How the Batsuit Works

An anonymous reader writes "Batman's outfit plays a much more prominent role in Batman Begins than it did in the previous films. And a lot of the technology actually seems plausible. This HowStuffWorks article explains all its features."

Comments

Hmm

[mister_llah]

This is an improvement over the only noticable feature of "has nipples" from previous Batman films... I approve!

Re:Hmm

[aftk2]

Only on Slashdot would this be an improvement over that feature.

Re:Hmm

[That's Unpossible!]

The suit was made by a friend of mine, who happens to be a big fan, so he put the effort in to make the suit look right. Of all the batman films so far, it's probably the one that most closely mirrors the comics.

Who is your friend? The article specifically mentions, "The Batsuit for 'Batman Begins' was created by costume designer Lindy Hemming."

Lindy Hemming is either a woman, or one of the ugliest men I've ever seen.

Re:Hmm

[christopherfinke]

What are you, some kind of Batman expert? He's got buttloads of superpowers. Like... samurai sword powers, wall-climbing powers, and this sweet arm blade...

Shark Repellent

[hools1234]

As long as it comes with Shark Repellant, you can put me down to buy 2!

Re:Shark Repellent

[NanoGator]

"... anything that will get him out of trouble after the commercial break or at the beginning of the second part of a two part episode."

Ugh. I caught a Batman episode once where the dynamic duo were tied to a buoy out at sea. It really sucked for them because a torpedo was headed straight for them. *COMMERICAL* When the show came back, Batman and Robin were soaked. After a moment passed, Batman thanked the selfless porpoise that gave its life to detonate the torpedo before it hit them.

Our hero, ladies and gentlemen. You should see him at the roulette wheel.

Re:Shark Repellent

[Guppy06]

"Robin executes himself"

Don't think I saw that episode. Did he use the Bat-Cyanide Capsule?

Plausible

[kristopher]

Plausible in the sense of it being a movie in the fantasy genre.

In the table of contents

[Anonymous Coward]

"Shop or Compare Prices"

If only...

What we really need;

[jafac]

is a "How the Slasdot effect Works"

I want it!

[GreatRedShark]

so where can I buy it? and what about that lightsabre they did an article on a while ago, I still can't find one like in the article. But it's real, just like the batsuit. right? Right?? RIGHT??!?! OH GOD DON'T TELL ME IT'S JUST ANOTHER PRANK!!!!!!! AAAAAAH!

hehehe...

Not mentioned.

[AtariAmarok]

Not mentioned are some of the secret compartments in the Utility Belt, such as the one containing live radioactive spiders, just in case Batman finds the need to shoot goo from his wrists and "Swing the extra mile" over Gotham. Kryptonite is found in another compartment: never know when you need to reduce that overgrown boy scout to such a weak state that he can't cross the street himself (let alone help an old lady across it). Also found in a secret flat part of the belt buckle are those certain photos he took of Robin that he does not ever want anyone to find, but he can't bring himself to destroy them.

Hhrmmm..

[Bananatree3]

Shucks. And I thought I was batman with my batman costume. Oh well, I guess those of us who can burn the hundreds of thousands to get this kind of suit are really batman.

From the Article

[Anonymous Coward]

(The exact nature of Batman's relationship with Wayne Enterprises is unclear at this point.)

How about the fact that Batman is Bruce Wayne and owns Wayne Enterprises?

Re:From the Article

[j3tt]

OMG! So the rumors are true then?

Re:From the Article

[RapmasterT]

(The exact nature of Batman's relationship with Wayne Enterprises is unclear at this point.) How about the fact that Batman is Bruce Wayne and owns Wayne Enterprises?

actually, no that's not true, as you'd find out after seeing the movie.

By the end of the movie he is the majority shareholder of the publicly traded company, but through the other 99% he has no legal relationship with the company.

Re:From the Article

[NegativeOneUserID]

How about the fact that Batman is Bruce Wayne .....

Way to ruin it for me ya jerk! How about a spoiler warning next time?

Warning!!!

[Anonymous Coward]

Costume does not enable user to fly.

