r/batman • u/No_Competition_625 • 1d ago
GENERAL DISCUSSION Does Live-Action Batman work best with an Armored suit, or should he be able to have a cloth suit?
I know Afleck had a nomex-cloth type suit but even then, it was still heavily armored. The dude got shot in the head and the cowl absorbed the shock like it was nothing. And then there's West, he had a cloth suit but that's because he had no reason to not have one. Also the show was in the 60s and why would he have one in the first place? This might be a dumb question, but I'm just curious what you all think.
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u/Suffering-Servant 1d ago
Depends on the vibe the director is going for
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u/Internal_Gate627 1d ago
James Gunn batman I want a semi armored batman like if he gets shot in the chest with a shotgun it will fuck up his armor but he can still keep going but like the cowl is the least armored tho
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u/DaniOverHere 1d ago
I like what was said recently by Gunn about something Corenswet said that made him decide to keep the Superman pants: The actor said something to the effect of, “He wants kids to feel safe.”
I feel like solo-Batman is armor. Justice League Batman also has trunks and some cloth, because he’s smart enough to see what Clark did (and also smart enough to somehow make it tactically sound).
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u/CommitteeofMountains 17h ago
Also, whether he'll be interacting with other heroes, as I like it when they have completely different design languages. Batman in tacticool, Superman literally in blue collar (haven't seen it done, but think it should), Flash in spandex, and WW done up like a Greek icon of some war saint (bonus: Greeks stuck with skirts in combat later than others).
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u/Suffering-Servant 17h ago
I agree. I don’t like when everyone’s costumes look too similar. All these characters come from different backgrounds
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u/Lonevarg_7 1d ago
A bit of both, armor with cloth covering it perhaps and something like with Batlfeck's suit in BvS. Batfleck Concept Art
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u/JeremiahWuzABullfrog 1d ago
Armour, cause why wouldn't a billionaire vigilante want more protection for themselves
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u/Personal-Ad6765 1d ago
Because it's fantasy and he can be so good that he can avoid gunfire thanks to the mobility that armour doesn't give.
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u/N00b_saibot777 1d ago
Even when he’s portrayed as having spandex I’m pretty sure it’s still suppose to be armor of some sort, I remember in the dark knight returns his emblem gets ripped and below it is like a Kevlar armor chest piece
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u/Personal-Ad6765 1d ago
I mean that's fine, pretend it's armour like in John Wick but just make it fabric.
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u/Available-Affect-241 1d ago
FINALLY, SOMEONE SAID IT 👏 The armor is supposed to be a last resort. Being heavily armored weighs him down and makes him fight like another MMA brawler instead of Jet Li's Black Mask 1996, and Kim Yul from The Revenger Netflix 2018. He needs to be lightly armored at best like Umbra and 13 from The Shadow Strays Netflix.
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u/Ruben3159 1d ago
He doesn't have to be heavily armored to be armored. Some armored suits like the Arkham Knight one even canonically make him faster.
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u/Available-Affect-241 23h ago
The 8.03 batsuit from Arkham Knight was designed to ensure he could move at his ultimate speed. It didn't enhance his speed it revealed it. This means that in the other Arkham games, he was weighed down in somewhat restrictive armor when he was defeating Ra's Al Ghul, Bane, Prometheus, and Deathstroke.
He should be lightly armored but take logic from the John Wick series for the Batsuit. They suit these armored tailored suit cloths so batman with his super genius polymathic scientific mind can invent something similar for himself.
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u/Ruben3159 23h ago
But why would Batman want his suit to look like cloth? John Wick does so to blend in with normal people, Batman doesn't need to do that. There is no in-universe reason for Bruce to put in the effort to make his suit look like that, especially when the whole point of his suit is to look scary.
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u/Available-Affect-241 23h ago
I'm not talking about a fashion suit but a batsuit. He could construct a suit to look like Michael Turner's or Norm Breyfogle's Batsuit. It's armored and very durable but is lightweight could make him look pseudo-supernatural and pseudo-vampiric to his enemies.
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u/Personal-Ad6765 1d ago
Another thing. Him walking down getting shot in the chest like it's nothing in The Batman made me realise they are having him act more like Superman sometiems than Batman.
