I would say that the sonar suit from Batman: Forever is overall the best in terms of appearance. Makes him look less intimidating due to the blue, but big without compromising on stylishness. The angular helmet in particular is a standout.

 

[Smokken]

Affleck's BvS suit is just insane. What a beast. 220 pounds of raw muscle.

I'd shit my pants if I saw this turn up in a dark alley somewhere.

You do know the suit is extremely padded, right? Same with Henry Cavill's suit in Superman. Most people think those are actual muscles underneath, it's not. Not that size anyway. Just tossing it out there.

 

[Daneel Elijah]

You do know the suit is extremely padded, right? Same with Henry Cavill's suit in Superman. Most people think those are actual muscles underneath, it's not. Not that size anyway. Just tossing it out there.

 

[Rockondevil]

Live action is easily Affleck and it isn't even close.

Pattinson's is great, but the cowl leaves a bit to be desired for my tastes.
And the rest are all really good too. I'm yet to see one I really dislike.

The George Clooney one with the bat nipples will always be goat!

I get the joke but you are aware Kilmer's had them first?

 

[Gamerfan81]

I get the joke but you are aware Kilmer's had them first?

 

[jshackles]

Obviously it's the one with the weird nipples

 

[SpiceRacz]

'89 all day

 

[donfonzie]

'89 all day

Try 69 it's much better

 

[Trunx81]

Try 69 it's much better

Maybe you two can meet at both ends.

What bummers me with the never suits: Batman had the bright logo on his chest on purpose, to draw gun fire to the more played area, rather then to his unprotected face.

 

[Umbasaborne]

Batfleck 2016 for me. I prefer the short ears and i love the frank miller inspiration in the suit

 

[ZehDon]

Yeah, I've really come around on this one.

 

[jason10mm]

Dp

 

[jason10mm]

Put this on todays roided out superfreaks and imagine how scary it would be when they can actually bend over and look from side to side.

 

[CGNoire]

89 Batman for sure.....but I also like Batfleck's suit.

 

[CGNoire]

Dp

Double Penetration?

 

[SpiceRacz]

Try 69 it's much better

 

[Nobody_Important]

Its "The Batman" for me.


Its just comic book enough to satisfy my inner 12yr old, but also believable enough that my adult brain doesn't get mad.

 

[VulcanRaven]

I wonder why they still used fake muscles. Even more in later movies. You can even see the metallic color muscle suit throught the material:

The Batnan suit looks like Batman has neck anorexia...blue nipples rule.

Actually I never had problem with the nipples. The black suit from Batman Forever looks great.

 

[Rentahamster]

+1 nips

 

[SJRB]

You do know the suit is extremely padded, right? Same with Henry Cavill's suit in Superman. Most people think those are actual muscles underneath, it's not. Not that size anyway. Just tossing it out there.

That's just not really true.

In fact, there was a DC comic book movie exposition I went to just a few weeks ago. They had among other things the original costumes of all the Batman movies on display and the difference between Affleck's suit and the rest was crazy. Of course it has muscular definition sown in but Affleck towers over all the other Batmen. It is the only suit that doesn't have armor plating all over covering the muscles.

Ben Affleck is a very big dude and he was insanely ripped for BvS. His physical appearance [and struggle to keep it that way during filming] is well documented.

Same goes for Henry Cavill. I will never understand why they added so much [clearly] fake muscular definition in the BvS suit.

 

[ahtlas7]

 

[Badlucktroll]

Keaton's batsuit in the flash looks pretty ok

 

[Days like these...]

Batman has had many suits in movies over the years. Some great and some not. Which are your favorites? My top 3:

Batman Forever sonar suit

Batman Returns. Its like the 1989 suit but better.

The Batman. I didn't like it at first but it looks very good in the movie

The worst one is probably the blue suit from Batman & Robin.

The very first suit in this thread is shit.

 

[FunkMiller]

Depends on the kind of Batman you like.

If you swing more towards a grounded take, which treats the character seriously as something that *could* exist, then you have to go with either Pattinson's suit or The Dark Knight one. They are the only two that are built with practicality in mind.

If you want the more fantastical, unrealistic, 'comic book' version of Batman, then it's either Batman Returns or Batfleck.

Personally, my favourite is the one from Batman Begins, because it's my favourite Batman film, but Pattinson's is pretty fucking brilliant too. I think with a few alterations for the sequel that show how he's developed and gained more experience, it will easily be the best of the bunch.

 

[kuncol02]

I wonder why they still used fake muscles. Even more in later movies. You can even see the metallic color muscle suit throught the material:

Actually I never had problem with the nipples. The black suit from Batman Forever looks great.

It's not fake muscles. It's armour in shape of muscles. It's node to ancient greek armours. Nipples on Batman suite also has samesource actually.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muscle_cuirass#/media/File:Greek_bronze_panoply_in_RMO_AvL.JPG

 

[TronNerd82]

Nananananananananana ADAM WEST!

 

[VulcanRaven]

It's not fake muscles. It's armour in shape of muscles. It's node to ancient greek armours. Nipples on Batman suite also has samesource actually.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muscle_cuirass#/media/File:Greek_bronze_panoply_in_RMO_AvL.JPG

Do they say that in the making-of documentaries? Man of Steel suit is definitely supposed to be a skin tight suit. They made some changes after that but I'm pretty sure its still the same suit storywise.

 

[jason10mm]

I wonder why they still used fake muscles. Even more in later movies. You can even see the metallic color muscle suit throught the material:

Actually I never had problem with the nipples. The black suit from Batman Forever looks great.

They really have no choice if they are trying to replicate the comic book "painted over flesh" look. Unless they vacuum seal the suit over the actor or just make the suit thin cotton and always keep it wet, there is no way to show the hyperdefinition through the kind of textured costume popular today. Women can get away with latex or leather with little definition because no one is expecting these actresses to have anything other than slimness, maybe some breast or butt implants. Can't even remember the last time an actress with actual abs, triceps, glutes, and quads got cast as a superhero.

Plus the suits need some padding for the stuntmen, and those guys gotta actually work for a living so they can't keep that 3% bodyfat and still have the energy for stunts.

 

[PrimetimeKnight]

This one:

 

[Badlucktroll]

Suit looks good with a color swap, sans nipples