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How the Batsuit Works

Posted by samzenpus on from the holy-too-much-free-time dept.

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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  1. Batman by nepheles · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Looking forward to the new Batman -- he's one of the deepest comic book heroes out there. Apart from his own turmoil, documented throughout the series, the madness, brooding insanity and general darkness of Gotham is still an interesting depiction of a vaguely 40s American Urban wasteland. It contrasts fairly starkly with today's forgettable, fluffy all-star heroes.

    This Kuro5hin article makes interesting reading.

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  2. Re:Real Stuff by yotto · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Seriously. I understand that howstuffworks.com (and slashdot, for that matter) has to make money and all, but do they sleep well at night knowing they turned an informative website into a showcase for the latest movie?

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  3. Good Investment by TeacherOfHeroes · · Score: 4, Insightful

    It's very rare that you see anyone in the movie industry taking the time to make their technology realistic. In most cases there's no incentive to do so; The movie will only seem less realistic to a small number of people who really know the difference. This movie, however, has a large enough pre-existing existing fan base that does care, and in this case the higher level of detail is a worthwhile one.

  4. Re:I really hope they do real articles too by zerocool^ · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Not only that, I was looking there just earlier today, and I thought "What a crock" when I saw the advertisement for the new batman movie (sorry, i meant "informative article"). Howstuffworks used to be useful, but I searched there today for the word roulette (was wondering if they had an article on how a roulette wheel is constructed - commercial ones are like $4000), and I got 300 "paid ads" that weren't even in the paid ads section.

    howstuffworks is useless now. Just another website where advertising has replaced content.

    ~Will

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  5. Re:Real Stuff by jayhawk88 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    HowStuffWorks: Here are thousands upon thousands of articles on real items, devices, and phenomena that are both interesting and useful to the reader, composed and compiled over many years.
    Yotto: *Yawn*
    HowStuffWorks: Here are a handful of articles written for fun on technology seen in popular movies.
    Yotto: OMG, HowStuffWorks sucks! They are teh sellouts! How can they do this to me?

    It must be terrible to live in your serious, serious world.