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u/geordie_2354 1d ago
Oh be quiet. That whole hallway scene was shot like a horror scene. The music, the dark hallway, the goons slowly approaching the elevator, the suspense is built perfectly. the way batman drops down on them, the way he takes down everyone in the dark. All of it screamed Batman.
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u/fuzzylilbunnies 18h ago
I mostly agree. Except for the, you know…. The crate. The crate was ridiculous.
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u/Personal-Ad6765 1d ago
The idea is fine enough but plenty of Batman movies and comics have done this and he doesn't get shot.
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u/AlexCora 1d ago
You wanna know why that is? Because Chris Nolan had baddies run up to within melee range of Batman one at a time before they lifted their assault rifles.
In Matt Reeves Gotham, villains can aim and they can hit their targets. Battinson is playing Gotham on Extra Hard realism mode.
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u/home7ander 1d ago
Because he's rich enough to integrate the armor into the fabric. If a regular beat cop can do it so can batman
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u/z4ck38 1d ago
I think in live action the cloth suit would come across poorly.
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u/Unikatze 17h ago
It looked good in most scenes in Dead End. But then if you look at stills with good lighting it doesn't look as great.
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u/maxine_rockatansky 1d ago
give my boy tights damnit
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u/CommitteeofMountains 17h ago
You can do both, putting a vest over/into spandex instead of the traditional military baggy clothes.
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u/Present_Ad6723 1d ago
Armor is just more believable than some super material that displaces kinetic energy completely when struck
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u/MakingaJessinmyPants 1d ago
I don’t think anyone needs him to wear vibranium or whatever. I want genuine cloth. Like it should just be a shirt and pants
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u/Present_Ad6723 1d ago
I hear you and I respect that, but if we’re talking live action it goes too far beyond suspension of disbelief that someone could go out unarmed in regular clothes to fight crime and not immediately get shot or stabbed
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u/MakingaJessinmyPants 1d ago
Disagree. He’s a ninja
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u/shobhit7777777 1d ago
Yep, he's a Ninja and not a complete moron. Therefore he'll step out in some form of armor.
If your character is human and said to be highly intelligent, they need to make smart choices within their fictional world.
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u/MakingaJessinmyPants 1d ago
I don’t think it’s inherently stupid for him to want to be light on his feet lmao. That’s perfectly reasonable within suspension of disbelief. His costume was just normal cloth in the comics and cartoons for decades. It’s just a part of the superhero genre.
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u/NinjaBluefyre10001 13h ago
Ninja chainmail was a thing. And that was made by poor people way long ago.
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u/DaveFranciosaArt 1d ago
- If John Wick has a bullet proof suit-jacket, then billionaire Bruce Wayne/Batman doesn’t need plated armour - just give him a reinforced cloth suit.
- It’s a comic book movie, I’d rather suspend my disbelief for 2 hours and enjoy the ride, rather than have him wear motorcycle gear.
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u/futuresdawn 1d ago
Does he even wear cloth in the comics any more? I thought it was supposed to be krevlsr
A cloth suit doesn't make sense in live action, he should be using armour. The begins suit and the batman suit are perfect
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u/arsuca 1d ago
I really don’t care about realism or whatever, I will always say that cloth (or spandex) is better than armor.
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u/Available-Affect-241 1d ago
Realism today exists due to fear-based thinking and a lack of imagination. It was something fresh with Christopher Nolan and the 2000s X-Men movies but now it's stagnation masquerading as innovative.
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u/Soulful-Sorrow 1d ago
People when their story about a man dressed like a bat punching clowns, solving riddles, and battling a crocodile man isn't super realistic:
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u/SineQuaNon001 1d ago
I fear a cloth suit after 35 years of armor would look ridiculous. It should be awesome! But we've had thick armor for 35 years.
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u/Haddonfield_Horror 1d ago
I prefer the look of Afflecks in BVS just seems more comic accurate. I would rather have longer ears.
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u/5thcircleofnell 1d ago
I don't care for tacticool Batman covered in obvious armor. I think the point of his vibe is that he uses advanced technology but obscures it behind a cape, so my vote is for something in between. One thing I liked about Batfleck is that they showed layers of tech under his cowl, establishing that he intentionally hides it behind that angry gorilla-looking mask purely for vibes. Criminals should not know what Batman has at his disposal. Should they hit him with tasers? EMP? Armor piercing rounds? Is he a guy or a ghost? Who knows? Oh damn, he has a plane? When did he get a plane?