Go go go Gadget Bat Belt

[ROFLMAObot]

Is one of the features and uses of Bat Utility Belt "...to hold up Batman's Bat Pants"?

They Forgot the Personal Cryrogenic Field

[Anonymous Coward]

.. to cause the nipples of any damsel in distress to stand to attention. (or it it a personal phermone field?)

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Magnetic grappling gun good for

[planckscale]

1. Catching the bus

2. catching that elevator

3. Climbing those stairs

4. grabbing that beer from the fridge

5. getting to the seat in the middle of that crowded theatre

6. Getting to the front of the Batman rollercoaster line

7. Peeping from the 5th floor fire escape

Sign me up!

I mean, come on, "does it run Linux" ???

[AtariAmarok]

"...but does it run Linux?

Do you think for a minute he'd give The Penguin such satisfaction?

Re:So is this movie actually good?

[RobotRunAmok]

So, would it be worth it, or is this essentially more Hollywood crap?

As contrasted, say, by those fine, fine French superhero films? Or those magnificent big-budget Dutch action-adventure movies?

I mean, d00d, it's a Batman flick! The scale for movies adapted from comix goes from Corman's Fantastic Four at the crap end up through Spiderman 2 on the Tiffany side, but either way it's all Hollywood. Don't get all sniffy and European when you're discussing grand-scale superhero movies: nobody does them better -- or worse -- than Hollywood, cuz nobody else does them at all!

Re:Batman and the bathroom...

[mister_llah]

Perhaps he got kicked once, they became swollen, and then he needed the cod-piece for protection of his sensitive genitalia?

That's the best I can figure...

Plucky Duck....

[Himring]

I thought Plucky Duck did an excellent Batman:

[Plucky Duck as Batman attempts to join the Justice League]:
Justice League: "We have incredible powers! [each displays genetic abilities]. What are your powers?
Plucky Duck: [Looks concerned and then draws attention to his waist] "Well ... I have this really cool belt...."
[Entire Justice League bursts into laughters]

And then Lex Luthor shows up and drains each hero's abilities making him singularly incredible, but then tries to drain Plucky's forcing him into a weakened state and thereby losing it all. Justice League lets Plucky in based on his success as a failure....

I must be the only one

[dubdays]

...who thought the headline read "How the Biscuit Works".

Re:Not all that hath nipples, hath beauty...

[BasilBrush]

No I don't.

On the Utility Belts

[Anonymous Coward]

