@nick chatterton i honestly wish Thomas Wayne’s Batsuit was the official suit of Bruce Wayne. With the vampire like bladed shoulders and demonic red eyes...he actually looks inhuman. I had an idea some years back about an Alternate Batman who exiled himself from Gotham to go on a 2nd training expedition, but this time studying magic and his moniker changes from “The World’s Greatest Detective” to “The World’s Greatest Magician”. I always imagined Thomas Wayne’s Batman being what he would look like upon completion of his training. This was at the start of the whole Dark Knight’s metal arc and I was trying to come up with my own Batman for fun lol
Me too I would personally have a dark and deep suit it would be more shocking to enemies Like just imagine turning around and seeing someone 6’2 looking down at you in a dark suit
Just another reason The Batman is perfect is that his cape was actually used against him. The movie acknowledged the negatives of it while also keeping its strengths
I wish the film would have acknowledged the fact that he's one of the most accomplished martial artists in the DC universe, and that one of his primary disciplines was ninjutsu.
@@hardyharharv In the prequel book it said he traveled the world for his training as well...the only excuse I could think of for them presenting us with such an incompetent Batman, is that casual fans find a watered down Batman more accessible, than the guy in comics who has mastered pretty much everything.
@@jrob4795 I know this movie was originally written to stand on it's own without any real expectation for continuity, but with the success of the film they're now able to really develop Batman's martial skill over the span of a trilogy which will be exciting to see. This movie already did an excellent job with humanizing this character
@@hardyharharv But we've already seen the character "humanized" in an entire trilogy, and even before that, we knew what made the man tick...I'm just wondering why WB behaves as if they are ashamed at the fact that these characters are from comic books? Captain America Winter Solider was able to beautifully splice reality and fiction, and I see no reason why a Batman film can't do the same? They easily could have represented Batman as supremely skilled being who has difficulty implementing those skills due to lack of experience, overconfidence, and a over eagerness to prove to himself he can do the job. They didn't need to water him down to the point that he look like some semi intelligent MMA fighter wearing a kevlar Halloween costume. Arkham Origins was probably the greatest example outside of comics of what a year two Batman should be...those writers understood the character, and Hollywood is doing everything they can not to. That being said, I somewhat enjoyed the film, but I'm really looking forward to inevitable reboot, and I pray that finally represents the character's abilities in a way that's closer to the comics. Sorry for the long post.
I’m completely torn when it comes to picking my favorite bat suit. The dark blue/ black cowl with the grey suit is amazing, but so is the rebirth as well as the most recent.
Technically the suit was always supposed to be black and gray and due to the printing restrictions of the early days they used Blue to highlight shades of darkness. Over time artists just started coloring him blue and grey. My favorite suit is the all black suit from the 90’s. Batman was awesome in Morrison’s justice league of America run!
Very similar to the colouring on spider man. In amazing fantasy, his first appearance, he was supposed to be black and red, with blue as the highlights. Eventually artists and colourists just began making him blue
Me personally, I love the Year One suit, it is so simple yet so well drawn that i could stare at the same panel in the comic all day Side note: I also love the New 52 suit, the armored plate design has always had a place in my heart
I'm a fan of the versions without the underwear because they look more like armor to me. So New 52, Rebirth and even the Jace Fox Future State one. I know Future State isn't that great but the suit looks great. And Bruces Future State one is awsome as well with the more guerilla warfare style. In this video you went over the suit and cape now you also need to talk about cowl.
Something else I remember hearing his cape does is hide his body. I'm mainly thinking of Arkham Origins Blackgate where this was displayed against Deadshot. He tried to shoot Batman, but wound up shooting his cape instead. I'd also imagine this helps Batman better blend into the shadows too (sometimes this is portrayed in media more well than others).
Another add on for the cape, outside of gliding, stealth, and hiding his body: It also hides his hands when he has it furled around himself. If he’s confronted, he could secretly draw weapons or equipment from his belt and most enemies would be none the wiser. He could draw a batarang or two and catch someone completely unaware by flinging his cape open and just tossing his batarangs.
@@SilasGrieves This. Batman's main tactic is surprise, shock and awe. And him being able to still surprise in the heat of an actual battle even with all eyes on him is an immense advantage. Usually when you confront someone you watch their hands to see what they're doing. Hence police constantly saying "Let me see your hands" when they approach a suspect. Batman can make his hands disappear within his cape, and he has multiple tactics to go from there. Smoke bombs, batarangs, whatever he needs for the situation to turn to his favor. And yes, it does help you blend in. The main thing you want to do with camouflage is to break up the profile of the person/object you want hidden. Eyes are drawn to human figures, and Batmans' outline can be easily broken up in the darkness.