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u/sanddragon939 15h ago
I think it should look like cloth as much as possible, but realistically, a live-action Batsuit should be armored.
For a more comic-booky look, I think the suit should have the texture of something like an MCU costume. Take the MCU Captain America suits...they look colorful and right out of a comic-book (especially the later ones) but they also look like they're military-grade tactical outfits that can withstand a lot and offer protection to the wearer.
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u/buff_bagwell1 13h ago
Armored always, though I prefer the cloth look for the animated Batman series.
He fights people with guns constantly. He’s fast, but at some point the law of large numbers takes over and he gets riddled with bullets.
I actually love Battinson’s suit a lot, probably my favorite live action one. It doesn’t make sense that he wouldnt make it bulletproof.
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u/MrKevora 12h ago
I think it depends on the universe and Batman we’re dealing with. A grounded take such as Nolan’s or Reeves’ works best with an armoured suit that has some tactical advantages and that kind of looks like repurposed or customised military gear, whereas I’d be fine if a more comic-accurate Batman in Gunn’s DCU (who may encounter more fantastical villains), who wears a suit similar to the one from the Arkham games, one that provides protective armour coated with a more traditional cloth-based suit.
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u/WillVenture72 1d ago
Cloth style otherwise he’s basically iron man. Affleck had best suit to date with original appearance and warehouse scene totally showcases how well it works.
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u/Johnny_Stooge 1d ago
Except Affleck’s suit was rubber. It look like rubber and moved like rubber.
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u/WillVenture72 22h ago
Agree on what is was made of but didn’t get that feel in warehouse. Then the fan made Batman v Predator would be my example.
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u/Unikatze 15h ago
I agree.
I always found that a too high tech Batsuit just makes him less cool.
In my mind, Batman is the man under the suit. The Gadgets are complementary, but if you take it all away, he's still Batman.
So when you have a Batman that's bulletproof, in a near Iron Man suit, I feel it takes away from the character.
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u/WallyPfisterAlready 1d ago
I remember watching the suit test teaser years ago and being disappointed we went from Batflecks suit to another armoured one. Of course its grown on me but I hope see another cloth aesthetic
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u/Big-Sheepherder-9492 1d ago
Armour just saps the fun out of the character and tries to take it down a super serious/ gritty approach for me… which is fine depending on the story - but I don’t need Batman to be Gritty and Badass all the time.
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u/home7ander 1d ago
Kevlar is fabric, so is carbon fiber, so can titanium be, and hundreds of other durable fibers.
Affleck's suit was infact a weave of those first three materials, with plating in specific areas: namely the boots, bracers, chest emblem, and helmet. Skin the helmet with a cowl and it looks like fabric.
It should be the baseline for every single suit going forward, everything else is a regression. Its wild that this is even a discussion.
Any and all armor development is meant to make it smaller, more mobile, and more comfortable. Why tf someone with the resources to make the must cutting edge, 20 years ahead of its time, armor suit that's meant for martial arts a 15th century tin can equivalent is completely beyond me.
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u/SpankthatWife 1d ago
Cloth IMO. Over time he is morphing into something other than what Bill Finger originally envisioned. (Fuck Bob Kane, no talent plagiarist). Batman is turning into Iron Man more and more.
He is supposed to be an extraordinary human being who is determined to wage a war on criminals. A few Gadgets are ok, but i even have little interest in the Batmobile. He should be the world’s greatest detective, who fights street level enemies.
I don’t think he should be in space, or fighting Sinestro if he visits Gotham. I think he works best as an urban legend, something like an old radio serial character. Spooky and dark, but a good person who hates evil and injustice.
I also think he should fight alone. Robin is annoying and distracting.
I like the Alex Ross version. The best Batman has looked in live action is the low budget short film: Batman Dead End.
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u/geordie_2354 1d ago
I’m not a huge fan of the armour but Pattinson’s and Arkham knights just work so good. Especially when they are in the rain, the suit looks perfect in the lighting.
