New Threads for the Dark Knight

Entertainment Weekly has posted the first look at Batman new costume for “The Dark Knight” which hits theaters July 18th, 2008. The new threads have retractable forearm razors and belive it or not he can now turn his neck.

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This post was written by Lobo on June 15, 2007

Anthony

I like it. A modern day Batman would wear something closer to body armor than what you see in the traditional comic book incarnation. Its an update of Michael Keaton’s armor, and not the terrible Clooney armor.
Lobo

I think he looks like a badass. I still here people complain about him not wearing the grey bodysuit with a black cape. Can these peopel be serious how lame would that look. You have to make artistic decisions when you move from one medium to another. It the same people who complain about Galactus in the FF2 movie. Do you really want to see a 300 ft tall guy in a purple jumpsuit.
Jarrell

A gray jumpsuit with a black cape would be hookie. However, I am not a big fan of a multitude of raised rubber panels. Looks like over kill to me. An upscale version of the Keaton suit would be better.

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Beezy

The padded look works for me, I’m sure Batman’s screen time will be minimal just like all the other films.

He is definitely wearing steel-toe boots. The color scheme is just a strategy to ease the effort of wire work, visual effects & CGI, a common trait of low budget CGI.

Without saying I’m sure the film has quite the budget & production talent but this lends to the heavy scrutiny levied by sci-fi, comic fans and black geeks everywhere.

Besides, Frank Miller set the thermometer and everything else is just an interpretation of this standard.
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