Disclaimer: This thread is a a reworking and repost of a thread I originally posted on the old forum.
So I just finished the newest episode of Telltale's Batman game and it got me thinking about different incarnations of the Batsuit and the versions I liked the most.
After careful consideration of various suits, I settled on a few favourites.
I quickly decided that I don't care much for some of the more modern designs particularly the one featured in Arkham Knight, it feels more like a suit of armour than anything else to be honest with all the plating and what not, now yes I get why it has to be that is what makes it plausible for Batman to survive he gets into.
After all, plot armour is all fine and good, but it needs to be backed up in some way by a Batsuit that can plausibly protect Batman as well.
But at the same time, I think yes, the suit may be fireproof and bullet resistant, but surely all the weight must add up and really I find it kind of hard to believe Batman is pulling is some of the moves we seem from him wearing the suit.
If anything Batman's suit should be more about light weight, allowing him to move gracefully and the impact it has on his opponents when they see him, when he chooses to confront them directly and also at the same time allow him to be stealthy when he wants to be.
Then running in contrast to the practical elements of the design, there is also what it looks like to us as readers, viewers and gamers. We all have our own preferences naturally, some will love the armoured and ready for anything, loading with tech batsuits. While others like me will prefer a suit that might be a bit more low tech in terms of protection, but offers a very striking image.
There are literally hundreds of Batsuits in an insane variety of colours, some are quite Bold, take the Batman Beyond suit, with it's fiery red Bat emblem, then there are the Batsuits of the 70's which are shades of grey or blue, depending on the artist with the classic yellow Bat symbol. Then we have more modern takes with Batman clad almost entirely and blacks and greys and festooned with armour plating, sometimes overt sometimes more discreetly woven in to the fabric of the suit itself.
For me I have decided that while I can see the need for Batman to be clad almost exclusively in dark colours to allow to easier prowl through the night, stalking criminals in shadows. I find myself going back to older more simpler designs with flashes of colour, obviously today these designs show their age but they strike my imagination more deeply.
Naturally this is all highly subjective and there will be varying opinions of what makes a good Batsuit, based on several factors, such as plausibility, visual design and a coolness factor.
I have selected what for me is my favourite Batsuit.
1 - Batman Returns
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I had a hard time deciding between this suit and the suit from 1989 film by Tim Burton, but after reviewing both films recently, I found the almost sculpted look of the '89 Batsuit to be rather ostentatious for my taste particularly the musculature sculpting. I can see why they did this as Michael Keaton while no doubt a great actor (and my personal favourite Bruce Wayne) is certainly not as physical as the role requires in some key areas, so obvious they designed the suit with this in mind. I also felt that the 1989 suit moved very stiffly and looked awkward in action scenes.
The Returns suit addresses some of these things, by allowing Batman more range of movement by dropping the heavily sculpted moulding of it's predecessor. I also love the all black punctuated by yellow look of the suit, it is both a nod to the classic yellow icon design and the more modern darker look which was becoming more common at the time the film was being, this is a nod to both.
2 - Batman Arkham Origins
This batsuit I have gad something of a U-turn on in opinion, when I first saw it I didn't like it, I thought it was far too bulky looking and it just dudn't click, but after some re-evaluation this has now become overall my favourite Arkhamverse Batsuit.
The suit in Arkham Origins is perhaps my favourite modern Batsuit, unlike it 's sequels this suits is much more low key, still loaded with tech, I actually prefer to that seen in Arkham Knight, as the Knight suit is very heavily armoured in comparison to the suits scene in City and Origins. Which I found mildly laughable that in a prequel Batman's technology level was actually much greater than in games which are meant to take place chronologically after this point.
Back on topic, what I liked about this suit, was that it felt like something Batman would be able to come up with by himself, the suits is advanced but nowhere to the insane level of what we see in the later games, especially as no mention is made if Lucius Fox at this point, although he is likely involved in creating Batman's gear already. The Arkham Knight suit, really tested my suspension of belief on this at points.
3 - New 52 universe Batsuit
I had looked at this outfit numerous and generally had a feeling if I'm not sure about this one, but I decided to do my latest run through of Arkham Knight with this suit and since then I have come to love it. It has a modular high tech feeling that I felt was grounded enough to fit into the game, also I love that that this suit has some colour to it, one of my knocks on newer designs, is that go in too much on the whole all black, all tactical thing and every up with suits which are either boring to look at it or just flat out ugly. For instance I love the Nolan trilogy but I do not particularly like the suits in those films are they are very bland too look at.
Thank you for sticking with me through this wall of text of ERA, and please post your favourite Batsuits and lay out what it is about that you love.