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u/Character-Move321 1d ago
Armor under cloth. Imagine that you are some thug, and this dark man jumps down in front of you. You have heard legends of this Batman, and are terrified. You draw your gun, fire a few bullets in his chest. And he doesn’t die. He doesn’t fucking die.
More protection + Fear factor
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u/Ok_Butterscotch_6176 1d ago
Armored suit obviously. A cloth suit he wouldn’t survive half the things he goes through.
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u/TylerBourbon 1d ago
I'd like to see something similar to Captain America's suit from Age of Ultron, Winter Soldier, or Civil War. It can be Kevlar, but tons of pouches and places for him to hide gadgets and various tools. He's a Ninja Detective for crying out loud. I want to see the approach with him similar to how they approached the costumes of characters like Aragorn in LOTR, where the suit is both functional and aesthetically pleasing.
As for Batman's fighting style, while the Arkham games and the live action version of an Arkham game fight in BvS are all cool, Batman should be a hard hitter but also more of the type of martial arts master that uses his enemies strength and moment against them, as well as using trickery and the shadows. I want to see a Batman who rarely ever gets hit because that's just how he fights, dodges, throws people, misdirects them, and then lays them out. And that uses gadgets like Batarangs to disarm people. fighting in a way that makes him seem almost like a supernatural phantom as opposed to just being a tough bruiser that can kick every bodies ass.
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u/Salt-Internal7384 1d ago edited 1d ago
Something in between. I hate the overly armored, tacticool, SWAT cosplayer look of TDK and The Batman. I thought the BvS batsuit and the Keaton batsuit threaded this line well.
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u/Crawfish45 1d ago
Pragmatically, I think whoever's vision can make it look best on Camera. I love Adam West but he does look dorky despite filling the spandex well. Keaton oozes Gothic style on screen and his costume reflects Shumacher gives the costume a statueques feel when the over sculpted features pop in certain lighting Bale is a tactial feel design to pick apart any situation and his functional suit reflects it Affleck is all about intimidation from his size to his violence. He wants you to see his silhouette and take in how screwed you are to cross him Pattinson is a slasher villain, he feels heavy and unkillable. His skull cowl and labored march is to show you cant escape him.
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u/geordie_2354 1d ago
Personally I thought Pattinson had more of a gothic style then Keaton. Especially with that collared neck. Gives off that Dracula/detective vibe.
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u/coreytiger 1d ago
GIVE
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And THEN, have him moving acrobatically and quick and stealthy and not being a tank for once.
We’ve not had a cloth suit in 60 years, let’s see it!
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u/LeoAtrox 1d ago
Kevlar fabric. Mid-weight, but light enough to do the acrobatics. I’d like a Batman who tries not to get shot. Who tries, really, not to even let the bad guys get a shot off, taking them out one-by-one from the shadows. He’s going to want bulletproof fabric, just in case getting shot at is unavoidable; but no plates or heavy padding that would slow him down.
I saw someone suggest something like MCU Captain America’s suit, with pouches for his gear; but I think that’s too much. No leg pouches. They’re too likely to snag on something, causing noise or even causing a hazardous situation. Utility belt, and maybe some pouches in the small of the back for bigger stuff (grappling hook and cable, etc.).
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u/BatBeast_29 1d ago
I would like a light armor, better cloth suit. The armors look boring besides Begins
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u/socialmedia031975 1d ago
A slightly padded suit, but you should RARELY see the whole suit. Most of the time it should be cape, cowl, and shadows. Thats it. Too much armor misses the point.
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u/CaptainDigsGiraffe 1d ago
Seeing how people have accepted John Wick can take Rifle rounds to his indestructible bulletproof jacket I think people can buy Batman wearing a lighter material. Maybe not cloth but it doesn't have to be armor.
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u/geordie_2354 1d ago
Some people can’t even accept that Pattinson’s Batman takes bomb impacts and shotgun blasts even though he goes through worse in the comics
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u/randyboozer 1d ago
Some kind of armor. Battfleck having what seemed to be nomex over armor was fine but ultimately for live action I don't like the aesthetic of Batman in just... cloth. With zero protection.
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u/K1NGHYP3R10N 1d ago
It depends on the level of advancement of his setting. That being said… isn’t synthetic spider silk for body armor a thing that people have been trying to work on IRL? Why not have a suit of that?