I think my all time favorite batman suit that I’ve seen is the Batman beyond suit from the Arkham knight game. The all black with glowing red looks so damn good. I’ve always loved the black with red accents on things, but for Batman it’s a whole different intimidating factor that works very well for him.
I like the 90's blue cape/ black suit because it's what I saw as a kid. Speaking of the yellow around the bat symbol actually has another purpose, to not frighten kids.
The black on grey suit from The New Batman and Robin Adventures is my favorite non live action suit, its a fully matte suit which works best for working in the shadows.
My favorite suit is the new The Batman practical looks badass and looks like a combo of all the batsuits put together also with a new batman starting off look. I'm so proud to say a great batman film came out in my time.
Batman Arkham Origins Suit imo was and is THE BEST looking. It has a very Mil-Spec/Tactical-Utilitarian look and functionality that I just adore! It also has a patch-work overall aesthetic that makes it look like a combat suit that is very grounded in reality I'll even go as far to say that the Robin Patterson Batsuit takes a lot of inspiration from Arkham Origins Batsuit. The patchwork layers have a blend of that Nomex Kevlar liners with armored plating over it for the chest, thighs, neck, shoulders, and shins. I love how those outer armor parts mesh with the inner Nomex Liners of the suit. It just a very well put-together armor ensemble that reflects the iconic look of the more original batsuit but updated to reflect modern times with a touch of tactical flair! Magnificent!
My favorite suit is the dark grey bodysuit, yellow capsule belt, yellow oval, with dark blue (or black) cape, cowl, gloves, boots and trunks. Neal Adams Batman. Second favorite, the same suit, except with the pouch belt and large black bat symbol. Jim Lee Batman.
Well, you know, asking which is your favourite bat suit is a hard choice for a batman fan to make. We never got to see a bad suit, all the suits are great, yes some suits look/function better than others in some cases, but you can't just pick one out of all the amazing suits. I like all bat suits.
Hey there Batcave just wanted to say thank you for this new video on The Bat-suit. I found it to be very interesting and honestly very informational as well. I really enjoyed the part of the video where you were talking about the evolution of The Bat-suit. I have always enjoyed the changes that are made to hero costumes over the years. As for my favorite Bat-suit design, well I am going to have to say Jim Lee's New 52, just because it looks great and does remind me a bit of an armor design too. Anyways, thanks again Batcave for this wonderful video. Really enjoying this videos based on the information from that book.
I really prefer the new 52 batsuit as it just look so clean and very slick. As a big fan of the BTAS and the JLU series the new 52 suit is a nice updated modern take on that batman suit!!
I personally have two favourites, the well known '40s and '50s one in the comics and a rare one from the '60s comics, that one is like the standard '60s style Batsuit but the blue areas are a much darker blue more like a midnight blue, and the grey areas are a dark charcoal grey with the standard yellow belt and emblem, the ears on the cowl are slightly longer, but not as long as the original Batsuit cowl. This design was only used in a few Batman stories at the time, and also in adverts within some '60s Batman and Detective comic issues.
The cape for Batman works as a chute for gliding and as parachute to land while gliding or diving down from great heights. It also acts as a cloak for advanced stealth - in some versions can deflect radar waves and infra red scans. Who knows, it may become a cloak of invisibility in future - but future Batman suits are without a cape suggesting that the newer suits have foldable wings , jet packs and built in cloaking for camouflage or invisibility.
For me, the 90s animated series first 3 seasons and Justice League Unlimited are my favorite batsuit. The nostalgic from those shows and it was Kevin Conray, he is the greatest Batman voice actor ever
Capes are very impractical, but Batman really needed it for intimidation and camouflage. Therefore, he intentionally trained to be able to make it practical. That's badass
I think the best Bat Suits are the most practical while keeping the symbology. Bruce always tries to upgrade his wardrobe in way that is more than a fashion statement, wheather it to be armor, agility, stealth capabilities, technology or even complimenting the gadgets he already uses. The Batsuit is the center of those gadgets and Bruce wants it to be about efficiency as much as symbolism.
Always loved 1989 style suit. Like TDK suit. Actually like BvS suit alot The Batman suit looks to have little bit of everything just not big on the cowl
Hi casual bat fan here don't want to sound like a dork , but Batman cape is used as a form of psychological warfare too. The cape's dark colors hides Batman size/shape. He appears smaller than he is from a distance and he when pulls it back he shows off his real build. The cape also hides his hands from his enemies bats always his hands near his belt to get a bat rang ready. So bats is like cowboy in the old west hands near his guns ready for a quick draw .
