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Emperor Morphetine · Oscar Winner Joined: 29 Jan 2008 Posts: 1781

Is it me or has the suit been modified?

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Catnapper · Site Joined: 30 Jul 2007 Posts: 6149

Yeah they've changed a few things with the Batsuit......the headpiece is separate from the neck for starters so Christian Bale can move his head around more. Check out what the costume designer has to say about the new Batsuit.......

http://www.ew.com/article/0,,20042739,00.html

Lucifer_666 · Site Joined: 27 Jul 2007 Posts: 9571

Very informative babe...I think all previous actors of Batman have complained about the very hot and restricting Batsuit so its good that they have that neck part sorted

I think the utility belt looks different too....

it is different from the first film's suit but in very subtle ways
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Catnapper · Site Joined: 30 Jul 2007 Posts: 6149

It must be terrible filming in a suit like that.....very claustrophobic

We should have screencaps up of all the Batsuits so we can compare them and see what's changed over the years!

Lucifer_666 · Site Joined: 27 Jul 2007 Posts: 9571

Okay...lets do that then...
The very first Batsuit was this little number in the old 1943 series starring Lewis Wilson (How bad is his costume

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Then in 1945 another series came about starring Robert Lowery as the caped crusader

In the 1960's we got Adam West

Michael Keating in 1989 donned this in the Burton's film

and this in the sequel Batman Returns in 92' (not that much of a difference really...just the design on the stomach

Three years later Val Kilmer wore this in Batman Forever

Two years after that George Clooney had this (urrrgghhhhhh what a travesty that was...though Alicia looks good

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Then we have the great Christian Bale ones first off in Batman Begins

And now in the upcoming Dark Knight

Here's two Bale ones together

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Catnapper · Site Joined: 30 Jul 2007 Posts: 6149

That's excellent Luc

It's good to see how the suit's evolved over time, from the armoured look it is now right back to the guy in the wrinkly suit and impossibly high waisted pants in 1943

Lucifer_666 · Site Joined: 27 Jul 2007 Posts: 9571

In a way I perfer the guy's 1943 pyjamis over that awful George Clooney one

It is bad!!!

.....and its an attempt to make the costume more streamline and smooth looking I think (which failed miserably

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Catnapper · Site Joined: 30 Jul 2007 Posts: 6149

The Clooney one has a skeleton kind of look to it or maybe that's the look they were aiming for? Keating, Kilmer and Bale definitely have the right look

Lucifer_666 · Site Joined: 27 Jul 2007 Posts: 9571

Oh I think they were just looking to be different and make their Batman stand out from the previous ones....he stood out alright.....like a sore thumb

I also hated Chris O Donnell as Robin aswell ....in both movies

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Catnapper · Site Joined: 30 Jul 2007 Posts: 6149

He was ok as Robin but I always thought he was a bit too old for the part.......it needed someone younger and more vulnerable at the beginning.