So I just finished the newest episode of Telltale's Batman game and it got me thinking about different incarnations of the Batsuit and the versions I liked the most.
After careful consideration of various suits, I settled on a few favourites.
I quickly decided that I don't care much for some of the more modern designs particularly the one featured in Arkham Knight, it feels more like a suit of armour than anything else to be honest with all the plating and what not, now yes I get why it has to be that is what makes it plausible for Batman to survive he gets into.
After all, plot armour is all fine and good, but it needs to be backed up in some way by a Batsuit that can plausibly protect Batman as well.
But at the same time, I think yes, the suit may be fireproof and bullet resistant, but surely all the weight must add up and really I find it kind of hard to believe Batman is pulling is some of the moves we seem from him wearing the suit.
If anything Batman's suit should be more about light weight, allowing him to move gracefully and the impact it has on his opponents when they see him, when he chooses to confront them directly and also at the same time allow him to be stealthy when he wants to be.
Then running in contrast to the practical elements of the design, there is also what it looks like to us as readers, viewers and gamers. We all have our own preferences naturally, some will love the armoured and ready for anything, loading with tech batsuits. While others like me will prefer a suit that might be a bit more low tech in terms of protection, but offers a very striking image.
There are literally hundreds of Batsuits in an insane variety of colours, some are quite Bold, take the Batman Beyond suit, with it's fiery red Bat emblem, then there are the Batsuits of the 70's which are shades of grey or blue, depending on the artist with the classic yellow Bat symbol. Then we have more modern takes with Batman clad almost entirely and blacks and greys and festooned with armour plating, sometimes overt sometimes more discreetly woven in to the fabric of the suit itself.
For me I have decided that while I can see the need for Batman to be clad almost exclusively in dark colours to allow to easier prowl through the night, stalking criminals in shadows. I find myself going back to older more simpler designs with flashes of colour, obviously today these designs show their age but they strike my imagination more deeply.
Naturally this is all highly subjective and there will be varying opinions of what makes a good Batsuit, based on several factors, such as plausibility, visual design and a coolness factor.
I have selected what for me is my favourite Batsuit.
1 - Batman Returns
I had a hard time deciding between this suit and the suit from 1989 film by Tim Burton, but after reviewing both films recently, I found the almost sculpted look of the '89 Batsuit to be rather ostentatious for my taste particularly the musculature sculpting. I can see why they did this as Michael Keaton while no doubt a great actor (and my personal favourite Bruce Wayne) is certainly not as physical as the role requires in some key areas, so obvious they designed the suit with this in mind. I also felt that the 1989 suit moved very stiffly and looked awkward in action scenes.
The Returns suit addresses some of these things, by allowing Batman more range of movement by dropping the heavily sculpted moulding of it's predecessor. I also love the all black punctuated by yellow look of the suit, it is both a nod to the classic yellow icon design and the more modern darker look which was becoming more common at the time the film was being, this is a nod to both.
2 - Batman Arkham Origins
This batsuit I have gad something of a U-turn on in opinion, when I first saw it I didn't like it, I thought it was far too bulky looking and it just dudn't click, but after some re-evaluation this has now become overall my favourite Arkhamverse Batsuit.
The suit in Arkham Origins is perhaps my favourite modern Batsuit, unlike it 's sequels this suits is much more low key, still loaded with tech, I actually prefer to that seen in Arkham Knight, as the Knight suit is very heavily armoured in comparison to the suits scene in City and Origins. Which I found mildly laughable that in a prequel Batman's technology level was actually much greater than in games which are meant to take place chronologically after this point.
Back on topic, what I liked about this suit, was that it felt like something Batman would be able to come up with by himself, the suits is advanced but nowhere to the insane level of what we see in the later games, especially as no mention is made if Lucius Fox at this point, although he is likely involved in creating Batman's gear already. The Arkham Knight suit, really tested my suspension of belief on this at points.
3 - New 52 universe Batsuit
I had looked at this outfit numerous and generally had a feeling if I'm not sure about this one, but I decided to do my latest run through of Arkham Knight with this suit and since then I have come to love it. It has a modular high tech feeling that I felt was grounded enough to fit into the game, also I love that that this suit has some colour to it, one of my knocks on newer designs, is that go in too much on the whole all black, all tactical thing and every up with suits which are either boring to look at it or just flat out ugly. For instance I love the Nolan trilogy but I do not particularly like the suits in those films are they are very bland too look at.
Thank you for sticking with me through this wall of text of ERA, and please post your favourite Batsuits and lay out what it is about that you love.
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