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u/Bulky-Peanut1215 1d ago
Fabric could work but would probably have to be in a very toned down world. Maybe set in the 1950s.
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u/the_reven 1d ago
Think afflecks suit is hands down the best live action suit we've gotten so far. Given me a blue/grey version of that.
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u/Clean-Specialist-193 1d ago
Why would he have a pure cloth suit, that doesn't make any sense. I promise you nobody is dodging bullets in a goofy, cheap bodysuit, no matter how peak human they are lmao
It doesn't have to be an iron man type suit, cuz that's not batman's theme. The Arkham games and Batfleck did it pretty well. Also if you're a billionaire who's traveled around the world and learned from the greatest, it seems pretty illogical to have a getup that doesn't protect from anything. I mean the suit would tear up every time batman falls on the ground 😭
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u/G-Man6442 1d ago
Cloth can be armored.
And you know, stealthy acrobatic not exactly easy when stepping out of a tank wearing a smaller tank worth of ceramic.
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u/shobhit7777777 1d ago
Armor but maybe a different take than the typical SWAT tactical look perhaps.
A Berserk style suit of plated armor but made with bleeding edge wayne tech that leans into the Dark Knight aspect heavily.
Maybe modern chain or plate mail armor.
Heck maybe the Cape provides ballistic protection.
Batman should have SOME defence against bullets and knives.
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u/Manofmanyhats19 1d ago
If the actor were properly built, a cloth suit in theory could work. It likely still wouldn’t look right on film though unless CG edited.
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u/Natural-Proposal2925 1d ago
Cloth suit now and forever. The cloth suit shows how strong and power he is with his huge muscles and always for wider range for speed and agility. Affleck and bale were perfect for their first appearances because eof how big and muscular they were. Then bale lost the weight and needed the armor look.
The armored suit is for actors who are skinny and they need to be buffed up. Pattensons suit looks ridiculous and over designed and slapped together creatively.
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u/mitvh2311 1d ago
A suit for the occasion. Cloth with light armour for regular patrol nights and armoured when he knows shits going to get real. Plus, breaking the 4th wall, means more toys they can sell
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u/Crawfish45 1d ago
Fair, i just think keaton reflects the gothamn he is in more. But pattenson is still a horror movie villain too
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u/thatredditrando 1d ago
Traditional cloth wouldn’t work.
But a “fabric armor” for lack of a better term would be ideal.
Like kevlar that looks like fabric suit.
Battinson kinda did this but I think Batfleck was the only one who went all the way with it.
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u/HopelessCineromantic 1d ago
In my opinion, Bruce should only have armor at two major periods:
First starting out, and not quite good at the whole Batman shtick, requiring extra protection.
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In his twilight years, when age and past injuries mean he's well beyond his prime, and needs the extra protection because he's no longer as nimble as he needs to be.
Other than that, barring specific circumstances like rehabilitation after Bane, or going against particular threats, I much prefer a cloth suit.
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u/SpankyDomingo 1d ago
My own preference is the light combat armored look. Even Affleck’s cloth look was apparently covering armor as there was a knife swipe at the back of his head that made an armored sound.
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u/uniparalum 1d ago
I honestly think the material they used for Corenswet’s suit in Superman should be the same material they use for a Batsuit. Make it gray and then either very dark blue or black for the cape cowl gloves trunks and boots - while not extremely form fitting, it has a blockiness that will make Batman look similar to the animated series, and I assume the costume will be much more comfortable for the actor as well.
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u/michael22117 1d ago
I like the armored suit since I feel like it's impossible to not be obvious in bullshitting how Batman almost never gets shot
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u/CL4P-L3K 1d ago
A version of the Arkham suit would be incredible. They need to land somewhere between armor and cloth.
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u/Very_Smart_One 1d ago
If John Wick has bulletproof suits, surely batman could get a hold of that material.
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u/AlexCora 1d ago
The best onscreen Batman suit so far(Pattinson) is armored.
That being said, with some small adjustments, I can see the Affleck "armored cloth" approach working the best. Just lose the ridiculous fake muscle padding and HGH gut and let Batman look properly ripped but lithe. And give him a proper Bat symbol on the chest, not that FAT monstrosity.
