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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."
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In modern DC Comics lore, Superman gave Batman a chunk of kryptonite after a nasty fight with a villain (I think it was Brainiac) who managed to control Superman's mind. The logic behind it was that in case a situation like that ever happened again and he needed to be taken down, Superman wanted his most trusted ally to have a trump card to stop him from doing evil. Batman's the man he trusted most to both keep it safe from the hands of other villains, and not to be tempted to use it unless it was an absolute emergency.
He actually had a number of different suits that he would wear depending on the type of combat he was expecting to encounter. Batman had his heavy armor suits for fighting baddies with guns, he had lighter armor suits with more flexibility for melee villains, ultra-light suits for reconnaissance work, even suits built for various climates and elevations. Some writers gave him a closet full of suits, others gave the idea that the suit was modular and Batman could mix-n-match the peices he wanted.
It was featured on the BBC motoring program 'Top Gear' last week.
They had to build it from scratch instead of just modifying a base vehicle. It looks kind of like a big monster truck thing, pretty cool!
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There is nothing more practical than a good abstract theory.
Japanese - manga anyone?
Russian - who do you think first made Solaris into a movie? And I recall an aquaman-type movie from the Soviet era (wish I could remember the name) that was amazing.
British - How many times has Robin Hood been made into a movie? Not to mention Dracula, Jekyll and Hyde, Sherlock Holmes, etc, etc, etc.
China - The Hong Kong film industry was built on the back of martial arts superheroes from Chinese history. And don't get me started on Bollywood!
The list goes on and on. Other cultures have superheroes/supervillians and which have been made into big budget film versions in their native countries, and then remade for Hollywood several years later when Hollywood runs out of ideas. Just because you've never seen them doesn't mean they don't exist.
This very moment shows that about anything can be found on Batmans belt, 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.
Contrary to what state the article the belt has about no fix equipement appart from the gun that fire something that let him climb -- nowadays they say magnetic, old times was a boomerang or grapling hook... how a magnetic thingy can attach to the stones of a building beats me but hey it's Batman, and How Stuff Works...
I felt that, if Batman were to exist in the real world, this isn't too far off from how it'd go.
One thing: this is NOT an action movie. It's a drama with some comic-booky elements, but the action in it is really not done in a spectacular form. The fights are not very clear - it's really hard to make out what they're doing to eachother when people fight. Some people have been complaining about that because they expected this to be one of those spectacles.
I liked it as a movie and I liked it as a Batman story.
Since I can't tell them apart, I treat all ACs as the same person.
The shark repellent was from the original movie, not the TV series. One of the best scenes. That and the one where he is trying to get rid of the bomb on the dock.
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I remember it vividly (and I have the movie), so I'll give ya'll the complete version.... It is indeed in the old Batman version. Batman and Robin are on the Batcopter following a yacht. Batman tells Robin to take the controls so he can go down the Bat ladder (with a sign on it saying "Bat Ladder"), only to realize just as his foot is touching the water that the yacht is really a hologram. As he pulls out his foot, turns out he's got a shark on his toe. First, Batman tries to shake it off... but when that fails he calls to Robin to get the Bat Shark Repellent. Robin gets out a case full of various sprays, including I think Bat Squid Repellent, etc. He gets the repellent and climbs down the Bat ladder. He hands the repellent to Batman, the Dark Night sprays, the shark falls, and EXPLODES when it hits the water! Yes, folks... it was a "trained exploding attack shark." Later in the movie, a "trained exploding attack octopus" is mentioned, but that creature is never shown on screen.... a minion blows it up.
It's a Patrick Bateman quote from American Psycho, Mr Bales' finest role in my opinion.
Read Pynchon.
Superman is ordered by the government to "bring Batman in" and Batman responds with an elaborate scheme to make sure they die together. (which is what the OP was alluding to.)
(Yes, I know that's not *really* what Batman has planned, but I don't want to drop any spoilers...)
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