Fascinating, and I think this is the first time I’ve seen a video on the batsuit; I mean I’ve seen ones on the other bat armour he has worn, and I know one thing about this characters suit is that there is a steel plate under his cowl, and I know this from the DK Book on the Batman that I own🤔💁🏻♂️.
Favourite bat suit is Affleck's (Batman versus Superman). At first, I didn't like the bat emblem but after a while it grew on me and now is my favourite. The same, with the new Patterson one. I now love the new design for the bat emblem (and that he can use it as well!)
My ideal batsuit is all black, with the classic yellow and black chest emblem and the yellow or bronze utility belt. Basically the 1989 Tim Burton costume, but a lot less detailed and made of fabric rather than rubber.
Me personally, I like the usually grey bodysuit with black It feels the most intimidating and it’s also pretty recognizable I don’t mind the dark blue suits tho, kinda like Batman Hush
I grew up watching reruns of the 1966 Batman series, and the Animated series was just starting, so I always think of the Blue and Gray costume with the eliptical bat symbol when I imagine the Batsuit.
I kinda like the Batman inc. suit. It sorta looks like a more realistic take of the animated series suit. As are the Arkham suits. Though the Arkham Asylum and Arkham City suits were purposefully designed to be a translation of the animated series suit, in order to farm good will from the potential players. And finally, I also like the Arkham Knight suit, the one that enables him to do fear takedowns. I actually hated the Arkham Knight suit at first, because it looked too much like armor, but a few years later I got myself a PS4 and played the game, fully intending to change the character skin, but I ended up loving the suit when I saw it in my own play session.
I personally like the Arkham Knight suit best, but after that, i like the Bale suit. Regardless of how badass batman is, at the end of the day, he's a normal human, so armor is necessary. I do wish that there were suits that would be more realistically colored and patterned to make him blend in though, because in reality he wouldn't blend into shadows very effectively in all black or all grey
Black cape and cowl with dark inlayer. Grey bodysuit with black armor mixed into one suit(like the Noel suit or the Arkham Knight suit). Long ears(like the Beyond suit). Very practical and realistic looking belt. Extremely long cape to make him resemble Spawn a bit. White eyes(can turn red when he needs more intimidation factor) that pierce through the darkest corners to scare his victims. Every mentioned inlayer of the bodysuit and armor and cape and cowl + lead and heat regulators in both things for harder detection through x-ray and heat detection. Symbol a bit of a mix between Dark Knight, Inc., Rebirth, 1989 and with a colour change just for fun and can be detached like in The Batman. Mouth piece can be covered up(Gotham Knight where he fights Scarecrow and Killer Croc or how it looks like with the beyond suit in Arkham Knight). Cape can detach the moment people like Bane use it to play ragdoll with Batman. Belt buckle is a sword hamdle(The Brave and the Bold). And every gadget we ever see him use in the Arkham games.
Underwear is actually a black armor piece on grey suit. Ears can be fired as projectiles(like we see in the comics.) Multiple small pockets everywhere with small gadgets in case he loses his belt. Voice modular with the most demonic and intimidating voice for the bad guys(Joker, Waller, simple goons) but a more friendly one for the good guys(Gorden, Bullock, Superman, Lex). Mini Batsignal like in The Batman series. Small pours in the suit, cape, edges of the mouthpiece that spill fake blood that can not be identified as fake or as real and disappears after a certain time depending on the chemicals cause seriously he has to life up to the Vampire identity right? Small Green Kryptonite shards in the gauntlets just in case…Zod…visits… Cannot be filmed and if can the pictures are cursed and you can only see some kind of demon(like at the end of Arkham Knight). Small capsules of very very little fear toxin in the armor for an even more surreal intimidation factor.
@@star.master_cranium I like a lot of the ideas you have for your Batman. I always thought it would be cool to see Batman use more of his rogues gadgets and technology, like Scarecrow's Fear Gas. Of course they wouldn't be as harmful or lethal under Batman
Here are a list of my favorite that suits. 1. The Arkham knight version of the Batman beyond suit 2. The Arkham knight bat suit with a titanium triweave fibers 3. The Azrael Knightfall Batman suit 4. The dark Knight/dark Knight rises suit 5. The new 52 bat suit 6. The bat suit from the white night series 7. The white knight version of the Azrael Batman suit
I think it’s time batman invest in nano tech because I’m sure it probably takes him 30 minutes to 60 minutes (with help)to put on the leather and Kevlar suit.