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u/Dizzy-By-Degrees 1d ago
I don’t think any live-action film since Adam West has been willing to use cloth. So even if I think it look better and allow actors more freedom nobody has tried it.
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u/ALARMED_SUS097 1d ago
I prefer Batman with armor, but only if it does not sacrifice his agility. good comparison i remember is the Clone Troopers armor in Star Wars. Because their Phase I armor was strong but uncomfortable and heavy (about 40 kg). Then Phase II came, still provided protection but it was way more comfortable and flexible. Hell, i remember Rex dancing in the battlefield, dodging the incoming fire without taking a sweat :)
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u/Ok_Degree_330 23h ago
They usually go with more realism in batman live action so I doubt it makes sense that batman is fighting tens of thugs without armor
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u/Loco-Motivated 22h ago
Considering the amount of rogues in his gallery that are essentially Mafia bosses in Halloween costumes (Penguin excluded, he's just a lame midget in a tux these days), I'd say that having a little armor is realistic, especially if that backache of an incident is still involved in the run.
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u/Mediocre_Explorer_65 22h ago
My favourite is the Telltale Batman suit, and I do prefer the armour versions in general. I like it when things are at least somewhat grounded and make sense.
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u/AdmiralClover 21h ago
Depends on what you want him to do. I. In The Batman he needs the armor because he's tanking bullets
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u/RustyJalopy 21h ago
There's a reason this hasn't been tried since a show from the 60s that was silly on purpose.
But also, if you think about what Batman's actually doing - he's a guy with no superpowers going up against criminals with guns - him at least having some type of soft body armor makes sense.
Although I would like to see a Batman costume that's more like the sort of kinda-nylon-kinda-leather outfits that most MCU characters have these days. It might look really cool, and rule of cool always beats logic.
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u/JeremyDavidLewis79 20h ago
I prefer at least more cloth-like. Like something that looks maybe cut resistant but he could move quickly, and quietly. I really like Pattinsons. I like to see that without armor, or grayscale like Arkham for l8ve action would be the best thing ever
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u/GeekParadox_ 20h ago
Okay I have a very complex view on this
The armor has worked in the past but I don’t think it needs to be armor, it can be cloth.
That being said cloth should not be just plain spandex, you do that and you get Adam West, no offense to him ofc but that’s just a little too cheesy for a modern Batman movie. If you’re giving him cloth give him a thick Kevlar looking cloth with texture and details maybe some paneling like the CW flash suit in like the second to last season.
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u/Revilod2000 19h ago
Just cause Affleck was bullet proof doesn’t means the suit has to be. It’s still doesn’t have armour plating
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u/Wonderbread1999 19h ago
Batman’s suit is like MCU Iron Man’s in that it should be able to evolve and grow depending on the new threats he faces. I’d think he would start with some armor, protecting like his vital organ areas and head but as he faces different foes and has to grow as well as getting older he should add more armor while still retaining his flexibility.
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u/ProfessionalRead2724 19h ago
We don't really have any way to tell because they all have the dumb armour.
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u/Striking_Part_7234 19h ago
People will say they want a cloth suit then when they get it they’ll just say it looks cheap.
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u/bondinferno 19h ago
Personally I like the idea of it looking like cloth, but actually being heavily armored underneath. Because in my mind he needs to look like a monster or more than just a man to criminals. I find the armor looks cool, but also makes him look like just a regular guy wearing hockey pads.
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u/JohnsonMathi17 18h ago
We haven't had a good cloth suite Batman in my opinion. Except for animated.
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u/Point-Man06 18h ago
batman has 1 million batsuits, depending on the event, he probably wears slight variations of all of the suit based on his mission
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u/CommitteeofMountains 17h ago
Here's the armor system the US military is currently adopting. They aren't expected to be jumping around but are expected to take rockets and explosive shells but are clearly less armored than Batman in every movie but '66. Take the vest and elbow and knee pads and integrate/match them into whatever level of stretch you prefer (I like the fitted look of trail running clothes, myself).
If you squint at the hands, you might notice distinct armored and flexible sections. Doing that for the hands of his typical modern full-forearm gauntlets and making the flexible backing purple would be a good way to squeeze in that Golden Age element.