On the Utility Belts

* Bat-antidote Powder (used to recover from any form of poison)
* Bat-cillin (also called Bat-acillin, available in lozenge form to prevent infection)
* Mobile Phone Bat-plugs (enable use of a portable Bat-phone)
* Bat-gas (also called Bat-sleep, used to put people to sleep)
* Bat-awake (counteracts effects of Bat-gas)
* Anti Bat-sonic device (deflects energy beams)
* Underwater Bat-sonar Device (can be attached to tracking devices to enable them to work underwater)
* Bat-homing Devices (can be rendered ineffective by some metal alloys)
* Emergency Bat-air Pumps (used for pumping up Batmobile tires)
* Bat-respirators (used for traveling underwater)
* Remote Batcomputer (allows access to the Bat-computer's databanks from any distance)
* Bat-detector (can be set to super laugh track sensitivity)
* Bat-plugs (go in nostrils, to prevent inhalation of poisonous fumes)
* Anti Short-circuiting Brain Bat-electrodes (also known as Anti Short-circuiting Bat-brain Electrodes)
* Mini-charge (puts out 5000 Volts)
* Remote Control Batcomputer Oscillator (activates Radio Frequency Bat-generator in Batcomputer, accepts Batman's voice commands)
* Bat-melter (for locks)
* Emergency Bat-communicator (fits on jacket lapel, or disguised as cufflinks)
* Anti Eavesdrop Bat-plug (placed on telephone mouthpiece)
* Remote Batmobile Control Phase Advancer (brings Batmobile to user's current position)
* Small Echoing Seal Pulsator (tracking device for seals)
* Super-thermalized Bat-skivvies (also known as bat-thermal underwear, protect against Mr. Freeze's freeze gun)
* Batrope (used in the Bat-climb)
* Anti Radioactive Bat-pill
* Bat X-ray deflector
* Special Exploding Batarang
* Bat-cuffs
* Bat-sound Amplifier
* Trusty Bat-deflector
* Bat-fan
* Small Batcave Improvement Loan
* Empty Alphabet Soup Bat-container
* Bat-negative Ion Attractor
* Instant Unfolding Bat-costumes complete with Utility Belts (add warm water)
* Shark Repellent Bat-spray
* Heel-and-toe Bat-rockets (experimental)
* Portable Ultra-violet Bat-ray (used to set off explosions)
* Bat-geiger Counter (detects radiation and indicates which direction it's in)
* Pipe of Fog Bat-reverser
* Anti Blast Bat-powder
* Insecticide Bat-bomb
* Bat-tweezers
* Bat-shield
* Miniature Bat-communicator
* Bat-ear Plugs (block out any sound over 14,000 decibels)
* Anti Thermal Bat T-shirts (provide protection from explosions)
* Anti Lethal Fog Bat-spray
* All Purpose Bat-swatter
* Reverse Thermal Bat-lozenge
* Ice Batarang
* Ice Batrope
* Bat-tools (for picking locks)
* Bat-synchronizer (moves lips of the Bat-dummy)
* General Emergency Bat-extinguisher (can remove fog from a room)
* Batmobile Bat-tracker Device (leads the user to current position of Batmobile)
* Bat-file (for escaping from handcuffs)
* African Death Bee Antidote Pill
* Bat-brush
* Laser Bar Cutter
* Bat-hooks
* Bat-chemical (makes metal 20 times heavier)
* Anti Alvino Ray Bat-disintegrator
* Steam Neutralizing Bat-pellets
* Three-Seconds-Flat Bat-vault Combination Unscrambler
* Anti-percussion Asbestos Bat-flax
* Bat-bomb Machine (defuses bombs)
* Bat-hook (attached to suction cup, allows things to be hung on wall)
* Bat-gauge (used to search for hidden doors)
* Laser-gun (can be used to melt things)
* Special Super Thermal B Long Underwear
* Universal Drug Antidote Pill
* Anti-freeze Capsule
* Anti-mesmerizing Bat-reflector (for deflecting Mad Hatter's Super Instant Mesmerizer)
* Bat-key (though likely highly illegal, can open

Re:Oh definitely.

[karnal]

Congratulations, fatty!

That better?

Be gentle. Cutting back on the cigarettes.... tend to be a little more edgy....

Re:So is this movie actually good?

[YOU LIKEWISE FAIL IT]

I had to kill a *lot* of people.

???!

Did this just slip out, or what?

-- YLFI

Hey Alfred!

[Anonymous Coward]

You are so fired man! Little did you know a secret compartment of my belt holds a traffic sniffer. AC post indeed.

>o< The Bat

Re:Cyberpunk gear

[1u3hr]

augmented reality sunglasses that overlay black squares over billboards

Douglas Adams has prior art on that: "Joo Janta 200 Super-Chromatic Peril Sensitive Sunglasses, which had been specially designed to help people develop a relaxed attitude to danger. At the first hint of trouble they turn totally black and thus prevent you from seeing anything that might alarm you."
Restaurant at the End of the Universe

Re:Not all that hath nipples, hath beauty...

[rosewood]

I have nipples focker, you going to milk me?

They left out one thing...

[Aardvark99]

It's machine washable, that's a new feature.

Codpieces?

[Grendel Drago]

Heh.

Baldrick: My Uncle Baldrick was in a play once.
Edmund: Really?
Baldrick: Yeah. It was called Macbeth.
Edmund: And what did he play?
Baldrick: Second codpiece. Macbeth wore him in the fight scenes.
Edmund: So he was a stunt codpiece?
Baldrick: Yeah.
Edmund: Was it a large part?
Baldrick: Depended on who was playing Macbeth.

Re:Utility Belt?

[WebGangsta]

And we already have that today. Except it's called a "fanny pack".