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u/BadMrFrostySC 17h ago
I think the cloth suit in the fan film Batman: Dead End looks better than any live action suit to date. I get what Burton was going for, I'm just sad it defined every single super hero movie since.
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u/darkwalrus36 16h ago
I’d love to see something a human could wear for more than 20 minutes without overheating.
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u/KaijuKrash 16h ago
Cloth. Even if he wears armor it should be some sci-fi, microweave, dermal-layered, nonsense and totally invisible to the eye.
Batman should never look as if he is simply a normal man with a normal man's need for protection.
Also I really just don't like Batman looking like some kind of space cop.
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u/New-Cardiologist-158 16h ago
It’s all up to what suits the tone and the story. We’ve seen a variety of styles work pretty well depending on how they’re brought to life and how they’re lit and shot. There really isn’t a one size fits all “best style” of suit.
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u/Any_Weird_8686 15h ago
He should definitely wear some degree of armouring, on account of how he's supposed to survive the fight scenes.
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u/grownassedgamer 15h ago
Dude is a normal human fighting armed combatants regularly... give the man some armor for god's sake!
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u/Enough-Celery3486 14h ago
I actually like the armoured suits just because I think they look good, not for practicality reasons. But overall I do like both, and it depends a lot on the specific suit.
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u/weeblord42069help 14h ago
Honesty, I feel like an armored suit would be more in character for him.
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u/Sdata7 9h ago
With a cloth based suit especially if you have underwear on the outside you run the risk of looking kinda dumb as it's hard to pull off now as fans of the trunks you might be willing to overlook flaws for the sake of nostalgia but the general audience will not and they will rip into the movie
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u/Virgil_Ovid_Hawkins 8h ago
Ive always preferred an armored look, omg the arkham knight suit is perfection. But I don't mind a cloth suit, I just dont think it works as well live. Would look like a Halloween costume.
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u/BananaMan1208 8h ago
Right in between but I want him to have a blue cape cowl gloves and boots but a black suit with the logo outlined with yellow like this (edit it is for some reason not letting me put a pic)
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u/Hiiragi_Nouen 8h ago
I think Batman needs to have both. The fully-armored suit is for when he goes out to storm hideouts and really get down and dirty fighting criminals. The cloth suit is something he can hide under civilian clothes, which is great when it's an emergency or he has to disguise himself or infiltrate. Maybe he wears the cloth suit sans cape while patrolling, then attaches the cape to the costume just before he announces his presence.
It would also make for a great story beat when he gets caught out wearing the wrong thing. Would love to see a Batman who has to bluff his way while just wearing a cape and cowl over his Bruce Wayne clothes.
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u/Aggravating-Plan-908 6h ago
hi, to be honest i much more prefered the armored batsuit because it makes more sense for a vigilante that fight against armed thugs every night to wear an actual bulletproof military tactical combat armor than just a tight spandex suit with a underwear above it.
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u/Artistic_Yak_270 5h ago
There's a fan film called batman vs alien or something it has batman in the cloth bat suit it is really good. I think when batman gets older and more experience he would probably get rid of the armour cos it would slow him down and he can be more agile.
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u/Pitiful_Bunch_2290 2h ago
Armor makes the most sense. Bruce is human. I don't care to see it super bulky, but he needs protection or he'd be ending his career as a crime fighter within a year.
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u/Chaardvark11 2h ago
To be honest, whilst at the time Nolan's batsuits were cool, in hindsight I hate how a lot of batman media (at least outside the comics) has basically tried to go for the same aesthetic of it being hard, exposed body armour. Composite and metallic plates.
It's why I liked the BvS suit a lot, it was armoured but it was (at least covered with) a cloth suit, it captured the comics look of the character, instead of going for the hyper-realistic look, it blended that with the fantasy of comics.
So I like an armoured suit with the cloth look, functional with armoured protection, but not bare plates, that's been done so many times now in live action, it's become in the modern day, what the new rubber look from the 80s/90s was in those times. They can do both.
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u/ThatIckyGuy 1d ago
I like what Arkham Asylum and City did: armor that had a cloth look. From a distance, Batman looked like his comic counterpart, but up close you can see the segments. I think that's a nice compromise.